Add Ayurveda to Your YTT
Add Ayurveda to Your YTT
Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers & Therapists
Add Ayurveda to Your Existing Skillset...
Through the integration of Yoga and Ayurveda, we will learn to design sequencing templates for all three doshas (body-types) that accentuate proper pacing, drishti, asana modification and appropriate pranayama. Theses Ayurvedic Yoga principles will be woven into our own bodies as we practice; once embodied and assimilated, they can be taught seamlessly, adding distinctive value and appeal to all classes and private sessions.
Learn ways to adapt the principles of yoga’s sister science, Ayurveda, to your yoga classes and for your clients in this two-day intensive. By taking into account health challenges, age, seasons of the year, times of day, and myriad other factors, Ayurveda can help you more effectively meet the needs of your students, your clients (and yourself) on and off the mat. Combines lecture, discussion and practice.
Hands-on techniques to customize poses through an individual’s body type, mental outlook, and age, as well as the season of the year and the time of day.
An overview of the holistic philosophy of Ayurveda and how its teachings, which the ancients viewed as inseparable from yoga, can enhance the therapeutic value of yoga.
Specific applications of Ayurvedic principles to support health and well being through “yug,” the concept of yoking or connecting the mind, body and spirit.