Abhyasa and Vairagya describe the dual pathways of action and dispassion. This short subject introduces us to the twin pillars of Yoga.

In the Yoga Sutras Patanjali gives the two general means of practice. In the opening chapter he indicates Abhyasa/Vairagya (Action and dispassion) for those who are supremely intense in their efforts.

2 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

This course is intended to give you a format you can use when creating sequences, classes and courses with a specific, therapeutic goal, eg. ‘strengthen the lower back’ or ‘mobilise the shoulder joint’. Learning how to sequence in this way takes your teaching from general class style teaching (which has often a ‘shot-gun’ approach to yoga, covering a bit of everything, including postures which suit most but not all students) towards focused and targeted sequences which are created specifically for the person/group of people in mind, and have clear results.

2 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Ashtanga Yoga refers to the 8 limbs of yoga, and BKS Iyengar describes their relationship in the following way "...yoga is divided into three parts. Yama and niyama are one part. Asana, pranayama and pratyahara are the second part. Dharana, dhyana and samadhi are the third part".

3 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Do you often ask your students to “take a deep breath in”?

What actually happens when we breathe deeply?

What are the benefits of breathing in a light, soft, subtle manner? 

Are there more effective and useful phrases we could use to cue the breath?

This course explores and compares deep breathing and light breathing. There are many wonderful ways to breathe, but some are more effective than others. Since we tend to cue when and how to breathe regularly in a yoga class, we need to ensure that we are asking our students to breathe in a healthy way through out class to expand the likelihood of healthy breathing patterns flowing into daily life.

When we ask our students to “breathe in deeply”, often they will gulp the air in, sometimes through the mouth, up in the chest, taking in a large volume of air in small amount of time. This would increase both the numbers of breaths taken per minute as well as the volume of air per minute, e.g. hyperventilation. This is actually quite similar to the response of the sympathetic nervous system, when in fight or flight mode. If students repeat this many times though out the class, this may cause an unhealthy breathing pattern in daily life too.

So, what if we taught our students to breathe in a way which was subtle, light, soft, quiet, slow and low in the body? This actually increases our tolerance to CO2, which is a necessary gas required to transfer O2 to our cells, to provide us with energy. As counter intuitive as this might sound, the less we breathe, the more O2 our body receives and therefore the more energy we have.

In this course, you will learn why breathing less is important and effective. Ginny will share the anatomy and physiology of breathing as well as some pranayama techniques which can be used to help you breathe less air volume. She will also lead you though some asana practices for yourself and your students to help breathe lightly during class.

2 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Explore Chair Yoga and its key principles, techniques and benefits, led by Yoga Therapist and Senior Teacher, Robyn Lewis. This course introduces yoga teachers and therapists to the foundations of adapting traditional yoga practices for chair-based settings. Perfect for those looking to expand their teaching in this emerging genre of Hatha Yoga.

1 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Are you confused about where to place the feet in standing poses?  

Have you found different teachers teach different alignment cues?  

Have some of your students struggled to find steadiness in these poses?  

In this course, we will explore how to teach the main standing asana based on functional anatomy and feet placement. Once we have a solid foundation, we can cultivate a feeling of stability, strength and ease in any asana. We are all so different and one alignment cue does not suit all bodies.

1 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

This course will help you explore potential variations for feet placement in Tadasana, Virabhadrasana I & II, Trikonasana and Parsvottanasana.  

In Ayurvedic medicine physical disharmony in digestion is the primary cause of disease. In fact, we aim to harmonise digestion first for absolutely any health condition. The gut microbiome is perhaps the most important to all other biomes in the body. However, in Ayurveda, there are many deeper layers to digestion functioning well. With meditation, yoga asanas, pranayama, sattvic food (nutritional psychiatry) and self enquiry we begin to once again digest the present moment and heal the physical digestive tract. Amazingly, these days we have all of this Ancient wisdom completely backed up by research! In this course we look into Yogic perspective of mental and physical digestion.

2 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Learn key anatomical changes, safety guidelines, and practices that will enable you to confidently welcome postpartum students into your general class.

Many new mums are eager to get back onto their mats. Hence it's important that yoga teachers have foundational knowledge to keep them safe, while allowing them to make the most of their practice. This course will equip you with a broad understanding of the postpartum body, common contraindications, as well as practices may support recovery post birthing.

