NYTT 201 | Accessible Asana: Foundations, methods, and practice

Instructor: Xavier Therrien

This training focuses on establishing an understanding of modern and classical postural yoga and its effects on alignment, breath and overall health. This education will help develop your personal asana practice while offering you essential tools to begin to share yoga with others. Naada Yoga embraces the philosophy that yoga can be accessible to all students. In this light an emphasis will be placed on exploring a variety of modifications in order to nurture both accessibility and inclusion within a group class environment.

NYTT 202 | Functional Anatomy: Biomechanics of Movement

Instructor: Joanna Abbatt

This course will provide an introduction to the basic anatomical and physiological principles essential for yoga training and teaching to deepen our understanding of the harmonious ways the body functions anatomically. We will also explore the body’s “energetic” anatomy from a yoga perspective and how the subtle body helps us better understand physical alignment in all areas of our lives.

NYTT 203 | Progressive Asana: Beyond the basics

Instructor: Xavier Therrien

This course is intended to take individuals deeper into an exploration of the principles of alignment, inner and outer form of the poses, and how to instruct clearly from the principles of foundation, breath and movement. We will explore variations on the key poses from the NYTT Accessible Asana course, as well as introduce modifications for certain conditions. How to introduce more advanced principles of alignment to take students safely into more demanding poses will also be covered.

NYTT 204 | Yoga Philosophy: History and Culture

Instructor: Mark Singleton and Pascale Wettstein

This course will provide an overview of yoga from a historical and philosophical perspective to situate its evolution and application in our culture and our times. The philosophical foundation of yoga and the key teachings of the tradition (including traditional texts: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads) will be covered.

NYTT 301 | Meditation: Mindfulness, somatics, and the psychology of yoga

Instructor: Pascale Wettstein

This course will explore meditation as a practice of awareness and awakening: in-class as we practice or teach, and outside the classroom in our daily lives. We will also examine the interrelationship of meditation, breath and asana to better understand how body, emotions, and sensations can bring us deeper into any practice form. Various forms and practices will be explored, helping each student find an approach that works best for them.

NYTT 302 | Restorative: The art of stillness and deep relaxation

Instructor: Elizabeth Emberly

This course will examine the basic principles of a restorative yoga practice and how to use a variety of props to support the body in various passively held asanas. Learn how the practice can calm, rebalance, and support the body on several levels: physiologically, systemically, organically and pranically.

NYTT 303 |

Pranayama: The yoga of breath

Instructor: Richard Rosen + Elizabeth Emberly

The fundamental principles, anatomy and techniques of Pranayama will be explored and practiced, deepening the student’s understanding of how the movement of breath affects both body and mind. Specific techniques of breath, body awareness and how to set up for pranayama practice will also be covered, as well as contraindications and cautions in the practice.

NYTT 304 |

Assisting: Contact and context

Instructor: Elizabeth Emberly

As yoga becomes more accessible and integrated into mainstream living some of its practices have been challenged as being outdated. There is no question that the controversy of assisting students in yoga classes is on the rise and leaves teachers mystified as to how to navigate
skillfully and provide the best support possible for each student. This workshop explores the
complexity of this exact subject matter and offers yoga teachers nuanced skills of listening,
observing, touching and subtly deepening their student’s yoga practice. Emphasis will be placed
on handing back agency to students and supporting the continued development of consent culture
while expanding a skillset that supports individual students who are nurtured by kinesthetic touch.

NYTT 305 | Sequencing: Methodologies for building creative, safe, and purposeful yoga classes

Instructor: Kreg Weiss and Elizabeth Emberly

Like people, yoga sequences come in a variety of shapes and sizes and because of this makes sequencing yoga classes an art form. This course is intended for new or experienced yoga teachers looking to enhance their sequencing skills and inject creativity, education and inspiration into their classes. This module will take you through a variety of experiential and anatomically based yoga sequences in order to deepen your understanding of yoga asana. These sequencing methods will be examined, dissected and emitted back to you so that you may offer clear guided instruction through safe and effective practice sequences.

NYTT 306 | Naada Yoga: Sound of Yoga

Instructor: Ann Dyer and Elizabeth Emberly

Yogis across the centuries have harnessed the power of sound to fuel their yoga practice. Traditionally chanting and deep listening held a central role in yogic practice in India. When yoga migrated to the west the physical practice of asana was emphasized and the place of nada anusandhana (yogic sound practice) faded into the background. In recent years, however, there has been a resurgence in yogic chant in studios across the country for its reputation as the simple, quick, easy yogic path. Discover the traditions of sound in yoga and learn how to integrate them into a modern yoga practice as both a student and teacher with one of North America’s leading teachers on the subject.