DENVER HOT YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
The
2008 Hot Yoga Teacher Trainings in Denver
will begin:
The goal of our Hot Yoga Training is to teach you how to become a dynamic teacher, and at the same time, give you an opportunity to deepen your Hot Yoga practice, both as a teacher and as an individual. It will give you the confidence and knowledge to step into any class and guide the students through the 26 physical postures in this series, as well as the mental journey of this practice. It will give you the training to teach a dynamic and challenging Hot Yoga Class.
Our practical training programs teach people how to TEACH yoga, not just the poses. Most trainings are spread out over a nine-week period, letting you digest and apply what you’ve learned. We will train you to teach a dynamic and challenging Hot Yoga Class, and give you the confidence to step into any class and guide the students through a powerful physical and mental journey.
Although you may have a gifted personal practice, guiding a room full of students through a dynamic practice with confidence is quite different than practicing yourself. Mastering the ability to communicate with your students is a crucial part of being an effective teacher. Our goal as teachers is to improve the quality of people’s lives and to leave our students in a better place, both mentally and physically, a place far superior from the one they came from. To achieve that end, we need to have a deep understanding of how the body works, beyond the superficial level. From a modern physiology and functional anatomy perspective, CorePower Hot Yoga Teacher Trainings provide cutting edge techniques such as anatomy study, cadaver labs, video review, posture specific workshops, and more, for a comprehensive experience. Having a strong understanding of the way the body functions allows teachers to better understand why postures work the way they do and why the series follows a particular sequence. This allows our teachers to effectively give firm and safe hands-on physical adjustments.
Hot Yoga is both physically and mentally challenging. Knowing when to push students and when to back off and ease up is one of the many challenges a teacher faces. Encouraging and supporting students, ensuring that they are doing the postures to their ability and in a safe manner is crucial to the well-being of all students. Using our voices and our touch, we learn how to motivate, inspire and encourage our students. The impact this yoga has on our lives is tremendous – that we all know. Being able to share that incredible gift is a gift in itself.
Outline for Course:
Week 1: Breakdown Warm-up series and start teaching, Anatomy
Week 2: Yoga Sutras and History of Yoga ethics & living the life of a yogi, Breakdown Balancing series and start teaching
Week 3: Teaching skills and Timing, Breakdown Stretching series and start teaching
Week 4: Nutrition, Breakdown Spine Strengthening series and start teaching
Week 5: Adjustments, Breakdown Fixed Firm to end and start teaching
Week 6: Teach full class
Week 7-9: Continue to practice/take class 6 times per week. Meet with mentor to continue practice teaching
Required Reading:
Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class, Bikram Choudhury
Journey Into Power, Baron Baptiste