The Evolutionary Exploration
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What to Expect
Expect to dive into the roots of yoga and open your heart. As you deepen your practice and develop new skills, you will also begin to find your own voice as a teacher. Our program features a full curriculum that includes:
Development of Core Teaching Skills
- Principles of proper alignment and integrated alignment within the flow of a class
- Key language skills
- Observation skills
- Hands on adjustments and enhancements
- Shiva Rea's signature prana flow style
Class Evolution
- Creating a collective flow — learn the common elements of a class and how to set a specific bhavana (feeling) that is appropriate for the theme of the class
- Develop a purposely sequenced class plan centered around a theme and peak pose
- Recognize the relationships between asanas and appropriate sequencing
- Learn the function and energy of the asanas
- At the root of vinyasa is Vinyasa Krama — Learn how this principle applies to both the stages of individual asanas and the greater flow of a class
- Learn to use music as a tool to create and enhance the bhavana of a class
Navigating the Flow
- Integrating alignment within the flow
- Multi-dimensional sequencing
- Class planning techniques
- Based on observation skills, learn to give specific verbal cues to enhance alignment
Yoga Philosophy and Science
- Ayurveda — taught by Kishan Shah, guest faculty
- Learn about Ayurveda and itÕs relationship to yoga
- Specific vinyasa flows that integrate Ayurvedic principles
- Prana, the life force
- Prana vayus — vital breaths
- Pranayama — breath control
- Philosophy
- Yoga Sutras/Samkhya Philosophy — taught by Kishan Shah
- Sacred texts including:
- Bhagavad Gita
- PatanjaliÕs Yoga Sutras
- Ramayana
- The Upanishads
- Chanting
- Meditation
- Ethics
Anatomy and Physiology Š taught by Martin Kirk
- Importance of Yogic anatomy
- Planes of Movement
- Anatomical Language
- Therapeutic Applications
- Applications in Asana
- Bone and Muscle Structure
- Functions of the Yogic Body
- Subtle body modeling
- Learning about injuries
- Common injuries
- Therapeutic guidelines for working with injuries
- Injury prevention
Suggested Inspiration / Reading *
The
Heart of Yoga: Developing a personal practice
— T.K.V. Desikachar
The
Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation
— Stephen Mitchell
The
Ramayana — Ramesh Menon
The
Radiance Sutras — Lorin
Roche
Hatha
Yoga Illustrated — Martin
Kirk/Brooke Boon
Light
on Yoga — B.K.S. Iyengar
The
Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga —
Ray Long
The
Key poses of Hatha Yoga —
Ray Long
Chakras:
Energy Centers of Transformation
— Harish Johari
Tools
for Tantra — Harish
Johari
Shakti
Mantras — Thomas
Ashley-Farrand
Mudras:
Yoga in your Hands —
Gertrud Hirschi
*required reading list will be assigned upon acceptance into the program
Program Dates for 2008-2009
October 9-12, 2008 (Welcome Immersion — at retreat center)
November 2, 2008
November 7-9, 2008
November 21-23, 2008
December 12-14, 2008
January 16-18, 2009
February 5-6, 2009
February 6-8, 2009 (optional Anusara workshop)
February 20-22, 2009
March 6-8,2009
April 1-5, 2009 (4-day Closing Immersion — at retreat center)
Weekend Schedule
Friday
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Saturday
6:00 - 8:00 am
12:00 - 5:00 pm
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Sunday
6:00 - 8:00 am
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Investment
$2,500 for Full program (payment plan option is available)
$200/module for individual modules (excludes immersions)
Evolutionary Faculty
Core Faculty
- Daphne Larkin, E-RYT 500 — Director of Teacher Training
Founder, Sanctuary for Yoga, Body & Spirit
- Tom Larkin, E-RYT 500 — Director of Teacher Training
Founder, Sanctuary for Yoga, Body & Spirit
Guest Faculty
- Martin Kirk — Senior Anusara Yoga Instructor, - Anatomy Studies
- Kishan Shah, E-RYT — Ayurveda & Samkhya philosophy Studies
- Simon Park — Shiva Rea Senior Teacher — prana Vinyasa
- Cathy Stallworth, MD, RYT — Anatomy Studies
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