500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali | Yoga Alliance Certified

Advanced asana work develops strength, flexibility and intelligent sequencing for safe progressions. This module focuses on technical refinements, transitions and teaching cues for complex poses.

Sample focus areas: advanced standing sequences, deep backbends, refined inversions, arm balances, advanced hip-openers and full-length seated work for stability and release.

Students practice: progressive drills, partner assists, hands-on adjustments, creative sequencing and principles to design intermediate-to-advanced classes.

This module deepens breath practice with advanced techniques, safe retention work and the theory behind energetic influence. Emphasis is on accuracy, sequencing and teaching safely.

Core practices: extended Nadi Shodhana, advanced Kapalabhati and Bhastrika variations, Ujjayi refinements, Bandha integration, controlled breath retention (with precautions), and breathing protocols for nervous system regulation.

Students learn how to structure pranayama sessions, recognize contraindications, and instruct diverse student needs.

Advanced meditation work explores concentration, insight and embodied presence. The aim is steady personal practice and tools to guide others through deeper sessions.

Topics include sustained concentration practices, vipassana-style inquiry, moving meditation, visualization, mantra-based meditations, and applied techniques for stress, trauma-sensitive practice and clinical settings.

Students build a daily practice, learn to lead progressive courses and troubleshoot common obstacles in group settings.

This module covers advanced chanting, rhythm and the use of sound in therapeutic and meditative contexts. Focus is on clarity, intention and integration into classes.

Includes advanced Sanskrit pronunciation, longer chants, call-and-response techniques, kirtan structure, and using mantra for guided meditations and group healing sessions.

Advanced functional anatomy links movement with teaching. Learn how tissues respond, how to assess movement patterns and how to create safe progressions for students with varied bodies.

Topics: biomechanics of common asanas, shoulder and spine mechanics, breath-movement links, pain science basics, injury prevention, rehabilitation-aware sequencing, and case study-based teaching.

This advanced module teaches refined hands-on adjustments, therapeutic modifications and sequencing for specific conditions. Emphasis is on safety, consent and clinical thinking.

Includes advanced cueing, partner assists for complex poses, therapeutic sequencing for back care, pre/postnatal adaptations, and ethical considerations in touch-based adjustments.

Deepen your understanding of classical texts and their modern application. This module translates philosophy into ethical teaching and daily practice.

Study areas: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras in depth, Vedanta and Bhagavad Gita excerpts, the Eight Limbs applied to teaching, ethics, karma/dharma in modern life and an introduction to Ayurveda for class planning.

Explore traditional purification practices with a focus on safety and appropriate use. This module presents the theory, practical steps and clear contraindications.

Practices covered: Neti, Dhauti basics, Nauli demonstration, Kapalabhati variations, Trataka and how to integrate gentle cleansing practices into advanced teaching contexts.

This advanced teaching module prepares you to lead full programs, mentor other teachers and run specialised workshops.

Core elements: advanced sequencing and lesson design, teaching for therapeutic outcomes, mentoring skills, assessment and feedback methods, creating specialty classes (inversions, restorative, prenatal), and advanced business strategies for a sustainable teaching career.