Asana Mastery

CPD Advanced Yoga Teaching Skills - Module A

Saturday & Sunday, 11am - 5.30pm at the lake. 

You may take this module at a time of your choosing, there is no set order for taking any of the 300 modules, it can be taken standalone & will include 2 hours of self-study. 

There are six weekends, which can be taken in any order & run once a year. Each weekend is 15 hours of CPD, there are 12 hours of self-study required whilst you take the 6 weekends. This module is mandatory for 300 Hour Teachers, it can be taken standalone & will include 2 hours of self-study. 

Module B

Asana Mastery

 Asana is evolving. We’ve been practicing in the west now since the 19^th century, when it was brought to the US & Europe by Indian monks. The Yoga they likely spoke about was less poses, more philosophy, psychology & self-improvement. Our fascination with physical practice began in the early 20^th century & still it pervades.

Safety, efficiency & appropriateness

Practice has changed as we’ve become more knowledgeable & as we’ve watched how practice has affected our bodies. Being attached to ways of moving or placing the body in poses just because someone else told us that’s the way to do it does not allow us to acknowledge our own history, injuries, resistances or preferences – all of which are valid. It’s in the investigation of these areas that we learn about ourselves

A physical weekend

We’ll be practicing poses; talking about their roots, the suggested alignment of various lineages, what we see the students doing & why those habits present.

Oft forgotten in modern yoga teaching are the benefits, the why.

Whilst moving through groupings of poses – extension, flexion, rotation, lateral extension/flexion, axial extension, inversions – we’ll non-stop dissect, discuss & discover how these poses can deliver a proliferation of health & wellbeing benefits, strength, mobility & mental fortitude.

This module is mandatory for 300 Hour Teachers.