"Your earth life is your spiritual life. Your spiritual life is your earth life. There should be no difference." Goswami Kriyananda
Curriculum
200 Hour Certificate | Teacher Training Advanced Study Group
200 Hour Certificate - Areas of Exploration
Expand ideas of yoga
• What it has been classically
• How it can be personally and fully applied
• What it means to be a yogiMantra/Chant
Use of Yoga's ancient techniques
• Asanas: Techniques, Methodology & Ways of exploring
• Styles: Vinyasa, Flow, Kriya, Kripalu, Partner yoga, Restorative, Restorative Therapeutic & more
• Pranayama: Techniques and Applications
• Pratyahara: Techniques and Yogic Fast
• Mantra/Chant: Techniques and Applications
• Ayurveda
Anatomy & Physiology
• Physical body
• Subtle body
• Sheaths of Self
Scriptures & Philosophy
• Yoga Sutras
• Bhagavad Gita
• Upanishads/Vedas
Teaching
• Therapeutic applications
• Safety
• Sequencing of Asanas
• Practicum
and many more areas to explore!
Yogi Teacher Training Advanced Study Group
This study group is open to all RYT200 Teachers interested in deepening their knowledge, continuing their professional development and establishing connections to other Yoga teachers in the area. For pricing and more information, please call 727-894-YOGA or email us: info@stpetersburgyoga.com.
Areas of Exploration
This study group consists of two types of study, self-study and group study.The group meets once a month from September 2009 until April 2010.
Options for Study within the Program
(These can be mixed & matched as you wish)
• Joining the Teacher Training Weekend Intensives: in whichever area you find interest (up to 20hrs available monthly) Schedule to follow at a later date if interested.
• Monthly Workshops (3 hours each)
• Yoga Therapy Apprenticing: Direct & by video study of the Theraputic approach towards customizing yoga for specific challenges
• Independent Study Project of your choice under the direct guidance of Chris Acosta and/or Julie Heppe. Project suggestions: prenatal, nursing homes, corporate, research therapy, at risk kids etc.
• Yoga Philosophy Study Group: (4 hours one Sunday a month) study from the Yoga Sutras & Upanishads. Sessions of study using a combined methodology including dialogue, chanting, comparisons, meditation and application of the principles in the text to Yoga practice and daily living. Constructive exploration of challenges and successes in the process of svadhyaya.
