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The Teacher Training course at the Jivananda Centre for Wellbeing is done according to the requirements of Yoga Alliance. Christine is E-RYT registered to teach the 200 hour course.
The course syllabus is:
Includes asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation and other traditional yoga techniques. Trainee teachers are required to do their own daily practice incorporating asanas, pranayama and meditation.
Includes principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, the student's process of learning and business aspects of teaching yoga.
Includes both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.). Includes both the study of the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, etc.).
Includes the study of yoga philosophies, yoga lifestyle and ethics for yoga teachers.
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Includes practice teaching, receiving feedback, observing others teaching and hearing/giving feedback, as well as assisting students while someone else is teaching.
The course is run over 12 weekends, from 8am to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays. It is generally held on the first and third weekends of each month. However, should one of the students have a wedding or something really important we can move a weekend back. It is important that everyone completes all the hours in a stress free environment. It takes about six or seven months. Running it over an extended period allows the trainee teachers time to assimilate, practice and incorporate what they have learnt into their practice and lives. Yoga is not an exercise class; it is a way of life. The teacher must embody this way of life as much as possible.
Students completing the course always comment that the profound effect on their own lives and their own transformation during the course is what stands out most.
The students receive comprehensive notes, worksheets, a copy of Anatomy and Physiology by Ruth Hull, the Yoga Bible and a copy of the Baghavad Gita.
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