Total Yoga Immersion
Three week - 230 hour Intensive Teacher Training Program
Certified by Yoga Alliance

September 16 - October 6, 2010 - Asheville, NC - apply now

February 10 - March 2, 2011 Asheville, NC - apply now

May 2 - May 23, 2011, Asheville, NC - apply now

July 7 - 27, 2011, Asheville, NC

September 15 - October 5, 2011, Asheville, NC

Other Locations! see where else we are holding these trainings

This is an intensive study course for those wanting to deepen their understanding of Yoga, as well as prepare students to teach and practice safely, successfully, and compassionately. Creativity and personal inspiration will be encouraged as you develop your own teaching style. Partial syllabus includes: Anusara, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa-flow, Pranayama, Lifestyle-ethics, Meditation techniques, Kundalini, Therapeutics, Restorative, Psychological, and more. You will receive one-on-one student mentoring during the student teaching process. However, you don't have to be a teacher, nor even desire to become a teacher to attend this course. Your Yoga practice will reach new heights as you become more grounded and peaceful through this ancient practice. The certificate you receive will be another step on your path to greater self awareness and understanding. Enabling you to Live your Truth that is Your Yoga.
(This 230 hour program has met Yoga Alliance standards and upon graduation, you will receive certification from the Asheville yoga Center and be eligible for a Yoga Alliance certificate.)

The Director, Stephanie Keach, has been teaching Yoga since 1988. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, she has studied with most of the top yoga teachers, including her favorites: Ana Forrest, Erich Schiffman, Rodney Yee, Rod Stryker and Bryan Kest. Her Zen -Buddhist background brings a meditative style to the class. Stephanie, owner and operator of the Asheville Yoga Center has produced the Flow Yoga video series and The Yoga Handbook. She currently teaches Flow Yoga classes, retreats, workshops and teacher trainings throughout the country. Stephanie resides in Asheville with her husband and three boys.

OUR EXCELLENT STAFF OF TEACHERS INCLUDE:
•Cindy Dollar, Iyengar Certified (cindydollar.com)

•Jim Biddle, MD, Nutrition and Alternative Medicine (integrative-med.com)

•Joe Taft is a certified Anusara Yoga instructor who has dedicated himself to the practice of yoga since 1997. His teaching style is approachable, lighthearted, uplifting and transformational. Joe interweaves Anusara’s life-affirming and heartfelt approach into his classes through myth, storytelling, Tantric philosophy and the wisdom gathered through his own life’s journey. He has completed hundreds of training hours with John Friend, Sianna Sherman and other senior Anusara instructors.

•Marion Stone, certified Rolfer, yoga teacher, and anatomy teacher for local massage schools

•Michael Johnson ERYT-500 is a certified Jivamukti instructor who has studied directly with Sharon and David in New York as well as with their Teacher Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. He has been a full-time yoga teacher in the Detroit area since 2001. He continues to study Yoga and Buddhism with Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally, Lama Sumati Marut, Kimberley Theresa and his Angelic wife, Stephanie Johnson.

•Shala Worsley, AYC and RYA certified, specializing in meditation and Yoga philosophy.

•Sierra Hollister, Kundalini Certified and Bikram Yoga.

•Stephanie Keach, RYA, director, specializing in over-seeing the program so that everyone's needs are more than met and hearts are opened wide. Also pranayama and vinyasa krama.

•Vishnu Dass, NTSM, LMT, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Philosophy and Yoga Instructor. (bluelotus.com)

What people are saying
“I can never thank you enough not just for teaching me Yoga, but giving me hope through the practice to face this most difficult world.”
-J. Blume, Kannapolis, NC
“I enjoyed the range of subjects covered and the way we tackled them, including other yoga instructors and their different styles. This kind of exposure probably wouldn't have occurred at other institutions”
- N. Conrad, Cornelius, NC
“Stephanie is a wise and wonderful teacher. She shares her vast knowledge of yoga and meditation in more than words, but in the mindfulness and compassion she imparts in every moment of interaction with her students.
- E. Lang, Spartanburg, SC
“I was in awe of the education I have received ....much deeper and more
technical than anything I gained from Medical courses taken in the past.. thank you...Yoga is now my passion, my Life.”
- S. Dulken, Fairview, NC

many more reviews here

CURRICULUM

• Alignment Principles
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Anusara Principles
• Ayurveda
• Bandhas
• Basic Pranayama
• Bhavana (visualization)
• Bhagavad Gita
• Chakras
• Discussions of Yama and Niyama
• Iyengar Alignment Principles
• Different approaches to broadening your belief of what Yoga is
• Ways to avoid pitfalls with your asana, pranayama, or meditation practices
• Ways to enhance and strengthen your personal practice
• Women's issues (pregnancy, menstruation, menopause)
• Chanting
• Communication Skills
• Ethics
• Hands On Adjustments
• Home Practice
• History
• Lesson Planning
• Meditation
• Nidra
• Nutrition
• Pathology and Injuries
• Philosophy
• Sanskrit
• Student Teaching
• Sutras of Patanjali
• Tapas
• Therapeutic Yoga
• Peer Review of student teaching
• Vinyasa Krama (the art of class sequencing)

CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
The following curriculum requirements are strongly emphasized:

• commitment to the entire program
• practice meditation or pranayama at least 10-20 minutes a day
• practice asana at least 1/2 to 2 hours a day
• daily journal writing to record above practice
• 11 required textbooks + additional reading means lots of reading!!

