The Structure, Power and Grace, 200-Hour Prasana Yoga Teacher Training at Prajna Yoga, Belmont, CA
Prajna Yoga and Healing Arts
1601 El Camino Real
Belmont, CA
May 3, 2014 - July 27, 2014 (Except July 5th, 6th and 20th). Sunday, 12:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Saturdday, 12:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Structure, Power and Grace, A 200-Hour Prasana Yoga Teacher Training at Prajna Yoga
Lead Teacher: Eric Shaw
This world-class experience draws on in the knowledge of some of the most prominent yoga teachers in the world. You will also be taught by Sarana Miller, Pete Guinosso, Jenny Sauer-Klein. Yiwen Chang, Jane Austin, Harvey Deutch, and Gary Kissiah
Bios and Offerings Below
The Content
The Structure, Power and Grace, Prasana Yoga Teacher Training is a world-class opportunity to extend your understanding of the workings of your own body and those of others. Our real-life curriculum is practical, diverse and in–depth. In addition to other things, you will learn the system of Prasana Yoga. Prasana Yoga is a system of Alignment in Movement with its own vocabulary and understanding of how poses function. It incorporates a deep understanding of the patterning of the mindbody and how it is expressed in yoga practice. This training will teach the traditional yoga vocabulary and its alignment knowledge along with the known standards of sequencing, then use these as a jumping-off points for teaching Prasana’s methods of pose creation and choreography in yoga. Prasana Yoga utilizes a set of principles to create beautiful yoga flows and asanas utilizing structural principles of the mind and body. In the end, Prasana Yoga is a creative approach to yoga practice rooted in ancient understanding that results in precise and beautiful asanas and meditations in motion. The Structure, Power and Grace Prasana Yoga Teacher Training is an extremely strong base for launching your yoga career, for it includes a vast range of elements. It is also an exceptional opportunity to enhance your current teaching career or personal practice. This training doesn’t just plug you in a classroom for endless hours, assisting another instructor like other local trainings, it gives you direct face-time with Eric and our excellent guest teachers over the course of the curriculum doing hands-on practice-teaching with immediate personal feedback. You will teach among your peers in a supportive laboratory atmosphere where you are encouraged to take risks, experiment, and get help from Eric and while dialoging with a community of peers you will come know and trust. Unlike some other local trainings, you will richly complete this course within the actual 200-hour standard set by Yoga Alliance and within the 3 months allotted. You will not be expected to complete numerous, additional workshops, continually adding costs. When viewed this way, this course is bargain as compared to other options in the area. Overview of Topics;
In the Structure, Power and Grace and Teacher Training, you will be thoroughly instructed in:
Anatomy
Prasana Yoga
Pose Alignment
Pose Sequencing
Pranayama
Teaching Skills
Instructional Language
Class Design
Social Media Marketing
Yoga Culture
Yoga History
Yoga Philosophy
Yoga Anatomy
Personal Practice
Meditation
Sanskrit Posture Names
Certification, Yoga Alliance Registration and Prospects for Further Study
You will receive free yoga classes at Prajna Yoga for the duration of the TT. Upon successful completion of the program, you will be certified by the Prasana Yoga School permitting you to be a RYT-200 Teacher with Yoga Alliance. This 200-hour Yoga Alliance Registered training may be seen as undergraduate study in today’s teacher education landscape. It is the first step to 500-hour and 1000-hour registration, should you choose to explore further levels of study.
Guest Teacher Programming
Our skilled guest teachers, many of them internationally-recognized, will add additonal powerful instruction in: Pre-Natal Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Functional Anatomy, Forrest Yoga, The Ethics and Legalities of Yoga, Chanting, and Holistic Entrepreneurship
Jane Austin: Pregnancy and Beyond
In this workshop we will show how to safely teach yoga for pregnancy and postpartum. We will understand the physiological changes in a woman’s body during this time, as well as the dos and don’ts of prenatal and postnatal yoga practice. Instruction on modifying asana for all stages of pregnancy and post-pregnancy as well appropriate pranayama practices will be discussed
Date: TBA
Jane Austin is the founder and director of Mama Tree, a yoga school specializing in yoga for the childbearing year. She has trained hundreds of yoga teachers to work with expectant mothers and has worked as a yoga teacher, a midwife, doula (labor assistant) and childbirth educator for 20 years. Her infectious joy and broad skills have made her the go-to prenatal teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yiwen Chang: Ashtanga Yoga
Designed to challenge long held beliefs about one’s body, mind and patience, Ashtanga Yoga is a practice rooted in breath, dristhi, bandhas and discipline. It is a strong dynamic yoga practice first taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. In this segment of the Teacher Training, an introduction of the Ashtanga Primary Series will be presented in lecture (4 hours) and directly experienced in physical practice (8 hours). Saturday, July 19, 12:30 – 8:30
Bio: Forthcoming
Harvey Deutch: The Anatomy of the Body, The Anatomy of Yoga
This teaching will give you a nuts-and-bolts foundation for understanding how our bodies function generally– and specifically in yoga practice. You will learn the architecture of the skeleton and muscular anatomy. You will learn “What happens when the body starts to move” as we explore movement alignment and the scientific foundation for a sustainable practice. We will show you how to teach your students and self to keep progressing and avoiding injury and overuse in your yoga practice and all the body things you do. Saturdays, May 24 and June 28, 4:30 – 8:30pm
