Teacher Training Apprentice Program
500 (300) Hr

300 hr RYT, with your 200 Hr RYT (from any Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School) this advanced 300 hr program gives you the highest and most respected level of training:  RYT 500 hr.

2012 & Beyond:

The next Teacher Training & Personal Enrichment Program will be a residential retreat, so that you can focus completely on yourself and yoga. Details soon.

Previous programs:

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YNTTAP brochure 2011-12 inside
YNTTAP brochure 2011-12 outside

Class Meetings 500 hr RYT (200 hr +300 hr):

Tuesdays: 6-9  pm

Once a month intensive, Friday: 6-9 pm, Saturday, 8-5 and Sunday 8-4 pm

	Friday eve & Saturday/ Sunday	Tuesdays 6-9 pm
July	15-17	12, 19, 26
August	12-14	2,9,16,23,30
September	9-11	6,13, 20,27
October	14-16	4,11,18,25
November	4-6	1,8,15,22,29
December	2-4	6,13
January	6-8	3,10,17,24,31
February	3-5	7,14,21,28
March	2-4	6,13, 20,27

YogaNow Mission Statement

Our mission is to create a welcoming and safe environment to learn and practice yoga in community. We look for success, not just in terms of financial viability, but also in the quality of our services, the way we respect our students and teachers and the human spirit, and our overall commitment to the greater community. We are dedicated to the belief that healing and transformation are possible for us all. Yoga is the ultimate playground – a place to explore our bodies, hearts and minds, to push and move our edges and especially, to have fun!

Ethical Guidelines for YogaNow teachers and teacher trainees

As a teacher or teacher trainee at YogaNow LLC I agree to uphold the following guidelines:

All YogaNow teachers strive to maintain the highest standards, both personally and professionally.  We adhere to the basic yoga principles of the Yamas and Niyamas:

Yamas: (Behavior restraints) Ethical guidelines for relating with others in society and the external world.

Ahimsa (Non-violence), Satya (Truthfulness),Asteya (Non-stealing), Brahmacharya (Walking or having ethical conduct like God, boundaries): Aparigraha (Non-clinging, non-grasping):

Niyamas: (Internal-restraints): Observances of one’s own physical appearance, actions, words and thoughts.

Sauca (Purity, orderliness, cleanliness): Santosha (Contentment): Tapas (Focus),
Svadhyaya (Study of the Self): Ishvara Pranidhana (Devotional offering to the Lord-faith)

The two fundamental rules at YogaNow  1) Create safety for the student in every way possible, communicate clearly and directly 2) Remember that the students are already sacred and good we are just here to assist everyone to open to more happiness and aliveness.

We actively encourage diversity by respecting all students regardless of age, physical limitations, race, creed, gender, ethnicity, religion affiliations or sexual orientation.

We avoid words and actions that constitute sexual harassment or the perception of violating boundaries.

We care for the environment and studio by practicing sauca, keeping the space need and orderly.

We support all students in yoga classes, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually to the best of our abilities as yoga teachers.

We attend to the class – demonstrate poses but never personal practice as we teach.  The students need our focus, especially with props, and adjustments as appropriate.

We always check before the class starts with individuals about injuries, illness, and problems and make sure that the adjustments we offer are acceptable to the student.

Problems and questions always eventually arise in our working lives, in any environment.  The key point is to communicate honestly and as quickly as possible with the Director of Yoga Teaching.

Every YogaNow teacher is encouraged to have personal malpractice insurance for teaching, resources for options can be found through Yoga Alliance.

 

To earn 500 hr RYT, July 2011 – March 2012

 

Reading List – required books included in tuition

 

Required

1. Vital Yoga:  A Sourcebook for Students and Teachers, Meta Hirschl (background review)
2. Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha, Swami Satyananda Saraswati
3. Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Swami Muktibodhananda
4. Kundalini Tantra, Swami Satyananda Saraswati OR
5. Tantra The Path of Ecstasy, Georg Feuerstein

Our historical text will be Yoga Philosophy and History, An Essential Manual for Yoga Teacher Trainings, Georg Feuerstein, studied as a group

Suggested

How Can I Help? Stories and Reflection on Service, Ram Dass

Suggest:  Asanas, 608 poses Dharma Mitra

 

Assume you have in your library:

Yoga Sutra by Patanjali, any translation of your choice, more than one preferably

The Bhagavad Gita, any translation of your choice, for review

Light on Yoga, BKS Iyengar and other asana books of your choice

Anatomy & Physiology:  suggest Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff or choose one (or more) below although if you have an anatomy book you like already it isn’t necessary to purchase another.

The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga by Ray Long MD FRCSC, use multi-media as it helps you – Anatomy Coloring Workbook, by I Edward Alcamo, Fundamentals of Anatomy & Movement a Workbook and Guide by Carla Hinkle, and Anatomy for Yoga

Read at least one book on  Meditation/Mindfulness suggest:  Pema Chodron’s books, suggest Awakening Loving-kindness, Comfortable with Uncertainty, The Power of Now; Eckart Tolle;The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu, translated by Brian B Walker

We’ll read excerpts from:  Principal Upanishads, tran Alan Jacobs, Mahanirvana Tantra, The Tantra of Great Liberation, translated by Arthur Avalon, Shiva Sutras

Suggested to review the Reading List for the 200 hour program.