Modern Yoga Essentials
You don't need more anatomy, you need to know how to actually use it.
*Sale on until July 20. Modern Yoga Essentials is a 10-hour applied anatomy course that helps yoga teachers move beyond memorizing muscles and start understanding movement. Teach with more confidence, adapt poses for real bodies, and finally understand the why behind your cues.
Maybe you've taken anatomy before.
You know where the glutes are.
You can point to the psoas.
But when someone asks...
"What should I actually cue here?"
...everything suddenly feels much less clear.
That's where Modern Yoga Essentials is different.
Small changes. Big lightbulb moments.
Modern Yoga Essentials isn't about learning more anatomy.
It's about finally understanding how anatomy changes the way you move, cue, sequence and teach. No dry anatomy lectures here!
We believe movement is something you experience, not memorize.
That's why every lesson combines anatomy with movement, helping you immediately apply what you're learning to your own practice and your teaching.
The result?
More confidence.
Better cueing.
More adaptable sequencing.
More trust in your own decisions.
Loving the course, learning so very much! I am so amazed that we can live in this body/mind every day and yet keep learning new things about it and see what it is capable of! This course is like Christmas, every session is a new present I can’t wait to open, try out and then share! Thank you!
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Regular price: $345, sale price already applied! Sale ends July 20
Modern Yoga Essentials
$249 CAD /Total
Teach the Body in Front of You
Modern Yoga Essentials invites you to rethink what great yoga teaching looks like.
Instead of trying to fit every body into the same pose, you'll learn how to understand the purpose of a movement and adapt it to support the person in front of you.
Through four practical modules—Essential Spine, Essential Shoulders, Essential Hips, and Asana Lab—you'll build a modern, anatomy-informed understanding of movement that you can immediately apply to your own practice and your teaching.
You'll leave with the confidence to:
✔ Adapt poses for different bodies, abilities, and life stages.
✔ Understand movement instead of memorizing alignment cues.
✔ Sequence with greater clarity and purpose.
✔ Refresh and update what you learned in your original teacher training.
✔ Feel more inspired every time you teach.
Learn at your own pace. You'll have lifetime access, so you can revisit the lessons whenever you need a refresher, or a new perspective.
I have avoided Downward Dog due to shoulder issues. Now that I have gone through this course, I am amazed at how much stronger and mobile my whole shoulder complex has become. No more shoulder pain when I do the pose and it's made such a difference!!
Course Outline
I’m really enjoying the course. So glad I said yes to this as I'm already feeling a big difference in the way I understand human movement. And then connecting it with asana, it's so good!
Your Teacher
Brea Johnson is an internationally recognized yoga educator with over 20 years of experience in anatomy and movement. She leads workshops and trainings worldwide and is the founder of Heart + Bones, the leading online platform for anatomy-informed yoga, mobility, and inclusive movement with a team of expert teachers, offering online yoga, education, and teacher training that empowers people to move smarter, feel better, and sustain their practice for life.
Want the sale price but not ready to start the course? Purchase now for lifetime access so you can start learning whenever you're ready!
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Lifetime access, sale price already applied! Sale ends July 20
Modern Yoga Essentials
$249 CAD /Total
I love the emphasis on each individual discovering their own vision. It is not the "GURU" lens of relying on one person to guide us. Instead, I love that you are empowering a whole group of people to promote and generate a vision that is integrated with who they are as an individual. And yet, still in community.
Want to turn this into a yoga teacher certification?
Registration is now open for The Heart and Bones Yoga Teacher Certification. A new model of yoga teacher training that blends online education and live training.
Start with the Essentials and take it further.
The Essentials course is designed as a 10-hour stand-alone course focused on applied anatomy to support yoga asana and movement.
The Modern Yoga Essentials course is integrated within our other two courses, The Modern Yoga Teacher Development Course and the Modern Yoga Teacher Training (Combination of 200/300 hour certification).
Want to be certified as a 200-hour or 300-hour yoga teacher in this approach? Registration opens on August 15th for the next cohort of our internationally celebrated Modern Yoga Teacher Training certification. But you can start with the Essentials!
Join hundreds of other teachers who have trained in this approach and are leading with love and teaching with purpose. If you want to join the certification, you'll get the Essentials and Modern Yoga Development course as well as the exclusive certification content plus monthly live calls and mentorship. Click here for more information about the teacher training.
**If you have already purchased the Modern Yoga Teacher Development Course or The Modern Yoga Certification Course, you will automatically have Modern Yoga Essentials added to your account soon!**
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You will immediately receive access to the entire course. Sale ends July 26