LEARN TO TEACH WITH A CLEAR AND VIBRANT VOICE
September 6, 2017 – September 26th, 2018
SEQUENCING and ALIGNMENT
We work with 9 sequences working toward and apex pose: 3 beginner, 3 intermediate and 3 advanced. We will break down each pose in each sequence and determine how to categorize each pose. This is so much fun and the primary way Laurel uses an alignment focus or action focus in her classes to determine a sequence and how the poses “talk” to each other. We get really geeky and spend A LOT of time here making sure you know each pose inside out.
How does your understanding of sequencing and alignment determine where you are going in your teaching and practice? For a beginner, an intermediate or advanced student? We will practice sequencing using a list of beginner, intermediate and advanced poses and break down each pose even further into how they are used as ‘gateway’ poses, or poses the lead up to an apex suitable for your level of practice or teaching.
We will also break each of the poses down in the 9 sequences according to how you understand front body vs back body. How do we use this to integrate and create more “flow” in our practice, how do we use our understanding of front vs back to tie the actions of the poses together from head to toe.
Once we get going with a deeper understanding of alignment and sequencing each trainee will start to teach the group as a whole to get a chance to hone what you are learning as you are learning together. This is a great way to learn from each other, offer feedback in a safe and constructive environment and incubate collaboratively.
Seeing the Cycle in Everything – THEMING with AYURVEDA and the 5 ELEMENTS:
The training will be divided up into 4 sections according to each season and it’s correlating element:
Section #1 – Sept 6th to December 21st: Fall and the Air Element (which is associated with growth at it’s peak, the bounty, freedom, “going for it”)
The Ether Element overlaps with Air and will be covered Halloween through the Winter Solstice (ether is associated with Listening, meditation on what is we want to move toward and what are we moving away from)
Section #2 – December 21st to March 21st: Winter and the Earth Element (which is associated with planting seeds of growth, boundaries, the work we “do in the dark”)
Section #3 – March 21st to June 21st: Spring and the Water Element (which is associated with nurturance, softening and bringing an ease into our actions)
Section #4 – June 21st to Sept 26th: Summer and the Fire Element (which is associated with focus, intention and change)
MENTORSHIP
You will each have an opportunity to work directly with Laurel as your mentor. She will work with you individually and in small groups to zero in on what it is that attracted you to YOGA Garden, this training and her teaching and how you can incorporate that into your own and what you specifically want to get out of this training.
PRANAYAMA and MEDITATION
Our breath work is at the core of it all. Meditation as well as asana practice. It’s where we meet the world we live in with our deepest selves. It’s what keeps us in our own work, or dharma, even in a room full of people. Our practice of breathing is what keeps us connected to ourselves when we need it most. We will look at different pranayama practices and how they affect us in meditation, on our mats and off. We will also talk about various meditation practices such as Nidra Yoga and Stilling the Lake of the Mind. Cooling breath vs heating, breath for anxiety vs depression, etc..
LEARNING From the MASTERS:
We will have guest speakers and teachers come in to discuss their area of expertise with us and how it relates and is integrated into our yoga practice and teaching. Topics that will be covered:
- Philosophy with Matthew Remski
- Advanced asana w Carmen from Chicago Yoga Lab
- Kinesiology
- The Lymphatic and Nervous Systems
- Homeopathy
- Acupuncture and TCM
- Anatomy
- Fascia
- Energy Bodies
- Chakras
TAKING the SEAT of the TEACHER:
- Language and Terminology
- Voice
- Theming
YOGA PHILOSOPHY:
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
- Sanskrit
PRANA and ENERGY:
- Kostas – the 5 energy bodies
- Ida, Pingala and Sushumna Nadis and the Nervous System
- Spanda or vibration/pulsation
- Prana – the vitality in life
- Chakras
YOGA as METAPHOR and GUIDE Off the Mat:
- Strategic planning/Life Map
- Diet/Ayurveda/Nutrition
- Cyclical vs Linear Learning
200 Hour Prerequisite:
You do not have to have taken your 200 Hr at YG. Laurel recognizes that you each have your own individual story that plays into this, where you take classes, who you’ve learned from in the past, and that’s wonderful. It will make our time together richer and more collaborative. A lot of what we will be learning will be specific to the anatomy and alignment in each pose and sequencing that is specific to the way Laurel teaches, so it’s really open to anyone who has already trained at a 200 Hour level.