200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Breathe October, 2020
We at Radiant Life School believe that the Path of Yoga is the Path of Leadership. And that as we, as individuals, grow and evolve, that we then lead our families, communities and the world to a better place. Truly, the greatest gift we have to offer the world is our own awakening.
Radiant Life School exists to empower individuals to be the masters of their lives. We assist people in uncovering the Truth of their Wholeness. And through the Self Leadership that is the Path of Yoga, we create Teachers who are then able to be of service to the world and lead others back to the Truth of their Wholeness.
Radiant Life School is a registered school with the National Yoga Alliance*. Through our program, you can be recognized at the 200RYT level and receive CEUs.
We teach principles and methods that are grounded in somatic inquiry, and not inherently limited to a style of practice. To take a posture that is filled with one’s attention, ‘sensing’ what is happening (seeing and recognizing rather than thinking about), and then responding intelligently is to move with reality rather than projecting onto it. This somatic inquiry is taught in asana (movement and stillness), in meditation (sitting and walking), and in a felt relationship to the three centers: head, heart, and gut. This method lays the foundation for self-inquiry and contemplation.
The philosophical basis for our teaching comes from 'East meets West': the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Pancha Maya (Kosha) Model, the Five Elements, the Kleshas, the Gunas, Ayurveda, and the Enneagram, as well as evolutionary psychology, neuroscience and bio-mechanics.
Our school is an affiliate school of Circle Yoga Shala who has been a registered school with the National Yoga Alliance since 1999. The Shala has conducted over 10,000 hours of teacher training in Arkansas, Missouri, Mexico and Ohio. As a result, they have developed teachers who are seen as the most competent in their markets, and have evolved a program that is equaled by none. As an affiliate school of Circle Yoga Shala, Radiant School is thrilled to share the high quality teacher training curriculum that the Shala has refined over the last 20 years. In addition, after graduating from our 200 hour training, you can continue your training at the Shala with its numerous offerings including the advanced 300 hour teacher training program and their 1000 hour Professional Yoga Therapists Training.
Once you've completed our program at Radiant Life School, you are invited to return whenever possible to mentor and continue your learning through being of service to new teachers-in-training. This time can be submitted to the Yoga Alliance for CEUs. There is no charge. We believe in growing community and individuals through service.
200RYT- THE FOUNDATION
At the 200 hour level, we teach principles and methods that are grounded in somatic inquiry and not inherently limited to a style of practice. At the same time, we teach you what is foundational to all of the styles of yoga you may encounter or have an interest in teaching, which means a thorough understanding of the five techniques of Hatha Yoga: stillness (asana), rhythm (vinyasa), breath (pranayama), integration (bandha) and presence (drushti). You will learn how to language and sequence these techniques in ways that continuously reveal their wholeness, and that invite creativity on your part. How you arrange them and establish a dominant focus is what moves them into the direction of "styles" like restorative, vinyasa flow, alignment-based, etc. We free you from the limitations of 'seeing' form into the 'way of action'.
Yoga has only one practical purpose: to help you relax so deeply that you recover the delightful experience of your true nature as unencumbered, unrestricted consciousness. This is not to be confused with making no effort. Yoga happens when 'effort and ease' are not separate actions.
Teachers receive extensive knowledge needed to interface in today's marketplace. What makes our program of the highest quality is how we deliver that information to you: practice teaching exercises that grow in complexity to help you respond effortlessly to all of the various situations that may arise in a public class setting.
200 HOUR MINI-IMMERSIONS
Join us for four mini-immersions that take place over the course of the year. The 200 Hour Mini-Immersions give you the opportunity to totally focus on training for four consecutive days but then give you time in between intensives for practice teaching and integration of material learned during the retreat.
2020-2021 St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Training:
Retreat #1 October 8-11, 2020
Retreat #2 January 14-17, 2021
Retreat #3 April 1-4, 2021
Retreat #4 July 15-18 2021
*Each immersion will take place for 4 days Thursday to Sunday.
Course Fee: $2650 for 200 hours of face-to-face teacher training time. Full tuition is due 15 days prior to start date.
• $350 deposit to be paid upon acceptance.
• If payment per intensive is requested and accepted, intensive fee is $725 per and must be paid 15 days prior to each start date.
OUR CURRICULUM
HATHA YOGA - DYNAMIC METHOD
Asana (Stillness), Pranayama (Breath), Vinyasa (Rhythm), Bandha (Integration) Drushti (Presence)
Core Actions: Lengthening and Broadening (discover what actions are universal and must be taken to be stable and at ease in each posture)
Method of Teaching: How to language, organize and disseminate lessons to public classes.
Joint Anatomy and the Spiral Body
Pranayama, Meditation and Kriyas
Vinyasa Krama and the Arc of Vinyasa Krama
Spinal Planes of Movement
Foundations
Principles of Sequencing
TEACHING
Teaching Protocol
Practice Teaching: receiving feedback, observing others teaching and hearing/giving feedback. Also includes assisting students while someone else is teaching.
Principles of Demonstration, Observation, Assisting/Correcting
Prenatal and Special Populations
The Business Aspects of Teaching Yoga, Ethics of a Yoga Teacher
PHILOSOPHY
Education vs Transformation
A short History-Origins of the 5 elements/tech
The 5 techniques
Organs of Action
The 8 limbs
Afflictions of the mind
Definition of asana
Pranayama defined
Body mind connection/nervous system
The Sutras
The Gunas
Meditation vs Contemplation
The Gita
Bonus - Private Training Website
We have a private training website for our all of our teacher training programs. We video record each intensive, so in addition to your online manual, you have access to lectures, sequences, practices and more on the site. This resource also allows you to continue growing your knowledge via the digital platform in between your intensives. The site is also used for homework assignments, and being in touch with the program faculty.
WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM YOUR TRAINING
Training with Master Teachers
A world class program
A deepened understanding of Yoga
Support faculty
A foundational personal practice
Confidence stepping into a yoga studio as a teacher
The ability to ask the questions, "who is here for their first time, who has injuries, who is pregnant?" and know exactly what to do
The ability to create elegant sequences
The ability to sequence on the spot, if needed
The ability to teach without practicing, allowing for more presence and support for the class
The ability to make modifications and adjustments without breaking the flow of class
Private training site
Comprehensive 200hr Yoga Teacher Training Workbook and Manual
Upon completion, a Radiant Life School 200hr Certificate
The ability to register with the National Yoga Alliance
ENROLLMENT PROCESS
ELIGIBILITY
1 year minimum of personal yoga practice either at home or in a studio
18+yrs of age
ENROLLMENT
Applications must be submitted at least 1 month before the start of the program.
Deposits to be paid within 10 days of acceptance into the program.
If the program is scheduled to begin within 10 days of acceptance, full tuition is paid instead.
Enrollment form to be signed at time of deposit.
Tuition paid in full 15 days before the start of the program.
*Radiant Life School is in process of becoming a satellite school with Circle Yoga Shala and will be registered with the National Yoga Alliance by start of training.
Contact & Application
If you are interested in this 200 hour yoga teacher training please fill out the below form with any questions/to be sent an application. Thank you!