Shanti Baby Yoga Teacher Training Philosophy
This 200-hour Yoga Alliance approved program will deepen your practice and understanding of yoga. Whether you desire to teach yoga or simply improve your own understanding and practice of yoga, this program will take you on a transformational and informational journey. In this training, not only will you learn asanas (poses) intimately, but also learn their Sanskrit name, the muscles used to perform them, the chakras the asana stimulates and the overall benefits of yoga to your body, mind and soul. We will explore meditation, the yoga sutras (philosophy of yoga) and pranayama (yogic breathing). And Shanti Baby's unique aspect of training will cover teaching students with special needs, like pregnancy, injuries, children, seniors and more. You will learn how to sequence and structure a class, make the most of your teaching space, modify poses and adjust students as well as manage the business aspects of yoga.
Curriculum
- Asana Alignment, Teaching Techniques, Modifications and Adjustments
- Pranayama (Breathing Techniques)
- Sequencing Poses/Asanas and Creating a Class
- Yoga Philosophy & Ethics (Yamas & Niyamas, Yoga Sutras & Teaching Ethics)
- Chakra Energy Centers
- Human Anatomy & Yoga
- Teaching Prenatal & Postnatal Students
- Children
& Yoga
- Chanting, Mudras & Meditation
- and more!
Required Texts
Structural Yoga Therapy by Mukunda Stiles
Teaching Yoga, Essential Foundations and Techniques by Mark Stephens
30 Essential Poses: For Beginner Students and Their Teachers by Judith Hanson Lasater
The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume I by Ray Long and Chris Macivor
Other reading (not required, but we will cover some topics from these):
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff, Sharon Ellis and Amy Matthews
The Anatomy Coloring Book, by Wynn Kapit & Lawrence M. Elson
Living Your Yoga by Judith Lasatar
The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume I by Ray Long and Chris Macivor
Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iengar & Yehudi Menuhin
Light on Pranayama by
B.K.S. Iengar
Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Cost & Requirements
All potential teachers in training must have a minimum of one-year of yoga experience.
All participants must attend a minimum of one yoga class per week in addition to training.
Training Hours: Begins October 12th, Fridays 7:30-9:30pm and October 14th, Sundays 12:30-6:30p/2-8pm
Full schedule dates TBA (no classes on major holiday weekends)
All classes held in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
$3150 for tuition when paid by August 31st ($3300 after)
$300 deposit required by September 30th
OR Payment Plan:
6 automatic payments of $550 (1st due 9/30)
OR Payment Plan: 8 automatic payments of $415 (1st due 8/31)
OR Contact Michelle for extended payment plan or Work-Exchange programs
*One Free 12-Pack Class Card for each enrolled 200-Hour Student
*Karma Yoga Scholarships available on a limited basis
*Work-Exchange options available on a limited basis
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Contact Michelle for the latest updates or to schedule your own class!
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2012 - 2013 Program Details
Free Tutorial Q&A Classes:
Monday, July 30th, 9pm, 8717 3rd Ave
(immediately following yoga class)
Thursday, September 13th, 9:15pm,
8717 3rd Ave
(immediately following yoga class)
Sunday, September 30th
at the 3rd Avenue Festival
Fridays: Asana Intensives
Each Friday
we will break down a pose (or a few) and build it back up from the feet to the head, alignment, anatomy, physiology, therapeutic values and even some philosophy.
Dates: 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14, 12/21, 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19
Sundays: Teaching Techniques, Anatomy, Philosophy, Ethics, Meditation, Yoga Therapy, etc.
This is the meat of your teacher training, where you learn how to teach poses, practice your class leadership skills, hone your areas of expertise and delve deeper into yoga than you thought possible.
Dates: 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/24, 4/7, 4/14
Weekend Graduation Retreat
Final written yoga project and
presentation due. Each student will lead a yoga session. Walking meditations, fire-pit chanting and lots of fun for two nights away from the usual distractions. (Location TBA--Last year was in the Poconos)
Dates: 4/26 - 4/28