Structural Yoga™ is a form of classical yoga that allows teachers to adapt yoga to individual needs and provide teachings that translate off the mat into daily life. Structural Yoga™ instructors are trained to teach group classes to people with a broad spectrum of needs, from those able to participate in traditional yoga classes, to those with movement restrictions, injuries, or health challenges, who require modifications and a very compassionate, healing approach. Structural Yoga teachers are trained in anatomy, biomechanics of movement, breathwork, meditation and basic ayurvedic principles. They are trained to give their students tools to advance their yoga practice with a safe, intelligent and well-laid foundation that naturally results in profound personal growth.

Structural Yoga™ relies on a deep respect for the body's innate capacity for safe, healthy movement and healing. This translates to a way of teaching that invites the body to find its own optimal way of moving and building strength, without the use of many props or hands-on corrections that might ultimately hinder self-awareness and the slow, careful development of the muscle structures that are needed to develop a full yoga practice. Structural Yoga students are also gently invited to find their own yogic path that can carry them through personal challenges, on a path of spiritual growth and transformation.

Lineage: The Structural Yoga™ teacher training program is approved and endorsed by Mukunda Stiles, founder of Structural Yoga™, and author of the books Structural Yoga Therapy, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy. In keeping with yogic tradition, Mukunda spent years with master teachers, studying and refining his unique approach to teaching yoga within a yogic lifestyle. His work is founded in two principal yoga lineages: his physical approach is based on his studies with teachers in the lineage of Krishnamacharya – Paul Copeland, MD; Indra Devi; Rama Jyoti Vernon; and BKS Iyengar. Mukunda’s spiritual approach is based on the teachings of his beloved mentor Muktananda, and Muktananda’s student, Swami Prakashananda. These are the teachings that are passed along – with great respect, and with great love – from teacher to student, and form the dual lineages of the Structural Yoga™ teacher training. For information about current training please contact Mangala.

Debora Mangala Warner, MS, E-RYT-500
Email: mangalawarner@gmail.com
(ph) 603-817-6882

Workshops, 2oo-Hour Teacher Trainings and Small Group Therapeutic Yoga Classes offered at:
Elysium Dance Project and Yoga
Rollinsford, NH
www.elysiumdanceproject.com