What is Hatha Yoga? Ha refers to the right side of your body (Sun) and Tha refers to the left side of your body (Moon). On a physical level, the purpose of Hatha Yoga is to create a balance between the left and the right side of your body, balance between the Sun and Moon influences on your life.
What you will learn :

• 21 step Surya Namaskar cycle with Mantra awareness for each step
• Upa Yoga/ Sukshma Vyama (Yoga to lubricate the joints and stimulate the glands)
• Standing Asanas
• Sitting Asanas
• Kneeling Asanas
• Prone Asanas
• Supine Asanas
• Inversion Asanas
• Benefits and Contradictions of Asanas

• How to correctly enter, center, adjust, hold, adjust and exit a pose.
• Fundamentals of Forward extension, Backward extension, Side extension and Twisting asanas.
• Variations of basic asanas.
• Limitations, Contraindications and
• Benefits of yogasanas.
• How to correct/adjust postures verbally and by touching.

• What is Prana and what are the 5 Types of Prana?
• Apana Prana, Samana Prana, Udana Prana, Vyana Prana & Prana Prana
• Chest Breathing vs Diaphragmatic Breathing
• What is Pranamaya and what are the 7 main Pranamaya practices? (Kapalbhati, Bhastrika, Brahmari, Sheetali, Seetkari, Nadi Shodana, Ujjayi)
• What are Nadis? Channels through which energy, prana flows. Ida, Sushmana and Pingala
• Introduction to Bhandas : Mula Bhanda, Uddiyan Bhanda, Jalandar Bhanda & Maha Bhanda

• What is Yogic Anatomy & Physiology?
• Introduction to the Respiratory System & Yogic Breathing
• How do Pranamaya practices connect to the Digestive & Immune System?
• Muscular System : Types of Muscle contractions and how asanas affect the muscular system.
• Types of Joints, how asanas affect joints and how to avoid injury whilst doing asanas.
• The structure of the spine, the affect of asanas on the spine and its movement during asanas.
• What are the 5 Layers, sheaths, dimensions of existence (Koshas) of the body and their associated psycholical & Physiological States? Going from Gross to Subtle : Annamaya Kosha, Pranamaya Kosha, Manomaya Kosha, Vijanamamaya Kosha & Anandamaya Kosha. Collectively known as Panchakosha.
• Introduction to Chakras.

• Types of Mudras
• Importance of Mudras
• Physical, Mental and Spiritual benefits of Mudras
• Practice of Gyan, Chin, and Ashwini Mudra

• Preparations for the Classroom
• Qualities of a Teacher and Types of Students
• Listening, Presence, Directive & Non Directive Dialogue
• How to Sequence the Class
• Importance of Demonstrations
• How to instruct Students to enter and hold Asanas
• Design & Layout of a Lesson Plan

• Meditation is an inner journey. Meditation is to take your awareness within from your Gross to your subtlest body.

•  What is Yoga/The purpose of Yoga ? Union, Harmony, Samadhi, Consciousness, Enlightenment
• The Four Paths of Yoga- Jnana, Bhakti, Karma & Raja Yoga.
• Eight Limbs/ Eight Fold Path of Yoga as per Sage Patanjali (Ashtanga – Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranamaya, Pratyahara, Dhyana, Dharana & Samadhi).
• Introduction & Brief Overview to YogaSutras by Sage Patanjali.
• Chapter 1 : Samadhi Pada
• Chapter 2 : Sadhana Pada
• Chapter 3 : Vibhuti Pada
• Chapter 4 : Kaivalya Pada
• The Five States of Mind (Kshipta, Vikshipta, Mudha, Ekagra, Nirodhah)
• The Four Faculties of the Mind Field (Ahamkara, Buddhi, Chitta, Manas).

•  Mantras are instruments of the mind. Verses repeated over and over to train the mind, silence the mind, invoke energy, express gratitude.
• There are many mantras, each used for different occasions and circumstances based on the emotion, need and intention of he/she expressing it.
• Significance of Om- A U M Guru Mantra – Mantra for Universal Masters to Bless.
• Aum Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu
• Opening Mantra- Aum Sahana Vavatu
• Sage Patanjali Mantra- Vandhe Gurunum Charanara Vinde
• Closing Mantra/Realisation Mantra- Aum Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya
• The Completeness Mantra- Aum Purrnam Adah, Purrnam Idam
• Meal Prayer- Aum Brahma Arpanam Surya Namaskar Mantra

• What are the 6 yogic practices used to remove waste from our internal organs that are not removed through regular means ? ( Kapalbhati, Trataka, Neti, Dhouti, Nauli & Vasti)
• Kapalbhati- Stimulating the Brain Cells
• Trataka- Eye Excercises
• Neti- Upper Nasal Track
• Dhouti- Cleansing the Intestine
• Nauli- Abdominal Muscle & Viscera
• Vasti- Cleansing the Bowels