Do you want to be an effective and powerful vinyasa teacher? Do you want to fill the room and be a teacher whose classes are well attended? Can you do both? This intensive will take your skills and your teaching to new levels, as you learn to skillfully weave and fuse form and flow, where heartfelt teachings converge with skillful alignment in the rhythmic pulse of breath and body.

What can I expect to learn?

Whether you are a vinyasa teacher looking for new skills and tools, or an alignment-based teacher seeking to broaden your range, this week will up level your teaching immediately.

As vinyasa yoga becomes more common, quality varies greatly. Vinyasa classes more closely resemble fitness classes (remember aerobics?) than ever before, and “vinyasa culture” is sitting on a spectrum that seems to grow broader by the hour. In this program, we will explore how to safely and most effectively CREATE the FLOW STATE your students crave, while providing you with knowledge, strategies and techniques to set your students up for success. Embody your own most effective and powerful teacher and the quality and integrity of your offering will be magnetic and magical.What Can I Expect To Learn?

Do you want to be an effective and powerful vinyasa teacher? Do you want to fill the room and be a teacher whose classes are well attended? Can you do both? This intensive will take your skills and your teaching to new levels, as you learn to skillfully weave and fuse form and flow, where heartfelt teachings converge with skillful alignment in the rhythmic pulse of breath and body.

Whether you are a vinyasa teacher looking for new skills and tools, or an alignment-based teacher seeking to broaden your range, this week will up level your teaching immediately.

As vinyasa yoga becomes more common, quality varies greatly. Vinyasa classes more closely resemble fitness classes (remember aerobics?) than ever before, and “vinyasa culture” is sitting on a spectrum that seems to grow broader by the hour. In this program, we will explore how to safely and most effectively CREATE the FLOW STATE your students crave, while providing you with knowledge, strategies and techniques to set your students up for success. Embody your own most effective and powerful teacher and the quality and integrity of your offering will be magnetic and magical.

February 7- 10, 2019

Complete participation is strongly recommended. However, life events and circumstances sometimes take priority, and we are as flexible and reasonable as we can be with our students. Makeup options are available. Please see our Makeup Policy for more information.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

DAY 1
Form, Function & Flow: What every vinyasa teacher needs to know, organizing principles and essential skills, Level 1 focus

What is vinyasa yoga? Etymology of vinyasa, definitions, historical context and contemporary vinyasa
traditions/styles
Organizational principles of vinyasa
Vinyasa teaching strategies and skills
Vinyasa sequencing
Overview levels of vinyasa classes: Level 1, Mixed Levels, Level 2-3
How to balance pose instruction with rhythm, pace and flow
How to teach and not lose momentum and flow
How to cue the breath and keep consistent rhythm
Physical adjustments
Demonstration techniques
Environment: classroom organization, heat, light, music
Seat of the teacher; how to hold the space of challenge and compassion
How to begin class: arriving and settling poses
How to introduce and teach seated ujayii pranayama
Lesson planning: progressive sequencing for Surya Namaskara A
Lesson planning: How to give effective Chaturanga Dandasana (modified) tutorial
Lesson planning: Progressive sequencing for Surya Namaskara B

DAY 2
Foundations of Flow: Effective and safe 60-minute level 1 classes continued

Level 1 syllabus of poses
Sequencing of level 1
Difficult poses and transitions and common misalignments
How to balance instruction with pace, rhythm and flow
How to give effective (brief) postural demonstrations
Modifications, options and prop use and other pose improvement strategies
How to introduce and teach mula and uddiyana bandha
How to create focus and provide recovery time during class
Repetition; instructional round and 1 breath per pose round
Lesson planning: progressive sequencing for Surya Namaskara C (standing pose linkings)
Lesson planning: abdominal strengthening, arm balances and forward bends
Lesson planning: basic backbends
Closing postures, savasana and ending class