Understanding the Yoga Body - 20 Hour
20 hour Basic Anatomy of Yoga Training
Functional, Somatic Anatomy for Real Bodies
Learn anatomy the way it’s meant to be understood - through experience, not memorization.
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🚫 Anatomy Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated, Boring, or Overwhelming
Most anatomy courses fail yoga teachers and students because they:
- focus on memorizing muscles and bones
- assume all bodies move the same
- ignore the nervous system
- disconnect anatomy from lived experience
- miss the link from western anatomy to eastern yoga classes
- teach from textbooks instead of bodies
That’s why so many teachers leave anatomy trainings still unsure how to:
- cue safely
- understand back pain
- explain why joint stacking matters
- adapt poses for different bodies
- have knowledge of how to offer hands on support
- support students without fear of injury
- offer variations of postures for common injuries
- answer questions about the body that students often ask
This course is different.
This Anatomy is for ALL Humans, NOT only Anatomy Nerds
Understanding the Yoga Body is a functional, experiential anatomy program designed to help you feel anatomy in your own body — so you can teach from clarity, confidence, and compassion.
You won’t be asked to memorize Latin names.
You won’t be tested on obscure muscle actions.
You won’t feel overwhelmed or behind.
Instead, you’ll learn:
- why bodies move the way they do
- why pain patterns repeat
- how posture, stress, and breath affect anatomy
- common injuries and ailments found in yoga classes
- how to teach yoga safely without forcing shapes
- physical assessments just by looking at a student
This is anatomy you can actually use — in class, in life, and in your own body
This program blends:
✔ functional anatomy
✔ somatic awareness
✔ nervous system education
✔ energetic anatomy (grounded & practical)
✔ real-world teaching experience
✔ Western medical understanding
✔ yoga philosophy — without the fluff
Instead of learning anatomy about the body, you learn anatomy through the body.
Because when you understand what movement feels like:
- you stop forcing
- you cue more clearly
- your students feel safer
- injuries decrease
- confidence increases
This course was completely amazing and life-changing. There is so much more to it than just yoga. It was intense, and a lot of emotional and physical work, but totally worth it. It would be worth taking even if you did not want to teach yoga. It is great to be part of such a wonderful group of people, and to have learned from such great teachers.
What You’ll Learn:
By the end of this program, you’ll understand:
- Why joint stacking matters (and how to teach it without rigidity)
- Why so many people have back pain and what actually helps
- How the nervous system influences flexibility, strength, and pain
- Functional vs. aesthetic yoga - feeling vs. looking a certain way
- How to guide students to understand the difference between pain & discomfort in their own bodies
- How to support different bodies in the same class
- How somatic awareness changes alignment
- How to recognize fallen arches, how it affects the whole body & how to correct it
- What pose variations to offer students with common injuries & ailments
- An introduction into the Psoas muscle
- How to guide students to trust their own bodies & so much more
This is anatomy that creates safer classes, stronger teachers, and more empowered students.
who this is for:
No prior anatomy experience required. No 200-hour certification required. Just curiosity and a body.
teachers
Yoga teachers who want to teach safely and confidently
Teachers tired of rigid alignment rules
Movement educators seeking a somatic approach
Teachers wanting a deeper understanding of functional yoga
Students
Students who want to understand their own bodies
Anyone intimidated by traditional anatomy
Humans curious about why their body feels the way it does
People wanting to understand how to vary the poses based on their injuries, ailments or differences in their bodies
Yoga is Science... And Science is Lived
We explore energetic anatomy (chakras, koshas, vayus) not as belief systems, but as early maps of human physiology.
You’ll learn how ancient yogic teachings describe:
- the nervous system
- emotional patterning regulation and dysregulation
- stress and disease embodiment and awareness
This is yoga as science, taught in a grounded, accessible way.
Ready to Understand the Yoga Body — From the Inside Out?
If you’ve ever felt confused by anatomy…
If you’ve ever worried about hurting a student…
If you’ve ever wanted to teach with more confidence and less force…
This course was created for you.
💬 What Students Are Saying
Meet Your Guide
You’ll be learning from a teacher who has lived on both sides of anatomy.
With:
✔ 17 years as an ER nurse
✔ 2 years of medical school training
✔ over 25 years of yoga practice
✔ 11+ years training teachers globally
This program comes from real bodies, real injuries, real healing, and real teaching experience - not theory alone.
Complex ideas are translated into simple understanding.
Science is made human.
Learning is made safe.
🎓 What You Get:
- Lifetime access to course materials
- Experiential anatomy lessons
- Functional movement labs
- Somatic practices
- Nervous system education
- Clear teaching frameworks
- Immediate application to your classes
This is education you return to again and again.
