Online Yoga Education Adapted to Your Life and Learning Style
[this programme is finished and will be offered again in 2024 in some form]
Option 1: Live Zoom Programme 2022
In 2022 we will be offering a live-zoom teacher training programme for the first time ever. This programme will run as a series of weekend online study retreats across a six-month period:
Last weekend of every month, March-August 2022:
March 25-27
April 22-24
May 27-29
Jun 24-26
July 29-31
August 26-28
Teachers: Mostly Mark, with a few classes with Rosalind and some special guests
Times: (different times will suit different timezones: plan to come to 3+ sessions)
Session 1: 18:00–20:00 UTC [GMT] Friday night (good for UK, Europe, Americas, NZ/Fiji)
Session 2: 08:00–10:00 UTC Saturday morning (good for UK, Europe, Asia, Aus/NZ/Fiji)
Session 3: 18:00–20:00 UTC Saturday night (good for UK, Europe, Americas, NZ/Fiji)
Session 4: 08:00–10:00 UTC Sunday morning (good for UK, Europe, Asia, Aus/NZ/Fiji)
Session 5: Americas catchup: 2–4pm Pacific Time / 5–7pm Eastern Sunday (10pm-midnight UTC) (good for Americas, East Asia, Aus/NZ/Fiji)
Be aware daylight savings will affect many places after the first month (northern hemisphere mostly shifts forward relative to UTC, southern mostly shifts back). Exact times will always be shown in your studio dashboard.
Not all timezones will be able to come to all sessions, but you need to be able to come to at least 3, and devote time during those weekends to personal practice & teaching experiments. Each session will be recorded for those who absolutely can't make it and available straight after.
The Online Immersion is a prerequisite. Scholarships are available for those in need.
Curriculum:
Refining, deepening and understanding one's own practice
Energetic anatomy, including practices of mudra, bandha, and nyāsa
Vinyasa Krama: the art of sequencing
Pose and counterpose, alignment through the breath, counterindications
Yoga in every sphere of life, including and especially intimate relationships
An overview of Yoga history from the Vedas to the Tantras to the Hatha Yogis to the modern day
Patanjali's Yoga sutras – context, importance, chanting
An intro to vedic chanting and tantric mantra, both in asana and after. Learn several chants.
Teaching experiments (optional) including through a weekly "student teacher" class in the studio
Teaching on zoom, keeping the heart in it: relational, practical, and technical aspects
Adapting Yoga to individual needs
The TTC includes a 1.5hr private lesson with Mark (or Rosalind) which can happen any time, but most will like to do nearer the end.
Set texts:
Desikachar's The Heart of Yoga
Yoga of Heart and God and Sex: Now We Get Both by Mark Whitwell
The full teacher training manual (will be emailed)
Time Commitment:
own personal practice time (20mins+ daily)
one study / retreat weekend per month on live zoom (3+ sessions)
weekly teacher’s gathering in the studio (Wednesdays)
reading time (1-2 hours a week depending on speed and familiarity already with texts)
teaching experiments (optional) one / week
total is around 200 hours
Can be Combined with the Recorded Online TTC (below)
Some people will like to take the recorded programme (see below) at the same time, which is 100% recorded during a live in-person TTC in Fiji in 2016. These two are seperate programmes for different learning styles / schedule demands, but some people will like to take both.
Certification
Those who do this programme are eligible for certification with the Heart of Yoga Alliance as a 'student teacher'. You may then choose to continue with mentored teaching for full certification (on completion of both 1 year and 100+ teaching occasions).
Cost
$1000 for the full programme
$750 for existing supporting members of the studio
(Instalments can be arranged)
Scholarships available
Option 2: Recorded / Video Online Teacher Training
Please see it’s own special page for information on the completely recorded, self-paced online YTT.