In-Person - Yoga Alliance Approved

50H CET

Inverted State of Mind Training

WITH MILES MORTENSEN

25H PART 1: 4 - 6 APRIL (Limited to 25 people)

25H PART 2: 4 - 6 JULY (Limited to 25 people)

By reserving a spot for Part 1 does NOT automatically secure your place for Part 2. For the full 50h training, please book Part 1 first and email us at school@indabayoga.com to receive your discount for Part 2.

OVERVIEW

Groundwork and Elevation Training

Inverted State of Mind presents its first London 50-HR two-part teacher training.

This immersive training unfolds over two weekends, offering a comprehensive dive into both the foundational principles and advanced techniques of asana, adjustments, and flexibility and mobility training. This training is geared towards teachers looking to expand their knowledge and skillset and, in turn, their offering, but it is open to practitioners who have been practising consistently for a minimum of 2 years. More on the training requirements at the bottom of the page.

Part one lays the groundwork towards understanding the principles of skill development, strength, flexibility and mobility training protocols and how we can start to understand and remedy obstacles in our yoga practice and, in turn, with our students. We will work through positions such as middle splits and look at how to assess the position in students and understand where is tight and/or weak and how to work towards opening into the position or expanding it, as well as how to develop our overhead shoulder range for inversions and backbends.

Part two is the integration and expansion of part one, elevating in inversions, transitions and backbends. This part of the training will look into handstands, backbends, transitions, and advanced inversions and adjustments. Here, we will be focusing more on the practitioner's practice whilst also still incorporating how to guide and assist students when they are ready through some of the more advanced postures.

To get the most out of it, we highly recommend booking both trainings. The trainings have been separated to make them more accessible without taking too much time out of work and to give space for integration before moving deeper. Equally, if you are only able to do part one or two, we are happy to have you join for a single training session.

Course Information

You will learn the following:

• Advanced assists - Learning how to spot, support, and cue your students into their inversions and other int./adv. postures safely and effectively.

• Handstand - Using gymnastic techniques, develop the knowledge of how to train your handstand

• Strength training + skill development - Learn how to build strength effectively to complement your yoga practice, helping you to unlock poses as well as the science of skill development, allowing you to train efficiently.

• Flexibility & mobility - Learn different methods of stretching to develop both strength and flexibility in postures, such as middle splits, front splits, and general shoulder mobility and how to structure short but effective training programs to access these postures.

Each part will include three hours of homework.

Part 2 - Ascension Schedule: 4 - 6 JULY

Develop a solid base for effortless handstands and open backbends while deepening your ability to assist students in advanced postures.

Friday
8:00 - 10:00 am: Practice
10:00 - 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am- 1:45 pm: Adjustments- Guest Rebeccah Hannah
1:45 - 2:45 pm: Lunch
2:45 - 5:45 pm: Backbends - Guest Teacher Rebeccah Hannah

Saturday
8:00 - 10:00 am: Practice
10:00 - 10:45 am: Break
10:45 - 1:45 pm: Adjustments
1:45 - 2:45 pm: Lunch
2:45 - 5:45 pm: Handstands 1

Sunday
2:00 - 5:00 pm: Handstands 2
5:30 - 7:30 pm: Coaching and programming

Eligibility and Prerequisite

This immersive will be an inclusive space for practitioners to learn and play. However, we require that you be comfortable exploring a range of arm balances, inversions, backbends, and transitions and willing to work with free-standing kicks to handstand in the middle of the room. It will be a demanding week of physical practice and learning. We will implement recovery time and protocols, but we also want you to walk in feeling confident and willing to put in the work to develop your practice.

Minimum requirements for Part 1:

• Comfortable in most arm balances: Bakasana, Parsva Bakasana, Eka Pada Koundiyasana I & II, Astavakrasana

• Tripod Headstand and Sirsasana

• Working with Pincha Mayurasana and/or Handstand

• Urdhva Dhanurasana

Minimum requirements for Part 2:

Comfortable in most arm balances: Bakasana, Parsva Bakasana, Eka Pada Koundiyasana I & II, Astavakrasana

• Tripod Headstand and Sirsasana

• Working with Pincha Mayurasana and/or Handstand

• Urdhva Dhanurasana

• Wall assisted handstand of 20s

If you haven’t taken any of Miles’ classes, we highly encourage you to do so, online or in person before his training.

Accreditation

The training is counted towards the 50-Hour (25h if you attend a single module) through the Yoga Alliance.

50 Hours (25h if you attend a single module) Continuing Education digital certificate will be provided to teachers after completion of the full training. All the modules must be attended in order to receive the certificate.

The course is open to practitioners who are not Yoga teachers but would like to advance their practice.

