Yoga Mandala - What's New

Richard Bach wrote in Illusions, “Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you.”

Join Jen Ryan (Yoga Loft, Wilmington) and Nicole Grant (Yoga Mandala, Winchester) and guest teachers for a 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training. Our comprehensive 200 hour instructor certification program is designed to be a gateway to personal transformation. Your RYT experience will significantly deepen your practice and understanding of the consciousness of yoga." Join us for a profound inner journey — carefully sculpted through honesty and love in an atmosphere of community and support.

This certification process is an integrated program designed for serious practitioners of yoga, yoga teachers, and those considering teaching yoga in the future. You do not have to have any teaching experience, just a desire to learn more about the yoga practice and deepen your own personal practice through advanced study, asana, philosophy and practice.

Jen and Nicole will be conducting many of the classes and workshops, but will be inviting many skilled teachers in for specialty classes, advanced workshops and anatomy and physiology classes.

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

This 200-hour instructor certification program will meet for ten months, one weekend a month (typically the first) from September 2010 through June 2011. This program complies with the Yoga Alliance standards for inclusion in the national registry of yoga instructors. Areas of study include: Techniques, Teaching Methodology, Anatomy & Physiology, Philosophy/Ethics/Lifestyle, Practicum, Electives, Networking hours and Independent Study. Students are evaluated in the following ways: Practicum (observation in teaching); examinations and papers (which will be reviewed by one or more faculty members); and performance (an opportunity for student and teacher to evaluate the trainee’s progress in her/his asana practice during the course of the program). After successful completion of the program and evaluation process, the trainee will be awarded a certificate of completion from The Yoga Loft and Yoga Mandala, recognized by the Yoga Alliance. Graduates may apply to the Yoga Alliance for their National Registry of Certified Yoga Teachers upon receipt of their certification.

RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITES

Applicants to the program should be taking at least one to two group classes per week for 40 weeks per year for preferably two to three consecutive years. A minimum of three days per week home practice is highly recommended (may include meditation, pranayama, asana and other forms of self-study, such as reading) to reinforce the essence of what you learn in class and through self-observation.

RADIANT CHILD YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Friday, May 13: 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 14: 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Friday, May 20: 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 21: 1:00 - 7:00 pm

Are you interested in teaching yoga to children, or simply sharing your love of yoga with the children in your life? Register for Checka’s Radiant Child Yoga teacher training and certificate program to be held this spring at Yoga Mandala! Founded in 1999 by Shakta Kaur Khalsa, who has been teaching yoga for over three decades and was one of the three original pioneers to bring yoga for children in the United States, the Radiant Child Yoga Program (www.childrensyoga.com) includes a rich of assortment of tools that will help you to teach yoga to children. Along with instruction about basic poses and which kinds of movement are safe and appropriate for children of all ages, we will cover teaching strategies, yoga songs and games, and creative craft ideas. You will also learn about teaching yoga to children who are on the autism spectrum and children with sensory integration or attention deficit differences. RCY training is open to all, regardless of previous yoga experience - parents, teachers, counselors, therapists, childcare providers, yoga enthusiasts, all supporters of children's well-being - everyone will have fun and leave with wonderful, practical, and highly relevant information. For those participants who are already registered as RYT’s with the Yoga Alliance, this training will count as the first 20 hours towards the newly announced 95-hour Y.A. Children’s Yoga Specialty designation (RCYT). Further modules in this 95-hour program will be offered regularly in MA by Shakta Kaur Khalsa (assisted by Checka) in the near future. Tuition for full course $500 (includes over $130 of materials and follow up feedback on practicum hours). **Early bird special price of $450 if you register prior to May 1st.**

Checka Antifonario (www.checkayoga.com), experienced teacher of children ranging from toddlers to teenagers, is one of twenty hand-picked Radiant Child Yoga facilitators worldwide. She has spent over 200 hours training directly with Shakta Kaur Khalsa over several years. It is an honor and great joy for Checka to be help aspiring children's yoga instructors to build their skill sets, find their voices as teachers, and move forward into work that they love!

Space is limited, so please call the studio today to reserve your spot or sign up online at www.yogamandala.com. Please contact Checka directly at checkayoga@gmail.com with any questions about the training - we can also set up a phone call to discuss details if you would prefer.