200 hr. HOLISTIC YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

Pure Prana’s 200-hour Holistic Yoga Teacher Training is designed to provide a solid foundation and powerful learning and teaching experience to empower you with a rich yoga education and certification. Our experiential format and expert teachers will facilitate your process in successfully completing your 200-hour certification with the internationally recognized Yoga Alliance.

Pre-Requisites
• Deep interest and curiosity
• 2+ years Yoga Experience

Course Description
This course will provide you with the fundamentals of the Yoga Tradition, Yogic Lifestyle and the vast world Yoga has + is becoming. You will gain skills and gather the proper tools to create enriching Yoga experiences. Your awareness will rise and a refined version of yourself will emerge.

Our 200 hour certification is an in-depth study of:
• Authentic Yoga Tradition
• Yoga History + Philosophy
• Vedas, Upanishads, Yoga Sutras
• Bhagavad Gita + Branches of Yoga
• Hatha Yoga Pradipika
• 8 Unique Styles of Yoga Practice
• Anatomy, Physiology, Kinesiology
• Patanjali's 8 Limbs of Yoga
• Energetics
• Kriyas, Yogic Diet + Ayurveda
• Cultivating your Yoga Expression


Requirements
• Application + Interview
• Attend all TT Sessions
• 3 - 5 group classes each week
• Daily Personal Practice
• Reading + Writing Assignments
• Seva Project
• Attend 3 Workshops
• Assist/Co-teach 3 classes
• Final Project

Books
Pure Prana Teacher Training Manual *provided with program
YOGA (Yoga Journal Books), Linda Sparrow & David Martinez (paperback)
Teaching Yoga: Essential Foundations & Techniques, Mark Stephens
Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship, Donna Farhi
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sri Swami Satchidananda
The Bhagavad Gita, The Beloved Lord's Secret Love Song, Graham M. Schweig
The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice, TKV Desikachar
Light on Yoga, BKS Iyengar
Yoga Body, Mind & Spirit: Return to Wholeness, Donna Farhi
The Breathing Book: Vitality & Health through Essential Breath Work, Donna Farhi
Anatomy of Movement, Blandine Calais-Germain
Anatomy of Movement Exercises, Blandine Calais-Germain
Scientific Key I: Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, Bandha Yoga
Scientific Key II: Key Poses of Hatha Yoga, Bandha Yoga
Yoga As Medicine: The Yogic Perscription of Health & Well-Being, Dr. Timothy McCall
The Language of Yoga: Complete A to Y Guide to Asana Names, Sanskrit Terms, and Chants (Sanskrit and English Edition) by Nicolai Bachman

The Eight Human Talents, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
The Pure Heart of Yoga, Robert Butera


FALL 2012 Dates
August 31,
September 1, 2, 4, 6, 14, 15, 16,18, 20, 28, 29, 30
October 2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 26, 27, 28
November 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 16, 17, 18, 27, 29
December 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16

all dates above are compatible with the fri, sat, sun or tues, thrs times ---

Fridays 6-9pm, Saturdays 2-9pm, Sundays 2-8 pm
Tuesdays 6-9 pm & Thursdays 6-9 pm (@ the Athenaeum)
we mostly alternate weekends and weekday sessions for a balanced schedule.


TEACHERS**
Director: Natasha Hennessy, MS & RYT 500
Assistant to the Director Jennifer O'Sullivan, RYT 500
History + Philosophy Jessica Silverman
Anatomy + Physiology Dr. Marilyn Holbeck
Kinesiology Dr. Shara Posner
Ayurveda Natasha Hennessy

Guest Teachers +Styles
Kundalini: Elizabeth Greathouse
Self-Awakening Yoga: Jennifer O'Sullivan
Restorative Yoga : Debby Ziff-Cook
Yin: Danielle Brand-LeMond
Anusara: Naomi Gottlieb-Miller


FEE $2800

* Pure Prana Manual & unlimited class pass included in program
** subject to change or adjustments