Anusara Teacher Training 2010

with Tara Glazier

Abhaya Yoga – DUMBO

Yoga Alliance 200 Hour Certification 

Weekly sessions at Abhaya Yoga – select Sunday and Wednesday evenings 

Sundays 12-4pm, 6-9pm 

Wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm 

September: 26, 29 

October: 6, 10, 13, 17, 20 

November: 3, 7, 10, 17, 21 

December: 1, 5, 8, 12, 15 

Mentored program : Teacher Trainees will additionally have a special mentoring session 1/ week with a highly trained Anusara teacher to hone their teaching skills 

Cost:  $2500.  Includes Unlimited Studio Classes during the training. 

Early Registration $2250 (before Sept 10) 

Get your application now by emailing : tara@abhayayoga.com 

Application deadline:  August 1, 2010 

This 100 hour Anusara Level 1 Teacher Training will focus on the art of teaching.  Since the trainees have been through a deep study of the Anusara method in the Immersions, the Teacher Training program can put a great emphasis on teaching the skills necessary to become a magnetic teacher. 

Program will focus on : 

• Theming – learning how interweave heart opening and empowering themes into an asana class
• Sequence- skillfully sequencing to prepare the body for more advanced postures
• Hands on Adjusting
• Therapeutics- Anusara is known for it’s wonderful healing method.  Trainees will learn hands on therapeutics as well as how to diagnose issues
• Speaking skills- how to language and articulate the principles gracefully
• Empowering the individual to focus on their own inherent gifts

About Tara: 

Tara Glazier, the owner of Abhaya Yoga has been teaching yoga for the past 11years in New York City.  She has taught all over the world and most recently at Virayoga in Manhattan.  Tara is a professionally trained dancer and spent many years performing before making yoga her career.  She has a BFA in Dance Pedagogy / Performance from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford.  While studying Pedagogy,( the art of teaching), she became inspired by the craft and realized that it takes something very special, very intrinsic to become a teacher.  She was asked to join staff at the Hartford Ballet and was honored with the Excellence in Pedagogy Award.  Tara, later moved to NYC to begin a professional dance career.  During this time, she transitioned into teaching yoga and became the Faculty Director at Ballet Tech, under the direction of Eliot Feld.  After becoming Anusara Certified, Tara made the move to full time yoga teacher and has made teaching Anusara Yoga her life’s dharma.  She has been training various types of teachers since 1999 and finds great fulfillment in offering skills that help others to awaken.  She attributes much of her passion and success to her teachers, John Friend, Zhenja LaRosa, Elena Brower and to her parents. 

Curriculum for Teacher Training

Asana

The asanas will be taught and experienced in groups; surya namaskar, standing poses, twists, balancing poses, inversions, backbends, and forward bends. We will explore the actions of the asana, how to instruct students into the pose, how to demonstrate asanas in a way that is most beneficial to your students, and how to incorporate props to make the asana accessible to those of limited mobility. 

Hands on adjustments

We will teach you how to read your students’ body and assist them where they need to enhance their unique expression of the asana rather than give a generic adjustment or force their body into a shape it may not be ready for. 

Sequencing

You will learn the art of sequencing to safely and creatively guide students into any given asana. How to place the asanas within a sequence in order to most efficiently build heat, purify and restore the body, and transcend previous physical limitations. 

Atmosphere & Intention

We will cover several aspects of creating the atmosphere of the classroom. How every aspect of the class; from the intention you set, to the music you play, to the lighting, to the tone of your voice, plays an important role in your students’ experience. 

Pranayama & Kriya

You will be taught, have a chance to practice, and feel the effects of ujayi and many of the over looked pranayama and kriya excercises and their benefits. We will also cover how to incorporate particular pranayama and kriya techniques into your class so that it compliments the focus of the practice. 

Meditation

You will be taught, have a chance to practice, and feel the effects several different meditation practices. We will also cover how to incorporate these meditations into class to heighten your students experience. 

Yoga Philosophy

We will study the Bhagavad Gita and all four chapters of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and discuss how these ancient teachings can continue to enrich our lives today. 

We will explore Mantra, how to properly pronounce, the stories behind these powerful phrases, and the energies they invoke. 

Anatomy

We will teach Anatomy as it applies to the practice of yoga. From this deeper understanding of the physical body you will not only understand your practice better you will also be able to assist others with more confidence. 

We will examine the chakra system and subtle body. We will explore each chakra in detail and practices to be done to bring the energies of each particular chakra in balance. We will also cover the koshas and the pranas of the body. 

Pre/Post Natal

We will cover the do’s and dont’s of pre/post natal yoga and how to accommodate these students in your open vinyasa class. 

