Anatomy Module II - Building Integrity & Stability: Spine + Core

Carlsbad, CA

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Purpose

Early in our teaching career, most of us realize that we need additional, higher-level training to be more confident and skillful.

This training deepens your knowledge and gives you practical tools you can immediately use in your classes.

What to expect

Most advanced teacher trainings give you information.
This program is designed to support you throughout your entire teaching career.

Here are just a few things that make this training unique:

Ongoing Mentorship with Jason
Graduates are invited to monthly live mentoring sessions where you can ask Jason questions about teaching, sequencing, anatomy, and the real challenges of being a yoga teacher.
Flexible Modular Structure
The program is divided into three 100-hour modules that can be taken in any order and completed at your own pace.
Modern Approach to Strength & Longevity
Each module includes bonus content on strength and resistance training so you can help students build resilient, balanced bodies.
25+ Years of Teaching Experience
Jason brings decades of experience training teachers around the world.

Style/Lineage

This program is for you if...

You're excited to gain a more profound understanding of yoga beyond a 200-hour foundational training.
You're looking for support! You want ongoing guidance and mentorship as you continue developing as a teacher.
You’re interested in a modern approach to yoga practice that includes strength, longevity, and injury-aware movement.
You are a student or teacher of any yoga lineage looking for more depth, skill, and inspiration in your yoga practice.

Core competencies

By the end of this program, graduates will be able to…

Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics	Identify lumbar, thoracic, and cervical curves and explain how pelvic position, rib orientation, and head placement regulate spinal integrity and stress distribution Describe the structure, attachments, and actions of the respiratory diaphragm and describe the diaphagms role in respiration Name and locate the pelvic floor, diaphragm, transversus abdominis, obliques, psoas/iliacus, quadratus lumborum, and multifidi, describing their stabilizing rather than locomotor roles. Demonstrate the ability to initiate flexion, extension, and rotation by adjusting pelvic position rather than forcing spinal segments
Teaching Skills	Provide balanced cues to every category of yoga posture in a way that helps studetns distribute effort evenly and prevent strain Critically assess alignment “rules” as adaptable tools rather than absolutes, adjusting them based on anatomy, intention, and class context Create a sequence that begins with a clear learning objective and progresses logically through preparation, peak, and integration Develop a 4–6 week thematic focus (e.g., core, twists, breath) that evolves complexity while reinforcing consistent language and actions Design and deliver class sequences based on clear learning objectives rather than pose variety or choreography Demonstrate and model steadiness, continuous breath awareness, and nervous-system regulation by maintaining consistent pacing, prioritizing sustainable effort over intensity-driven achievement
Yoga History & Theory	Explain the 8 limbs of yoga as outlined in the yoga sutras of patanjali as a process of self-regulation by describing each limb and articulating how they collectively support ethical behavior and nervous system balance in yoga practice and daily life Explain yoga philosophy as an experiential inquiry into consciousness rather than a belief system and apply this understanding to how philosophy is taught Apply the philosophical principle of equanimity (sama) by teaching in ways that prioritize regulation, restraint, and even distribution of effort over intensity or achievement Apply yogic ethical principles (yama and niyama) to professional boundaries, student relationships, and scope of practice
Practice Skills	Practice backbends practice backbends with a functional understanding of how the spine and core work Practice forward folds with a functional understanding of how the spine and core work Practice twist and sidebends with a functional understanding of how the spine and core work