Foundational Vinyasa Teacher Training

200-hours

Whether you plan to teach yoga or want to develop your own personal practice, our Foundational Training is the first step towards enhancing your relationship to yoga, and making it an integral part of your life. We believe that yoga is for every body. Our focus is on creating healthy yoga practices that are empowering, rejuvenating and transformative, and you’ll be equipped with the skills to start your teaching journey with confidence and clarity. Completion of this course will give you the ability to create and teach a well rounded and cohesive yoga class with skill, integrity and compassion. You will be able to register with Yoga Alliance as a RYT-200, and with Yoga Australia as a Provisional Member.

Our emphasis is on offering practical and experiential studies that are in rhythm with our individual life situations, so our courses are designed to fit people’s busy schedules. We are pleased to offer two formats for the 200-hour Foundational Training:

The Full Time course is a month-long immersion into yogic lifestyle and studies. Ideal for those who enjoy an accelerated learning environment, this four-week program is offered face-to-face with our highly experienced teacher trainers at our purpose-built training centre in Surry Hills.  We place great value on cultivating the teacher-student relationship during this formative training, and all of our trainees are personally guided by Nicole and Rod, and also receive the support of our studio teachers and assistants.  The Full Time course format requires pre-reading of two specially selected text books, and a short written assignment needs to be handed in after the course in order to receive a teacher training certificate.

The Part Time course is delivered over a three-month period, commencing with an eight-day residential retreat in a beautiful bushland setting, followed by seven weekend immersions. This option makes the course accessible to those who have non-negotiable career, study or family commitments; or who prefer to absorb and integrate the study material over a longer period of time.

What you'll learn

Yoga Asana

• Physical and energetic alignment and benefits of yoga asanas
• Modification of asanas for beginners and for a range of physical limitations
• Techniques for teaching yoga asana safely, effectively and with confidence
• How to give clear and simple instructions for maximum benefit
• Key points for teaching beginners
• Principles for sequencing yoga asanas into intelligent routines
• Use of verbal cues, demonstration and hands-on-assisting
• Creating a safe and inspiring space from which to teach

Anatomy and Physiology

• Effects of yoga on systems of the body, with particular emphasis on the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, circulatory system and respiratory system
• How muscles and joints work in yoga
• Preventing common injuries

Yogic Anatomy and Physiology

• Energetic effect of yoga on the body and nervous system (yin/yang)
• Prana and vayus (movement of energy through the body)
• Chakras (energy centres) and nadis (energy pathways)
• Koshas (layers of the energy body)

Yogic History and Philosophy

• The roots of yoga - where it came from and how it has evolved over time
• Yoga's journey from its origin in India to the West
• Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and applying these teachings to the life of a modern yogi
• The Radiance Sutras, a modern poetic translation/interpretation of the ancient Tantric text, the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
• Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a traditional yoga text for hatha yogis

Pranayama and Meditation

• Practice simple yet powerful breathing techniques to increase life force
• Practice a variety of meditation techniques to cultivate a sense of effortless calm for a vibrant life
• Experience Yoga Nidra relaxation

Yogic Lifestyle and Wellness

• Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of healing body, mind and spirit
• The yoga of eating - a modern view of health, busting myths about diet and nutrition
• Healing and sustaining energy through whole foods

Yoga Teacher Ethics and Life Skills

• The teacher-student relationship
• How to get started as a professional yoga teacher
• Voice in Yoga - freeing your natural voice for communication and expression

Essential Reading

The Heart of Yoga, TKV Desikachar
Wheels of Life, Anodea Judith

Recommended Reading

The Radiance Sutras, Dr Lorin Roche
Yoga Anatomy, Leslie Kaminoff
Key Muscles of Yoga, Ray Long MD

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Advanced Vinyasa Teacher Training

350-hours

Our 350-hour pathway includes the completion of our Foundational 200-hour Training (or similar course with another Yoga Australia or Yoga Alliance Registered School). 

