TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM – 3 MONTHS

curriculum of Teachers’ Training Course

able to draw on their own practice and personal discipline in imparting the yoga experience to others.

The intensive daily schedule includes two hot yoga classes, three lectures, and one class of

dialogue clinic and one class of posture clinic. Weekends are lecture-free, with Kriyas in the mornings.

ASANAS (Yoga Postures)

A daily teaching practice class is devoted to teaching you how to teach asanas and

pranayama. A daily asana practice class allows you to practice your own

asanas and will help to build the good habit of practice. The daily in-depth practice with

individual corrections comprise:

• Sun salutation

• 25 basic yoga postures

• 100 asana variations, from intermediate level to advanced

• Postural alignment

• Deep relaxation with autosuggestion

• Release of blocked energy

• Training sessions for all age groups

BENEFITS OF ASANAS:

• Control emotions

• Improve the power of concentration

• Rid the body of excess fat

• Enhance physical fitness

• Relieve chronic ailments such as constipation, rheumatism, stomach complaints

• Stimulate circulation

• Stabilise thyroid functions

• Keep muscles youthful and supple into old age

PRANAYAMA

• Expands capacity of the lungs & Relaxes the nervous system

• Balances the two hemispheres of the brain

• Purifies the nadis (subtle energy channels)

• Awakens the inner spiritual energy

• Kapalabhati (lung cleansing exercise)

• Anuloma Viloma (alternate nostril breathing)

• Ujjayi, Surya Bheda, Bhastrika, Sitali, Sitkari, Bhramari

• Samanu (mental cleansing of the nadis)

• The three bandhas: Jalandhara, Moola, Uddiyana

KRIYAS

• Tratak, Neti, Kapalabhati, Nauli and Basti: five classical purification exercises for the eyes,

nose, air passages, esophagus and stomach, abdominal organs, and large intestine.

Explanation and demonstration of the exercises and their effects. Individual

instruction

YOGA ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

• Introduction to the major body systems

• The effects of asanas and pranayama on the cardiovascular system, respiration,

digestion, skeletal and muscular systems, endocrine system

• The eight systems of the body

• Yoga and physical culture

• Diet and nutrition

COMPREHENSIVE STUDY

1. About the Human Body Machine

2. The definition, Scope, and Importance of Anatomy, Physiology in Physical Education

and Yoga

3. The skeletal System of the Human Body:

a) Bones Structure

b) Joints and their types

c) Types of Movements around the joints

d) The skeleton bones of different parts & limbs of the body

4. Blood circulatory system:

a) Structure of hearts and their parts

b) Various vessels of the circulatory system

c) The circulation of blood

d) Blood pressure and its various aspects

5. The digestive system, structures, and the process of digestion.

6. The respiratory system and respiration

7. Nervous system, C.N.S + A.N.S

8. Temp. regulation system of the body

9. Exercise physiology

TEACHING PRACTICE

• How to teach the 26 basic postures and breathing exercises to beginners and

intermediate students

• Setting up of a proper environment for class

• General pointers on teaching a class

• The Basic Sivananda class

• Beginners’ Course

• Advanced Postures

• Yoga for Older Citizens

• Yoga for Pregnancy

• Relaxation

• Detailed correction workshops

• In the second half of the training course, participants will teach each other under the

guidance of an experienced instructor 

YOGA THEORY:

1) Introduction to Yoga: Origins | Meaning | evolution  yoga in 21st Century | 5 Body

System | Chakras & Naadis  

2) Hatha Yoga & Asanas:  How many asanas are there? | What is Hatha Yoga | How to

asanas affect the Physiology and Psyche of Human Beings | Safety & Precaution

3) Prana, Pranayama and Bandhas: What is Prana | True science of Pranayama | Bandhas

in the Yogic system

4) Mantras, Concentration & Meditation: What are Mantras | Introduction to

Concentration | Introduction to meditation | Difference between concentration & Meditation

5) Heart, Love, Compassion & Bhakti: Introduction to Bhakti Yoga | Methods of Bhakti

YOGA NUTRITION

• Vegetarianism – for ethical, spiritual, and health reasons

• How diet affects the mind

• Proper balance of the main nutrients

• Ayurvedic principles of nutrition

• Introduction to Food i.e Food Pyramid & Food Groups

• Diet recommended to age group 16-30.

• Digestion & Absorption processes in the stomach.

• Diet recommended to age group 31-50.

• Diet based on Stress Management.

• Diet recommended to age group above 50 years.

• Healing effects of fasting

COURSE POLICIES

Mandeep Yoga Teacher Training is an intensive course condensing the equivalent in time

and study of a one-year professional certificate program into only four weeks. The next

month will require your utmost dedication in time, intent, and effort to fully realize your

potential as a Certified Mandeep Method Instructor, demanding total immersion in

Mandeep Yoga through every waking breath. We, the staff and faculty of Mandeep Hot

Yoga, are confident that each of you, as future instructors, will adhere to Mandeep’s policies

and wilfully aid us in helping you become outstanding Yoga Teachers. In order to ensure

your success in meeting the minimum requirements for certification, the following outline

will present a clear statement of your responsibilities as a Teacher-in-Training. We thank

you in advance for your respectful compliance.

Attendance in all organized facets of training, including classes, discussions, lectures and

posture clinics is mandatory. If a situation arises that prevents you from maintaining

physical presence, you may be excused in advance with permission from Mandeep.

Attendance is crucial to your success, so not meeting these requirements will seriously

jeopardize your potential for certification. When confronting the unforeseeable and

unavoidable, just talk to Mandeep – we’ll work it out together.

Please be punctual for all aspects of training, as lateness will be regarded as an absence.

Attendance alone is insufficient- you must compel yourself to continuously and consistently

demonstrate your desire to teach through active participation in Teacher Training. Please

avoid distractions such as eating, sleeping, lying down (unless injured or in asana), and

needlessly conversing during classes, lectures, discussions, and posture clinics to maintain

respect for your teachers and fellow students. Each student is required to sign in and out during designated times each day. As a true

a friend is someone who will never ask you to lie for them, please continue on the path of

truth and refrain from signing in for others.

Assigned work for all classes and lectures must be completed to the instructor’s approval on

your own time. For all classes in which examinations are administered, a minimum score of

70 percent is necessary to pass.

You must successfully demonstrate your proficiency in dialogue delivery for all twenty-six

postures and two breathing exercises to Mandeep’s satisfaction to be considered

for graduation. Each student will be assigned to a group to allow for active rotation in posture clinic. You

are required to remain within your group throughout the entire training.

Tobacco, drug, or alcohol use is prohibited and will lead to immediate dismissal.

Please help us maintain a peaceful, respectful, and professional environment at all times.