Intouch Yoga Teacher Training Level 1 200 Hours

Teacher Training

Level 1 200 hours accredited with Yoga Alliance International.

This training represents a distillation of understanding aquired through Flo's life journey in yoga and healing. It's aim will be to raise the standard of teacher trainings. This training is for you if you seek excellence and depth in your understanding of yoga, and wish to see yoga teachers respected as experts in their field. The purpose of this training will be to lay the foundations of understanding both the subject and the self, that is required to then offer guidance to others.

The training will have a strong focus on injury prevention, and yoga for special needs. It will lead into a level two 300 hour training which will focus on Yoga Therapy (to be offered in 2011/2012.)

There will be a pre-requisite level of self awareness required, supported by at least two years of dedicated consistent yoga practice to be accepted as an applicant for this training.

The course is full time and will run over four weeks. The schedule will be fairly demanding, 6.30am-6.30pm most days, with Saturday afternons and Sundays off. Residential and non-residential options are possible.

Self Practice

The training will include daily dedicated meditation, pranayama and asana practice with a firm foundation of awareness of alignment in the postures, and the connection between the body, the breath, and the state of mind. We will cultivate the witness within, and work at all times with an attitude of honesty and genuine self inquiry. The practice will be a fusion of hatha, vinysa and kriya yoga, that brings awareness to both the dynamic and the subtle sides of our being. The asana practice will be strong and dynamic, but with a focus on finding our own safe and beneficial level within the practice. Mantra, mudra and bandha will be practised, as well as the hatha yogic cleansing practices (shatkarmas).

Yoga for Special Needs

We will cover a thorough grounding in understanding how yoga works on the body-mind complex. There will be many hours dedicated to alignment skills, yoga for speacial needs, prop work and modifications, and the skills of assisting and adjusting.

History and Philosophy of Yoga

We will study the yoga sutras and how they are relevant to us in our daily lives. We will look at the connection between Yoga and Ayurveda. We will study the history of yoga and look at Samkhya and Vedanta philosophies, as well as theory and practices/rituals of Tantra and Hatha yoga.

Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga

We will also study anatomy and physiology of hatha yoga: both learning about how the physical body works, and the yogic application of such knowledge, and the understanding of the 'subtle anatomy' of the pranamaya kosha: nadis, pranas and chakras.

Costs

The cost of the training only is $3,200.00. This is an EARLY BIRD price, for those booking before the end of March 2010.

This includes:

All training modules

A vegetarian evening meal on training days (Monday to Saturday each week plus the first Sunday evening).

Total Cost

EXTRA COSTS Accomodation if desired (see below for details) Total $1,120.00 twin share, $2,240.00 single room.

Set Texts (see Required Reading below) Total $150.00

TOTAL COST
Training plus evening meals plus twin share room accom, plus texts =$4,470.00

Training plus evening meals plus single room accom, plus texts =$5,590.00

Training plus texts only (no accom or meals) =$3,350.00

NOTE; Training costs may go up after February 2010. The prices quoted here are EARLY BIRD prices.

Deposit and Refund Policy

A deposit of $500.00 is required to book the training. Remaining fees to be paid by August 20th 2010. If fees are not settled by this date, your place wil be offered to someone else, unless special arrangements are made.

Once the deposit is paid, it is non-refundable. Withdrawal from the course prior to August 20th 2010 forfeits the $500.00 deposit only. Withdrawal after August 20th is considered withdrawal after course commencement, and full fees are due, and are non-refundable

Accomodation deposit will be in addition to the training fee deposit. A deposit of the first week's accommodation costs will be asked for at the time of booking

Single room deposit = $560.00,

Twin share room deposit= $280.00

Accommodation

It will be possible to stay on site for $40.00 per night twin share, $80.00 own room. Students are welcome to find alternative accomodation if desired.

On site accommodation costs;

28 nights twin share room = $1,120.00

28 nights single room =$2,240.00

Required Texts

'Intouch Yoga Level 1 200 Hour Teacher Training Manual' -Flo Fenton

'Four Chapters On Freedom (Commentary on Yoga Sutras of Patanjali)' -Sw. Satyananda Saraswati- Bihar School of Yoga

'Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries' Susi Hately Aldous

These texts will be available for you on arrival. The total cost for all required texts will be $150.00.

Please let us know if you already have any of the required texts.