Viniyoga Teacher Training
Krishnamacharya’s yogic teachings have had a monumental influence on the development of contemporary yoga as a whole, none more so than Viniyoga. Krishnamacharya is responsible for yoga coming to the west as he was the guru of three very influential teachers – B.K.S Iyengar of Iyengar Yoga, Pattabhi Jois who created Ashtanga Yoga, and Desikachar who was Krishnamacharya’s son and Gary Kraftsow’s teacher.
Viniyoga teacher training focuses on the one-to-one mentoring teaching style, as it has always been in yoga’s birthplace, India. The focus is on understanding an individual’s needs, their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs and delivering an appropriate and relevant practice for the individual. This ability is paramount to a yoga teacher’s toolkit, enabling them to facilitate a meaningful change to their student’s lives and therefore their communities. In terms of creating change in the practitioner, Viniyoga is one of the highest integrity offerings of yoga in the west today.
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Are you longing for community and collaboration?
By the very nature of teaching yoga, teachers are often isolated with minimal interaction with other yoga teachers. In this environment, improving and maturing your craft can be difficult as you lack opportunities to connect and learn from peers.
That’s where a structured mentorship environment can help.
The Yoga Transition invites yoga instructors across the globe to join a collaborative community to learn, connect, and enhance their teaching skills with a master teacher - Susan Allen.
Do you want to improve and innovate your teaching?
While many students begin their yoga journey seeking physical wellbeing, the path a teacher walks offers further self-realisation and purpose.
Yoga teachers constantly seek to improve their knowledge of yoga as well as their relationship with students but this can be difficult when you do not have a community of teachers or a mentor for collaboration.
Our yoga teacher mentorship breaks down the common challenges faced by yoga teachers and provides a customised framework for progressing their practice and their teaching skills.
We are here to guide you beyond your initial training and experience. Our objective is to strengthen your teaching skills, refine your understanding of the practice, and to provide a community where you can flourish.
How to convey the transformative benefits of Viniyoga
As Viniyoga and/or Krishnamacharya yoga teachers, we have been fortunate to experience the transformative benefits of this traditional, more personalised practice. But imparting this acquired knowledge and understanding to our students in clear, succinct language can be a challenging skill to develop.
The Yoga Transition can help you develop your cueing skills, which will allow you to teach Viniyoga and Krishnamacharya yoga without demonstrating. This ability to instruct a practice with relevant, precise and creative cues allows you to be more interactive within the class environment and thereby cultivate a more intimate relationship with your students.
We will also show you how to be more observant of your student’s movement habits, including how to identify dysfunctional breathing habits, a key foundational element. When you develop these observational skills you are able to give personalised instructions and adaptations to individuals within the group environment. Our mentoring program will also help you foster a keener awareness within your own practice so you can accurately convey your personal insights to your students.
Viniyoga, more than most yoga styles, has a vast spectrum of practices including an in depth and sophisticated pranayama program. Our mentoring program is an opportunity for you to ask questions and get personalised feedback, to help you develop what you have learnt in your primary teacher training.
What will our mentorship cover?
Our yoga mentorship program will cover the following key topics:
- How to teach a holistic practice with the incorporation of the 8 limbs and move the focus beyond just a physical practice
- How to develop an authentic teaching style by drawing on your personal experiences
- Developing your capability to create effective, artful sequencing, including safe sequencing that respects the body’s biomechanics and capabilities
- How to cue effectively without demonstrating so you can be more interactive with your students, including giving more hands-on assists
- How to incorporate the principles and practice of meditation into your Viniyoga classes
- How to respect the physiology of breathing and understand its significance within the asana practice, thereby encouraging healthy breathing for your clients
- Develop a framework for progressing from the superficial to the subtle both within your own practice as well as in your teaching skills
- How to start a yoga studio, organise retreats, workshops, and immersions
- How to turn your yoga teaching into a successful business.
In order to effectively craft your yoga career path, we will work with you to:
- Identify the knowledge and skills you need to improve
- Develop your personal practice and understanding of yoga
- Set achievable and measurable goals
- Be accountable for your development.
What our experience means for you
At the heart of The Yoga Transition is master teacher Susan Allen.
Susan learnt Viniyoga under the guidance and tutelage of renowned master teacher and yoga therapist Gary Kraftsow, the founder of Viniyoga. Gary was a student of Desikachar, and is one of the great masters alive teaching today.
Two decades on, Susan’s yoga journey continues to evolve and flourish, with Susan crediting her most meaningful growth to the gift of mentoring from these world-class master teachers she has been fortunate enough to study with. In developing her own unique offering Susan in her retreats and classes often teaches a mix of the traditional Viniyoga blended with a more flowing Vinyasa style. The integrity and structure meeting the creative presentation.
Susan brings all of this experience to her mentoring. Harnessing her practical and technical skillset, she understands and teaches yoga pragmatically, creating a safe and collaborative space for personal development; disseminating all she has learnt over the years in easy to digest modules, covering personal and professional growth goals.
Develop your yoga teaching style with mentorship
The Yoga Transition celebrates individuality through:
At The Yoga Transition we celebrate individuality through:
- Steering your practice and teaching in the direction that most interests you
- Encouraging you to discover your unique voice
- Guiding you to develop a teaching methodology that has both integrity and individual authenticity
Once you have completed your initial teacher training, contact us to find out how mentorship can bring you to the next level.
