Yoga Union®
300 Hour TT
The YU 300TT continues the "Gold Standard" (TONY 2007) quality of its 200TT in its equally rich and demanding nine-month program, providing you with the opportunity not only to become outstanding teachers at the intermediate+ level, but to maintain a serious self-practice in asana, pranayama and meditation. This 300 TT is a great chance to develop your teaching skills and develop workshop material of your own while expanding your knowledge of the more subtle practices of yoga and key ancient texts in an intimate environment with world-class teachers. Excellence, integrity, hard work, inspiration-these are some of the qualities you can expect from the YU® 300TT. And because of the limited group size, you will receive abundant personal attention and have the opportunity to develop a real Satsang with your fellow students.
In addition to the well-rounded program described below, you will be certified in Yoga for Basic Backcare, Basic Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, and Level One Wall-Rope Certification, allowing you to safely and effectively use wall-ropes at YU and other studios where they are available to you. You will also come away prepared to teach two workshops prepared by you as part of your final.
You can expect to achieve new clarity and confidence in both your teaching and practice, while assimilating a substantial body of information on which to draw both in and out of the studio, including major ancient texts.
MEDITATION
Still your mind under the guidance of Sharon Salzberg, a veritable "national treasure," in the words of one long-time practitioner. Sharon Salzberg will oversee your meditation practice on a regular basis during the intensive, offering several three-hour lectures and discussion. In the meantime, a buddy system will help you maintain a regular practice during the time of the 300TT and lay the foundation for a lifetime of meditation. If you already have a meditation practice, this will be the perfect time to receive sustained guidance. (Note: hours outside of the weekend hours will be necessary for this, as Sharon's weekend scheduling is very heavy).
PHILOSOPHY
Explore new texts, such as Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Shiva Samhita,Gheranda Samhita, and other texts assigned during the 300TT. This is a wonderful opportunity to read texts you might not otherwise find the time for and to share your experience of them in the company of interested colleagues. It is essential that you have previously read the Yoga Sutras of Master Patanjali (Light on the Yoga Sutra, B. K.S. Iyengar). If that's not the case, this would be the right to start.
BEYOND
With the YU 300TT, you will be ready to safely teach at the intermediate+ level anywhere. YU strives to develop teachers who can be hired with confidence by any center looking for a well-rounded, confident, sensitive teacher. This program will also prepare you for the 300YTT (or Yoga Therapy Training) beginning in 2010. The personal mentoring of senior teachers will provide you with a solid point of reference while you continue to forge your personal trajectory in Yoga.
Yoga Union® TT Recognition
YU is recognized by Yoga Alliance at the 200 & 500 level. But more importantly, it is recognized by its peers as one of the leading Teacher Training institutions in America.
300TT Requirements for Certification (in addition to application requirements below)
· You must complete all *300TT weekends, and 1 elective from the workshops offered during the year at Yoga Union( TBA)
Note: if there are scheduling conflicts, some modifications are possible.
· Daily self-practice of asana, pranayama and meditation
· Class 2 times a month at YU/YUB for the duration of the training (additional classes not included in cost of TT)
· Assisting 10 classes starting in November (not more than once a week)
· Teaching regularly during the year
· Assigned reading, written homework, assigned asanas/sequences for self-practice and final exam
· One class at least at each of the following studios/styles in the course of the 300TT:
Jivamukti, Om, Iyengar Yoga Center, Dharma Mitra, Yoga Works, Viniyoga class at Yoga Sutra, observe Astanga class or take led Mysore style, Anusara, Sivananda (not included in cost of TT)
Books and materials must be purchased by participants and are not included in the cost of the TT.
Note: Yoga Union reserves the right to withhold certification in the event that not all requirements are fulfilled.
SCHEDULE
· Your @Home study starts on September 9. Homework assignment for period prior to the first weekend intensive will be sent upon registration.
· Orientation takes place on Thursday, September 9 at 8:00 AM.