This course offers an additional 150 hours of study so that you may attain a total of 350 hours of integrated training. You will evolve in your practice and personal growth, find your authentic voice, and nurture the inspirational teacher within.

Offered through two 75-hour modules, this training is a deep personal journey into discovering your passion and purpose as a yoga teacher, while enhancing your skills of sequencing, theming, hands-on-assisting, speaking, presentation and connection skills.  Through this unique program, you will also receive one-on-one guidance and feedback from Nicole and Rod, to take your teaching to the next level and help you connect to the hearts and minds of your students.

We are committed to providing excellence in teacher training, and our goal is to cultivate yoga teachers who not only have a sound base of knowledge of the system of yoga, but who are also able to convey that knowledge with compassion, wisdom and enthusiasm. Committing to this course will allow you to deepen and refine your teaching skills, giving you the ability to teach inspirational and progressive classes to a broad range of students.

Anatomy, Alignment & Assisting - 75 hr Module

Join Nicole Walsh and special guest teachers for this in-depth journey into finding the anatomic and energetic intelligence in your students' bodies.

A good foundation in Anatomy is essential for yoga teachers to keep students safe, prevent injuries and deal with common anatomical and physiological dysfunctions that can often present in yoga classes.  Our anatomy expert Rachel Stanley will guide trainees towards a deeper understanding of the human body through the structural alignment of the musculoskeletal system and the effect of yoga practice on the body through these key areas:

• The building blocks of Sthira and Sukha - bones, joints, muscles, connective tissue
• Physiology of the moving body - strength, flexibility, stability
• Spine - bones, disks, back and neck pain
• Lower body - feet, knees, hips, pelvis - from dysfunction to healthy alignment
• Upper body - hands, wrists, forearms, elbows, shoulders - from dysfunction to healthy alignment
• The nature of injuries and how to apply the techniques of yoga asana to maintain optimum health

Nicole will guide you through an understanding of the energetic alignment of the body based on the Five Vayus (movements of energy). From this knowledge, you will discover how to apply primary alignment actions within yoga asana through hands-on assisting.  Build a deeper awareness of yoga asana through your own personal practice, hone your hands-on skills to enhance the practice of others, and gain greater confidence in the classroom whether you are practicing, assisting or teaching.

What you'll learn

• How to cultivate trust and connection
• The energetics of the moving body
• Energetic and structural alignment
• How to see people’s bodies rather than just poses
• How to help support, stabilise, awaken and deepen your students’ practice
• The magic of touch
• Empathy - giving and receiving
• The principles of assisting and adjusting
• The teacher-student relationship

RECOMMENDED READING

Yoga Anatomy, Leslie Kaminoff 

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Teaching with Passion and Purpose - 75 hr Module

This next step on the pathway to awakened teaching gives new and experienced teachers the opportunity to continue their growth and evolution as yoga teachers, discover their purpose, and communicate from their own personal connection to yoga with clarity and authenticity.

Discover what inspires and motivates you as a teacher, find your “WHY” and learn how to teach from a place of passion and purpose. Dive into inspiring topics such as sequencing and theming, develop your speaking and presentation skills to take your teaching to the next level and connect to the hearts and minds of your students. 

What you'll learn

• Clarify and refine your teaching goals and aspirations, connect to your passion and discover your purpose as a yoga teacher
• How to communicate your “WHY” with clarity and authenticity
• Techniques to improve your presence and connection in the classroom
• How to progress students through the various kramas (stages) to reach more advanced asanas through multi-level sequencing techniques
• How to develop a personal practice for your own embodiment and as a source of inspiration for your teaching
• Weaving yoga philosophy and class themes into your teaching in an authentic way
• The Radiance Sutras as an illuminating guide for meditation and inspiration
• Techniques for teaching pranayama, mantra, mudra and meditation
• How to guide Yoga Nidra relaxation
• Using language that is authentic and relatable to inspire and uplift
• Voice in Yoga - harnessing the power of voice to connect to the hearts and minds of your students
• You’ll receive one-on-one mentoring and guidance to empower your teaching and work through any blocks

