The RYT 500 Plus Odaka Yoga Training Course is designed to transform yoga and your concept of yoga to a deeper level of awareness. The Odaka Yoga RYT200 Plus second level course, to achieve the RYT 500 Plus, with its modules, places particular emphasis on teaching abilities and reflects the flexible and creative approach that makes yoga free and contemporary.
This course is ideal for teachers, aspiring teachers, and yoga students who want to gain a deeper understanding of alignment and their personal practice. It provides the tools to create customised work plans based on the specific needs of each individual in various asanas, focusing on postural alignment and preventing injuries at the muscular, skeletal, and tissue levels.
Course Details
A course designed to be dynamic and flexible, allowing participants to complete the journey by choosing modules of their own interest and participating based on their availability to achieve the RYT500 certification.
Participation in individual Modules is allowed, upon completion of which an Odaka Yoga diploma with international certification by the Yoga Alliance is awarded, and in Italy, the Odaka Yoga diploma is affiliated with CSEN, and the student will become part of the Odaka International Teachers Registry.
For Yoga Alliance 500-hour certification, it is necessary to have completed all the modules.
The modules are chosen from the following options.
Available Modules
This module is designed for yoga teachers, wellness practitioners, or anyone interested in deepening their mind-body connection focused on emotions. Its objective is to provide theoretical and practical foundations to consciously navigate the magical world of our emotions. Participants will learn to recognize and mindfully experience their emotions, with a specific focus on joy and anger. The module explores the meaning of these emotions, when and where they manifest in the body, and why it’s crucial to allow oneself to experience them fully. Teaching experiences will be provided to guide Okaka Yoga practices that specifically embrace these emotions, fostering greater teacher awareness.
MODULE MATERIAL INCLUDES:
- Overview of emotions: What are they? What are their types? Where do we feel them in the body?• Differentiation and brief theoretical introduction to basic emotions
- Pillars of emotion-focused lesson planning
- Practical experiences in constructing and leading practices that embrace emotions
- Building a flow that celebrates joy
- Reflections on a flow that facilitates navigating anger
- Importance of recognising one’s emotional reactions in response to those of students
Embrace your emotions with Yoga.
Module dedicated to JOY and ANGER.
The course is conducted by FRANCESCA CASSIA, co-founder of Odaka Yoga, along with GIULIA GUALDI and ANNA DELL’ERA, Odaka Yoga teachers, psychologists, and psychotherapists who are part of the teaching team.
This module aims to provide yoga teachers with the theoretical and practical foundations to offer trauma-informed yoga classes, suitable for individuals with traumatic backgrounds who require sessions with dedicated attention. The information is also useful in non trauma-informed classes, increasing awareness of why it’s important to use certain language and in which contexts, becoming a more mindful yoga teacher.
MODULE TOPICS INCLUDE
- Importance of trauma-sensitive practice
- Difference between Trauma Therapy and Trauma-Informed practice
- Overview of trauma: definition and brief history of Post-Traumatic
- Stress Disorder diagnosis Basics of attachment theory, trauma theory, and trauma neurobiology
- Odaka and its pre-existing trauma-informed foundations: awareness of the importance of relationships, one’s role, and language used during practice sessions
- Pillars of trauma-informed method
- Reflection on power dynamics during yoga class
- Ethics of Trauma-Informed Yoga: the right practice on and off the mat
- Application areas
- How to plan a yoga program for a specific group
- Vicarious trauma of the yoga teacher: recognising and protecting oneself
- Trauma-informed teaching experiences
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MODULE
- The 30 hours of the module count as Yoga Alliance Continuing Education
- Hours count towards the 500 PLUS and 760 RYT
Eating disorders are a prevalent psychological, psychiatric, and medical issue in today’s society. Often during yoga sessions, instructors wonder how to manage students displaying obvious (or subtle) signs of an eating disorder to ensure their safety. This module aims to provide yoga teachers with the theoretical and practical foundations to offer protective and inclusive yoga classes. It will offer guidance on how to pay attention to certain characteristics of students and manage yoga sessions safely, as well as provide insights for creating specific sessions.
