OBJECTIVE: To be able to apply, adapt or modify techniques to suit each individual student.

The viniyāsa-krama 

Yoga for different ages

The classification of postures 

The subtle effects of the postures 

The subtle anatomy of yoga 

The holistic theory of the cakras and the influence of yoga on them 

Designing sessions to suit a target audience 

The different types of yoga

The idea of karma and karma-yoga 

Introduction to āyurveda and the doṣa (vāta, pitta, kapha)

The guṇa (sattva, rajas and tamas) and their cycle

The role of yoga in balancing the doṣa

Yoga definitions 

The definitions of āsana

The basic concepts of Patañjali's Yoga-Sūtra (the first two chapters)

The difference between consciousness and matter (puruṣa and prakṛti)

Introduction to the great basic texts (Haṭha-Yoga-Pradīpika, Bhagavad-Gītā, Yoga-Rahāsya)

The irreconcilable differences between Yoga and Buddhism (sat-vāda and pariṇāma-vāda)

The basics of Haṭha-Yoga

The basics of Aṣṭāṅga-Yoga 

The definition of Viniyoga 

The definition and role of mantras 

The role of the kleśa and their expressions 

The veda and the 6 great darśana

Is yoga a religion?

Is yoga a medicine? 

The notion of trust 

The qualities of a yoga student 

The qualities of a yoga teacher 

The 40 basic postures: form, applications, variations, intensifications and combinations. 

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the postures you will learn:

samasthiti, adhomukha-samasthiti (downward facing dog), ūrdhva-mukha (upward facing dog)- samasthiti, śavāsana (the corpse), sukhāsana (the tailor​), brahmāsana, siddhāsana, padmāsana
(the lotus), vajrāsana, baddha-konāsana, uttānāsana, pārśva-uttānāsana, vīrabhadrāsana (the hero), utkaṭāsana (the crouching posture), prasārita-pāda- uttānāsana, hastiniṣadana (the elephant​), apānāhsana, ūrdhva-prasrta-pādāsana, nāvāsana (the boat​), jānu-śīrṣāsana, paścimatānāsana (the claw), upaviṣṭa- koṇāsana, tāḍāsana, ardha-utkaṭāsana, ardha- uttanāsana, supta-baddha-koṇāsana, dvipāda-pīṭham (the two-legged table), bhujaṅgāsana (the cobra), śalabhāsana (the grasshopper ), uṣṭrāsana (the camel), dhanurāsana (the bow), cakravākāsana, catuṣpāda-pīṭham (the four-legged table), pūrvatanāsana, daṇḍāsana (the stick), utthita-trikoṇāsana pārśva bedha (the triangle), utthita-pārśva-koṇāsana pārsva bedha, vasiṣṭhāsana, jaṭhara-parivṛtti ardha and parivṛtti (the lying twists), ekapāda-jaṭhara-parivṛtti, ardha-matsyendrāsana (the sitting twist​). 

An adapted and personalised yoga practice is essential to understand and progress in Yoga. 

 Regular one-to-one meetings in order to be assigned a personalised practice that takes into account time, your abilities and your current state of mind are important if yoga is to shed its light on you. 

The combined application of yoga tools offers a new way of looking at oneself. 

Yoga is above all an inner experience.  

The recitation of mantras and vedas transforms and raises our inner vibration. 

These texts are thousands of years old and their recitation has not changed through time.

The yogic placement of the breath requires experience and skill. 

It takes time in order to lengthen it without forcing it and to know WHEN and HOW to place its different components. 

These different prāṇāyāma will be taught: 

śitalī

sitkāri

anuloma-ujjayin

viloma-ujjayin

nāḍi-śodhana

candra-bhedana

sūrya-bhedana

plavinī

murccha

bahya-kumbhaka 

antah-kumbhaka 

anuloma-krama

viloma-krama 

A theoretical introduction to the practice of mudrā and bandha will be offered at the end of the course. 

The mudrā and bandha are essential tools of Haṭha-Yoga, but already require a commitment to the practice of Yoga and breathing in order to offer their effects.

Such as dhāraṇā, dhyāna, the nyāsa, bhāvana, svādhyāya, adhyayanam, the yama and niyama, etc.

It is only by applying the full range of these tools that Yoga unfolds its potential.