YOGA POSTURES (ASANA)
- Yoga builds strength, flexibility, and mind-body connection via diverse postures.
- Offering alignment support for Hatha and occasional Ashtanga yoga classes.
- 200-hour course covers 50+ Hatha yoga and 20+ Ashtanga yoga poses.
PRANAYAMA (BREATHING PRACTICES)
- 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.
SHATKARMA (YOGIC CLEANSING)
- Jala Neti
- Vamana Dhauti
- Uddiyana Bhanda
- Sutra Neti
- Kapalabhati
MUDRAS (GESTURES)
- Jnana mudra
- Chin mudra
- Yoni mudra
- Bhairava mudra
- Shambhavi mudra
EMOTIONAL DETOXIFICATION KRIYAS
- Body points
- Treatment Structure
- Theory & Lecture
- Bhairava mudra
- Treatment Practice
- Relationship between emotional accumulation in body and thought pattern
MEDITATION (DHYANA)
- Breathing awareness meditation
- AUM (Om) or mantra meditation
- Trataka
- Tips for developing concentration
- Silence practice
TEACHING METHODOLOGY
At Lalitha’s Yoga, learn effective class planning and create a positive, transformative environment experience.
You will learn:
- How to plan and structure a yoga asana class
- Principles of demonstration
- Qualities of a teacher and teaching styles
- How to use the breath and voice while teaching
- Observing, assisting and correcting
- Verbal cues
- Functional modifications, injuries and safety precautions
- Guidelines for each asana (as per manual)
- Assisting inversions
TEACHING PRACTICE (ADHYAPANAM)
Peer and teacher-led teaching practice includes demo, alignment, and instructions.
You will learn:
- Symptoms of a good teacher
- Clear instruction
- Demonstration
- Proper alignment
- Individual care of each student
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY (SHARIR VIJNAN)
- 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
PHILOSOPHY (YOGA DARSHANA)
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)
YOGA NIDRA (PSYCHIC SLEEP)
- Yoga Nidra brings deep relaxation, leading to ‘turiya’—pure bliss through various relaxation techniques.
NATUROPATHY
- Uncover 5 elements for detox. Practice mud, water, breath therapies, enhance fire and ether elements.