YogaWorks Teacher Training Program

YogaWorks is thrilled to team up with Semperviva this summer to offer a one month intensive 200 hour training.

YogaWorks premier Yoga Teacher Training program is credited by many as laying the foundation for yoga in the US. Many of the most respected yoga teachers in the US today, including Shiva Rae, Seane Corn, Saul David Raye and Natasha Rizopoulos have all trained with YogaWorks.

YogaWorks offers one of the most comprehensive Teacher Training programs in the world for aspiring teachers and serious students of yoga. YogaWorks’ cohesive, multi-specialist approach to teacher training blends the best of yoga tradition from the East and the West. At YogaWorks, the mission is to provide aspiring teachers with the foundation to teach skillfully with compassion, integrity and safety, while honoring his or her unique voice.

The dynamic and conscious practice of asana is the cornerstone of the YogaWorks method. To deepen their education, students in the YogaWorks training will also study anatomy and physiology, explore Yoga’s philosophical underpinnings, practice meditation and pranayama as well as investigate the subtle body and Ayurveda.

Since 1990, YogaWorks has trained hundreds of new teachers and continues to offer on-going curriculum to its graduates. YogaWorks Teacher Training is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200, and 500 hour levels.

Course Curriculum

Theory and Practice of Yoga

This foundational training will emphasize deepening a student’s personal practice, as this is the source for their creative teaching. It will also include a comprehensive study of the techniques and mechanics of the fundamental yoga postures, while providing the tools necessary to teach yoga to others. To facilitate a more scientific understanding of the body, the training includes the study of functional anatomy. In addition, to give developing teachers a balanced understanding of yoga, the YogaWorks training moves beyond the physical with the study of meditation, pranayama, Ayurveda and the chakra system.

Topics include:

• Intensive asana study
• Fundamental anatomy of physiology
• The principles of pranayama
• Understanding of restorative and pre-natal yoga
• Overview of the subtle body and chakra system

Yoga Philosophy

Over 2,000 years ago the sage Patanjali described the process of Yogic movement towards a higher consciousness and peace in his treatise “the Yoga Sutras.” His teachings are a living, practical model that, once understood, can be applied to all aspects of life today. They serve to deepen the awareness of our relationship to ourselves, to others, and to our environment. Participants of this course will be introduced to the vast wealth of inspiration available in “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.”

The Theory and Practice of Teaching

The art of teaching is a form of yoga in itself requiring sensitivity, compassion and practice. A teacher must encourage and inspire, being sensitive to both the needs of individuals as well as those of the group.

The practical and subtle aspects involved in teaching, to be addressed in this course, include:

• How to be an effective teacher
• Use of voice, body language and touch
• The art and science of sequencing
• Learning how to see and understand bodies
• The purpose and use of props in personal practice, and class setting
• Hands on adjustments
• Practice teaching

About YogaWorks

YogaWorks was founded in 1988 by the now world-renowned Ashtanga yoga teachers Maty Ezraty and Chuck Miller, at the urging of Tantric yoga master Alan Finger. They were the first yogis to create a school that brought the many different styles of yoga together in one place.

Today YogaWorks has become a thriving yoga resource and community of teachers and students as well as one of the most comprehensive and most respected teacher training programs in the world. Over the years, YogaWorks has earned a reputation for making quality yoga accessible to all.

Course Details