50-Hour Ashtanga Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training
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50-Hour Ashtanga Yoga & Anatomy Teacher Training
Study the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga alongside practical anatomy to better understand movement, alignment, and individual differences in practice.
Learn to teach the Primary Series — and understand the body doing it.
- Learn to teach, not just to practise
- Online theory first, then in person with Ocha in Bali
- Standalone, or a module toward a 200h foundation
- YACEP-friendly for certified teachers
participants
How it works
Study the theory at home. Short recorded lessons you complete at your own pace before we meet.
Come and practise in person. Teacher-led sessions in Bali for the practice, the seeing and the teaching — the parts a screen cannot give you.
Take it further, if you want to. Complete all four modules for the full 200-Hour Foundation — teaching practice and practicum included, in person with Ocha.
What's included
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Around 50 hours: self-paced theory you complete at home, plus in-person, teacher-led practice with Ocha in Bali
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The full Primary Series broken down posture by posture
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A functional anatomy course built for teaching, not exams
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Supervised teaching practice and feedback, in person with Ocha — the practicum is built into the module, not a separate course
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A place in a small group, kept deliberately limited
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A certificate of completion for the module
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YACEP continuing-education hours, if you are already a registered teacher
Groups are kept small so the live teaching practice stays personal.
What you'll learn
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Teach the Ashtanga Primary Series with confidence
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Read a body and understand why ranges differ
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Sequence and modify for real, mixed-ability rooms
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Keep students safe in a demanding practice
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Explain the "why" of a pose, not just the shape
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Earn YACEP hours, or foundation hours toward a 200-hour path
Course content
The Primary Series, in full
Every posture, with its entries, exits, and the vinyasa that links them. What each one is for, and what it asks of the body.
Functional anatomy
Joints, ranges, and why bodies differ. Enough to teach safely and explain clearly — not a medical degree.
Seeing and sequencing
How to watch a room, read what is in front of you, and adapt the plan to the people who actually showed up.
Teaching a strong practice safely
Modifications, contraindications, props, and the confidence to say "not today" when it is the right call.
Self-paced theory (non-contact)
Short recorded lessons on anatomy and method, completed before we meet.
Live practice with Ocha (contact)
In-person, teacher-led sessions in Bali, where the seeing and the teaching are actually learned.
Course description
The Ashtanga Primary Series is where a great many teachers were made. It is rigorous, it is precise, and — taught badly — it hurts people. This module is about teaching it well.
What you will learn to teach
The Primary Series, posture by posture, with functional anatomy underneath every shape. You will understand what a body is actually doing in each pose, and why one student's forward fold can never look like another's. More than a sequence to copy, you leave able to see a room, sequence for it, and keep people safe in a strong practice.
How the hybrid format works
The theory you study at your own pace, before we meet — short recorded lessons you can pause and rewind. The practice, the seeing and the teaching happen in person with me, here in Bali, because those cannot be learned from a screen alone. You arrive to the live sessions already prepared, so our time together is spent on the parts that actually need a teacher in the room.
Where it fits
This is one of four modules in our 200-Hour Yoga Foundation. It owns the active, dynamic pillar and the anatomy every teacher needs. Take it on its own for the depth — or for YACEP continuing-education hours if you already teach — or stack all four toward the full foundation.
Who teaches it
I am Oka Pastini, a Balinese yoga teacher born and raised in a village in Bali. I have been teaching since 2019 — across Bali, throughout the Indonesian archipelago, and in Europe — and more than 5,000 people have practised with me. I hold a 500-hour Hatha Yoga certification along with 100-hour trainings in Aerial and Yin Yoga, and deepened my practice in Rishikesh, India.
An honest note
Ashtanga is demanding, and it is not right for every body on every day. A large part of teaching it well is knowing when to modify and when to hold someone back. That judgement — not the impressive version of the pose — is the actual skill, and it is what we spend the most time on.
By the end you will be able to:
- Guide the Primary Series from start to finish
- Offer at least two modifications for every posture
- Explain, in plain language, why a shape works differently for different people
- Spot the difference between effort and strain in a student
This is for you if:
- You practise Ashtanga and want to understand and teach it
- You already teach and want anatomy that is actually useful in a room
- You are building toward a 200-hour foundation and want the movement module
It is probably not for you if you are brand new to yoga — start with a beginner practice first.
Every module has two parts. First, the self-paced online part you complete at home, at your own pace — recorded theory, anatomy and technique breakdowns. Then the in-person, teacher-led part here in Bali: the practice, the seeing and the teaching, which cannot be learned from a screen.
You arrive already prepared, so your time on the mat with me is spent practising and teaching — not sitting through lectures you could have watched at home.
Each module stands on its own, and gives YACEP continuing-education hours if you are already a registered teacher.
Stacked together, the four modules make up a 200-Hour Foundation — with the teaching practice and practicum woven right through them, in person with Ocha, so there is nothing separate to add. Turning that foundation into an initial teaching certification (Yoga Alliance RYT-200) will be available once Bali Yoga House completes its Yoga Alliance RYS registration — we will tell you the moment it is live.
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