The Embodied Path Course Outline – 200 Hour

Session 1
Sept 12-14; Sept 26-28; Oct 3-5

  • Meditation, Chanting, Mantras
  • History of the term “yoga,” the Om
  • Human Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Physiology Principles
  • Asana, Looking at Bodies, Workshopping Postures
  • Hands on Assists
  • Intro to Trauma-Informed Yoga
  • The Nervous System and Polyvagal Theory
  • Natural Breathing, Ujjayi Pranayama
  • The Yogic Body: Koshas, Nadis, Prana Vayus
  • Certain Upanishads, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
  • Practice Teaching

Session 2
Oct 24-26; Nov 7-9; Nov 14-16

  • Physiology of Breathing
  • Meditation, Chanting Mantras, Pranayama
  • Ethics of the Yoga Sutras 
  • Asana, Anatomy, and Biomechanics
  • The Bhagavad Gita: Politics and Allegories
  • Trauma and the Nervous System
  • Accountability, Appropriation, and the Politics of Yoga
  • Looking at Bodies, Workshopping Postures, Hands on Assists
  • Practice Teaching
  • The Chakras
  • Business of Yoga: Marketing, Promotion, Private Teaching

Session 3
Dec 5-7; Dec 12-14

  • Meditation, Chanting, Pranayama, Bandhas
  • The Yogic Body Fully Analyzed
  • Introduction to Tantra (Kashmiri Shaivism)
  • Anatomy and Biomechanics 
  • Asana, Workshopping Postures, Hands on Assists
  • The Yoga Professional
  • Practice Teaching and Testing Out with a Full Sequence