Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training I - TPY International Yoga Academy, Ho Chi Minh City
(in English with Vietnamese translation)

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” (Confucius)

This 6 day / 50 hour certified module is intended to deepen our understanding of Yin Yoga through the experiential, practical and theoretical application. We study in depth the 20+ basic yin yoga poses and discover a sense of security and deepen our ability to effectively practice and teach, through developing an anatomical awareness and understanding of skeletal variation.

We learn to employ the 7 point analysis principle to understand each yoga pose as well as the individual and unique bodies of not only ourselves but also our students. In turn this enables us to offer logical assists and variations.  Anatomy is the key. 

Welcome to Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training I
This 50-hour intensive yoga teaching course (6 days) comprises 4 sections:

1. Yin Yoga Asanas

This section covers the theory and practice for safely practicing and teaching 20 yin yoga poses, including their specific characteristics and their effects.

2. Anatomy is the Key

Anatomical understanding of not only the individual bone structure but also the muscular, connective, fascial and ligament tissues is an essential prerequisite for an effective yoga teacher.

3. 7-Point Analysing Principle for Assists - Theory

This course focuses less on teaching set assists and much more on introducing a 7-point analysing principle, which you can then use for every known yoga pose and for each individual student.

4. 7-Point Analysing Principle - Practical Tests

In this Yin Yoga and Anatomy Teacher Training, we study and apply a series of practical tests for analysing the bone structure, compression and tension of our students.  We will have the opportunity to learn – in a safe environment – to read a human being, to sense our own limitations and to test and recognise those of others.  Eventually, with the benefit of myriad insights and enhanced self-awareness, we will be able to assess the needs and limitations of any individual student.

The foundation has been laid.

For more detailed information about the YYTT Module 1 course syllabus please click here

Recommended Reading (before the commencement of the training)
The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga: The Philosophy and the Practice by Bernie Clark ISBN 1935952501

Prerequisites
This course is suitable for dedicated yoga students with a regular yoga practice of at least 2 years, who wish to deepen their understanding of Yin Yoga and Yoga Anatomy for their own practice (with or without the intention to teach) as well as for already certified and aspiring yoga teachers who would like to teach Yin Yoga.

After each successfully completed module, the participant receives a Yoga Alliance certification until the final 200h or 300h Yoga Alliance certificate is issued after the last module. All partial certificates (hours) can also be submitted to the Yoga Alliance as “Continuing Education” (YACEP).

Attendance of the entire programme is required. To be eligible to receive the 50 hour Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training certificate of completion for this course, you must attend all hours of the training and complete all required assignments. Please plan your time and travel accordingly in order to not miss any of the sessions.

Auditing
Like our teachers before us, we strongly believe in the value of repetition to deepen our learning journey. Hence, if you have previously successfully completed Yin Therapy’s Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training Module 1 course with us, we are offering graduates the opportunity to repeat (audit) this course at a cost of US$539 (incl GST).

Please note - there are a limited number of allocations for auditors.

Schedule
Tue 29 Apr - Sun 4 May 2025
Daily 8.30am - 5.30pm (including 1hr lunch break)

Investment
US$850 incl GST Early Bird Offer (when fully paid by 15 Jan 2025)
US$1050 incl GST Full price (when fully paid after 15 Jan 2025)

US$50 discount off total, when 2 modules are booked at the same time.
US$75 discount off total, when 3 modules are booked at the same time.

Venue
TPY ASHRAM – No.20 5th Street, Linh Chieu Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Accommodation
Accommodation is not included.  If you are coming from out of town and are in need of accommodation, there are limited twin & triple rooms with shared bathroom available at Thu Duc City.

Yoga Equipment
A yoga mat and all props are provided by TPY Academy. However, if you prefer, you are more than welcome to bring your own. Please bring an eye mask or light scarf to cover your eyes during the resting poses.

For further information please email TPY at info@tpyacademy.com

Cancellation & Refund Policy
91 or more days prior to course start: 10% charge
90 days – 60 days prior to course start: 50% charge
59 days – 45 days prior to course start: 70% charge
44 days – 0 days prior to course start: 100% charge
No Show: 100% charge

In the unlikely event that TPY cancels a training, you will receive a full refund of any payments made.
If a participant is asked to leave the training due to any reason, no refunds will be given.

Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training II TPY International Yoga Academy, Ho Chi Minh City
(in English with Vietnamese translation)

"Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand." (Confucius)

Confucius’ saying reflects the emphasis of this particular Yin Yoga Teacher Training where the focus is on sensing, feeling, experiencing the yin yoga practice and the unique anatomy of our individual bone structure for ourselves.  You will be analysing yourselves and each other, conducting passive assists as well as experiencing compression and tension amongst your fellow students.  Through this very much hands on, practical approach your knowledge and understanding will be increased tenfold.

Welcome to Yin Yoga Teacher Training II
This 50-hour intensive certified yoga teaching programme (6 days) comprises 6 sections:

1. Yin Yoga Asanas

In this continuance of our yin yoga teacher training programme, we concentrate mainly on the 9 awareness points of functional yoga.

In this Yin Yoga teacher training, we focus on various points of attention in the functional yoga asana practice. While Module I focused on the technical and mechanical understanding of the asanas, Module II focuses on feeling and experiencing the physical, energetic and emotional body during a practice.

2. Anatomy is the Key

As well as analysing compression, we’ll study the tension of the muscular and fascial tissues and the effect of these on the asana practice.  This will allow us to offer our students logical assists.

3. Biomechanics in Yin Yoga

Why do we practice Yang and Yin Yoga Asanas from a physical perspective? We explain what an optimal workout should look like according to the latest findings.

4. Emotions during Hip Openers

Why can things suddenly become emotional during a hip opener class, during backbends or during long-held asanas? In this segment we look at how stress and trauma are processed in the body and how a yoga asana can bring them to the surface and be released.

5. Passive Assists

In this section, we learn passive, hands-on assists.

6. Yin Therapy - Personal Training

In YYTT II, we establish a basic understanding of how – using Yin Therapy's approach – we can employ the therapeutic elements of Yin Yoga to support our students’ individual and specific physical and emotional issues.

According to statistics, 25% of the yoga students who come to us took up yoga originally precisely because they have these specific problems.


For more detailed information about the YYTT Module 2 course syllabus please click here

Prerequisites
To be eligible to participate in Yin Yoga and Anatomy Teacher Training Module 2, interested students must have successfully completed Yin Therapy's Yin Yoga and Anatomy Teacher Training Module 1 course.

After each successfully completed module, the participant receives a Yoga Alliance certification until the final 200h or 300h Yoga Alliance certificate is issued following the last module. All partial certificates (hours) can also be submitted to the Yoga Alliance as “Continuing Education” (YACEP).

Attendance of the entire programme is required. To be eligible to receive the 50 hour Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training certificate of completion for this course, you must attend all hours of the training and complete all required assignments. Please plan your time and travel accordingly in order to not miss any of the sessions.

Auditing
Like our teachers before us, we strongly believe in the value of repetition to deepen our learning journey. Hence, if you have previously successfully completed Yin Therapy’s Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training Module 2 course with us anywhere in the world, we are offering graduates the opportunity to repeat (audit) this course at a cost of US$539 (incl GST).

Please note - there are a limited number of allocations for auditors.

Schedule
Wed 7 May - Mon 12 May 2025
Daily 8.30am - 5.30pm (including 1hr lunch break)

Investment
US$850 incl GST Early Bird Offer (when fully paid by 15 Jan 2025)
US$1050 incl GST Full price (when fully paid after 15 Jan 2025)

US$50 discount off total, when 2 modules are booked at the same time.
US$75 discount off total, when 3 modules are booked at the same time.

Venue
TPY ASHRAM – No.20 5th Street, Linh Chieu Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Accommodation
Accommodation is not included.  If you are coming from out of town and are in need of accommodation, there are limited twin & triple rooms with shared bathroom available at Thu Duc City.

Yoga Equipment
A yoga mat and all props are provided by TPY Academy. However, you are more than welcome to bring your own if you prefer. Please bring an eye mask or light scarf to cover your eyes during Shavasana.

Bookings and further information
For further information please email TPY at info@tpyacademy.com

Yin Yoga & Energy Teacher Training III TPY International Yoga Academy, Ho Chi Minh City
(in English with Vietnamese translation)

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." (Lao-tzu)

"Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand." (Confucius)

You have already completed many steps along your personal and unique Yin Yoga & Anatomy journey.

