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 teching 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
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff, Sharon Ellis and Amy Matthews
Other reading (not required, but we will cover some topics from these):
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 September 23th, Fridays 7:30-9:30pm and October 23rd, Sundays 12-7p
Full schedule dates TBA (no classes on major holiday weekends)
All classes held in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
$3250 for tuition when paid by August 31st
$250 deposit required by August 15th
OR Payment Plan:
6 payments of $550 (1st due 8/31)
OR Payment Plan: 8 payments of $410 (1st due 8/31)
OR Contact Michelle for extended payment plan or Work-Exchange programs
*Karma Yoga Scholarships available on a limited basis
*Work-Exchange options available on a limited basis
*One Free 12-Pack Class Card for each fully paid 200-Hour Student
om shanti om
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