FiTOUR® Hatha Yoga Certification

Two features in particular set this certification course apart: provides simple yet comprehensive cues that teachers can use to bring students into proper alignment and deeper mental focus, and detailed instructions on making safe hands-on adjustments and modifications for students.

The course textbook (Instructing Hatha Yoga) that was developed in line with the standards of the Yoga Alliance and its national Yoga Teachers’ Registry, features authors Kathy Lee Kappmeier and Diane Ambrosini, with more than 20 years of experience in yoga instruction and teacher training, provide a class overview, outlines, lesson plans, and sample syllabi. They present ways to structure a class with flexible teaching plans in a variety of settings, such as schools, community centers, fitness clubs, and wellness centers. With their backgrounds in physical education, kinesiology, biomechanics, and various sectors of the fitness industry, the authors not only understand the art and science of yoga, but they know how to teach it safely and effectively.

Additional information covered in the certification course is:

• The most popular styles of yoga and how the styles evolved
• A questionnaire that helps instructors evaluate their readiness to begin teaching yoga
• Modifications for each posture and effective ways to work with students of different abilities in the same class
• Study questions and answers that review topics presented in part I of the book
• The importance of pranayama (breath work) and how to teach basic techniques
• The physical and energetic anatomy applied in the postures
• The valued and effective qualities of a yoga teacher, in line with the standards set by the Yoga Alliance Registry

The FiTOUR® Hatha Yoga Certification course helps instructors develop the attributes they need in order to be qualified teachers who facilitate students’ learning and awareness in the practice of yoga.