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Joining our teaching assistant (TA) program is a unique opportunity to grow your practice and teaching skills. Whether you are an aspiring instructor or an advanced yoga student who is ready to move deeper within yourself and explore the rich tapestry of yoga, this program will teach you how to work with students on all levels.
What could take a student years to understand in their form and alignment could just take one precise, effective, supportive adjustment from a well-trained teacher. Join Katja and her team as she teaches you the deepening and safe full-body adjustments of the most common asanas of a Vinyasa Flow yoga practice.
Schedule
Session 1 - Sun Salutation A
Tadasana, Uttanasana, Plank, Chatturanga, Upward Facing Dog, Downward Facing Dog.
Session 2 - Sun Salutation B & Standing Poses
Warrior 1, Warrior 2, Triangle, Revolved Triangle, Side Angle, Revolved Side Angle, Pyramid, Down Dog Split, Uttanasana, Child's Pose.
Session 3 - Balancing Poses
Half Moon, Revolved Half Moon, Warrior III, Tree, Crow, Dancer, Side Plank, Eagle, Chair, Lateral Stretch & Reverse Warrior, Standing Leg Extension.
Session 4 - Forward Folds
Janu Sirsana, Upavista Konasana, Malasana, Standing Split, Wide Straddle, Wind Releasing Pose, Paschimottanasana, Pigeon, Uttanasana.
Session 5 - Twists
Revolved Side Angle, Revolved Triangle, Seated Twists, Supine Twists, Revolved Half Moon, Crescent Lunge Twisted Series. Review: Jumping technique.
Session 6 - Floor Poses
Fish, Cow, Upward Plank, Cobbler, Head to Knee, Wide Straddle, Forward Bends, Hip Openers.
Session 7 - Inversions
Shoulderstand, Plow, Handstand, Headstand, Forearm Stand, Crow to Headstand, Tripod Headstand.
Session 8 - Backbends
Bow, Camel, Wheel, Bridge, Kapotasana, Locust, Reclining Hero, Cobra. Review: Upward Facing Dog. Drop back series from standing with partner or wall.
You have the opportunity to
- Study, tailor and improve your own yoga practice
- Embark on your own personal process of healing and discovery
- Learn how to assist in a safe, nurturing and effective manner
- Gain a greater understanding of yoga poses and their effects by working with experienced teachers
- Deepen your skills how to teach clearly and specifically
- Gain insight into your own habitual behaviors and learn the tools and skills needed to change them
- Enhance your communication and teaching skills
- Develop personal and professional ethics and boundaries in teaching
- Build a relationship with teachers and students
- Learn to work with injuries and modifications
- Receive one free class - per class assisted.
- Receive 10% off all our yoga workshops and merchandise items.
You will learn the corrective and deepening full-body adjustments of standing and seated asanas and the sun salutations. The program is an essential training for all of our teachers and for those who would like to deepen their understanding and experience of vinyasa yoga. This program serves as the pre-requisite for becoming an active teacher at Studio Serenity. Participation in this comprehensive program will give you a solid understanding of alignment and specific hands-on adjustments and much more about the art of teaching.
The Instructor: Katja Brandis
Katja Brandis has been teaching somatics since 1996, after graduating magna cum laude in Dance and has been teaching yoga since 2002 and leading teacher trainings since 2004. She studied with world renown master teachers and completed 'Hands On Adjustment' technique training with Max Strom, Shiva Rea, David Swenson, Simon Park, Doug Swenson, and David Life (founder of Jivamukti Yoga, New York). |
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