200YTT Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine
A Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance Approved Training Course
Introductory Programme: Transformational Yoga for Lifestyle Medicine
Our introductory 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training program 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 endeavor 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 200-hour Teacher Training and accompanying 150-hour upgrade to full teaching registration that facilitates an appreciation for the biological, psychological, and sociological (biopsychosocial) aspects of yoga as lifestyle medicine.
This course is designed to be completed within 6-12 months.
Students who wish to go beyond provisional 200hr membership with the respective associations may want to either explore:
BIYOME’s complete 350hr training program’s that gain Level 1 FULL Registration with Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance:
350RYTT Personalised BioMedical Yoga Specialising in Restorative Yoga & Meditation
350YTT Personalised BioMedical Yoga
OR
BIYOME’s two options for adding 150hr upgrade to the 200hrs in a time frame that suits you.
UP150YTT Postgraduate 150hrs
UP350YTT Personalised Biomedical Yoga
Course Code:
Qualification:
Yoga Australia 200YTT Member
Yoga Alliance 200RYT Member
Current Intake:
Foundational weekends commencing February 2024.
Available to be taken as an online course at any time.
What You Will Walk Away With
Upon completing 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 of neurological feedback with props and heightened proprioceptive awareness.
BIYOME’s Yoga Teacher Training courses also create a unique avenue to becoming a yoga teacher registered with Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance.
Upon graduation, certification with BIYOME avails the opportunity to register with either Association providing you with a globally recognized membership. Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance provide a standard of training recognition for teachers to practice with insurance worldwide. While Yoga Australia is highly regarded in Australia and the UK, Yoga Alliance may be your registration choice should you wish to teach in the USA.
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
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. This includes the below 12-hour weekends offered February – July 2024.
February Intake 2024
February 10 & 11, 2024
March 9 & 10, 2024
April 6 & 7, 2024
May 4 & 5, 2024
June 1 & 2, 2024
July 13 & 14, 2024
Foundational Weekend Content
face-to-face content and teachers are subject to change
- WEEKEND ONE
- What is Stress? How to Stop the Addiction to Excessive Thinking
- Meditation Yogic Philosophy
- Introduction to Yogic & Ayurvedic Metaphysics
- Applied Metaphysics
- WEEKEND TWO
- What is the Embodied Brain? Cortical Maps & Neuroplasticity
- Teaching Methodology: compassionate boundaries, touch adjustment, shaktipat
- Understanding Pain & Bioplasticity
- The Predictive Mover
- WEEKEND THREE
- Yoga & Neurophysiological Psychology: The Six Conduits of a Connected Mind
- Classical Yoga Study & Practice: What is Yoga? Including brief history, definitions, and sutra 1.1-1.4
- The Relational Result on Neurobiology: Heart Communication, Epigenetics, Polyvagal Theory
- Classical Yoga Text Study & Practice: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras: 1.12 – 1.16 practice and detachment, 1.20-22 Sraddha, 1.23 -29 Surrender – Isvara and 1.31 signs of disturbance
- WEEKEND FOUR
- Anatomy and Physiology 1: The Application of Anatomy and Physiology in Teaching Yoga in the classroom (General Population)
- Anatomy and Physiology 2: The Science of Posture and Position including strength, flexibility and the stretch response
- Anatomy and Physiology 3: Asana Modifications for managing common injuries in the classroom
- The Pyschosomatics of Working with Prana
- WEEKEND FIVE
- Prânâyâma & Breath Science
- Understanding the neurobiology of pain and perception in yoga therapy
- Sequencing with Prana
- The Science of Mindfulness and Pain
- WEEKEND SIX
- Moving Meditations & The Science of Self-Realisation
- Yogic Philosophy
- ASSESSMENT
- Conscious Marketing & Business ideas: How to attain Yoga Australia Registration, getting a First Aid Certificate
Taught By
Other teachers for this course will vary depending on your selected electives.
CELIA ROBERTS BSc
Head Senior Yoga & Meditation Teacher
Yoga Therapist & Ayurvedic Practitioner
Director of BIYOME
LEANNE DAVIS
Yoga Australia President Viniyoga
Yoga Therapist & Senior Yoga Teacher
SAMANTHA LINDSAY-GERMAN
Kundalini Yoga
SWAMI MUKTI
Satyananda Yoga
OLIVER CROSSLEY
Registered Physiotherapist
Yogic Physio
KEN WARREN
Holistic bodywork
CHANTHALAH WEBSTER-TIGHT
Senior Physiotherapist
Senior Yoga Teacher
>>Find out more about our faculty & staff
The BIYOME Difference
Selection of one (1) specialty intensive training elective for continued professional development from the following 4-day intensive retreats (some course teachers/topics may be subject to change).
2024
CPD03 Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training: Compassion-based Yoga Therapy (May 17-20, 2024)
CPD05 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training: Restorative Yoga Therapy (October 25-28, 2024)
CPD10 Compassion Focused Yoga Therapy and Meditation Teacher Training (November 15-18, 2024)
CPD21 Evidence-Based Kundalini Yoga Therapy with Dr Khalsa (August 16-19, 2024)
CPD22 The Science and Art of Awakening Human Consciousness – Meditation Training (7 Fridays, March-September 2024)
Detailed information on specialty intensive training electives (CPDs) is available here
Your 200YTT Training Requirements
- 80% face-to-face attendance
- Completion of scheduled foundational weekend retreats
- Completion of one (1) Specialty Intensive Training Module (CPD) and associated multiple-choice questions
- The submission of the multiple-choice questions at the end of each lesson within the online 200YTT content
- To undertake 30 additional class hours with a registered yoga teacher
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 (backless chair without the cushion, can 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 registered with Yoga Australia starts from $4,488*
Payment Plan**
(1) Deposit payment – $249
(11) Monthly Payments – $440
*Upfront payment discount applied
**Certificate of completion/registration is not offered without complete payment.
