Certificate

Course details

Module 1: Yoga History
Module 2: Yoga Science
Module 3: Yoga Anatomy, Physiology & Bio Psychology
Module 4: Yogic Lifestyle and Practices
Module 5: Teaching Methodology and Professional Ethics
Module 6: Yoga Philosophy Average Teacher Student Ratio Per Course: 1 Teacher to 17 Students

Pre-requisites:

Adequate yoga experience
GCE 'O' level or equivalent
Able to communicate in English
Age 16 years and above Next Intake: Starting 5 January 2015 (Registrations are now open!)

Closing Date for Registration: 2 January 2015

Our intakes are on a yearly basis; with maximum enrolment of 17 students per intake.

Semester Dates (2015 intake):

Semester 1: 5 Jan 5 Apr 2015 (12 weeks)
Semester 2: 20 Apr 12 July 2015 (12 weeks)
Semester 3: 10 Aug 8 Nov 2015 (12 weeks) Fee Protection Scheme (Insurance):

Our students will be covered under the "Industry-Wide Course Fee Protection Insurance Scheme offered by Lonpac Insurance Bhd (an appointed insurance company by the Council for Private Education).

The IWC is an industry-wide scheme that covers the course fees of students in each Private Education Institute (PEI) in the event of insolvency or regulatory closure of PEI or PEI's failure to pay sum awarded by Singapore Courts to the insured student up to a limit of $2 mil per event. [View Insurance Cert]

Our Premises & Facilities:

Number of Classrooms: 1
Floor Area of Classroom: 400 Square Feet
Capacity of Classroom: 17 Students
Facilities & Equipments Available: Library & Dressing Room
Career Opportunity:

Upon completion of our Certificate/Diploma course, you are eligible to become a yoga teacher. The Certificate course will enable you to teach beginners' level while the Diploma course will enable you to teach up to advanced level.

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Padmasana - Lotus PoseThe Diploma & Certificate Courses consist of both Theoretical and Practical aspects; through our Theory, you get to understand the history of this ancient wisdom. It also covers the Philosophy of Yoga and Tantra, Human Anatomy, Yoga Bio-psychology, Yoga Lifestyle, Classical Yogic Texts, etc

Our Practical Aspect allows you to learn Asana (Yoga Posture) in detail, you will understand the benefits of each and every Asana on a physical, mental and spiritual level, besides that, you'll also learn to prescribe Asana for students with different physical and mental problems. Warm-ups, self message, meditation and relaxation techniques are also covered.

Teaching Methodology enables you to have a feel of how to conduct a yoga class in real situation, you will learn how to demonstrate, correct and assist the student in class as well as help student to avoid injury during the practice of asana, etc



Module 1: Yoga History
You study the history of Yoga, famous yogis and yogic traditions in history. This ancient yogic tradition has created many remarkable personalities with mystical power and capacity.
Module 2: Yoga Science
Yoga is a science. From systematic observations and experiments, yogis have got a deep understanding of the functions of body and mind. In this module, we will study the mind, the relation between body & mind through understanding Kosa (layers of the mind), Cakra, Prana, Meditation, etc.
Module 3: Yoga Anatomy, Physiology and Bio Psychology
This module aims to give the student a practical understanding of the workings & interrelation between body & mind.

- Anatomy: The body's physical structure related to yoga practices
- Physiology: The working of the organs, metabolism, breathing, etc
- Bio-Psychology: The science of how the biological aspect affects our psychological aspect, mind & thinking processes.
Module 4: Yogic Lifestyle and Practices
How to live as a yogi in a modern and hectic society? This course aims to give you a better understanding of yoga life style, and offer a practical way to become a modern yogi. We will also go into details of the various aspects of the 'sixteen points' given by our founder Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, and analyze the ancient Astaunga Yoga: Yama (social harmony), Niyama (personal development), Asana (posture), Pranayama (breathing), Pratyahara (withdrawal of mind), Dharana (concentration techniques), Dhyana (meditation) and Samadhi (the ultimate goal of yoga). You will also learn the yogic system of food and fasting.
Module 5: Teaching Methodology and Professional Ethics
What qualities should a yoga teacher have? This course will focus on the quality of a good yoga teacher and emphasize on teaching methodology, e.g. how to communicate with students, how to demonstrate, observe the student in the class to avoid injury during practice of asana. And we will also discuss the personal and professional ethics of a yoga teacher.
Module 6: Yoga Philosophy
Yoga is a very deep and wide subject to be explored. Yoga philosophy gives us an understanding of life, death, creation, liberation etc. This traditional concept will be explained in the modern content to make you better understand this ancient science.
Module 7: Yoga and Society
Yoga is so much more than just "bend and stretch.'' The modern yogi is a responsible person and is willing to contribute to the welfare of the society. This module introduces Neo-Humanism from the Yoga perspective, to give you a better understanding of why doing social service (Karma Yoga) is so important for personal development as well as social development.
Module 8: Yogic Treatments
This module aims at giving you a theoretical and practical knowledge of different alternative-healing systems. We will take a closer look at: Yoga Therapy, Naturopathy.
Module 9: Yoga and Creativity
Creativity is a mental process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations between existing ideas or concepts, and it originates from the deeper layer of the mind called atimanosa kosa, or 'causal mind'. Human desire for mental expansion and realisations also originates in this layer of mind. By engaging oneself in creative expression through arts, music, dance etc, one's atimanosa kosa develops.

This module will partly be conducted in workshop style to allow your 'creative juice' to flow freely. You will experience Mandala Art, Bhajans (devotional songs), Prabhat Samgiita (devotional music for mental expansion). We will also study the life and work of mystical artists such as Rabindranath Tagore, Mira Bai and Kabir.
Module 10: Classical Yogic Texts
The evolution of yoga will be seen through studying classical yogic texts such as the ancient Bhagavat Giita, Patanjali's yoga sutras and Astavakra Giita.
Module 11: Thesis (Independent project)
This module aims at giving the student a deeper understanding of a chosen topic of yoga aspects through research and writing.