PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Listed below are modules from our Diploma and Advanced Diploma Teacher Training courses, which can be taken as stand alone course subjects.

This is great way for for yoga teachers and advanced yoga students to deepen their knowledge and develop their skills.

ENHANCE YOUR CURRENT LEVEL OF TEACHER TRAINING
Have you completed a 200 hour teacher training course and feel the urge to deepen your knowledge? 

We can help tailor a study program from our Diploma, Advanced Diploma that complements your current training. This additional study can bring your training level up to the 350 hours required for full membership of Yoga Australia (formerly YTAA). Contact Us for more details.

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Heart of Yoga Teachings

The Yoga Sutras is the foundation text of yoga. Arguably every yoga teachers needs an understanding of this philosophical framework.

This course aims to provide participants with a basic familiarity with the overall teachings of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and major themes and concepts of yoga, found in this highly significant text.

This 12 hour course, which is part of our respected Diploma of Yoga Teaching, will explore the relevance of these ancient concepts for the practice of yoga today and for health and wellbeing in our modern lives. In keeping with this oral tradition, the course includes the classical chanting of the Yoga Sutras.

This course is suitable for yoga teachers and yoga students keen to deepen their knowledge. No prior knowlege of the sutras is required.

Teacher: Michael de Manincor
Cost: $330.00 (inc gst)
Dates: Fridays 4th May to 22nd June
Time: 8:30-10:00am
OR
Dates: Saturday 9th June to Saturday 16th June
Time: 8:30-10:00am

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 12 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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The Fundamentals of Pranayama

Understanding & Teaching Yogic Breathing

Pranayama is the most powerful tool of yoga to bring about positive personal change.

This 18 hour course, from our Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training, is ideally suited to yoga teachers and experienced practitioners seeking to broaden their understanding of the intelligence and power of the breath.

The course will explore key principles of pranayama including understanding the vital energy of prana, how we can calm, energise and bring balance to our system through the breath. Partipants will also learn and practice teaching several pranayama breathing techniques.

Cost: $495.00 (incl gst)
Dates: Fridays 11th, 18th & 25th May, 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd June
Times: 12:30-3:30pm, 11th May & 22nd June: 2:00-3:30pm
OR
Dates: Sunday 10th June to Tuesday 12th June, Thursday 14th, Friday 15th June, & Sunday 17th June
Times: 12:30-3:30pm, 17th June: 11:00am-1:30pm

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 18 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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Meditation II (including Mindfulness)

Developing Meditation Practices

Developing the capacity to bring a calm focus and process of transformation to the mind, is the essence of Yoga.

In this module you will:
• Learn basic techniques of meditation, including mindfulness
• Learn and practice advanced yoga meditation techniques, including use of;
- symbolic gestures (mudra & nyasa)
- power of intention (samkalpa) and visualisation (bhavana)
- mantra, sound and chanting
• Learn the principles of the vinyasa krama (appropriate steps) of designing and teaching meditation practices, with the most appropriate meditation technique (viniyoga) for different people
• Develop your capacity to match the mind to the most appropriate meditation technique (viniyoga)

This course is a module from the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training. Pre-requisite: understanding of concepts of the model of meditation in yoga, and experience of basic meditation techniques (e.g. Yoga Institute-Meditation I). 12 hour course, 12 contact hours.

Teacher: Michael de Manincor
Cost: $330.00 (inc gst)
Dates: Saturday 2nd June & Sunday 3rd June
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 12 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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Yoga Psychology and Mental Health

A Framework for Mental Health

Yoga practice is underpinned by a time-tested philosophical and psychological framework. As contemporary yoga evolves, and its significance in the area of mental health, it is important to develop an understanding of this ancient system of wisdom.

In this Yoga Psychology module you will:

• Explore themes of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, the foundational text of yoga.
• Contextualise the key learnings from these ancient texts within yoga practice today.

This course is a module from the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training. Pre-requisite: understanding of concepts of the model of meditation in yoga, and experience of basic meditation techniques (e.g. Yoga Institute-Meditation I). Prior study and familiarity of the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali (e.g. Yoga Institute - Yoga Sutra studies). 15 hour course, 15 contact hours.

Teacher: Michael de Manincor
Cost: $330 (inc gst)
Dates: Saturday 30th June & Sunday 1st July
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 15 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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Asana II

Classical Techniques of Advanced Yoga Postures

Explore the classical techniques and the appropriate application of “visesa” or special postures, in the tradition of Krishnamacharya.

This 12 hour course, from of our respected Diploma of Yoga Teaching, will include the correct instructions, modifications and counterposes for the visesa postures spanning inversions, backbends, sitting postures and arm balances. It will also explore practice planning and teaching practice of the more advanced postures.

This course is a great professional development opportunity for Yoga teachers and experienced Yoga practioners interested in refining their understanding of the visesa postures.

Cost: $330.00 (inc gst)
Dates: Saturday 1st September to Tuesday 4th September & Thursday 6th September
Times: 1st & 2nd September: 11:00am-12:30pm. 3rd, 4th & 6th September: 10:00-11:30am

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 12 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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Designing Personal Practices

Yoga to Best Meet Your Clients Needs

Yoga has been taught on a one-to-one basis for most of it’s history. Group yoga classes have only been popular for about three decades. Great yogis, like Krishnamacharya, knew that the greatest benefits are experienced when a student does a regular yoga practice which is tailored to best meet their unique needs and goals.

