Sodhana Yoga and Wellness Institute

As you practice yoga, your life will gradually transform. When you start teaching yoga, then you not only change your own life but also transform the lives of your students and indirectly, that of the people around them as well. The yoga lifestyle is of great satisfaction, service and giving. It helps us to grow more, to live more consciously and become a better living being. As you become more serious and sincere in your practice then the desire to share it with other people will awaken in your heart. That is when you know you want to be a teacher.

WHAT IS THE SODHANA YOGA PRINCIPLE?

Sodhana Yoga focuses on the foundation of cleansing and purification, gaining a life of balance not only on a physical and mental plane but also on a deeper perspective, achieve peace and harmony through introspection and a deeper understanding and practice of yoga. Instrumental to this goal is the emphasis on safety and functional alignment as well as on breathing for optimum health and wellbeing. Adhering to these principles, one can truly make yoga their daily sodhana.

200-HOUR TEACHER TRAINING

FEB 3 - MAR 23, 2020 * | 4-WEEKDAY FORMAT

APR 4 - JUN 27, 2020 * | WEEKEND FORMAT

Please see our COURSE SCHEDULE section for full details.

TUITION FEE

Regular Rate Php 85,000

Limited Time Offer *

20% OFF Php 68,000 30% OFF Php 59,500

Submit your application and reserve a spot with a one-time deposit of Php 20,000. Please see our PAYMENT section for full details on rates, deadlines, and discounts.

CERTIFICATION There will be practical assessments as well as written quizzes and a final exam at the end of the course. After completion and passing, you will be awarded the RTY200 qualification certificate from Sodhana Yoga making you eligible to apply with World Yoga Alliance for membership in their international registry as a Registered Teacher of Yoga (RTY200).

REQUIREMENTS Part of being a competent yoga instructor is knowing basic first aid. You will take a Basic Life Support (BLS) course from a competent training provider such as Red Cross or other qualified institutions either through your own resources or organized as a group. Aside from having completed the required number of training hours, the BLS course is a requirement to qualify for the yoga teacher certification.

APPLICATION Kindly complete the online application form at this link:

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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE COURSE?

The 200-hour teacher training will give you the foundation to become a competent yoga asana and meditation instructor. The course will not confine you to a single style, rather you will learn the core essence of traditional hatha yoga. The knowledge, skills and confidence you gain will enable you to share the yoga experience in diverse settings for any class purpose be it slow and grounding, flowing, energizing, restorative or powerful.

You will be taught how to explore poses from the basics to advanced asanas learning the benefits, how to perform and teach them safely with ideal alignment for different body types and conditions. You will also be trained how to adjust and assist your students in different scenarios and conditions.

Giving clear instructions and how to demonstrate efficiently is also a priced quality of a teacher as students have different learning preferences. You will know how to apply different teaching methods and work with different learning styles depending on your students’ needs.

During the course you will receive personal feedback and guidance on how to improve your practice and skills for you to gain the much needed confidence in your teaching. Good yoga teachers are trained not just born into it.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The 200-hour training covers modules addressing the following categories:

THE SCIENCE OF ASANAS THE ART OF TEACHING WORKING WITH SUBTLE ENERGY THE ESSENCE OF YOGA

01 THE SCIENCE OF ASANAS

REGULAR ASANA SESSIONS

There will be regulated time for different class types on a daily basis. You will experience various classes from the trainors as well as guest instructors. You will observe and assist the instructors on a rotation basis. As you observe their styles and techniques, you too will discover for yourself your own as you complete the course and start teaching classes yourself.

YOGA ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

You will learn all about the anatomical systems and understand how they function in coordination with each other, how they affect your breathing, your movement, your asana practice. Biomechanics and kinesiology of movement will make understanding how the body operates so much easier and how it translates to your asanas, in your transitions, holds and progression.

ASANA TECHNIQUES

It is crucial as a teacher to know how poses are ideally performed and taught systematically and safely beginning from preparation to holding the pose all the way to counterposes. You will learn the benefits, variations and modifications, how to adjust and how to integrate props in the practice. The course will cover standing poses, backbends, inversions, sun salutations, twists, arm balances, hip openers, seated poses, core support, and pranayama techniques.

SAFETY AND ALIGNMENT

At Sodhana Yoga we place emphasis on ideal alignment and how to safely teach and perform the poses for different scenarios and student levels. Focusing on functional alignment coupled with a good understanding on yoga anatomy will make the class not just efficient and safe but fun and rewarding as well in addition to preventing injuries.

