Sun Power Yoga Teacher Training

Introduction

What to expect on your courses

YOGA TEACHER TRAINING INTENSIVES IN THE UK ARE 12 ONE DAY SUNDAY WORKSHOPS OVER 3 MONTHS. OUR 2 WEEK RESIDENTIAL COURSES ABROAD FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT WITH HOMESTUDY ON YOUR RETURN.

The Sun Power Yoga Centre UK are committed to working for and with our teachers, through their teacher training and after. We have worked very hard to prove our standards are high. Our school is here to support all our teachers and to maintain a professional level of teaching.

Course Content

• Teaching as a vocation.
• An introduction to Patanjalis Yoga Sutras, The Hatha Yoga Pradipika and The Baghavad Gita.
• The Theory of Hatha Yoga.
• The Chakras and Yoga.
• The practice of Pranayama, use of Mudras and Bandhas.
• The introduction of meditation and prayer time for personal practice.
• Asana and use of Sanskrit and English names of the postures.
• Asana alignment, adaptation, modification and practice.
• How to sequence poses using Vinyasa Krama, Sivananda, Astanga and Hatha yoga principles.
• Appropriate Hands on Adjustment.
• Health and Safety issues with students in class and class environment.
• Anatomy and Physiology through the use of The Principles of the Alexander Technique and the understanding of posture and their relationship to Asana.
• Circuits of the brain and changing habits.
• Yoga for Emotional Students.
• Class planning with aims and goals and how to create fluid classes.
• How to structure a class for a beginners course.
• Spiritual reading and personal practice.
• The Yoga Diet and the Three Gunas.
• How to include Special Needs in a regular class, such as pregnancy, arthritis, amputees, mental stress and the use of a wheel chair.
• How to be aware of the needs of your students.
• Reading matter and the need for constant self-education.
• How to keep a diary of self progress.
• This course is endorsed by 3 of the worlds biggest yoga bodies and you will be insured at the start of your course, therefore you will be able to teach immediately with all health and safety measures in place.

What does our qualification give you? Our qualification gives you a CYQ/YMCA Certificate at REPS LEVEL 3, YOGA ALLIANCE 200HRS and Membership to the European Yoga Alliance and International Yoga Federation, The World Governing Body of Yoga. Advanced BWY Diploma course will now be a post-graduate course. Our SPY CYQ Level 3 course now covers all our instructors to work in Gyms, Health clubs, Schools, Hospitals and any where here in the UK, Europe and the World. In these financialy challenged times: why pay for 2 courses when you can get what you need at the highest level from this one intensive concentrated course? Why indeed!

Other Information

SUN POWER YOGA 200HRS (formerly level 1) and YMCA LEVEL 3 REPS 180 CONTACT HOURS. CYQ IS 256 IN TOTAL WITH STUDY TIME AS WE ARE A REPS LEVEL 3 AND APPROVED YMCA CENTRE ALL OUR GRADUATES WILL BE ABLE TO WORK IN ALL HEALTH CLUBS, GYMS, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS AS WELL AS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD I.E:EUROPE, UK, USA, AUSTRALIA, NZ.

• This is a certified and insured qualification which is recognised internationally.
• The course is held in Leicester and London, UK,Greece, and Spain, its duration is 3 months/12 weeks one day a week; with up to 12 Months to study, come to workshops, complete written work where appropriate and be mentored.
• This will depend on how you complete your YMCA/CYQ Portfolio. We all work differently and we respect that.
• You will be able to do practice teaching during the course as you will be fully insured from the start of your course.
• Each week you will participate in a complete days workshop, this will be a hard days work!
• Each week you will cover a different aspect of your course. You will be required to complete tasks set for you in between our meetings set as homework.
• You will be required to write an essay on the particular module we will be working on and to read the appropriate books on your given reading list.
• We will encourage you to do 2 classes a week with a qualified yoga teacher whenever possible.
• As Parents ourselves we are committed to supporting you through out the course to maintain a healthy family relationshhip during a potentially stressfull time!
• Over the 3 months we will build up a close relationship and we will remain your mentors for the next year.
• We support our teachers long after the course has ended. We are very much a family and see ourselves as a supportive team.
• We run a membership scheme for our teachers. For a small fee we put you on our directory as well give you free access to a resource centre and teacher training days through out the year.