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Something in you wants to understand the pose, not copy it.
The Mastermap of Alignment: A 24-Pose Online Yoga Alignment Course
A deeper way to understand your practice. Across 24 self-paced lessons, Deep Kumar draws on 22 years of teaching experience to bring ancient Indian alignment wisdom into clear, practical guidance for the modern body, so you can practise with greater clarity and safety, breathe with more freedom, and understand what each pose is designed for.
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YOUR MIND
The challenge with alignment
When Familiar Poses Still Leave You Guessing
Am I doing this correctly?
You may know the names of the poses and be able to follow the sequence, but how do you know that the way you are doing them is right for your body? You may be able to copy the shape of a posture quite easily, yet still wonder whether you are using the right muscles, creating unnecessary tension, or simply relying on your flexibility to get there. If you are less flexible, you may feel a great deal in the posture; if you are very flexible, you may feel almost nothing. So what is the reference point? How do you know what is actually happening in your body?
This becomes even more important when you teach. You may know the posture and the alignment cues, but understanding the principles behind them allows you to see what is happening in each individual body and know how to guide the student from there.
The challenge is not simply creating the shape. It is understanding what is happening underneath it.
Conflicting cues
Joint pressure
Disturbed breath
Uncertain adaptations
The Gap in the understanding
When You Learn the Shape, But Not the Posture
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Copying without understanding
You learn the shape or follow the instructions without fully understanding what is happening in your body.
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The Body Compensates
Your body finds its own way to create the shape, sometimes through unnecessary tension or effort.
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You Lose Confidence in Our Practice
When things don't feel right and you don't understand why, you become uncertain about your practice and may eventually stop practicing.
When we don’t understand what is happening in the body, we lose the confidence to know what to adjust, when to go deeper, and when to ease off. This is what The Mastermap of Alignment is designed to change.
Introducing the program
The Mastermap of Alignment
24 Poses. One Journey from Pose to Presence.
The Mastermap of Alignment brings together 24 foundational yoga postures into one clear and practical way of understanding your body and your practice.
With 22 years of teaching experience, Deep Kumar guides you through alignment from the feet up, with the breath first—learning how the body is organised in each posture, how the joints are supported, how the muscles work, and how to recognise unnecessary effort.
Each lesson goes beyond simply learning the shape of a posture. You will understand what is happening within the body, why the posture is practised in a particular way, and how to use the breath and your own awareness as a guide.
As you learn the 24 postures and how they relate to one another, they become more than individual poses. They become a map for building a balanced, intelligent and sustainable yoga practice.
Ancient wisdom · Modern clarity · One pose at a time
Where physical precision becomes inner awareness
From Following Instructions To Reading Your Own Practice
Yoga is often learned by following instructions: place the foot here, move the knee there, lift the chest, lengthen the spine. These instructions can be useful, but they cannot account for every body, every breath, or every day.
The Mastermap teaches you to work with principles rather than depend on a fixed set of instructions. As you practise, you begin to recognise when to create more stability, when to soften, when to go deeper, and when to stop. You also learn the contraindications and considerations of each posture, so you can recognise when a posture needs to be modified, approached differently, or avoided altogether.
This gives you something more valuable than a collection of perfectly performed postures: the ability to adapt your practice to your own body.
With this approach, alignment becomes something you can apply whether you are practising alone, learning a new posture, working with a different body, or teaching someone else.
“Alignment creates the conditions in which breath, body, and attention can meet.“
The Mastermap of Alignment
One map that travels through every pose
What You Learn in a Yoga Alignment Course
A meaningful alignment course teaches principles you can carry from one shape to another, and from physical practice into quiet presence.
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Build poses from the ground up through the feet, arches, legs, pelvis, spine, shoulders, neck, and gaze.
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Use the breath as immediate feedback for when to stay, adjust, or step back.
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Recognise the difference between productive muscular work and pressure inside a joint.
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Preserve the natural curves of the spine instead of flattening or exaggerating them.
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Use blocks, blankets, belts, towels, books, and walls as intelligent support.
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Practice all four stages: entering, staying, leaving, and absorbing.
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Follow the heart through folds, twists, and backbends so movement remains spacious.
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Observe the effect of a pose without judging the body, breath, thought, or feeling.
What many practitioners miss is that alignment is not static. The right depth today may be different tomorrow. A prop is not evidence that you have failed, and a deeper shape is not evidence that you have succeeded. The true measure is whether intelligence, breath, and presence can remain together inside the pose.
