200YTT Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine
Yoga Australia Approved training course
Introductory Programme: Transformational Yoga for Lifestyle Medicine
Our introductory 200hr Yoga Teacher Training programme opens avenues into the world of lifestyle medicine. By delivering you the highest quality educational resources through state-of-the-art evidence-based science we endeavour to assist you in creating opportunities for adeptly understanding the imperative nature of the mind-body connection as it relates to well-being in and beyond the 21st century.
Lifestyle Medicine is a rapidly growing discipline that incorporates mind-body medicine, by way of yoga and meditation, under its large umbrella, opening opportunities for registered yoga and meditation teachers to assist many toward wellbeing. As such, BIYOME has developed an approach to both our provisional 200hr Teacher Training and accompanying 150hr upgrade to full teaching registration that facilitates an appreciation for the biological, psychological, and sociological (biopsychosocial) aspects of yoga as lifestyle medicine.
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What You Will Walk Away With
Upon completion of this course, you will have the skills to teach a rich and informative, educated class. You will be able to understand and deliver your teachings with confidence, convey the latest research in the field to students, offer appropriate alignment cues, give touch adjustments, and teach yoga postures aided by the use neurological feedback with props and heightened proprioceptive awareness.
BIYOME’s 200hr Yoga Teacher Training allows you to become a provisional yoga teacher, registered with Yoga Australia over a 6 to 12-month time frame. You will then have three years to complete the 150hr upgrade to Personalised Biomedical Yoga to complete your teaching registration with Yoga Australia.
What You Will Learn
- Introduction to Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine
- Understanding Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, & the Maladapted Mind
- Our innate ability to change
- The Path to Wellness: The Philosophy Behind Practice
- The Ethical Philosophy of Practice
- Understanding the Body-Mind Connection: Anatomy, Physiology & Neurobiology
- Theory of Teaching-Technique
- The Altruistic Teaching Methodology: The Science of Compassion and Connection
- Mindfulness: The Science of Attention and Attunement
- Asana: The Science of Posture and Position
- Pranayama: The Science of Respiration and Regulation
- Meditation: The Science of Concentration and Clarity
- Sound Therapy: The Science of Vocabulary and Vibration
- Specialty Intensive Training (CPD) of your choice
What You Will Experience
Six face-to-face foundational contact weekends
Throughout the course, there is a foundational face-to-face face component* that incorporates training tailored to your course. These will include 90 hours via six 15-hour weekends offered February – July 2020.
February Intake 2020
February 1st & 2nd, 2020
February 29th & March 1st, 2020
March 28th & 29th, 2020
May 9th & 10th, 2020
June 6th & 7th, 2020
July 4th & 5th, 2020
Foundational Weekend Content
face-to-face content and teachers are subject to change
- Our Innate Ability to Change & The Path to Wellness: The Philosophy Behind Practice
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika
- The Sutras of Patanjali What is yoga? Understanding the ancient philosophy
- The Yoga of relationships: Philosophical ethics of teaching relationships
- Qualities of teacher & student, exploring student – teacher relationship, 8 limbs of yoga
- Understanding the Body-Mind Connection: Anatomy, Physiology & Neurobiology
- Understanding the relaxation response & reducing inflammation
- Application of Anatomy and Physiology in teaching yoga
- Embodied Energetic Anatomy
- Yoga for developing gut instinct, understanding the gut brain axis and mental health
- Heart Brain Connection & Compassionate body-brain
- The Karmic Fete in our Genes (understanding epigenetics)
- Yoga for Ageing and Longevity –telomeres, facial yoga, antiaging, micro expressions that change the brain
- Âsana: The Science of Posture and Position
- Understanding the stretch response, and the science of flexibility and strength
- Use of props in asana for neural feedback
- Asana Modifications for managing common injuries
- The subtle art and science of touch adjustment, mirroring and transference in yoga
- Sequencing a yoga class and understanding the flow of prana through movement
- Prânâyâma: The Science of Respiration and Regulation
- The foundations of breathwork
- Mindfulness: The Science of Attention and Attunement
- Mindfulness is neuroplasticity in action, Brain & Body Rehabilitation through yoga and meditation
- Mindfulness, ACT and Sand Play (A)
- Sound Therapy: The Science of Vocabulary and Vibration
- Introduction to Sanskrit, Sound & Mantra Therapy
- Building energetic vitality, vocals and teaching with confidence
- The Altruistic Teaching Methodology: The Science of Compassion and Connection
- Integrative Practice & Technique
Taught By
Leanne Davis (Yoga Australia President, Vinyoga)
Sam German (Kundalini yoga)
Craig Smith (Viniyoga)
Jamie Denham (Iyengar Yoga)
Chanthalah Nathan Tight (Senior Physiotherapist & Senior Yoga Teacher)
Tam James (Senior Physiotherapist & Senior Yoga Teacher)
Clare Sillence (Social Worker & Mental Health Specialist)
Swami Mukti (Satyananda yoga)
>>Find out more about our faculty & staff
The BIYOME Difference
Selection of one (1) speciality intensive training elective for continued professional development. This includes the following one (1) 33-hour intensive retreats offered for 2020 course intakes (some course topics yet to be confirmed and may be subject to change):
**Courses featuring special overseas or interstate guests incur an additional $250 deposit to be paid upfront on CPD booking.
