yoga training workshops
Do you want to deepen your understanding of Yoga without having to commit to a Teacher Training Course? These workshops are available as individual events. Do one, or do them all, focus on the areas that inspire you, whether that’s a look at the impact of your thoughts and feelings with the Samkhya philosophy workshop, maintaining or establishing health and wellbeing with Ayurvedic Principles, or delving more into the physical body with Anatomy Fundamentals, Power and Yin.
We’re partnering with world-renowned Yoga Educators & best-selling authors of Yoga Anatomy, Leslie Kaminoff & Amy Matthews.
Using what they’ve learned in their combined 50-years of experience training yoga teachers, they’ve created a unique online + in-person course that’s exclusively available through Teacher Training programs like ours.
This is not your average anatomy training.
Don’t expect hours of “which bone is which” that makes you feel like you’re back in high school science classes…
Leslie & Amy spend time on the things that matter most to a yoga teacher and skip the memorization.
They’ll help you establish a broad base of knowledge by sharing examples, analogies, stories, and guiding you through physical experiments that make the material helpful and applicable to teaching yoga to students.
Leslie & Amy will also share their own favourite teaching strategies like…
* How to make poses accessible for any student
* What to do when students have an injury and still want to practice
* Simple cues that help every student find success on the mat
Leslie and Amy’s unique blend of humour and expertise make them the absolute best team to guide you through this phase of your journey.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
You’ll join Amy & Leslie at home via your computer for 20-hours of guided lesson content, reflection, personal exploration, and teaching preparation. 
They’ll lead you through movement experiments that will help you apply anatomy ideas to your own practice, and give you tools you’ll be able to access as a teacher. You’ll have time to soak up the material and try it out it in your own asana practice.
Then we come together as a group, you’ll already have a strong foundation. Our group time will be spent in hands-on application. We’ll discuss, share movement exercises, and observe exactly how this information interweaves with our Yoga Rhythms style. 
By the time we’re finished, you’ll have a broad understanding of the anatomical concepts that are most important to a yoga teacher so you can teach with confidence.
WANT A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM? Here’s a preview:
“Foundational Units”
Unit 1 – Building Blocks: Sthira & Sukha / Connective Tissue / Bones / Muscles
Unit 2 – Breath: Prana & Apana / Diaphragm / Ujjayi / Bhandas
Unit 3 – Muscle Physiology: Strength / Flexibility / Movement / Joints
Unit 4 – The Spine: Curves / Disks / Backpain
Unit 5 – The Lower Limbs: Foot / Knee / Hips / Pelvis / Walking / Alignment in Standing Postures
Unit 6 – The Upper Limbs: Hands & Wrists / Forearm / Elbow / Shoulder / Alignment in Inversions
“Application Units: Anatomy in Asana”
Unit 7 – Anatomy in Asana and Asana Philosophy: Introduction to working with Asana / “Benefits” of a Pose / Asana Analysis / Begin Standing Poses
Unit 8 – Anatomy in Asana and Pain & Sensation: A Body-Mind Perspective on how to work with pain / Complete Standing Postures / Begin Seated Postures
Unit 9 – Anatomy in Asana and Vinyasa: Breath + Movement / Continue Seated Postures / Move to other Floor Postures
Unit 10 – Anatomy in Asana and Arm Supports: Arm Support Poses / Final Words of Advice for a budding teacher from Amy & Leslie
Included, you’ll have access to the YogaAnatomy.net Asana Library (a collection of 20 poses, each examined in 3 ways):
* Breath-Centered Approach: with Leslie
* Joint & Muscle Actions: with Amy
* Pose-Specific Workshops: each workshop is different, and includes themes like examining how different traditions might approach each pose; talking students through strategies for different body types, etc.
Here’s a list of the poses in the library. You’ll be able to take the concepts we explore here and apply them to any pose in any tradition:
1. Tadasana / Mountain Pose
2. Virabhadrasana I / Warrior 1
3. Virabhadrasana II / Warrior 2
4. Virabhadrasana III / Warrior 3
5. Utthita Trikonasana / Extended Triangle Pose
6. Prasarita Paddotanasana / Wide-Stance Forward Bend
7. Vrksasana / Tree Pose
8. Paschimottanasana / Seated Forward Bend
9. Janu Sirsasana / Head to Knee Pose
10. Ardha Matsyendrasana / Half Lord of the Fishes Pose
11. Sukhasana / Easy Posture (& other seated postures)
12. Bhujangasana / Cobra Pose
13. Balasana / Child’s Pose
14. Eka Pada Rajakapotasana / One-Legged Royal Pigeon Pose
15. Setu Bhandasana / Bridge Pose
16. Urdhva Dhanurasana / Wheel Pose
17. Adho Mukha Svanasana / Downward-Facing Dog Pose
18. Chaturanga Dandasana / Four-Limbed Stick Pose
19. Salamba Sirsasana / Supported Headstand
20. Savasana / Corpse Pose
Want even more? We invite you to explore the bonus reference material:
* Video Glossaries: here is where you’ll find specific names of bones and muscles and learn about common anatomical terms you might hear in teaching/training / therapeutic contexts
* Additional Discussions / Workshops from our live taping that was too valuable not to include, but didn’t fit into the body of the curriculum.
This is the most comprehensive, most useful anatomy training available to teacher training programs today, and this full online + in-person experience is available only through studios like ours.
You don’t have to be training with us to take advantage of this course, you will simply attend the Anatomy Fundamentals workshop.
Cost: $750 (Yoga Rhythms Graduate $600) 30 CPD Hours
Dates: 6-8 pm Friday 18th June and 8-5 pm Saturday 19th June
Payment Details: Yoga Rhythms 064-166 1052 8389 -email jo@yogarhythms.com.au to confirm your place and use your name as deposit reference
Please email jo@yogarhythms.com.au with payment receipt and you will be emailed your unique access link to the course.
