Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification: Module Four

Learn the deeper facets of teaching yoga, from asana and pranayama to the internal practice of stilling the mind and attuning to the multidimensional body, mind, and spirit. In Kripalu Yoga teacher training, you deepen your personal development, tune in to the flow of life force, and become a successful, transformational Kripalu Yoga teacher.

Working with Special Populations

How we take yoga out into the world and into our classes, and the variety of what we have to offer, plays a part in determining how successful we are as yoga teachers. This module focuses on developing skills for working one-on-one and for meeting individual students needs in a group environment.

This module teaches you how to offer posture modifications to create a safe and therapeutic environment in both group and individual classes. You will learn the key principles of Ayurveda, India’s nature-based health science, and how they support yoga instruction customized for the individual. You will also apply principles and techniques of restorative yoga to your class planning, learning how to customize restorative teaching for the populations with which you work.

This module includes

• Advanced skills for working with private clients
Bringing principles of Ayurveda to your teaching methodology
• Anatomy of the circulatory and lymphatic system
• Cultivating a personal Dinacharya (self-care) practice with Ayurvedic lifestyle tools
• Tools and principles for teaching special populations (Note this will be an introduction to the basic principles of teaching to these populations, not a complete training in any of these areas.)
• Restorative yoga
• Pre-natal yoga
• Elder yoga
• Yoga for chronic conditions such as cancer and fibromyalgia
• Yoga for round bodies
• Yoga for bone and back conditions.

Find out more about the Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training 500-Hour Certification.