Teaching Subjects

Teaching subjects identify key approaches used in teaching including skills-based approaches and teaching exercises to provide a comprehensive framework that new and experienced teachers can benefit from. Delve into the teacher’s world through principles and practice.

Our teaching subjects are lifetime anrollment so access does not expire.

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Internships

This subject is not open to public view and contains details for participants of the internship program at Yoga Mandir. Internships allow successful applicants to work directly in the daily life of the Institute, attending, assisting and supporting the smooth running of the school.
Internships are ideal for those living outside of Canberra who wish to come for a period of intense study or those living in Canberra who wish to immerse themselves in the life of the school.
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$69
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T-T01. Language of Asana

This 7 part subject requires review of video classes, practice reflection. Submissions include recording oneself, assignment uploads.
Valuable for all those seeking to understand the role of language in teaching. T-T01 is a lifetime enrolment

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T-T02. Presenting Asana & Organising the Class

This subject identifies the key principles of presenting asanas and organising the class and considers how to reduce obstacles in the learning environment. Using the statements of BKS Iyengar as a guide we explore the questions and issues involved. This 7 part subject requires review of video classes and practice reflection and is a lifetime enrolment.

$69
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T-T03. Skill & Methods in teaching

The Lineage of each Yoga tradition determines the Methods that are applied. These methods transform the practice of asana and pranayama from being 2 of the 8 disciplines (ashtanga Yoga), to being a practice that applies Astanga Yoga within practice.
This subject looks at how we develop skills through practicing teaching Exercises in order to apply our Methods to achieve Patanjali's Yoga practices. T-T03 is a lifetime enrolment

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T-T04. Principles of correcting & adjusting

Principles of correcting & adjusting examines the key principles that guide our actions and through a range of articles we reflect on Iyengar’s statements about how students learn. ‘As a teacher, we have to initially impart knowledge of techniques. Then, knowing the weaknesses of the students, we have to change the techniques to fit into the frame of their body and mind? T-T04 is a lifetime enrolment.

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T-T05. Being where students are at

Being where students are at' relates to valuing the journey of each student. As teachers of yoga, we recognise that each student presents at a 'point in time'. Based on this, we consider ways of responding to the student.
The subject investigates the role of compassion & dispassion when handling students.

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T-T06. Art of Teaching

In the Tree of Yoga Guruji writes,
'It is relatively easy to be a teacher of an academic subject, but to be a teacher in art is very difficult, and to be a yoga teacher is the hardest of all, because yoga teachers have to be their own critics and correct their own practice. The art of yoga is entirely subjective and practical. Yoga teachers have to know the entire functioning of the body; they have to know the behaviour of the people who come to them and how to react and be ready to help, to protect and safeguard their pupils'.

$129
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T-T07. Handling diversity

This subject is a lifetime enrolment and does not expire.
Iyengar writes,
‘Yogic methods gives the maximum and the minutest techniques for the cure of a soiled body and mind. In this sense, yoga is therapy.’
Handling diversity identifies common conditions encountered by teachers and provided approaches to managing them in the classroom

$149
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T-T08 Pregnancy

This subject is a lifetime enrolment and does not expire.
From conception to birth, a woman's body undertakes an amazing process of fertilisation, implantation and the development and growth of her baby. This subject examines the stages of pregnancy, the changes in a woman’s body and the Yogic approach to teaching. Online resources and practical workshop attendance delivered by a practicing midwife and teacher alongside one of our most experienced senior teachers make this an essential subject for all teachers and trainees. Enrolment in this subject if for lifetime and will include future updates

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TD-RPT. Reflective Practice-Teacher

Reflective Practice-Teachers (RP-T) is made up of Certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers who meet regularly to discuss issues of teaching and practice with colleagues. These discussions are guided by senior teacher Alan Goode and aim to provide peer support to individuals through this ongoing group dialogue. Entry to the program is through discussion with Alan

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TD-TM. Teacher Mentor Program

Yoga Mandir runs a program for Level 2 Certified teachers who mentor Trainee Teachers as per the IYA assessment framework. Teacher Mentors work closely with their Trainees on a weekly basis and undergo supervision with their senior teacher, Alan Goode. Access to the Teacher Mentor Program is via agreement with Alan.

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TD-TTM. Theory Teaching Module

This program is coordinated through Yoga Mandir and seeks to establish a dialogue between teachers on the evolution of a student into a Sadhaka.
A teacher is someone who is involved in the development of students and more importantly in understanding how we as human being evolve. We recognise that each student is an individual who arrives with a history, expressing the gunas (an expression of nature) in all its varieties and complexity. Teaching is both an art and a science
Entry to the program is through discussion with Alan Goode

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