Special Events

2010 simplyYoga Teacher Training

About the instructors: CAROL COOK, Ph.D.,E- RYT Carol received her teacher training from Bobbi Goldin in 2001. She received additional teacher trainingfrom highly respected Iyengar teachers Mary Dunn and Dean Lerner. She has also participated in trainings conducted by Kevin Gardiner, Patricia Walden, Judith Lasater, and Mukunda Stiles. Carol teaches at simplyYoga and has also served as yoga studio director. Carol is interested in Buddhist psychology, which, like yoga, encourages the mindful recognition and integration of all aspects of our beings. DAVID THURN, MSW, Ph.D., RYT David began his study of yoga with T.K.V. Desikachar. He started his teacher training under Bobbi Goldin at the Yoga Institute of Miami. He has continued his study of yoga with teachers in the Iyengar tradition, including Kevin Gardiner, Mary Dunn, Carrie Owerko, and Dean & Rebecca Lerner. In his teaching, David combines Iyengar's emphasis on precise alignment and Desikachar's emphasis on tailoring postures to the needs of individual students. He uses the postures and breath work of yoga to explore the connections between body and mind and to help students achieve greater focus, balance, and freedom. David has been teaching at Simply Yoga since March 2002. He holds a Master of Social Work degree from New York University and has completed psychoanalytic training. JOANNE CARTER, E-RYT500 Jo is the Director of simplyYoga, which she established in 1997. Joanne has been a student of traditional Hatha Yoga since 1975. In 1992 she was introduced to the Iyengar method of Hatha Yoga which emphasizes correct alignment and breath awareness as ways to develop flexibility, strength, endurance, alertness, and relaxation. That year Joanne took the Teacher's Training Course under Bobbi Goldin, who was certified in 1983 by B.K.S. Iyengar. Joanne has also trained under Rodney Yee, Kevin Gardiner, Dean Lerner, Judith Lasater, Mira Metha, Patricia Walden, Stephen Cope, John Friend and Eric Schiffman. Joanne is devoted to her practice and teaching and brings a sense of humor as well as empirical knowledge to class. NAGISA MANABE, RYT Nagisa will be the teaching assistant for the simplyYoga Teacher Training. She is a co-owner of simplyYoga and is a registed RYT. Presently, Nagisa Manabe is studying for her Iyengar Teaching Certification at the Iyengar Institute in New York City. Her primary teachers in New York are Bobby Clennell, James Murphy, Tori Milner, and Lara Brunn.

SUMMARY: Teacher Training 2010 Kicks-off February 12th over President's weekend and continues over 15 weekends throughout 2010. Exact dates and workshop requirements listed below. The course will be held at simplyYoga in Kingston, New Jersey taught by Carol Cook, E-RYT, David Thurn, E-RYT, and Joanne Carter, E-RYT 500

DESCRIPTION OF TRAINING: This 10 Month simplyYoga training course fulfills all of the requirements for the Nationally Recognized RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) credential of the Yoga Alliance and those who successfully meet the requirements of the course will be eligible to become RYTs at the 200-hour level. Awaken the teacher within and inspire the transformation in others by becoming a hatha yoga teacher.

We offer an in-depth, intensive training of fundamentals of yoga. The course includes a solid grounding in the technical skills and the development of an emphatic, responsible, compassionate and intuitive approach to teaching. The training is designed to lay a solid foundation for yoga practitioners who would like to begin teaching; for teachers seeking additional training, and for serious students who aspire to deepen their practice. Instruction will be based on the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar but practitioners of other yoga styles are welcome in the year long course of study.

The course will prepare participants to provide asana instruction to beginning and multi-level classes with attention to alignment principals and safety. Through practice and discussion, we will explore basic anatomy, skeletal and muscular systems as applied to asana practice, appropriate use of hands-on adjustments, focus on joint movement, range of motion and modifications for students with various health conditions and limitations. We will also discuss essential principles of yoga philosophy, considering their meaning for us as practitioners and as teachers. We will study the history of yoga, ethics for yoga teachers and study Pantanjali's Yoga Sutras. Participants will learn creative sequencing, how to assist, when and why to offer adjustments.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: There will be take-home assignments to complete between segments. There will be ample opportunity for practice teaching, and assisting in some classes. Students must complete and submit all assignments and material in a timely and satisfactorily manner to receive certification. Simply Yoga’s new Teacher Training program is designed to fulfill the requirements for the national Yoga Alliance’s 200 hour RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) credential. Students who successfully complete our program will be eligible to be registered with the Yoga Alliance. The program comprises 180 contact hours and an additional 20 (or more) non-contact hours that will include reading and writing assignments. Required Reading listed below the schedule which follows.

