It's Yoga 200Hr Teacher Training / Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga & Rocket Foundations / Yoga Alliance Certified
Laying the Foundation for an empowered practice and teaching of Ashtanga Vinyasa for Westerners since 1989!
Next Training: 4 - 30 August 2019
This training will guide you through a comprehensive understanding of of the It's Yoga® system, laying the foundations of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and "The Rocket®.
The purpose of this program is to provide a supportive environment through which you will learn and integrate the main ingredients of the It’s Yoga® System of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and The Rocket - and begin to connect with your own inner teacher, inner wisdom and authentic voice. In this way you will have the tools to develop a transformative self-practice and, if you wish, to share the practice, through teaching in your community.
Our 200 hour program in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga has been certifying lovers of yoga around the world for almost 30 years. This training supports students in deepening their understanding and relationship to the practice through study of the foundational pillars: breath, bandhas and dristhi. With revolutionary methods to make the practice accessible and appropriate, the It's Yoga approach is therapeutic, challenging and contemporary, supportive, and steeped in tradition.
Through asana pracice, reading and guided meditation, basic study of philosophy, pranayama, mind-body journaling, anatomic alignment, modifications of classical poses, individual instruction and group conversation - this intimate training is sure to be life enhancing.
Our training is designed to provide participants with a solid foundation of knowledge and information with which you can confidently, safely and effectively practiceand facilitate an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and modified Rocket class.
We also share our expertise about marketing, pricing, teaching group or private classes, and setting up your own yoga school.
We look forward to welcoming you to It's Yoga!
Detailed Components
HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY
- The Lineage of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
- T. Krishnamachayra, B.K.S Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois
- The Yoga Sutras & Practical Application
- The Eight Limbed Path to Enlightenment of Patanjali
- Larry Schultz & The It's Yoga Philosophy
PRANAYAMA
- Prana as the Breath & Life-Force of Yoga
- The Theory & Function of the Ujjayi Breath
- The Techniques & Exercises of the Ujjayi Breath
- The Application of the Ujjayi in sequencing
SUN SALUTATIONS
- Hands & Feet Placement: Safe & Effective
- Suryanamaskara A – Theory and Practice
- Suryanamaskara B – Theory and Practice
- Teaching Suryanamaskara A and B
ANATOMY
- Anatomy Theory & Functions
- The Skeletal-Muscular system
- Functional Movements of the muscles, bones and joints
- The Nervous System & it's effects
IT'S YOGA SYSTEM
- The Full Primary Series
- The Modified Primary Series
- The modified Rocket 1
- Experience "The Rocket®"
- The Minimum Daily Requirements
- Yoga Off The Mat - Tools for Transformation
ASANAS
- The standing, seated and finishing poses of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series
- The Intelligence of sequencing poses into sub-sequences
- Practice and benefits of the asanas as well as modifications for all.
- Guiding others – Verbal and hands-on adjustments
NAULIS, CHAKRAS & BANDHAS
- Yoga as an Energetic System
- Names and function
- Location and importance
- Exercises for the Bandhas
- Application of the Bandhas to asana practice and sequencing
BECOMING A TEACHER
- The importance and magic of scripting
- Instructing the students in front of you - developing the quality of observation
- Finding your own voice as a teacher - voice modulation & exercises
- Developing a Personal Teaching Philosophy - MindBody journaling
- The Principles of teaching etiquette - responsibilties in the classroom
- Marketing yourself as a Teacher and pricing
- One to One & Group classes
