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Program Description

The Life Balance Teacher Training Program goes beyond teaching a set sequence of postures – it teaches you how to integrate the principles of yoga into your business and life and how to create dynamic, powerful, and safe alignment-based classes to meet the needs of a variety of students.  In the 200-hour program professional yoga therapist Stacy Renz teaches you how to apply yoga to balance alignment, chakras, and Ayurvedic doshas.  Building on the advice from her teacher and IYT founder Joseph LePage, "Give the students a little of what they want and a little of what they need," she teaches you how to provide individualized yoga practice even within a group setting. The philosophy of LRY Life Balance Yoga Therapy is to help students develop awareness in body, mind, breath, and spirit and kindness and compassion toward themselves as well.  This combination of awareness and compassion allows students to heal and live a more balanced,  healthy, and happy life.   More about Life Balance Yoga.

Program Objective

As a graduate of the the LRY Life Balance Yoga Therapy 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program, you will gain the skills and qualifications to

  • Recognize the power you have to create an experience that allows people to change their lives.
  • Teach safe and balanced hatha yoga classes in a variety of contexts.
  • Teach from a variety of perspectives, including integrating the koshas (subtle bodies), balancing the chakras, and balancing Ayurvedic constitutions.
  • Modify yoga poses for injury and illness.
  • Apply creativity to your teaching and practice.
  • Develop a successful yoga business based on your own unique vision and mission.
  • Register with Yoga Alliance.

Teachers

Who should take this training?

  • Yoga students who wish to deepen their knowledge and skills in yoga.
  • Occupational therapists, physical therapists, psychotherapists, massage therapists or other holistic practitioners who wish to add yoga to their practices
  • Students who wish to teach yoga from a therapeutic perspective

If you have physical limitations

If you have physical limitations that may limit your participation in aspects of the program, please call and discuss your concerns with the Director of Teacher training, Stacy Renz (727) 826-4754).  Our goal is to include all who wish to learn if feasible – and your limitation may be an excellent opportunity to teach fellow students how to work with special conditions.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for participating in the yoga teacher training program include:

  • At least six months of yoga study.
  • The maturity to tolerate 12 hours of training per day.
  • The ability to commit to all scheduled training dates.
  • Good mental health.
  • Interest in deepening your yoga practice or understanding of the therapeutic applications of yoga.
  • Be at least 18 years of age OR have the written consent of a parent AND pass an interview process.
  • Agree to sign the ethics agreement upon registration.
  • Agree to disclose all relevant health history to ensure your safety in the program.
  • Be able to provide three letters of recommendations regarding your character and ability to participate successfully in the program, either to teach or to enhance your personal practice.

Tuition

Our next training begins in January 2012.  Tuition is $1999 by December 1, 2011.  Tuition does not include your required texts.  Should you have difficulty paying the entire tuition amount, you may submit five payments of $410 beginning December 1 or the time of your acceptance into the program with the final payment due by April 1  This amount includes a $10 service charge per month for administration costs.  If you choose this option, you must grant us permission to automatically charge your credit card on the first day of each month.

Refund Policy

Once you have committed to the program, you will be responsible for the entire tuition amount unless we are able to fill the program with 12 students by the start date.  If we are able to fill the program, you will receive a full refund minus $600.  If WE cancel the program, you will receive a 100% refund.

2012 Training Dates

Jan 21, 22, Feb 18, 19, Mar 17, 18, Apr 21, 22, May 19, 20, Jun 16, 17, Jul 21, 22, Aug 18, 19, Sept 15, 16, Oct 20, 21.(Right now we are geared to start at 7am and run until 6:30 or 6:45pm.  Exact training times may vary slightly).

 Required Books

  • Yoga Anatomy by Kaminoff (about $16)
  • Anatomy Coloring Book by Kapit and Elson (about $18)
  • The Hidden Secret of Ayurveda by Robert E. Svoboda (about $6)
  • Teaching Yoga:  Exploring the Teacher-Student Relationship (about $13)
  • Yoga Teachers Tool Box by Joseph and Lilian LePage (available at www.iytyogatherapy.com for about $54)
  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchidananda (ISBN-13: 978-0-932040-38-1 for about $13)

  

 Recommended Books

  • Yoga for Your Type: An Ayurvedic Approach to Asana Practice by Frawley and Kozak
  • Yoga for Wellness by Gary Kraftsow

Criteria for Completion

 

In order to receive your Life Balance Yoga Therapy 200-Hour Certification, you must meet these requirements:

  1. Attend each session offered ON TIME.
  2. Turn in written assignments ON TIME.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to lead a class in a safe, manner, incorporating the concepts you have learned.
  4. IF you must miss a session, take responsibility for making up the class with the appropriate teacher.

Other expectations

  1. Participate in all sessions at your level of ability.
  2. As far as physical asana is concerned, honor your own body's limitations at all times.
  3. Respect your teachers and fellow classmates by paying courteous attention in class and attending all sessions on time.
  4. Take responsibility for your learning by asking for help when needed.
  5. Disclose any health concerns you have had in the past five years, either physical or mental.
  6. Abide by the policy of no smoking on the premises of Living Room Yoga.
  7. Abide by the policy of refraining from wearing scents during the teacher training.

Making up Missed Classes Lectures

  • You may take the class during the next teacher training at no additional cost to you.  However, you run the risk that that program will not run that year.
  • You may set up a private appointment with the teacher to repeat the lecture for you at $75 per hour.
  • For an additional cost you may attend a CEU class at Living Room Yoga (if it is offered) in the same category as the class you missed.