100 Hrs – Gentle Yoga Teacher Training Certificate Course, Bangalore, India
- Course: 100 Hrs – Yoga Teacher Training Certificate Course
- Total Fee for the Training(For Indian Citizens Only): INR 05,000(Registration Fee) + INR 45,000 (Course Fee) = INR 50,000
- Total Fee for the Training(For Non-Indian Citizens Only): USD 200(Registration Fee) + USD 600 (Course Fee) = USD 800
- Accreditation: Yoga Alliance USA YACEP.
- Contact hours: 50 Hrs
- Non-Contact hours: 50 Hrs
- Skill level: Beginners, Intermediate & Advanced
- Self-Paced/ Flexible Duration: Online or Regular Mode.
- Language: English
- Mode: Offline/Online/Hybrid/Self-Paced
- About the course facilitator: Dr. S. Karuna Murthy, M.Sc., Ph.D., E-RYT 500, YACEP
- 100-Hour – Yoga Teacher Training Course
Language: Our courses will be held in English Medium.
Course Dates: Please Contact Us (karunaayoga@gmail.com or +91 9686549129)
Gentle Yoga Teacher Training
This Gentle Yoga Teacher Training Program was developed specifically to train Yoga teachers, healthcare professionals, senior fitness instructors, physical therapists and other practitioners who provide rehabilitation, exercise, and injury recovery modalities. However, you don’t have to be a licensed, professional Yoga teacher to be able to take this training or bring the valuable tools and lessons you will learn here into your own practice, business or treatment plans.
Gentle Yoga is a popular, in-demand form of specialized Yoga training. Sometimes referred to as Yoga for beginners, Gentle Yoga offers many different options and variations to suit people of varying degrees of mobility, ages, health concerns and skill sets. The best part about Gentle Yoga is it helps make Yoga accessible to people with injuries, physical limitations and/or chronic health conditions–people who often consider themselves to be unable to exercise at all.
Course Details
To better understand how to serve these student populations, Yoga Teachers and other practitioners must understand the nature and anatomy of the limitation to ensure that proper movement guidelines are taught in their group Yoga Classes and/or private practice sessions.
Our Gentle Yoga Teacher Training Program includes video lessons and filmed live Yoga classes, downloadable training manuals, worksheets and guides for bringing Gentle Yoga into your community. All materials have been rigorously tested with thousands of Gentle Yoga students and Yoga Teachers, with glowing reviews! Students often report improved mobility, reduced pain, greater flexibility and increased happiness and peace as they feel more comfortable in their body, mind and spirit through the practice of Gentle Yoga! And the best part is, you can do this entire Gentle Yoga Teacher Training Program at your own pace.
Gentle Yoga Teacher Training Program Learning Objectives
- Understand why Gentle Yoga is important to add to your specialized skills
- Create a safe, effective and beneficial Gentle Yoga class using different modalities and movement practices
- Develop your own unique Gentle Yoga sequences and classes that meet the specific needs of your students
- Learn therapeutic modifications and precautions for common conditions, injuries, and issues in the aging population
- Know how to identify and apply the correct course of action in cases where you encounter a condition or physical limitation that is unfamiliar so you feel confident to serve this special community of students.
- Empower your students with knowledge so that they can learn how to work towards improving their physical conditions themselves
- Master proven Teaching Methodologies that provide a framework for safe and effective classes by observing, studying and analyzing photos and videos of real life situations
- Understand the Anatomy of Aging and how Yoga can be applied specifically to the 50+ Population Health Issues
- Instill Confidence and Skills to empower you to teach Yoga to Seniors and People with Limited Mobility and Physical issues
- Validate you have demonstrated the Skill and Knowledge to teach a safe and effective class via online quizzes and test
Why Take Gentle Yoga Teacher Training?
Gentle Yoga is a wonderful option for beginners and experienced students alike. What makes Gentle Yoga in demand is that it is perfectly suited to help people with impaired mobility, reduced range of motion, or who are recovering from a physical injury. Elderly fitness exercises are growing in demand as our population ages. Many athletes, doctors, corporations, schools and mental health professionals are recommending Gentle Yoga as a reliable, safe and effective method for maintaining long term health and vitality.
Yoga is gentle and accessible to everyone. More than just physical exercise, Yoga has proven benefits for improving mental conditions, such as anxiety, depression, sleep issues, stress, and emotional imbalances. Additionally, Gentle Yoga is more than just stretching. It builds strength and stability inside and out–even with a gentle practice.
