Our intensive, two-day Yoga Foundations workshop provides hands-on experience in teaching beginner yoga formats through a breakdown of 20 poses focused on alignment, safety, variations and breathing techniques. In addition to the basics of class formatting, you’ll discuss yoga history through exploration of the 8 limbs, learn the anatomy and physiology of the nervous and respiratory systems, as well as discover ways to encourage and motivate your participants through verbal refinements and inclusive cuing. This certification will provide two sample beginning yoga classes as well as time for practice under the supervision of an experienced yoga teacher.

*Yoga Foundations can be taken as a stand-alone specialty certification and/or can be taken as part of the 200 Hour Yoga Program approved by Yoga Alliance.

Key Topics:

• In-depth break –down of 20 basic yoga poses
• Basic Pranayama (breathing)
• The 8 limbs of yoga
• Basic principles of teaching asana-Tell, show, do
• Sample class formats for beginning yoga classes
• Pose categories and beginning sequencing
• Motivational and inspirational cuing
• Participation in two practice classes
• Practice teaching

Equipment Requirements
Participants must have access to a device capable of connecting to a Zoom conference meeting, to include webcam capabilities. Adequate space to participate in a master class and pose clinic is necessary (roughly the size of a standard yoga mat).

*Virtual workshops are held in Central Time Zone.