'Advanced Yoga Fundamentals: Essentials for teaching Yoga' is a must-do online yoga teacher training program for anyone who wants to become a yoga teacher and/or deepen their yoga practice. Between them, Bianca Machliss and Simon Borg-Olivier have practised and studied yoga for over half a century. They are the founders and directors of one of Sydney’s pioneer yoga schools, Yoga Synergy, established in 1985.

‘Anatomy & Physiology of Yoga’ is a practical course, taught in a similar fashion to a yoga workshop. It provides yoga teachers and students with the knowledge and skills to understand how the body works while it practises the asanas (poses and postures), vinyasas (dynamic exercises that combine movement with breath) and pranayamas (breath-control exercises) of hatha yoga.

Asana Biomechanics - 84 Postures for Strength, Flexibility and Fitness  (Online Course).

Simon Borg-Olivier shows in detail how to safely and effectively practice 84 commonly practiced postures and many of their simple-to-complex variations in order develop strength, flexibility and fitness, in a way that helps to enhance health, well-being and longevity.

The Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga Book (Ebook) is a must-read text for yoga teachers and students. You will be assisted to more deeply understand the impact of yoga on the physical body.

This Ebook is the combined expertise of Simon Borg-Olivier and Bianca Machliss. Between them they have over half a century of experience as yoga teachers and physiotherapists.

‘Applied Anatomy & Physiology of Yoga’ is a comprehensive text with over 460 pages of text and photos. Also included are many diagrams and tables of practical and useful information. It is written to enhance everyone’s hatha yoga practice, no matter what the style.

‘Applied Anatomy & Physiology of Yoga’ explains how to improve strength, flexibility and fitness while you practise yoga. You will learn how to avoid compromising joint stability and/or risking injury.

The Ebook includes previously unpublished research into the science of hatha yoga and yoga therapy.

It is used as the basis for Yoga Synergy’s many courses, including online courses.
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This set of videos, presented by Yoga Synergy Director, Bianca Machliss is the perfect introduction to your Yoga Synergy journey.

Bianca covers many of the basic instructions you'll hear in a Yoga Synergy style class, what they mean and how to approach the asanas (postures) safely. We're all unique, and therefore need to modify postures differently according to our own unique set of variables - injuries, past experience, physical fitness and genetic physicality.

Often there isn't time in a class of mixed abilities to go slowly through all the technical detail, so these videos were made to help you understand what the instructions mean and how to approach the postures safely in class. These tips can be applied to any style of yoga that you may choose to practice.

Yoga Synergy’s complete five-sequence set of yoga videos is for the yogi who wants the whole Yoga Synergy experience. Developed by Bianca Machliss and Simon Borg-Olivier, the ‘Elements: Complete five sequence set’ is the original series of Yoga Synergy videos. Each yoga video encapsulates the Yoga Synergy method and approach to yoga, based on Bianca and Simon’s years of experience as yoga teachers and physiotherapists. It’s yoga with a sound anatomical foundation.

The set includes beginner level sequences for each element – earth, water, fire, air and ether* – with demonstrations of both the simple (Simon) and more complex (Bianca) versions of the postures. There is also an intermediate demonstration of the sequences for a deeper practice (please note, the Earth sequence is not instructed), and still pictures of the postures so you can practise in your own time.

Discover how to best move your spine to increase circulation, generate energy, relieve back pain, increase core strength and become more mobile. Simon Borg-Olivier explains movements that will strengthen your spine while eliminating tension, and warm you up without making your heart race. The movements are easy to follow and you’ll feel energised afterwards.

The video includes an interactive lecture on how to move your spine; information on how to apply the movements to classic postures; a demonstration sequence; a verbal-and-visual instructed practice class; and a visual instructed practice class.

This set of videos is from the Yoga Therapy: Therapeutic Applications of Posture, Movement and Breathing Online course.

An introduction to the basic principles of physical therapy (physiotherapy) and how to use postures, movements, breath-control and mental-control to help to recover from musculoskeletal injury and or medical conditions and ideally to help to prevent their occurrence This Yoga Synergy online course begins with the principles of diagnosis, then it guides participants through simple therapeutic sequences of posture, movement and breath, to help improve physical problems and energetic conditions of the body.

Many common physical conditions are addressed, including shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, waist, chest and neck problems. Also covered are the many common conditions associated with the body’s various systems: nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, renal and reproductive.

Bianca and Simon’s comprehensive book ‘Applied Anatomy & Physiology of Yoga’ is the main reference textbook for the course. You can purchase it as an ebook or hardcopy book here.

Learn to move your Spine for health, happiness and longevity. Achieve body–mind unity with yoga legend Simon Borg-Olivier through his physiotherapy and chi gung-inspired Spinal Synergy sequences.

Whether a novice, an advanced practitioner or a long-time teacher, you will benefit greatly from this online course. Among other things, you will learn:

• A movement system that teaches you dynamic meditation and fluid movements for strength and flexibility
• Spinal and core mobilization for health and longevity
• Alignment of breathing with spinal and core mobilization
• Visually instructed anatomical precision for a safe and energizing practice

Learn up to 10 levels with practice videos. 28 hours of video material. Gain 20 CEP. 6 months access to the course. All material is downloadable to keep forever.