Course Contents of Yoga Instructor Training Course

A single lesson consists of 2 sessions of 100 minutes for a total of 200 minutes (3 hours and 20 minutes) with break time.

First session: Lectures using Yoga Textbook

History of yoga, philosophy of yoga

Breathing methods, yin-yang diet, yoga fasting method, yoga way to beauty 

Methods to ease maternity, recover vision and develop self-control.

Traditional healing approaches, methods to deal with lower back pain, oversensitivity to cold, etc.

Graduation Examination

Mental attitude of the yoga instructor

Second session: Exercises based on the Yoga Textbook

Stretching, 15 asana postures in order, methodology, effects, instruction methods, methods of assuming asana postures, methods for strengthening abdominal and back muscles, breathing methods

Exercises to eliminate physical irregularities, methods to adjust the pelvis, SOTAI Therapy, shiatsu methods

1. We incorporate limbering-up movements and "counterirritant" methods to practice yoga without excessive strain or injury.
2. To maintain health: Experiencing a half-fast fasting method to better understand the harmonization and interrelation of physical condition and diet.
3. Experiencing ginger and konnyaku poultices, etc. to ease bodily strain while eliminating dullness, oversensitivity to cold and lower back pain.
4. Advice on how to run yoga classes.

Items 1 to 4 are taught to all participants as part of General Yoga in Daily Life.

Guide to Yoga Instructor Training Course

Implementation Schedule of Yoga Instructor Training Course

to "Calendar" (Japanese)

Subject to change. Persons switching to another class are requested to confirm this via the Family Yoga E-mail.

Upon completing all 18 courses, a certificate of attendance will be issued.

The units for missed classes can be obtained in the following season.

A certificate of attendance will be issued when all units have been completed.

We are proud to announce that we have more than 800 graduates of our instructor training programs

in the past 44 years.

September Graduates

Messages from graduates of the Instructor Training Course

Atsuko Wada (Fitness Instructress, ASR Chairperson)

When I first stood there as a yoga instructress before my students, my teaching materials were limited to describing the effects of the asanas (postures) and teaching the breathing techniques, and then I got stuck.

With Kanda Family Yoga, during half a year, in addition to the asanas and breathing methods, you learn Sotai-ho to correct irregularities in the body, a yin-yang diet tailored to the individual physical constitution, and traditional healing methods.

Likewise, at the Yoga Camp in Ito, there are classes with the accent on actual practice.

During the after-class study meetings following completion of the program, they give you moral and mental support, letting you consult with them at any time.

You will have the feeling that the scales have fallen from your eyes in encountering these Eastern views of health, which amount to learning from nature.

Considering how much you learn in the courses, the tuition is reasonable, I think.

Kiyomi Murakami (Yoga Instructress)

It's now about two and a half years since I completed the Family Yoga Instructor Training Course.

The teachers in the course taught me, a person lacking any prior knowledge, most patiently and kindly.

In addition to the asanas, they taught us about yoga dietary approaches, and made it possible for us to acquire the right attitude as instructors.

At present, I'm able to teach 10 classes a week, individual instruction and classes for senior citizens and children.

It's really a pleasure for me as an instructress to be able to give reliable answers to people's questions. I myself enjoy the lessons immensely.

In April of last year I was able to attend a gathering in Australia with other yoga enthusiasts and get to appreciate the activities of those other teachers and how broad-reaching and wonderful OKI-DO YOGA is.

I really feel it was a wise decision to have taken the Instructor Training Course at Family Yoga.

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