The teacher training program is for experienced students who are interested in learning to teach yoga. This course prepares prospective instructors to teach over 50 basic yoga poses.
Participants are trained in the following areas:
• Alignment and action in the poses including the Anusara® loops and spirals
• Basic anatomy and therapeutic principles as they relate to the poses
• Use of props
• Working with pregnant students and students with injuries
• Teaching relaxation and restorative poses
• Introduction to yoga philosophy
• Pranayama
• Meditation
• Sequencing
• Effective communication
Each participant receives the HAYC Teacher Training Manual containing detailed instructions for each pose. The manual is an invaluable teaching resource which includes illustrations, preparations, variations, benefits and areas of misalignment for each pose, suggestions for teaching progressions and ample space for notes.
The following texts are required:
The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga
by Ray Long, MD FRCSC
The Heart of the Yogi - Special Teachers' Edition
by Doug Keller
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