Welcome to Ayurveda 101!

Ayurveda = people’s medicine

Ayurvedic practitioner, Eleni Tsikrikas, filmed at The Yoga Institute to explain the basics of Ayurveda to you.

Here’s some key highlights:

What is it?

• Natured based, energetic, system of medicine
• All therapies and tools that Ayurveda utilizes come from nature
• Nature is the true healer and anything can be used to reinstate health

Why does it matter to me?

• It’s holistic-body/functions/mind and emotions/spirit
• Focuses on whole person in the context of life/relationships and environment
• Empowering

Treatment

• Person centered and prevention
• Reduce symptoms
• Reverse cause

Tools

• Lifestyle medicine
• 3 main pillars-food digestion, sleep, and energy
• Sustainable for individual-moderate practices to sustain

“Ayurveda is reconnecting with your body’s natural intelligence” -Eleni Tsikrikas

Want to learn more?

Watch the full YouTube video

Meet Eleni for yourself at The Yoga Institute’s Monthly Ayurveda Workshop

Meet your facilitator: Eleni Tsikrikas

Eleni discovered YOGA as a means for reducing stress in 1995 while practicing law in Sydney, Australia. Smitten, Eleni completed the Sydney Yoga Centre’s teacher training course. In 2000, Eleni quit the legal profession to teach Yoga full time. In 2004 Eleni moved to Los Angeles and began intensive study with Robert Birnberg a senior student in the T. Krichnamacharya lineage. The major focus of her studies is the “Yoga Sutras of Pantajali” the guidebook dedicated to creating a satvic mind.

Eleni is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, CAS, a Pancha Karma Specialist PKS. She runs a private ayurvedic practice and teaches “Ayurvedic Skills for Living” courses in Silverlake and Sydney. She is a faculty member of The Yoga Institute in Sydney and at California College of Ayurveda, where she teaches and mentors students. She continues to pursue her passion for herbs, studying with renowned herbalist KP Khalsa. Eleni has completed the educational component leading to qualifications as a Western Herbalist. She is presently working on the accreditation process for the American Herbalist Guild.

Eleni passionately believes food is medicine and is looking forward to sharing her passion at The Yoga Institute with a monthly Ayuveda Workshop.

Meet Laurin…

Laurin is a graduate from The Yoga Institute’s teacher training program. She has gone on an amazing journey after completing the program and wants to share it with future graduates. Read below in our question and answer styled blog post. Thank you for sharing Laurin and keep doing what you doing!

“Two people can come out of The Yoga Institute and teach completely differently because you are sharing you and you are sharing your heart.”

Laurin’s Journey

When did you graduate The Yoga Institute’s teacher training? I graduated the program in 2011.

What did you do once you graduated the program? A month after I gradated, I gave birth to my daughter so home life was quite busy. Following that, I became a cover teacher at a gym called Fitness First.

Are you currently still a cover teacher? I was given a permanent class after awhile and then a friend of mine offered me a teaching job at her studio. A year later, she shut down her studio and gave her students to me. The close connections I made with the students, inspired me to eventually open my own studio.

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Laurin’s Passion For Teaching Children

How’d you get into working with children? I have two children so kids were always a part of my yoga career, because I was always surrounded by them. They experienced my first yoga class before my students ever even touched it.

Is it hard to teach with your children in class? It was quite tricky discipline wise to get them all to work together. It was a challenge but it worked in the sense that they started to bring yoga into their life a lot more. There were thing’s I was starting to teach them in class that they were starting to translate in the house, and how they were talking to their friends, and things like that.

How do you incorporate children into your studio? I began by teaching tweens in the studio. The two rules were you can’t gossip and you can’t put yourself down. They feel like my children now too.

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Yoga’s impact on Laurin

How has yoga helped you over the years since you graduated? Three and half years ago, I was a surrogate for my brother and his husband. Deep meditation is just part of what I do now to feel closer to baby Felix. Yoga transforms itself into what you need if you listen.

Did being pregnant affect the style of yoga you partake in? I changed my yoga to not be so much about my body but more about my mind. I had to change how I was thinking and ground myself in to being what I was grateful for.

Did yoga help you grow closer to baby Felix? My yoga became ingrained with Felix. We just talked and were together. Yoga brought me back into that connection that I needed to have to what I do with him now. When he sees me it’s like he never left me and we go straight back into our bond.

