Week-End Teacher Training Course

Week-End (09am to 05.00pm) Yoga Teacher Training Certificate Course in Bangalore, India.

Week-End Yoga Teacher Training Certificate courses are designed for college going students and working professionals. The duration of this course is approximately 3 months. The classes are conducted 09.00am to 05.00pm, on weekends and public holidays. Since the total teaching hours required for completion of (200 Hr) certificate course, if it is not available on weekends (Saturday & Sunday) and public holidays hence efforts are made to complete the course. Personal attention and doubt clearing time given to each and every student. The classes can be extended during weekdays and public holidays in order to complete the syllabus on time. Batch venue and timings are subjected to periodic changes as per the availability of classrooms and faculties.

Karuna Yoga provides a completely student-centered, authentic comprehensive approach to Hatha Yoga. This training program has been properly structured keeping in mind the diversity of students based on their mental and physical capabilities. You will be gradually encouraged in a supportive atmosphere to strengthen your learning, practicing and teaching skills. Karuna Yoga aims to assist all level of students to complete the Teacher Training course successfully and to become one of the best Teachers in the World.

This would not only assisting  to transform a    Yoga student’s life  to betterment,  but also make them as a  tool to transforming other’s quality of  life towards health, happiness and harmony, thereby making this planet a better place for Human survival and self-realization.

This training program, based on the traditional Hatha Yoga practice which has been practiced by Yogis for thousands of years. Our Yoga Teachers are trained in the traditional methods by exemplary Yoga Gurus. This programme has been designed not just to train the physical body, but to initiates ones spiritual journey towards self-realization by unioning the body, mind and soul.

Pre-requisites

This course is open to all students who wish to deepen their knowledge and application of some of the highest teachings of yoga. Participants do not need to be yoga teachers. Mastery of any yoga practice is not necessary. Only your sincere desire for knowledge and your commitment to personal growth. Even if you do not wish to are required  be a yoga teacher, you may attempt this course to deepen the  understanding of the philosophies as well as for the intense purification experience and for the personality development.  Classes start at the Beginners’ Level and progress through to the Intermediate Level.

Course Content

The syllabus consists of Hatha Yoga, Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha, Yoga Nidra, Kriyas and Meditation. This course also covers additional topics on Bhagavad Gita, Pajanjali Yoga sutra, Yogic Diet and Nutrition, Yoga Philosophy and Psychology, Hatha Yoga based anatomy and physiology and  Sanskrit.

Yoga Styles

• Hatha Yoga
• Ahstanga  Yoga
• Vinyasa  Yoga
• Gentle Yoga
• Restorative Yoga

This course is open to all students who wish to deepen their knowledge and application of some of the highest teachings of yoga. Participants do not need to be yoga teachers. Mastery of any yoga practice is not necessary. Only your sincere desire for knowledge and your commitment to personal growth. Even if you do not wish to are required be a yoga teacher, you may attempt this course to deepen the understanding of the philosophies as well as for the intense purification experience and for the personality development.  Classes start at the Beginners’ Level and progress through to the Intermediate Level.

Curriculum

Theory and Practice of Hatha Yoga

• Yoga Asanas
• Asanas beginners to intermediate level
• Sun salutation and its advanced variations
• Proper posture alignment
• Benefits and limitations of Yoga Asanas

Course outlook

1. Techniques Training and Practice                       

• Basic elements of Asanas and Pranayamas, Mudras & Bandhas.
• Three principles of practices, alignment, relaxed respiration & consciousness.
• Transitioning into Asana – Transitioning out of Asana.
• Asana Modification variations and the use of props.
• Classical Surya Namaskara & Astanga Surya Namaskara
• Touch, somatic, and self-transformation. Beginner to intermediate level.
• Standing forward bending – Balancing & Twisting Asana.
• Core Strengthening Asana, Arm Balancing Asana, Backward Bending Asana,
• Seated forward bending & twisting Asanas.
• Balancing asana. Supine Twists – Backward bending. Hip & Pelvic Opening Asanas.
• Inverted Asana
• Shoulder work, arm strengthening, arm balancing, rotation of arms and shoulders.
• Pranayama- going deeper into the essence of breathe. Chakra balancing asana sequence.
• Mantra Meditation, Chakra Meditation, and Breathe Awareness.

