Certificate IV in Yoga

Certificate IV in Yogais the first year of study. It is a year-long journey for healthy living, with comprehensive training in self-care and self-inquiry on a personal, spiritual and professional level. This flagship training curriculum is an exhilarating 10-part experience that harmonises twenty-first-century science and ancient Vedic wisdom in an eye-opening path to self-empowerment for balancing the mind, body, and spirit. It delivers combined personal and professional development as you learn the practical applications of the healing art of yoga and its principles, for all realms of life in the foundational year, namely Yoga self-care for life. The additional use of communication skills, drama, dance, chanting, explorative, contemplative, and experiential approaches to learning will help you see yourself blossom into your best self.With your Foundational Yoga studies, you deepen your knowledge and practice in Self-mastery, the principles of Ayurveda self-care for health, Yoga history, literature, and philosophy, a range of yoga postures, together with Yoga breathing, Yoga relaxation, Concentration, Meditation, Yoga chanting,and Ethical living. There is also an introduction to teaching children’s yoga. You will also be required to complete a course in First Aid.This course is dedicated to inspire and provide specific learning opportunities designed to increase your knowledge and skills in targeted classical yoga topics to improve participant’s lives. In providing comprehensive training in self-care for healthy living, this year of study is about learning how to be a student i.e. learning how to study, how to learn, and spiritualise (make holistic) your practice. It is not a teaching qualification. It is the foundational training and the first year of the two-year Diploma of Yoga Teaching course, and the three-year Adv. Dip. of Therapeutic Yoga Teaching.[105455G]