Guiding the Heart: 20hrs Backbend Training for Teachers
Teach backbends through the lens of anatomy, nervous system awareness, and compassionate guidance.
10–12 April 2026, vea Studio Berlin
This training is for yoga teachers and experienced practitioners who want a more informed and skill-based approach to backbends. We will explore anatomy, biomechanics, sequencing, nervous system responses and hands-on assists, combined with strength and flexibility drills from functional training and contemporary mobility work.
This unique blend helps build active range, stability, and body awareness and creates a clearer, safer foundation for deeper backbends.
Who This Training Is For
This training is for yoga teachers and dedicated practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of backbends and learn how to teach them with clarity and confidence.
It is a good fit if you want to improve your own backbend technique, wish to understand the anatomy behind safe and sustainable spinal extension, learn how to prepare students for deeper backbends, guide them with nervous system awareness, offer hands-on assists that support stability and trust, sequence classes that build toward heart-opening postures, and work with fear or emotional responses in a grounded way.
Prerequisites:
To join the training, you should have a regular asana practice and a completed 200-hour teacher training. You should also feel open to partner work and hands-on exercises, as these are an essential part of the training experience.
What You Will Learn:
By the end of the training, you will have:
✔ A solid understanding of the anatomical structures involved in backbending, including the spine, shoulder girdle, hips, and core
✔ A clear view of common movement patterns and limitations
✔ The ability to build progressive, well-structured sequences for deeper backbends
✔ More confidence in your own backbend technique
✔ Insight into the nervous system response to backbends and how to support students when intensity or fear shows up
✔ Hands-on assist techniques for foundational and more advanced backbends
✔ A set of strength and flexibility drills derived from functional mobility and contortion training
✔ Tools to integrate backbends into a flow class without interrupting rhythm
✔ The ability to use emotional and energetic themes, such as Anāhata chakra, as a framework
✔ The ability to bring anatomical clarity and subtle energetic awareness together in your teaching
This training supports you in teaching backbends in a structured and meaningful way by combining yoga with functional strength work, flexibility drills, and nervous system awareness.
You will leave with practical tools that help your students build active mobility, confidence, and a more resilient relationship with these shapes.
Schedule
Friday – Foundations
Practice, energetics, psychology of backbends
Nervous system awareness
Functional anatomy
Saturday – Technique & Sequencing
Technique lab
Mobility and biomechanics
Anatomy and movement patterns
Sequencing strategies
Peak pose workshop
Sunday – Assists & Teaching Skills
Hands-on assists
Teaching backbends in a flow
Teaching practicum
Closing circle
Pricing
Early Bird: €345
on the first 5bookings until 28.2.26
Regular Price: €395
Payment and Cancellation Policy
A deposit of 150 € is required to secure your spot. The deposit is non-refundable, as it covers administrative work and holds your place in the training. The remaining balance is due 30 days before the training begins. Your registration is complete once the full payment has been received.
If you cancel 30 days or more before the training, you may transfer your spot to another person, but refunds are not available. If you cancel fewer than 30 days before the training, no refund is possible, but you may still transfer your place to someone else if you notify me in advance.
Minimum Participants
The training requires a minimum number of participants. If this number is not reached 4 weeks before the training, the training will be cancelled and all payments, including the deposit, will be fully refunded.
If the training must be cancelled by the teacher for any other unforeseen reason, all payments will also be refunded in full.
Please complete the application form. After reviewing your registration, I will send you the link to pay the deposit. Your spot is confirmed once the deposit has been received. I usually reply within 48 hours.
I’m looking forward to sharing this weekend of practice, learning, and exploration with you.