· Friday, September 24, 1:00 PM: Start of 300TT
·The 300TT starts on September 24, 2010 and finishes on May 15, 2011
2010
Sept. 24-26
Oct. 15-17
Nov. 12-14
Dec. 10-12
2011
Jan "Intensive" Thursday January 6- Sunday January 9
Jan 28-30
* Feb. 20 YUB Workshop: elective
March 18-20
April 15-17
May 13-15
Weekend schedule:
Friday 2-5 PM
Saturday 9-12 (Sat afternoon schedule to be worked out)
Sunday 9-1 & 2-5
APPLICANTS
Please have at least three years of regular practice and be now at the intermediate level (full headstand in center for five minutes, and so forth), and have fulfilled a 200-hour program or the equivalent, including an introduction to Sanskrit (note: this can be made up during the winter 200TT).
Please also have at least one year's teaching experience.
In addition, you will need to interview with Alison and take an audition class by August 27. If you are unable to take class, you can schedule a private session with Alison, or if you are out of town, send a video of your practice to Alison West, 128 East 29th Street, Apt 3A, NY NY 10016 by September 4.
Application deadline: September 9
Class audition (or video) deadline: September 9
Full payment due: September 9 (payment plan available)
Note: Yoga Union reserves the right to withhold certification in the event that not all requirements are fulfilled.
COST
There is a non-refundable deposit of $700 to secure your place
Early-bird discount (before August 14) $4200.
After August 10, $4700.
Full payment due September 9.
There is a $400 discount for YU 200TT graduates.
No refunds after this date other than emergencies.
Payment plan available.
Payment: You can pay by cheque or by PayPal (+3% paid separately) to Alison West. Payment plan available
For all information email yogaunion@nyc.rr.com or call 212.889.8643.
Deadlines reminder
Saturday, August 14: last day for discounted payment
Thursday, September 9: last audition class or video submission
Thursday, September 9: application deadline
Thursday, September 9: full payment due; start of @Home study
Thursday, September 9, 8 AM: Orientation Meeting
Friday, September 24, 1:00 PM: Start of 300TT
WHAT OTHERS SAY...
This Teacher Training has been one of the most 'delicious,' rigourous, challenging and rewarding experiences of my life. I am changed person and will and will be applying the principles and teachings in all aspects of my life in order to evolve as a yoga student, emerging teacher and human being.[..] Thank-you so much." N. GOLDSTEIN, New York City, July 2010.
"I've known Alison for almost fifteen years as both a teacher and a fellow Astanga practitioner. Her insight and experience single her out as one of the most highly regarded Yoga instructors in New York City."
-WILLEM DAFOE, New York City, March 2007
"Alison, and her impressive guest teachers, present an enormous amount of material expertly and concisely. Be prepared to work hard, and grow even more. I can't recommend her 200-hour TT enough."
MEGAN MOOK, RYT, 2009 Winter TT
"The TT course was great; more than I expected in every sense! Alison West is an inspirational teacher and leads the course in an extremely thorough fashion, along with other wonderful visiting teachers. I would highly recommend anyone dedicated to yoga to do this course, whether it is with a view to teaching or to intensify their own practice. SIOBHAN O'CONNOR, 2009 WInter TT
"The Teacher Training was comprehensive! I will be processing and returning to what I have learned for a long long time!"
ALANNA BARRETT, 2009 Winter TT
"Alison's Teacher Training was one of the most in-depth and empowering trainings I have ever had!"
SARAH NIELSEN, Certified Massage Therapist and Yoga Teacher, 2007
Classes are held at The Yoga Union Center for Backcare & Scoliosis
32 West 28th St, 4th Floor, between 6th Ave Broadway.
The studio is easily accessible from the 28th street stops for the N/R/1/6 subway lines. The 34th street stations on other lines are also near as is Penn Station and the PATH.
For more information call 212 889 8643 or email yogaunion@nyc.rr.com
September 9-24 @ Home Study period
Friday- Sunday, September 24-26: Start of 300 Hour program
Friday- Sunday, September 24-26: Start of 300 Hour program
The YU 300TT continues the "Gold Standard" (TONY 2007) quality of its 200TT in its equally rich and demanding nine-month program, providing you with the opportunity not only to become outstanding teachers at the intermediate+ level, but to maintain a serious self-practice in asana, pranayama and meditation. This 300 TT is a great chance to develop your teaching skills and develop workshop material of your own while expanding your knowledge of the more subtle practices of yoga and key ancient texts in an intimate environment with world-class teachers. Excellence, integrity, hard work, inspiration-these are some of the qualities you can expect from the YU® 300TT. And because of the limited group size, you will receive abundant personal attention and have the opportunity to develop a real Satsang with your fellow students.
