The 500 hr program at Lighten Up Yoga is a natural continuation of yoga studies for those students who have clearly dedicated themselves to yoga and to teaching. The program will assist participants in integrating the many aspects of yoga to better serve their students and themselves.
For Yoga Alliance registration - attend 4-6 weekends a year to successfully complete your required 14 advanced training weekend modules in three or four years.
Register for one year of 500 hr Advanced Studies in 2011
4 total core wknds Priced at $1060
Or- attend an Individual 500 hr weekend training as a Drop in student. Each weekend: 20 Yoga Continuing Education Hours for $265.
Early Registration discount before April 1, 2011 save $75.
Enroll with a friend anytime save $75 each! (Only one discount may be applied.)
Save 10% ($106) Pay in full $954 discounted amount when you register.
Lighten Up Yoga 200 hr Graduates - Pay only $954 on a Pay Plan.
Register today by sending a $250 deposit with a $50 application fee and form, total $300.
Receive 10% off all required books and props.
Weekend Hours:
Friday 2 pm to 9 pm - dinner break 5-6:45pm
Saturday 8:30 am to 6:30 pm - lunch 11:45-1:45pm
Sunday 8:30 am to 3:30 pm - lunch 12-1pm
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Why a 500 hr program at Lighten Up?
• Clarify the language of teaching, develop class themes and effective sequences
• Deepen your understanding of applied anatomy, physiology, philosophy and the alignment principles of yoga
• Learn Therepeutic applications for common joint and health problems including yoga for back pain, scoliosis, MS, sleep disorders, and other concerns
• Further your ability to read bodies, see your students more clearly and respond to their needs.
Home Study: We ask our 500 hr teachers in training to simply journal their weekly teaching and personal practice time on a grid. Homework assignments are given 30 days prior to each training weekend for that weekend. Following each weekend teachers in training will submit a one page paper and two self-evaluations of classes they have taught.
Graduates of other 200 Hr programs, Please contact studio directly 828.254.7756
As there are many branches of yoga to study and explore, it is necessary for the purposes of this course that students have an understanding of the alignment principles of yoga. To satisfy this goal and to adequately prepare you for success in our 500 hr course, the following 3 weekends are the pre-requisite weekends offered in 2011. Preliminary weekends count towards your total 14 required weekend modules.
1. April 15-17, 2011 ~ Sequencing Formulas
2. May 20-22, 2011 ~ Primary Pose Actions: Foundations and Safety
3. August 5-7, 2011 ~ Language of Teaching : Group Practice
World-Class Instruction
Lillah Schwartz, 500 Hr E- R.Y.T. and senior student of the Yogic Arts, is the primary instructor for these trainings. Please read her biography here.
For information on the other Talented Healers and Educators who will assist you on this journey Click Here.
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2011 - 500 Hour Weekends:
June 10-12, 2011
Yoga and the Organ Systems: A study of physiology and corresponding yoga poses. Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis and other special needs, including an overview of MS as a disease process, the particular needs of the MS student, chair poses, and the study and practice of inversions as restoration. Panel discussion and practice with student models who are living with MS. Pranayama, meditation, and practice teaching.
October 21-23, 2011
Alignment and the Asymmetric Body. How to address sacroiliac joint function and dysfunction, and short leg or spastic piriformis syndrome. Progressions and refinements for an inversions practice. Pranayama, meditation, and practice teaching.
August 12-14, 2011- Retreat setting
Preventing Yoga Injuries: Knees, Shoulders, and Hips. Philosophy: the study of Ahimsa (non-violence) on and off the mat, The power of Gratitude, the Emotional Freedom Technique as a tool for transformation. Yoga adaptations for osteoporosis and seniors. Tools for accessing the health and abilities of a new student.
*November 18-20, 2011 - Roger Cole Ph.D. Anatomy and Physiology of Asana
*April 8-10, 2011 - Gabrielle Halpern
*These Weekends are interchangeable as your 4th weekend or you may attend both.
Accelerated track: If you wish to take more than 5 wknds of training a year please consult with the director for acceptable options. View our Calender Page, weekend options will be listed there.
How to Enroll
Topics of Study - 3 year program.
• In depth Asana & Pranayama: applications and refinements, movement vs. action,
building progressions.