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Practice with Laurin (and her team)

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In our September spring Ayurveda workshop we discussed breakfast recipes. Julie McSweeney shared her delicious recipe for Chia Porridge! Facilitator, Eleni Tsikrikas, gave it the ayurvedic tick of approval.

INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons of chia seeds any color
2 teaspoons of hemp seeds
2 teaspoons GROUND linseeds/flaxseeds
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Note: Once linseeds are ground they should be kept in the fridge so they don’t go rancid.
– you can use LSA at a pinch but refrigerate as above.
– adjust their amounts to your liking.

METHOD

1. Mix ingredients with milk of choice. I use activated almond.
2. Let it sit on the bench for min 10 + minutes (or overnight in the fridge).
3. Start with a cup or so of milk and stir it round intermittently, adding more milk as necessary to make a good consistency similar to pancake batter.
4. Then put it over very low heat and cook for 5 mins or so. Stir and add more milk as necessary.
5. Serve with berrys, nuts, seeds to taste…
6. Enjoy!

Vanilla or Cacau are also an option!

Note: for some people chia porridge can cause some tummy issues such as frequent elimination. So don’t over do it on portions/regularity.

Love this recipe? Make sure to attend next month’s Ayurveda workshop for more ayurvedic recipes and practices!

Meet your facilitator: Eleni Tsikrikas

Eleni discovered YOGA as a means for reducing stress in 1995 while practicing law in Sydney, Australia. Smitten, Eleni completed the Sydney Yoga Centre’s teacher training course. In 2000, Eleni quit the legal profession to teach Yoga full time. In 2004 Eleni moved to Los Angeles and began intensive study with Robert Birnberg a senior student in the T. Krichnamacharya lineage. The major focus of her studies is the “Yoga Sutras of Pantajali” the guidebook dedicated to creating a satvic mind.

Eleni is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, CAS, a Pancha Karma Specialist PKS. She runs a private ayurvedic practice and teaches “Ayurvedic Skills for Living” courses in Silverlake and Sydney. She is a faculty member of The Yoga Institute in Sydney and at California College of Ayurveda, where she teaches and mentors students. She continues to pursue her passion for herbs, studying with renowned herbalist KP Khalsa. Eleni has completed the educational component leading to qualifications as a Western Herbalist. She is presently working on the accreditation process for the American Herbalist Guild.

Eleni passionately believes food is medicine and is looking forward to sharing her passion at The Yoga Institute with a monthly Ayuveda Workshop.

Previously, we’ve shared stories of The Yoga Institute’s graduates. Here we share a story of one of our faculty members on our teacher training program, Lucy Karnani.

Lucy’s catch cry is “to love and accept myself exactly as I am and to support myself in the ways that I need to be supported.”

Meet Lucy Karnani

Lucy has had quite a hodgepodge of a resume including teaching scuba diving, managing sales teams for radio stations and eventually becoming the CEO of Rogen, North America, a global training and consulting firm specialising in face-to-face communication. Let’s not forget that Lucy also has the position of a teacher at The Yoga Institute on her resume as well. AND… recently Lucy and her co-writer Jill Danks have released their first book “CONNECTING Conscious Communication for Yoga Teachers and Therapists”.

“This book is a must read for all yoga teacher trainees, yoga teachers, therapists, and trainers, regardless of their experience. It provides an invaluable resource for some of the most essentials skills required for everyone working in their field.” Michael de Manincor  

We are beyond grateful and honored to have Lucy on our faculty. Lucy teaches the Teaching and Communication Skills aspect of our Teacher Training and Yoga Therapy Course.

“I met Lucy 4 years ago and instantly fell in love with her. She is one AH-MAZING woman whom I am privileged to have in my life. Lucy has helped and supported me in so many ways both in my yoga world and my personal world, many of which she has no idea. Everyone needs connection, a small handful of inspiring, supportive and emotionally intelligent people in your life is essential. It’s a non negotiable for me. I could write a long list of all the small, and all the not so small, ways Lucy has enriched my life over the past few years but one that stands out is the importance of holding space.” Kirstie 

To hold space and sit with another in their experience is one of the greatest gifts we can give to each other, ourselves, and our community.

Listen to Flow Artists podcast with Lucy

Minute by Minute

Everyone gets to busy at one point or another but this podcast is a can’t miss. Only have a few minutes each day? Not a problem! Here’s a timeline of when each topic is talked about. The perfect recipe for podcast lovers on the go!

