THERAPEUTIC YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

180 hour Advanced Teacher Training Program

Part of our 300-hour Yoga Alliance program and Yoga Alliance CEU eligible

November 21, 2015 - May 7, 2016

(click here for application and here for calendar)

LOCATION: 416 Route 518, Blawenburg, NJ 08558 [click here for map & driving directions]

Director of Instruction: Andrea Sacchetti, E-RYT 500, Comprehensive Yoga Therapist

In addition to Andrea, faculty includes Andrew Appello, MSOM, L.Ac.; Jayadeva Mandelkorn, E-RYT 500, Founder and Director of Integral Yoga Institute Princeton & TGR Yoga - The Great Remembering.

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Plus other expert guest speakers for special topics, including Jaime Stover Schmitt, Ed.D., C.M.A., E-RYT 500, and Sarah King Borda, LMT, NCTMB,Licensed Healthcare Practitioner.

Join us on this special healing journey!

Together, we will explore many time-tested techniques, as well as exciting new developments in Yoga Therapy research. Through classroom study, fun practice sessions, home assignments, personal healing work, and a mentor relationship, you will study and practice:

The principles, importance and power of adapting yoga to the individual client/student.
How and why yoga heals, and how it supports the body, mind and emotions in moving toward optimum health and wellness.
Yoga as a powerful complimentary therapy for many common conditions and diseases.
Understanding the most common yoga injuries and and how to avoid them, with a focus on musculoskeletal alignment, and adapting alignment to the individual.
Understanding the most common health conditions and how to guide students who are experiencing them, for their health, safety and benefit.
An introduction to working with the yogic/Ayurvedic understanding of the body, health and healing, including healing as personal evolution.
Selected topics in western Anatomy and Physiology.
"What is yoga?" Exploration in yoga philosophy, especially the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and the Bhagavad Gita.
Developing expertise and specialization in a population or condition of your choice.
Breath awareness as foundation.
Therapeutic yogic practices, including adapted and individualized: Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Yoga Nidra, Mudra, Mantra, Meditation, Nutrition and Lifestyle.
Suggested language and techniques for incorporating these principles in your group classes and private sessions.

You will also learn:

When to refer or consult - knowing your limitations.
Self-care for the teacher/ therapist - maintaining your own health and radiance.
Practical considerations including: insurance, liability waiver, otherlegal and safety considerations, HIPPA compliance, maintaining confidentiality, health history pros and cons, marketing and finances.

Though this is an in depth introductory course, not intended as a stand-alone professional certification as a yoga therapist, it will inform, train and allow you to work therapeutically as a teacher safely, deeply and meaningfully with students with common health and other conditions, including understanding when to refer.

Prerequisite: Graduation from a 200 hour Yoga Alliance registered program, or equivalent.

Click: here for the application; here for costs; and here for the course calendar.