Getting Started
Welcome to The Yoga Tutor!
This course is awesome ... and I'm so happy that you might even pay me for it!
All the lessons you currently have access to are in the left hand menu. Good luck and don't blame me if you get hurt!
Each lesson, or 'Day,' is comprised of a combination of yogic philosophy and practical yoga techniques. The lessons are presented in downloadable PDF file format which includes links video demonstations when necessary.
The Yoga Tutor is easy to use. All you have to do is go step-by-step through the lessons, starting with 'Day 1'.
Begin by clicking on the 'Day 1' link under Section 1 in the left-hand menu. There you'll find 2 important things:
- A Download Button for the lesson training material
- Video(s) imbeded on the page
STEP 1 - Download the lesson file (Adobe PDF file format).
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IMPORTANT: DO NOT watch the videos yet. You'll be instructed to view them at the appropriate time.
STEP 2 - Read through the entire lesson before practicing any of the techniques. You may wish to print the lessons for easier reading.
STEP 3 - Return to this page and view the video demonstrations of any yoga exercises presented in the lesson. NOTE: You will find links embeded directly in the
goal of this 21-Lesson yoga course is to help students to establish a general yoga understanding along with a firm foundation of personal practice in yogic exercises for health and wellbeing.The benefits of yoga only reveal themselves to those who practice with rhythm and regularity. If you feel that you need to repeat a lesson more than once, then that’s fine and I certainly encourage you to do so.
If you are new to yoga, then this program will provide you with a step by step introduction into some of the basic practical techniques of yoga, as well as give you a broad perspective on all that yoga has to offer. If you are an experienced practitioner, by the end of these 21 lessons you may also find that you have a better understanding of yoga, along with a good foundation of daily practices for continued health and wellbeing.
As you’ll soon discover, yoga is not merely a ‘class’ that you go to a few times a week. It is a way of approaching life that deals with one’s health on all levels, the physical, mental, emotional and higher spiritual. Each lesson of this basic introduction involves a combination of yoga theory, philosophy and practical techniques, designed to take you in a step by step fashion through some of the principles and concepts of yoga, as well as to help you gradually build a good foundation of practice in some essential techniques and exercises.
How to Use this Course
This basic introduction to yoga is divided into 21 lessons, or ‘days’. The enthusiastic student could easily move from one lesson to the next each day, working through this entire course in a 3-week period. However, this is not required and perhaps not even realistic to expect for most. But I do recommend that you work diligently through these lessons and try to develop the habit of practising consistently. The benefits of yoga only reveal themselves to those who practice with rhythm and regularity. If you feel that you need to repeat a lesson more than once, then that’s fine and I certainly encourage you to do so.
If you are new to yoga, then this program will provide you with a step by step introduction into some of the basic practical techniques of yoga, as well as give you a broad perspective on all that yoga has to offer. If you are an experienced practitioner, by the end of these 21 lessons you may also find that you have a better understanding of yoga, along with a good foundation of daily practices for continued health and wellbeing.
As you’ll soon discover, yoga is not merely a ‘class’ that you go to a few times a week. It is a way of approaching life that deals with one’s health on all levels, the physical, mental, emotional and higher spiritual. Each lesson of this basic introduction involves a combination of yoga theory, philosophy and practical techniques, designed to take you in a step by step fashion through some of the principles and concepts of yoga, as well as to help you gradually build a good foundation of practice in some essential techniques and exercises.
The Course Content
PDF Files - The lessons are in PDF file format, which can be read directly on your computer screen or printed for your convenience.
Video - Short video clips accompany certain practices in each lesson, to further aid learning.
StudyMethod
You will get the most out of this yoga training course by following the lessons in their proper order and taking the necessary time to practice and understand the teachings before moving on to the next lesson.
Throughout the lessons, you’ll see a graphic image like the example shown to the left here, indicationg when there is a video accompanying the practical instruction. Clicking on this graphic link will take you to the page on International Yogalayam’s website where you can view the video.
Please Note:
The videos that accompany the various lessons are not meant to be simply watched alone, out of context, but rather as additional learning tools to accompany the instructional material of each lesson.
In order to gain the most benefit from all of the practices and techniques that you’ll be introduced to in this course, they must be learned at the proper time, and within the greater context of all the teachings of each particular lesson.
I recommend that you take your time and follow the course and all of the practices in the step-by-step manner in which it is designed.
At the conclusion of each lesson you’ll find a Practice Summary, which is a practical schedule for you to follow at each stage along the way. You are advised to print out these practice summaries so that you can easily reference them while you are practising.
At the conclusion of this course, you will also find some Appendices to be printed, which outline various routines for your continued practice.