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Teacher Training

300-Hour RYT Yoga Teacher Training

The Decision to Teach

Students of the 300 Hour Teacher Training Program refine their practice of asana while continuing the process of becoming teachers. More subtle movement and energy concepts are presented and digested. New skills are introduced as the students begin to practice teaching. The course will apply the information from the 200 Hour or equivalent course specifically to teaching skills for various applications and levels of students. This course will also expand on communication skills, class sequences, adjustments, therapeutic applications and philosophy and qualify the practitioner for the 500hr certification. The next 300hr training is scheduled for January 2013.

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Areas of Study

Yoga Practice

  • integrating the 200 hour lessons into practice
  • yoga for special needs: Therapeutic, Restorative
  • how asana, pranyama, and awareness affect and are affected by the psychology and physiology of the practitioner

Anatomy and Physiology

  • further exploration of how asana affect the organs and how the organs affect the asana
  • yoga as a diagnostic and therapeutic medium
  • subtle anatomy: chakras, nadis, bandhas, and prana
  • primary pranayama

Philosophy

  • in-depth study of topics covered in the 200 Hour session
  • discussion of assigned readings: excerpts from the Upanishads, Tantra, and Bhagavad Gita

Teaching Skills

  • learn criteria to assess a student’s practice
  • cultivate and apply verbal skills in instruction
  • further development of hands-on skills and assisting students
  • theory and practice of class structure for various levels of students, and for various effects—energizing, cleansing, meditative, calming
  • further refinement of Sanskrit pronunciation
  • effective use of the voice
  • deeper exploration into the path of becoming a successful yoga teacher

Practicum

  • continue class participation
  • observation/critique of various classes
  • theory and practice in sequencing
  • practice of adjustments, assists, and corrections
  • student teaching

Teacher Training Special Workshops

  1. Philosophy: Yoga Sutras
  2. Practicum: Pranayama and Dhyana
  3. Practicum: Restorative Yoga and Exploration of the Chakras
  4. Practicum: Teaching Through Adjustments and Assists
  5. Ethics: Partner Work
  6. The Business of Yoga
  7. Ayurveda
  8. Anatomy: Therapeutics
  9. Subtle Anatomy: Asana, Chakras, Nadis and Bandhas