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Foundations of Yoga
Explore the classical teachings of the Yoga Sūtras and understand yoga as a complete system of self-development.
The Problem with Modern Yoga
Yoga was never only about flexibility.
In much of the modern world, yoga has become synonymous with stretching and fitness. Movement matters — but the classical tradition describes yoga as something far deeper: a system for understanding the human condition. It explores why we suffer, how habits are formed, how perception shapes reality, and how awareness can transform our experience of life.
Yet many teacher trainings spend hundreds of hours teaching postures while dedicating only a small portion of time to philosophy, psychology, meditation, breathwork, and therapeutic application.
This training restores the balance — you learn not only how to teach movement, but how to understand body, mind, emotions, behaviour, relationships, and purpose through the lens of yoga.
What You'll Learn
Five capacities for a lifetime of practice.
By the end of the course, you'll hold a practical, integrated framework for working with your body, mind, and breath — and for supporting the same in others.
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Understand the Mind
Learn how thoughts, emotions, habits, memories, and perceptions shape experience — and contribute to wellbeing or suffering.
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Regulate the Nervous System
Develop practical skills using movement, breathwork, meditation, and awareness to support regulation and resilience.
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Create Lasting Change
Understand how habits are formed, why change is difficult, and how to cultivate sustainable transformation.
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Build Your Personal Practice
Develop a personalised framework for applying yoga therapeutically in everyday life.
Curriculum
Twelve modules, one living framework.
Across twelve weeks, each module builds on the last — from the philosophy of the mind to practical nervous-system regulation and your own wellbeing plan. Tap any module to see what it covers.
Who This Is For
This certification is for you if…
Complete beginners interested in yoga philosophy and personal growth.
Yoga students wishing to deepen their understanding beyond physical postures.
Yoga teachers seeking a therapeutic framework.
Health and wellness practitioners.
Coaches, counsellors, and therapists.
Anyone experiencing stress, overwhelm, anxiety, or burnout.
Anyone seeking practical tools for greater health, resilience, and wellbeing.
No previous experience in yoga is required — and if you're unsure whether it's the right fit, that's exactly what the welcome call is for.
What's Included
Everything you need to begin.
- 12 weeks of live online training
- Course manual and learning resources
- Guided practices and exercises
- A private student discussion community
- Lifetime access to all recordings
- Future course updates, at no extra cost
- The Foundations of Yoga certificate
What Graduates Can Do
You'll leave with a practical command of…
- The foundations of yoga philosophy
- The Yoga Sūtras and key therapeutic principles
- The relationship between mind, body, breath, and behaviour
- Foundational nervous-system regulation tools
- Breathwork and meditation practices
- Habit-change and self-regulation strategies
- How to assess lifestyle, habits, and wellbeing through a Yoga Therapy lens
- How to create your own personalised Yoga Therapy practice for long-term balance
The Path Forward
From personal practice to professional teaching.
The Foundations Certification is the first step of a longer pathway — together, these programs carry you from your own practice to teaching others.
Level 1 · This course
Foundations of Yoga Certification
Develop a strong understanding of yoga philosophy, self-regulation, breathwork, movement, and wellbeing.
Next · 300-Hour certification
Professional Yoga Teacher Certification
Graduates of the Foundations Certification are ideally positioned to progress into teaching skills, therapeutic application, class design, anatomy, sequencing, and professional competency.
Explore the certification →Level 3 · Advanced pathways
Specialised Vedic Studies
Continue through specialised training in Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda, Vedic astrology, and the broader Vedic sciences.
Meet Your Guide
Rooted in living traditions.
Nrikeśarī Dāsa is a Yoga Therapist, Ayurvedic practitioner, and Vedic astrologer trained in Ayurveda through Dr Vasant Lad and Dr Jayarajan Kodikannath, and in astrology through the 500-year-old Śrī Ācyutānanda lineage under Pandit Sanjay Rath and Freedom Cole, and in the Yoga tradition of Śrī T. Krishnamacharya through A. G. Mohan. He was fortunate to be initiated into Bhakti Yoga by Devamrita Swami, coming in the disciplic succession of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda. He combines these classical systems with a grounded understanding of human behaviour and psychology — a precise, results-driven approach to resolving root causes and creating lasting change.
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Student Experiences
Learn from a teacher people trust.
These reflections come from Nrikeśarī's Yoga Therapy clients. The themes that recur — understanding the whole system, a clear framework, and lasting change — are exactly what this course teaches you to work with.
As a psychologist, I intellectually understood stress and trauma, but this work helped me experience regulation physically rather than just understand it conceptually. The combination of breathwork, restorative movement, mindfulness, and nervous-system practices genuinely changed my relationship with anxiety.
Hannah R.
Taiwan
After years of burnout I reached a point where my body simply couldn't keep going. Nrikeśarī helped me understand that healing wasn't about pushing harder — it was about changing the underlying patterns that created the burnout. I now feel calmer, clearer, and emotionally grounded again.
Adrian L.
Australia
This completely changed my understanding of yoga. It wasn't about performance or flexibility — it was about healing. I feel calmer, more emotionally resilient, sleep more deeply, and feel far more connected to myself.
Shaunak K.
Australia
It gave me a far more holistic framework for recovery. Most approaches focused only on symptom management — this addressed the whole system, and genuinely improved my quality of life.
Jason W.
New Zealand
I came for chronic neck and shoulder pain, but it became much deeper. I learned how stress, breathing patterns, emotional tension, and lifestyle were all connected. My pain reduced and I feel emotionally lighter.
Chloe P.
United Kingdom
I had spent years in constant anxiety and nervous-system overwhelm. The breathwork and nervous-system practices completely changed how I experience stress — and I finally felt safe in my own body again.
Melissa T.
Australia
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