Teacher Training Program - Overview

This comprehensive course is designed for all students who wish to deepen their yogic knowledge and personal practice while developing the skills to design a variety of yoga classes for themselves or others. Whether you wish to become a registered yoga teacher or simply delve deep into yoga dharma and practice this training will give you the tools to achieve your goals and transform your life.

Katherine "Kitty" Moore E-RYT will be the director of the program and the senior teacher. She will be assisted in the program by four amazing teachers- Yogarupa Rod Stryker (Para Yoga), Manorama (Sanskrit), Kathryn Templeton, MA, RDT/MT, E-RYT (Ayurveda), and Asha Wolf,DPT (Bio-Mechanics). Katherine was initiated into the lineage of Sri Vidya by her teacher Rod stryker in 2004 and has designed a training program to incorporate the principles of Para Yoga, Tantra, Vedanta, Hatha and Ayurveda.The core principle of this training is to move beyond limitation. Juicy, radical, personal transformation through experiential learning. Our name, Sadhana West, says it all: applying the wisdom of the ancient seekers to the modern world. Our goal is to give you the tools to live the most authentic, passionate and prosperous life on all levels.
This training will be kept small in order for each student to recieve individual attention not just to their teaching skills but to their personal asana, pranayama and meditation practice. We believe that you cannot teach what you haven't practiced in depth. Therefore each student will be guided through a progression of practices over the course of a year that they will then feel comfortable and qualified to teach.
We will dive deep into the well of Yogic Wisdom as we study both acient and modern texts including The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Yoga and Ayurveda, The Bagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, The Heart of Yoga and Meditations from the Mat.

Each weekend will consist of a Friday evening 3 hour session and Saturday and Sunday sessions from 9-6pm. Some weekends will differ according to subject matter. Some will have more asana and some will have less. Some will be experiential learning in Bio-Mechanics, hands-on adjustments and assists and some will be purely breath work and meditation, Sanskrit or Ayurveda.

In terms of the physical practice (asana), we will cover all the Beginner asana and most of the Intermediate poses. Students who are capable of Advanced asana will be taught advanced variations, and all students will have at least 2 private sessions with Katherine in order to design and refine a practice for them. Every student will be challenged at their level. Those who can do more will have more asked of them. You will experience and learn to create classes that combine juicy vinyasa flow with specific pranayama, bandhas, kriyas and meditations for a desired energetic effect.

Students will learn how to sequence flowing vinyasa classes not just to lead students safely to an apex pose, but for specific energetic effect. This brings yoga classes back to what they were supposed to be: a healing science for balanced living. The art of Vinyasa Krama, sequencing asana pranayama and meditation for specific energetic effect will be studied and applied both on a class and individual level. To quote the Para Yoga website "Vinyasa Krama is "wise progression", the intelligent linking or sequencing of postures that informs a complete practice. It also refers to a vital thread of the Yoga tradition: a practice should suit the needs of the individual. The Energetics of Sequencing is a comprehensive course that delves into the specific and broad range effects of the vast variety of Asanas and Pranayamas. We explore the physical, mental, and subtle benefits of these practices from the sublime wisdoms of Tantra, Yoga, and Ayurveda. The training is designed to inform and empower committed practitioners, as well as, teachers of all levels with the knowledge necessary to heighten the effects and benefits of their own or their student's Yoga. Rooted in the ancient wisdoms, Vinyasa Krama is the art and science of fulfilling your or your student's needs, culminating in the Yogic pathway to inner and outer prosperity.They will learn and apply the principles of Ayurveda, the sister science of Yoga, to themselves and their students." I couldn't have said it better.
 
Because this is both a Yoga Teacher Training and a Yogic Life Course all I am requiring from trainees is that they have been practicing yoga for at least a year and are willing to make a serious commitment to do the practices, homework and reading assignments they are given in between sessions.
If you wish to join the training but cannot be at the first months training session, fear not. A make-up session for the first month's lessons will happen in January and is free to those who join the training late or sign up on time but cannot make the first session. Several make-up sessions will be available to those who miss other weekends at a nominal cost or the student may choose to attend the missed weekend in the following years program at no additional cost. Students who miss more than 3 sessions may be asked to make up those sessions the following year before being given a certificate of completion.

For more information please call 303-709-6243 or e-mail Kitty at yogamo2@aol.com.

The cost of this training is $2750.00. Included in this fee are all the required books and reading materials. As a bonus, each student will be given 5 ten-class cards to our studio. A $600.00 value to offset the cost of the training. A non-refundable deposit of $500.00 secures your place in the training. The remainder can be paid in installments of $187.50 per month.

The Dates for the training are:
11/5, 11/6, 11/7 New Start Dates!
11/19, 11/20,11/21 Rod Stryker
12/10,12/11, 12/12
1/21,1/22, 1/23
2/25, 2/26, 2/27 Kathryn Templeton See Special Events Page for Details
3/18, 3/19, 3/20
4/15, 4/16, 4/17
5/13, 5/14, 5/15
6/10, 6/11, 6/12
7/22, 7/23, 7/24 Manorama
8/26, 8/27, 8/28
9/23, 9/24,
9/25 Graduation