Yoga Teacher Training

Advanced Studies Program

June - August 2012

Deepen Your Practice with Brigitte Snyder & Martin Doluz

Special Guest: Heidi Hopkins

 

Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School - RYS 200hrs

Receive Yoga Alliance RYT - 200 Status

Mission Statement

 

The Yoga Teacher’s Training/Advanced Studies Program, which when completed makes the student eligible to receive Yoga Alliance RYT-200 Status, is a 3 month intensive course for a small group of students who wish to make yoga an integral part of daily life. The program is designed for the committed yoga practitioner who is looking to deepen all aspects of their personal practice as well as completely preparing and supporting those who wish to teach yoga.

 

Sharing over 20 years of combined experience, this transformational Yoga Teacher's Training will take you deep into the heart of yoga.  This Advanced Studies program includes an immersion into the principles of technique and alignment, pranayama, meditation, physical and energetic anatomy and physiology, teaching methodology, yoga philosophy including Patanjali's yoga sutras, hands on adjustments and more.

 

Yoga is a path of self realization and this program is guaranteed to take your practice to a new level and nurture all aspects of the yogic life.  Brigitte and Martin consider this training to be a mentorship and are committed to helping each student with their individual path.  The program will provide you with the skills that allow you to be the most effective teacher and to share yoga from the experience of it's true essence.

 

Guest teachers will be participating in the sharing of Anatomy, Physiology and other specific focus areas.

Curriculum Details

 

100 hours of Techniques of Yoga:

 

Includes exploration of all standing and seated poses, twists, backbends, forward bends, balancing poses and inversions with a strong emphasis on alignment. Understanding and teaching yoga for all levels, connecting the poses into a rhythmic flow, restorative yoga and use of props. Pranayama, centering and meditation techniques. Principals of sequencing and developing class themes.

 

30 hours of Yoga Teaching Methodology:

 

Principles of demonstration and observation, including hands on and verbal skills in assisting and making adjustments, oral presentation skills, how to create a sacred yoga space through the use of music and lighting. Teaching styles, developing the qualities of a teacher, understanding the student’s process of learning and business aspects of teaching yoga.

 

20 hours of Yoga Anatomy & Physiology:

 

Both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, glands, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, prana, bhandas, etc.). Includes both the study of the subject and the application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, ect.).

 

30 hours of Yoga Philosophy, Ethics & Lifestyle:

 

Basic Philosophy of yoga, history of yoga, principles of Ayurveda, the study of the sutras of Patanjali (including the 8 limbs of yoga). Ethics for Yoga teachers, living the life of a yogi, how to run a yoga business.

 

20 hours of Yoga Practicum:

 

Practice teaching, developing oral presentation skills, hearing/giving feedback, as wells as observing and assisting classes taught by others.

Required Reading/DVDs

 

"Light on Yoga” by B.K.S. Iyengar

 

“Yoga: The Iyengar Way” by Silva, Myras and Shyam Mehta;

 

"Moving Toward Balance, 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee” by Rodney Yee and Nina Zolotow

 

"How to Know God, The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood

 

"Yoga Body: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana” by Judith Hanson Lasater, PH.D, P.T.

 

“Scientific Keys Volume I: The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga.” by Ray Long MD FRCSC

 

DVD: Yoganatomy - an introduction to anatomy for practitioners and teachers with David Keil Volume 1 & Volume 2

 

Required books and DVDs not included in tuition cost.

Registration

 

Please download and complete the registration form. We must have this completed form before the program begins.

 

Fees

 

$2,900 total tuition due by May 18th, 2012.

 

$200 non-refundable deposit to hold your space in the program (Applied toward total tuition).

 

Payment Options

 

We accept payment by PayPal. Please click the appropriate button below to make your payment.

Click this button to make an initial deposit
to hold your place in the class:
$200.00
   
Non-Refundable Deposit:
$200.00
   
Balance Due After Non-Refundable Deposit:
$2700.00
   
Payment in Full:
$2900.00
   

PLEASE NOTE: Teacher's Training is Currently Open for Registration.

 

*Required reading books not included in tuition cost.

 

Students:

Course Dates and Times:

10 day yoga intensive

 

    •Friday, June 1 to Sunday, June 10, 2012

    •8:00am - 6:30pm each day

 

4 weekend yoga workshops

 

    •June 29, 30 and July 1

    •July 20, 21 and 22

    •August 10, 11 and 12

    •August 17, 18 and 19

    •Session times:

        ◦Friday 5:30pm - 10:00pm

        ◦Saturday, 8:00am - 6:30pm

        ◦Sunday, 8:00am - 6:30pm

 

 

Curriculum Details:

Program Tuition:

$2900

(including $200 non-refundable deposit to reserve your space)