1

MUDRAS AND BANDHAS FROM THE HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA

½  TO 1 DAY

•  What can we apply to class teaching in the light of experience.
•  Detailed teaching and practice of the three Bandhas in Maha Mudra for personal development.

2

THE BREATHING PRACTICES OF THE HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA

½  TO 1 DAY

• Applying the Mudras and Bandhas safely.

3

MEDITATION

½  TO 1 DAY

• Practice, theory, class teaching, group contribution.
• Personal development. Using the Senses. Internal and external.
• The Upanishads and Patanjali as a guide. Stillness and activity.

4

SAMADHI. IS IT ATTAINABLE?

2 HRS

Lecture, research material, group involvement.

5

ASANA. MIXED ABILITY TEACHING

½  DAY

Continuous practice on 5 levels. How to involve a group at all times

6

VOICE WORKSHOP. FINDING OUR CHANTING VOICE FOR BIJA MANTRAS

½  DAY

• Personal practice to build confidence and power.

7

CHAKRAS. WHAT DO WE TEACH OUR CLASSES?

1 DAY

• Building up a usable repertoire.

8

STRETCHING. THE PHYSIOLOGY APPLIED TO ASANA

½  TO 1 DAY

• How to do it, how to teach it.

9

PRANAYAMA

½  DAY

• A variety of sequences and approaches for use in classes

10

SALUTES TO THE SUN

½  DAY

• An ascending approach to teaching, to accommodate the weak, the strong, the spiritual.

11

THE OUT BREATH IN YOGA

½  DAY

• Practical. Plus, can it be overdone and what may be the signs?

12

SIMPLE SANSKRIT PRONUNCIATION

1 HR

• Practical try out of common yoga words

13

BALANCING.

½  to 1 day

• Dozens of teaching tips for mixed ability

14

ADJUSTING OUR STUDENTS SAFELY & TACTFULLY

½  to 1 day

• Self observation on our teaching style and strategies to consider adjustment.

15

SETTING UP AND RUNNING OUR YOGA CLASSES IN A CHANGING WORLD

½  day

• Different venues, different requirements. employed or self employed? Pool experience

16

MAKING THE KRIYAS INTERESTING FOR OUR CLASSES

½  to 1 day

• Anecdotes about a wide variety of techniques Teaching tratakam, juva sodhana, Kapalabhati, nauli. Demonstration of Jala neti.

17

ASPECTS OF TEACHING OLDER AGE GROUP CLASSES

1 day

• A little on chair based teaching but mainly how to include the older age group into an existing class and the already well experienced group to deepen their experience.

18

DEVELOPING AND TEACHING UJJAYI

½  day

• Teaching Tips for 100% class success.