TEACHER TRAINING
August 16th, 2008, through January 31st, 2009.
Saturdays, 12:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location:
- Sattva Yoga Center, 22213 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, Michigan
Training Objectives:
- To establish / enhance your personal practice and understanding of Yoga.
- Building upon the personal practice and learning the skills needed to serve as an instructor of Hatha Yoga.
Certification:
- Sattva Yoga Center is in the process of becoming a Registered Yoga School with the Yoga Alliance. The length of the training program is 250 hours. This meets and exceeds the RYT 200 standards set by the Yoga Alliance. Upon successful completion of the training (including the successful completion of a comprehensive final exam), a certificate will be issued.
Topics covered:
- General review of the History and Traditions of Yoga.
- Philosophy of Yoga as outlined various classical texts including the Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Sutras.
- Yamas and Niyamas: Exploring the necessary ethical practices required for bringing Yoga into everyday life.
- Introduction to Sanskrit, the language of Yoga.
- Introduction to Chanting in Sanskrit.
- Determining the current physical and mental constraints in one’s practice, and exploring ways of removing these constraints.
- The principles of vinyäsa.
- Introduction to various established styles of Hatha Yoga (through workshops).
- Detailed exploration of traditional äsanas (poses) with respect to natural alignment, energetic actions, risks, benefits, preparatory poses, counter-poses, variations, modifications, and use of props.
- Functional anatomy in relation to yoga.
- Practice of pränäyama (breath regulation) and Bandhas (energetic locks).
- Practice of kriyas (cleansing actions).
- Study of the energetic body – chakras, nädis.
- The art of hands-on adjustments.
- Skills needed to teach multi-level classes.
- The art of sequencing and structuring a class - beginner and intermediate vinyäsa, and restorative.
- Class observations, and practice-teaching.
- The ethics of teaching.
- Business/professional topics.
- Establishing a Meditation Practice.
Texts:
Required Texts:
- The Heart of Yoga – T.K.V. Desikachar
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Translation by Swami Muktibodhananda
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – Translation by Swami Satchidananda
Additional Recommended Texts:
- Light on Yoga – B.K.S. Iyengar
- Ashtanga Yoga, The Practice Manual – David Swenson
- The Yoga Tradition – Georg Feuerstein
- Anatomy of Hatha Yoga – Dave Coulter
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