THE TOPICS COVERED WILL INCLUDE
- Eating disorders: diagnosis, medical consequences, dysfunctional beliefs, and relationship with the body
- Introduction to trauma-informed yoga, invitational language, and interception
- Introduction to Accessible Yoga and managing physical difficulties in class
- How to recognise and manage a student with eating disorders
- Developing sessions with specific attention to the theme
MODULE INFORMATION
- The 10 hours of the module count as Yoga Alliance Continuing Education.
- Hours count towards the 500 PLUS and 760 RYT certifications.
COURSE INSTRUCTORS
- Francesca Cassia, Co-Founder of Odaka Yoga
- Simona Anselmetti, psychologist psychotherapist, EMDR Supervisor, and Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator, Odaka Yoga teacher
- Sara Bertelli, Psychiatrist, Head of the Eating Disorders Service for Adults at ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Milano, President of Nutrimente Onlus, and Yoga instructor specializing in Odaka Yoga and Accessible Yoga
Training Module Topics
- Establishing yourself as an instructor
- Developing teaching skills
- Learning the art of language and the power of music in teaching
- Guiding students in experiencing transformation
- Creating interaction with the class
- Learning to lead a class
- Becoming a successful teacher
- Developing and acquiring skills in your own voice
During the training, there will be a specialization in the power of the voice with Francesco Zinnamosca and Jessica Ugatti.
MODULE INFORMATION
- The 50 hours of the module count as Yoga Alliance Continuing Education
- Hours count towards the 500 PLUS and 760 RYT certifications.
Module Subjects
Advanced Breathing Techniques: controlling the movement of inhalation and exhalation, awareness and control of breath to master emotions, craniosacral breathing, fundamentals of advanced Pranayama, archetypal Pranayama sequences | Shiva, Bhrama, Vishnu, creating a Pranayama sequence through the 5 categories of Pranayama (Harmonising Pranayama, Regenerating Pranayama, Stimulating Pranayama, Purifying Pranayama, Cooling Pranayama), Mudras and Mastery of Breath.
Module: 500h RYT Plus
Functional Anatomy in Yoga.
Integrating anatomical knowledge into our yoga practice.
Learn what functional anatomy is and how this approach can liberate you and your students from focusing on an aesthetic goal (how it looks) rather than on an individual experience (how it feels). Gain familiarity with the anatomical structures of the pelvis, shoulders, and spine. Understand the elements that shape movement and practice and learn to work with them.
The course is conducted by FRANCESCA CASSIA, co-founder of Odaka Yoga, and BEATRICE MORELLO from the teaching team.
The Complete Course in Functional Anatomy of Yoga is a MUST for those who wish to teach yoga or have a deeper understanding of anatomy in relation to yoga. The spine is our support axis, connecting the upper to the lower, the right to the left. The nerves, which take shape from the spine, regulate the neurophysiological functioning of muscles and organs, as much as the brain. For Yoga, the spine is our “sacred mountain”, merudanda, and it is said that our true age is determined by its health. Odaka Yoga has always focused on functional movement that starts from the spine and specific movements of the major joints (shoulders and hips); the unique wave-like movements of Odaka explore functional gestures for a healthy and effective practice, preserve joints, and optimize movement.
If the gestures learned in the basic course, in this course, we will deeply understand them. We will focus on the spine and the relationship between muscles, joints, and fascia, understand the impact of this relationship on spinal health, and understand which specific movements apply to major spinal issues.
Around the spine, other tissues, vessels, organs, and limbs are organized, and within it, nervous tissue, which controls and regulates our functions along with the brain.
Together with its muscle fascia, tendons, and ligaments, it is the body’s support axis, bears its load, is the center of balance, and constitutes the major spring of “discharge” and adaptation to various movements, exertions, and functions. For this reason, it is not straight but, when viewed from the side, resembles an “S”.
This course is eligible for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education credits.
Module Information:
The 25 hours of practice will be counted as Yoga Alliance Continuing Education.
The course is open to all: students, practitioners, teachers of other styles of yoga, professionals.
There are no local movements or local issues in the body: every gesture is GLOBAL.
Course curated by Roberto Milletti and Francesca Cassia
Yoga Fascia Flow is an INVITATION for our Body. Through fluid sequences, we create contact with tissues that move in a universal approach, promoting flexibility and internal fluid exchanges through pressure and release gestures.
Yoga Fascia Flow is an INVITATION to explore the vast matrix of the fascial network and its relationship with Yoga. The course is open to all.