SCHEDULE: The course will begin with a long weekend intensive workshop from February 12-15, followed by meetings on 15 weekends through December 2010, including two workshops. Full schedule of monthly week end dates is listed below.

First Long Weekend Intensive: President's Day Weekend: February 12, 13, 14, and 15, 2010
FRI FEB 12 12-5PM
SAT FEB 13, 1-6PM
SUN FEB 14, 11-12:30 Take Class & 1-6PM
MON FEB 15, 12-5PM

15 Weekends in 2010
SAT MAR 6 1-6PM and SUN MAR 7 11-12:30 Take Class & 1-6PM
SAT MAR 27 1-6PM and SUN MAR 28 1-6PM
SAT APR 17 1-6PM and SUN APR 18 1-6PM Edwin Bryant Workshop SAT 3-6PM and SUN 3-6PM SUN APR 18 11-12:30 Take Class
SAT MAY 1 1-6PM and SUN MAY 2 1-6PM
SAT MAY 22 1-6PM and SUN MAY 23 11-12:30 Take Class & 1-6PM
FRI JUN 18 6-8PM, SAT JUN 19 10AM-1PM & 2:30-4:30PM, SUN JUN 20 10AM-1PM Bobbi Goldin Workshop
SAT JUL 17 1-6PM and SUN JUL 18 11-12:30 Take Class & 1-6PM
FRI JUL 30 6-8, SAT JUL 31 10AM-1PM and 2:30-4:30PM, SUN AUG 1 10AM-1PM Kevin Gardiner Workshop
SAT AUG 21 1-6PM and SUN AUG 22 11-12:30 Take Class & 1-6PM
SAT SEP 11 1-6PM and SUN SEP 12 1-6PM
SAT OCT 16 1-6PM and SUN OCT 17 11-12:30 Take Class & 1-6PM
SAT OCT 30 1-6PM and SUN OCT 31 1-6PM
SAT NOV 13 1-6PM and SUN NOV 14 1-6PM
FRI DEC 3 6-8PM, SAT DEC 4 10AM-1PM and 2:30-4:30PM, SUN DEC 5 10AM-1PM Dean Lerner Workshop
SAT DEC 18 1-6PM and SUN DEC 19 1-6PM Final Weekend

PLEASE NOTE: Payment for Bobbi Goldin, Edwin Bryant and Dean Lerner workshops will be in addition to the fee for Teacher Training, with a Special Teacher Training Discount of 20%.

COST: Total cost is $2,800 plus the cost of three workshops (Goldin, Bryant and Lerner). Those who pay in full by February 1st, 2010 will receive a $200.00 discount. Alternatively, students may: 1) pay $1,400 by February 1, 2010 and $1,400 by May 1, 2010; or 2) pay $1,400 by February 1, 2010 and $140 per month from March through December, due on the 1st of each month>

Invite a friend to take the Teacher Training with you and each of you will receive a 10% discount!

PREREQUISITES: At least one year of yoga experience. This could include some study with books, videos and/or workshops. It is strongly recommended that you have or develop a daily personal yoga practice of moderate hatha yoga.

TO APPLY: Please write a Letter of Intent to simplyYoga, PO Box 427, Kingston, New Jersey, 08528. Provide us with information about your previous yoga experience and your reasons for wishing to pursue teacher training or to deepen your practice. This can also be sent by email to nmmanabe@gmail.com Also please include the following:

Name:________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________
City: _________________________________________________
State ________ Zip __________
Phone ____________________
Email: ____________________ (very important)

REQUIRED READING:
1. Susi Hately Aldous, Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries, Eastland Press, 2006.
2. John Green, Human Anatomy in Full Color, Dover Publications, 1996.
3. B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Yoga, Schocken Books, 1966.
4. B.K.S.Iyengar, Light on Life, Rodale Press, 2005
5. Judith Lasater, 30 Essential Yoga Poses for Beginning Students and Their Teachers, Rodmell Press, 2003.
6. B.K. S. Iyengar, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
7. Michael Stone The Inner Tradition of Yoga, Shambala, 2008

There will be some additional books and articles assigned and other readings will be distributed at the workshop in Xeroxed form.

READING ASSIGNMENTS:
By the Febuary session: Read the Introduction to Light on Yoga and familiarize yourself with the book. Also read Lasater, pp. 1-71 and familiarize yourself with Human Anatomy in Full Color.
By the March sessions: Please have finished the Lasater book.
By the April session: Please have read through Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and Read Hately, focus on pp. 7-46
By the May session: Please have read The Inner Tradition of Yoga and finish reading the Hately book.

On Going Reading Throughout the Course: B.K.S. Iyengar's Light on Life.

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