3:27 Lucy tells us about growing up in Melbourne.
6:13 Communication as a scuba diving instructor
10:50 How can you be sure that a student has understood the full intent of your instruction?
12:07 Offering in a way that is confident
14:10 CEO of Rogen International
16:20 When did you discover yoga as a practitioner?
19:17 Laughing Club
20:35 I became quite unwell
21:11 “I got to the point where I wasn’t sick anymore”
21:52 90 days of pranayama
22:31 Studying to become a yoga teacher at Kripalu
24:00 Practicing teaching with friends/ How I fell in love with teaching yoga
25:25 Film yourself teaching, then practice along to it.
29:02 The story of the book.
33:42 “You talk, I’ll write”
35:17 The manuscript was very long “And so, we cut it in half”
37:14 The collaborative process – “You have to take your ego out of the room”
38:12 Self compassion has to be a big part of this practice
39:16 Were there different strategies to address different communicators and personality types?
40:40 The refining the definition of effective communication
45:10 “This should be a required reading for all teachers in training”
47:09 Experiential Words
49:06 Invitational Language
51:26 Trauma awareness, and erring on the side of caution
51:35 Catering to a diversity of experience
54:00 What are the differences between teaching a group, or a 1 on 1 session?
56:51 The levels of listening/ Types of Questions
59:16 Would you recommend a shorter new client form?
1:02:15 How can you use language to keep a class on track?
1:03:07 People like people who are like themselves
1:05:03 Appreciating people’s different communication styles
1:09:02 Navigating tough questions – scope of practice and setting boundaries
1:13:26 Other communication challenges
1:14:02 Have a mentor
1:15:25 Take a breath
1:17:54 How do you find a mentor?
1:22:56 The importance of self care.
1:27:22 The four levels of competency
1:28:55 Lucy’s question.
1:31:45 Picks of the week

Special Thanks To Lucy!

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Lucy Karnani

Senior Yoga Teacher; Yoga Therapist and Teacher Trainer; Yoga Communications Coach; Teacher Mentor;
BApp Sc (Phys Ed),

Lucy Karnani
After practicing yoga for many years Lucy trained as a Yoga Teacher at the Kripalu Center in Massachusetts, USA and has continued her yoga teaching and yoga therapy studies in Australia and the USA since 2011. She has studied with Michael de Manincor; Vidya Carolyn Dell’uomo and Devarshi Steven Hartman; Ganesh, Indira and A.G. Mohan; Amy Weintraub, Leslie Kaminoff and Richard Miller; as well as with Heather Plett, developing her expertise in ‘holding space’. She feels very grateful to be able to share the wisdom and experience that she has received from these many gifted teachers, as well as from her students and clients with whom she has worked over the last eight years in both Australia and the USA.

However, Lucy had been teaching for many years before starting her yoga teaching journey. Starting from the beginning, she taught SCUBA diving, managed sales teams in radio stations throughout Australia and then managed a Health Retreat in Queensland. In the early 1990’s she joined Rogen International in Sydney, which was a global training and consulting firm specialising in face-to-face communication. Lucy went on to become a Global Partner and the CEO of Rogen, North America, having moved to the USA in 1995. The Yoga Institute is where Lucy has found her sangha (yoga community) in Australia; she brings her extensive knowledge and experience of communication skills to the training, coaching and mentoring of yoga teachers and therapists in programs offered by The Yoga Institute.

The services Lucy offers the yoga community are guided by a personal experience of the healing power of self-compassion and include: teaching classes, teaching privately, leading prana facilitation, mentoring and training communication skills for yoga teachers and yoga therapists, creating and facilitating transformational programs and coaching experienced teachers to refine their workshops and presentations. Lucy passionately believes in yoga as a system for healing and transformation of the body, mind and spirit.

She has also co-written the book “CONNECTING – Conscious Communication for Yoga Teachers and Therapists”. Lucy, her husband Ramesh, three children and two dogs live in both Australia and the USA.

Every graduate has a story to tell. One of our greatest aspirations in the work that we do, is to see how our students evolve and flourish in their lives during their studies, and then the work that they do when they go out into the ‘yoga world’. We are incredibly grateful for the extraordinary stories shared, especially this one from our Teacher Training graduate, Annebelle.

Meet Annebelle

Annebelle would describe herself as “an ordinary person who has experienced burnout”. She makes it very clear that she is not in fact Oprah Winfrey and is simply just figuring out everything as she goes.

