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

I just took down the post that Melissa put up on Facebook about the Karma Schedule at the Studio. I want to offer you the BEST opportunity to hone your craft and perfect your new skill set.  We are going to offer the  Karma class on Friday nights beginning January 6th. It is a $2 donation to go to charity. The Class is designed to give you an opportunity to do your 10 hours of Karma teaching if you don’t  already have a Karma  opportunity. If you have your Karma opportunity then teach that.  I want all of you to do 10 hours of teaching yoga. Teaching yoga is the best way to learn how to teach yoga.

You are required to TEACH 10 yoga classes.  You are required to TEACH 10 yoga classes.        You are required to teach 10 yoga classes

If you want to assist your fellow teachers with their Karma classes this is an excellent additional opportunity to learn. It is not required and will not be counted towards your requirements. It is simply another opportunity to learn if you want it. You can do your karma yoga anywhere you want. You can do at the studio Fridays. I would love to keep this class going forever. Sign up to teach it out of the goodness of your heart and to support our community.

Do it because you want to teach yoga. Do it because you want to teach yoga at  ESY.  Do it because you love yoga.  Do it and earn awesome Karma in the universe. Do it because it will make you a great teacher.

Yoga Unveiled

I was unable to successfully Stream Yoga Unveiled.  It Crashed my Blog site. I have it on my computer. Gisele has offered to teach us a meditation as well as screen the movie on Friday January 6th at her house.  I hope you all can attend. I would like all of you to see this movie and come up with 3 insights to chat about on Sunday January 8th. If you can’t make Fridays movie  night you are responsible for viewing the movie on your own. You will have to purchase it from Amazon.com or online.  If you are resourceful with the internet you can find it for free somewhere.

Practice your sequence, practice your sequence, practice your sequence

Okay that’s all for now…

D

A huge heart felt thank you to Gwen and Melissa. Thank you for all the you do!

Enjoy your time off. Practice the CRAP out of your sequences. I will put up the yoga unveiled movie this week. Watch it and come to class on January 7th with 3 speaking point-three observations about the movie. It is an awesome movie. I will see you soon!

Love you all

I will be at the studio at 12:15am today ( November 27th) and December 4th if you would like to come and ask questions. Today  Sunday November 27th Meena will be here to lecture with you about the practice of Ayurveda. Please make sure you print off your handouts for class.

Homework for next week.

• Read the handouts Teaching as a service, creating a sacred space and mentoring and observations. Please come with questions  to discuss on these topics.
• Please create a mentoring note book to be handed in. If you want to keep the note book make copies for yourself. I will be KEEPING your observation and mentoring note books.
• Make sure you have have started practicing your sequences. We will spend the majority class working in groups on these sequences.
• After you have these sequences under your belt we will start looking at hands on adjustments.

Okay I will see you later….

Peace

Here are the articles you need to print off for the class! Please have these sheets for the class.

Intro to Ayurveda

Your constitution

Seat of the Teacher and creating a Sacred space

I have created some more concise notes about seat of the teacher please read and be familiar with the notes ( you may be tested on this)

Your Guidelines for choosing a mentor are here for you to print and read.  Please follow the requirements carefully. These requirments must be met to receive your certificate of completion. We  will discuss appriopriate mentors on the December 4th class. We won’t be choosing mentor until after that class.  So start thinking about teacher who you might like to mentor with. Please do not approach your perspective mentors until we have discussed it. I just want to make sure we are clear on what the expectations are for this process.  Please print and read the documents below:

Seat of the Teacher

Guidelines for Mentoring

See you tomorrow!