In addition to the well-rounded program described below, you will be certified in Yoga for Basic Backcare, Basic Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, and Level One Wall-Rope Certification, allowing you to safely and effectively use wall-ropes at YU and other studios where they are available to you. You will also come away prepared to teach two workshops prepared by you as part of your final.
You can expect to achieve new clarity and confidence in both your teaching and practice, while assimilating a substantial body of information on which to draw both in and out of the studio, including major ancient texts.
 | STUDYING
AND TEACHING ASANA Practice and teach at a new level. Yoga Union's trademark emphasis on teaching practice during the program will help you to perfect your observation, verbal, physical and tonal expression, pacing, sequencing and suitable modifications. You will learn the principles of sequencing governing the major forms of Yoga today to lay the foundation for a broad understanding of ancient and modern Yoga, while honing your own ability to sequence meaningfully and appropriately. Perfecting your knowledge of alignment will help you in whatever form of Yoga you teach. ANATOMY Delve more deeply into the body's systems (nerves, muscle, bones, organs) so that you can have a more secure sense of how the body moves and functions. Kinesiology is more demanding than anatomy, and understanding the challenges the body and mind face when working in the poses is fundamental in developing your own sense of sequencing, avoiding injury and approaching more challenging poses. CHAKRAS, YANTRAS AND MANTRAS
Awaken your whole being by studying in greater depth the subtle anatomy
of the body, chanting, mantras and yantras, and how they affect us.
There is nothing that does not vibrate in the manifest cosmos. |
Still your mind under the guidance of Sharon Salzberg, a veritable "national treasure," in the words of one long-time practitioner. Sharon Salzberg will oversee your meditation practice on a regular basis during the intensive, offering several three-hour lectures and discussion. In the meantime, a buddy system will help you maintain a regular practice during the time of the 300TT and lay the foundation for a lifetime of meditation. If you already have a meditation practice, this will be the perfect time to receive sustained guidance. (Note: hours outside of the weekend hours will be necessary for this, as Sharon's weekend scheduling is very heavy).
PHILOSOPHY
Explore new texts, such as Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Shiva Samhita,Gheranda Samhita, and other texts assigned during the 300TT. This is a wonderful opportunity to read texts you might not otherwise find the time for and to share your experience of them in the company of interested colleagues. It is essential that you have previously read the Yoga Sutras of Master Patanjali (Light on the Yoga Sutra, B. K.S. Iyengar). If that's not the case, this would be the right to start.
BEYOND
With the YU 300TT, you will be ready to safely teach at the intermediate+ level anywhere. YU strives to develop teachers who can be hired with confidence by any center looking for a well-rounded, confident, sensitive teacher. This program will also prepare you for the 300YTT (or Yoga Therapy Training) beginning in 2010. The personal mentoring of senior teachers will provide you with a solid point of reference while you continue to forge your personal trajectory in Yoga.
Yoga Union® TT Recognition
YU is recognized by Yoga Alliance at the 200 & 500 level. But more importantly, it is recognized by its peers as one of the leading Teacher Training institutions in America.
300TT Requirements for Certification (in addition to application requirements below)
· You must complete all *300TT weekends, and 1 elective from the workshops offered during the year at Yoga Union( TBA)
Note: if there are scheduling conflicts, some modifications are possible.
· Daily self-practice of asana, pranayama and meditation
· Class 2 times a month at YU/YUB for the duration of the training (additional classes not included in cost of TT)
· Assisting 10 classes starting in November (not more than once a week)
· Teaching regularly during the year
· Assigned reading, written homework, assigned asanas/sequences for self-practice and final exam
· One class at least at each of the following studios/styles in the course of the 300TT:
Jivamukti, Om, Iyengar Yoga Center, Dharma Mitra, Yoga Works, Viniyoga class at Yoga Sutra, observe Astanga class or take led Mysore style, Anusara, Sivananda (not included in cost of TT)
Books and materials must be purchased by participants and are not included in the cost of the TT.