RECOMMENDED READING

The Radiance Sutras, Dr Lorin Roche

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Advanced Vinyasa Teacher Training Modules

500-hours

InYoga's 500-hour Advanced Teacher Training Modules are for teachers who are looking to elevate their teaching through ongoing yogic studies. Continue to be inspired on your teaching journey by immersing yourself in module-based courses that will help you to refine the art and skill of teaching yoga. 

For teachers who have already begun their teacher training journey towards 500-hours of study with InYoga (or through another Yoga Alliance recognized school), our selection of training modules offer a consistent and integrated pathway to see your 500-hour training through to completion. These modules have been carefully crafted to enhance your teaching skills and give you a boost of encouragement and confidence to stay fresh and inspired on your teaching journey.

These modules may also be taken to accrue annual CPD points for Yoga Australia members (12 points per year required), or continuing education hours with Yoga Alliance (30 hours every three years). Once a 200-hour Teacher Training has been completed, modules may be taken in any order.

Our 500-hour pathway includes the completion of our Foundational 200-hour Training (or similar course with another Yoga Australia or Yoga Alliance Registered School), as well as the following modules:

• Anatomy, Alignment and Assisting (see above)
• Teaching with Passion and Purpose (see above)
• The Art of Sequencing and Theming - 50-hour Module
• The Art of Awakened Teaching - 50-hour Module
• The Subtle Arts - 50-hour Module

The Art of Sequencing and Theming - 50-hour Module

Being a modern yoga teacher requires many skills and talents from the practical to the intangible. When we teach from passion and purpose, we dive deep into our own inner experience and share from an embodied wisdom. Through this practical course, you will unlock a toolkit of yoga class theming and sequencing skills that will inspire you with confidence to take your teaching to the next level.

Theming yoga classes can create a rich and meaningful experience for your students, and requires careful preparation and planning.  You will discover how to effortlessly weave themes through your yoga classes, making the ancient wisdom of yoga accessible and relevant to your students.

Sequencing is both an art and a science, and through this course you’ll learn a variety of sequencing techniques that prepare bodies safely and intelligently as they progress from simple to complex asana. Putting together class sequences can be a fun way to express your creativity as a yoga teacher, but your sequences need to have purpose.

What you'll learn

• Sequencing techniques to take your students on empowered journey through their asana practice.
• Five base sequences that you can adapt and vary according to your students’ individual and collective needs, and different levels of ability.
• The art of multi-level sequencing, and strategies for teaching effectively with a variety of different levels of experience amongst students in your classes
• Dive deeper into yoga philosophy and discover practical and relevant ways to bring this wisdom into your teaching.
• Take your teaching to new levels of empowerment and confidence through this practical exploration!

Recommended Reading

The Radiance Sutras, Dr Lorin Roche
Tending the Heartfire, Shiva Rea

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The Art of Awakened Teaching - 50-hour Module

As yoga teachers we are essentially communicators or guides to an experience that is often beyond words. Learn to teach skilfully by weaving your own personal experience of yoga, with the wisdom that flows from the practices and language of self-inquiry.

This dynamic combination of elements results in a class that involves much more than the technical instruction of asana.  In this practical course, delve into the art of essential language to inspire and uplift your students.

Artfully link together anatomical awareness and yoga philosophy in a way that speaks to your students’ bodies, hearts and minds.  Develop your own unique language and teaching style that offer students the exploration of yoga asana through form, function and feeling.

