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| certification programs >> 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training 2013 SCHEDULE****225HOUR ***YOGA TEACHER TRAINING*****
5-month, 200- Hour Yoga Teacher Training for 2013 (182.5 Contact hours plus 120 no contact hours for a total of 300 hours)
One Weekend a month and one evening per week for 15 weeks
STARTS weekend of February 1-3 weekend @ Sunshine Mountain Lodge /INN
and every Wednesday evening @ PYAMandala Studio in Denver
February 1-3, March1-3, April 5-7,
April 26-28, June 7-9 ( 6pm Fri-8pm Sunday)
* and Wed eves 5:30-9pm starting FEB 6, 2013
Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda
5-month, 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Program Description
Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda
5-month, 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Program Description
YTT-200/225 Syllabus
RMIYA’s 200-hr program is designed to provide and incorporate:
An encounter with Yoga which is:
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genuine in its traditions,
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sound in its teaching methodology
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broad in its perspective.
A training which is designed to:
Practices which:
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Are based on the teachings of traditional practices of Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga, and the history and major texts of all six classical Yogas (Ashtanga, Hatha, Bhakti, Jnana, Karma, Tantra)
(Ayurvedic Medicine and the study of nadis, chakras, and koshas, and
Modern anatomy and biology
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Provide a precise understanding of the effects and appropriateness of various classical asanas and vinyasas, pranayamas, and meditation practices, as taught by the texts themselves and by Yoga master Baba Hari Dass
and teaching methodology
A workable schedule:
15 Evenings: one evening per week 6:00-9:30 pm, instruction in Yoga asana,
adjustment and alignment, and practicum (student teaching).
5 Weekends: one residential weekend per month, 6pm Fri-8pm Sunday. Each weekend
contains sessions in both practice (asana, relaxation, pranayama, and meditation) and
Yoga theory. For a general schedule of weekends, please see below. Each weekend has a
theme:
Weekend I: History and Philosophies of Yoga Overview
The Physical Body I: Ayurveda and Hatha Yoga
Weekend II: The Physical BodyII: Western Anatomy and the Practice of Asana
Weekend III: Subtle Body: Nadis, Chakras, Kundalini, Mantras
Weekend IV: Teaching Methodology
Weekend V: The Mind: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
General Schedule for Weekends
Fri evening
6:00 Dinner
7-9:30 Lecture/Discussion
Saturday
6:30-9:00 Asana practice
9:00-11:30 Pranayama and Meditation practices
11:30-1:00 Brunch and Break
1:00-4:00 Lecture/Discussion
4:00-6:00 Asanas
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-9:30 Lecture/Discussion
Sunday
6:30-9:00 Asana practice
9:00-11:30 Pranayama and Meditation practices
11:30-1:00 Brunch and Break
1:00-4:00 Lecture/Discussion
4:00-6:00 Asana
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-8:00 weekend review and questions
Meals Meals provided during the weekend residential intensives are delicious Lacto-Ovo
Vegetarian and gluten-free, and Ayurvedically prepared. If you are a vegan or have other
dietary needs, please let the RMIYA staff know in advance.
An Expert Faculty:
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Sarasvati Buhrman, Ph.D. , RYT (E-500) is the senior faculty member at the Rocky Mountain Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda, has been practicing Yoga for 36 years, and has been teaching since 1976, the year that she met her guru, Yoga master Baba Hari Dass. She has also studied with Mother Karunamayi for the last seven years. Sarasvatiji studied biology at the graduate and undergraduate level, became a Yogic nun in 1980, and received her Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1996 at the University of Colorado with a doctoral thesis in psychological anthroplogy which made use of Patanjali’s Yoga sutras. She is an Ayurvedic medicine practitioner and Yoga Therapist in Boulder, Co., former adjunct associate professor at Naropa University, adjunct professor of Yoga at Metropolitan State University and former board member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association. Sarasvati designed this program and teaches the pranayama and meditation parts of the training, as well as Ayurveda and Yoga psychology and philosophy.
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Hansa Knox (RYT E-500) left the corporate world to study and teach Yoga. Hansa trained at Kripalu and served on its board as well. She served for many years as president of the Yoga Alliance. She is a massage therapist, and a Yoga teacher and teacher trainer at Prana Yoga Mandala in Denver, Co. We are honored to have Hansa join the training for the special weekend on teaching methodology.
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*Santosh Powell, CYT, was certified as a Yoga teacher by Axis Yoga in 2004, and is a core teacher trainer in the Denver Yoga Institute's YTT 200 program. He has been teaching drop-in Yoga classes and workshops in Breckinridge and other mountain locations for the last 7 years. Asana styles he has studied
include Iyengar, Ashtanga vinyasa, and classical Hatha Yoga vinyasa, also known as triputi (the union of body, breath, and mind.) Santosh is also
currently in training at Mount Madonna Center as a pujari, or Hindu priest. He will teach the triputi and ayurveda and asana portions of the training.
