Yoga Foundations: An Alternative Approach to Wellness (10 hrs)
Yoga Foundations: An Alternative Approach to Wellness (10 hrs)
Yoga Foundations: An Alternative Approach to Wellness
10 Hours CE/CPD | Online Course with Vern-Tsing Ong
Explore how Hatha Yoga can complement manual therapy, rehabilitation, fitness, and wellness practice through mindful movement, breathing, strength, flexibility, and relaxation.
Yoga Foundations: An Alternative Approach to Wellness is designed for therapists, healthcare professionals, fitness professionals, yoga practitioners, and instructors seeking an adaptable and practical introduction to Hatha Yoga.
Presented by Vern-Tsing Ong, the course helps participants understand how yoga practices can support recovery, injury prevention, physical resilience, emotional balance, and a deeper mind-body connection.
Course Overview
Through 30 video classes and more than three hours of practical instruction, Vern demonstrates foundational poses, advanced asanas, arm balances, backbends, inversions, relaxation techniques, pranayama, meditation, and additional bonus practices.
Participants learn how to adapt poses for different levels of fitness, experience, mobility, and physical capability. This makes the course particularly relevant to professionals who want to introduce appropriate yoga-based movement and self-care strategies without relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.
The video instruction is supported by Hatha Yoga for Teachers and Practitioners by Ram Jain and Kalyani Hauswirth-Jain, a detailed 400-page illustrated course text offering a substantial reference for continued study and professional application.
What You Will Learn
| Topic | Focus |
|---|---|
| Hatha Yoga Foundations | Understanding foundational principles, poses, sequencing, and mindful practice |
| Adaptation and Modification | Making yoga accessible for different abilities, fitness levels, and physical needs |
| Strength and Flexibility | Using progressive practices to develop strength, mobility, resilience, and body awareness |
| Breathing and Relaxation | Applying pranayama, relaxation, and meditation practices to support regulation and wellbeing |
| Therapeutic Integration | Introducing suitable yoga practices alongside manual therapy, rehabilitation, or fitness programs |
| Progressive Practice | Exploring advanced asanas, arm balances, backbends, inversions, and appropriate progressions |
Who This Course Is For
This course is suitable for yoga newcomers, instructors and practitioners, massage and manual therapists, physical therapists and assistants, chiropractors, occupational therapists and assistants, athletic trainers, rehabilitation professionals, movement educators, and exercise and fitness professionals.
About Vern-Tsing Ong
Vern-Tsing Ong is an experienced yoga instructor whose clear, accessible teaching emphasizes mindful movement, intelligent adaptation, breathwork, and sustainable practice.
Throughout this course, Vern guides students through both foundational and more advanced practices while demonstrating ways to adjust movements for different bodies and levels of experience.
Included With This Course
| Included | Details |
|---|---|
| Video Classes | 30 video classes and more than three hours of instruction presented by Vern-Tsing Ong |
| Illustrated Course Text | Hatha Yoga for Teachers and Practitioners, a comprehensive 400-page reference |
| Companion Course | Structured online lessons reinforcing the video instruction and course text |
| Online Exam | Assessment included for course completion |
| Certificate | Downloadable 10 Hours CE/CPD certificate following successful completion |
| Lifetime Access | Study at your own pace and revisit all course assets whenever required |
| Subtitles | English, French, German, and Spanish |