20-HOUR FOUNDATIONAL Anatomy of Yoga Course
This online self-paced course build the foundation every yoga teacher should have. Explore bones, muscles, joints, fascia, breath, the spine, core, tension vs. compression, and more. All through the lens of yoga.
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Anatomy of Yoga is an inclusive, trauma-informed 20-hour foundational training designed to help you understand how the human body moves, why every body moves differently, and how anatomy can completely change the way you teach yoga.
Forget memorizing hundreds of muscles, origins, insertions, and complicated anatomical terms. This training takes anatomy out of the textbook and puts it directly into the yoga practice, giving you the foundational knowledge you actually need to teach safer, more functional, body-aware classes.
We’ll explore the skeletal and muscular systems, major joints, fascia and myofascial lines, the breath, spine, core, shoulders, hips, knees, ankles, and feet, while looking at how these structures work together in movement. You’ll also explore tension versus compression, pain versus discomfort, skeletal variation, and why the same pose can—and should—look different from one body to another.
You’ll learn to move beyond rigid alignment rules and the idea that there is one “right” way to perform a pose. Instead of asking, “How do I get this body into the pose?” you’ll begin asking, “What are we trying to create in this body?”
Through experiential practices, you’ll learn to feel anatomy within your own body, observe it in others, and develop the confidence to make thoughtful choices about alignment, cueing, modifications, and movement.
This is anatomy for yoga teachers who want to understand what is actually happening beneath the pose—without needing to become an anatomy expert.
For those who want to continue deeper, this training provides the foundation for our 30-Hour Advanced Anatomy of Yoga, where we move beyond the musculoskeletal system to explore the nervous system, energetic anatomy, whole-body patterns, injuries, and the interconnected nature of the human experience.
Join us and learn to see beyond the shape of the pose—so you can teach the body in front of you with greater knowledge, curiosity, confidence, and care.
COURSE DETAILS
Online Schedule:
Start anytime. Study at your own rhythm.
Skill Levels:
All Levels.
Hours & Certification:
Worldwide recognized Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Course (YACEP).
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Your 20-Hour Anatomy of Yoga Course goes beyond learning bones and muscles—it’s an experiential exploration designed to help you understand anatomy, feel it in your own body, and apply it directly to the way you teach. When you join, you’ll receive:
- Access to all course materials through your student portal, including lifetime access to replays.
- A comprehensive digital anatomy workbook filled with visuals, key concepts, experiential practices, reflection questions, and tools to help you integrate what you’re learning.
- Recorded asana lab links focused on functional yoga alignment—giving you the opportunity to see anatomy in action and explore how poses change from body to body.
- Experiential anatomy practices that move the learning out of the textbook and into your body, helping you understand concepts like tension, compression, skeletal variation, stability, mobility, and functional movement.
- Email and WhatsApp access to your instructor, offering direct support and mentorship throughout the training.
- Access to the Frik-Shuhn Yoga community, including monthly community calls for connection, questions, and continued learning.
- Ongoing support after the program, including additional resources, reflections, and recommended readings to keep developing your understanding of the yoga body.
- An inclusive and trauma-informed learning space that honors anatomical variation and recognizes that there is no single “correct” way for every body to practice yoga.
- This isn’t about memorizing anatomy—it’s about learning to see the body differently, question one-size-fits-all alignment, and become a safer, more confident, body-aware yoga teacher.
COURSE PRICING
$ 111
For those who feel called to share this work more deeply, there’s also an optional mentorship available after the course. This add-on ($111) offers continued guidance and feedback to help you integrate the material and develop confidence teaching anatomy within yoga trainings.
SAVE WITH THE ANATOMY OF YOGA BUNDLE!
Take both Yoga Anatomy courses with a $61 discount.
Learn more about our 30-Hour Advanced Anatomy Of Yoga Course
$ 400
MEET YOUR FACILITATOR
Coylnn – Yoga teacher, nurse, Anatomy expert
Colynn Vosburgh is an international yoga educator, anatomy teacher, and former emergency room nurse who has spent more than 25 years studying the human body through both Western medicine and yoga.
Through her Yoga Is Science approach, she invites teachers to question what they’ve been taught, experience anatomy in their own bodies, and discover the fascinating places where ancient yogic wisdom and modern science meet.
TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR GRADUATES
Read reviews and testimonials from our students and graduates
I am incredibly grateful to everyone at SYI for creating such a thoughtful and meaningful program. Whether I end up teaching in a studio, at a retreat, or simply sharing yoga with the people around me, I know the lessons I learned at Mystical Yoga Farm will stay with me…
This virtual training taught me so much about the history of yoga and was extremely supportive, informative, and helpful being self paced. I am so grateful for the community of other individuals who were taking the course with me and how flexible and helpful all the yoga instructors were.
Taylor shares her transformational journey during her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica with School Yoga Institute.
I am grateful for my family, who helped get me there, and the SYI community who did everything in their power to uplift me. I have built a habit of doing morning Asana, meditation, breathwork, and mantra with my mala beads. I can confidently say this program has changed my…
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Kasi shares her transformational journey during her 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica with School Yoga Institute.
My experience with School Yoga Institute’s 2026 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Portugal was stellar. The instructors were amazing and they were the main highlight of my experience. They also made me feel comfortable being my authentic self and being vulnerable throughout the training.
I learned so much from this program. It has taught me and given me the tools I need to teach a Hatha flow and a Vinyasa flow. I have earned an understanding of yoga and meditation and the powerfully positive role they can play in a person’s daily life. Mostly,…
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