Healthy Aging 
200H Yoga Teacher Training

Hatha Yoga

A path to health and well-being, stress management, as a therapy and healing method, for the further development of mental capacity, the path through the body to the mind Preparatory exercises:
Sensitive and physical attention, mental exercises, warm-up exercises, eye exercises, sun salutation

 

YOG- NIDRA (Relaxation)

Classic relaxation, yoga nidra as a relaxation technique for daily life, progressive muscle relaxation as modern stress management

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ASANAS (Yoga postures)

In the intensive teaching practice, you will learn how asanas and pranayama are taught professionally. The daily asana practice, which is important for this, gives you the opportunity to practice the asanas and gives you the habit of practicing regularly. In the training we will deal with:

● Sun Salutation
● 12 basic Yoga-postures
● 100 Asana-Variations from intermediate to advanced
● Postural alignments 
● Deep relaxation with autosuggestion
● Release of energy blockages

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ADVANTAGES OF ASANAS

● Increase in physical flexibility and fitness
● Improvement of the ability to concentrate
● rid the body of excess fat
● control of emotions
● Relief of chronic complaints such as constipation, rheumatism,

● stomach complaints, headaches
● Stabilization of the circulation
● Stabilization of the thyroid functions
● Young and supple muscles into old age
 

PRANAYAMA

● Expansion of the capacity of the lungs
● Relaxation of the nervous system
● Alignment of the two hemispheres of the brain
● Cleaning of the nadis (subtle energy channels)
● Awakening the inner spiritual energy
 

Content:
● Kapalabhati (Lung cleansing exercise)
● Anuloma Viloma (Alternate nostril breathing)
● Ujjayi, Surya Bheda, Bhastrika, Sitali, Sitkari, Bhramari
● Samanu (Spiritual purification of the nadis)
● The three Bandhas: Jalandhara, Moola, Uddiyana
 

YOGIC NUTRITION

● Vegetarianism: Ethical, spiritual, and health reasons
● How nutrition affects the mind
● The right balance of the main nutrients
● Ayurvedic principles of nutrition
● Healing effects of fasting
 

KRIYAS

Shat Kriyas as six purification techniques according to the classic yoga text "Hatha Pradipika":

● Tratak (eye cleansing)
● Neti (nasal rinse)
● Kapalabhati (lung cleansing)
● Dhauti (throat and nose cleansing)
● Nauli (small intestine cleansing)
● Basti (colon cleansing)
● Shank Prakshalama (whole bowel cleansing)
 

YOGA ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

● Introduction to the most important body systems
● The effects of asanas and pranayama on: the cardiovascular

● system, respiration, digestion, skeletal and muscular system,

● endocrine system
● The eight systems of the body
● Yoga and physical culture
● Diet and Nutrition
● Understanding the physical body in relation to yogic practice:
● Muscle and bone structure, respiratory System,
● Digestive System, Nervous and Endocrine Systems, Physiological
● Effects of yoga and exercise, sports medicine theory and research
 

HEALTH

What is Causes of illnesses, yogic remedies for illnesses such as colds, hay fever, headaches, allergies and constipation, yoga as therapy: staying healthy through mental training
 

AYURVEDA

Health and Disease- Life According to three Dosha Type, Ayurvedic Food 

 

Tantra and Kundalini Yoga

Theory of energy training: Shiva-Shakti philosophy; The astral bodies: Prana, Nadis, Chakras, Kundalini astral world and life after death, help for the deceased, opening of the chakras.
 

Raja Yoga

Mentaltraining and Meditation; The human psyche: Subconscious, conscious, superconscious

● Raja Yoga Patanjali's Yoga Sutras 
● Yamas and Niyamas
● The eight limbs of Raja Yoga
● Thought power and positive thinking
● Thoughts as the creator of your destiny
● Development of memory, willpower, concentration, creativity
● and intuition
● Dealing with feelings and emotions
● Affirmation and visualization
● Charisma and personal charm
● Overcoming negative habits
● Levels of consciousness and expansion of consciousness
● Indian and Western philosophy in comparison
 

Meditation:

● Guide to meditation
● What is meditation?
● Why meditate?
● Physical and mental meditation
● 12 steps of daily practice
● Effects and experiences in meditation
● Mantras-spiritual energy in sound
● Mantra Initiation (if desired)

Meditation techniques, concentration,

and awareness in daily life

● Mantra meditation
● Tratak
● Chakra meditation
● Energy meditation
● Consciousness Meditation
● Extension Meditation
● Abstract meditation
● Creative visualization
● Levels of meditation
● Overcoming the obstacles in meditation
● Experience with meditation and scientific research
 

Karma Yoga

● Karma Yoga as a practice of selfless service to reduce one's own

● ego, keeps you fit and healthy, and gives immeasurable joy
● Within the training, you are asked to participate in certain tasks

● for the community such as cooking, cleaning, office, and the like.
● Law of cause and effect
● Samsara-the wheel of birth and death
 

Bhakti Yoga

● Kirtan: Singing the classic Sanskrit mantras
● Indian gods and their cosmic meaning
● Arati and Pujas (traditional Indian rituals)
● Singing to open the heart and purify the mind:
● With daily chanting one develops a strong sense of devotion

● and very deep pure vibration. Correct pronunciation, devotional

● attitude, and awareness of importance are important.
 

Jnana Yoga
● Basic concepts of the Vedanta philosophy
● The 7 Bhoomikas as levels of consciousness
● Space, time and causality
● The three bodies
● The three levels of the mind
● Overcoming death
 

SATSANG

Satsang means to be in company with the truth and the wise. The Satsang course consists of half an hour of meditation, half an hour of chanting, and a lecture/reading on aspects of the yoga philosophy. This helps to develop a strong and steady meditation practice that opens or strengthens the path to peace and happiness.

YOGA-TEACHING METHODS
● Basics of yoga teaching
● Personality and inner attitude of a yoga teacher
● Rhetoric training
● Structure of a yoga class
● Corrections and alignments
 

CLASS/COURSE STRUCTURE

● Beginner courses
● Courses for advanced learners
● workshops
● Yoga for the back and spine 
● Correction of posture through yoga
● Yoga during pregnancy
● Yoga for Children
● Yoga for seniors
● Advantages and limitations of yoga therapy
 

TEACHING PRACTICE

● How to teach the 12 basic settings and breathing exercises for

● beginners and advanced learners
● Creating a suitable environment for the class
● General information on lessons
● Basis of Sivananda Yoga
● Relaxation
● Detailed correction
 

YOGA TEACHER AS A PROFESSION

● Yoga teacher: business or hobby
● Yoga teacher business model
● Implementation of yoga courses, workshops, retreats,
● Building a yoga studio
● Training of yoga teachers
● Marketing
● Creating a website or flyer
● Use of media

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