This is it! We made it and the journey was incredible. Thank you for sharing it. I was so blessed to be on this path with all of you.

I am always refining and working on myself. I encourage you to do the same. I need  your help. I would love some feedback on our teacher training. Can you please complete the following survey.

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I bow to the light in you…

One more class to go until I unleash you on the world. I am so excited to be on the last leg of our journey. Here are the notes for our breathing techniques from Sunday.  Click here for the notes  Just a reminder about the last day:

We start at 12:30pm on Sunday 26th:

Those of you writing the exam will have 75 minutes to write the exam- from 12:30pm to 1:45pm. You can bring 1  8.5 X 11 page into the exam only. You will need a pencil, pen, eraser and your awareness lol. Be ready to write promptly at 12:30pm. Those of you submitting a paper  and NOT writing the exam will come at 2pm sharp.

Those of you submitting a paper ( with exception of Gisele) your paper is due Sunday February 26 at 2pm.

Heidi and Christine will complete their 60 minute flows from 2pm-3pmand 3:15-4:15PM….

We will then have our graduations ceremonies at 4:30pm  and then party! Please feel free to bring a dish to share with the group. I will be bringing hummus and fatoush salad as well as cake!

So exciting….see you then!

Your study group has put together some notes for the final which I thought were pretty Awesome so I am sharing them with all of you along with the missing notes from Sunday.

Missing Notes from Feb 5th

Final Exam Study Notes-Study Group

Your final Installment for your teacher training is due on Sunday….

Okay see you on Sunday!

We are in the home stretch. Just 4 classes until we finish this journey together.  I know your focus is starting to wain as we all start to day dream about Sundays in our pjs. Just hang in there we are almost done. I am asking for the next  four weeks  that we stay focussed. I would love to have us meet at 12:30pm on Sundays until the end. I would like to have everyone come with questions and any expereinces that want to share.

Here is what the next 4 weeks brings us:

The Breakdown for the 4 classes:

Sunday February 4th-professional development training:

1-2pm Erika Flow

2:15-3:45pm lecture-The business of yoga and breakout groups

4-5:30pm  Lora Lecture and personal development training

5:30pm -6pm questions and answer period

Sunday February 12th ( I would like to have 4 people do their flows- we can draw number on Sunday to see what order people want to go in)

You do not have to partipate in each class. You can sit and just make observation notes if you like for a class or two. Eat your wheaties and rest up:

Sunday February 12, 2012 Schedule:

12:30pm- 12:45pm – Connections and questions

12:45-1:45- Teacher 1 Flow

2:oopm-3:00pm Teacher 2 Flow

3:15-4:15pm Teacher 3 flow

4:30-5:30 Teacher 4 flow.

5:30-6pm wrap up….

Sunday February 19- Laurel and Prenatal Yoga from 1-4pm

4:30-5:30 pm Breathing exercises

5:30-6pm wrap up

Sunday February 26th-12:30pm for anyone who would like to give a video testimontial about the training for our website?

12:45pm- 2:oopm Test

2pm assignments due to hand in

2:15-4:15pm- any outstanding flows that need to be done

4:30pm Graduation celemonies and party! Then we are finished our Sundays together

Wow can you believe it?

See you Sunday

I just wanted to tell you what a fantastic job you are doing with your practice teaching and mentoring. Thank you all for your dedication and light. I have decided to shift gears a little bit on how we assist classes.

Assisting will change to student teachers walking around in class offering QUIET (whisper please) pointers in alignment to people who are struggling, getting blocks, blankets and straps and or demoing poses or classes. I have received feedback from students that it is more beneficial to the new students to have a guide to watch is classes. I find really busy classes are daunting for the new teacher. So assisting your mentor by teaching part of their classes will no longer be an option.

Keep practicing your flows. We will have more class time to practice. Please take advance of the study groups and practice teaching groups. They are designed to help gain clarity and practice.

For those of you want to gain more teaching experience you are welcome to teach your flows in the Karma classes on Friday night and I would be open to adding one additional Karma class during a lunch time hour on Mondays. This will open up more opportunities for you to teach

I am also open to you teaching part of my intro to yoga workshops on Saturdays because these are the students you will be primarily teaching to as new teachers.

Thank you for all that you do…See you Sunday if not before…

Please watch Yoga Unveiled-have 3 -5 insights to discuss about the movie and let do some hands on  adjustments

There is a group quiz on Sunday January 29th:

Things to know:

What a chakra?

What are the 7 chakras (english) where are they located in the body

What Asana poses are good for what Chakras

Define the 3 Doshas

List the 5 elements and what ther qualities are?

Therapeutics:

What would you prescripe to relieve lower back pain in a seated forward fold

Describe poses that would help back pain

How would you help a person with pain in pigeon pose?

Review the Breathing Techniques from Your Breathing Book

I have been trying to get this chakra mudras to you forever. I can’t seem to upload them so I am trying to share them as a google document. Try this link and see if it works….  Click here for Chakra Mudras

Sunday’s Agenda..We will start with Gerda’s Practice and feedback and then do Anne’s ;

Here s the clean up schedule until the end of Shala! Click here to Download

See you soon!

Homework Stuff:

Please be sure to be reading your Breathing Book by Donna Farhi. Complete all the exercise in the book. Use it as a tool for teaching the breath and self reflection

Click Here Article

click here for Article 2

You have until Sunday September 30th to complete all your requirements for Yoga Teacher Training for 2012 TT.  If you have not completed it by then you will have apply and  pay for an extension.

Sunday’s Agenda-Lynn Medow Yoga Therapy.  Here are the handouts for the class.  Click here for handouts . Please print them out and bring them to class with you.

Please come with any alignment questions you may have. I would like to start at 12:30pm SHARP on Sunday. I just need to review the following weeks homework, take pictures and answer questions.

I would love to have a group picture with Tee shirts on Sunday and again at Graduation so Miss Heidi can be the pictures.

MID TERM QUIZ Sunday January 22nd.  We will do it as a group.  I will give you the review questions on Sunday.I am also attaching study notes for a final review and exam. Your exam options are to write a test with cheat sheets or do an assignment.

Click here for the final exam study notes

The assignment options are as follows:

Choose one of the follow topics and write a 4-6  page DOUBLE SPACED TYPED  paper on the following:

• choice 2 yoga sutras define what they mean to you. Then apply the yoga sutra teaching to your experience of yoga training over the past 5 months. How do these sutras compliment, explain, clarify or resemble your life or your learning experience.

OR

Define each of the 8 limbs of yoga and how your perception of them has changed over the course of this training.   Please talk about your personal experience on this journey through  Teacher Training .

OR

The TEST!

If you are choosing the project/essay topics please confirm with me what you project will be.

Here are notes from the Yoga of Eating:

Click here

Peace OUT!

I can’t wait to see you all on Sunday. Wow 5 weeks went by so fast. I really hope you had time to relax and enjoy your time off. We will be meeting on Sunday at  1:00pm. We won’t have time to watch the movie Yoga Unveiled so you will have to watch it on your own. Please bring a 4g USB stroage stick on Sunday or before  so I can load the movie for you. It is three hours long. Please have it watched by January 22nd. We will be discussing it then. Please come with 3-5 insights on the film to  discuss….

Sunday we will be practicing and chatting about where you all are at with mentoring and practices. Renee will be presenting yoga on your plate for 3-5pm! See you on Sunday…

Peace,

Dianne