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200 Hour Teacher Training Program

Why take our yoga teacher training?

Have fun making a difference in people's lives
Gain confidence in all areas of your own life.
Enhance and deepen your yoga practice.
Enjoy a career you can be passionate about!
Learn more about yourself than you ever
thought possible!

What makes this program different?

Small groups, personal attention,
hours of hands of instruction.
Integration of many styles of yoga.
Practical techniques for mastering
the business side of a yoga career.

The Yoga Harmony Teacher Training will help you create a life you love whether you want to become a yoga teacher or to deepen your practice. Here are the main elements of this comprehensive training:

Asana: You will study each asana (pose) to get a deep understanding of how each posture works. Interactive teaching with your group will help you learn the basic of yoga such as standing poses, twists, forward bends, side and back bending poses.

Energetics: You will get a sense of the internal aspects of yoga. Learn new ways to look, feel and understand the world around you. You will study meditative techniques, Chakras, and the concept of yin and yang and their applications in yoga.

Anatomy and Physiology: You will learn the muscles, bones and organs of the body and how they affect your yoga practice and your students.

Philosophy: You will acquire an understanding of the origins of yoga and study in depth the ancient yogic texts.

Sequencing: Once the ABC's are covered, learn how to put together a great yoga routine that gets that *AHHH* feeling from your students. You will learn flow, sequencing of postures, sun salutations, and the five sacred rhythms.

Therapeutic Yoga: In this section you will learn how to aid and heal certain health related conditions through yoga, such as carpal tunnel, sciatica, tight neck, shoulders and back, and more. Learn yoga for pain relief and stress reduction.

Yoga as a Career:
An important aspect of being a successful teacher is marketing yourself and your personal style. During your teacher training program you will learn how to identify a target market and tailor your business to your needs and personality.

Dates for the January 2009 Yoga Harmony 200 Hour Teacher Training Program with Phil DiLavore:
One Weekend a Month:
- Friday 6-9:30pm
- Saturday 12pm-5:30pm
- Sunday 12pm-5:30pm

- January 30-February 1
- February 20-22
- April 3-5
- May 1-3
- June 26-28
- July 24-26
- August 7-9

In addition to the classroom hours listed, students are required to complete assignments outside of class, including required reading, quizzes and monthly reports. There will also be a monthly workshop and 3 additional Teacher Training Workshops, each 3 hours in length (dates to be given at start of training). In addtion students attend a weekly Yoga Harmony class with Phil DiLavore. (Price for classes and workshops are included in cost of teacher training.)

Pre-requisite:
Students must have been studying yoga for 6 months to a year (minimum).

Suggested Pre-requisite:
Participateion in the fall Yoga Progressive (fall dates to be announced soon).

Tuition:
$3000
$700 deposit is due by December 15th, 2008; Balance of $2300 to be paid at the start of the program.
Pay in full by December 1st 2008 and receive a $300 discount.

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500hr Advanced Teacher Training Program:

Yoga Harmony also offers an Advanced Teacher Training program for teachers currently certifed at the 200hr level and registered with Yoga Alliance. After successful completion of this 300hr program you will be certified at the 500hr level.

Yoga Asana, Pranayama, and Meditation:
Now that you have studied asana, pranayama, and meditation in the 200 hour setting, learn to put them together to not only deepen your practice but enrich and enliven your life, and learn to do the same for your students.

Work with Asana at the intermediate and advanced levels
Learn advanced Pranayama and meditation techniques for your personal practice and how to teach them to your classes.

Class planning, sequencing and preparation:
This section is designed to make your present teaching easier, more succinct and more understandable. These tools will free you, allowing you to progress and develop your creativity in teaching.

Learn principles of alignment that give you a simple sequence to follow to get your students in and out of the poses most efficiently and with the most benefit
Learn how do develop weekly themes for your classes
Break down all areas of the body and have a reference guide of postures for all areas at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels
Receive sample classes for all movements and areas of the body at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels
Have a reference guide for the most common ailments with yoga asanas or techniques to aid with the condition

Being a leader:
Develop your skills as leaders in front of the room.