This 9 hour course is part of our respected Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training. It focuses on the skills required to effectively assess and evaluation students and then design them a personal home yoga practice. This course is ideally suited to yoga teachers interested in advancing their ability to work one-on-one with clients.

Cost: $245.00 (inc gst)
Dates: Fridays 20th July, 27th July & 3rd August
Times: 12:30-3:30pm
OR
Dates: Saturday 1st, Sunday 2nd & Monday 3rd September
Time: 1:30-4:30pm, 3rd September: 12:30-3:30pm

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 9 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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Integrated Practice Design

with Advanced Techniques and Teaching Skills

A skillful yoga teacher utilises the many yoga tools available - asana, pranayama, meditation, bhavana, samkalpa, nyasa, etc to design yoga practices that best meet the unique needs of students. In this course you will consolidate your ability to design highly effective practices, combining various yoga techniques for specific groups and personal practices for individual needs.

This course is a module from the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training. 9 contact hours. Pre-requisites: understanding of concept of vinyasa krama, and basic experience of practice design and planning for group classes and personal practices (e.g. Yoga Institute - Practice Design & Planning).

Teacher: Michael de Manincor
Cost: $245.00 (inc gst)
Dates: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th August
Times: 4th August: 9:30-4:30pm. 5th August: 9:30-12:30pm

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 9 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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Professional Standards

Ethics & Business of Yoga

Unpack key business principles relevant to yoga teachers and explore how best to maintain professional and ethical relationships with students. This course will include:

• Presentation, discussion and generation of ideas for participants to take away, related to being professional as a Yoga Teacher
• Various models of business and earning a living as a yoga teacher
• Identifying skills required for business and professional development
• Professional ethics of yoga teachers, including ethical relationships with students
• Insurance and risk management
• Membership of a professional association - Yoga Australia

This course is a module from the Advanced Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training. 6 hour workshop. No prior learning in this subject required.

Teacher: Michael de Manincor
Cost: $165 (inc gst)
Dates: Sunday 5th August & Sunday 26th August
Time:1:30-4:30pm

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 6 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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Meditation in Yoga

Essential Tools of Yoga

Since meditation is the ultimate goal of yoga, tools to effectively teach meditation are an essential for yoga teachers.

This 9 hour course is part of our Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training. The experiential course will explore the theoretical and practical principles of yoga meditation and also the complementary tools of visualisation, sound, mantra and chanting.

This is a professional development opportunity for yoga teachers and experienced yoga practioners keen to advance their understanding and skills in teaching meditation.

Cost: $245 (inc gst)
Dates: Fridays 17th to 31st August
Time: 12:30-3:30pm
OR
Dates: Tuesday 4th September to Thursday 6th September
Times: 12:30-3:30pm

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve your place. Limited numbers available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 9 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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The Yoga Narrative

Communications Skills for Yoga Teachers

The emphasis of most yoga teacher training is on what we teach - the right sequencing, accurate instructions and the theoretical frameworks of yoga.

In this fun and interactive workshop we investigate HOW we teach. We explore several highly effective communication techniques to gain and hold student’s attention and their loyalty including:

• Unpacking what makes a yoga teacher highly effective
• Practice teaching yoga with an understanding that people recieve information differently
• Learn how we can use lanuage more consciously to better engage our students

This one day course, from our respected Diploma of Yoga Teaching, is ideally suited to yoga teachers comfortable with the mechanics of teaching and keen to finese the subtlities of their delivery or "narrative".

The course facilitator is Sharon Longridge a Yoga Teacher and Educator at the Yoga Institute with a background in broadcasting, media training and communications.

Teacher: Sharon Longridge
Cost: $165 (incl gst)
Date: Friday 7th September - fully booked.
Time: 8:30am-3:30pm

This course is currently fully booked. If you wish to be added to a waitlist please contact us.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 6 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

Sign up to our Enews (above) and find us on Facebook so we can keep you posted of new professional development courses and workshops.The emphasis of most yoga teacher training is on what we teach - the right sequencing, accurate instructions and the theoretical frameworks of yoga.

Understanding the Bandhas

Unlocking the Potential of the Body Locks

From symbology and techniques to contraindications, this short course will deepen participants understanding of the appropriate application of the bandhas or "locks". Explore how can they enhance the transformative nature of a yoga practice.

This 6 hour course is part of our Diploma of Yoga Teacher Training. We also encourage attendees to come to the yoga classes beforehand to experience first hand the application of the bandhas with asanas and the bandhas with pranayama.

Teacher: Michael de Manincor
Cost: $165 (inc gst)
Dates: Fridays 19th & 26th October
Time: 8:30-11:30am (morning class 6:30-7:45am*)
OR
Dates: Saturday 8th September
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm (morning class 7:30-8:45am*)

* Morning classes aren't included in the cost of the course.

Bookings are essential and prepayment is required. Contact us to reserve you place. Limited spaces available.

Yoga teachers attending this course can earn 6 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points towards their Yoga Australia membership.

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Special Offer for Yoga Institute Graduate Teachers

50% discount on refresher modules from the Diploma course

More Professional Development Opportunities

Here's a snapshot of some of the special interest elective workshops we have planned.

Yoga Psychology & Mental Health

Yoga for Back Care

Introduction to Yoga Therapy

Yoga for Women’s Health

Introduction to Pregnancy Yoga

Introduction to Post Natal Yoga

The Playful Art of Yoga for Children

Sound & Chanting for Good Health

For more details please refer to the WORKSHOPS section of our website