Kaia Yoga Deepen Your Practice

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Course curriculum

1. Your Journey Starts Here
1. Gina Norman
2. Lisa Giordano
3. Claudia Zeller
4. Caroline Graham
5. Nicole Kim
6. Lexy Tomaino
1. Your Investment
1. Welcome to the Kaia Yoga Deepen Your Practice
2. FAQ's
3. January 2026 | Deepen Your Practice Schedule
4. Virtual Class Link
1. Using Thinkific [Online: Kaia yoga School] : This is where you find your manual
2. Thinkific "Communities" : Get Updates, Ask Questions, Make Comments
3. PRINTING FROM THIS COURSE
1. Our Mission
2. At Our Core
3. Etiquette
1. Required Materials
2. Homework Overview
3. How to Take This Course Successfully
4. Start Your Home Practice: Journaling
5. Homework Assignment Following This Chapter
1. The Origins
2. Kaia Vinyasa Yoga
3. OM Instructional Video
1. The Yoga Sutras
2. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali | Books 1 and 2
3. Sutra Study Book 1 Sutra 1-1.4
4. Sutra Study #29-45 The 8 Limbs of Yoga
5. Yoga's Moral Codes: The Yamas & Niyamas
1. Prana & Pranayama
2. Different ways to Breathe
3. Breathing Patterns
4. Sutra Study: #34 Pranayama
5. The Bandhas = Energy Locks
6. Ujjayi Breath
7. Ujjayi Breath Video Instruction
8. Kapalabhati
9. Nadi Shodhana
10. Homework Assignment following this Chapter: Take a Bath
11. Weekly Pranayama Practice: Add pranayama to your Home Practices
12. Make a Journal Entry | Be prepared to discuss
1. What is mindfulness?
2. Sutra Study: #2 Mindfulness
3. Taking Your Seat
4. Recommended: Weekly Meditation Practice
5. Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation By David Nichtern
6. Awareness Meditation by David Nichtern
7. Loving Kindness Meditation by David Nichtern
8. Home Practice
1. Asana
2. Sutra Study: Book 2.46 Sthira-sukham asanam
1. Homework Assignment To Prepare For This Chapter: Tadasana versus Samasthiti
2. Read: Riding the Wave of Alignment by Cindi Lee
3. Sutra Study: #48 Dualities
4. Universal Alignment Principles
5. (4) Versions of The Sun Salutations: Poses & Breath Counts
6. Sutra Study: #46 Asana
7. Tadasana: Mountain Pose
8. Urdhva Hastasana: Upward Facing Worship
9. Uttanasana: Standing Forward Bend
10. Ardha Uttanasana: Standing ½ Forward Bend
11. Adho Muka Svanasana: Downward Facing Dog
12. Plank
13. Chaturanga Dandasana: Four Limb Staff Pose
14. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana: Upward Facing Dog
15. Bhujangasana: Cobra Pose
16. Uttkatasana: Chair Pose
17. Virabhadrasana: Warrior I
18. Homework Assignment following this Chapter: Learn the Sun Salutations
19. Home Practice
1. Assignment to Prepare for This Chapter: Asana Sheets
2. Principles of Standing Poses
3. Anjaneasnana: Crescent Lunge
4. Parsvottanasana: Intense Side Stretch / Pyramid Pose
5. Prasarita Padottanasana: Expanded Foot Stretch Pose / Fan Pose
6. Virabhadrasana II: Warrior II
7. Utthita Trikonasana: Extended Triangle Pose
8. Parivrtta Trikonasana: Revolved Triangle Pose
9. Utthita Parsvakonasana: Extended Side Angle Pose
10. Parivrtta Parsvakonasana: Revolved Side Angle Pose
11. Home Practice
1. Homework Assignment to Prepare for This Chapter: Asana Sheets
2. Principles for Balancing Pose
3. Vrksasana: Tree Pose
4. Ardha Chandrasana: Half Moon Pose
5. Natarajasana: Dancer Pose
6. Home Practice
1. Homework Assignment to Prepare for This Chapter: Asana Sheets
2. Principles of Arm Balances
3. Bakasana: Crow Pose
4. Parsva Bakasana: Side Crow Pose
1. Homework Assignment to Prepare for This Chapter: Asana Sheets
2. Principles of Inversions
3. Picha Mayurasana: Forearm Stand
4. Sirsasana: Headstand or The King of Asanas
5. Adho Mukha Vrksasana: Handstand / Full Arm Balance / Upward Facing Tree
6. Halasana: Plow / Plough Pose
7. Legs Up The Wall
8. Salamba Sarvangasana: Shoulder Stand
1. Homework Assignment to Prepare for This Chapter: Asana Sheets
2. Principles of Back-Bending
3. Setu Bhandasana: Bridge Pose
4. Dhanurasana: Bow Pose
5. Home Practice
1. Homework Assignment to Prepare for This Chapter: Asana Sheets
2. Principles of Hip Openers
3. Principles of Twisting
4. Principles of Seated Poses & Seated Forward Bends
5. Eka Pada Rajakapotasana: One Foot King Pigeon Pose
6. Ardha Matsyendrasana: Half Lord of the Fishes Pose
7. Paschimottanasana: Intense West Pose
1. Prathyahara = Turning Inward
1. Dharana = Concentration
1. Dhyana = Meditation
1. Samadhi = The Union / Absorption
2. Sutra Study #55 Mastery over the senses
1. Homework Assignment to Prepare for This Chapter: Asana Sheet
2. Savasana: Corpse Pose
1. Course Description

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121 lessons
0.5 hours of video content

Kaia Yoga Deepen Your Practice

Course curriculum

Welcome To Kaia Yoga 25 Hour Deepen Your Practice

Meet the Trainers

Kaia Yoga Deepen Your Practice

Current Training Schedule

Thinkific

Welcome To Kaia Yoga

Introduction & Overview

The History of Modern Yoga

The 8 Limbs of Yoga

Pranayama: Limb 4 of the 8 Limb Path

Mindfulness

Asana: Limb 3 of the 8 Limb Path

The Sun Salutations

The Standing Poses

The Balancing Poses

The Arm Balances

The Inversions

The Back-Bends

Hip, Twist & Forward Folds

Prathyahara: Limb 5 of the 8 Limb Path

Dharana: Limb 6 of the 8 Limb Path

Dhyana: Limb 7 of the 8 Limb Path

Samadhi: Limb 8 of the 8 Limb Path

Savasana

Kaia Yoga Teacher Training: Becoming a Teacher

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