MORE THAN A 200 Hour YTT
This program is more than a regular 200-hour yoga certification. We have integrative ancient wisdom teachings that are covered in the training of the mat so you can also teach more authentically. All of our teachers have decades of experience in personal practice and through the lens of application. Students have the opportunity to receive teachings throughout the week, to ask Lead & Assistant Trainers questions, or work on asana or energetic practice of alignment.
We have different topics of yoga including trauma-informed yoga, yoga for all bodies and skill levels, diversity and inclusion in the yoga industry, starting a yoga business, safety applications, hands on assists adjustments, and more. Each weekend is a different subject/lecture and practice, they are all recorded so you can come back to it to review and apply more if needed.
We are committed to being a fully integrative and supportive yoga training, realizing this is not your average yoga training, this is an integrative infinite experience, that always continues to grow with you, just like your yoga practice should evolve with you, this is enhancing your energetic body and spirit to grow as One with the elements and all beings of Light. For those wanting to to go through the 300-hour yoga program, the 200-hour program is a pre-requisite required. To apply for the 500-hour yoga program it is required to have a 200-hour, or a modality in holistic healing practice of 3 years. There are CEU credits for 50 hours available for Breath-work, Ayurvedic Nutrition, Meditation, Mindfulness/Awareness/Consciousness, Business/Entrepreneurship, Qi-Gong, Kundalini, Elemental Wisdom, Chanting & Mudras, Sound/Frequencies/Vibrations, Trauma-Based, Tantra, De-Programming/Non-Duality.
Syllabus:
Starts TBA
Hours
Techniques, Training and Practice: 100 Hours
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers: 30 Hours
Teaching Methodology: 25 Hours
Anatomy and Physiology: 20 Hours
Practicum: 25 Hours
Dates:
Tuesday 9- Arrive and Settle in
Wednesday 10- Mod. 1-3 Yoga Philosophy, Different Schools of Yoga, Qualities of a Good Teacher – Egyptian, Mayan, Sumerian History
Thursday 11- Mod. 4 Yoga Asana
-Friday 12- Mod. 5 Pranayama
-Saturday 13-Mod. 4& 6 Yoga Asana & Mudras, Bandhas, & Kriya’s
-Sunday 14-Mod. 4 & 7 Yoga Asana & Chakras & Kundalini
Monday 15- Teaching Methodology & Practicum
Tuesday 16 –Mod. 8 Anatomy & Physiology part 1 – Sound & Vibration
Wednesday 17-Mod. 8 Anatomy & Physiology part 2
Thursday 18- Mod. 4 & 9 Yoga Asana, Extra Useful Tools
Friday 19– Transitions and Flow
Saturday 20- Yin
Sunday 21- Qi Gong
Monday 22- Morphogenetics
Tuesday 23- Practice Teaching Classes
Wednesday 24 – Graduation and finalization
Thursday 25- Departure
Each day we will have 1-2 hour meditations to learn about meditation practice and techniques. Also a teaching of 1-2 yoga classes a day.
Modules:
MODULE 1: YOGA PHILOSOPHY & LIFESTYLE
1.1 The Meaning of Yoga
1.2 How Yoga Came Into The World
1.3 The 8 Limbs of Ashtanga Yoga
1.4 Guidelines For a Traditional Practice
1.5 Yogic Lifestyle
1.6 The Yogic Diet
MODULE 2: THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF YOGA
2.1 Reviewing The Schools
MODULE 3: QUALITIES OF A GOOD TEACHER
3.1 The Importance of a Teacher
3.2 Important Rules For a Yoga Sequence
MODULE 4: YOGA ASANA
4.1 The Meaning & Beauty of Asana
4.2 Classification of Postures
4.3 Warming Up Exercises
4.4 Relaxation Postures
4.5 Meditative & Sitting Postures
4.6 Standing Postures
4.7 Forward-Bending Postures
4.8 Backward Bending Postures
4.9 Twisting Postures
4.10 Inverted Postures
4.11 Arm-Balancing Postures
MODULE 5: PRANAYAMA
5.1 Benefits of Pranayama
5.2 Some Beneficial Practices
MODULE 6: MUDRAS, BANDHAS, AND KRIYA
6.1 What is a Mudra, Bandha, Kriya?
6.2 Beneficial Practices
MODULE 7: CHAKRAS & KUNDALINI ENERGY
7.1 Chakras & Kundalini Energy
MODULE 8: ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
8.1 Human Body
8.2 Digestive System
8.3 Endocrine System
8.4 Skeletal System
8.5 Muscular System
8.6 Respiratory System
8.7 Circulatory & Cardiovascular System
MODULE 9 USEFUL TOOLS
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
Mantras
Extra Ebooks will be given to you to study on your own for your application, we will go over these following subjects lightly throughout the training.
Module 10: 8 Trigram Qi-Gong
Module 11: Fascia & Chinese Meridian Line System
Module 12: Vibration/Frequencies/Sound Healing HZ
Module 13: Ayurvedic Medicine
Module 14: Ancient Elemental Earth Wisdom
Module 15: Tantra Philosophy & Technique
Module 16: 15 Dimension Keylontic Science
Module 17: Trauma-Based Awareness Teaching & Assisting Techniques
Module 18: Post/Pre-Natal
Practicum
-Topics in this category include:
-Practice teaching (does not include assisting, observing or giving feedback).
-Receiving and giving feedback.
-Observing others teaching.
-Assisting students while someone else is teaching.
Techniques, Training and Practice:
This material shall foster an enhanced understanding and experience as compared to the content of our school and/or foundational Techniques, Training and Practice sessions. Topics in this category can include, but are not limited to: asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation and other traditional yoga techniques. These hours must be a mix between:
1) analytical training in how to teach and practice the techniques and
2) guided practice of the techniques themselves. Both areas must receive substantial emphasis.
Teaching Methodology:
Principles of Demonstrating Asanas: Discuss how effective demonstrations in class can help emphasize an alignment or other focus for the specific pose or sequence of poses.
Learning Modalities: identifying your dominant style, and learning how to teach based on others’ learning styles.
Use of Language and Voice: Lecture and discussion on active vs. passive language and the effective use of each; positive and conscious communication, and habitual speech and communication patterns.
Contact Hours
A Contact Hour must take place in the physical presence of a faculty member. Content of Contact Hours must be intended for teacher trainees rather than the general public, specifically:
Reading, audio/video or Internet resources that are integrated into the curriculum via reports, class discussions, presentations, tests, or the like;
Webinars on yoga-related topics;
Written assignments on yoga-related topics that may be counted for all categories except Practicum;
Group activities including directed discussion, technique practice or teaching practice;
Attending yoga classes outside of the program with the following stipulations:
Each class must be evaluated via a written or oral exercise, and
These hours may count toward the Techniques, Training and Practice, Teaching Methodology or Practicum categories.
Non-Contact Hours
Non-Contact Hours are the number of hours of learning that occur without a faculty member present. All Non-Contact Hours must be relevant to the five Educational Categories. These outside resources should be thoughtfully chosen to support the training.? Non-Contact Hours must be an assigned part of the curriculum and examples of allowable Non-Contact Hours may include:
- Reading, audio/video or Internet resources that are integrated into the curriculum via reports, class discussions, presentations, tests, or the like;
- Webinars on yoga-related topics;
- Written assignments on yoga-related topics that may be counted for all categories except Practicum;
- Group activities including directed discussion, technique practice or teaching practice;
- Attending yoga classes outside of the program with the following stipulations:
- Each class must be evaluated via a written or oral exercise, and
- These hours may count toward the Techniques, Training and Practice, Teaching Methodology or Practicum categories.
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