500-Hour Continuing Education Focus Weekends 
20-Hour Core Curriculum Weekend Modules
June 27-29, 2008 & October 10-12, 2008
$250 per weekend
Hours for each weekend: Friday 2 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Download Registration Application (Adobe PDF)
Why a 500 hr program at Lighten Up?
- Further your understanding of alignment
based yoga
- Clarify the foundational skills of effective instructors
- Deepen your practice and teaching abilities
- Develop effective sequences to respond to the needs of your students
- Learn to read bodies and see your students
more clearly
During the core curriculum modules we will explore yoga as a healing art, learn therapeutic sequences for common joint and health problems including yoga for back pain, scoliosis, MS and other concerns. We clarify the language of teaching, learn to develop class themes and deepen our understanding of the anatomy and physiology of yoga.
Choose Lighten Up Yoga as one of your two Yoga Alliance registered schools and attend two weekends a year to successfully complete your six 500 hr core curriculum modules. Immerse yourself in yoga and utilize Lillah's clear and expert guidance to bring your practice and teaching experience to the next level.
Open to both Intermediate students and evolving yoga teachers. You may select and attend individual weekend modules without enrolling in the full 500 hr course.
World-Class Instruction
Lillah Schwartz, Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor, E- R.Y.T. and senior student of the Yogic Arts, is the founder and director of Lighten Up Yoga's In Depth Yoga Studies Program. She has been training yoga teachers since 1984. During our 500-Hour Program, Lillah will help you evaluate your progress as a teacher, and learn the skills necessary to be truly effective in helping your students gain radiant health with yoga. Please read her biography here.
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Topics for June 27-29, 2008 Weekend
The importance of developing safe / progressive back bending sequences. Yoga for MS and other disabilities (in co-operation with the Southeast chapter of the National MS Society). Intermediate Practice, Pranayama, peer teaching. The Yamas and Niyamas in our teaching practice.
Please enroll by May 27, 2008 in order to receive your homework assignments.
How to Enroll
Topics for October 10-12, 2008 Weekend
The importance of progressive sequences for head stands and shoulder stands. Yoga for carpel tunnel and post computer dysfunctions, pranayama, peer teaching. The 5 koshas in asana practice and teaching. Please enroll by September 15, 2008 in order to receive your homework assignments.
How to Enroll
Topics of
Study
- In depth Asana & Pranayama
- Yoga for
scoliosis, back pain, MS & other special needs
- Yoga sutras of
Patanjali
- How to develop
class themes
- Asanas to
maintain & improve organ health
- Yoga anatomy and
physiology
- Peer teaching & the art of adjusting poses
- Adaptive
sequences for general classes
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 other Iyengar certified teachers Jr. Intermediate III level or above.
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Are 20-Hour Core Curriculum Modules Right For You?
To enroll in one or more Core Curriculum Weekend Modules, we ask that you have a yoga teaching practice and/or a consistent personal yoga practice. You may join this program if you are an intermediate yoga student or if you hold a 200+ hour Yoga Alliance registration and are working toward your 500-hour registration. You may also select and attend individual weekends without enrolling in the full 500 hr course.
Accelerated Track for Graduates
of other programs
When you enroll as a 500-Hour student, you receive the tools and
personal attention necessary to custom design your training program.
Additional weekends recommended from our 200-Hour course will be
applicable toward your 500-Hour core curriculum hours with Yoga Alliance
including:
March 14 - 16, 2008 - Sequencing: Actions of the Limbs.
April 25 - May 2, 2008 - Primary Pose Actions
June 6 - 8, 2008 - Language of Teaching
July 11 - 13, 2008 - Adjusting and Adapting Poses
Enrollment
Once you have chosen Lighten
Up as one of your two* Yoga Alliance registered schools, you are
expected to attend six weekends to
successfully complete your 500-hour core curriculum studies. A $250
payment for each weekend is due 30 days in advance to allow for adequate
planning and homework assignments. Lifestyle participants may enroll in
one or more core curriculum modules.
*Please note that Yoga Alliance will accept only two training schools
toward your 500-Hour registration. Your 200-hour school counts as one.
500-Hour
Yoga Alliance Registration Formula
|
50 Hours |
Pre-requisite Electives (4-6 Weekend Events/Seminars):
These may be taken at Lighten Up Yoga or other locations.*
Documentation is
required. Please include a copy of the workshop flyer and a
short outline. |
|
120 Hours |
Core Curriculum Weekend Modules
20-Hour Core Curriculum Modules are offered at Lighten Up Yoga two times
each year. This means you can complete the 120-Hour requirement in three years.
Each weekend session includes verification of all subject
categories required by Yoga Alliance.
|
|
50+ Hours |
General Electives (4-6 Weekend Events/Seminars): May be fulfilled at
Lighten Up Yoga or through seminars at other locations with
Junior Intermediate III or higher Iyengar Certified Teachers.*
|
|
90 Hours |
Homework & Peer Teaching
|
|
270-300 Hours |
Total additional hours to be completed for
500-Hour Registration with Yoga Alliance |
*
Please see Lighten up
Yoga's calendar of events for opportunities to fulfill these
electives.
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