• Yoga enhances strength, flexibility, and the mind-body connection through a variety of postures.
• Provides alignment guidance for Hatha and occasional Ashtanga yoga sessions.
• The 200-hour course includes instruction on over 50 Hatha yoga poses and more than 20 Ashtanga yoga poses.

• Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril breathing)
• Ujjayi (the psychic or victorious breath)
• Shitkari (hissing breath)
• Sheetali (cooling breath)
• Kapalabhati (frontal brain cleansing breath)
• Bhramari (humming bee breath)
• Bhastrika (bellows breath)
• Suryabheda (vitality stimulating breath) including advance variations.

• Jala Neti
• Vamana Dhauti
• Uddiyana Bhanda
• Sutra Neti
• Kapalabhati

• Jnana mudra
• Chin mudra
• Yoni mudra
• Bhairava mudra
• Shambhavi mudra

• Body points
• Treatment Structure
• Theory & Lecture
• Bhairava mudra
• Treatment Practice
• Relationship between emotional accumulation in body and thought pattern

• Breathing awareness meditation
• AUM (Om) or mantra meditation
• Trataka
• Tips for developing concentration
• Silence practice

At Lalitha’s Yoga, learn effective class planning and create a positive, transformative environment experience.

What You'll Learn:

• Designing and organizing a yoga asana class
• Principles of effective demonstration
• Essential traits of a teacher and various teaching methodologies
• Utilizing breath and voice during instruction
• Observing, assisting, and providing corrections
• Crafting and delivering verbal cues
• Making functional modifications, addressing injuries, and ensuring safety
• Detailed guidelines for each asana (as outlined in the manual)
• Techniques for assisting with inversions

Engage in teaching practice led by peers and instructors, focusing on demonstration, alignment, and providing guidance.

What You'll Learn:

• Traits of an effective teacher
• Delivering clear instructions
• Executing demonstrations
• Ensuring proper alignment
• Providing personalized attention to each student

Engage in teaching practice led by peers and instructors, focusing on demonstration, alignment, and providing guidance.

What You'll Learn:

• Proper understanding of the physical body will help to prevent injury before, during, and after practice.
• Anatomy informs safe movement; energy anatomy supports balance in yoga.
• Analyzing anatomy, focusing on muscle and bone differences via compression, tension, proportions, and orientation.
• Overview of diverse bodily systems
•  Skeleton, muscles, connective tissue, nerves, primary body movements
• Inhalation and respiratory functions
• Applying anatomy practically to poses

Essential yoga elements covered:

• Yoga’s meaning, concepts, and history
• Four paths of yoga (Jnana, Raja, Bhakti, Karma Yoga)
• Ashtanga & Hatha Yoga
• Prana (bioplasmic energy)
• Chakra system: qualities, activation, balancing techniques
• Energy or nadi system
• Meditation: introduction, practices, addressing mental issues
• Guru-disciple relationship
• Kriya Yoga
• Five body types (sheaths or koshas)

Nidra brings deep relaxation, leading to ‘turiya’—pure bliss through various relaxation techniques.