SCHEDULE

Course Hours: September 2010 program
Thursday, Sept. 16, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm break 2:00 - 5:30 pm CL
Friday, Sept. 17, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm break 2:00 - 5:00 pm CL
Saturday, Sept. 18, 7:30 - 10:30 pm break 1:00 - 6:00 pm AYC
Sunday, Sept. 19, 8:00 - 11:30 am break 12:30 - 4:00 pm AYC
Monday, Sept. 20, 2:00 - 5:00 pm AYC
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 8:30 - 11:30am break 12:30 - 4:00 pm CL
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 8:00 - 11:30 am break 1:30 - 5:00 pm CL
Thursday, Sept. 23, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm break 1:15 - 4:30 pm CL
Friday, Sept. 24 DAY OFF
Saturday, Sept. 25, 8:30 - 12:00 pm break 2:00 - 5:30 pm CL
Sunday, Sept. 26, 9:00 - 12:00 pm break 2:00 - 5:30 pm CL
Monday, Sept. 27, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm break 2:00 - 5:00 pm CL
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 11:00 - 3:30 pm CL
Wednesday, Sept. 29, 8:30 - 11:30 am break 1:00 - 4:00 pm AYC
Thursday, Sept. 30, DAY OFF
Friday, Oct. 1, 8:00 am - 11:30 pm break 12:30 - 5:00 pm CL
Saturday, Oct. 2, 8:00 - 11:30 am break 1:00 - 4:00 pm CL
Sunday, Oct. 3, 8:30 - 12:15pm break 1:30 - 6:00 pm CL
Monday, Oct. 4, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm break 2:00 - 5:00 pm CL
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm break 2:15 - 5:30 pm CL
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 8:00 - 12:00 pm CL

CL means 31 Carolina Lane, AYC means Asheville Yoga Center. If any changes are made between now and September 16, it will only be an hour or less, here or there. You will be notified on our first day together.

Please also note, we are holding the training in an off-site location, with occassional classes at Asheville Yoga Center. Our main location is 31 Carolina Lane, Asheville, NC 28801, we will be holding classes there the first day. It is 5 blocks walking from Asheville Yoga, towards downtown. Directions and parking info will be mailed upon acceptance.

In addition to these in class hours, your tuition includes: free unlimited classes at the Asheville Yoga Center; passes to observe some of our ongoing classes at the center; and a private evaluation/conference with a senior instructor. You will also have reading assignments, journaling assignments, and several small 1-2 page papers to write. (There is an extension allowed due to the intensity of this program). You are going to be required to have a daily practice 5 days a week, in which you record your practice in your journal. No absences allowed, there are no make-ups available. All of this will be discussed in greater detail our first day together.

TUITION
• Cost $2150, this does not include books, housing or food.
• $500 deposit. Balance is due on the first day of class. Payment options are available, please inquire.

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REQUIRED READING
The following list is the required reading of the Asheville Yoga Center Live in Total Yoga Teacher Training Program. Approximate cost of all books is $200. All books can be purchased in advance directly from the Asheville Yoga Center. Buy all ten books now: $207.00 Buy Now(includes priority mail shipping/handling)

• The Yoga Handbook, An Inspirational Reference for Teaching and Home Practice, Stephanie Keach, $39 Buy Now
• Light On Yoga, BKS Iyengar, $19.50  Buy Now
• Yoga - The Spirit & Practice of Moving into Stillness, Erich Schiffman, $19.50 Buy Now
• Bhagavad Gita, the Stephen Mitchell translation, $15.50 Buy Now
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sw. Satchitananda, $18.50Buy Now
• The Heart of Yoga by Desikachar, $23.50 Buy Now
• Back Care Basics, Mary Pulling Shatz, $24.50 Buy Now
• Anatomy of Yoga by Leslie Kaminoff 20.00 Buy Now
• The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh $15.50 Buy Now
• The Breathing Book, Donna Fahri, $21.50 Buy Now

*Note: prices are as of 5/08 and include s/h.

OTHER LOCATIONS
details forthcoming
July 19 - August 6, 2010 - held at Carrboro Yoga Company sold out
February 28 - March 13, 2011 Charlotte, NC
May 9 - 27, Columbia, SC
June 11 - July 2, 2011, Maya Tulum, Mexico
July 18 - August 5, 2011, Carrboro/Chapel Hill, NC
September 19 - October 7, Tampa, FL

CANCELLATION POLICY
From your $500 deposit, $150 is non refundable, nontransferable.
After the program begins, any unused amount will be refunded, with a $150 penalty.

Scholarships for our teacher training program are available through the YogaBasics.com website. yogabasics.com

Already a teacher training graduate, but wanting to repeat? Discounts available. Because Stephanie's practice is always expanding and changing, so are her trainings, and many students have asked about repeating a training. Stephanie offers a 30% discount to repeat the same training, just register online with a regular deposit, making a note to Stephanie to include the 30% discount of the entire program when she sends you the balance due. YA credit can be applied.

Stephanie offers a 10% discount to students who graduated from any of her 5-day vinyasa or 230-hour trainings; and who are then interested in taking the 5-day or 230 hour training with her. Just register online with a regular deposit, making a note to Stephanie to include the 10% discount of the entire program when she sends you the balance due.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
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