Be the yoga anatomy expert. This Buy-A-Lesson curriculum provides you with everything you need to teach yoga anatomy with confidence. See all available lessons here.

Estimated teaching time: 2.75 hours

What’s Included

• Google Slides | PowerPoint for in class presentation (1.5 hours)
• Review & Application: help students apply anatomical concepts to yoga teaching and practice (75 minutes)
• Student handouts in Google Docs (downloadable as PDF or Word)
• Trainer notes to guide you every step of the way
• Curriculum specially designed to make anatomy relevant for yogis
• Fun and interactive discussions and activities to drive learning home

What You Need

• Computer
• Projector
• Masking tape
• Internet connection (if you’re using Google Slides)

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, your students will be able to:

• Identify and describe the five muscle groups of the core
• Demonstrate how each muscle group plays a role in functional asana
• Describe intra-abdominal pressure in your own words
• Experience and describe how the obliques engage to facilitate twists
• Teach a revolved pose with accurate anatomical language
• Teach navasana using anatomical language that describes the engagement of the abdominals, psoas, and quadratus lumborum
• Describe how the support of the pelvic floor may contribute to asana practice