Astanga Primary Series Further Training for Teachers
A 100 Hour Advanced Training in Milngavie, Glasgow for Yoga Teachers
Astanga Primary Series Teaching Fundamentals 100 Hour Further Training
This training will be considered as further accredited training for already 200 hour qualified yoga teachers. The purpose of the course content is to delve specifically into the teaching techniques of the Primary Series of Astanga Yoga. Participants will gain knowledge of how to share the practice of the Astanga Yoga primary series with all levels of students in a safe and effective way.
Course participants should have been practicing the primary series of Astanga yoga regularly for a minimum of 2 years.
It will consist of 4 weekends of 65 contact hours, During contact hours we will look at each posture from the perspective of:
- Primary series physical practice
- Pranayama practice
- Philosophy of practice
- Anatomy and physiology
- Learning and teaching the traditional Sanskrit vinyasa count
- Modifications for injury and individual anatomy
- Suitable modifications to aid progression in postures
- How and when to use props
- Hands on assists for each posture
- Verbal assists
- Verbal teaching cues
- Postural alignment to help with breath
- Teaching practice
- Teaching practicalities
Weekend 1 – Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February 2025
Sun, Salutations and Standing
Weekend 2 – Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April 2025
Primary Series – Dandasana to Navasana
Weekend 3 – Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May 2025
Primary Series – Navasana to Sirsasana
Weekend 4 – Saturday 9 th August and Sunday 10th August 2025
Bringing it all together
There will be 35 Non contact hours which will consist of :
Practical teaching of the postures covered during the weekend, including assists, modifications, use of props etc
Prescribed reading
Self practice
Written reflection on practice and teaching
Contact Hours – 65
Non-contact hours – 35
Cost of the course is £1000
Payment can be made either in full or in 4 instalments of £250, a deposit of £250 to secure your place and a further 3 instalments of £250 each being paid by commencement of the weekend.
If you are interested in this course please email Jo at jolockhart.yoga@gmail.com
Course Tutor
Jo Lockhart
Lead Trainer
Jo leads a busy life, running her dedicated Yoga studio, YogaJo’s in Milngavie on the outskirts of Glasgow. Her Yoga Teacher Training school is the result of her commitment to turning out the best most committed yoga teachers she can, who she hopes will go on to share the many benefits of yoga in an accessible way with as many people as possible.
She is an experienced 200-hour and 300 hour advanced Teacher Trainer and has trained over 150 yoga teachers. She is also a 580-hour Minded Institute Yoga Therapist and runs her yoga therapy practice from her studio.
From an astanga perspective she has been running astanga Mysore sessions and led classes since 2009 and has introduced the practice to hundreds of people.
Her passion for yoga runs deep. Rooted in the depth of transformation practising yoga brought to her own life. She has been a committed astanga yoga practitioner for 18 years but continues to explore yoga and mindfulness from its many angles, based on how she feels on a daily basis. She has studied the neuroscience and physiology of yoga in great depth and is able to help students approach the astanga practice from the perspective of having it serve them well in relationship to what they need in their lives at any given time. She strongly believes our practice should nourish and not drain us and we must regularly adapt from a place of understanding to have it serve us well.
She is a registered Yoga Alliance Professionals Senior Teacher with over 13,000 hours of teaching and over 1,600 hours of training, training in India and all over the world with some of the world’s top astanga yoga teachers but in particular she has trained extensively with David Keil, a world renowned and gifted astanga and yoganatomy teacher. Jo’s own teaching style is heavily influenced by what she has learned from David. In March 2014 she travelled to Mysore in India for one month to study with Sharath Jois at the home of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga.
She is excited to bring a specific astanga training to her teacher training school and to be sharing her years of experience of both practicing and sharing the practice with those who would also like to share it.
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