Three Winds Academy - Yanumoja Yoga * Thai Massage * Ayurveda - Yanumoja Yoga Level-1 Teacher Training

~ Yanumoja Yoga Teacher Training Basic ~ YYTT-Basic 235-hours

**Qualifies you for Yoga Alliance 200-Hour Recognition.

This weekend training is 235-hours in length (150-hours in-class, 40-hours teacher-supervised practice, and 45-hours practice teaching) and meets the standards for independent study (200-hours) with the Yoga Alliance (students can apply individually for Yoga Alliance registration after completion of all requirements of the course). Certification will be given through Three Winds Academy as a Yanumoja Yoga Teacher (235-hours).

Training over a length of time allows students to more deeply integrate the theory, philosophy and practices of yoga into their lives and more thoroughly develop their teaching skills.

The course is first and foremost a personal journey of transformation, and relies on the development of teaching skills and knowledge as the vehicle for their personal journey. This experiential training offers personal attention to each student-teacher.

The course is open to all students of yoga and other disciplines who are interested in attending any of the lectures or workshops for personal or professional development. (Some lectures are recommended or required for other Three Winds courses.) Student-teachers must therefore be aware that participants other than their peers may be present during their teaching-practice.

Schedule

TBA

Daily schedule

Saturday
9-10am / Yoga (taught by Nikki)
10-10:15am / break
10:15am-12pm /Morning Lecture
12-1:15pm / lunch
1:15-3:45pm / Afternoon Lecture
3:45-4pm / break
4-5pm / Yoga (taught by student-teacher)
5-5:15pm / feedback
5:15-5:30pm / homework assignment,
closure for day

Contact: Nikki@TheSanctuaryHealing.ca / 250-589-5813

Required Texts and Equipment
Students are required to purchase and supply the following texts and materials

- Yoga for Wellness by Gary Kraftsow
- Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germaine
- Yoga Mat
- 3-ring Binder, Notebook (paper) and pens

Recommended Texts also include:
- Tantra by Georg Feuerstein

Completion Requirements
Students must complete the following components within 18 months of beginning the course in order to be certified

- attend all in-class lectures and exercises
- attend 40 hrs of classes (any style) – please document with a receipt or some other approved documentation
- teach 45 hrs of classes (this can be volunteer or paid teaching during or after the completion of in-class lectures) with documentation
- all homework assignments must be handed in on-time and completed satisfactorily
- take-home exam must be handed in on-time and completed satisfactorily

Lecture Topics

- General Introduction
- Interweaving of Threads: History of Spirituality and Medicine in India and China
- What is energy?
- Circle of Life
- What is yoga?

- Tantra, Shankhya, and Vedanta and the 37 Prinicples (Tattvas)
- Basic Tantric precepts
- 8 Limbs as techniques of yoga, seen through the eyes of Tantra

- 37 Prinicples (Tattvas) in depth
- Breath as Medicine
- Vayus (excess and deficiency)
- 3 Bodies/ 5 Dimensions of Being (Koshas)

- Nadis
- Pranayama: basic techniques – benefits, contraindications, how to do, how to teach
- Chakras
- Pranayama (continued)

- Yanumoja Yoga: Sacred Journeys and Themes in teaching
- Tantra, mantra, yantra
- Karma and Samskaras

- Anatomy introduction
- Anatomy of a Cell
- The Brain
- Respiratory System

- Granthis and Bandhas
- Dissolution and Death
- Completions Exercise

- Continuation of Dissolution
- Enlightenment and the Purpose of Yoga
- Meditation
- Mantra and Mudra and Meditation

- Addictions and Trauma and the Koshas
- Energetics of Yogatherapy

- Digestive System
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles
- Circulatory System
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles

- Lymphatic System
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles
- Nervous System
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles

- Endocrine System
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles
- Reproductive and Urogenital Systems
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles

- Bones, Joints, Ligaments (general introduction)
- Muscles (general introduction)

- The spine and neck (bones)
- The spine and neck (muscles)
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles

- Skull, Rib Cage and Pelvis (bones)
- Pelvis, Abdomen and Ribs (muscles)
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles

- Legs and Feet; Arms and Hands (Bones)
- Hips, Legs and Feet; Shoulders, Arms and Hands (Muscles)
- Posture Analysis and Alignment Principles

- Restoratives and Chair Yoga Options
- Review

- Review
- Teacher Presentations (Practical Exam)

- Review
- Teacher Presentations (Practical Exam)

- Review
- Take-Home Exam
- Completing the Course
- Completion ceremony

Contact: Nikki@TheSanctuaryHealing.ca / 250-589-5813

- Yanumoja Yoga Teacher Training Basic (YYTT-Basic) 235-hours
- Yanumoja Yoga Teacher Training Advanced (YYTT-Advanced) 300-hours
- Foundations of Yogatherapy certificate program @ Pacific Rim College

Sunday
9-10am / Yoga (taught by student-teacher)
10-10:15am / feedback
10:15-10:30am / break
10:30am-12pm / Morning Lecture
12-1:15pm / lunch
1:15-3:45pm / Afternoon Lecture
3:45-4pm / break
4-5pm / Yoga (taught by student-teacher)
5-5:15pm / feedback
5:15-5:30pm / homework assignment,
closure for day