YogaSource’s 200 Hour Program is designed for students who aim to explore the full potential and spectrum of Yoga as a living art, as well
as for those who feel a call to become, or explore becoming, a Yoga teacher.
The ten month program consists of eight weekend modules plus one five day immersion in January, in Santa Fe, NM. During the immersion, a potent experience of the benefits of Yogic lifestyle and in-depth practice of asana, pranayama and meditation will be explored with the lead facilitators, Amy Spurlock and Wendelin Scott.
Amy and Wendelin are joined throughout the nine month program by a cohort of expert faculty whose vibrant and inspired courses include topics such as: the lineage, history and origins of Yoga, Ayurveda and self care, racial and social equity, the subtle body, and the language and poetry of Yoga. You can read more about the program lead facilitators and contributing faculty here.
The YogaSource program creates a balance between the time honored and the cutting edge; between the language of symbol and metaphor, and the language of science; between the authentic and original teachings and modern innovation.
It is through this carefully crafted balance that we offer you a refined and relevant training that will support you to excel and shine brighter as a person, a Yoga practitioner and potentially as a Yoga teacher.
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YogaSource Training meets and exceeds the 200-hour requirements put forth by Yoga Alliance, the national standard in Yoga education.
The emphasis of the YogaSource Immersion and Teacher Training is on deep, experiential practice and learning. Your lead instructors will guide and mentor you throughout the program and will take your asana, pranayama, meditation, and teaching practices to new levels of understanding and accomplishment.
Over the course of the ten months of the training, participants immerse in the origins and timeless practices of Yoga in a safe, supportive and inspired environment for process-based learning. Self-reflection, self-discovery, personal growth and healing are at the heart
of our approach. This program aims to rigorously and joyfully transmit the study and practice of Yoga and along with its methodologies of teaching.
In addition to regular in-depth practice, the program emphasizes understanding and embodying three primary components of the Yoga asanas--
We will address the technical details of alignment as well as appropriate stages, levels and modifications to help each person achieve a satisfying and relevant practice.
This program will develop an understanding of basic breathing patterns in yourself and others. Additionally, you will be able to coherently practice, demonstrate and instruct the techniques of ujjayi, nadi shodhana, kapalabhati and bhramari.
You will be skillfully guided and initiated into meditation techniques during the eight month training. You will learn to instruct basic seated guided meditation and supine savasana techniques. These are important techniques for opening and closing Yoga practices and classes, as well as enriching one's own practice.
You will learn chants for invocation at the beginning of classes, mantras for healing, as well as the deeper significance of Om.
We feel it is vital for serious students and teachers of Yoga to have a solid foundation in human anatomy and physiology as it is related to the actions and alignment of asana. Our program offers a dynamic dive into experiential anatomy guiding you step by step through how our wonderful human bodies move and function, especially in regards to Yoga Asana. Subtle, or energetic, anatomy will also be included in the curriculum providing essential knowledge of the pranic body within Yoga practice.
The philosophy component of the program centers on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. You will read key portions of the Yoga Sutras, understand the eight limbs of Yoga as outlined by Patanjali and explore studies of the Yamas (ethical precepts) and Niyamas (personal attributes) through the lens of your own experience and your own life.
Further texts that will be included are the Hatha Yoga Pradapika, Siva Samhita and Gherunda Samhita. Teachings on the main paths of Yoga - Hatha, Raja, Karma, Bhakti, Jnana and Tantra and on the origins, history and lineages of Yoga are included. The ethics of practicing and teaching Yoga are woven throughout the program, with an emphasis on enriching one's own capacity for self-reflection and personal transformation.
Out of the direct, lived experience of practicing Yoga, we cultivate the understanding of and the tools for how and why to teach Yoga. The training provides concise, logical and practical methods of teaching for a variety of populations and diverse student bodies. Upon completion of the program, we aim for you to be confident enough in your accumulated skills and applied knowledge to take the first steps to enter the field of teaching Yoga. We want our graduates to be clear about why they are practicing and teaching, and to cultivate and share from their own inspired well-spring of knowledge.
The student-teacher ratio of this program provides generous personal attention and mentorship. The practicum hours exceed that of Yoga Alliance, and provide ample time to refine and clarify your teaching skills. The practicum hours include practice teaching with support and feedback from instructors as well as public class observation with follow-up writing assignments.
