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Teacher Training

200-Hour RYT Yoga Teacher Training

Study of the Self and Deepening the Practice

Students in the 200 hour Teacher Training Program embark on a journey deeper into their practice and themselves. For many, the agreement to join the program marks the first time the student accepts a more rigorous schedule of study and a more comprehensive definition of the practice. From this new challenge, students have the opportunity to discover more subtle, interior layers of themselves. Students will be given a classical yogic framework with which to reevaluate habits and patterns in mind and body as to their relevance in the present. This course is relevant to anyone wishing a deeper understanding of the system of yoga, even if teaching is not a goal.

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 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training begins September 20, 2013

Areas of Study

Yoga Practice

  • The purpose and function of primary asanas in the system of yoga
  • Creating a context for understanding commonalities of the asanas and reasons for their differences
  • Deconstructing the asanas into their component parts
  • Asanas and their relationship to gravity
  • Introduction to breath awareness

Anatomy and Physiology

  • Functional anatomy and physiology of neuro-musculo-skeletal and cardio-pulmonary systems
  • Relationships of anatomical systems and how asanas affect and are affected by these connections
  • Understanding the various in muscular actions as they relate to movement and stability

Philosophy

  • Yamas and niyamas (guidelines for a life of integrity, tranquility, contentment, and harmony with other people and the environment at large)
  • Theory of karma and dharma (balanced living)
  • Vrittis and kleshas (modes of perceiving the world and obstacles to meditation and practice)

Teaching Skills

  • Bringing awareness and learning ways to perform effective demonstrations through your own bod
  • Introduction to verbal skills
  • Introduction to visual evaluation skills
  • Making poses accessible to all students through use of props, modifications, or alternatives
  • Learn basic Sanskrit alphabet and chanting seed (bija) syllables
  • Learning Sanskrit asana names and their correct pronunciation
  • Consideration of the qualities of an effective yoga teacher

Practicum

  • Participate in classes
  • Observing sequences in classes taught by others
  • How to use touch in partner work and assists
  • Attending weekly study group meditation
  • Study and practice of essential meditative techniques centering on concentration and awareness skills
  • Methods to release the mind from fixated thinking, to balance what is reactive, to open our hearts, and work with difficult emotions
  • The practice of Maitri, or friendliness, to ourselves and all beings

Teacher Training Special Workshops

  1. Overview: The System of Hatha Yoga, Theory and Practice
  2. Breathing: Awareness of the Breath
  3. Life Style: Ayurveda
  4. Sanskrit: Asana Names and Sanskrit Pronunciation
  5. Practicum: Home Practice & Restorative/Study of Chakras
  6. Overview of course

Successful completion of the 200 hour Program will allow the participant to register with the Yoga Alliance as a  200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (200hr RYT).