- CPD01 Meditation and Mind Body Medicine Teacher Training (January 2-5, 2020)
- CPD08 Food-Mood Yoga and Meditation Therapy (June 19-22, 2020)
- CPD05 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training: Restorative Yoga Therapy (September 11-14, 2020)
- CPD03 Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training: Compassion based Yoga Therapy (November 6 – November 9, 2020)
- CPD06 Mindfulness for a Meaningful Life (Year-round monthly Fridays 9:30-12:30; 11 classes for 33 hours course)
*detailed information on specialty intensive training electives (CPD’s) available
Your 200YTT Training Requirements
- Completion of one (1) Specialty Intensive Training Modules (CPD) and associated multiple choice questions
- Completion of one (1) Higher Level Learning Retreats
- Multiple choice questions at the end of each lesson within the online 200YTT content
- Evidence of having taught four (4) classes
- 80% face-to-face attendance
- Prerequisites
- Required Books
- Recommended Books
- Required Props
We highly recommend at least 12 months regular practice; however, we take all cases individually – please complete an application form and we will contact you directly to discuss.
- Kaminoff, L., & Matthews, A. (2012). Yoga anatomy. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
- Feuerstein, G. (2008). The yoga tradition: Its history, literature, philosophy, and practice (3rd ed.). Chino Valley, AR: Hohm Press.
- Siegel, D. J. (2012). Pocket guide to interpersonal neurobiology: An integrative handbook of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton.
- Carrera, J. (2006). Inside the yoga sutras: A comprehensive sourcebook for the study and practice of Patanjali’s Yoga sutras. Buckingham, VA: Integral Yoga Publications.
Please note that there are also required texts for each intensive elective undertaken.
- Bachman, N. (2005). The language of yoga: Complete A to Y guide to āsana names, Sanskrit terms, and chants. Boulder, CO: Sounds True.
- Iyengar, B. K. (2014). Yoga: The path to holistic health. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley.
- Desikachar, T. K. (1999). The heart of yoga: Developing a personal practice. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International.
- Robin, M. (2009). A handbook for Yogasana teachers: The incorporation of neuroscience, physiology, and anatomy into the practice. Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark.
Props attain a 15% discount when purchased from Yoga King Products.
Required
- 1 yoga mat
- 1 yoga strap
- 1 bolster
- 2 blocks
- 2 blankets
- 1 Iyengar yoga chair (specific design to be purchased from EMP Industrial)
Optional
- zafu (meditation cushion)
- zabuton (meditation cushion base)
Please note that there are also required props / variances in prop requirements for different specialty intensive electives (CPD’s).
Your 200YTT Investment
Investment to becoming provisionally registered with Yoga Australia starting from $3,750*
Payment Plans Available:
Certificate of completion / registration is not offered without complete payment.
Investment to becoming registered with Yoga Australia – $3,999
(1) Deposit payment – $249
(12) Monthly Payments – $312.50
*Upfront payment discount applied
