Awakened Heart, Embodied Mind: Contemporary Teacher Training in Mind-Body Yoga
200 Hr Teacher Training/Transformational Intensive
Aug 27- Sept. 9, 2012 (Part 1)
Oct 22-31, 2012 (Part 2)
$2400 early registration price $2100
exhale 245 Main St. Santa Monica, CA
310.450.7676
In this training, we will explore yoga as a living, evolving tradition of self-inquiry, body-mind exploration, energetic initiation, community support and personal transformation. You will learn tools and perspectives that place the ancient practice of yoga in a contemporary context, so that you can teach in an integrated, effective and potent way.
By integrating growing-edge information from science and psychology with anatomically intelligent and energetically potent yoga, Buddhist meditation, energetic and structural bodywork and ecstatic dance - this training combines the best of ancient and modern wisdom and Eastern and Western philosophy.
Hala and Julian will be creating a safe and authentic community setting in which you are encouraged to drop beneath preconceived ideas, agendas or pretensions so that you can initiate the next stage of your own journey. From the place of direct experience and sincere inquiry, those who are called to the path of teaching will have a grounded, soulful opportunity to find their voice and learn to share this practice with others.
This course meets the requirements for Yoga Alliance 200 hr certification
PARTI 1 (100 hours)
* What is a contemporary yoga practice: exploration of the history of yoga philosophy and embodied traditions and how they contribute to modern practices.
* The art of teaching asana: in depth study of yoga asanas, alignment sequencing and structure.
* Yoga and the Triune Brain: Information and practical teaching tools drawn from Somatic Psychology and trauma research.
* The Psychology of Spiritual Growth understood through the work of Ken
Wilber, Peter Levine, Abraham Maslow, Jack Kornfield, John Welwood, Pema
Chodron and other integrative thinkers
* Spiritual Philosophy as the cultivation of viveka or discriminating
wisdom, with an emphasis on the practice of critical thinking rather
than rote learning or pious belief. The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, The
Radiance Sutra (Vijnana Bairava Tantra), Buddhist teachings and the
ecstatic poetry of Rumi, Kabir, Hafiz, Mirabai, Lala and Walt Whitman
will be used.
* Daily practice of a progression of Buddhist and Yogic meditation
techniques
* The role of ritual in yoga and creating healing spaces.
* Intensive asana practice designed to evoke insights into physical and
mental transformation and healing
* Up-to-the-minute practical applications drawn from the exciting brain
research of Neuroscience
* A unique and highly effective energetic map of mind-body emotional
dynamics
PART 2 (100 hours)
* In-depth anatomical understanding of the function of postures,
injuries and therapeutic interventions
* Hands-on techniques for moving energy and shifting structure
* The psychology of teaching: understanding transference and countertransference.
*Sacred Ethics- boundaries, authenticity and respect.
* Discovering your unique voice and style as a teacher.
* Exploration of the use of music, poetry and thematic tools to weave
sacred space and invite students into relationship with their inner worlds
* Ecstatic Dance as a free-form yoga that awakens self-acceptance,
community bonding and states of bliss
* Transformational Breathwork drawn from classical pranayama, tantric
practice, and shamanic trance work
*Yoga as a business: how to make a living doing what you love with integrity and joy.