Yoga Teacher Training Dates:

There are 6 separate modules that make up the 200 hours of the teacher training.
Four weekends:  Include a Thursday and a Friday NIGHT and then all day Saturday and Sunday.
There are 2 Long Weeks that run from Monday through Sunday and every day is approx. 9:00 - 5:00. 

Yoga Jane Training is a 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Registered School

You can assume all modules will contain Asana and Pranayama and Teaching Practice.

PLEASE NOTE: This is in no way a complete list of everything that will be covered in every module and is all subject to change. Also there may be several more books added, and I will let you know about those well in advance before a module begins.

August 11th - 17th Week Long # 1 (Monday - Sunday)

Required Books:

• Yoga as Medicine By  McCall

• Anatomy of Hatha Yoga By: Coulter

• Yoga Self Taught By: Andre Lysbeth

-Intro to Program/Sangha

- Breaking down warm ups

- Branches of yoga (karma,bhakti,jnana,hatha,raja) vs. styles of hatha yoga

-Qualities of a Yoga teacher/Sadhana

-Tapas

-Pranayama

- Respiration

- Intro to Nutrition and Yogic lifestyle

- Teaching Forward Bends

- Chakra’s

-Twisting Anatomy

- Teaching Twists Properly

-Introduction to Ayurveda

- Teaching Inversions safely

- Teaching Practice

-Yoga Sutra’s Intro to Yamas and Niyamas

-“The big picture” part of Paul Grilley Video on Anatomy

-3 Guna’s

-8 limbed Path

- Teaching Backbends

- Teaching Practice

- Proper Sequencing

-How to market yourself and build your yoga business

-Anatomy- compression vs. tension

-Deep Relaxation Techniques

-Teaching Practice

August 28th - 31st  Weekend # 2 (Thursday - Sunday)

Required Books:

• Anatomy of Hatha Yoga By: Coulter

• Bhgavadgita

-  Teaching your truth

 - Karma and Dharma

- Jnana Yoga-Bhgavadgita

- Samskars

- Yoga effects on Nervous System

- How your heart works and Yoga’s effect on your heart

- Mudras

- Power of Aum

- Gayatri Mantra Practice

October 2nd - 5th   Weekend # 3 (Thursday - Sunday)

• Anatomy of Hatha Yoga By: Coulter

• Upanishads

• Inner Wisdom By: Louise Hay

 - Bhanda’s

- Practicing Bhanda’s

- Principles of Teaching Meditation

- Blood Flow/circulation in different poses

- Japa

- Upanishads Discussion

- Yoga for Stress Relief

- Spinal Movements

- Yoga for Arthritis

October 30th - November 2nd Weekend # 4 (Thursday - Sunday) I am giving everyone off on Friday for Halloween and adding a couple extra hours onto other days.

        Books Required:

• Anatomy of Hatha Yoga By: Coulter

• Hatha Pradipika

-How to teach chair yoga

-Qualities of the Breath (Puraka,rechaka,kumbhaka)

-Partner Yoga

-Teaching Yoga to children

- Hatha Pradipika

--Yoga and emotions

- Self Knowledge and awareness/Svadhyaya

- Teaching Pre-Natal Yoga

November 24th - 30th Week Long # 2 (Pre-Req is week long # 1) Don’t Worry, Thanksgiving Day we will not be in class! There will be extra hours added onto the other days. I thought this was a good week since a lot of people get off the days before Thanksgiving and the days after it. Many of you will graduate after this module.

*** If need be I may have one make up day the following Monday at an extra cost to be determined.***

       Books Required:

• Anatomy of Hatha Yoga By: Coulter

• Wheels of Life By: Anodea Judith

• Sivananda Companion to Yoga By Sivananda Center

• Structrual Yoga Therapy: By Mukunda Stiles

• Yoga as Medicine By  McCall

-Orientation of Poses and gravity

-How to teach Pranayama

-Pranayama and contraindications

-Exploring your energy combining Pranayama, Mudras and Bhandas

-Experiencing your anatomy and physiology experientially through poses

-How yoga can cause injuries and how to prevent them from happening to you or your students

- Intro to Yoga Therapy

-7 points of compression

-Anatomy of the joint

-Muscle- joint interactions

-ROM for different bodies

- Using goniometer

-Physiology and Kinesiology of Yoga

-Body Reading

-Yoga for Back Pain