What you'll learn

• Layer your teaching instructions with clear and relevant anatomical detail, while sharing your understanding of the benefits of the asana.
• Discover ways to speak directly and succinctly, using essential language cues.
• Speak the language of self-inquiry that will allow your students to delve into their own unique experience of yoga.
• Create your own language style that is inspiring and heartfelt, so you connect to your students' hearts and minds.
• Share your own personal experience of yoga in a way that is relevant to your students (without the "over-share")

Essential Reading

The Radiance Sutras, Dr Lorin Roche

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The Subtle Arts - 50-hour Module

Mudra, pranayama, mantra, and meditation are instinctive awarenesses that cultivate a quality of attention, curiosity and wonder that can transform a yoga practice and your life.

The layers of our being have an innate ability to find a healthy balance and harmony. However our modern lives can disconnect our awareness from these natural instincts, creating blockages to natural health and wellbeing. As a teacher if we are aware of the body’s natural instincts and expressions in finding health and vitality, we can skillfully guide our students to use these as a vehicle to self-inquiry and reconnection.

As teachers, our role is to invoke a high level of self-inquiry so that students can become more conscious and connected while in the flow of a practice as a rehearsal for life.

In this course you will learn the language and tools to create a fluid experience through your student’s layers of awareness from gross to subtle, and discover how weaving these elements through a yoga class can allow students to become enlightened to the full potential of yoga.

What you'll learn

• Discover mudra as an expression and tool of connection to essence, through the physical body and the practice of asana. Realise the potential of mudra to enhance your own teaching and communication skills.
• Deepen your experience of the flow of prana through traditional and intuitive breath practices and kriyas, and the skills to teach them to your students.
• Discover mantra as a tool of thought to bring harmony and focus to the mind.
• Unlock your ability to use language as a guide to a healthy flow of emotion.
• Become sensitive to the teaching power of shunya (silence or space).
• Learn the language and presence to guide meditation instinctively and effortlessly.
• Learn the secrets to create the space for a truly relaxing and restorative savasana.

Essential Reading

The Radiance Sutras, Dr Lorin Roche

Recommended Reading

Meditation Made Easy, Dr Lorin Roche

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Ongoing Teacher Training Modules

We are honoured to collaborate with some wonderful local and international teachers to bring you further training modules to enhance your teaching journey, improve your skills, and fuel your passion and inspiration for teaching yoga. Modules are facilitated by InYoga's talented team of facilitators, as well as highly recognized Australian and international teachers who are all leaders in their field.  Whilst most of these modules are specifically for yoga teaches, some of them may be available to those who wish to take them as special interest courses to deepen their own experience of yoga - please enquire with us directly.

Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Melanie McLaughlin - 100-hour Module

InYoga is pleased to present an annual  Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Melanie McLaughlin. This is a unique opportunity to explore your “yin-side” over a 9-day Urban Retreat at InYoga studio.  Open to those who are either already 200-hour qualified yoga teachers, and who want to deepen their knowledge and practice of Yin yoga, you will cultivate teaching skills that will allow you to facilitate this powerful practice for your students. Dedicated students wanting to dive in and learn more for their own personal practice and enjoyment are also welcome to participate.

Yin yoga is growing in popularity, largely in response to what has become a very “yang”-dominated yoga culture.  People are discovering the benefits of a quieter, more still practice – not just in their physical bodies, but also in their nervous and energy systems.

What you'll learn

• A study of Yin asanas
• An alternate look at anatomy and physiology for yoga
• Explore the differences between a yin and yang practice
• Muscle meridian theory and related organs (courtesy of Dr Motoyama & Paul Grilley’s research)
• Fascia research and its function and qualities relevant to YIN
• The concept and importance of Chi
• Pranayama and meditation in a Yin practice
• The energy system and Chakras
• Yin sequencing and class themes
• Teaching styles and methodologies in Yin yoga, including “partner yin” and “wall yin”

Essential Reading

Yin Yoga, Paul Grilley

Recommended Reading

Insight Yoga, Sarah Powers

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Free Your Voice Training for Yoga Teachers with Carmella Baynie - 12-hour Module

This workshop is for yoga teachers wanting to connect to their students in a more authentic way and to feel confident in expressing their voice.

