

emBodied Yoga School of New Mexico
Radicalizing modern yoga practices.

emBodied Yoga for anyBody is a modern approach to an ancient practice that cultivates space for individuals from all walks of life and different body shapes, sizes, abilities, and identities to access the transformative benefits of yoga. Through gentle movement, deep body awareness, and mindful meditation, collective liberation is born.
Curriculum
There are four main components, each with sub-categories, required by Yoga Alliance for each Yoga Teacher School in order to maintain a quality of education and ethics of industry standard.
Here are some general curriculum details. There is flexibility within these sub-categories, depending on the pace, flow, interests, and needs of your Registered Yoga Teacher training cohort.
Teaching, Techniques, & Practice (75 hours)
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The Chakra System
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Learn about the Chakras and how they affect our emotional, physical, and spiritual well being.
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Engage in Chakra Yoga classes & workshops designed to activate, align, & heal the body's seven main energetic epicenters.
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Kundalini Yoga
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Learn about the history, philosophy, & practice of Kundalini Yoga.
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Engage in Kundalini Yoga kriyas (series of movements, chants, and. breathing exercises) designed to activate, align, & heal the body's physical, emotional, & spiritual Self.
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Meditation
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Learn about, and practice, various meditation styles, techniques, and practices.
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Practice mudras (hand postures), chants (Sanskrit prayers & universal sounds), and breathing techniques to activate, align, and heal the entire mind-body-spririt
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emBodied Yoga School
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Learn, and practice, how to embody and facilitate inclusive & restorative yoga practices for anyBody, based on our school's philosophy, ethics, and values.
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Professional Essentials (50 hours)
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Create and build an inclusive language tool box.
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Practice cuing without Sanskrit and English post names and without telling, showing, or encouraging anyBody to be anything other than exactly what they are in any given moment.
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Practice "toning" each yoga practice with a neutrality that invites inclusion, awareness, and opportunities for befriending the body.
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Practice facilitating yoga practices that invite curiosity, exploration, and self-directed variations and accommodations.
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Acknowledge, honor, and celebrate diversity.
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Explore the role of music within the context of an emBodied yoga practice.
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Learn how to use various "props" to support body shapes & postures.
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Practice sequencing that promotes deep awareness of physical sensation, emotional safety, and presence to that which is happening in the right now.
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Engage in your own journey of creative expression of Self by using colors and imagery to express what you are feeling/seeing/being with in your body.
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Experience being a part of, and learning how to create, sacred space within a group of individuals from various walks of life.
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Identify, explore, and practice cultivating all types of safety within the context of a yoga practice: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, & spiritual.
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Complete a 12-hour practicum.
Anatomy & Physiology (30 hours)
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Study the physiology of the breath.
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Learn about pelvic anatomy and practice yoga techniques for promoting abdominal heath and wellness.
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Learn about, and practice, specific yoga techniques for digestion.
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Use the Yoga Anatomy Coloring Book as a resource for learning about:
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Anatomy vocabulary and basic systems of the body
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The skeleton, joints, and connective tissue
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The muscular system
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Learn how yoga affects the circulatory, nervous, and endocrine systems.
Yoga Humanities (30 hours)
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Learn about the history of Yoga
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Study the Eight Limbs of Yoga
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Study the Yoga Sutras
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Explore where we are now at the intersection of social justice and yoga
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What are current pathways to inclusion & safety in a yoga practice?
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What are current roadblocks to inclusion & safety in a yoga practice?
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Elective (15 hours)