200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

The 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training is dedicated to helping you establish a solid foundation to becoming an inspiring and skilled teacher.

It trains you in the ancient traditional approach to yoga practice and extends your journey into the modern evolutionary pathways of yoga, exploring the richness of the relationship between body, mind and movement.

The range and scope of the curriculum is holistic; covering asana, pranayama, meditation, different styles of yoga, lifestyle, home practice and mentorship. You will gain enough in-depth knowledge and understanding of each of the eight limbs of yoga to be able to connect with the origin of yoga and the teacher within.

Your learning will include:
- Anatomy and physiology
- Spinal awareness and practices for spinal health
- Finding the ground; yielding, gravity, breath
- Alignment principles
- Art of adjustment and sequencing
- Pranayama
- Mantra and meditation
- Yoga Philosophy and Psychology
- Teaching skills, communication skills, holding space, finding your voice
- Building a home practice

Yoga applications; yoga in prisons, palliative care and other specialized applications
Paths to freedom; Bhakti, Karma, Jnana and Raja yoga practices

The training consists of both, a residential and a home practice component to further develop your teaching and understanding as a teacher.

Contact yogaeducation@kawaipurapura.co.nz for more information or visit www.yogatraining.nz