Advanced Studied Series

Saturdays and Mondays, July 10th through August 4th
Saturdays 12:00 –8:00PM, Mondays 6:00 – 9:00 PM

$640 (before June 15th) plus $35 materials fee
$675 (after June 15th) plus $35 materials fee

Cosmic Dog Yoga is proud to begin its new, in-depth and comprehensive 200-hour Teacher Training Program (TTP). We believe that the key to becoming a great yoga teacher is through direct experience and integration of the ancient wisdom and teachings of yoga into modern-day life. Our program is designed to support this process of integration, transforming your yoga practice to a whole new level of integrity.

The TTP begins in January, 2010 with a six-week Advanced Studies Immersion, followed by the remainder of the TTP. Undertaking 200 hours of study is a big commitment, so we have minimized the strain that such a program can place on a family or a career by scheduling class on weeknights and Saturdays.

The TTP begins with the Advanced Studies Embodiment Series - Building a Sadhana (January 9th - February 15th): This is an intense six-week course open to all students - those enrolled in the TTP and those who just want to deepen their yoga practice. This intensive course is an immersion onto the life-path of yoga where we'll be practicing intense and consistent asana, learning alignment, building strength and flexibility and mastering both the basic asanas and more advanced postures. Students will leave the six weeks knowing sanskrit yoga terms, and will learn yoga philosophy, meditation and all eight limbs of yoga.

For those who want to deepen their studies, or wish to receive a Teacher Training Certificate, the program will continue on through June with the remainder of the TTP. During this portion of the TTP you'll learn: asana alignment and sanskrit terms, pranayama techniques, yoga history and philosophy, including weekly practices from all eight limbs of yoga.

In-depth treatment will be given to the principles of vinyasa flow yoga (cosmic style!), and teaching techniques which include:

• intelligent class sequencing,
• verbal and hands-on adjustments,
• modifications and safety practices,
• finding your teaching voice,
• reading a classroom and more.

We will devote time to learning different styles of yoga and incorporating the wisdom from each of them into your teaching repertoire. We will explore ancient texts, the lineage and history of yoga, styles and types of yoga, and anatomy of both the gross and the subtle bodies. We will learn the benefits of the yoga postures and gain an understanding of how to use yoga as a healing tool. In addition, you will leave the TTP knowing how to market yourself as a teacher and enter the teaching profession.

Finally, TTP students will join Colleen Millen, Forrest Yoga Mentor, for a 3-day, 20-hour Continuing Education Training (CET) introducing you to the Forrest approach to yoga teaching. We are pleased to offer this taste of Forrest Yoga during our program and believe that the Forrest Yoga techniques are profoundly effective and will strengthen your abilities as a yoga instructor.

During the six week embodiment series all participants will receive unlimited, free yoga classes at Cosmic Dog. After the first six weeks, the Teacher Trainees will receive 50% off of their class packages for the duration of the program.