Carmella Baynie is an accredited voice coach and yoga teacher with 30 years professional experience in the practice of yoga, voice, drama, martial arts and singing. Now an internationally acclaimed world music singer and grammy-nominated artist, Carmella shows dedication to teaching the art of expression and communication, and techniques to help yoga teachers express their 'inner voice'.

We all know that yoga connects you to your breath and body, enabling you to have greater control over your vehicle. Yoga teachers who learn how to tap into the energy of the breath take care of their voice as a tool of the trade. You will learn techniques in yogic breathing to tune the vocal pipes, making them strong, flexible and resonant. Carmella will educate you with tools to keep you grounded, connected, and clear in your expression.

During this two day workshop you will free your voice, become empowered, and break through the blocks that hold you back from expressing your true self as a yoga teacher.   This course is suitable for yoga teachers, actors, presenters and anyone who wants to connect to their authentic voice.

What you'll learn

• Breathing and centering skills
• Increasing volume and power in your voice
• Energy release movement
• Deep breath work
• Mind-body connection activities
• Connecting your breath to sound
• Understand the power of sound vibration
• Meditation and your voice (Nada)
• The power of intention and visualization
• Chakra sounds meditation
• Mantras to connect to the heart
• Yoga and leadership

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Meditation Teacher Training with Dr Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine - 40-hour Module

You are invited to participate in this in-depth training with global leaders in the field of meditation, Dr Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine (USA). This training is specifically designed for yoga teachers to discover valuable tools and techniques to incorporate meditation into their yoga teaching, or use it as a stand alone modality to enhance the wellbeing of their students.

Meditation has become mainstream in our western culture, with millions of people practicing some form of meditation daily.  It's now well-known in the scientific and medical worlds that meditation is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, for people to feel less stressed and more connected to what's important in life.

"In the modern West, there is a revolution underway, an awakening, such that yoga and meditation have become completely mainstream.  The challenge now is to train enough meditation teachers to meet the need. It will be decades before there are enough skilled meditation teachers. Let's get to work."
~ Lorin Roche

What you'll learn

• The science and practice of meditation - meditation is a completely natural and instinctive capacity that every human has - understanding the body's innate regulatory function of rest and renewal is key.
• Recognizing spontaneity and rhythm - we all experience spontaneous meditative states, and a skilled meditation teacher will learn how to cooperate with their student's inner nature.
• The subtle senses - develop the ability to recognise and utilise the five senses as gateways into meditation
• Instinctive wisdom - recognising and honouring our powerful and innate wisdom for self-healing and self-evolving
• The five elements - meditation teachers need to be intimate with the five elements (Tattvas) of earth, water, fire, air and ether, as revealed by the five senses.
• Mandala of emotions - understand the full spectrum of emotions that make up a large part of everyone's meditative experience - one of the biggest challenges meditators face.  
• Language and listening skills - meditation teachers need a new language to guide students into their inner world, and also require skills for effective communication and listening to their students' experience.
• Meditation techniques - there are literally thousands of techniques of meditation, and skill is required to find the right technique to suit individuals. The Radiance Sutras presents 112 different doorways into meditation to help you guide students to find what they love about meditation, and dive in.
• Meditation secrets for women - as women make up around 70% of yoga and meditation students, learning to vary your approach for teaching meditation to women will open up doorways to a radical understanding of how to relate to female students.  Presented by Camille Maurine.
• The opportunity to meditate daily with acclaimed meditation teachers and authors, Dr Lorin Roche and Camille Maurine
• Daily morning asana practice to integrate asana and meditation

Essential Reading

The Radiance Sutras, Dr Lorin Roche

Recommended Reading

Meditation Made Easy, Dr Lorin Roche

Meditation Secrets for Women, Dr Lorin Roche & Camille Maurine