My Yoga Spirit

Basic Hatha Yoga Teacher Training

A 2009 session is now being offered

September 2009 - April 2010!

Please review application for additional details.

First and above all I would like to extend thanks to our teachers beginning with the Divine and all amazing instruments of His grace that I have been blessed with. In tangible spirit I have my teachers and guru to give thanks to, Nancy LaNasa my first yoga teacher, my beloved Gurudev, Sri Swami Satchidananda of Integral Yoga, mine and Nancy's yoga teachers, the cofounders of Jivamukti Yoga, David Life and Sharon Gannon, and to their lineage and beloved guru's Sri Swami Nirmalananda, Sri Brahmananda Sarasvati, and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.

When asked about creating a teacher training program my response was that I would never know enough to teach others, I still feel this way but recognize the most important element of creating a program is having the right spirit surrounding you and doing it for the right reason, I am providing this service because it means something to me to have good and safe teachers spreading the word of Yoga and I can only do this at the hands of my own teachers. Please be advised that although I am a certified Integral Yoga and Jivamukti Yoga teacher that this course will provide you with a certificate as a Basic Hatha Yoga teacher, no specific designation will be assigned.

In this course you will have a deeper and clearer understanding of the following:

*Anatomy and Physiology (20 hours) Anatomy lecture given by Caroline Rivera
An easy and fun way of understanding how the anatomical body works with yoga and how it affects the subtle body.

*Basic Sanskrit Alphabet (15 hours) lecture given by Manorama D'Alvia
A basic understanding of the Sanskrit alphabet and history of yoga taught by Sanskrit scholar and head of Sanskrit studies of New York.

*Teaching Techniques (110 hours) Chanting (Kirtan), Meditation (teaching and practicing), Pranayama, Satsang, Kriyas, Using Props, Class Method and Sequence, Teaching Privately and for Special Needs.

*Teaching Methodology (25 hours) Basic fundamentals and elements of a hatha yoga class

*Philosophy/Ethics/Lifestyle (30 hours) Basic philosophy, Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita, Karma, Bhoomikas and the ethical guidelines for being a yoga teacher.

*Electives (30 hours)

You must complete a written final exam as well as teach a beginners class (oral exam).  These beginner classes will be free to the public and will be supervised by a certified yoga teacher.