Note: Yoga Union reserves the right to withhold certification in the event that not all requirements are fulfilled.
SCHEDULE
· Your @Home study starts on September 9. Homework assignment for period prior to the first weekend intensive will be sent upon registration.
· Orientation takes place on Thursday, September 9 at 8:00 AM.
· Friday, September 24, 1:00 PM: Start of 300TT
·The 300TT starts on September 24, 2010 and finishes on May 15, 2011
2010
Sept. 24-26
Oct. 15-17
Nov. 12-14
Dec. 10-12
2011
Jan "Intensive" Thursday January 6- Sunday January 9
Jan 28-30
* Feb. 20 YUB Workshop: elective
March 18-20
April 15-17
May 13-15
Weekend schedule:
Friday 2-5 PM
Saturday 9-12 (Sat afternoon schedule to be worked out)
Sunday 9-1 & 2-5
APPLICANTS
Please have at least three years of regular practice and be now at the intermediate level (full headstand in center for five minutes, and so forth), and have fulfilled a 200-hour program or the equivalent, including an introduction to Sanskrit (note: this can be made up during the winter 200TT).
Please also have at least one year's teaching experience.
In addition, you will need to interview with Alison and take an audition class by August 27. If you are unable to take class, you can schedule a private session with Alison, or if you are out of town, send a video of your practice to Alison West, 128 East 29th Street, Apt 3A, NY NY 10016 by September 4.
Application deadline: September 9
Class audition (or video) deadline: September 9
Full payment due: September 9 (payment plan available)
Note: Yoga Union reserves the right to withhold certification in the event that not all requirements are fulfilled.
COST
There is a non-refundable deposit of $700 to secure your place
Early-bird discount (before August 14) $4200.
After August 10, $4700.
Full payment due September 9.
There is a $400 discount for YU 200TT graduates.
No refunds after this date other than emergencies.
Payment plan available.
Payment: You can pay by cheque or by PayPal (+3% paid separately) to Alison West. Payment plan available
For all information email yogaunion@nyc.rr.com or call 212.889.8643.
Deadlines reminder
Saturday, August 14: last day for discounted payment
Thursday, September 9: last audition class or video submission
Thursday, September 9: application deadline
Thursday, September 9: full payment due; start of @Home study
Thursday, September 9, 8 AM: Orientation Meeting
Friday, September 24, 1:00 PM: Start of 300TT
WHAT OTHERS SAY...
This Teacher Training has been one of the most 'delicious,' rigourous, challenging and rewarding experiences of my life. I am changed person and will and will be applying the principles and teachings in all aspects of my life in order to evolve as a yoga student, emerging teacher and human being.[..] Thank-you so much." N. GOLDSTEIN, New York City, July 2010.
"I've known Alison for almost fifteen years as both a teacher and a fellow Astanga practitioner. Her insight and experience single her out as one of the most highly regarded Yoga instructors in New York City."
-WILLEM DAFOE, New York City, March 2007
"Alison, and her impressive guest teachers, present an enormous amount of material expertly and concisely. Be prepared to work hard, and grow even more. I can't recommend her 200-hour TT enough."
MEGAN MOOK, RYT, 2009 Winter TT
"The TT course was great; more than I expected in every sense! Alison West is an inspirational teacher and leads the course in an extremely thorough fashion, along with other wonderful visiting teachers. I would highly recommend anyone dedicated to yoga to do this course, whether it is with a view to teaching or to intensify their own practice. SIOBHAN O'CONNOR, 2009 WInter TT
"The Teacher Training was comprehensive! I will be processing and returning to what I have learned for a long long time!"
ALANNA BARRETT, 2009 Winter TT
"Alison's Teacher Training was one of the most in-depth and empowering trainings I have ever had!"
SARAH NIELSEN, Certified Massage Therapist and Yoga Teacher, 2007
Classes are held at The Yoga Union Center for Backcare & Scoliosis
32 West 28th St, 4th Floor, between 6th Ave Broadway.
The studio is easily accessible from the 28th street stops for the N/R/1/6 subway lines. The 34th street stations on other lines are also near as is Penn Station and the PATH.
For more information call 212 889 8643 or email yogaunion@nyc.rr.com