Begin exactly where you are
Who The Mastermap of Alignment Is For
You do not need exceptional flexibility, a particular body shape, or years of practice. You need curiosity, a mat, and a willingness to listen,
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Dedicated practitioners
Understand what is happening inside familiar poses rather than simply moving through them.
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Yoga teachers
Bring clearer foundational cues, intelligent variations, and stronger reasoning into your guidance.
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Newer practitioners
Build sound habits early through observation, support, and breath-led practice.
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Experienced practitioners
Discover how greater depth can come from refinement rather than more advanced shapes.
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People returning to yoga
Rebuild your relationship with practice patiently and attentively.
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Curious students
Explore the meeting point between traditional Indian teaching and modern practical clarity.
A word for the hesitant
You Do Not Need to Be Advanced
The journey starts with Tadasana (mountain pose) because the most important foundations are already present in standing. You are never asked to force your body toward a final version. Props, bent knees, accessible variations, and breath checks are part of intelligent practice.
Six chapters · Twenty-four doorways
The Complete 24-Lesson Curriculum
The sequence moves from standing architecture through strength, surrender, backbending, witnessing, release, and deep rest. One chapter opens at a time.
The blueprint held within standing. What you discover here becomes the foundation beneath every pose that follows.
01
Tadasana
Mountain pose
The Organic Pose That Unlocks All Others
Build the body from the four points of each foot, find neutral pelvis, protect the knees, and use the breath as your measure.
02
Vrksasana
Tree pose
Rooted, Stable, Present Like a Tree
Balance safely, protect the standing knee, and bring the pelvis toward the front without sacrificing steadiness.
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Utkatasana
Chair pose
The Strength That Protects Your Knees
Awaken the inner thighs and descend only as far as the diaphragm remains free.
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Virabhadrasana I
Warrior I
Strength to Face Your Own Self
Establish a safe foot base, lift the lower back, and let muscular work return the mind to the body.
Experience strength without hardness and surrender without collapse through four essential standing poses.
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Parsvottanasana
Intense side stretch
The Calming, Energising Side Stretch
Lead from the heart, protect the knee through the patella, and use support to keep the spine long.
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Virabhadrasana II
Warrior II
Grounded Power, Quiet Mind
Sense unequal weight, free the front knee, and extend through the arms without hardening the shoulders.
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Trikonasana
Triangle pose
Where the Mind Comes to Rest
Align thigh, knee, and second toe, move from the hip, soften the ribs, and keep the neck spacious.
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Adho Mukha Svanasana
Downward-facing dog
The Shape of Surrender
Rebuild the pose through the hands, shoulders, spine, pelvis, and breath, bending the knees whenever needed.
Respond to the patterns of modern life and let the heart lead without asking the lower back to carry the whole pose.
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Bhujangasana
Cobra pose
The Art of Relaxed Alertness
Lift with the back muscles rather than the arms, support the lumbar when needed, and keep the throat soft.
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Salabhasana
Locust pose
Undoing the Century of Rounded Shoulders
Work from the inner thighs, restore the shoulders, align the head, and release unnecessary tension in the toes.
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Virasana
Hero pose
Sitting Your Way into Stillness
Create space for the knees, use height under the sit bones, and open both sides of the body evenly.
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Ustrasana
Camel pose
Let the Heart Lead the Way
Keep the thighs behind the knees, the tailbone descending, and the heart lifted through entry and return.
Come closer to your centre, where rotation, core strength, backbending, seated alignment, and witnessing meet.
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Marichyasana I
Marichi’s twist
Twist from the Core, Lengthen with the Breath
Find the heel distance that preserves breath and rotate in layers from the core to the gaze.
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Navasana
Boat pose
When the Muscles Bring You Home
Balance across the pelvis, lift the heart, keep the chin parallel, and let the muscles collect the mind.
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Setu Bandhasana
Bridge pose
A Bridge into Witnessing
Align knees over ankles, lift from the thighs, rotate the shoulders, and preserve space through the neck.
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Dandasana
Staff pose
Learning How to Truly Sit
Restore the natural lumbar curve, awaken the arches, roll the thighs inward, and allow the brain to quiet.
Explore how folds, shoulder opening, and adaptable core work create quietness while the breath remains free.
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Janu Sirsasana
Head-to-knee pose
Folding into a Juicy Silence
Fold through a lifted heart, protect the knee, and let relaxed temples guide the depth.
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Paschimottanasana
Seated forward fold
Where Body and Mind Meet
Recognise knee hyperextension, support the lumbar, and direct the stretch away from the sacrum.
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Gomukhasana
Cow face pose
Connected Through One Breath
Root through the sit bones, soften the ribs, and use a towel or belt to make the bind honest.
