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200 Hour Part Time Curriculum

The following is a breakdown of the curriculum for our 200 Hour Part Time Winter Yoga Teacher Training Program. If you have any questions please contact Maria Fabiano, Yoga Teacher Training Program Coordinator, at maria@newportyoga.net or call 778-839-4066.

Asanas (Yoga poses) and Pranyama (breath control)

Approximately 100 hours

Asanas (Yoga Poses)

The Asana component of our teacher training program provides a detailed breakdown of over 40 yoga poses. The asana component will include at minimum:

Sanskrit name of each asana
Benefits and contraindications of each asana
Variations and modifications including use of props
Physical alignment of each pose and discovering this alignment within your own body as well as recognizing it in your students.
Learn both hands-on and verbal adjustments
Principles of flow between poses, how they connect with each other
How to design a class, and principles of sequencing yoga postures.
How to instruct students on entering and exiting the posture safely and precisely with clear simple instruction
General teaching principles
How to design classes in various styles including Hatha and Vinyasa/Power

Pranayama

Pranayama is the study of breath control, the “Prana” life force energy
Learn to teach various pranayama breathing techniques such as Ujjayi breath; including their benefits and contraindications. Bandas (energy locks) will also be covered, as well as their use in Asana practice.

Various Styles and Methods of Yoga

Understand and study the various styles and systems of yoga, and methods / requirements to teach them.

Anatomy / Physiology

24 hours

With Guest Instructor Jesse Enright

A basic working knowledge of anatomy is not only essential for any Yoga instructor, it is is also a profoundly spiritual pursuit, as what we are studying is not a an ideology or philosophy, but the most complex and divine creation in the universe. This 3 part anatomy intensive covers the basic anatomy and biomechanics of the human body with direct application to yoga postures and practices. Jesse utilizes various anatomy models, props and tools, including a full size functional skeleton, to make the study of anatomy both interactive and inspiring.

Yoga Philosophy & History

Approximately 10 hours

Study of the history and evolution of Yoga traditions, and the philosophies that emerged to shape Yoga as it is today. A foundation of the Yogic scriptures will teach including the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad-Gita. Studying in greater detail the Eight Limbs of Raja Yoga from sections 1 and 2 of the Yoga sutras.

Teaching Methodology, Ethics & Lifestyle

Approximately 10 hours

Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting, /correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher and the student’s process of learning. We will explore the ethical aspects of teaching Yoga, and the components that create the “Yoga lifestyle.”

Teaching Practicum

Approximately 20 hours during February, with opportunities to do more in Karma Yoga classes at Kula Yoga.

Includes student teaching as well as observing and assisting in classes taught by others. (In your Teaching Practicum, you will be required to teach classes having a minimum of 2 people per class (but only 2 evaluation forms are required to be filled out per class by attendees.)

All teacher trainees have the opportunity to broaden their teaching experience by teaching our weekly Karma yoga classes.

Personal Practice Hours

Minimum of 40 hours

A A minimum of 40 hours is required of your own personal yoga practice – Yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory. In order to teach you must have a strong personal practice. These hours can be completed by taking any yoga classes at Kula Yoga from November – February.

We recommend taking various workshops that will be taking place with the Vancouver yoga community. Any workshops or classes taken may also be used towards these 40 hours.

As an example, this would equal taking 32 yoga classes that are 1 hour and 15 minutes long. Or 27 yoga classes that are one and a half hours long. There are many daily classes to choose from before or after the hours of the teacher training. (Don’t worry, this boils down to 3 or 4 yoga classes per week if spread out. Yoga class attendance is logged on individual sign-in sheets).