Harvey Deutch has been practicing the art of physical therapy for over 32 years. After graduating from the Physical Therapy program at the University of Vermont, he moved to California and practiced for six years in Los Angeles, never quite feeling home in Southern California, he moved to San Francisco in 1987 and directed a sports medicine center for six years. In 1994, Harvey began his own private practice and today has manifested the dream of mixing his physical therapy talents and yoga intuitions. He the founder of Red Hawk Physical Therapy and one of yoga’s best-known and respected teachers of functional anatomy. Pete Guinosso : The Art of Theming and Intention in a Yoga Class
Learn how to create a yoga practice that flows like a good novel: with a beginning, middle, and end that takes your students to new and different levels of awareness, In this workshop, we learn to brainstorm themes and choose intentions that feel rich and topical. You will learn to: • Utilize words, imagery, asanas, pranayamas and meditations that reflect your chosen intention. • Develop and “track” your theme throughout the entire class. • Learn how vocabulary, pacing, volume, and the inflection in your voice affect your students’ experience. Sunday, June 15, 12:30 -4:30pm
Pete Guinosso, ERYT-500 graduated from the Forrest Yoga Teacher Training program in 2006, has taught at festivals, retreats, and conferences around the world. He is deeply committed to supporting teachers and students alike in finding and celebrating their truth and helping them walk in beauty. He is on staff as one of Yoga Tree’s teacher trainers, both the 200 and 500 hr TT, and has created his own 200 hour YA school called Lighting the Path. Gary Kissiah: Legalities and Ethics in Yoga Teaching
In this workshop we will explore the key agreements among studios, teachers and students, strategies for protecting studios and teachers from liability, trademark, independent contractors and employees, and changes to the Yoga Alliance Code of Conduct. Sunday June 8, 4:30 – 7:30pm
Gary Kissiah has practiced corporate and business law for over twenty years. He has been a partner in a global law firm and a senior lawyer with Microsoft. Gary has a Certificate of Yoga Philosophy from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is a RYT 200. His book, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Illuminations Through Image, was published in 2011. Sarana Miller: Pranayama and Kirtan: Connecting with Breath
We will begin with pranayama, expanding the dimensions of breathing. Building on breath practice, we’ll explore some of the basics of kirtan. Kirtan is Bhakti yoga, the yoga of heart and of devotion. Practice will close with a slow and deep asana practice, letting the heart connection of the pranayama and kirtan have a place to land in the body.
Sunday, June 8, 12:30 – 4:30pm
Sarana Miller’s playfulness and sense of joy infuse the precision and challenge of all her classes. She draws on many yoga styles, having studied with master teachers including Rodney Yee, Thomas Fortel, Ana Forrest, Insight Yoga founder Sarah Powers, and American kirtan master Jai Uttal. She’s also studied and taught with physical therapist Harvey Deutch Sarana is on the Faculty at Esalen and Wilbur Hot Springs. She has presented at conferences, modeled and served as a contributor to Yoga Journal Magazine. Along with teaching at her home studio and several San Francisco area studios, Sarana has been a staff teacher at Yoga Journal for nine years. She teaches workshops throughout the year at Wilbur Hot Springs, Esalen, and in Mexico and Alaska. Jenny Sauer-Klein: The Yoga Teacher’s Tool Kit for a Thriving Business
Learn how to greatly improve the quality of life for those you serve while improving your own! As an empowered holistic entrepreneur, you will learn how to align your spiritual purpose with the real world demands of making a living doing what you love. In this transformational workshop, you will learn to:
Discover your innate specialty, creating more clients & abundance
Compose a kick ass bio that feels authentic and creates credibility
Write engaging workshop descriptions
Create a sustainable, tiered mix of products and services
Date: TBA
Jenny Sauer-Klein is an internationally renowned teacher and group facilitator, as well as a creative coach for health and wellness pioneers. She is the founder of The Movement Blueprint, a strategic system designed to scale your unique method into a movement. As the co-founder of AcroYoga, Jenny has successfully developed a thriving international brand, community and organization from scratch. This movement, now with hundreds of thousands of practitioners on six continents, has been deemed a “global phenomenon” by Yoga Journal. www.JennySauerKlein.com
Schedule
Weekends May 3rd to July 27, 2014, Excepting the July 4th Weekend Sunday 12:30 – 8:30pm Saturday: 12:30 – 7:30pm.
This is the experience of a lifetime. You will form special bonds with your teachers and colleagues that will be touchstones for you throughout your career. This training will develop you from a keen student to a self-assured teacher in 3 months. You will empower yourself to follow a dynamic life path and create rewarding relationships along the way. Teacher Training Open House, Saturday, January, 25, 6 – 7:30pm. Free Class! Slideshows! We look forward to seeing you there. Tuition
Full: $3160
$2160 Early Eagle by Jan 31, 2014 (Enter “Early Eagle” in the coupon code)
$2660 Early Crow by Mar 19, 2014 (Enter “Early Crow” in the coupon code)
10% off Senior/Student (Enter “Radha” in the coupon code)
50% off* Two scholarships based on videos with highest hits (those awarded will also be TT assistants)
