Centered Yoga Institute

Advanced Training Programs

About:

These are two-week residential workshops that focus on a specific area of study related to the yoga practices.   Each two-week period is a 100-hour module that counts as ongoing education in advanced teaching and the Yoga Alliance and Centered Yoga programs.   They have this practical value of increasing one’s qualification and study.  Yet their real purpose is to immerse the student, who might also be teaching, deeper in to their growth and understanding of yoga, through direct personal experience and practical knowledge to aid teaching and practice.   As such these programs are open to all interested and sincere students, whether teaching or not or been with us before or not.

Included is the morning ashtanga practice.  Pranayama will be introduced to new students and for returning students they will continue to move forward with their pranayama practice.  The point is to focus on practices and continue to deliver learning in philosophy and other related areas. 

For whom:

Open to students of all levels.  Some specific categories with an interest in this are:

Graduate students of Centered Yoga Institute’s foundation course at Yoga Alliance 200-hour level.

Graduates of other 200-hour programs.  A separate application process is required if looking at the 500-hour level qualification.  Please view the section ‘Eligibility and Apply’

Students who have not completed any type of training course but have a sincere interest in growing and understanding more in the area of yoga.  This level of course requires that maturity and commitment.   Thus it does not qualify under any 500-hour level but serves to just deepen their growth and understanding.

Why:

We are always students, whether a teacher or not.  It is important to always remember this so learning can continue.  It never ends.  Vital to the integrity of a teacher is to engage in study on an ongoing basis.  A daily practice that continues to grow is part of it.  Time taken on personal retreat to deepen and absorb this path more fully is essential.  It takes time for the practice and teachings to sink in and have their impact.  Years and years! 

The deeper we grow ourselves the better a service we offer our students.  But we're also on a path inward in our own growth.  For me as a student and then as a teacher I have always put time in study and growth first.  Every year taking time to study, be inspired and grow.  Keeping alive that lifeline to the teachings so they can penetrate me deeper.  Staying fresh, staying open.  Even if one does not teach time to go further in a focused way is the key to growth.

It is with this in mind that we are offering a number and variety of ongoing courses. Each course will have a specific focus with an expert in that field offering the teaching. Continuing and growing in the yoga practices will be an ongoing constant feature.  Exposure to experience and guidance of the teachers while immersing in an environment dedicated to inner growth will lead to personal development and transformation.  This is what we primarily hope to offer through these courses.  It will aid in your teaching, if that is your focus, but more importantly it is to establish and grow something within you.  I have watched this myself as I have embraced the path over the last few years. These courses and the environment are an attempt to duplicate that experience and encourage others to keep growing and teaching better.

In order to stimulate further learning, deeper growth and a more complete well roundedness Centered Yoga Institute raises the bar to a 1000-hour certificate level.  This would obviously take at least 5 years or more to complete.   We never stop learning though, never stop growing.  But it is our responsibility to make an effort in that direction.   That time of study along with ongoing practice ensures a more complete development and stronger qualification. This growth and learning cannot be rushed. There are no shortcuts on this path.  Just time with an investment of sincere effort.

Some courses to be offered at various stages over the years are:

Advanced Anatomy for Yoga
Yoga Sutras Intensive
The Secrets and Practice of Hatha Yoga and Pranayama
Yoga and the Upanishads
Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita
Advanced Asana and Pranayama
Yoga as a therapy and dealing with special cases
Prenatal yoga and yoga for kids

Centered Yoga Institute is one of few Yoga Alliance registered schools worldwide that offers 500 hour level qualification.