Online Course for Yoga Teachers & Students
Yoga Therapy:
Therapeutic Applications of Posture, Movement and Breathing
make the yoga you teach safer and more effective
Deepen your knowledge of how to manage injuries and health conditions
help your students to feel safe in your classes
increase your student retention rate
Is this Course for You?
Deepen your knowledge with our continuous education about how yoga can help heal injuries and health conditions, and how to apply the principles of yoga therapy to help yourself and your students.
"It was only when Simon’s teachings started to sink in that I realised how little I knew about the human body, and that yoga can make conditions worse if you apply it unintelligently."David Cunningham (The Yoga Shala, Ocean Fitness, Galway Ireland)
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About the course
You will have access to the online course for 6 months in total. Including:
- You will learn to make the yoga you teach safer and more effective.
- Over 40 hours of Video Lectures (total 6.1gb in downloads)
- Downloadable course videos and notes
- Final exam
- Certificate of Completion
Why study Yoga Therapy?
Many people practice exercises way beyond their understanding and physical capability, which is why it is so easy to get injured. If you're a yoga teacher and would like to deal with your students’ ailments and conditions safely and effectively, first you have to understand the anatomy and physiology of your own body. Once you have understood how to manage your own ailments and injuries, it's then much easier to start giving advice to other people.
What does this course aim to provide?
The intention of the course is to make yoga practitioners and teachers safer and more knowledgeable in relation to the human body however, at the completion of the course you are not qualified to practice as a "Yoga Therapist".
We highly recommend that all yoga teachers and practitioners refer to qualified health and medical professionals for diagnosis of any conditions before applying any of the principles outlined in this course.
Yoga Synergy takes no responsibility for the individual’s interpretation of the material taught.
Weekly Topics You Will Cover
WEEK 1: Introduction; and Principles of Therapy (1)
Video 1: Important Stages of Therapy - Overview
Video 2: Important Stages of Therapy - Pre-treatment assessment
Video 3: Important Stages of Therapy - Physical observation
Video 4: General principles of therapy
Video 5: Basic Anatomy
Video 6: Stretch and reciprocal reflex in practice
Video 7: Ten ways to enhance blood flow through the body
Video 8: Nerve-tensioning movements in practice
Video 9: Anatomy of the lower limb
Video 10: Four muscle states around a joint complex
WEEK 2: Musculoskeletal problems of the Upper Limbs, Upper Back and Neck
Video 11: Anatomy of the shoulder, elbow, arm, wrist and hand
Video 12: Yoga therapy for the shoulder, elbow, arm, wrist and neck 01
Video 13: Yoga therapy for the shoulder, elbow, arm, wrist and neck 02
Video 14: Yoga therapy for the shoulder, elbow, arm, wrist and neck 3.
Video 15: Exercises for the Shoulder, elbow, wrist & neck
Video 16: How to create shoulder stability
The study of Yoga Therapy ...
fosters a greater feeling of safety and personal attention in your classes
Over the last 30 years, students have shared with us many reasons why they chose not to return to Yoga after their first class experience. This course has been designed with that in mind.
You will learn how to help your students:
- Feel safe in the class
- Feel that their conditions are being considered and/or noticed
- Approach the class so they don't overdo it or feel too sore afterwards to return
- Feel assured that you have a thorough understanding of their body and their personal limitations
- Please note this course does not qualify you to be a "Yoga Therapist"
About Us
Simon Borg-Olivier & Bianca Machliss
Hi I'm Simon Borg Olivier and this is Bianca Machliss, Co-directors of Yoga Synergy and Yoga teachers for over 35 years.
I’ve been treating people’s injuries and conditions as a registered physiotherapist for 30 years and practicing yoga for 45 years.
I have the experience and know-how to bring modern physiotherapy and traditional yoga together to help you with the conditions that have continued to plague you. And I can also teach you how to help your clients and students with their conditions.
Myself and Bianca Machliss have developed this unique course. After an introduction to the principles of diagnosis and therapy, you will be expertly guided through simple approaches and therapeutic sequences of posture, movement and breathing that can help to improve physical problems and energetic conditions of the body.
Throughout the course you will also see me assess and treat many real life cases with yoga therapy. Bianca and I are both qualified, exercise-based physio (physical) therapists who are also experienced and advanced yoga practitioners and teachers.
Hope you enjoy the course! Simon Simon Borg-Olivier MScBAppSc(Physiotherapy)APAM and Bianca Machliss BScBAppSc(Physiotherapy)
Highly Qualified & Experienced teachers
The course is explained simply and practically by experienced yoga teachers and physiotherapists, Simon Borg-Olivier and Bianca Machliss.
Certification
Study at your own pace. Receive a certificate of successful completion. Please note this course does not qualify you to be a "Yoga Therapist" however it can contribute to Continuing education for Yoga Teachers
Fully Downloadable
All course materials are fully downloadable to keep and you will have 12 months access to the online course.
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Discounts for Further Study
We offer discounts to those who study more Essential Online Courses with us.
This is our recommended progression of study, but of course you can choose whatever order you like:
1st Course
Full Price
AUD $587We highly recommend you start with 'Advanced Yoga Fundamentals: Essentials for Teaching Yoga'
12 week course + exams and revision
Total access period 6 months including downloadable videos & course material
2nd Course
25% Off
AUD $440We recommend studying Applied Anatomy and Physiology (AP) of Yoga as your second course.
12 week course + exams and revision
Total access period 6 months including downloadable videos & course materials
3rd & 4th Course
25% Off
$290.25 - $365.25Continue your studies with Yoga Therapy: Therapeutic Applications of Posture, Movement and Breathing. or Asana Biomechanics - 84 Postures
Total access period 6 months including downloadable videos
