300-HOUR ADVANCED YOGA
TEACHER TRAINING

OVERVIEW

Our 300-hour Vinyasa Flow Advanced Yoga Teacher Training course is a four-week intensive program designed to deepen your already existing knowledge and foundations of yoga. You must have already completed a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Course in any style to be eligible to enrol on our 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training Courses.

The primary focus of this course will be on sequencing Vinyasa Flow style yoga classes. Major attention will be given to the principles, technical aspects, and structural components of a Vinyasa Flow class.  Much of your time will be spent on expanding your knowledge of asanas while paying attention to the key alignments and anatomical structures in order to deepen your own practice as well as learning how to teach others safely. In addition, you will gain in-depth knowledge of pranayama, meditation and philosophy.

This course is intended to carry you further along your journey as a yoga teacher and prepare you for a more advanced personal and professional investigation into the transformative power of yoga. We are unorthodox and open in our approach towards teaching yoga, we strongly encourage you to bring your own creativity, intuitions and spiritual experiences into your teaching styles.

After completion of this program, you can become a Registered Senior Yoga Teacher (RYT 500) with Yoga Alliance.

THE ESSENTIALS OF ANATOMY

Our anatomy classes ensure understanding of the key muscles and bones used in asana practice and their associated health benefits and contraindications. Substantial emphasis is placed on muscular and skeletal anatomy and in depth analysis of anatomical and skeletal limitations and differences. The specially designed practical anatomy classes are the back bone of the alignment classes.

TAKING THE QUANTUM LEAP

In our 300-hour Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training course there will be lots of opportunities for you to teach. From day one, you will start teaching one-on-one and progress to teaching larger groups. You will be guided on how to improve and enhance your teaching skills and how to plan and structure a class. You will also have regular opportunities to assist and adjust practitioners in asana classes.

Your journey with us is as much about deepening your own practice and individuality as it is about gaining the skills to teach others. We passionately believe in the significance of your own process of discovery and experience on the development of your unique personal voice and style as a yoga teacher.

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU…

• If you are a yoga teacher and want to take your teaching skills to the next level.
• If you want to refresh your knowledge of alignment, adjustment, anatomy and philosophy in a focused, committed learning environment with professional and dedicated teachers and students.
• If you want to acquire deeper knowledge of Yoga, Philosophy and Meditation.
• If you want to deepen your personal practice along with senior teachers and long-term practitioners.
• If you want to learn and practice hands-on adjustment and enhance your teaching skills.
• If you want to share the knowledge and experience you have gained as a yoga teacher with others
• If you want to take some time for yourself and enjoy being a student again– studying in a fun, encouraging, and supportive environment
• If you want added benefits with Yoga Alliance by becoming a 500-hour level teacher.
• If you want to enhance your credibility and increase your visibility as a well-trained yoga teacher.
• If you want to join the growing community of yoga teachers who are committed to quality training.
• If you are interested in shaping yoga world-wide and expanding your network.

PRE-REQUISITES

• You are eligible to apply if you hold a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training certificate with Sampoorna or any other school registered with Yoga Alliance, in any style of yoga.
• You are eligible to apply if you have taken a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training course which is not recognised by Yoga Alliance but still want to learn more and deepen your knowledge. In this case, you will receive the 300-hour certificate upon successful completion of the course, however, you will not be able to register with Yoga Alliance.
• If you are a long-term yoga practitioner but have not completed any teacher training, you are still welcome to join the course to gain knowledge and experience. In this case, you will still receive the 300-hour Teacher Training certificate upon successful completion of the course, but you may not be able to register with Yoga Alliance.

CERTIFICATION

At the end of successful completion of the course You will receive a 300-hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Certification which will help you register yourself as an RYT-500 with Yoga Alliance if you already have a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification.

TEACHERS

Deepak Sharma, Vishwajeet Singh, Prianca Sharma, Stephanie Henshaw, Mine Taylan, Rowena Johnson, Jenny Hoessler

COURSE DETAILS

This course places major emphasis on Vinyasa yoga practice, hands-on adjustments, and Vinyasa sequencing workshops. The philosophy is based on Bhagavad Gita and its applications in daily life. Students will study and practice pranayama, chakra and Kundalini meditations, metaphysical meditations, and Yoga Nidra. The anatomical highlight will be on practical applications of functional anatomy and comparative anatomy.

PRACTICE & TECHNIQUES

• Vinyasa flow intermediate to advance level practice every morning.
• Yin, restorative and other styles of asana practice a few times during the course.
• Sequencing workshops.
• Regular student teaching practice and feedback from teachers and classmates.
• Alignment/adjustment/teaching techniques workshops every day.
• Daily hands-on-adjustments by teachers or by fellow trainees to deepen your personal practice.
• Modifications, and advance variations of numerous postures.
• Use of props such as blocks, bolsters, straps, blankets, and walls in your yoga practice.
• Posture clinics
• Regular themed-workshops on topics such as hip opening, headstand and inversions, back bending, arm balances, among others.

TEACHING METHODOLOGIES

• Teaching practice, receiving and giving feedback
• Principles of demonstration
• Observing, assisting and correcting
• Instructions guidelines, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher
• Voice projection, and floor presence
• Different process of learning
• Planning and structuring a class
• Alignment and hands-on-adjustments theory and practice
• Dealing with injuries and safety precautions

THE BUSINESS OF YOGA

In this class, your teachers will guide you through how to develop your career as a yoga teacher, setting up your own studio, school or retreat center, marketing strategies, advertising and PR, ethics in yoga business, building networks with other yoga teachers, schools, studios and retreats, and much more.

PRANAYAMA & MEDITATION

You will learn and practice different breathing and meditation techniques almost every day throughout the complete course.

PHILOSOPHY

You will receive around fourteen interactive classes on yoga philosophy.  Ten are mandatory and the other four, also known as Satsangs, are optional.  Satsangs are open philosophy classes where you are free to ask questions related to spirituality, meditation or any other enquiry related to your spiritual quest.

• Information, knowledge and wisdom.
• Karma Yoga and its practical applications in daily life.
• Jnana Yoga and its applications.
• Raja Yoga/Ashtanga Yoga.
• Meditation, theory and practice.
• Dharma and Karma.
• Understanding Bhakti Yoga.
• Three Gunas: Satva, Rajas, Tamas.
• Gunas and food.
• Importance of right attitude.
• Kundalini and chakra.
• Samadhi, Enlightenment and Moksha.

ANATOMY

• Human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc). Includes the study of the anatomical subject and the application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy patterns of movement, among others).
• Practical anatomy with a major emphasis on muscular and skeletal structures and in-depth study of anatomical and skeletal differences (i.e. compression, tension, and proportion and orientation theory).
• Introduction to different body systems: skeletal system, muscular system, connective tissue, nervous system, breathing and respiratory system, and major joints of the body.
• Understanding of yoga asanas from an anatomical perspective.
• Therapeutic applications of postures and working with injuries in asana class.

PRE READING

You will be given a reading list with books and yoga related DVDs to read and watch before coming to the course. These will be counted as non-contact hours.  You will receive this list along with the joining instructions upon acceptance of your place. You should endeavour to complete this reading before your course begins. Purchasing the required material to accomplish this task is the responsibility of each student. Should you not be able to purchase the material or complete the reading before the course starts, you can do so during your free hours and using the materials we have available in the school library. We have all of the required resources available for you here.

DAILY SCHEDULE

*Weekends: Saturday classes will finish at 4.00 pm.  Sundays off.

DATES & FEES

“If not you, who? If not now, when?” ~The Talmud

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