Yoga and the Healing Sciences
A 200-Hour Teacher Training Program
at Loyola Marymount University
August 17th – December 9th 2012
(All sessions in italics will be led by guest faculty in parenthesis, bolded guest faculty names mean they have been confirmed while names only italicized are subject to change due to teacher availability, Eden and/or Terra will lead all other sections)
WEEKEND #1 (AUGUST 17-19)
Friday: Introduction to the Yoga and the Healing Sciences Teacher Training Program, What is Yoga?
Saturday: Philosophy Practicum 1: The Bhagavad Gita (Chris Chapple), Role of the Teacher, Anatomy and Physiology 1
Sunday: Asana Practice 1: Yoga Doctors, Methodology of Teaching 1: Simplifying Asanas, Freeform Yoga/Satsang/Meditation (Erich Schiffman)
WEEKEND #2 (AUGUST 24-26)
Friday: “Yoga Unveiled” screening and Q&A with the movie’s director (Gita Desai) and a master teacher panel
Saturday: Asana Practice 2: Yoga Doctors, Introductory Sanskrit (John Casey), Group Circle, Bhakti Yoga/Kirtan 1 (Govindas)
Sunday: Iyengar Yoga Introduction (Lisa Walford), Asana Practice 3: Iyengar Yoga (Lisa Walford), Philosophy Practicum 2: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (Robert Birnberg)
WEEKEND #3 (SEPTEMBER 14-16)
Friday: Yoga and Nutrition
Saturday: Asana Practice 4:Yoga Doctors, Raja Yoga: The Classical System (Rev. Tom Kelly)
Sunday: Anatomy and Physiology 2, Overviewing Styles of Yoga, Group Circle, Meditation/Pranayama/Kriyas 1 (Lorin Roche)
WEEKEND #4 (SEPTEMBER 21-23)
Friday: Energetic Anatomy 1: Meridian Theory and Eastern Medicine
Saturday: Asana Practice 5: Yoga Doctors, Yoga Poses in Sanskrit, Posture Clinic 1: The Science and Art of Observing the Body in Yoga Pose
Sunday: Anatomy and Physiology 3, Posture Clinic 2: Yoga Biomechanics, Group Circle
WEEKEND #5 (OCTOBER 12-14)
Friday: Yoga and Ayurveda (Felicia Tomasko)
Saturday: Asana Practice 6: Yoga Doctors, Anatomy and Physiology 4, Qi Gong/Tai Chi (Sifu Matthew Cohen)
Sunday: Ashtanga Yoga Introduction (Maria Villella), Asana Practice 7: Ashtanga Yoga (Maria Villella), Assisting and Adjusting Yoga Poses 1, Group Circle
WEEKEND #6 (OCTOBER 19-21)
Friday: Bhakti Yoga/Kirtan 2: The Ramayana (Jai Uttal)
Saturday: Power Yoga Introduction (Brian Kest), Asana Practice 8: Power Yoga (Brian Kest), Group Circe, Meditation/Pranayama/Kriyas 2 (Steve Ross)
Sunday: Asana Practice 9: Yoga Doctors, Introduction of Yoga Doctors Set
WEEKEND #7 (NOVEMBER 9-11)
Friday: Therapeutic Touch/Yogassage
Saturday: Asana Practice 10: Yoga Doctors, Posture Clinic 3: Asana Lab, Methodology of Teaching 1: Teachers Begin Teaching
Sunday: Group Circle, Sequencing Classes 1, Introduction to Kundalini Yoga (Guru Singh), Asana Practice 11: Kundalini Yoga (Guru Singh)
WEEKEND #8 (NOVEMBER 16-18)
Friday: Bhakti Yoga/Kirtan 3: Giving Thanks to Shakti
Saturday: Methodology of Teaching 2: Students Design & Teach Mini-Sequences, Group Circle, Introduction to Himalayan Yoga Institute (Luke Ketterhagen), Asana Practice 12: Himalayan Yoga Institute (Luke Ketterhagen)
Sunday: Yoga for Mid-life (Larry Payne), Assisting and Adjusting Yoga Poses 2
WEEKEND #9 (NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 2)
Friday: Prenatal Yoga/Teaching Yoga to Children
Saturday: Yoga Doctors (Student Led Practices), Assisting and Adjusting Yoga Poses 3, The Business of Teaching Yoga
Sunday: Asana Practice 13: Yoga Doctors, Group Circle, Karma Yoga Check-In, Meditation/Pranayama/Kriyas 3 (Lorin Roche)
WEEKEND #10 (DECEMBER 7-9)
Friday: Advanced Study: Teachers Refine Their Skills
Saturday: Ethics of Teaching Yoga, How to Teach Private Sessions, Yoga Therapy 1
Sunday: Asana Practice 14: Yoga Doctors, Group Circle, Taking the Practice Home, GRADUATION AND PARTY!