2024 Dates Are Out!
200-hour Yoga+Teacher Training Program
Led by Dr Bianca + Suffian
Your yoga journey begins here.
Embarking on Yoga Teacher Training is a milestone in anyone’s yoga journey. Joining a program signals that you are committed to start your education into the world of yoga asanas and beyond.
And here at Yoga+, we take that commitment seriously.
Participants of our program can be assured that they get a holistic understanding of Yoga covering 4 areas of knowledge. The program that we designed allows you to get the breadth of the subject matter with sufficient deep dive into the human body and history pertaining to Yoga.
After 5 years of running the program, our YTT received a makeover in 2022. We updated the content, improved the structure, and incorporated field trips to reflect the immersive nature of Yoga.
Our 2024 dates are out. Go check them out to enjoy early bird rates.
With love,
Bianca + Suffian
Yoga+ Studio and its instructors are Yoga Alliance- accredited.
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Yoga Alliance is an organisation that provides credentials for Yoga Schools, Teachers and Programs. Registered members have to abide to the Yoga Alliance standards .
Yoga+ Studio is a Yoga Alliance-accredited school which means graduates of our YTT program would be eligible to be Yoga Alliance members.
Our lead instructors, Dr Bianca and Suffian are both E-RYT 500 holders, the highest accreditation for individual teachers in Yoga Alliance.
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As a graduate of the YTT Program, you have a choice to be a member of Yoga Alliance. With the membership, your name would be listed in the website and your profile can be viewed by the public.
Whether you need to be a Yoga Alliance member to teach, it is highly dependent on the stipulations set out by the hiring yoga studio.
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Upon graduation and completing all the requirements of the YTT program, you can log into the Yoga Alliance website to register as a member. You will need a digital copy of your certificate to register.
Do note, there is a recurring annual membership fee to be Yoga Alliance member which is not covered in the program fees.
4 Areas of Knowledge
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We have categorised poses into 7 separate series:
Sun Salutations, Warrior Series, Standing Balancing Series, Arm Balances + Inversion Series, Backbend Series, Seated Series and Reclined Series.
For each of these series, we have deep-dive sessions where we will thoroughly explore the alignments and modifications for each of the poses. We will also discuss how to adjust someone executing the poses and provide various regression exercises and progression from the poses, in order to cater for all abilities.
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Here, we will be looking at 6 different systems and how they relate to yoga asana practice and yoga philosophy. These 6 systems covered are: muscular system, skeletal system, digestive system, respiratory system, endocrine system and cardiovascular system.
Yoga is a holistic, integrative mind-body practice and as such, we need to understand the body as a whole system and not just focus on aspects of the body that are needed to execute a yoga pose.
Understanding anatomy of the human body is crucial in ensuring that your practice and your students’ are conducted in a safe manner.
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We will discover (and perhaps, uncover) the tradition of Yoga that started in modern-day India, thousands of years ago. Here we will take into account material culture to understand the religious underpinnings of Yoga, the societal norms then, and the development of Yoga to what it is today. We will learn about the Yogic perspective on the Universe, the human body and God.
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There are two aspects to teaching that we cover: Sequencing and Cueing.
In sequencing, you will be taught two specific frameworks that would help organise your class. These frameworks are very helpful to ensure that a class is conducted safely whilst ensuring everyone is able to benefit from it physically.
In cueing, you will be guided to find your voice as a teacher. Whether you are soft spoken, or have a larger-than-life personality, in this segment, you will amplify your traits to realise the potential within. This is where you will be attached to a mentor in assisting you to find that voice.
All of these will culminate in a community session.
Structure of the program
The Yoga Teacher Training is a 4-module Program. To be certified as a yoga teacher, you need to complete all the modules. To gain the most benefit from the program, we highly encourage you to sit for the modules in succession, committing to the full 24-day program.
However, if you are a casual learner or prefer to take modules at your own pace, you have the option of signing up for each module independently. You can take on the modules in any order you wish; the only exception is Module D. To register for Module D, you will need to have completed modules A, B and C (in no specific order).
The first 3 modules will deepen your practice and understanding of Yoga. The 4th module is where you transform from being a student to a teacher.
