Offer more inclusive and accessible classes to students.
Reduce the likelihood of asana injury for yourself and your students.
Guide your students to sustain their practice long enough to enjoy the psychological and personal/spiritual benefits of yoga.
Students feel cared about and understoodwhen teachers are guiding them in a way that is empowering for their bodies.
Training & CE Benefits
SAYF satisfies the 20 hours of online biomechanics training now required by Yoga Alliance (YA).
20 CE hours.
Affordable, accessible, online, continuing education hours accepted by many organizations.
SAYF Training easily integrates into your existing TT and offers both Joint Action & Pose PDF/Manuals.
SAYF makes human movement mechanics and generally agreed upon SAYF principles and practices easily accessible to teachers everywhere.
Community
Benefits
Retain members through decreasing the likelihood of injury in your community. Many students don't tell their teacher they got injured, they just don't come back.
A foundation for consistency in your community/studiowhile honoring creativity and diversity.
Your studio listed on the SAYF Directory.
Discounted Liability Insurance
for SAYF-Certified Teachers.
In The SAYF Training You Will:
Dive deeper intoup to date research on yoga asana andsound human movement mechanics.
Explore skeletal and muscle anatomyas it applies to yoga.
Broaden your awareness ofteaching language, tradition, diversityand how to consider them all in your classes.
Align breath, bandhas, and human movement principles to all poses.
Applycritical thinking for pose considerations and injury reductionfor yourself and students.
Learn throughwell researchedtext, videos, images, diagrams, stress-free quizzesand a final exam.
Explore our training content for a variety of learning styles!
Receive 20 CE hoursfor your yoga, therapeutic or movement modalities and certifications.