Understanding structure to teach with clarity and confidence
This module supports teachers in understanding the body in a practical, functional way, so alignment becomes a tool for clarity rather than a set of rules to memorise.
Rather than learning anatomy for its own sake, you’ll explore how bones, joints, and tissues move and respond in practice, and how this understanding can inform clear, intelligent alignment cues in yoga classes. Anatomy and alignment are approached as living, adaptable systems, not fixed ideals.
This training helps you move beyond generic cues and one-size-fits-all alignment, so you can respond more accurately to different bodies, needs, and contexts with confidence and ease.
You’ll leave with
💜 A working understanding of functional anatomy as it relates to yoga
💜 Practical alignment cues you can use immediately in class
💜 Greater confidence in adapting postures for different bodies
What You'll Learn
Functional Anatomy for Movement
You’ll explore the foundations of functional anatomy: joints, bones, and key movement relationships, with a focus on how they move, not just where they are in space. Rather than memorising structures, you’ll learn to recognise common movement patterns and compensations that show up in yoga practice.
This perspective supports clearer decision-making in class, helping you know what to emphasise, what to soften, and when to offer alternatives.
Alignment as a Teaching Tool
Alignment is explored as a form of communication rather than correction. You’ll learn how to use alignment cues to guide clarity and support safer, more accessible movement without over-directing or over-correcting.
The emphasis is on cues that are useful, adaptable, and responsive, supporting learning and awareness rather than perfect shapes.
Anatomy as Felt Organisation
You’ll also explore anatomy as a lived, felt organisation rather than a mental map. Through movement and guided attention, joints and structures become something you can sense through orientation, support, and ease.
This embodied approach allows alignment to emerge from experience rather than instruction, fostering a more intuitive and confident relationship with structure and movement.
Who You'll
Learn From
Willemieke Verweij brings a movement-based perspective informed by yoga, dance, and ongoing academic study. She is currently completing a Master’s degree in Biomechanics, deepening her exploration of how structure, coordination, and force shape movement experience. Her teaching bridges scientific understanding with embodied exploration, inviting structure to be felt rather than imposed.
Fanny Alavoine approaches anatomy and alignment through lived movement experience, drawing from yoga, functional anatomy, and her training in Rolfing® Structural Integration. She explores how organisation, support, and ease emerge when structure is experienced from within. Her teaching emphasises clarity without rigidity, and understanding without over-analysis.
Hannah
I was really happy and impressed by the quality of the teaching and the course materials. Additionally, the practice during the modules really helped embody the teachings. The modules have been tremendously valuable to my development as a Yoga teacher. Lots of learning, insights and inspiration now fuelling my creativity to design and teach my classes. The course materials and the teaching is very high quality. Many thanks.
Carlijn
This alignment part blew my mind. Fanny is a great teacher and how she transfers all the knowledge she has during class and in the manual; simply amazing. This module helped me to understand why everybody is not the same and thus why every asana is not the same for everyone. It is about how you align your body, no matter what kind of body you have. The knowledge from Module 1 enriched my practice. I now pay more attention to the alignment during poses and transitions.
Who It's For
- Certified yoga teachers (200h+)
- Passionate practitioners ready to deepen
- No need to be an expert, just curious and committed.
- Teachers working toward their 300h
Dates
Friday, Sep. 11, 2026:
10:30 - 18:30
Saturday, Sep. 12, 2026:
11:30 - 19:30
Sunday, Sep. 13, 2026:
10:30 - 18:30
Location
Tribes Studio 'The Flo'
Floris Versterlaan 61, Leiden
Just 15 minutes on foot from Leiden Central Station
For your meals: there are plenty of restaurants and shops near the station, or you’re welcome to bring your own, a fridge is available on site.
Price
€425
(no VAT charged, CRKBO-registered)
🐥 Early Bird: €50 off with code ALIGN50 - Available until 3 months before the training begins.
⏰ Limited spots available.
Certificate
Upon completing the module, you will be eligible to receive a certificate for Continuing Education with Yoga Alliance, effective immediately.
Why this training matters
Anatomy and alignment are often taught either too theoretically or too rigidly, leaving practitioners with information that feels hard to apply or disconnected from experience. This can create confusion, tension, or a sense of “doing it right” rather than moving with understanding.
This module offers a different entry point, one grounded in movement and sensation. By relating to structure through experience, alignment becomes clearer, more supportive, and easier to work with in real practice. This perspective encourages curiosity, adaptability, and confidence rather than rigidity or self-correction.
Learning outcomes
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Understand key anatomical and biomechanical principles relevant to yoga practice
• Sense and recognise structural organisation through direct experience
• Relate to alignment as a supportive reference rather than a fixed ideal
• Move and teach with greater clarity, ease, and confidence