Michele's Next 500 (300 plus) WEEKEND based course starts April 2nd, 2021.
Join us for this amazingly positive life changing journey and take your teaching to the next level!
This 500-Hour Advanced Studies program is a 300 hr plus Yoga Alliance Certified completion program which requires students to have graduated from a 200 hr. Yoga Alliance certification program (or an approved training) prior to taking the course. Upon completion you will receive a 500 hr. Yoga Alliance Certification.
The course builds on your 200 hr. foundational course and will provide you with expert level education and teaching skills in Vinyasa yoga, methodology, injury prevention & support, alignment based asana, pranayama, comparative philosophy & meditation. It is designed to polish your teaching to the next level of brilliance. In 200 hour trainings we learn the basics to teach and begin our self study, here we will learn who we are as teachers and learn to teach from within & that yoga which we have deeply integrated.
Michele Loew will teach this course with support from Yoga Space staff and visiting guest teachers. Based on Michele's longtime personal study of yoga in the lineage of Krishnamacharya- Iyengar, Ashtanga & Vinyasa yoga, and her long time study with her primary asana teacher Richard Freeman, this course will utilize the deep investigation of yoga from a classical lineage perspective to build an intelligent foundation that can be applied to any style of yoga. The practice will be built mindfully and progressively from the ground up with deep attention to physical and subtle body alignment. We will learn to give intelligent classical assists, & deeply explore yoga philosophy, comparative Buddhist philosophy, meditation & mindfulness practices, Yoga Nidra, and Hatha Yoga.
Michele has studied for many years with senior Iyengar teachers, completing Aadil Pahlkivla's Yoga Therapy course as well as 17 years with Doug Keller. This will inform how we move in both Mysore style Ashtanga practice and led flow classes. We will also explore different styles of teaching Vinyasa based yoga and therapeutic work with students. Anatomy & Physiology study will be taught by Michele & guest teacher and Anatomy Trains certified anatomist, Shelly Stephenson. Doug Keller's Yoga As Therapy Manuals will also be studied during the course.
After each live stream, replays will be posted to this course giving you life time access to these teachings.
Schedule
Weekend 1: April 2-4th, 2021
Foundations of the Middle Path: Standing Poses and Suryanamaskar; Tantra/Ashtanga Vinyasa & Trishtana; Kena, Katha, & selected Upanishads; Meditation training
Weekend 2: April 9-11th, 2021
Forward Bends; The fine art of assisting; Yoga Sutras; Meditation Training
Weekend 3: April 23-25th, 2021
The Hip and lotus family; the 3 granthis; Yoga Sutras; Meditation Training
Weekend 4: May7-9th, 2021
Twisting & The Marichyasana family; Bhagavad Gita "The Middle Path of Love"; Meditation Training
Weekend 5: May 28-30th, 2021
Transitions, Floating, Apana & the Core Body; Bhagavad Gita; Meditation Training
Weekend 6: June 4-6th, 2021
Sirsasana & Sarvangasana; Finishing Poses; Jalandhara Bandha; Bhagavad Gita & comparative Buddhist philosophy; Meditation Training
Weekend 7: June 18-20th, 2021
Backbending; The Hatha Yoga Pradipika & Introducing Pranayama; Meditation Training
Weekend 8: June 25-27th, 2021
The Art of Inversions: Handstand, Forearm Balance; Pranayama; Hatha Yoga Pradipika; Tantric Philosophy; Chakras, Nadis; Meditation Training.
Weekend 9: July 9-11th, 2021
Arm Balancing; Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Therapeutics; Vijnana Bhairava & Tantra Philosophy; Yoga Nidra; Meditation Training.
Weekend 10: July 23-25th, 2021
Introducing Intermediate Series; Pranayama; Vijnana Bhairava; Heart Sutra; Meditation Training
Weekend 11: August 6-8th, 2021
The Language of Sequencing; Practicum-Group Teaching; Yoga Therapy & Alternative Modalities (Restorative, Prenatal, Specialized practices like Yin); Meditation Training
Weekend 12: August 13-15th, 2021
Final Weekend & closing ceremonies