200 hour program
THE 2012 YOGASOURCE 200 HOUR FOUNDATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING – REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Director: Linda Schlamadinger McGrath
Guest Teachers: Kevin Collins, Angela Gavin, Todd Laberge and Erin Matteucci
Follow your dreams and enroll for the most well-rounded, interesting, and practical training for the instruction of Flow Yoga! This program is ideal for serious students and aspiring teachers alike. It covers EVERYTHING you need to know in order to teach a Flow Yoga class as we've perfected here at YogaSource, Silicon Valley's Premier Yoga Studio. Most of our award-winning teachers have started their careers with this exact training. Take the leap and pursue your passion!
Successful completion of both modules leads to our 200-Hour Certification, recognized by the Yoga Alliance, the nation's leading accreditation authority.
LEVEL 1 – 100 HOUR MODULE
Dates and location of next Level 1 – 100 Hour Module:
Sept 2nd - 9th 2012 (7:30am – 5:30pm) in LOS GATOS
Cost: $1299 ($250 of which is a non-refundable deposit due with the application)
The Level 1 Module is the first step of our training program. It is presented during an intense week of all-day training which will change your practice forever!
The very first thing a yoga teacher must learn is how to read bodies and assist the students in creating a safe practice, so our Level 1 focuses on practical anatomy. It is on this solid basis that we build the break-down of poses, breath work, and sequencing. Every day involves hours of practice-teaching under the Director's involved supervision designed to "get your feet wet" within the safe environment of the program and smoothly bridge your transition into real-life teaching. At the end of this week, you will have intimate familiarity with the basic poses of Flow Yoga, a good framework for reading bodies and assisting with injuries, as well as significant amount of experience teaching, including a full class from beginning to end!
An Individual Project is required to complete the 100 hours and can take the form of a research paper or a specialty workshop. We discuss this in detail during Level 1. You will have until 90 days after the end of Level TWO that same year to complete it.
LEVEL 2 – 100 HOUR MODULE
Dates and location of next 100 Hour Level 2 Module:
Oct. 13th- Nov. 18th 2012*
Saturdays and Sundays (7:30am – 5:30pm) in Los Gatos
*No Class on November 3rd or 4th
Cost: $1399 ($250 of which is a non-refundable deposit due with the application)
The Level 2 Module is the second building block of our Foundational teacher training program.* It is designed to unlock your creative potential through the most thorough study of sequencing strategy provided in any yoga training in the US and a deep yet practical exposé of the philosophical movements that have shaped the practice.
Sequencing is the most challenging aspect of teaching Flow Yoga. Each class, students expect you to pull something new out of the hat and still make it safe, accessible and harmonious. We examine how sequencing strategy differs across the major schools, from Krishnamacharya's direct legacy of Ashtanga, Iyengar and Viniyoga to the more modern offshoots of Anusara, Power, and Forrest Yoga. Along the way, you will build your own sequencing philosophy and learn many tools to help nurture your creativity with asanas, kriyas, pranayamas, vinyasas and larger sequences. Everybody will experience designing and teaching a full class to a group under the Director's involved supervision, designed to "get your feet wet" within the safe environment of the program and smoothly bridge your transition into real-life teaching.
Parallel to this undertaking, you will also delve into the philosophy of Yoga spanning a history of over 5000 years. We begin with the ancient Vedas and Upanishads and track the refinement of their ideas in the Baghavad Gita and later in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. We then examine the non-dualist counter-current brought by Vedanta and Tantra. Following this, we go back chronologically to catch up with the birth of Buddhism and study the development of the different approaches of Theravada, Mahayana, Zen, Tibetan, and American. We also look at how modern Western psychology has been influenced by the Eastern model.
Rather than dry, academic monologues, this vibrant material is presented through captivating stories and lively discussions, revealing how these philosophical principles apply to you as an individual, a teacher, and a modern yogi.
Combined with Level 1, this training leads to the full 200 hour Certification, eligible for registry with the Yoga Alliance, the nation's leading accreditation authority.
*If your schedule prohibits you from completing the Level 1 training prior to enrolling in the Level 2 training, you must get prior authorization from the Director of the program.
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