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Utthanpadasana
Raised leg pose
Gentle Lifts, Deep Core Healing
Protect the lumbar curve, bend the knees or work one leg at a time, and use gentle strength.
Prepare to release effort consciously, so stillness becomes something you can receive rather than simply the moment movement stops.
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Pawanmuktasana
Wind-releasing pose
The Pose That Hugs You Back
Find the grip that keeps the temples relaxed and rest long enough to receive the effect.
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Ardha Sarvangasana
Half shoulder stand
The Cooling Inversion
Use folded blankets, keep weight on the shoulders, respect contraindications, and build gradually.
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Supta Matsyendrasana
Reclined spinal twist
The Wonder of the Body
Keep both shoulders grounded, support the knees, and follow the movement of the diaphragm.
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Savasana
Final relaxation
The Most Advanced Pose of All
Support the body’s natural curves, scan from toes to crown, and use the breath as an anchor in the present.
“Let your Precise Practice become your Clarity and Confidence“
24 video lessons · Lifetime access
Founder and Lead Teacher, Yoga New Vision
Meet Your Teacher,
Deep Kumar
24 Poses. One Journey from Body to Presence.
Deep Kumar came to yoga not as a career, but as a calling. Born and raised in India, he trained in some of the most prestigious academies in the country before spending two decades founding schools, teaching thousands of students, and quietly refining what he believed yoga could truly be.
Yoga New Vision is his fourth school, and his most personal. It is the one he built when he finally had the clarity to offer yoga in its purest, most embodied form.
In the shala, Deep is unlike most teachers you have encountered. He carries the curiosity of a scientist and the warmth of a dear friend. He teaches with laughter, with precision, and with a genuine delight in watching something unlock in you. Many call him the laughter yogi, and when you experience a session with him, you will understand why.
His philosophy is beautifully simple: understand your body, understand your mind, and in that understanding, you are already transformed.
“Understand your body, understand your mind, and through that understanding, transformation begins.“
Ancient wisdom, taught with modern clarity
The School Behind the Course
At Yoga New Vision, we believe wisdom has many voices. The ancient teachings of Indian yoga speak to the soul. Modern science speaks to the body. Eastern philosophy maps the inner landscape. Western psychology and research give language to what we feel, live, and pass on. When all of these are honoured fully, something beautiful happens, not a compromise, but a coming home.
This is the heart of our YNV Method: a holistic yoga teacher training approach where Eastern wisdom meets Western science, where ancient philosophy meets modern psychology, and where timeless practice is illuminated by today’s research. We hold every tradition with equal reverence, drawing on the discoveries of three extraordinary scientists to deepen what yoga has always known.
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FROM THE HEARTS OF OUR Students
What Students Say About Learning With Deep
Fifteen thousand students since 2009, in more than fifty countries, and five stars across Google, Yoga Alliance and Facebook. What moves us is not the number. It is the note that arrives from someone practising alone in a living room on the other side of the world, who has just understood a pose they have been doing for ten years.
5.0
He teaches the purpose of yoga, not just the posture
“Deep is an incredible yoga teacher. His courses go far beyond teaching yoga asanas with the right posture and alignment; he teaches the true meaning and purpose of yoga.”
5.0
Like attending a retreat in India
“An excellent course that explains the asanas from an authentic Eastern perspective. The teacher inspires trust and positivity, as if you were attending a retreat in India.”
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As a yoga teacher, I'm here to learn
“I find this course very detailed and informative. As a yoga teacher myself, I am watching Deep to learn more about every pose. He explains everything so well.”
5.0
Nothing had worked before this
“What is amazing about Deep is his meticulous approach to describing each pose, point, and pressure system. As someone looking to reduce weight when nothing in the past has worked, this has been incredibly helpful.”
5.0
My body feels open and free of fatigue
“The instructor provided many fine details on each pose, from start to finish, with modifications. My body feels more open and completely free of fatigue. I highly recommend this course to all levels, including teachers.”
5.0
My Surya Namaskar improved without strain
“This program really helped explain the posture and technique of major individual asanas. I feel my Surya Namaskar has improved significantly; I can now perform it more comfortably without strain.”
5.0
The basics done correctly — what's missing today
“The explanations about the poses — including how to enter and exit them — are very detailed. This course shows how to perform basic poses correctly, which is exactly what is lacking nowadays.”
5.0
Perfect for beginners and advanced students alike
“This course is perfect for any yogi, whether beginner or advanced. It is easily understandable and accessible, yet also teaches how to go deeper into the asana while incorporating the breath.”