2. Teaching Methodology

• Creating Space for Self-Transformation
• Classroom Set up and Orientation
• Class Levels and Prerequisites
• Exploring clear and precise verbal expression
• Class Etiquette
• Teaching styles and the varieties of approach
• Waking Up the Spiritual Environment
• Techniques and Tools In Teaching Yoga
• Application of modifications for individual needs
• Business approach

3. Yoga, Anatomy and Physiology

• Pranas, Upa-pranas, Chakras, Nadis, & Granthis. Pancha Kosa(five layer of existence)
• Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology. Cardiovascular system, Nervous System.
• Respiratory System, Musculoskeletal System & Spinal Cord.
• Yoga and spine. Structure and function of spine.
• Types and functions of bone. Skeletal system and asana.
• Physiology of stretching during asana practice.
• How to stretch safely with their individual limitation.
• Biomechanics of stretching
• Kinesiology: To understand different movement of human body at minor and major joints levels.

4. Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle, Ethics, Health & Wellness

• Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, & Raja Yoga
• Vedas, Katha Upanisad, Taittiriya Upanisad, & Mandukya Upanisad
• The Bhagavad Gita (selected chapter)
• Patanjali Yoga Sutras (selected sutra)
• Yogic diet and nutrition
• Ethics: Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksa. Brahmacharya, Grihastha, Vanprastha, Sanyasa Ashrama.
• Health and Wellness, Lifestyle.

5. Practicum

• Practicing of Asana, Pranayama, Mudras, Kriyas, & Bandhas
• Practicing the basics of assisting and adjusting
• Methodology of Asana, contraindications, and benefits
• Observing others teaching, receiving/giving feedback

6. Elective

• Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series
• Vinyasa Yogic
• Gentle Yoga
• Restorative Yoga
• Project Writing

Tutorials, Assignment and Examination

• Trainee will be required to engage in self-study and submit daily & weekly assignments on the basis of the day’s lectures and discussions.
• There will be a practical and a theory exam at the end of the course to assess the students on their learning, practice and teaching during the Teacher Training Course.

What You can expect from us?

• Well qualified and experienced faculty with their own specialties.
• Yoga Alliance USA certification as RYT 200 – international certification that allows you to teach yoga anywhere in the world
• Giving adequate guidance to the individuals and groups during training session.
• Yoga helps in self-discipline, leading to immense amount of awareness, concentration and higher level of consciousness.
• To enable the student to have sound body and sound mind, along with Yoga ethics.
• Yoga course help, to learn to handle oneself well in all situations, to learn techniques of gaining good health, to develop a discriminative mind capable of knowing the real from the unreal and to face the dualities of life with equanimity.
• Yoga course increase level of awareness and balance attitude for social activity.
• At the end of the course not only you would have adapted a healthy life style but you would also be fit to show others this path by becoming a skilled Yoga teacher.
• At the yoga TTC at Karuna Yoga, students learn a unique combination of Hatha Yoga, Astanga Yoga, Vinyasa flow, Yin yoga and Iyengar alignment principles. This approach has an ultimate goal of practicing injury free yoga.

Certification

On successful completion of the course, trainee is qualified to register with Yoga Alliance, USA, to recognize as a Certified International Yoga Teachers-RYT 200.

Assessment and Certification

The students are continuously assessed throughout the course at all levels. There will be a practical as well as written examination at the end of the course to evaluate the understanding of the philosophy of Yoga and skills of the students. Participant should pass all different aspects of the course to be eligible for the Yoga teacher Training Course.

Assessment is based on

1. Regular attendance of all classes.
2. Attitude and behaviour inside and outside of the ashram while attending the course.
3. Performance and attitude in the practical asana, pranayama, bandhas and kriya classes.
4. Hatha yoga teaching skills.
5. Written daily summary of the main philosophy classes and Hatha yoga theory classes.
6. Upon successful completion of the course students receive the Certificate of the Karuna Yoga.

Daily Schedule

09:30-10:30 Techniques, Training and Practice

10:30-11:00 Anatomy and Physiology/ Upanisad

11:00-12:00 Asana/Astanga

12:00-01:00 Vinyasa/Gentle Yoga

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 Restorative Yoga

15:00-15:30 Teaching Methodology

15:30-17:00 Patanjali Yoga Sutra/Bhagavad-Gita

Training Venue:

No. 1271, 20th Main, 2nd Phase, J. P. Nagar, Bangalore -78

Land Mark: Behind Central Mall & Near Samatvam Diabetic Centre

How to Register?