YOGA ANATOMY TRAINING, STUDY WITH EXPERTS IN THE FIELD
Yoga Akasha are delighted to have partnered with world-renowned Yoga Educators & best-
selling authors of Yoga Anatomy, Leslie Kaminoff & Amy Matthews.
This course is ideal for Yoga teachers and students who would like to delve deeper into anatomy with a view to practicing/teaching yoga with a greater understanding of the body and how it works.
If you have enrolled on Yoga Akasha’s 230 hour TTC, this is included in your program.
Using what they’ve learned in their combined 50-years of experience training yoga teachers, Leslie and Amy have created a unique online + in-person course that’s exclusively available through Teacher Training programs: YogaAnatomy.net Fundamentals.
This is not your average anatomy training.
Don’t expect hours of “which bone is which” that make you feel like you’re back in high school science classes…
Leslie & Amy spend time on the things that matter most to a yoga teacher and skip the memorisation.
They’ll help you establish a broad base of knowledge by sharing examples, analogies, stories, and guiding you through physical experiments that make the material helpful and applicable to teaching yoga to students.
Leslie & Amy will also share their own favourite teaching strategies like…
* How to make poses accessible for any student
* What to do when students have an injury and still want to practice
* Simple cues that help every student find success on the mat
Leslie and Amy’s unique blend of humour and expertise make them the absolute best team to guide you through this phase of your journey.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
You’ll join Amy & Leslie at home via your computer for 20-hours of guided lesson content, reflection, personal exploration, and teaching preparation.
They’ll lead you through movement experiments that will help you apply anatomy ideas to your own practice, and give you tools you’ll be able to access as a teacher. You’ll have time to soak up the material and try it out it in your own asana practice.
By the time we’re finished, you’ll have a broad understanding of the anatomical concepts that are most important to a yoga student/teacher so you can practice/teach with confidence.
WANT A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM? Here’s a preview:
“Foundational Units”
Unit 1 – Building Blocks: Sthira & Sukha / Connective Tissue / Bones / Muscles
Unit 2 – Breath: Prana & Apana / Diaphragm / Ujjayi / Bhandas
Unit 3 – Muscle Physiology: Strength / Flexibility / Movement / Joints
Unit 4 – The Spine: Curves / Disks / Back pain
Unit 5 – The Lower Limbs: Foot / Knee / Hips / Pelvis / Walking / Alignment in Standing Postures
Unit 6 – The Upper Limbs: Hands & Wrists / Forearm / Elbow / Shoulder / Alignment in Inversions
“Application Units: Anatomy in Asana”
Unit 7 – Anatomy in Asana and Asana Philosophy: Introduction to working with Asana / “Benefits” of a Pose / Asana Analysis / Begin Standing Poses
Unit 8 – Anatomy in Asana and Pain & Sensation: A Body-Mind Perspective on how to work with pain / Complete Standing Postures / Begin Seated Postures
Unit 9 – Anatomy in Asana and Vinyasa: Breath + Movement / Continue Seated Postures / Move to other Floor Postures
Unit 10 – Anatomy in Asana and Arm Supports: Arm Support Poses / Final Words of Advice for a budding teacher from Amy & Leslie
Included, you’ll have access to the YogaAnatomy.net Asana Library (a collection of 20 poses, each examined in 3 ways):
* Breath-Centered Approach: with Leslie
* Joint & Muscle Actions: with Amy
* Pose-Specific Workshops: each workshop is different, and includes themes like examining how different traditions might approach each pose; talking students through strategies for different body types, etc.
Here’s a list of the poses in the library. You’ll be able to take the concepts we explore here and apply them to any pose in any tradition:
- Tadasana / Mountain Pose
- Virabhadrasana I / Warrior 1
- Virabhadrasana II / Warrior 2
- Virabhadrasana III / Warrior 3
- Utthita Trikonasana / Extended Triangle Pose
- Prasarita Paddotanasana / Wide-Stance Forward Bend
- Vrkshasana / Tree Pose
- Pashchimottanasana / Seated Forward Bend
- Janu Shirsasana / Head to Knee Pose
- Ardha Matsyendrasana / Half Lord of the Fishes Pose
- Sukhasana / Easy Posture (& other seated postures)
- Bhujangasana / Cobra Pose
- Balasana / Child’s Pose
- Eka Pada Rajakapotasana / One foot King Pigeon Pose
- Setu Bhandasana / Bridge Pose
- Urdhva Dhanurasana / Wheel Pose
- Adho Mukha Svanasana / Downward-Facing Dog Pose
- Chaturanga Dandasana / Four-Limbed Stick Pose
- Salamba Shirsasana / Supported Headstand
- Shavasana / Corpse Pose
Want even more? We invite you to explore the bonus reference material:
* Video Glossaries: here is where you’ll find specific names of bones and muscles and learn about common anatomical terms you might hear in teaching / training / therapeutic contexts
* Additional Discussions / Workshops from their live taping that were too valuable not to include, but didn’t fit into the body of the curriculum.
This is the most comprehensive, most useful anatomy training available to teacher training programs today, and this full online + in-person experience is available only through TTP’s like this.