Develop the confidence to walk the room. Learn to get off your mat and into your students world
Strengthen your observation of your class: who needs help, how long to hold the posture, do they understand your instructions
Perfect the art of demonstration and class positioning
Emphasize students’ strengths and encourage them through their weaknesses
Tough ethics of being a teacher and the relationship with your students
“Walk the Talk”; keep abreast of current trends, information, and teaching

Yogic Philosophy:
Deepen your knowledge of the history of yoga. What does it mean for something to be dual or non-dual, how did yoga evolve and how is it still evolving today?

Study in depth general yoga philosophy, history, and practice
Study in depth the Hatha yoga texts
Study in depth the Bhagavad Gita
Study tantric texts and philosophy
Spend time with Rajanaka Tantra Scholar Douglas Brooks

Anatomy and Physiology:
Gain in-depth knowledge of the human body and how its systems apply to yoga.

Spend time with Russell Ditchfield, Physical Therapist and Yoga Instructor
Learn the different systems of the body and their relation to each other
Study meridians, chakras, muscles, bones, myo-facial systems, nervous system, lymphatic system, digestion and reproductive system, and cardio pulmonary system

Creating a personal practice:
Unleash your personal power, confidence, and energy.

Start, create and maintain a personal practice you will love!

Working with private clients:
Instructing private clients can be very rewarding. In this section learn how they are also great way to refine your skills as a teacher.

Who is private client material?
Learn the keys to obtaining and maintaining private clients

Practicum: Teach your fellow teachers and receive feedback to expand and improve your teaching ability.

AND SO MUCH MORE . . .

Promises of the Program:
- You will improve your teaching ability exponentially
- You will increase your power to obtain and retain classes and private clients
- You will gain confidence in being a Yoga Instructor
- You will create and maintain a personal practice that you love
- You will be certified at the 500hr Level by Yoga Harmony
- You will be registered at the 500 hr Level through Yoga Alliance
- YOU WILL BE UNSTOPPABLE!!!

Dates and Times:
This is a one year course, with classes held at Yoga Harmony Studio in Randolph, NJ. All weekends must be attended, and no more than two Fridays can be missed. If more than two Fridays or any weekend time is missed, it must be made up with private session time with Phil at the rate of $75 per hour.
Weekends hours will be Friday from 6:00 - 9:30 pm, Saturday from 12:30-6:30 pm, and Sunday from Noon to 5:30 pm.

Dates for our next session will be:
- December 5 – 7, 2008
- January 9 – 11, 2009
- February 6 – 8, 2009
- March 20 – 22, 2009
- April 17 – 19, 2009
- May 15 – 17, 2009 or May 1 – 3, 2009 (tbd)
- June 5 – 7, 2009
- July 10 – 12, 2009
- August 7 – 9, 2009

We will also meet the following Fridays from 6:30 to 9:30 pm:
- December 12, 2008
- January 2, 2009
- January 16, 2009
- January 23, 2009
- February 27, 2009
- March 13, 2009
- March 27, 2009
- April 3, 2009
- April 24, 2009
- May 8, 2009
- May 22, 2009
- June 12, 2009
- July 17, 2009
- July 31, 2009

Additional Requirements:
You must attend at least one of Phil’s weekly classes at the studio. In December and January, the class must be a Level 1 weekly class. In February, March and April, the class must be a Level 1 / 2 weekly class. In May, June, July and until the August weekend, the class must be a Level 2 class. An unlimited class pack to the studio is included in your fee for the teachers training.

Pre-requisites:
You must have completed a 200 hour Teacher Training program registered with Yoga Alliance. Additionally, you must teach at least 2 classes per week throughout the entire training. If you are not currently teaching 2 classes, you can register at this time, but you must be teaching two before instruction begins.

Program Fees:
The fee for the entire program and all related requirements is $3,500. This includes an unlimited class pack for the duration of the program and all required workshop attendance. It does not include books.

Register at least one month prior to the beginning of the program to receive a $300 discount.
Pay in full before the beginning of the program and receive $200 off the program fee.

Your registration in the program also provides a 10% discount for attendance at any workshops given that are not a required part of your training.

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Testimonial:
"Incorporating yoga into my life has been a priceless gift. And deepening my practice through the Yoga Harmony Teacher Training program has helped me live a more balanced, fulfilling, healthy life. Not only did I increase flexibility and improve my postures, but I learned more about myself and what I want out of life. I encourage anyone who is interested in learning more about yoga to take this course. "

-Kristin Corcoran
Mortgage Consultant and Yoga Harmony Teacher