To start at the beginning, Annebelle comes from a long career in television, 27 years to be exact. Every hear of something called Australian Idol? She was indeed the head stylist of the show’s first season finale at the Sydney Opera House. She became known for “delivering the impossible” in the industry. However, over time her greatest accomplishments also became her greatest stressors.

Annebelle acknowledges she stayed in the industry for too long and began experiencing burnout in the last few years there. She began noticing the signs: insomnia, going to the bathroom 14 times before heading to work, and using “wine to numb everything out”. Annebelle noticed she was losing her voice in life, had no resources left, and was ignoring all her friends’ support. One day, it all began to click and she decided to drop all the balls she was constantly juggling.

5 years later and The Yoga Institute came into her life. While completing her teacher training, relaxation became the time where she could regroup and get her energy for the rest of the day. Annebelle started finding the tools to address her anxiety and turn her life into something else completely. Her true epiphany was a comment made by Michael de Manincor on her first day, “simple things done regularly create habits that change everything”.

Now, Annebelle has her own podcast called Calm Is The New Black where she shares her story and interviews all the people who inspire her. Everyone she interviews are following their heart’s purpose just as she wants everyone else to do. Her goal is for her viewers to find the tools that work for them and to simply “park your thoughts” for just 1% of the day.

We can’t give everything away. Hear it for yourself: Listen to Annebelle’s podcast 

How can we support you?

Our Teacher Training Course isn’t just for aspiring teachers, but for anyone who wants to deepen their personal practice and gain a better understanding of yoga.

Need more information?

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Email or us teachertraining@yogainstitute.com.au 0477 021 219
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Calling all kapha and vatta dosha!

Have you been looking for your next go to meal?

We have you covered. Try kitchari!

Think of kitchari as the vegetarian equivalent of Grandma’s chicken soup, with much more fiber.

If your belly feels sluggish after too many treats, kitchari is an easy way to cleanse your digestion and restore freshness. Kitchari offers a true delight to both your body and senses.

To maximize the many benefits your will receive from kitchari, eat it for several meals in a row, such as lunch and dinner on the same day. It may just become addictive!

Kitchari

This kitchari is especially suited to Kapha and Vata dosha.

Ingredients:

• 1 c BASMATI RICE
• 4 leaves BAY LEAF
• 1/2 c CHICK PEA (GARBANZO)
• 1/2 tsp CINNAMON
• 1/4 tsp CLOVES
• 1 inch GINGER (FRESH)
• 2 tbsp. OLIVE OIL
• 1/4 tsp SALT (MINERAL SALT)
• 4 c WATER

Preparation of this healthy recipe:

As easy as 1, 2, 3…

1. If using dried chick peas, soak the chick pea overnight and drain. Then, add 6c water and bring to a boil, scooping off any foam that forms on the top.

2. Strain out the liquid, and add another 4c of fresh water and return to a boil. Add the ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Cook for one hour.

3. Add rice and any remaining ingredients to broth. Stir. Cover and cook on low heat for 20-25 minutes or until grains are tender.

Don’t know your Ayurveda body type? No problem!

No need to stress if you don’t know whether you’re a kapha, vata, or pitta dosha.

Check out our recent blog, What Is Your Ayurveda Body Type?, to take the free quiz!

ENJOY!

Meet your facilitator: Eleni Tsikrikas

Eleni discovered YOGA as a means for reducing stress in 1995 while practicing law in Sydney, Australia. Smitten, Eleni completed the Sydney Yoga Centre’s teacher training course. In 2000, Eleni quit the legal profession to teach Yoga full time. In 2004 Eleni moved to Los Angeles and began intensive study with Robert Birnberg a senior student in the T. Krichnamacharya lineage. The major focus of her studies is the “Yoga Sutras of Pantajali” the guidebook dedicated to creating a satvic mind.
Eleni is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, CAS, a Pancha Karma Specialist PKS. She runs a private ayurvedic practice and teaches “Ayurvedic Skills for Living” courses in Silverlake and Sydney. She is a faculty member of The Yoga Institute in Sydney and at California College of Ayurveda, where she teaches and mentors students. She continues to pursue her passion for herbs, studying with renowned herbalist KP Khalsa. Eleni has completed the educational component leading to qualifications as a Western Herbalist. She is presently working on the accreditation process for the American Herbalist Guild.
Eleni passionately believes food is medicine and is looking forward to sharing her passion at The Yoga Institute with a monthly Ayuveda Workshop.