Learning Schedule (Per Module)
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Asana: Standing Balancing Series
Anatomy: Muscular System + Terms of Movement
Philosophy: History of Yoga
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Weekends-only:
17 Feb 2024 - 3 Mar 2024
Module A
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Asana: Warrior Series, Arm Balance + Inversions
Anatomy:
Skeletal + Digestive systems in relation to yoga posesPhilosophy:
Understanding Yoga Sutras -
Weekends-only:
9 March 2024 - 24 March 2024
Module B
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Asana:
Backbends + Seated PosesAnatomy:
Respiratory + Cardiovascular systems related to yoga posesPhilosophy:
The Human Body + Universe -
Weekends-only:
30 March 2024 - 14 April 2024
Module C
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Asana:
Reclined posesTeaching Methodology:
Frameworks of sequencing + Techniques of cueing -
Weekends-only:
20 April 2024 - 5 May 2024
Module D
Expectations
As part of the requirements for the program, you will need to complete the following:
Pass the Anatomy Theory Exam
Pass the Philosophy Theory Exam
Pass the Asana Exam
Pass the Community Class*
Complete 15 group classes with reviews**
Note (*): You will conduct a yoga session which will be open to the public; Your friends and family will be able to join and attend the class.
Note (**): You will be gifted with a bundle of 15 classes at the start of the program. This bundle will expire 2 months from the end of the program. You are required to attend 15 classes and submit a compilation of reviews for these classes upon completion. The review format will be shared with you on the first day of the program.
Upcoming Full Program Dates
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2024 Weekend Batch 1
Weekend - only program:
17 Feb - 5 May 2024 -
2024 Weekend Batch 2
Weekend - only program:
Confirmed dates to be announced -
2024 Weekend Batch 3
Weekend - only program:
Confirmed dates to be announced
Full Program Investment
Super early bird price (up to 2 months before the program commences): SGD 3200.00
To enjoy this super early bird price, you can place a deposit first of $1000 and make the remaining payment latest 2 months before the program starts.
You will be gifted with a gift card comprising 10 yoga classes which you can use and also share with your friends.
Early bird price (up to 1 month before the program commences): SGD 3600.00
Full price: SGD 4000.00
We provide interest-free 3 part installment plan for those who are paying early bird + full price. Do reach out to us at hey@yogaplus.sg to enquire.
Leading the Yoga Teacher Training program are our two co-founders, Dr Bianca and Suffian. Both are specialists in the field and will be co-teaching aspects of the Teacher Training Program.
Both of them have been teaching yoga since 2015 and they have seen over 15 batches of Yoga Teacher Trainings.
The instructors
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Growing up, it’s fair to say that Bianca constantly sought to improve people’s lives. As she tinkered with a toy rubber stethoscope, her mother’s white cardigan, a memo “prescription” she knew since then she was to be a doctor.Dead set on her dreams, she went on to earn her doctorate in medicine at a tender age of 24, having finished with highest honours from an accelerated premedical program in the Philippines and graduating top in her batch.
With her childhood dreams fulfilled, she felt her medical profession ironically took a toll on her. The long arduous 36 hour shifts led her to rethink her life goal.
Bianca’s practice roots from the empowerment that comes with a seamlessly aligned asana. She encourages her students to cultivate peace in an asana through the union of strength flexibility in harmony with the breath.
With her strong medical and anatomical background, she provides a safe space for her students to seek serenity, balance, and refuge.
Radical and even taboo for some, she hung up her coat but never resigned from her drive to make a difference.
She continues to live her dreams, still treating people but now on the mat, clad in tights and a prescription for patience.
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One of his students describes him as “the most personality in a yoga teacher in Singapore” which would give you a big hint to the engaging and fun group classes that he teaches.On the the flip side, Suffian is a serious student of yoga history and philosophy, and his heart lies in the study of religion.
After teaching for 4 years, Suffian attained his RYT-300 certification from Radiantly Alive in 2019 under the tutelage of movement master, Carlos Tao. In the same year, he continued his studies, attending summer school in Oxford University reading world religion as well as the inaugural Yoga summer school in SOAS (School of Oriental & African Studies).
All that knowledge that he is constantly acquiring is being translated into unique workshops that he conducts, blending eastern philosophy and history with asana practice.
As a lululemon legacy ambassador and an advocate of mindful living, Suffian uses whatever platforms he can to allow the people around him to search for and grow into the best version of themselves.
Yoga is as much internal growth as it is external.