5.0
He teaches the purpose of yoga, not just the posture
“Deep is an incredible yoga teacher. His courses go far beyond teaching yoga asanas with the right posture and alignment; he teaches the true meaning and purpose of yoga.”
5.0
Like attending a retreat in India
“An excellent course that explains the asanas from an authentic Eastern perspective. The teacher inspires trust and positivity, as if you were attending a retreat in India.”
5.0
As a yoga teacher, I'm here to learn
“I find this course very detailed and informative. As a yoga teacher myself, I am watching Deep to learn more about every pose. He explains everything so well.”
5.0
Nothing had worked before this
“What is amazing about Deep is his meticulous approach to describing each pose, point, and pressure system. As someone looking to reduce weight when nothing in the past has worked, this has been incredibly helpful.”
5.0
My body feels open and free of fatigue
“The instructor provided many fine details on each pose, from start to finish, with modifications. My body feels more open and completely free of fatigue. I highly recommend this course to all levels, including teachers.”
5.0
My Surya Namaskar improved without strain
“This program really helped explain the posture and technique of major individual asanas. I feel my Surya Namaskar has improved significantly; I can now perform it more comfortably without strain.”
5.0
The basics done correctly — what's missing today
“The explanations about the poses — including how to enter and exit them — are very detailed. This course shows how to perform basic poses correctly, which is exactly what is lacking nowadays.”
5.0
Perfect for beginners and advanced students alike
“This course is perfect for any yogi, whether beginner or advanced. It is easily understandable and accessible, yet also teaches how to go deeper into the asana while incorporating the breath.”
5.0
Alignment, not a rigid posture everyone must copy
“Simple yet detailed explanations of the asanas. The instructions focus on proper alignment rather than a rigid, standard posture that everyone thinks they must copy.”
5.0
Modifications and care so students don't get hurt
“Deep is a great yoga teacher who gives clear instructions with plenty of modifications. He shows a lot of care and attention to detail so students do not get hurt.”
5.0
For anyone looking for a healing practice
“If anyone is looking for a healing yoga practice, they must take this course. It offers very in-depth details about standing postures, spine twisting, back bending, counterposes, and a relaxing Savasana.”
5.0
It shielded me from injury as a beginner
“An amazing course for a beginner who wants to take a leap into the world of yoga. The instructor guides you very efficiently through each asana, shielding you from injury.”
5.0
Detailed, but never patronizing
“I am truly being educated here. There is great attention to detail, but it is delivered in a friendly, encouraging, and non-patronizing way. The small steps are simple and beautiful.”
5.0
It feels like a good friend is guiding your practice
“I was deeply appreciative of the content and the manner of presentation. The Yogi is warm and compassionate — it feels as if a good friend is guiding your practice.”
5.0
I feel fortunate to have found such a master
“It is a wonderful learning experience learning from Deep Sir. He is highly enlightening, incredibly calm, down-to-earth, and his teaching style is gentle. I feel blessed and fortunate to have found such a master.”
5.0
Alignment, not a rigid posture everyone must copy
“Simple yet detailed explanations of the asanas. The instructions focus on proper alignment rather than a rigid, standard posture that everyone thinks they must copy.”
5.0
Modifications and care so students don't get hurt
“Deep is a great yoga teacher who gives clear instructions with plenty of modifications. He shows a lot of care and attention to detail so students do not get hurt.”
5.0
For anyone looking for a healing practice
“If anyone is looking for a healing yoga practice, they must take this course. It offers very in-depth details about standing postures, spine twisting, back bending, counterposes, and a relaxing Savasana.”
5.0
It shielded me from injury as a beginner
“An amazing course for a beginner who wants to take a leap into the world of yoga. The instructor guides you very efficiently through each asana, shielding you from injury.”
5.0
Detailed, but never patronizing
“I am truly being educated here. There is great attention to detail, but it is delivered in a friendly, encouraging, and non-patronizing way. The small steps are simple and beautiful.”
5.0
It feels like a good friend is guiding your practice
“I was deeply appreciative of the content and the manner of presentation. The Yogi is warm and compassionate — it feels as if a good friend is guiding your practice.”
5.0
I feel fortunate to have found such a master
“It is a wonderful learning experience learning from Deep Sir. He is highly enlightening, incredibly calm, down-to-earth, and his teaching style is gentle. I feel blessed and fortunate to have found such a master.”
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One map. A lifetime of deeper practice.
Your Investment
You are receiving a map you can return to across years of practice, whenever a familiar pose feels unclear, compressed, rushed, or disconnected from its deeper purpose.
