Institute of Natural Healing

1. Getting into Teaching Yoga

• Why become a yoga teacher?
• The skills you need
• Moving on from learning to teaching
  

2. Teaching Breathing

• Introduction to Breathing
• The Complete Breath
• Abdominal Breath
• Three Part Breath
• Breathing Exercises
  

3. Teaching Meditation

• Why meditate?
• Methods of Meditation
• Developing Meditation Skills
• Meditation Exercises
  

4. Teaching Yoga Poses including photographs for each section

• Warm Up Poses
• Seated Poses
• Standing Poses
• Inversions
• Counter Poses
• Twists
• Balancing Poses
• Forward & Back Bends
• Relaxation & Restorative Poses
  

5. Yoga Salutations

• Purpose of salutations
• Pictures of poses for sun salutation
  

6. Becoming a Yoga Instructor

• Opportunities to teach yoga
• Preparing Yourself to Teach Yoga
• How to give verbal instructions and demonstrate poses
• Getting hired as a yoga instructor
  

7. Creating a Yoga Environment

• Suitable premises for classes
• Yoga Clothing
• Yoga Props
  

8. Creating a Yoga Class Lesson Plan

• Introduction
• Warm Up Sequence
• Sun Salutation
• Beginner Class
• Intermediate Class
• Strengthening Class
• Relaxation Class
  

9. Modifications & Contra indications

• Yoga Student Health Questionnaire
• Contra indications to Yoga
• Recognizing student’s contra indicated to yoga
• Correcting student’s mistakes
• Making poses easier for beginners
  

10. Yoga for Everyone

• Yoga for Pregnancy
• Yoga for Children
• Yoga for Elderly
  

11. Yoga Diet

• Eating to Enhance Yoga
• Value of Whole Foods
• Fasting with Yoga
  

12. Starting your own Yoga Studio

• Choosing Target Market
• Choosing a Location
  

13. Business Development

• Business Plan Requirements
• Business funding
• Insurance
• Pricing Metrics
  

14. Marketing & Networking

• Attracting Clients
• Advertising
• Websites and E mails
• Professional Networking
• Yoga Associations