Yoga Moves Teacher Training Course

The registration for the Yoga Moves Teacher Training 2013 will open in September 2012.

New course starts in January 2013

More info on our vision and background of this program

Program StructureThe entire program will take approximately 12 months to complete; it is spread across weekends with the summer off. We meet approximately one weekend a month.

We start with a focus on your personal practice - teaching yoga comes our of your own personal experience! Then we build teaching elements into the course, by the end of the course we focus primarily on all aspects of teaching skills (voice, demonstrating, adjustments, sequencing, pacing, connecting to the student, etc).
We integrate the courses on anatomy, philosophy, lifestyle, ethics, safety across the entire course.
You will also work with a small group of colleges to practice teaching, find a volunteer placement to teach a class and will go for one long weekend on a working retreat with us!

The Curriculum

Below are the topics we will cover plus more

Practice - Hatha

The study of the various asanas (postures), range of motion and movement that is possible for the physical body. Particular attention is paid to alignment, balance and the creation and maintenance of space & awareness.

Teaching Methods

The study of teaching skills. Lanugage of the body, instructing, visual demonstration, verbal cueing, voice work, seeing bodies and assisting students to find their potential. How to work safely, how to break down movements for mulit level classes, sequencing, teaching breath and principles of yoga.

Principles of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

You will explore the full primary series from Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga – the asansa, the tempo, heat, flow, and intention that is needed to bring this powerful practice over to others in a balanced and safe way.

Teaching Vinyasa Yoga

Vinyasa Flow is a creative and grounded approach to building the experience of total yoga. It incorporates the essentials of alignment; breath coordinated movement, dristi, bandhas and multi-level sequencing will be explored as a way to integrate an effective, creative and dynamic teaching methods based upon vinyasa karma (stages of evolution) and pose /counter-pose.

Yoga Philosophy

Without grounding in yoga philosophy, yoga may as well be another sport or another addiction we add to our list of attachments! Essential basic concepts will be introduced into: the history, development and application of classical Indian philosophical thought for the yoga student.

Anatomy & Physiology & Yogic Anatomy

This part of the course is designed to introduce the basic principles of the physiology of the human body with consideration to specific physiological mechanisms activated or affected by yoga practices.

Home Base – Teacher Training

This aspect of our program offers you some guidance and feedback possibilities as well as the evaluation aspects needed to qualify for the teacher’s certificate. You will choose for one teacher as your mentor/guide for whom you will ask do your estage/ apprenticeship with. In addition, you will meet with a small group of students to learn, work and practice together.

Prerequisites

It is possible and encouraged to also attend the program without intent to become an instructor as a way of self-exploration. Students tell us it is demanding, but life changing; hard work but nice to do!

• Minimum of+/- 2 years of committed personal practice or
• Attend Going Deeper Course in the fall of 2011 and 1+ year personal practice before start of teachers course.
• Approval from one of our faculty teachers or your teacher
• Commitment to continuing practice and spiritual growth
• We recognize that some of the reading and study assignments are challenging (also much about yoga is written in English)

How it will look

Every friday we meet you will have either an anatomy or a philosophy workshop. You will be asked to read or prepare for these lectures in advance in order to digest and understand the material.
Saturdays we start for the first 4-5 months at 9:00 where you will join the beginners class in the studio and then after class we will talk about what we did and how you can work with beginners. After the initial months we will have start at 10:00 instead of 9:00.
We usually work quite systematically every morning on your flow and breathing & yoga practice and on how to see and work with students.
After lunch we usually have a time of integration or discussion on a specific topic.
In the late afternoon we work on alignment and building up the practices some more, often with alignment based work.
You will occasionally be asked to read and make assignments - sometimes presenting them to the group.
As we continue in the program we will explore more aspects of responsible teaching and offer opportunities for you to practice and be evaluated.
We ask you also attend classes with the teachers from the teacher training program on a regular basis and eventually come observe and assist in classes.
 

Evaluation

Evaluation is judged on overall participation, attendance, homework, quizes and exams and a final dvd or you teaching a group.

Some people choose to take this course with no intent on teaching, in these cases they may or may not choose to turn in reports or sit the exams.