350 HR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS

This training was upgraded from 300 hours to 350 hours.
Aspects of Yoga RYS 500 with an emphasis on therapeutic benefits comprises:
200-hour-Teacher Training Foundation Program (RYS200) + 350-hour Advanced Teacher Training with an Emphasis on Therapeutic Benefits Level I (RYS300) = 550-hour-Teacher Training with an Emphasis on Therapeutic Benefits (RYS500)
Trainees completed the training will be eligible to apply to register as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®500) with Yoga Alliance if they have been registered with Yoga Alliance RYT®200 before.

Prerequisites for Aspects of Yoga Advanced Teacher Training Program with an Emphasis on Therapeutic Benefits are:
Two references, 200-hour-yoga Teacher Training(s) – certifications may be required, Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
Study Topics for 350-hour-Teacher Training with an Emphasis on Therapeutic Benefits Level I: Framework of Asanas / Variations and Adaptations of Asanas / Restorative Yoga / The Importance of Relaxation /Pranayama: Finding the Innate Rhythm / Yoga for Women during Menopause / Yoga for People suffering from Cancer / Back-Care: the Lower Back, the Chest, the Neck and the Shoulders, Scoliosis / Yoga for the Elderly /Trauma: Finding Stability through Yoga, Self-Regulation, Polyvagal Theory, Pendulation and Containment / Spiritual Aspect of Yoga / Functional Anatomy and Systems of the Body / Ethics for Yoga Teachers /Introduction to Ayurveda / Neurobiological Approach to Better Understanding of Human Nature and Values
Applying Yoga with an Emphasis on Therapeutic Benefits: Sequencing and Adaptation, Teaching Yoga Therapeutically to a Group and Individually, Group-work studies, Listening and Observing, Breathing as a Therapeutic Tool, Understanding of Human Values and Human Nature.

OUTLINE FOR 350-HR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS

Postures
Students will learn to practice on a more subtle level and will deepen their own yoga practice: how to modify and adapt postures for specific conditions as for elderly, during menopause, for osteoporosis, for back care, for neck and shoulder problems, for scoliosis. Great emphasis is on learning the framework of an asana to be able to make variations to a posture and to be able to implement restorative postures for individual needs.
Therapeutic Breathing
Breathing techniques are used to bring awareness into specific areas in the body, in order to deal better with asthma, scoliosis and lower back pain. This helps to improve posture, increase flexibilty and to release pain. Finding one’s own breathing rhythm helps to support stress resilience, to restore stability and helps to self-regulate emotionally.
Mindfulness
To be mindful, to be in the present and to be able to observe oneself is not only therapeutic, but yogic. Students will learn techniques for centering and being in the present.
Observation / Adaptation / Sequencing /Teaching / Presenting
The training incorporates teaching in front of the class, assisting each other, working in a group, giving feed backs. Students will learn to observe and understand asymmetries and stress areas in the body and how to modify and adjust, if necessary.
Importance is given on structuring, writing class outlines and sequencing logically and safely.
Importance of Relaxation
Relaxation is a very important part in practicing and teaching yoga. Topics are covered: how to break a stress cycle through relaxation, how to implement an attitude of vayragya (effortlessness) and abhyasa(effort) in one’s own practice, how to use various relaxation positions with the use of props and to understand how the nervous system works.
Yoga for Backcare and for Problems in Neck and Shoulders
Neck and back problems are covered extensively in this training, how to adapt postures for specific problems in these areas.
Scoliosis
Scoliosis can be structural or functional. Students will learn to teach therapeutically regarding different scoliosis curvatures. Especially ropes are being used for this.
Yoga for Elderly
Elderly students need to be addressed a bit more carefully. But it is amazing to see how fast they progress. How to address and teach elderly safely considering hip and knee issues, stiffness etc is the subject.
Menopause and Osteoporosis
There will lectures on before and after menopause as well as on osteoporosis. We will talk how healthy eating effects osteoporosis and how to improve existing conditions through therapeutic yoga practice.
Therapeutically Oriented Approach to Inversions
Students will learn that improperly performed inversions can be cause for many injuries and properly aligned inversions can improve existing health issues.
Neurobiological Approach to Better Understanding of Human Nature and Values
The brain is a densely networked structure that is open-ended in terms of its programmability. We can decide how and for what purposes we want to use our brains. Repetitive neuronal connectivity leads to fixed patterns of thinking and behavior. A complex and highly networked brain develops qualities like sensibleness, humility, prudence, truthfulness and empathy.
You Are What You Eat
Lecture on Ayurvedic Nutrition, including main concepts of Ayurveda, five elements, 3 doshas, gunas, prakruti, dhatus and their relations with nutrition.
Students will be able to understand the Ayurvedic relationship between ourselves as human beings, the food we eat and the universe as a whole.
Yoga Philosophy
Topics are covered: Individual Soul and the Over Soul, the Primary Sound Principle, Samkhya Yoga, Classical Yoga Systems and more.
Prenatal Yoga
Lectures on bodily changes during pregnancy, an introduction to the basic principles of physiological birth and a demonstration of a prenatal yoga class are topics.
Students learn how to deal with special needs, how to teach pregnant yoga students and how to prepare for birth.
Yoga & Cancer
This is an introduction into how to help gain one’s vital forces through restorative poses designed to one’s individual situation.

Introduction to Ayurveda
History, philosophical basis (with emphasis on Samkhya philosophy) and basic concepts of Ayurveda.
Ayurvedic basic concepts. Including practical examples and practices on how to observe one’s own body-mind-consciousness and its interaction with the rest of Nature.
Students will get familiar with this sister science of yoga, this vast system of medicine and art of daily living. To learn to recognize one’s own constitution, strengths and weaknesses so that one can adjust one’s daily life, including yoga practice to personal needs. This will make the practice of the yoga student and teaching of the yoga teacher more complete.
What is Trauma
Students will learn about different stages of trauma and how yogic methods can help stabilizing the mind and body. Much emphasis is given on self-regulation because only when a teacher is self-regulated, she/he can be of help, support and guidance to the student. Polyvagal theory is explained.
Disclaimer: “The yoga therapy components of our [courses/training] are based on our [non-YAR credential or other qualification], not derived from our status as a RYS with Yoga Alliance Registry.”