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500 Hour Teacher Training

Coming Spring, 2011

Investment:  $3000

or

four payments of $775

 

The Spirit of Yoga

525 East Gay Street

West Chester, PA 19382

 

Click here for Teacher Training Application

This may be taken as a complete week for RYT 500 Yoga Teacher Training or this may be taken for Continuing Education Credits.  Click here to pay for the workshop.

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The 500 Hour Teacher Training will resume soon.  Each session will have a philosophy theme and anatomy theme and will focus on the appropriate asanas and pranayamas to compliment these.

 

The requirements to enroll in this 500 hour program are as follows:

  • Must be a graduate of any Yoga Alliance registered 200 hour program

  • Interview with the lead instructor - Pam Walsh

  • Willingness to be on time and works with the other teachers

  • Before graduating from the 500 hour program, must have at least 100 hours of documented teaching outside of the training pragram

Fee for each week is $775. Workshops will be priced from $35 - $45 (4 required).  You may take one or more days for CE Credits.  You may take any of the Sunday Anatomy Classes for $50 per segment.

 

Themes for the week long sessions are as follows:

Session 1 - Chakras.  Each day a different chakra will be explored, lessons taught and asanas practiced that relate to the chakras.  We will explore the connections with other traditions.  Required books are Anatomy of the Spirit by Carolyn Myss and Wheels of Life by Anodea Judith

Session 2 - The anatomy theme is from the feet to the hips and the philosophy theme is the study of the Yoga Sutras.  Asanas will be primarily the standing postures along with ones relating to the hips.  Required books will be listed at a future date.

Session 3 - The anatomy theme is from the hips to the head.  Asana relating to these parts of the body will be studied.  The philosophy theme is Hatha Yoga Pradipika.

Session 4 - The anatomy theme is systems of the body.  The philosophy theme is the Bhagavad-Gita.

You do not have to complete these weeks in order.  We will meet 4 times per year.  You may start with any week!! Call for more information 610-873-2307.  Approved by Yoga Alliance.

 

Click here for Teacher Training Application