How can we support you?

Join our next monthly Ayurveda Workshop in Cammeray:

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By Eleni Tsikrikas

Dry Brushing- Garshana

Dry brushing is one of Ayurveda’s daily self care steps. It promotes skin renewal, exfoliation and the elimination of toxins and impurities. The result is soft, firm, glowing skin.

Winter and Spring are considered the best seasons to dry brush. During these seasons its cold and dry or cold and moist. Cold slows things down and can increase sluggishness in the body mind. When Vata predominates, skin is thin, cold and dry. If Kapha predominates skin is thick, clammy with sluggish circulation.

Dry brushing warms and stimulates the skin bringing greater blood flow to the surface. Up to one third of toxins produced daily by the body are eliminated through the skin. As we age, our bodies ability to shed the outer layers of skin decreases. This leads to less efficient elimination of toxins, and places extra stress on other toxin removing organs – like the liver and kidneys.

Removing dry and dead skin cells by dry brushing each morning leaves the skin nourished and oxygenated. This practice improves the body’s ability to eliminate toxins and the function of sweat and secretion glands, turning your body back into the well oiled machine it should be.

The massage should only take about 5 minutes and is best done upon rising.

Vata types tend towards thin dry skin so, gentle massage, once a week is sufficient.
Pitta types tend towards warm sensitive skin so a couple times a week with medium friction is best. Less in summer.
Kapha types should do this as a daily ritual as they tend towards thicker skin and may hold on to fluids.

The Process

Tools needed:

• A hand sized, soft, natural bristle brush or loofa mitt or silk gloves. Avoid synthetic fiber brushes and puffs because they are too rough.

How to:

• Before bathing
• Be gentle at first, the skin will become seasoned after a few weeks
• Take extra care of tender areas
• Avoid any problem spots, such as rashes or sores
• As you acclimatize to the sensation, rub your skin quickly and fairly vigorously
• Long strokes over the long bones such as the arms and legs
• Use small circular movements for the joints of the shoulders, elbows, wrists, etc
• Begin with the soles & brush upwards
• If cellulite is an issue spend some time giving positive attention to those areas. Always finish any area with gentle strokes towards the heart
• Progress from the legs to the hands and arms, brushing towards the shoulders. Next brush the head, ears and down the neck. Finish with the torso
• Use the long wooden handle, brush your entire back then proceed to the front
• Going in a clockwise motion around the belly button helps digestion
• Be aware, this is a time to enjoy being with your body
• Breath deeply while you brush
• You can say nice things to yourself, such as “I love this body and see it radiantly healthy and filled with vitality”
• Abhyanga or self oil massage, should be done after dry body brushing
• Vata types finish with a warm shower or bath
• Kapha and Pitta, types, finishing with a cool to cold rinse is beneficial as it closes the pores of the skin and stimulates circulation

Benefits

• Boosts immunity & enhances circulation
• Increases body appreciation, encourages well being, releases tension
• Exfoliates and maintains skins vital functions of excretion & absorption
• Stimulates hormone function
• Activates pores to remove waste material
• Increases blood and lymphatic circulation
• Helps digestion and colon function
• Removes excess heat of pitta and stagnation of kapha

for all these reasons, dry- brushing is an excellent routine to add to our day and weekly skincare routine.

Eleni discovered YOGA as a means for reducing stress in 1995 while practicing law in Sydney, Australia. Smitten, Eleni completed the Sydney Yoga Centre’s teacher training course. In 2000, Eleni quit the legal profession to teach Yoga full time. In 2004 Eleni moved to Los Angeles and began intensive study with Robert Birnberg a senior student in the T. Krichnamacharya lineage. The major focus of her studies is the “Yoga Sutras of Pantajali” the guidebook dedicated to creating a satvic mind.

Eleni is a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, CAS, a Pancha Karma Specialist PKS. She runs a private ayurvedic practice and teaches “Ayurvedic Skills for Living” courses in Silverlake and Sydney. She is a faculty member of The Yoga Institute in Sydney and at California College of Ayurveda, where she teaches and mentors students. She continues to pursue her passion for herbs, studying with renowned herbalist KP Khalsa. Eleni has completed the educational component leading to qualifications as a Western Herbalist. She is presently working on the accreditation process for the American Herbalist Guild.

