Foundational Yoga Teacher Training - Dynamic Mindfulness Yoga Berlin

Welcome to a comprehensive foundational yoga teacher training designed for those ready to deepen their practice and begin teaching with confidence.

This training offers a strong grounding in the theory and practice of yoga and meditation for the modern world, with the goal of preparing you to teach professionally. Its approach is shaped by Buddhist philosophy, ethics, and methodology, while also drawing on the latest scientific research on mindfulness and evidence-based movement. At the center of the curriculum is mindfulness meditation.

You do not need to be Buddhist to practice or teach Dynamic Mindfulness yoga, nor to experience the benefits of its methods. The school emphasizes understanding ancient teachings within contemporary culture, while also encouraging thoughtful inquiry into our own backgrounds and perspectives. Rather than imitating Eastern traditions without reflection, the training takes a critical, research-based approach and avoids New Age ideas, esotericism, hearsay, and personality cults.

All teachers in this system work with evidence-based movement informed by biomechanics and by the way the nervous system processes movement. This creates a yoga practice that can be adapted across traditions and that expresses mindfulness in motion with clarity and intelligence. Yoga is understood not only as shape or form, but as lived experience: the way you enter a posture shapes the quality of being in it. In this training, the process is the goal.

Course Content

Module 1: Earth

• EARTH – part 1 12 Topics | 2 Quizzes
• Sequence Lab – Dynamic Mindfulness Sun Salutations
• What is Yoga?
• Perspectives of the Body: Dominant Culture
• Perspectives on the Body: Eastern Part 1
• Perspectives on Body: Eastern Part 2
• Body is a temple…
• What did Buddha teach?
• Blind fate
• Introduction to Buddhism: Three Gems
• What is Mindfulness? What is Chan (Zen)?
• THE BODY: The art of sitting and relaxing
• History and Evolution of Yoga
• Yoga Teacher Training – Personal Practice Nr. 1
• Yoga Teacher Training 1st written assignment

EARTH – Part 2 11 Topics | 4 Quizzes

• Sequence Lab – Eight Form Moving Meditation
• THE BREATH: Mindfulness of breathing and methods of meditation
• What Did Buddha Teach: 4 Noble Truths
• 4 Noble Truths
• What Did Buddha Teach: Noble Eightfold Path
• The Noble EIghtfold Path
• Introduction to Subtle Body Anatomy
• Breath in Dynamic Mindfulness Yoga
• Breath in Dynamic Mindfulness
• Breath Practices
• THE MIND: What to do with your thoughts
• Principles of Dynamic Mindfulness
• Yoga Teacher Training – Personal Practice Nr. 2
• Yoga Teacher Training 2nd Assignment

Module 2: Water

• WATER Part 1 10 Topics
• Sequence Lab – Core Sequence
• Video Lexicon of Dynamic Mindfulness Poses: Standing Poses
• Video Lexicon of Dynamic Mindfulness Poses: Hip Work
• Video Lexicon of Dynamic Mindfulness Poses: Core Work
• Basic Principles of Alignment
• Basic Principles of Sequencing
• 4 Great Elements ­ Mahabhuta
• THE EMOTIONS: How to cultivate them through meditation
• Yoga Teacher Training – Personal Practice Nr 3
• Yoga Teacher Training – 3rd Assignment

Embodied Anatomy and Biomechanics 15 Topics | 7 Quizzes

• The scope of practice
• What is anatomy?
• What is a body?
• Muscles
• Joints
• Connective tissue and biotensegrity
• What is biomechanics?
• Biomechanics: where forces meets organic tissues
• Mobility, flexibility and stretching: what is what?
• Mobility, flexibility and stretching
• Basic terminology: the ABCs of anatomy
• Planes of movement and types of movement
• Directions of movement: GPS of anatomy
• Directions of movement
• The spine
• The spine and range of motion in the spine
• Hip joint and pelvis:
• Hip joint and pelvis
• Legs and Feet
• Legs and Feet
• Knee joint
• Shoulders and Arms
• Shoulders and arms
• Anatomy of the Breath with guest teacher Liam Bowler 14 Topics
• The Triune Brain and Breath as a Connecting Thread
• Meditation / Exercise: The Self-Driving Car
• The Diaphragm, Lungs and Heart
• The Diaphragm's Origin Story: Embryology + The Septum Transversum
• Visualization: Create the Diaphragm with Your Hands
• The Other Diaphragms: Pelvic Floor and Upper Thoracic
• Visualization: Create the Pelvic Floor / Diaphragm Relationship with Your Hands
• "Breathe Into Your ____" Meditation / Exercise
• The Accessory Muscles of Breathing
• The Vagus and Phrenic Nerves — Plus an Overview of How Works a Nervous System
• HRV Meditation / Exercise
• Vagus and Phrenic Nerve Trace / Visualization
• Diaphragm Self-Palpation and Release
• Adios

WATER Part 2 11 Topics

• Teaching Breath
• Lexicon of Dynamic Mindfulness Poses: Spinal Extensions
• Lexicon of Dynamic Mindfulness Poses: Twists
• Lexicon of Dynamic Mindfulness Poses: Inversions
• Advanced Principles of Alignment
• Creative Sequencing
• Introduction to Meditation: Surrounding
• Yoga Teacher Training: Personal Practice Nr 4.
• Yoga Teacher Training: 4th Assignment
• Exam Questions 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training
• Requirements for Graduation

Module 3: Fire

• Fire Part 1 7 Topics
• Lexicon of Dynamic Mindfulness Poses: Balance
• Lexicon of Dynamic Mindfulness Poses: Forward Folds
• Teaching Style: Voice and Presence
• Teaching Style: Concept and Timing
• Sequence Lab: Additional Sequences
• Yoga Teacher Training: Personal Practice Nr. 5.
• Yoga Teacher Training: 5th Assignment

FIRE Part 2 – in person 2 Topics

• Yoga Teacher Training: Personal Practice Nr. 6.
• Yoga Teacher Training: 6th Assignment

Hands-on + Meditation Retreat – in person

Module 4: Air

• AIR – in person
• Graduation classes