Restorative

We will have a restorative technique session where you will learn how to set up different restorative postures and their effects. 

General Requirements

Trainees will be assigned a yoga partner for the training that they will meet with once between sessions. This time together will be used to practice their teaching of asana, pranayama, and hands on adjustments. 

Trainees will be broken up into groups of 4 that will also meet once between sessions with a mentor for additional practice teaching and to discuss any areas where the trainees feel they need assistance. 

Trainees will have a practice teaching session where they will practice for their final by teaching a 25 minute class to their fellow trainees. 

Certification

The Sankapalpah Teacher Training Program is a 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified training program. 

Saturday, APRIL 3, 2010

Why Alignment Matters!! with Beryl Bender Birch

The Third Workshop in the Classical Yoga Series on the 8 Limbed Path

We are so honored and extremely grateful to be hosting Beryl Bender Birch for the third of her ongoing monthly workshops on the 8 limbed path! Come practice and learn asana, pranayama, meditation and sutra study from this amazing ashtanga master!

Without proper physical alignment in the practice of asana, the benefits we hope to attain from our practice are grossly limited. Energetic alignment cannot happen and the fruits of our labor are not realized. Proper biomechanical alignment opens the channels (nadis) that carry prana through the body, and not only can physical tension and toxins be released, but samskaras (old patterns and unhealthy habits) can be rooted out from the pranamaya kosha (the energy sheath of the body). With mindful biomechanical awareness, prana begins to flow easily through the nadis, and chakras that are blocked or stagnant can be balanced and energized. We will work with the postures of the Primary Series of the ashtanga vinyasa method. Come and find areas in your practice where energy is blocked and your awareness might be a little “off.” Bring an empty cup and an open mind. Appropriate modifications for all postures are welcome.

Beryl Bender Birch, spiritual teacher, yoga therapist, and author of Power Yoga , Beyond Power Yoga, and Boomer Yoga (Sellers Publishing) has been an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness since l971. With degrees in philosophy and comparative religion, Beryl has traveled extensively in India, has been teaching the classical system of ashtanga yoga for 33 years, and training yoga teachers as “spiritual revolutionaries” since l980. In 2000 she was named by Yoga Journal as one of only seven American women in their “Innovators Shaping Yoga Today” issue. She is the director-founder of The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute and a founder of The Give Back Yoga Foundation.

Dates: Saturday, April 3rd, 2010, 2-4:30pm
Tuition: $50
Location: Yoga Shanti Lakshmi (32 Bridge Street, Sag Harbor)
Registration: Click here to register online

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Ayurvedic Medicine ~ An Ancient Prescription for Modern Health

A 3.5 Hour Workshop with Scott Gerson, M.D., Ph.D. (Ayurveda)

Ayurveda arose over 2500 years ago in India and is widely considered to be the first complete medical system based on holistic therapies. Ayurveda and Yoga were originally inseparable. While physical health, through Ayurveda, makes possible the evolution of consciousness, the refinement of consciousness, through Yoga, in turn promotes a state of optimum health.

Ether, air, fire, water, and earth are the five universal elements manifesting in the body as three fundamental energies: Vata (ether and air), Pitta (fire), and Kapha (water and earth). These three energies are known as the Tridosha. All Ayurvedic therapies focus on the modification and balancing of the Tridosha.

This workshop will begin with a slide-assisted lecture on the basic concepts of Ayurveda unique in that it encompasses not only science but the spiritual realm as well. Dr. Gerson will draw directly from the ancient sutras, avoiding the popular superficial presentation of the material. Participants will gain an unprecendented in-depth understanding of Ayurvedic concepts, and will learn how to identify and address imbalances. The second half of this workshop will focus on the practical therapies used in Ayurveda to maintain health and treat disease with a special emphasis on diet, traditional Ayurvedic self-massage techniques and common herbal and spice preparations. Each participant will receive a sample bottle of an authentic tridoshic massage oil as a gift.

Scott Gerson, M.D., Ph.D. is the medical director of The National Institute Of Ayurvedic Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, New York Medical College, and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Ayurved, University of Pune (India). He is the author of Ayurveda: The Ancient Indian Healing Art (NIAM Press 1993), The Ayurvedic Approach To Diet and Weight Loss (Lotus Press, 2002) and The Clinician’s Guide to Ayurvedic Medicine (in press).

Dates: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 1:45-5:15pm (3.5 hr workshop)
Tuition: $125
Location: Yoga Shanti Lakshmi (32 Bridge Street, Sag Harbor)
Registration: Please contact the studio to register