8.00 – 9.00 Breakfast
9.00 – 10.00 Yoga Class
10.30 – 12.30 Theory and Philosophy
12.30 – 14.30 Lunch Break
14.30 – 16.00 Theory and Philosophy
16.00 -17.00 Yoga Class
Yoga Therapy is the adaptation of Yoga to a particular set of People – those with Health Problems. Although General Yoga Classes can often help resolve mild health problems, they may be ineffective for serious conditions. We are talking for example of Coronary Heart Diseases, Management of Diabetes, Hypertensive Clients, Obesity and all the other Common Disorders i.e. Hormone Imbalance, Sleeping Disorder. Yoga Therapy tailors Yoga to Individuals, taking into account of their Medical Condition, Constitution and Life Situation. Despite being specialized, Yoga Therapy retains the basic principles and aims of Yoga. Therapy Yoga is based on the Holistic Concept and therefore includes a balanced set of practices that Calms and Vitalize the Mind and Body, as well acting on diseased Parts.
Each class has a maximum of ten students, and this will give you the privilege to be closer to your Master and to understand not only a commercial approach of yoga but also the essence and transformation of the powerful Yoga Science.
The following are aspects of the topics that you will cover during this Yoga Therapy Program:
· Understanding the Connection of Yoga and Therapy
· Understanding of the difference between a Yoga Class and the Therapeutic approach.
· Analyze the Holistic approach to balance the Physical and the Mental
· Study the Basics of the Science with Patanjali in the Modern Life
· Study of Anatomy within the Asanas
· Study 30 Asanas in Detail with Anatomy and Pranayama
· Study the Causes of the Sickness and a Program for supporting the Healing Process i.e. Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Hypertensive Diseases, Obesity, Common Disorders i.e. Hormone Imbalance, Sleeping Disorders, Burn Outs.
· Study the Start and Basics and Philosophy of Indian Medicine Point of View.
· Study the importance of Nutrition, Elements, Doshas, Gunas and Marmas Points in the Science of Living.
· Learn the Importance of Chakras, Koshas and Prana in the Yoga Science.
· Learn the Therapeutic Benefit of Mantras.
· Learn Yoga Nidra and the Benefit of Meditation and Visualization
· Become a Yoga Therapy Teacher. With Templates learn to understand your Patient and support the Doctors.
· Behavior of a Yoga Therapy Teacher: Apply the Ethic of Patanjali
Therefore, based on the solid foundation of the Yoga teaching concept, the new Certified Yoga Therapy Teachers will develop their Holistic understanding and add on other Holistic Specification i.e. Dr. Bach, Kinesiology on demand.
You will need to participate in a preliminary interview before the start of the course and the arrival at the Yoga Skyros Academy.