• Peer teaching & the art of adjusting poses
• Planning a syllabus: themes, duration and application
• The art of sequencing for general classes
• Yoga anatomy and physiology
• Yoga for scoliosis, back pain, M.S. & other special needs
• Asanas to maintain & improve organ health
• Managing sleep disorders • yoga for Seniors • yoga for Heart Health
• Cranial-sacral rhythms in yoga • Somatic release through asana
• The History of Yoga
• Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
• The Five Koshas
• The basics of Ayurveda
• Energy anatomy: charkas and bhandas
• Psychology and Ethics of teaching
• EFT: Emotional Freedom Technique to address samskaras in yoga
This course, recognized
by Yoga Alliance is not associated with the National Iyengar
Association. To become a certified Iyengar Teacher requires years of
study and practice. Graduates of this course are encouraged to move
toward Iyengar Certification by studying with Iyengar Certified teachers.
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Core curriculum will rotate, Module #1 will appear again in 2012.
Core Curriculum modules listed;
Module #1 2009
The Gift of Resistance in Asana. Teaching the overly stiff and overly flexible body. The art of adjusting poses; develop language for successful verbal adjustments, hands on adjusting, and application of principles on student models. Introduction to Ayurveda with Haeyoung Grace Kandl. Pranayama and meditation, and practice teaching. Please confirm attendance by May 25, 2009 in order to receive your homework assignments.
Module #2 2009
Yoga for Heart Health and Sleep Disorders with guest instructor Linda Camarada. Weekend to cover the anatomy and physiology of heart disease, contemporary approaches in medicine, and beneficial sequencing from Indra Devis heart program and the Iyengar method. Restorative pose for sleep, pranayama and meditation, and practice teaching. Please confirm attendance by September 25, 2009 in order to receive your homework assignments.
Module #3 2009
Residential Equinox Yoga Teachers Retreat
Successful sequencing and class organization. Finding stability and ease in asana. Yoga philosophy on and off the mat. Includes detailed guidance and handouts on how to create effective sequences, class organization, and how to link actions. Yamas and Niyamas in yoga class, pranayama and meditation.
Module #4 2010
Exploring Chakras as energy and evolution with Laurel Mamet. Unfolding backbends: the path of an open heart. The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali as an evolutionary guide. Weekend to include the physical, physiological and psychological components of the seven chakras, asanas to apply to each chakra, backbend progressions to educate the psoas muscles and improve posture. Pranayama, meditation, and practice teaching.
Module #5 2010
Healing Our Backs: Understanding back pain, breath and the mind with Lillah. Including applied Back Care for the low back, neck and shoulders, progressions for building abdominal strength, when to use weight bearing and non-weight bearing poses, guidelines for creating a balanced posture. Student models. Pranayama and meditation, and practice teaching.
Module #6 2010- retreat setting
The 5 Koshas (levels of consciousness) as reflected in asana, pranayama, and meditation. Philosophy: the practice of Bramacharya as intension and moderation in action. Shoulder anatomy, and the application of classic and adaptive yoga poses for carpel tunnel, post computer and travel concerns.
Module #7 2011
Yoga and the Organ Systems: A study of physiology and corresponding yoga poses. Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis and other special needs, including an overview of MS as a disease process, the particular needs of the MS student, chair poses, and the study and practice of inversions as restoration. Panel discussion and practice with student models who are living with MS. Pranayama, meditation, and practice teaching.
Module #8 2011
Alignment and the Asymmetric Body. How to address sacroiliac joint function and dysfunction, and short leg or spastic piriformis syndrome. Progressions and refinements for an inversions practice. Pranayama, meditation, and practice teaching.
Module #9 2011- Retreat setting
Preventing Yoga Injuries: Knees, Shoulders, and Hips. Philosophy: the study of Ahimsa (non-violence) on and off the mat, The power of Gratitude, the Emotional Freedom Technique as a tool for transformation. Yoga adaptations for osteoporosis and seniors. Tools for accessing the health and abilities of a new student.
Module #10 2012
Classical pose groups, their application, physiology, appropriate use of props, and alternatives when the classical pose is unattainable. Yoga for Scoliosis, study and practice with student models. Educating the psoas muscle, sequences for general classes.
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