WORKING WITH INJURIES AND MEDICAL CONDITIONS

There are students who require special consideration as you teach the classes whether they be simple muscle aches or structural conditions or other limiting medical conditions. You will be equipped with the knowledge to guide them through their practice without aggravating their situation but to gradually help improve or manage their condition for the long term.

02 THE ART OF TEACHING

TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Know what to teach and how to teach effectively and efficiently centered on safety and alignment. Everyone is different. Therefore, as a teacher you will learn how to adjust your class and direct your attention to various situations, knowing when to give an instruction as well as not giving too much. You will be able to assess what is and is not suitable for a student and how they can learn better.

CLASS SEQUENCING AND PLANNING

The asanas, or poses, are best sequenced in a way that they lead to a desired goal or result. You will learn how to plan your own classes with different class themes from gentle flows to restorative sequences, stretching and strengthening, grounding sessions. You will be able to formulate classes benefitting the endocrine and immune systems or create powerful flows to improve strength and stamina as well as improve breathing capacity with pranayama breath flows to name a few. Traditional hatha yoga is the foundation for a good asana practice.

OBSERVING, DEMONSTRATING, CUEING, ADJUSTING AND ASSISTING

To be a good teacher means being intuitive, being observant. Instead of trying to strictly stick to your prepared class plan, it is much better to be able to adjust according to your students. The skill of observation allows you to change gears as needed and know what, how and when to adjust and correct something in your students.

ETHICS

Being a yoga teacher means being a role model, a mentor, a guide for others. As a beacon, it is our responsibility to strive for setting the best possible example, continuously learning and improving beyond the training course. Yoga is a never ending learning process. Strive for perfection no matter how slow it takes. To set the path, you will learn practical guidelines on how to lead an exemplary lifestyle as a yoga and meditation teacher. This module will include how to practice what you are teaching, how to relate with your students, how to conduct yourself instilling confidence in them.

ASSISTING AND OBSERVING IN A CLASS

Learn how to be an efficient and appropriate assistant and observe other teachers’ signature styles and techniques. Learning from experienced instructors is one of the quickest ways to make progress.

PRACTICAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

You will first learn how to teach with a training partner and then have the opportunity to lead a proper class following a set sequence. You will also be able to teach your own class plans later on. After each session you will receive detailed feedback from the trainors. Throughout the duration of the course you will get to apply the techniques that you have learnt in the practical sessions and gain the experience as well as confidence to teach.

03 WORKING WITH SUBTLE ENERGY

NADIS, CHAKRAS, BANDHAS AND PRANA

Learn to cultivate, be aware of and practice activating the subtle energy, understanding the relationship between them, the pranayama and the bandhas or energy locks.

PRANAYAMA BREATHING TECHNIQUES

You will learn how important breathing is in order to achieve a balanced and effective asana practice. Learn how to integrate the different pranayama or breathing techniques, knowing their purpose, recommended time of practice, how to perform, modify and teach to suit the given class situation. These include: complete yoga breathing, ujjayi pranayama, kapalabhati, bastrika, sitali, viloma, kumbhaka, nadi sodhana...

04 THE ESSENCE OF YOGA | YOGA WISDOM

THE SCIENCE OF IDENTITY

Yoga is not just a form of exercise, it is an enlightening path that helps one successfully travel the path of life itself. The first step in one’s yoga wisdom journey is to understand the yoga view of the self, to understand our essence and thus answer the question “Who am I?”. Knowing one’s true self is a science; it is factual, easy to comprehend, and life changing. Discovering who you are is the real beginning of your yoga journey.

YOGA SCRIPTURE AND PHILOSOPHY

Know your heritage from the ancient texts and discover how to apply the learnings to our modern world. Yoga scripture is timeless; it is everyone’s birthright. The philosophy that you will learn in this course are taken from celebrated vedic scriptures such as the Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, Caitanya Caritamrta and the Sri Isopanisad. They are presented with bonafide commentaries from the great sages and saintly teachers.

MEDITATION TECHNIQUES

Everyone seeks happiness. It is our intrinsic quality to be happy, to be blissful that is why we endlessly hanker for it. However, no matter what we do, we seem never to be satisfied, unable to give up our destructive ways, and attain lasting peace and satisfaction. Here you discover and experience for yourselves different meditation techniques to start on your own path to happiness. The practice and understanding of yoga meditation is a trong component of this course with participants learning how to meditate and incorporate it into a class situation.