2 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Marma points are concentrated reservoirs of prana, the life force energy. By learning to activate these points, you can trigger powerful biochemical changes within your body, promoting improved physiological, neurological, and hormonal balance. This training is ideal for addressing a wide range of issues, from physical injuries to psychological imbalances. 

In this short course, Dr Prasad will cover:

• An Introduction to the science of Marma Therapy and its relationship with Yoga
• How Marma Therapy affects our biochemistry
• Specific anatomical locations of Marma points and examples of applications
• How to stimulate Marma points to obtain best therapeutic results
• Demonstration of a Stress Relief sequence to use on yourself or with Yoga Students

5 CPD points will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Topics covered include:

• Menopause as a transformational rite of passage, entering Sagescence
• Does Menopause Need a New Narrative?  Re-discover health, vitality, energy in menopause
• Asana & Beyond: Essential Considerations for Teaching Yoga During Menopause
• Rite of Passage in a women’s life 
• EFT for Menopause Interactive Practice
• Menopause Demystified – Unravelling Hormonal Changes, Minimising Symptoms while Embracing a Vibrant Life
• Sex, Menopause and Beyond
• Menopause – your Second Spring
• Lets pause to talk Menopause

6 CPD points will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Good circulation is a paramount state of good health. To really get supreme health, we want to keep the blood circulating. While the heart rate can stay very low, as much as possible you don’t want your heart rate to go up too often. It’s good if it varies, maybe from 45 beats to 75 beats up and down every minute; a healthy heart should do that. It’s called good heart rate variability. But the idea that you should get your heart rate up to 120 or 160 beats 45 minutes three times a week, is outdated.

The yogi has been said to count their life, not by the number of years they live, but by the number of beats their heart makes and the number of breaths they take. So let’s consider therefore that the aim is not to get your heart rate up, but rather to get the blood vessels, the vascular system to work very effectively at moving blood through the body without the heart racing.

I want you to feel that you’re getting strong while focusing on being relaxed and not feeling tense. Whenever the body feels tension, it retards blood flow and increases the stress response which depletes your immune system. I want you to enhance blood flow, get good circulation with the heart rate low. I want you to get energy in your body without having to breathe so much. 

3 CPD points will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

This course explains how body and mind are connected via the pranic strata and that body, breath and mind can be likened to the solid, liquid and gaseous states of water. Prana, as the liquid state mediates between the two others. It is shown why a yoga practice that contains only asana and meditation still falls short of yogas potential and that only the adding of pranayama optimizes and connects both. The five sheaths (panchakoshas) of the Taittiriya Upanishad are then explained in detail, their connection to the Yoga Sutra is shown and how this applies to pranayama. The various purposes and benefits of pranayama are then discussed, together with quotations from many shastras (scriptures). We then delve into the rationale and benefits of alternate nostril breathing.

2 CPD points will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

Learn how to support pregnant women to reclaim feminine empowerment, trust in themselves and find the confidence to birth joyfully. Includes a PDF copy of Katie's book, The Yoga of Birth.

"Namaste friends, thank you for being here and for opening your mind up to the possibilities of the beauty, joy and health benefits that a pregnancy and birth informed by yogic philosophy and practice could bring. It is my hope that in this book you will find much encouragement and many ideas for supporting yourself and your child on the journey into life. This is not a book offering detail about the physical yoga poses or asana, there are plenty of other good books that do that. Rather in this book I hope to draw from the ancient wisdom teachings specific to the lineages of yoga. My aim is to offer the powerful philosophies of the yogic disciplines and apply them to the journey into motherhood."

2 CPD point will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.

In yoga, we know that a healthy spine supports a healthy mind because of the direct correlation between the primary nadi (Sushumna), the physical spine, and one’s emotional wellbeing. However, during practice many students may compromise their spine by either trying to muscle (drag) or passively collapse (drop) their body into unhealthy positions and depths that have little or no relationship with their spinal integrity.

In this course we'll explore simple and effective ways you can support your students in developing spinal awareness and integrity for a safer, more sustainable practice and improved wellbeing.

1 CPD points will be automatically allocated to your dashboard on completion of this course.