Certifications
The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.
This course is embedded in the YACEP program of Yoga Alliance and you can add the 50 hours of this course to your continuous education hours.
Eligibility criteria
Before joining Anandam Yoga School’s 50-Hour Arm Balancing Training in Germany Course, you have to fulfill this eligibility criteria.
- You should be able to hold plank pose for 1 minute, downward facing dog for 2 minutes, and should feel comfortable doing Chaturanga Dandasan
- You should be able to speak, read, and write basic English as this course is conducted in English
- If you are pregnant, they kindly ask you to refrain from joining this course for your and your baby’s safety
- You must be physically, and mentally healthy, fit, and aware that arm balancing is a physically demanding practice
- You have to provide a medical certificate if you are going through any treatment or have any injuries as this course is not for students with acute injuries to the wrists, elbows, or shoulders
- If you skip classes or behave unethically during the course, you will not be allowed to continue the course and the course fee will not be refunded
Overview
It takes courage to balance your body weight on your hands. But with consistent practice, something magical happens—you start feeling more confident and in tune with your body's wisdom.
As you explore arm-balance poses, the secret ingredients are focus and concentration. Staying in these poses and mastering them depends on how well you can concentrate. If your mind wanders off, success might slip through your fingers. Remember, just like in all things yoga, being present is the ultimate key!
Program highlights
Step by step, Anandam Yoga School will prepare your body for the more advanced postures, build your confidence, and inspire your practice.
Arm balancing asanas
You will practice arm balancing asanas every day. In the asana lab during this 50-hour arm balancing training, you will learn how to warm up your whole body to ensure safe practice.
This includes arm-balancing warm-up asanas for
- Hands
- Shoulders
- Spine
- Core
- Legs
- Full body
You will learn different kinds of Indian push-ups to progressively improve your strength and to prepare for more advanced arm balancing asanas.
- Bakasana - Crane pose
- Parsva Bakasana - Twisted crane posture
- Eka Pada Bakasana - One legged crane pose
- Kakasana- Crow pose
- Bhujapidasana- Shoulder pressing pose
- Bramcharyasana- Celibate’s pose
- Chaturanga Dandasana- Four-limbed staff pose
- Dwi Hasta Bhujasana- Two hands and arms pose
- Dwi Pad Koundinyasana - Twised crow pose with straight legs
- Eka Pada Koundinyasana 1 - Twisted one-legged arm balance
- Eka Pada Kondinyasana 2- Flying splits
- Kukkutasana - Cockerel / Rooster pose
- Kumbhakasana - Dolphin plank posture
- Lolasana- Pendant posture
- Mayurasana - Peacock posture
- Padma Mayurasana- Lotus peacock posture
- Pincha Mayurasana- Feathered peacock pose- Forearm balance
- Santolasana- High plank postures
- Tittibhasana - Firefly posture
- Urdhva Kukkutasana - Upward rooster posture
- Utpluthih - Uprooting
- Adho Mukha Vrikshasana - Handstand pose
- Astavakrasana - Eight-angle posture
Yoga theory
In the theory sessions, you'll revisit Patanjali's Ashtanga yoga —the eightfold path— which lays the cornerstone for embracing a yogic lifestyle. While the practice of asanas is important for cultivating physical strength and flexibility, its ultimate purpose is to ready your body for comfortable, extended periods of meditation.
Additionally, to the bandhas, that help to lift and retain prana within the body to increase stability, mudras are great allies to control prana. They increase hand dexterity, and strength and harmonize the elements within.
Anatomy and physiology
Mastering arm balancing asanas with efficiency and safety requires an understanding of skeletal and muscular systems, along with core and spine anatomy. Special attention will be paid to hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders. As you learn more about bone alignment, you'll discover that certain poses are more attainable than you once believed.
The art of practicing and teaching
In this 50-hour arm balancing yoga teacher training in Germany, you will learn how to:
- Integrate arm balancing asanas in your practice and classes
- Create a safe and effective sequence
- Verbally and physically assist your students in the postures
- Utilize bone-on-bone alignment for more ease in the asanas
- Increase arm strength over time
- Effectively warm up your body
- Protect your joints through safe alignment and the use of props
- Cool down after the arm balancing sequence
Sample daily schedule
The schedule is not fixed and can change according to location, teacher availability, weather conditions, and general situation.
- 06:30 - 06:45 Shatkarma
- 06:45 - 07:45 Pranayama / meditation
- 07:45 - 09:15 Arm balancing asana practice
- 09:15 - 10:15 Breakfast
- 10:15 - 11:45 Anatomy and physiology
- 11:45 - 13:15 Asana lab
- 13:15 - 15:15 Lunch
- 15:15 - 16:30 Yoga theory
- 16:30 - 18:00 Self-practice and mantra chanting
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
- 20:00 - 22:00 Self-study