Yoga Teacher Certification Training Schedule:
Classes held weekly on Thursday nights
6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

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A Special Class for Teachers: An Opportunity for Continued Training
Coming in January 2010: Still a Few Spaces Left!

Meets Twice Monthly on Saturdays from 1:00- 4:00 p.m.
January 9-March 20, see calendar for dates
Cost: $250, Pre-register by 1/1 and save. $240.

Join Cathy Mann to explore the art of teaching and deepen your personal practice of asana, pranayama, meditation, and contemplation.

The path of a teacher is a never-ending possibility for growth.  There is always more to learn, study, and refine.
It is a journey of exploration, expansion, and transformation. Great teaching is learning how to give voice to your knowledge as a means to inspire and uplift others.
 
Meet other yoga teachers and practice different types of adjustments, modifications, and language to enhance your skills. We'll cover:
 
•  Art of Language: How to make you instructions clear, concise and impactful.

•  Adjusting and Assisting: How to make your touch effective and noninvasive.

•  Art of Progressive Teaching: Break down challenging poses into parts and systematically teaching the skills     necessary to build toward the final pose.

•  Art of the Demo: Enhance and refine this powerful teaching tool.

•  Practice Teaching: Receive individual feedback and support.

•  Therapeutics: for common structural problems.

Yoga Teacher Certification • 200 Hours • 6 Month Program

Next Session Begins Spring 2010! Convenient weekly Thursday night class schedule from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Discover the teacher in you. Teacher training at The Yoga Studio is a journey within, upon which you gain a deeper understanding of your body, mind and emotions in a convenient location close to Franklin and Medfield. It's a transformative experience that puts you on the deeply rewarding path to doing what you love, helping others and getting paid for it.

With over 10 years of experience training instructors, Cathy Mann of The Yoga Studio is the ideal teacher to launch your career teaching others the peace of mind that comes from yoga.

"The program was life-altering," said Jen Lafond of Franklin, who now teaches at The Yoga Studio. "Cathy is a truly gifted teacher who has a wealth of knowledge. Anyone who is considering teacher training will thank their lucky stars they had the privilege of studying with her."

The Yoga Studio offers teacher training in partnership with Finding Inner Peace Yoga School in Abington.

200 Hour Curriculum includes:

100 Hours: Yoga Techniques
Asanas, Pranayamas, Kriyas, Chanting, and Meditation. Includes both training in the techniques and practice of them.

30 Hours: Yoga Teaching Methodology
Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, and the student's process of learning. Techniques include:

• Chair Yoga
• Yoga for Seniors
• Prenatal Yoga
• Yoga for Children
• Partner Yoga
• Restorative Yoga
• Body Awareness

30 Hours: Anatomy & Physiology
Includes basic introduction to anatomy of movement, physiology of poses, structural alignment and the human energy system.

30 Hours: Philosophy, Ethics & Yogic Lifestyle
Study of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and other scripture, Codes of Ethics for Yoga Teachers, Moral Precepts and Practices of Purification (kriya) and Kirtan (mantra).

10 Hours: Student Practicum
Hours of documented student teaching, assisted or observing other approved teachers.