Online Functional Anatomy Course for Yoga Teachers

Build confidence in injury prevention, movement education, and anatomy for yoga teachers, studios & YTT programs.

Learn ALL the applied anatomy you need to know in a 16 week online course.

Have the flexibility to learn from your own home, but have the support to ask questions.

If you felt the overwhelm of anatomy that was taught in your 200 hour YTT, or you want to delve deeper into the human body and feel confident in modifying students with injuries, as well as preventing injuries - then this course is for you!

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Do you want to feel more confident when instructing students? 
Do you want to be able to modify students with injuries?
Do you want to feel that you have provided the safest environment for your students in a yoga class?
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Meet Dr. Sophie Toland

Sophie’s passion to deepen teachers anatomical knowledge and awareness is aimed to not only strengthen their own practice but to create a safer, more effective environment for their students, regardless of their presenting injuries, pain and or yoga capabilities. Because ultimately, everybody should be able to practice the gift that is yoga!

Yoga Teacher & Studio Packages

This course is available for individual yoga teachers, yoga studios and yoga teacher trainings.

Yoga
Teachers

Are you already a yoga teacher but would like to expand, deepen and improve your confidence and safety as a yoga teacher by learning more about the human body?

Yoga Teacher
Trainings

Are you running a yoga teacher training and need an anatomy teacher to run the 30 hours of anatomy content?

Yoga
Studios

Do you own a yoga studio and want your clients to remain members even when they are injured? Do you want to feel confident in your teachers to be able to modify injured clients? Do you want to be known for the studio that has highly skilled teachers?

What’s Included

  • Real life examples and relevant, up-to date content that will strengthen your confidence and knowledge of the human body;

  • Knowledge you can put into practice from day one;

  • Videos that you can watch at any time, in your own time, allowing you the space to soak up and time to digest the content;

  • Zoom sessions to allow time to ask questions and confirm and solidify information;

  • Quizzes to confirm your knowledge along the way;

  • Pictures to help you visualise;

  • A comprehensive booklet to help you follow along and take notes.

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Yoga instructor assisting a student in a yoga pose inside a studio with white walls and green yoga bolsters.

Testimonials

  • “Sophie's Applied Anatomy module was a really beneficial course for me. It has changed the way that I teach, the way I design my classes, and the way I practice. I strongly feel every yoga teacher should have this course under their belt to ensure they are both teaching and practicing safely. Sophie's anatomical knowledge and passion for the body shines through in her teachings, which she does in a warm and engaging way. She made this technical subject approachable, informative and interesting!”

    Alicia, past student

  • “Sophie was so full of knowledge and accepting of each persons level of knowledge making me feel comfortable.”

    Lauren, past student

  • “After completing the training I feel so much more confident in my teaching, recognising adjustments needed in my clients, queuing better alignment, as well as being able to run a more beneficial class for my students. Also now being able to make connections to what muscles are being used in each pose and how they are being used. If you want to really expand your knowledge in this area I could not recommend this enough. Sophie really knows her anatomy!”

    Ruth, past student

  • Sophie ran the anatomy module on our 200hr yoga teacher training over a period of 4 years. She was always professional, engaging and being a teacher/student herself, able to share anatomical concepts as they apply to yoga. I wouldn’t hesitate to bring Sophie on board for future trainings.

    Mandy, past yoga teacher training facilitator

  • "The most I enjoyed was the videos as they made the content much easier to understand. I also really liked the quizzes after each section and how the course was structured. I also really like the fact that there was couple classes included!"

    Rebecca, past student

  • "Sophie is a very knowledgeable Yoga Teacher. Her background being an Osteopath makes the course extremely valuable in terms of knowledge and the gap between Yoga and Anatomy. I also really enjoy the Zoom calls for questions/discussion, Sophie takes the time for her students and makes the complex content of biomechanics easier to understand. I would definitely recommend the course to new Yoga Teacher but also Teachers that want to refresh their knowledge. The course booklets are super informative and well structured + you can keep those! Thank you Sophie!!"

    Nicole, past student

  • "Sophie is a great teacher, knowledgeable both in anatomy and yoga. My knowledge in both areas grew as a result of Sophie's style (easy to understand) of teaching and demonstration. Thank you"

    Thana, past student

  • "I recently completed Sophie’s online anatomy course and was really impressed. This was a great course that was so well put together, easy to navigate and a wonderful way to expand my knowledge and understanding of anatomy. As a yoga teacher I came away from the course with greater confidence and understanding of anatomy and now my students reap all the benefits of this. I can highly recommend this course and encourage other yoga teachers to add this course to their ongoing professional development"

    Terri, past student

  • “Sophie is an incredibly embodied and knowledgeable teacher, and I feel so deeply honoured to have her sharing her incredible amount of wisdom on our Yin Yoga Teacher Trainings! Soph comes from a yoga background herself, making her knowledge of the body and nervous system in relationship to the yoga practice deep and embodied. She has a wealth of knowledge that she shares in a way that is engaging and easy to digest, interacting with students and allowing them to also engage kinaesthetically so that the teachings really land in the body. Soph is one in a million, I wouldn't recommend anyone else to share about all things anatomy and nervous system!”

    Jac, yin yoga teacher training facilitator

Upskill Your Functional Anatomy Knowledge