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Shar Lee (CYT) majored in psychology as an undergraduate, and has been teaching Yoga for over 35 years. She studied Structural Yoga with Mukunda Stiles and later became a structural Yoga teacher trainer, a massage therapist, and the leading expert in Tibetan cranial-sacral healing. Shar studied for many years in Nepal and is a devotee of Ammachi. A long-time faculty member of RMIYA, Shar teaches principles of aligment in Yoga asana practice, Asana and Anatomy, Reading and Adjusting the Body in Yoga Asana Therapy, and Restorative Yoga. During this training, Shar will teach the anatomy, asana and alignment, and restorative Yoga parts of the training.
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Ena Burrud, E-RYT Member of IAYT, YA, YTOC, Faculty at RMIYA ) Since becoming a yoginin in 97, Ena has taught 10, 000 hours, she earned her first certification privately in the White Lotus tradition in 2000. Other certifications include classical Ashtanga with Erich Schiffman, YOGA STUDIES at UC Irvine and Loyola Marymount in LA, YOGA THERAPY from RMIYA. Studies Yoga Nidra/ meditation from Ed and Deb Shapiro of Boulder, and has taught in various trainings and conferences in Southern California and Colorado. Her primary influences for her personalized teaching style are Dr Sarasvati Buhrman Ph.D., Angela Farmer, Gary Kraftsow, Rod Stryker, and Sri Vidya Philosophy teacher, Douglas Brooks, Ph.D.
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Required Texts for the Training
Ashtanga Yoga Primer, Baba Hari Dass
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a Study Guide to Books I and II , Baba Hari Dass
Yoga for Your Type ,David Frawley and Sandra Kozak
An Anatomy book of your choice
Also recommended: Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Gherandha Samhita ,
A History of Modern Yoga, Elizabeth de Michaelis
YTT 200 Requirements for Certification:
A. The Program contains 182.5 Contact hours
(180 contact hours are required for Yoga Alliance Registry):
Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes. Special arrangements must be made to make up any missed part of the training. You will receive a grade for each section of the training, based on your project evaluation, your participation, and
teacher observation of skill in performance of practices and teaching. No certifications will be issued, and no transcripts will be available until all assignments are completed and a grade for the project or section of the training has been turned in by the teacher. RMIYA maintains a transcript of all graded courses completed, and copies may be ordered at any time for a charge of $10.00.
B. Evaluated Project Assignments: 15 hours
A 3- hour-take home open- book project is assigned each weekend and is due at least one week before the next weekend intensive (except for the last, which is due two weeks after the weekend). Papers must be hard copy: typed, stapled, and identified with your name, address, and phone number. Turn in the paper to the appropriate teacher as instructed in the syllabus. Projects will be graded and returned to you. Passing grades are required for certification. You are responsible for keeping a copy of your project in your computer.
C. Daily Practice The knowledge that is imparted to the student by his or her teachers during the training constitutes a map. While maps are necessary, as Yoga Master Baba Hari Dass often points out, “they are not the same as going there.” Yoga Practice is therefore necessary for people who wish to teach Yoga. In order to encourage regular practice, each student is required to practice Yoga a minimum of one hour per day (half hour for pranayama and meditation and half hour for asanas and relaxation) five days per week for the duration of the training. Each student will be asked to keep a brief checklist of practices performed and brief comment on results experienced and turn in this record at the time indicated on the syllabus. Even though these hours are not applicable to Yoga Alliance requirements, your certificate from RMIYA will reflect a 225-hrs rather than 200 hrs.
Total hours of student time commitment required for this program: 302.5
D) Ethics statement
Each student is required by the Yoga Alliance to sign an ethics statement written by the school from which they graduate. This is a requirement imposed by the Yoga Alliance on all Yoga-Alliance-registered schools. RMIYA’s ethics statement is in the manual. Please turn in the ethics statement to Sarasvati as soon as possible.
Goals of and Limitations of Training and Certification
This program allows you to:
1) Learn the theory and skills necessary to understand and competently teach beginning and advanced-beginning level Yoga. Course content includes instruction in asanas, pranayama, meditation, cleansing practices, Sanskrit pronunciation and chanting, Yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, anatomy/physiology, subtle body theory, teaching methodology, and practicum (student teaching).
2) Meet the training requirements necessary to register with the Yoga Alliance as a 200-hour Yoga teacher. This program is registered with the Yoga Alliance and its training hours exceed Yoga Alliance requirements. After your successful completion of this certification program, you will need to complete the specified number of classroom teaching experience hours specified by Yoga Alliance. You will be then be able to register with Yoga Alliance by filling out their required registration forms and mailing them along with a copy of your certificate the registration fee.
3) Qualify to enter RMIYA’s Summer Yoga Therapy Professional Certification Training or RMIYA’s 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program.
Limitations of the Training:
The student is reminded that Yoga is a deep and vast subject, and only a small portion of training can be given in 200 hours. This beginning training allows the student to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to teach beginning and advanced- beginner levels of Yoga. The intermediate methods of pranayama and the advanced methods of classical asana taught in the last weekend of the training are intended for enhancement of personal sadhana practice and the advancement of the 200-hr teacher beyond the practice level of his/her students. These practices should not to be taught to others until the 200-hr teacher has advanced to the 500-hr level of training. Of the shat kriya practices, only jala neti may be taught until the additional training is completed.
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