Yoga Therapy
In this course, you will be trained to become a yoga teacher and a yoga therapist. Yoga therapy equips you with the skills necessary to relieve stress and heal stress-induced ailments and diseases. Most importantly, you will learn how to use yoga to cure the heart, mind, and body by applying hatha and yin yoga asanas, pranayamas, meditations and yoga nidra.
Our therapy classes have a different focus from other classes. It is fully devoted to helping clients overcome health challenges, addressing the 5 dimensions of the body (koshas): physical, emotional, mental, energetic, and spiritual. Healing is an interplay of processes within these five dimensions.
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Yoga teacher training
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Teaching Schedule
Yoga Therapy
four week residential yoga teacher training
opening ceremony
Learning
WEEK 1
Introduction to pranayama and yogic breathing.
Sun salutation and asanas.
Anatomy according to yoga.
The eight limbs of yoga.
WEEK 2
Health and imbalance (kosha).
The cardiovascular system.
Advanced sun salutation.
Asana methodology.
Blood pressure and digestion.
Processing
Balancing
WEEK 3
Pranayamas, chanting and relaxation techniques.
Restorative yoga.
Neurology and the vagus nerve.
Meditation, inner peace and balance.
Applying yoga philosophy for healing the heart and mind.
Case studies and student classes.
Marketing for yogis.
Course assessment and feedback.
WEEK 4
Completing
Graduation and departure
What our yogis say
experiences at the ashram
Internationally Certified Yoga Therapy Teacher Training
What to expect
BENEFITS OF yoga therapy teacher training
health
Yoga for perfect health and living free of stress and conditioning.
balance
Yin yoga increases your ability to love yourself and others.
beauty
Inversions and face yoga to maintain youthfulness and radiance.
Winnie Winnetu
resident teacher at yogi living ashram
Winnie Winnetu is a certified teacher of Hatha, Kundalini, Yin Yoga and Yoga Therapy and has been teaching yoga teacher training courses since 2015.
Yoga therapy is where the ancient yoga teachings meet modern science
Yoga Therapy is widely recognized and receiving increasing attention in healthcare institutions. One of the key drivers for this growth is scientific research. As more and more studies have demonstrated that Yoga Therapy has measurable benefits, the demand for Yoga Therapists is skyrocketing.
Yoga therapy requires detailed knowledge of how to select asanas, pranayamas, and meditations while avoiding contra-indications for specific ailments. Yoga therapists are trained to assess clients through listening, questioning, observing, and the use of appropriate touch.
If you are seeking to establish yourself in yoga or to develop your yoga teaching, yoga therapy could be the next step.
Yoga therapy is a self-empowering process that not only addresses the illness in a multi-dimensional manner, but also aims to alleviate suffering in a progressive, non-invasive and complementary manner. Yoga therapy can not only be preventative or curative, but also serve as a means to facilitate healing in the person at all levels.
The therapist seeks to empower clients to take a more active role in their personal care. It is less about teaching yogic techniques and more about helping clients to overcome challenges and gain independence. Consequently, the work of a yoga therapist has a different focus, uses a different skill set, and needs a different type of training.
Clients seeking a yoga therapist are usually not coming to learn yoga, but to get help with a health condition troubling them. In most cases, instruction focuses on their condition and yoga techniques that help them feel better or improve function, rather than a specific yoga practice.
According to yoga, disease usually starts in the mind and if left unchecked, manifests as imbalance in the emotional and physical body. Good health is not merely the absence of sickness, but is indicated by: strong digestion, a strong immune system, radiant skin, deep restful sleep with steady energy levels throughout the day, together with an even temperament and feeling joyful.
Yoga therapy aligns the health needs of the client with yoga practices supported by medical science. For example, there are specific yoga positions and postures for strengthening and supporting the back and alleviating lower back pain, even symptoms of a herniated disc. Likewise, with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), there are gentle, specialized ways of regulating the nervous system and fostering the return of an awareness of the body.
Becoming a yoga therapist is an enriching personal journey as well as a professional undertaking. As a yoga therapist you possess the competence needed to help clients to improve the state of their health and enjoy a fulfilling life.
Head over to the blog to read more about Winnie Winnetu and her yoga journey.
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yoga therapy teacher training course
The Ashram
Our Ashram is located in a beautiful little village called Klagstorp, surrounded by picturesque fields and serene nature. The beaches of Skånes Riviera are only 5 km away, renowned for their white sand.
Yogi Living Ashram is a relaxed retreat centre filled with exotic Indian artwork on the walls. Here you can be your self and be seen for who you are, making it an inspiring place where you can not only complete your yoga therapy TTC course but leave feeling refreshed and inspired.
There is space for you to stay in rooms at the retreat centre or in a nearby rented house.You will have free access to parking and garden that includes; a meditation platform, a tea house and a hot tub (upon request).
Whenever possible, we practice on the beach, in nature and at sacred sites. During free time there are treks along the Swedish coastline, and visits to sites of historical interest.
We are easily reached, only 15 km from Malmo airport and 40 km from Copenhagen airport and from Malmo airport and Trelleborg train station we offer a pick up and drop off service for a small fee, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Yoga Teacher Training
€4077
full course fee
Accommodation and meals included
four week residential yoga teacher training
200hr international Teaching Certificate with international yoga alliance
five reasons to join a Yoga Therapy Teacher training course
Where science meets ancient yoga practices
- Become an internationally certified teacher in Hatha Yoga and a certified Yoga Therapist.
- Learn the power of healing others, mentally, physically and spiritually
- The white sand beaches of Skåne’s Riviera that are just a stones throw away.
- Teach yoga validated by recent neuro science.
- Deeply connect with the roots of ancient yoga traditions.
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Impressions of Yogi Living Ashram
Moonlight over green meadows,
Summerlight over fields of corn,
Scent of flowers from garden meads,
And in the forest singing of birds
From A Song for Skåne by Nils Hansson