Ayurveda is the ‘Science of Life’, the principles of Ayurveda will reveal to you the roots of many of the natural healing systems on offer today.
The emphasis of Ayurvedic Principles is the prevention of dis-ease by the maintenance of your own unique body constitution.
You have a combination of physical, mental and emotional characteristics, your constitution which you are born with, this fluctuates throughout your life creating im-balances. left unchecked these imbalances seed further complications.
In this workshop, you will discover the cause of these imbalances and the process to reestablish harmony within all your systems.
Dates: Friday 16th July 6 – 8pm and Saturday 17th 8am – 5pm
Cost: $250 (Yoga Rhythms Graduate $150) 12 CPD Hours
Payment Details: Yoga Rhythms 064-166 1052 8389 -email jo@yogarhythms.com.au to confirm your place and use your name as deposit reference
Yin Yoga taught effectively, comes with an understanding of skeletal variation and meridian theory, put simply, getting away from how a pose looks, and focusing instead on how it feels, integrating internal and external and creating an overall sense of well-being.
In this weekend training you will learn the elements of a balanced Yin Yoga practice, also how to incorporate Yin poses into a general Yoga class.
We use the poses of Yin to get into the body, with the emphasis on long-held, passive stresses on the deeper connective tissues, Yin Yoga mobilizes and strengthens our joints, ligaments and deep facial networks. Practised mainly on the floor, the intention is to support the body in releasing chronic tension and facilitate a greater range of movement, in turn allowing greater ease throughout the body/mind.
Join Jo and explore the foundations of Yin, class preparation and delivery.
Practice Yin poses, adjusting and gaining a deeper understanding of yourself and your body, finding more stillness and depth.
Date: 9th – 11th April 2021
Time: 6pm – 8pm Friday 9th + 8am – 5pm Saturday 10th + Sunday 11th
Or
Date: 22nd – 24th October 2021
Time: 6pm – 8pm Friday 22nd + 8am – 5pm Saturday 23rd + Sunday 24th
Cost: $450 (Yoga Rhythms Graduate $350) Please Email jo@yogarhythms.com.au to confirm your place before payment.
Payment Details: Direct Deposit: Yoga Rhythms BSB 064166 Acc 10528389 Please use your name as a customer reference
Venue: Soul Prana Yoga & Wellness, Wighton Street, Margate Qld.
POWER VINYASA (CPD 30 hours)
The principles of growth are about exceeding our limitations, and require us to be challenged and inspired by those who have walked the road before us, teaching how to impart this energy in our POWER YOGA training weekend is Karl’s greatest strength, he will show you how to encourage your students and yourself by breaking new ground, exploring new territory and creating clear horizon’s that will keep your students coming back for more. He has taught over 100 teachers, many of them highly sought after and respected globe-trotting Yogis. They have all developed their own unique styles of teaching by maintaining the foundations built on the principles imparted through their training in POWER VINYASA with Karl.
Over the weekend you will be shown how to synchronize movement, correct dialogue, providing space and most importantly the art of repetition, self-practice and meditation. Transformation and evolution are essentials for life, without them, we stagnate, for students, there is nothing more powerful than those teachers who show us the way by example. Step up to the mat teachers for this empowering weekend.
Prerequisite: Please Read Baron Baptiste’s Journey into Power before attending this workshop. All the cues, poses and sequences are within its pages – you will gain the most from this course by reading before you attend. (10hrs)
Date: 5th – 7th March 2021 6 pm – 8 pm Friday 5th, 8 am – 5 pm Saturday 6th + Sunday 7th
Or
Date: 8th – 10th October 2021 6 pm – 8 pm Friday 8th, 8 am – 5 pm Saturday 9th + Sunday 10th
Cost: $450 (Yoga Rhythms Graduate $350) email jo@yogarhythms.com.au to confirm your place before payment
Payment Details: Yoga Rhythms BSB 064166 Acc 10528389 Please use your name as a customer reference
Venue: Soul Prana, Wighton St Margate
To continue your education: Complete a 1hr power yoga sequence in your own home for the next five days.
Samkhya Philosophy explains how we devolved from an expansive inclusive state of being to a limited personal perspective.
The process of yoga will let you identify the cause of this personal perspective, and help you to reevaluate any misperceptions.
When everything you perceive makes it through your mind unaltered, you will reveal the expansive, inclusive state.
Internal suffering is the best gauge of your progress.
When events no longer ‘trigger’ your buttons, when your helpful habitual patterns are stronger than the harmful ones, then you can act consciously, deliberately and compassionately, then you have mastered your mind.
When a situation causes you to suffer and you allow hurtful past conditioning to influence your reaction, it’s time to weed out the underlying cause.
This workshop will give you the tools to do just that.
Explore your mind through Samkhya and Yoga, refine and simplify.
As you identify which aspect of mind is active you will be able to coordinate the functions of your mind and find rest in the still centre, while still fully engaged in the world.
12 CPD Hours
Dates: 6-8 pm Friday 4th June and 8 am – 5 pm Saturday 5th June 2021
Cost: $250 (Yoga Rhythms Graduates $150) please email jo@yogarhythms.com.au to confirm your place before payment.
Payment to Yoga Rhythms 064-166 1052 8389 use your name as deposit reference.
Venue: Soul Prana Wighton St Margate
Benefits of yoga teacher training
IMPROVE YOUR LIFE BY LEARNING TO LIVE THE YOGA PHILOSOPHY
ENHANCE YOUR STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY
BE YOGA AUSTRALIA CERTIFIED
BE CONFIDENT TO TEACH