Yoga Teacher Training

RYS 200 Hour Core Curriculum approved and supported by Yoga Alliance

Deepen your knowledge of Yoga with the Eight limbs of yoga, understand benefits of each yoga asana (postures).  Take that deeper dive into the spirtual practice.  

Begin your journey this fall: Sept. 2022

In this program you will begin your journey to deepen your yoga practice through understanding the history, philosophy,  science, ancient texts and know yourself.  

The course commitment will be a 9 month program, 1 weekend per month - 16 -20 hours in person. Zoom hours for lecture learning.   As well as outside assignments. 

Deposit required prior to begining the program. 

You will receive a manual written by Phyllis and approved through YA.  

In addition You will be required to purchase  2 Books:

• Heart of Yoga - TKV Desikachar
• The Science of Yoga - anatomy, physiology, breath, movement
• other book recommendations are optional.

Syllabus will be in your manual

• Each weekend will begin Saturday at 8:30 am.
•  once a month prior to the weekend you will meet via zoom or in person for lecture  session.

Outline of what you will be provided for your learning in this training: 

History of Yoga - where is began, how it began, people instrumental in its development and what each brought to the practice. 

Philosophy of yoga - yoga sutras and other yoga texts of reference.

Asana

• Building a class sequence with theme, intention, posture. 
• using Mantras, Mudras, chants, affirmations.
•  The energies of the body in movement: chakras, meridians, endocrine systems, Dosha.

Anatomy/Physiology

• bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons.
•  Muscle tension, contraction, elongation, load, shift, footwork, "movement with ease"
• Biomechanics, range of motion, adaptations and modifications. 
• Cueing from the ground up. setting your student up for success in asana.

Sanskrit 

• asana names
• chants

Ayurveda basics and how it relates to your yoga practice

• Yoga is the sister science of Ayurveda. 

Meditation/relaxation

• brain waves - movement
• parasympathetic and sympathetic - CNS 
• how to create a visual meditation

Breath work- Pranayama

• techniques, why and were to use them.
• effect on mind/body 

RYS 300 Core Curriculum - YA

This curriculum will take a deeper dive into some areas discussed.  It will be a time where you decide a specific direction for Your Yoga teaching. 

Books required will be: The living Gita 

Review - Brief review of some of the 200 hour with a deeper dive. 

The mind or "manas"

Moving the mind of the dosha

 Herbs

Polyvegal theory and yoga

 Trauma and yoga 

 Variety of tools to take meditation practice deeper.  

different needs of different students you will encounter in practice. 

 The B gita - the spiritual practice, philosophy 

• Create a business plan for your studio
• Create a marketing objective studio, online.  What is the cost of marketing, signage, insurance, employees.
• What you did not think about in your business plan - operation
• Is a yoga business right for you?