The 500 hr program at Lighten Up Yoga is a natural continuation of yoga studies for those students who have clearly dedicated themselves to yoga and to teaching. The program will assist participants in integrating the many aspects of yoga to better serve their students and themselves.
Why a 500 hr program at Lighten Up?
• receive the guidance of a master teacher
• gain understanding of the alignment principles in yoga
• learn more effective sequencing
• learn therapeutic applications of yoga
• develop your skills and insight as a teacher
Studies include applied anatomy, physiology, and yoga philosophy, along with therapeutic applications of yoga for common joint and health problems including yoga for back pain, scoliosis, MS, sleep disorders, and other concerns.
Training can be completed in one or two years.
Weekend Dates 2012:
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February 24-26
* March 23-25
April 27-29 (plus a private session)
* May 25-27
* June 15-17
June 29-July (plus a private session)
* July 27-29
* August 10-12 (plus a private session)
August 24-26
September 21-23
October 19-21 (plus a private session)
* November 16-18 Roger Cole as make-up or additional weekend
November 30-Dec 2
Graduate January 2013
300 contact hrs – Yoga alliance registered hours
# All two year students are encouraged to begin February 24, 2012 and attend seven weekends their first year. * Six first year weekends for those choosing the two year option who begin in March 23, 2012. Your two private sessions may be scheduled in any month. Remaining six or seven weekends to be completed second year, plus two more private sessions.
$3622 includes manual and four one-hour individual sessions with Lillah, and $50 non-refundable application fee.
Pay in full $3420 when you register and save $202. There is a 2.8% added to administer payment plan.
Payment Plan Options Available
One Year Option - with registration & deposit on or before January 31st 2012
Deposit = $300 then, twelve payments of $286 to begin 2/24/12 and to be paid every month.
2.8% is added to administer payment plan. Final payment - January 15, 2013.
Two Year Option - with registration & deposit on or after February 1st 2012
First payment = $300 by 2/24/12 then, twenty payments of $172 to begin March 23rd and to be paid each month. 2.8% is added to administer payment plan. Final payment – November 15, 2013.
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Yoga teachers are invited to attend selected weekends for Yoga Alliance CE credits without enrolling in the full 500-hour course. - See below.
Weekend Hours:
Friday 2 - 5 pm & 6:45- 9 pm
Saturday 10:30 am - 1:30 pm & 2:30 - 6:30 pm
Sunday 8:30 am - 12:30 &1:30 pm- 3:30 pm
Home Study: We ask our 500-hour students to journal their weekly teaching and personal practice time on an Excel grid. Homework assignments due prior to each training weekend are clearly outlined. Following each weekend, teachers in training will submit a one page reflective paper and two self-evaluations of classes they have taught. Anticipate maintaining your personal practice at 5 hours a week minimum, plus 3-5 additional hours for sequence development and other assignments.
World-Class Instruction
Master trainer Lillah Schwartz, 500 Hr E- R.Y.T. and senior student of the Yogic Arts, will be your guide. Please read her biography here.
For information on the other Talented Healers and Educators who will assist you on this journey Click Here.
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How to Enroll Commonly Asked Questions
500 Hour Weekends Topics of Study
• In depth Asana & Pranayama: applications and refinements, movement vs. action,
building progressions.
• Peer teaching & the art of adjusting poses
• Planning a syllabus: themes, duration and application
• The art of sequencing for general classes
• Yoga anatomy and physiology
• Yoga for scoliosis, back pain, M.S. & other special needs
• Asanas to maintain & improve organ health
• Managing sleep disorders • yoga for Seniors • yoga for Heart Health
• Cranial-sacral rhythms in yoga • Somatic release through asana
• The History of Yoga
• Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
• The Five Koshas
• The basics of Ayurveda
• Energy anatomy: charkas and bhandas
• Psychology and Ethics of teaching
• EFT: Emotional Freedom Technique to address samskaras in yoga
This course, recognized
by Yoga Alliance is not associated with the National Iyengar
Association. To become a certified Iyengar Teacher requires years of
study and practice. Graduates of this course are encouraged to move
toward Iyengar Certification by studying with Iyengar Certified teachers.
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Continuing Education weekends for yoga teachers in 2012 - join us for any of the following weekends as individual studies without enrolling in the full 500-hour course!
Module #2 - June 15, 2012
Yoga for Heart Health and Sleep Disorders with guest instructor Linda Camarada. Weekend to cover the anatomy and physiology of heart disease, contemporary approaches in medicine, and beneficial sequencing from Indra Devis heart program and the Iyengar method. Restorative pose for sleep, pranayama and meditation, and practice teaching.
Module #6 - August 10, 2012 retreat setting
The 5 Koshas (levels of consciousness) as reflected in asana, pranayama, and meditation. Philosophy: the practice of Bramacharya as intension and moderation in action. Yoga and the Organ Systems: A study of physiology and corresponding yoga poses.
Module #5 - August 24, 2012
Healing Our Backs: Understanding back pain, breath and the mind with Lillah. Including applied Back Care for the low back, neck and shoulders, progressions for building abdominal strength, when to use weight bearing and non-weight bearing poses, guidelines for creating a balanced posture. Student models. Pranayama and meditation, and practice teaching.
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