- All 24 video lessons with Deep Kumar
- Your Companion Workbook: The Theory Behind Every Pose
- The complete six-module journey
- Lifetime course access
- Alignment, prop, and safety guidance
- Eligibility for a 20-hour YACEP certificate after course completion
- 14-day refund window
- Bonus Lesson: Vara Ananda: The Sutra of Happiness and Bliss
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The Mastermap can stand alone as a focused alignment course or become a thoughtful first step before a longer training.
01 Complete foundation
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Bali
For those ready to study practice, philosophy, anatomy, teaching, and Yoga Alliance certification.
02 Advanced path
300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
For certified teachers ready to deepen their understanding and expand their teaching.
03 Therapeutic study
50-Hour Yoga Therapy Training
For practitioners and teachers seeking a more clinically informed way to adapt yoga.
Clarity before you begin
Frequently Asked Questions
The course is described with its scope and limitations in full, because clear expectations are part of a learning space built on trust.
The Course and Its Purpose
The Mastermap of Alignment is a self-paced online yoga alignment course taught by Deep Kumar. Across 24 foundational poses and approximately two hours of video teaching, it bridges precise physical alignment, breath awareness, intelligent prop use, joint support, and the inward experience that remains after each pose.
No. The course is designed for both yoga practitioners and teachers. Practitioners can use it to understand their own poses more clearly, while existing teachers can refine foundational cues and variations. It does not qualify a new teacher or replace a complete yoga teacher-training program.
No. You do not need advanced poses or exceptional flexibility. The course begins with foundational standing alignment and includes lower variations, bent-knee options, and common props. The goal is to understand your structure and breath, not to force your body toward a standardized final shape.
The principles are taught through foundational poses commonly found in Hatha and Vinyasa practice. Because the course emphasizes feet, joints, pelvis, spinal curves, breath, props, and awareness, many of the principles can support thoughtful practice across different yoga styles.
Studying and Access
The total video runtime is approximately two hours across 24 lessons. Your actual learning time will be longer because the course is designed to be practiced, paused, and revisited. You may complete it intensively or spread it across several weeks or months.
The course is self-paced. There are no live sessions, cohort dates, or required attendance times. You can begin after enrollment and move through the lessons according to your own schedule.
You receive lifetime course access through your Yoga New Vision account. This allows you to repeat the full sequence or return to one pose whenever you need to review its alignment and practice guidance.
Videos are not downloadable and remain available for streaming through the online course platform during your lifetime access period. A downloadable workbook is included, covering the name, benefits, and contraindications of every pose in the course, so you can use it digitally or print it for your own reference.
Props are helpful but not all are required for every lesson. Deep uses items such as blocks, blankets, belts, towels, walls, and stacks of books to make poses more intelligent and accessible. You can begin with a mat and gather the relevant support before each lesson.
Safety, Certification, and Scope
Yes. Upon completing all 24 lessons plus 20 hours of personal practice, you can receive a 20-hour Yoga Alliance YACEP continuing education certificate through Yoga New Vision. Yoga New Vision is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School, and certification is available once your practice hours are recorded and submitted.
No. The course may deepen the alignment understanding of someone who already teaches, but it does not provide a teaching qualification. If you want to become a certified yoga teacher, explore Yoga New Vision's eligible 200-hour teacher-training program.
No. Some lessons include thoughtful modifications and general safety guidance, but the course does not diagnose conditions, prescribe rehabilitation, or provide individual therapy. Seek qualified medical or therapeutic guidance for injuries, recent surgery, uncontrolled high blood pressure, or other conditions that make a pose uncertain.
Come out of the pose and reassess. Deep distinguishes muscular work from pressure inside a joint and repeatedly uses the breath as feedback. Sharp pain, joint pressure, numbness, dizziness, or unusual symptoms are reasons to stop and seek appropriate professional guidance rather than push further.
Investment and Enrollment
The introductory investment is $79 USD. It includes the 24 lessons and lifetime access.
Yes. A 14-day refund window applies from enrollment, subject to the final published terms. Those terms should explain the request method and any eligibility conditions before the enrollment page goes live.
No. The Mastermap of Alignment uses direct enrollment. Once the checkout URL is added, you can join without an application or discovery call.
You can begin at any time after completing enrollment and receiving access to the course platform. There is no fixed cohort or start date.
The pose is only the beginning
One Map, 24 Doorways
You have seen the complete journey: the foundations, the 24 poses, the teaching method, the pace, the investment, and the honest limits of what this course provides. If your practice is ready to go deeper, begin with the very first pose. It holds the key to all the others.
