Our comprehensive teacher training consists of 3 School departments:
1. Online School of Yoga Philosophy and History
2. Anatomy/Posture Clinic (4 day boot camp)
3. Psychological Practice of Teaching (11 day intensive)
1. Online School: 50-60 hours – $499
History
- 5000 years ago
- 150 years ago
- 40 years ago
- today
Philosophy
- Six Sanskrit philosophies one goal
- Vedanta – a progressive and adaptive ideology
- Yoga – Patanjali the ancient path, Bhakti the modern path
- Samkya – a model for virtual reality
Anatomy
- The musculoskeletal system
- Breathing
- The nervous system
- Yoga Anatomy (Paul Grilley)
Developing a meditation practice
- grounding and centering
- pranayama
- nada yoga
- mantra practice
2. Posture Clinic: 4 day bootcamp – $500
Anatomy – The language of the body
- Connective tissue
- Muscles
- Joints
- A nervous system
Part 2 – How do you maintain it?
- Move it (joints, glands, connective tissue)
- Use it (muscle contraction and lengthening – aerobic and anaerobic)
- Relax it (nervous sustem and muscles)
- Feed it (total system)
(Part 2 is about the mechanical requirements of the body)
Postures
- 15 principal poses and their musculoskeletal purpose
- Sanskrit vocabulary of each pose with pronunciation
- Physical description/breakdown of each pose
- Benefits and risks of each
- Teaching action cues of each
Adjustments
- criteria
- safety
- when to and when not to
Sequencing
- rules
- anatomical issues
- execution
Scripting
- developing scripts (languaging your sequence)
- preparing for teaching
3. The Psychological Practice of Yoga: 11 day intensive – $1500
How to become a present, fearless, connected, calm and charismatic teacher
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Introduction to teacher training
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Atma yoga theory of alignment (a way to move through everyday life)
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Titikshiva (the willingness to feel everything) the fulcrum of yoga practice
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Himalayan yoga – how to rewire the nervous system for courage
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The theory of mantras
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Sadhana – the daily practice of meditation →turning stress into strength
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Internal Dialogue – understanding how the mind works
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Roles as Yoga
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The grammar of roles – character
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The grammar of roles – objective
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The grammar of roles – emotion
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Rehearsal as Yoga
Start Today Next Training: April 5 – 20 (Los Angeles)






