300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training in India - YogaMea School

(According to the Yoga Alliance Guidelines – some of these hours are contact hours and others are self-study.)

• Techniques, Training & Practice – 145 hours
• Asana / Yoga Kriya / Pranayama / Shatkarma / Mudra and Bandha
• Meditation / Yoga Nidra (Traditional and Dynamic Meditation Techniques)
• Art of Teaching | Teaching Methodology – 30 hours
• Yoga Anatomy & Physiology – 50 hours
• Yogic Philosophy, Lifestyle & Ethics for Yoga Teachers – 45 hours
• Yoga – Introduction
• Origins of yoga
• Different paths of yoga: Raja, Karma, Bhakti and Jnana
• Consciousness and awareness
• Evolution of awareness
• Evolution of elements (according to Sankhya darshan)
• Pancha kosha (five covering or sheaths over consciousness)
• Four-Sutraa (preface of Patanjali’s Yog Sutra)
• Pancha Klesha (five causes of pain and miseries)
• Raja yoga and Hatha yoga
• Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (According to Patanjali)
• Yama, Niyama (social and personal rules and regulations)
• Asana (physical posture)
• Pranayama (breathing techniques)
• Pratyahara (withdrawal of the mind from the senses)
• Dharna (concentration), Dhyana (meditation), Samadhi (self-realization)
• Practice Teaching / Class Management – 30 hours

Assessments will be based on written, verbal and practical evaluation.
Final Teaching Assessment: At the end of Week 3, students will have a chance to self-select an appropriate time time slot within which to teach their final 90-minute class. The training culminates with the students teaching a 90-minute asana class to their classmates under the observation of an RYS trainer. Students are instructed to incorporate as many of the elements of asana, pranayama, mantra chanting, meditation as they can into their final asana class, including the use of Sanskrit terms with English translation for the majority of the sequence. The RYS teacher will observed cueing, sequencing, appropriate, ethical use of physical adjustments, verbal adjustment, modification, proper technique in instruction and alignment, knowledge of the student teacher when discussing cautions.
Verbal Presentation: Prepare a 30-minute workshop on either Yoga Anatomy & Physiology or Yoga Philosophy topics and share with classmates under observation of an RYS Teacher. Workshops are given during the final week of the course.
Self-Evaluations: Students will provide a self-evaluation in two ways: Written and verbal format.
Written Self-Evaluation: The first self-evaluation is provided in the form of the students’ responses to the first Yoga Philosophy Homework Assignment question: According to your own ideas what are the requirements for you to become a Yoga Teacher and why do you want (OR what inspired you) to be a Yoga Teacher?
Verbal Self-Evaluation: The second self-evaluation is provided in the form of the students’ self-assessment following their final lead teaching experience. The student teacher is asked to share with the RYS teacher and their classmates what they did well, and what their overall experience was of teaching a full 90-minute class, prior to receiving feedback from the RYS teacher and their peers.
Student conduct and adherence to the Code of Conduct is part of your overall evaluation.
Students must maintain a rate of 90% attendance for the duration of the course in order to qualify for final Assessment.
Yoga teachers who have completed all of the requirements of the 300-Hour Advanced Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training Course will be given a Certificate confirming that they have completed all requirements for training and teaching experiences in accordance with the Yoga Alliance, USA, standards.
Congratulations!

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