In this training, we complete the Yin Yoga practice and Yoga Anatomy and focus on energy work, Chi Flow and Yoga philosophy.
 

Welcome to Yin Yoga & Energy Teacher Training III
This 50-hour certified intensive yoga teaching programme (6 days) comprises 5 sections:

1. Yin Yoga Asanas

In this yin yoga teacher training course, we concentrate on the upper body eg. shoulder, scapula, shoulder/neck, wrists and as in level II, on the many variations of relevant poses. Furthermore, with special exercises, we begin to discover, experience and differentiate between blood, breath, nerves and chi flow within our own bodies.

2. Blood, Nerves, Breath, Chi

Heartbeat, blood circulation, nerve impulses, breath circulation are fluctuations within the body that can distract one's ability to sense the underlying chi flow and can often be misinterpreted by many experienced yoga students and teachers for the chi flow eg. blood circulation for chi flow.

We delve into the anatomical function of the blood, nerves breath and clarify with practical exercises, how to consciously feel blood, nerves, breath to enable us to place these sensations to the periphery.

What remains is chi.

3. Energy, Mantras & Philosophy

In this module, we begin our journey into energy work, mantras & yoga philosophy and slowly become familiar with the teachings of reincarnation, karma, the 3 realms, Patanjali's sutras, tantric chakra teachings, nadis (meridian theory) & mantra work.
Here is where we discover the key to our true spiritual growth.

4. Upper Body Anatomy - Analyse, Tests & Passive Assists

In YYTT III, we learn the muscle groups of the upper body, their function and explore in detail various aspects eg. rotator cuff, scapula etc.

We analyse compression and tension of the shoulder joint and explain and show it's relevance to yang yoga asanas (Downward Facing Dog, Warrior), to demonstrate how individual bone structure not only limits and affects our Yin Yoga asana practice.

5. Meditation & Bija Mantra

In Modules III and IV we practice chakra meditations, SoHam/HamSa meditations and/or Bija Mantras for an hour every morning. We use this practice as an intensive preparation for the asana practice making our energetic-emotional body “sing”.

Fur detailed information about the the YYTT Module III course syllabus click here.

Prerequisites
To be eligible to participate in Yin Yoga and Energy Teacher Training Module 3, interested students must have successfully completed Yin Therapy's Yin Yoga and Anatomy Teacher Training Module 1 & 2 courses.

After each successfully completed module, the participant receives a Yoga Alliance certification until the final 200h or 300h Yoga Alliance certificate is issued after the last module. All partial certificates (hours) can also be submitted to the Yoga Alliance as “Continuing Education” (YACEP).

Attendance of the entire programme is required. To be eligible to receive the 50 hour Yin Yoga & Energy Teacher Training certificate of completion for this course, you must attend all hours of the training and complete all required assignments. Please plan your time and travel accordingly in order to not miss any of the sessions.

Auditing
Like our teachers before us, we strongly believe in the value of repetition to deepen our learning journey. Hence, if you have previously successfully completed Yin Therapy’s Yin Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training Module 3 course with us anywhere in the world, we are offering graduates the opportunity to repeat (audit) this course at a cost of US$539 (incl. GST).

Please note - there are a limited number of allocations for auditors.

Schedule
Fri 7 November - Wed 12 November 2025
Daily 8.30am - 5.30pm (including 1hr lunch break)

Investment
US$850 incl GST Early Bird Offer (when fully paid by 6 September 2025)
US$1050 incl GST Full price (when fully paid after 6 September 2025)

US$50 discount off total, when 2 modules are booked at the same time.
US$75 discount off total, when 3 modules are booked at the same time.

Venue
TPY ASHRAM – No.20 5th Street, Linh Chieu Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Accommodation
Accommodation is not included.  If you are coming from out of town and are in need of accommodation, there are limited twin & triple rooms with shared bathroom available at Thu Duc City.

Yoga Equipment
A yoga mat and all props are provided by TPY Academy. However, you are more than welcome to bring your own if you prefer. Please bring an eye mask or light scarf to cover your eyes during Shavasana.

Bookings and further information
For further information please email TPY at info@tpyacademy.com