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2012 Yoga Teacher Training with Sara Rose & Amy Reed includes Anatomy & Therapeutics Workshop with Martin Kirk
If you have completed the Yoga Immersion, and/or are a Certified Anusara® or Anusara-Inspired™ teacher wishing to enhance and refine your teaching skills, then you are ready for this Teacher Training. Both new and experienced teachers will be supported and challenged to grow.
Over the course of six months we will join together for a transformative journey into the heart of the teacher. Each student will be supported to find his or her unique voice while learning to communicate the essence of yoga. We will explore the art of teaching through elegant and precise methodologies, through which we will learn to skillfully weave philosophy and alignment into the creation of our classes.
This program includes monthly written homework assignments, readings from assigned texts, and practice teaching. The foundational philosophy and Universal Principles of Alignment taught during the Yoga Immersion will be further refined, and you will learn to instruct poses clearly and succinctly, with language skills that inspire your students to express their poses from the inside out.
This is a sacred path, full of joy, challenge and abundant opportunities for expansion. You will learn to share your love of yoga with confidence and to imprint your classes with the dignity and beauty that lie within you.
Prerequisite: Completion of a 100-hour Yoga Immersion program.
Schedule and Logistics:
January 2012 - June 2012
Weekend format:
Friday 6-8pm
Saturday 9:30-12:30 & 2-5pm
Sunday 9:30-12:30 & 1:30-4:30pm
Dates:
- January 13 - 15, 2012
- February 10 - 12, 2012
- March 16-18, 2012 with Martin Kirk (Anatomy and Therapeutics)
- April 20 - 22, 2012
- May 4 - 6, 2012
- June 8 - 10, 2012
Requirements:
Attendance at all Teacher Training weekends is expected. All missed sessions must be made up (at the student's expense) through a combination of attending other Anusara Teacher Training sessions, additional homework, and/or meeting with other YTT participants to go over missed material and get notes.
- Commitment to take one weekly Anusara class with Certified or Anusara-Inspired™ Teacher
- Must have a regular yoga practice (minimum 1 hour practice 4 days per week)
- Acceptance into program is based on approval of your application
Additional required hours (outside YTT Weekends) include:
3-5 Hours of assisting
10 hours practice teaching on your own
Written and Reading Homework for each weekend
Certification:
Students who successfully fulfill the requirements of the YTT Program will receive a Certificate of Completion from Yoga Sanctuary.
If you have completed both the Anusara Immersion Program (Parts 1-3) and the YTT Program at Yoga Sanctuary, you are eligible to apply for RYT-200 status with the Yoga Alliance.
If you have not completed both Programs at Yoga Sanctuary, you must obtain Anusara-Inspired™ status before applying for RYT-200 status. Please contact the Yoga Alliance or Anusara offices for further details.
Tuition Fees:
$1975 early fee (ends on 12/15/2011); $2150 regular fee, $525 required at application - $25 non-refundable application fee and $500 refundable deposit, if you are not accepted.
To Apply: Click here to fill out the Teacher Training Application.
Course content includes:
- Refining the Universal Principles of Alignment
- Taking the seat of the teacher
- Creating a meaningful universal theme from personal experience
- Weaving a spiritual theme with alignment instructions throughout the class
- Conscious communication skills
- The art of Observation
- The art of Demonstration
- The art of verbal and hands-on Adjustments
- The art of Sequencing
- Classroom layout and creating sacred space
- Lesson planning and design
- The ethics of teaching yoga
- Dedication to personal practice and self-reflection; deepening studentship
- Practice teaching in pairs and small groups
- Monthly homework assignments and required weekly Anusara classes
- Modifications for beginners and students with injuries or limitations
- Anatomy &Therapeutic applications of yoga with Certified teacher Martin Kirk
- Refining Language skills
- Practice teaching to small groups and entire training group
- Mentoring and personal feedback on teaching
Sara Rose is a Certified Anusara® yoga teacher and an Experienced 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (E-R.Y.T.) She has taught in the Pioneer Valley for 18 years, and has directed Yoga Sanctuary since 1999. She has trained extensively with John Friend, Anusara's founder, and also studies in-depth Rajanaka Tantra Philosophy with Dr. Douglas Brooks. Sara has been a student of yoga for 20 years and offers classes that are heartfelt, poetic, fun, challenging and healing. The richness of her teaching is inspired by the influence of her own amazing teachers, her personal dedication to yoga, and her life-long commitment to a spiritual path of healing and transformation.
Amy Reed is a devoted and enthusiastic student and teacher of Yoga. A Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher, Amy has spent the last 9 years steeped in the teachings of Tantric Yoga, studying Rajanaka Tantra with Dr. Douglas Brooks, Neelakantha Meditation with Paul Muller-Ortega and Anusara Yoga with founder, John Friend.
Martin Kirk is a Certified Anusara® yoga Instructor who has gained a reputation for excellent and inspiring workshops and teacher trainings. He discovered his love for yoga in 1993 while earning a Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering. He met John Friend the next year and became a devoted student of Anusara yoga. Martin’s understanding of the body is extensive and he has a special gift of taking complex subject matter and making it accessible, clear and applicable for the modern day yogi. His anatomy and therapy trainings are now legendary and in great demand worldwide. Martin further studies closely with his philosophy mentor, Professor Douglas Brooks, one of the world’s foremost scholars of Hindu Tantrism and the esoteric traditions of the Goddess. He has transitioned from a successful 20-year career as an engineer in the space industry to teaching and sharing his passion for yoga full-time. He is the author of the successful book, Hatha Yoga Illustrated and is co-writing (along with Ellen Saltonstall and Jordan Kirk) Yoga Anatomy: The Biomechanics of Anusara Yoga. Inspired by John Friend, Martin instills excellence in all of his practice and teaching of yoga. Martin lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife and son.
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