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Teacher Training Agenda
"You teach best what you need to learn the most."
- Yogi Amrit Desai
The AYTT programs consist of a general introduction to the field of Yoga with an emphasis on preparing the trainee to teach safe beginner yoga classes.
The program is well organized and runs very smoothly, building from one month to the next.
Between sessions, participants will have reading assignments, moderate homework and will be expected to practice a minimum of 3 times a week for 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, gradually building up to 4 or 5 times a week (or more) if you wish. Attending yoga classes can be a part of that.
We would like participants to enjoy going to the yoga mat to practice. We do not want you to feel forced, guilty or pressured. However, your own personal practice must become an essential part of your life, if you expect to progress safely and teach yoga with integrity.
We have two different formats: Residential and Non-Residential
Non-Residential Program
September
• General overall introduction of the program and teachers to the participants.
• Begin training in asana alignment techniques including the importance of core strength.
• Introduction to chanting.
• Introduction and exploration of the first in a series of 34 classic asanas and sun salutations and pranayama practices, from a meditative perspective.
• Centering, methodology for leading centering.
• Every month there will be some chanting and guided practices, consisting of asana, pranayama and relaxation, led by your facilitators.
October
• Ongoing asana studies.
• Methodology for teaching asanas, and practice teaching first asana.
• Anatomy of breathing.
• Prana, methodology for teaching pranayama, ujjai pranayama, practice teaching ujjai pranayama, complete breath, and discussions and explorations.
• Learning the bones of the body.
November
• Ongoing asana explorations and studies.
• Uddayana bhanda and agni surah.
• Practice teach complete breath, nadhi shodhana pranayama.
• 1/2 hour practice teach session.
• Concept of the 'edge'.
• Quiz game.
• Types of yoga, discussions and explorations.
• Learning the muscles of the body.
December
• Ongoing asana explorations and studies.
• Further introduction to meditation.
• Yoga nidra.
• Kapalabhati pranayama.
• Developing deeper awareness, discussions and explorations.
• 45 minute practice teach session (centering, asana, pranayama, relaxation), plus our supportive facilitation process.
• Quiz game, discussion and explorations.
January & February
• No formal class gathering. You are to conduct an 8 session x 1.5 hour practice teach in your community with 3-4 new yoga students who you round up yourself. We provide general lesson plan outlines.
This practice is to help you:
• Develop your own creativity and teaching language.
• Help you to have a more realistic experience of teaching.
• Gain confidence that you are learning to teach yoga safely.
A journal must be maintained and submitted to the facilitators upon completion.
March
• Debriefing, questions and answers, discussions, situations etc. that arise from the practice teach program.
• Ongoing asana explorations and studies, ongoing practice teaching.
• Practicing assessments and adjustments.
• Introduction to the Kriplau 8 fold approach to Holistic Living.
• Understanding the 'stress cycle'.
• Game quiz.
April
The entire weekend is devoted to anatomy and the exploration of asana and anatomy.
May
• Discussions and studies with the Paul Grilley DVD
• Anatomy flash card game.
• Practice teaching from an anatomical perspective.
• Anatomy quiz.
• Posture modifications.
June
• Ongoing practice teaching with specific subjects and teacher facilitation.
• Review, posture assessing for safety and alignment.
End of June
7 day residential camp
• Practice teach to entire group.
• Individual and group facilitation.
• Patanjali's Yoga Sutra discussion groups.
• Practice of public silence.
• Introduction to Ayurveda.
• Delicious vegetarian meals.
• One-day auryvedic cleanse diet.
• Hiking, meditation walk.
• 3 hours daily asana practice.
• Yoga movies.
• Exploring class themes and designs.
• Introduction to the 3 stages of Kripalu Yoga.
• The business of yoga.
• Creative expression evening.
• Formal chanting session with Divya Prabha.
• Special graduation ceremony and celebration of newly certified teachers.
• All grads become members of Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association (KYTA) for the next year.
Residential Program
Because of the intensive nature of the program, participants must be psychologically healthy and in good physical condition.
April: 12 day residential
• All of the activities from the Weekend Program (above) are included, from the months of September to January.
• During the months of April to mid-July: At home, participants will practice, practice teach, study, and conduct other reading homework and assignments.
July: 12 day residential
• All of the above activities (Weekend Program) from the months of March to June.
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