A 500-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training with Laurel Hodory & Guest Faculty
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This is a 300-hour program that leads to certification at the 500-hour level for students already certified at the 200-hour level.
Pre-requisites
- 200-Hour Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher
- One year of teaching yoga
Partial Selected Faculty List
- Mitchel Bleier, RYT500
- Paul Grilley, RYT500
- Indu Bala Bhardwaj, RYT 500
- Craig Roberts, RYT 500
- Gary James, LMT
- Dr. Robin Hunter, D.C
- Dr. Debra Schroeder, D.C.
- Sonam Targee, M.Ac. & Ayurvedic Practitioner
- Cate Stillman, E-RYT & Ayurvedic Practitioner
Tuition Payment Plan
| Option | Terms |
|---|---|
| Option A (2.5 year) | $300 matriculation fee $175/month for 30 months |
| Option B (2.5 year) | $300 matriculation fee $2,500 upon acceptance $2,500 on 15th month |
| Option C (2 year) | $300 matriculation fee $175/month for 20 months Cost of two 5 day retreats (Earns 50 hours) |
How to Enroll
Contact Laurel Hodory for more information
Course Content: Techniques
Art of Intelligent Sequencing
- How to prepare students for an apex posture, so that the body opens easily and effortlessly
- Using the sequence as a tool for instruct/illuminating an alignment technique
- How various classes of postures can be grouped to pulse, direct and change energy
- Staging postures in multiple progressions for mixed levels of students
- How postures relate to one another physically and energetically
- How to “invent” new postures and what makes a movement a posture
Skillful & Advanced Assisting
- The four different types of assists
- The principles of assisting
- The seven types of touch
- Seeing the students possibilities and limitations
- Knowing when to apply which kind of assist
- How to maintain ground and safety
Yoga Therapeutics
- The five most important diagnostic questions
- How to create balanced action
- The role of skeletal architecture & ROM
- Specific therapeutic techniques for low back, hips, knees, neck and shoulders
- How to practice therapeutically and evaluate the student’s progress
- Pathology & yoga
Pranayama & Meditation
- Learn and practice specific techniques to address energetic imbalances and the charkas
- Advanced Pranayama Practices
- Signposts along the journey
- How to teach pranayama and meditation
Electives
Yoga Nidra
- It’s role on the yoga path
- How to practice
- How to teach it
Sacred Chanting: Devotional Practice
- It’s role on the yoga path
- Practice of sacred chanting
- How to create kirtan
Ayurveda
- Understanding doshas and constitution
- How to make quick student assessments
- Integrating Ayurveda into your lifestyle and into the classroom
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