200hr
Vinyasa Teacher Training Certification
Program
March-December, 2009 (7 weekends)
Athens, GA
Dear Friend,
I am so pleased
to be returning to Athens, GA in
March for this 200hr Vinyasa Teacher
Training. The enthusiasm and commitment
from the growing yoga community
there has been inspiring.
This
program is a 200 hour Vinyasa Teacher
Training. As such it will be a
mentally, physically and emotionally
challenging process designed to
enable serious students to become
inspired teachers. You will practice
asana, meditation, and pranyama
to the point of proficiency and
beyond. Your knowledge of Yoga
theory will deepen to the point
that it will become an aspect of
the fabric of your life and of
everything you do and say as a
yoga teacher. You will learn to
teach classes that combine a consistent
therapeutic vision with the inspired
spontaneity that is the hallmark
of Vinyasa Yoga. You will develop
a thorough understanding of the
elements of the therapeutic principles
of Yoga and be able to design a
class or teach a pose in such a
manner that your students will
immediately embody those principles.
 Vinyasa Yoga expresses
that part of us that celebrates
the space between the notes. A
typical class will move from simple
to complex poses, from standing
poses and balancing poses, to back-bends,
inversions, and hip openers. The
teacher and students take this
simple formula and make it their
own day by day. No two classes
are ever alike yet the intention
behind the class is always the
same. The genius of Vinyasa Yoga
is not found in its approach to
alignment or sequencing, but rather
in the rhythm with which alignment
and sequencing unfold. Anchored
in the unseen aspects of an asana
class, Vinyasa Yoga is uniquely
accommodating to the evolution
of a teacher; allowing her to bring
all that she has learned and all
that she is into her classroom.
The result is a class that is at
once consistent and inspired.
I want to bring special
attention to the interplay
between the physical and the
metaphysical: A
yoga class is a three dimensional
story that unfolds to the rhythm
of the breath. The art of teaching
is the art of telling that
story. Each of us, always,
has a song to sing a story
to tell. Of necessity much
of what we will be working
on will be technical in nature
but all of what we do together
will be dedicated to supporting
you in singing your song.
Namasté and
I look forward to the start of
this journey with you,
Rolf |
