The 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Program will provide a solid foundation from which students can grow into their highest potential as teachers. Our instructors guide students in understanding the technology and language of yoga on the mat, while learning how to incorporate the philosophy of yoga into the rest of their life.
In order to help comply with today’s hectic schedules, our program is done over a 10 month period allowing students to immerse themselves in a yogic environment one weekend a month (2 weekends during the month of October). Our studio creates a sacred space for learning so that your teaching will come from a deep personal experience.
Learn to teach with confidence and gain skills for centering yourself and your students.
Program topics:
History of yoga
Yoga basics: Breath, Bandhas and Drishti
Study of the Ashtanga 8 limbs of yoga
Learning the Ashtanga Primary Series
Learning to assist and adjust (verbally and physically) students in poses
How to design/sequence a Vinyasa class
Keeping students in your class safe
Philosophy and study of Pantanjali’s Yoga Sutras
Pranayama techniques
Anatomy of yoga
Yoga Nidra and meditation
Ethics and the business aspect of yoga
Cost: $2200.00. Paid in full by first day of classes.
Students will study at the Yoga-Yama Studio, 13 North Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, New York 11772 (516-902-7297) between the hours of 10:30 a.m. through 6:30 p.m. on the following Saturdays and Sundays:
March 10-11, 2012
April 14-15, 2012
May 19-20, 2012
June 9-10,2012
July 14-15, 2012
August 11-12, 2012
September 8-9, 2012
October 6-7, 2012
October 20-21, 2012
November 17-18, 2012
December 1-2, 2012
January 12-13, 2013
**this is an official Yoga Alliance 200 hour teacher training and all students completing this course will be eligable for RYT certification. The tuition is $2,200 and must be paid in full by the first day of class, Saturday, january 21, 2012 Students will be responsible for the purchase of all books on the required book list as well as attending one class at Yoga Yama each week at the regular class price. Interested students can register online at the *workshop* tab, located at teacher training registration A $500.00 deposit will be required to hold your spot in class.**
Primary Teachers:
Peg Koller:
Peg first found Ashtanga Yoga after she was injured in a fall from a race horse. She was drawn to the practice and started her studies in earnest soon after, and has been able to study with remarkable teachers such as Manju Jois, David Swenson, Doug Swenson, Caroline Klebl and Danicia Ambron. She studies primarily today with Christopher Hildebrandt, who she is lucky to call both a teacher and a friend. Peg also traveled to India in 2008 to study with Sri K Pattabhi Jois, and his grandson, R. Sharath. She is also a registered ERYT with Yoga Alliance, having completed the qualifications for that at Yoga Sutra in NYC. Peg opened Yoga Yama in January of 2003, and since has had the joy of watching it grow into a place of vital energy, education and peace.
Christopher Hildebrandt:
Christopher Hildebrandt received his blessing to teach from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, the guru of Ashtanga Yoga. From 1997 to 2009 he made yearly trips to the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India. He has also studied extensively with Guruji's son, Manju Jois, and his grandson, R. Sharath.
Christopher has taught at the Jivamukti Yoga Center, the New York Ashtanga Yoga Shala, Karma Yoga, Yoga Sutra, New York Yoga, and the Peridance Capezio Center. He teaches in the teacher training programs at New York Yoga and Yoga Yama, and gives workshops there and at Tapovana. In addition to Ashtanga Yoga, Christopher teaches Sanskrit, the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, and yoga philosophy.
Jimmy Lennon:
Jim Lennon is an experienced yoga practitioner who has also been teaching yoga for the past 7 years. Jim has studied Ashtanga with Christopher Hildebrandt, Doug Swenson, David Swenson, Beryl Bender Birch, and Manju Jois, as well as Vinyasa yoga with Seane Corn, and Baron Baptiste. Jim has also traveled to India and studied Ashtanga with Sri Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath. Jim has a level 2 teacher certification in Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga and is a registered Yoga Alliance Teacher. Currently,Jim teaches Ashtanga Yoga , Power vinyasa Yoga , and anatomy,as it pertains to yoga and asana practice.
Karen Zorzenon:
In 1999 Karen began practicing with Lucia Tucci Di Palo and gained a foundation in the Iyengar tradition of yoga at the Yoga Room of East Patchogue. In 2003 Karen began a more serious physical and spiritual journey in traditional Hatha yoga under the guidance of Angela Caruso of Inner Light Yoga in Sayville, New York. After having the opportunity to “student teach” at Inner Light, Karen enrolled in the 200 hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Training at Yoga-Yama of Patchogue which included a heavy emphasis in both Vinyasa and Ashtanga styles of yoga. Her Ashtanga practice follows the traditional teaching of Sir Krishna Paattabhi Jois (“Do your practice and all is coming.”). Karen received her 200 hour certification in June 2009 and has been teaching since. Karen is looking forward to sharing her training and taking her students to a higher and deeper level of practice.