Many students report improvement to ailments such as arthritis, low back pain, spinal conditions, sciatica, pelvic floor dysfunction, rotator cuff injuries, sports injuries, insomnia, panic attacks. Yoga is also recommended as a preventative practice, working to alleviate risks for conditions like osteopenia, tendonitis, bursitis, incontinence and fall-related injuries.
Some students even credit Yoga with weight loss, not only because of the physical exercise but also improvement to their mental health, lifestyle changes and healthier habits that often coincide with taking up the practice of Yoga.
Seniors are particularly impacted by Gentle Yoga, giving them useful, doable ways to bring fitness into their daily lives, with modifications and options based upon any particular health conditions or physical limitations they may be experiencing. Seeing a student transform from a place of pain, stiffness and discomfort to one of freedom, balance and mobility due to Gentle Yoga is the greatest benefit our Yoga school.
Gentle Yoga Course Overview
- Introduction to Yoga for the Elderly
- Benefits of Yoga for Seniors
- Gentle Yoga Poses for Older Adults
- Chair Yoga for Limited Mobility
- Breathing Techniques for Relaxation
- Meditation for Seniors
- Yoga for Arthritis and Joint Pain
- Yoga for Balance and Fall Prevention
- Yoga for Stress Management
- Creating Safe and Inclusive Yoga Classes for Seniors
- Learn how to teach and practice gentle yoga for all skill levels
- Learn how to teach and practice modifications for common injuries & health conditions
- Learn how to sequence fun and functional gentle yoga classes
- Learn how to teach and practice unique pranayama and meditation techniques
Requirements
- Chair for some yoga poses and exercises
- Belt or yoga strap for making exercises easy and correct
- Towel or blanket for putting under the Knees, avoid joint pain
- Yoga mat if you have, if no practice on the carpet or outside on grass
Who this course is for
- Yoga Teachers
- Yoga Practitioners
- Beginner Yoga Students
Gentle Yoga Curriculum
Philosophy
- The role of the conscious mind/intellect
- Yoga and philosophy teachings
- The uses of chanting
- Using the chakra model
- Using the mind for emotional release
- More yoga philosophy
- Practices for the intellect/personality
- How to talk to clients in a real way about point of view
- Yoga Philosophy
- Practices for opening the spiritual heart
- How to talk to people about intuition and heart
- Bhakti yoga for healing
- The history of yoga therapy
- Yoga anatomy
- The Koshas
- The role of the Yoga
- Therapist
- Pathology from a yoga perspective
- The role of ayurvedic ideas
- Sadhna
Gentle Pranayamas
- Pranayamas and their application
- How to balance the doshas
- Understanding prana flow
- How to work with: emotional imbalances (i.e. depression, anxiety)
- How to work with: system wide imbalance (i.e. autoimmune disease, chronic pain)
Foundations Of Gentle Yoga
- Gentle Yoga – An Overview
- Wellbeing and Wellness
- Role of Ashtanga Yoga and Hatha Yoga in prevention and healing
- Importance of Panchakosha and Chakras in Yoga Therapy
- Role of purification techniques (shuddhi kriya) in Yoga Therapy
Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Body planes and movements
- The skeletal system
- The muscular system
- The nervous system
- The cardiovascular system
- The respiratory system
- The lymphatic system
- The endocrine system
- The digestive system
- The excretory system
- The reproductive system
Pathology of Common Conditions
- Cardiovascular disease -hypertension
- Ischemic heart disease
- Respiratory disease-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Spondylitis, spondylosis
- Conditions of the spine: Kyphosis, scoliosis, lordosis
- Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
- Back pain, joint pain
- Endocrine disorders
- Thyroid disorders
- PCOD, infertility, menstrual disorders
- Lifestyle diseases: Obesity, diabetes
- Mental conditions: Stress, anxiety, depression
Practice
- Chair Sun Salutation
- Chair yoga asanas
- Rope movements
- Figure of eight
- Yogic cervical loop traction
- Rope/belt jacket
- Yogic lumbar traction
- Adhomukha shwanasana
- Prasarita padottanasana
- Padangushthasana
- Gomukhasana
- Knee joint
- Knee separation
- Knee rotation
- Ankle stretches
- Leg stretches
- Toes separation
- Pelvic lift with groin in
- Chest lift
- Supta virasna
- Viparita dandasana
- Pranayam
- Chakra meditation
- Yoganidra
- Meditation
- Jalaneti
- Bandhas
- Mudras
Practicum
- Case studies
- Assembling a plan
- Pathology
- Advanced anatomy
- More food theory