Eleni passionately believes food is medicine and is looking forward to sharing her passion at The Yoga Institute with a monthly Ayuveda Workshop.

How can we support you?

Join our monthly Ayurveda Workshop“The People’s Medicine” with Eleni:

More information and bookings

It is perfectly normal to find yourself confused when entering the rabbit hole. Who better to explain it to you then our most recent Teacher Training graduates?

We recently asked our graduates…what were your three favourite things about training at The Yoga Institute and this is the top 10 most popular answers….

Personal journey – teaching from authenticity

In addition to attendance at general Yoga classes, students will have a personalized home yoga practice developed and guided in individual mentoring sessions

This may include asana, pranayama and meditation.

Plus a written journal for guided self-reflection.

“both in terms of the whole program having a strong grounding that makes you feel connected to the broader history of yoga as well as it’s modern practice”

Mindfulness

Yoga should always be adapted to the needs, circumstances and goals of each individual, never the individual to fit the yoga.

We really value you as a student and make sure to nurture and support you throughout your journey to becoming an incredible yoga teacher and help you become the best version of yourself.

“The philosophy of the school – encouraging students to get in touch with their own bodies and needs so that we never feel the need to “prove” ourselves but rather focus on the breath and clarity of the mind.”

Mental Health

The principles and practices of Yoga were developed in ancient times, offering a wholistic, integrative system of mental health that is just as relevant today.

Yoga offers practices to enhance mental health and alleviate the symptoms of psychological ill-ease or mental illness, using mind-body-lifestyle interventions to cultivate a healthy, productive, flourishing life.

“The hosting of professionals co-working with the Yoga institute in physical and mental health fields offering huge knowledges and skills.”

Mentoring

2 sessions per term throughout the course (total of 8 sessions).

Includes development and guidance of student’s personal yoga practice, study supervision, mentoring as a trainee teacher, and supervision of assisting & teaching practicum.

“the mentoring power is a beautiful part of the course and I think not many other courses offer this to you”

Teachers

At The Yoga Institute we teach an approach to yoga that comes from the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya, who is considered to be one of the greatest yogis of the past century.

Passionate about yoga and the benefits it brings to peoples’ lives, our team is committed to providing yoga teachers and yoga teacher training students with a highly engaging learning experience.

“you have one-one-one time with arguably the best educators, the best mentors, the best teachers and that’s invaluable”

Knowledge

By the end of the course you will have the skills, knowledge and confidence to develop and teach fully integrated practices for groups and individuals that include asana, pranayama, meditation, mudras, mantra & sound, yoga philosophy and more.

The Yoga Institute Diploma of Yoga Teaching is registered with Yoga Australia. Completion of the Diploma course meets all the requirements to become a full member with Yoga Australia (Level 1, 350 hrs).

“there’s a lot of amazing knowledge that has changed the way I see yoga and my whole life in fact”

Flexible Schedules

Online learning – mix of live webinars and self-paced material.

20 hours of online Yoga Anatomy training.

Guided home study.

“very clever schedule design to allow for adjustments and changes as needed (because life happens) and to allow completion over a longer period of time if required”

Michael de Manincor

Michael has completed a PhD in Health Science, in the area of Yoga and mental health.

Michael is one of the most highly respected and experienced yoga teachers in Australia, with an extensive background in different approaches and styles of yoga and meditation, and over 30 years of teaching experience.

“With Michael you really get an understanding of what the yoga sutras are, what they’re asking, what they’re sharing. It’s really beautiful.”

Community

Since 2001 we’ve taught and mentored hundreds of students who have gone on to become amazing yoga teachers.

We’ve grown a beautiful community of people who have changed their own lives and the lives of others through exceptional yoga teaching.

“I made such beautiful friends, people that have gone along a journey with you, and people that have changed you in their own way”

Environment

Classroom-based training days (regular training days plus teaching residential).

Assisting, supervised and independent teaching experience through practicum programme.

“being in such a safe environment to be able to share our stories, our hardships, our struggles, but also the enlightening moments or the epiphanies that we have when learning about everything within yoga” 

Come and find out more at our next information session!

How can we support you?

Our Teacher Training Course isn’t just for aspiring teachers, but for anyone who wants to deepen their personal practice and gain a better understanding of yoga.

Need more information?
Get course prospectus
Information Session and Webinar details
Email or call us: teachertraining@yogainstitute.com.au 0477 021 219

Join us, together we will grow, learn and inspire.