Venue:

Indaba Yoga Studio

Tuition Fee

25H Part 1: Groundwork - £450

25H Part 2: Elevation - £450

50H training (Part 1 + Part 2) - £800

*Discount for the full 50h training will be applied when booking 25h Part 2. To claim the discount please email school@indabayoga.com.

By clicking "Buy Now" below, you are reserving a spot for Part 1 only. This does NOT automatically secure your place for Part 2 in July. If you wish to attend the full 50h training, please book Part 1 first and email us at school@indabayoga.com as soon as possible to receive your discount for Part2.

Please note: Spots are limited to 25 and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in completing the full 50 hours, we highly recommend reserving your place for Part 2 as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

By reserving a spot for Part 1 does NOT automatically secure your place for Part 2. For the full 50h training, please book Part 1 first and email us at school@indabayoga.com to receive your discount for Part 2.

LEAD TEACHER

Miles Mortensen

Miles has been around movement, health, and yoga all of his life. Growing up with a mother who was a yoga teacher allowed him to be introduced to the practice and its philosophy from a young age. Although, it wasn’t until his early twenties that he began to dive deeper into the realms of yoga - when he moved from his hometown of Sydney, Australia to London, to pursue a career as a DJ. After spending 6 years running around London and Europe DJing, throwing parties, and running a record label, movement and yoga started to creep back into his life. Shortly after he found himself heading to India to complete his 200-HR in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.

GUEST TEACHERS

Rebecca Hannah

Rebecca was introduced to yoga through physical theatre and performance. She trained in Ashtanga, Hatha moving her interests to martial arts, Tripsichore Yoga Choreography, calisthenics, mobility, and Kids and Teen Yoga training. Rebecca has taught worldwide, in over 16 different countries. Her own personal practice includes integrating vinyasa with contortion, mobility, calisthenics, and contemporary dance. Rebecca teaches with a rich interdisciplinary approach, exploring the importance of building strength to support flexibility using movement as a tool for mindfulness, communication, creativity and self-expression.

Joshua LeClair

Joshua has been teaching yoga teachers since 2016, and he weaves in knowledge from his formal education in anatomy and physiology, dance, personal training and massage therapy. He has been celebrated for creating learning environments that make learning anatomy fun, accessible and radically inclusive.

Terms & Conditions

Course cancellation by student

• PART 1: If you cancel your place prior to 3rd February 2025, we will offer a refund minus 15% admin fee.

  • If you cancel your place after 3rd February 2025, Indaba is unable to offer you a refund. Indaba will endeavour to offer the course place to another student if the course is sold out and there is a waiting list. If your place can be offered to someone on the waiting list, Indaba will issue a refund minus 15% admin fee.

• PART 2: If you cancel your place prior to 3rd May 2025, we will offer a refund minus 15% admin fee.

  • If you cancel your place after 3rd May 2025, Indaba is unable to offer you a refund. Indaba will endeavour to offer the course place to another student if the course is sold out and there is a waiting list. If your place can be offered to someone on the waiting list, Indaba will issue a refund minus 15% admin fee.

• Injury/medical conditions (includes Covid-19 and pregnancy) before the training starts: In the difficult circumstances of you suffering a serious injury or any medical conditions before the training starts, Indaba School of Yoga team will support you and work out the best way for you to continue the course. You may still attend sessions and either adjust poses or just observe the classes. If you are unable to participate in the training in any capacity, we can offer a refund minus 15% admin fee after receiving a certificate from a fully qualified medical practitioner.

• Injury/medical conditions (includes Covid-19 and pregnancy) once the training has started: In the difficult circumstances of you suffering a serious injury or any medical conditions during the occurrence of the training, Indaba School of Yoga team will support you and work out the best way for you to continue the course. You may still attend sessions and either adjust poses or just observe the classes. If you are unable to continue the training in any capacity, we can offer a refund for the remaining modules minus 15% admin fee after receiving a certificate from a fully qualified medical practitioner. Please note that in order to consider a refund we need to be notified immediately.

• If you leave the course for any reason not related to a medical condition after it has started, no refund or deferral will be granted.

• It is mandatory to attend all of the teaching modules on the course in order to receive the certificate.

Course cancellation by Indaba

In the unlikely event of extenuating circumstances, Indaba reserves the right to cancel the course at any time. If the course is cancelled prior to the course start, the course may be rescheduled and if students cannot attend the new course then 100% refunds will be made. If the course is cancelled part way through the course, Indaba will rearrange the remaining modules of the course and if this is not possible for students to attend, we will refund the remaining course on a pro-rata basis.

Course Policy:

• Indaba reserves the right to change the training venue at its discretion. Please note that students will not be eligible for a refund due to such changes. Any adjustments to the venue will be made solely at Indaba's discretion.

• Pets and children are not permitted in the training venue. Please refrain from bringing them, as we cannot grant access to the room, and our team is unable to look after them during the course. No refunds will be issued if this results in you having to leave the training.

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