KIRTAN AND MANTRA MEDITATION

Kirtan, the singing or chanting of sacred mantras, or transcendental sound, is an easy yet sublime method of yoga meditation that has been practiced since time immemorial. It is highly transformative and is the recommended process for self-realization in todays modern age of chaos quarrel and confusion. It has the gradual effect of cleansing your heart and mind, helping you to awaken and cultivate your inherent wisdom and spiritual love.

Kirtan and Mantra Meditation is essensial in helping you to understand the subject matters in the philosophy module. There will be group sessions every training day throughout the duration of the course.

DEMYSTIFYING THE DIVINE

When we speak of the Divine or the Supreme Being or God, we are not speaking of a Hindu god or a Christian god or a Buddhist god or a Moslem god. We are also not speaking of a mysterious and incomprehensible energy or a collection of laws and definitions. When we speak of God, we are speaking of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Cause of all causes, the Original Person. You can come to know Him by His words in scriptures. The purifing process of kirtan and meditation is essential to bring us to the state of understanding God for who He is. What seems to be complicated and unexplainable suddenly becomes readily understandable. The hard-to-explain has often been dismissed as mysterious and incomprehensible but with genuine, bonafide guidance then the mystery is not so mysterious anymore. It becomes refreshing, enlightening, and peaceful.

COURSE CONDUCTION

ORIENTATION There will be an orientation at the beginning where the training flow will be discussed for everyone’s commitment.

COURSE MATERIALS You will receive reading materials a week prior on a weekly basis to study the next modules and have time for the required personal practice and complete the occasional homework. You will be asked to record your hours of different practices as indicated in the time log.

ATTENDANCE Be prepared mentally and physically for the training days scheduled in the calendar as focus is crucial. Being on time is a must as it will be difficult to catch up if you miss parts of the training. For both 4-weekday and weekend formats, you are only allowed to miss two (2) training days. For any missed sessions after that, you will have to catch up with extra sessions (Php 2,000 per person per session).

DAILY SCHEDULE Daily training starts at 9am and ends at 5-6pm. There will be morning asana sessions to start each training day and the trainees will take turns in observing and assisting the teacher. There will be time for lectures and discussions as well as practical training. Kirtan, meditation and pranayama sessions are always a part of the daily routine.

CERTIFICATION EXAMS You will qualify to take the final certification exam when you complete all training hours, the required hours of personal practice, class assists, observation and practical teaching experience as well as obtaining your BLS certification. Upon completion and having passed the final exams, you will be awarded the RTY200 certificate qualifying you to register with World Yoga Alliance.

WHO CAN TAKE THE COURSE

The course is open for serious students and aspiring teachers who wish to further their practice and teach yoga. It is equally open for health, fitness and education-based professionals who aspire to share and integrate yoga into their profession.

LOCATION/ VENUE Trainings will be held at the Sodhana Yoga Studio, located at the 2nd floor of ES&R Bldg, Afghanistan St., Brgy. Don Bosco, Parañaque. AGE

There is no age requirement. As long as you are serious and dedicated then you can train with us.

PAYMENT

DEPOSITS Reserve your spot with a deposit of Php 20,000 to be applied towards the overall tuition. Limited slots available.

TUITON & DISCOUNT Overall tuition is normally Php 85,000.

In celebration of the opening of the first yoga studio in Bicutan, we have a limited time offer of 20% discount lowering the overall fee to Php 68,000 only with a Php 20,000 deposit before the course starts. Remaining balance to be fully settled before the course ends.

Applicants who pay in full before the course starts will get additional 10% discount (total of 30%) with a final overall tuition fee of Php 59,500.

REFUND POLICY Deposits are not refundable for any reason. Aside from the deposit, your remaining payments are 100% refundable prior to course start date. After the course start date, all fees become 100% non-refundable. In special cases, some or all of your fees may be transferable to future courses with us.

CERTIFICATION Payment does not ensure certification. All certifications are merit-based only and students must meet all requirements for graduation.

COURSE SCHEDULE

FEB 3 - MAR 23, 2020 * | 4-WEEKDAY FORMAT

Schedule is subject to changes due to special circumstances

MAR 4 - JUN 27, 2020 * | WEEKEND FORMAT

Schedule is subject to changes due to special circumstances