Curriculum

CURRICULUM

TECHNIQUES, TRAINING & PRACTICE

  • Embodied Flow™ Asanas
  • Mantras, Pranayamas & Kriyas
  • Meditation
  • Foundational alignment for Embodied Flow™ asana, integrating developmental and anatomical pathways in relationship to gravity and space
  • Embodiment Practices inspired by Body Mind Centering® – tapping into the felt sense of different systems of the body: skeletal, organ, endocrine, muscular, developmental, nervous system in order to gain awareness, registry and resonance of these systems.

TEACHING METHODOLOGY

  • Class Sequencing & Theming
  • Communication skills such as group dynamics, time management, and the establishment of priorities and boundaries
  • How to address the specific needs of individuals and special populations, to the degree possible in a group setting
  • Principles of demonstration, observation and assisting
  • Qualities of a teacher
  • Discovering your voice as a teacher

EMBODIED ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

  • embodied human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.)
  • energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.).
  • application to your Embodied Flow™ yoga practice

EMBODIED YOGA PHILOSOPHY, LIFESTYLE & ETHICS

  • The study of yoga philosophies and traditional texts (such as the Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika or Bhagavad Gita)
  • Tantric Yoga Philosophy in the lineage of Kashmir Shaivism
  • Ethics for yoga teachers, such as those involving teacher – student relationships and community
  • Understanding the value of teaching yoga as a service and being of service to others

PRACTICUM

  • Practice teaching as the lead instructor
  • Receiving and giving feedback
  • Observing others teaching
  • Assisting students while someone else is teaching