Module Topics
The “Fascia Flow” training introduces the important role of connective tissue in movement. This groundbreaking science, now shaking up the world of movement, is introduced at an easy-to-understand level. This training explores the latest research on connective tissue and how it applies to movement. Fascia is a complex network of connective tissue found just below the skin. Fascia has a key role to play in the body’s healthy daily functioning. Our fascial suit adapts to the load changes placed on the body, stretches, and moves in the direction we move. Through fascial movement, it remodels the collagen network, which in turn adapts to the body and tones the suit. When we reach a state of calm and awareness, our muscles and connective tissue are much more sensitive to work. The slow and rhythmic time provided by “Fascia Flow” allows us to overcome resistance in the fascia and work the muscles more effectively, stretching the entire fascial tissue in ways conventional stretching does not. Healthy fascia is elastic and resilient. It helps improve movement performance and greatly assists in injury prevention. Enter and explore the vast matrix of the fascial network and its relationship with Odaka and its Flow.
SOME MODULE TOPICS:
- Meet the fascia
- Discovering the body’s wisdom
- Deepening understanding of the main fascial lines
- How to rework body and mindHow we should move and flow
Methodology of individual yoga teaching, Preventing muscle, skeletal, and fascial injuries, Principles of alignment. Masterclass to gain greater and deeper awareness in the art of aligning oneself and students, How to use alignment to interpret the body, Comfortable contact zone, Art of applied assistance, and Creating personalised work based on specific requests.
Module Subjects:
Learn the art of sequencing to develop creativity and harmony of movement through asanas. Discover how transitions, the flow of energy, and alignment principles transform asanas into mandalas. A fusion of centering and fluidity where sequences become the tool to awaken poetry and power within each of us.
The Art of Yoga Sequencing course will provide you with the knowledge, inspiration, and technique needed to create new and balanced sequences that flow effortlessly and lead us into a state of physical and emotional well-being.
For proper sequencing, we will work on understanding how poses build on each other, which muscle groups are involved, body biomechanics, the purpose and benefits of poses, and what is appropriate for each yogi based on their skill level and specific needs. Take your practice to the next level by enriching yourself with the ability to awaken the innate body intelligence that resides in each of us.
Let it flow: Let yourself flow and the body will flow with you.
The 25-hour sequencing course counts towards Yoga Alliance Continuing Education. Hours count towards 250, 500, or 760 RYT certifications.
Module: 500h RYT Plus
Functional Anatomy in Yoga.
Integrating anatomical knowledge into our yoga practice.
If you’re seeking a deeper understanding of the BODY and the relationship between the body and YOGA, you’re in the right place!
This course is designed for yoga teachers or those in training to teach yoga who want to have a solid foundation of anatomical knowledge.
For us, anatomy is experience! It’s not just knowing how a joint is structured but also its function, its muscular structure, and within which myofascial pathway it lies. What does it mean then to work a joint in a healthy, functional way, so that it gains mobility and at the same time is structured and solid? You may have already studied the theory or perhaps integrated the individual parts separately, but what are the gestures, the three-dimensional movements, the small sequences that make theory become practice and yoga become a safe journey for the joints, with each pose reaching its peak energetic and functional potential?
In this course, you will learn: the basic language of anatomy and movement necessary to move consciously and offer suitable alternatives to each person, with particular attention to how this information is applied to the way you teach yoga with simple and effective language.
We will experience, starting from ourselves, observe others, work in small groups, and gather expertise.
Specifically: we will start with two specific joints, the shoulder and hip, and “analyze” them from every point of view.
This course is eligible for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education credits.
Module Information:
The 25 hours of the module count as Yoga Alliance Continuing Education.
Hours count towards 500 PLUS and 760 RYT certifications.
Module Calendar
Trauma Informed
Milan and online, March 1-3, 2024
Yoga Fascia Flow: The Fabric of Emotions – 50 hours RYT
In-person and online: November 23- 24 and November 30-December 1 | Milan
The fascia represents the true organ of emotions and form, acting as a conductor for our body. It facilitates a direct connection between our emotional reactions and interaction with the surrounding environment. Like a wave in the ocean of infinity, the fascia allows for expansion and reunion with the essence of the One.