FYI Training
Restorative Training TBA
Psoas Release TBA
Yoga Nidra Training
Training will be Beginning Oct. 25, 2022
Perhaps in 2022, you committed to learning something new? It’s never too late.
Maybe you’ve always wondered about the fundamentals of yoga, and wanted to understand how FAEE – Foundation, Alignment, Engagement, and Eyes (Dristi) impact your practice, on and off your yoga mat?
Now is a great time to learn.
Or maybe you want to become certified to teach Gentle or Level 1 yoga classes?
We’ve got you covered.
This certification course provides a safe learning environment to grow in your understanding of yoga fundamentals. It also provides an opportunity to dive deeper into your Level 1 yoga practice and will prepare you to teach Level 1 & Gentle yoga classes in a gym, fitness center, community center, or school environment if you are interested in teaching. Successful completion will earn you a Fitness Yoga Instructor Certification (FYI).
What are you waiting for?!
Training includes:
- Introduction to Yoga theory, history, and philosophy
- Applied yoga anatomy from an athletic perspective
- Understanding of yoga terminology
- Instruction in construction and articulation of Gentle & Level 1 postures
- Basic class design and messaging
- Marketing and promoting your class
Training delivered in both Zoom and In-person format making this training efficient and cost effective!
Investment – $975
Payment arrangements are available as coordinated with the trainer. Discounts are offered for existing teachers and you may repeat this yoga training for 50% off.
Learning Objectives of FYI training: To equip students to teach foundational yoga from a fitness perspective, and to teach with confidence to the athletic community through the use of applied anatomy.
Laying the Foundation
Webinar Sessions
Date – TBD
Yoga History & Philosophy
The Importance of Personal Practice
Fundamentals of Teaching:
- Atmosphere
- Safety
- Articulation of Poses – Finding our Teaching Voice
- Technique
Basics of Yoga Breathing
Class Design & Sequencing – creating a yoga experience
The Business of Teaching Yoga
In Person Training Weekend
Date – Nov. 25 – 27, 2022
Construction and articulation of Gentle & Level 1 postures
Review of sequencing and class design
Practice Teaching to peers
Yoga for Athletes
Webinar Sessions via Zoom
Date – Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2022
In these sessions you will learn:
- How does yoga fit into an athlete’s training program whether competitive or recreational?
- To look at anatomy through the lens of an Athlete.
- How a yoga practice is a tool to complement the student’s sports and athletic experience.
- How to design Fitness Yoga classes that bring balance and symmetry to the body and are an integrated approach to strength, flexibility and focus.
Final Practice Teach
Date – Jan. 7, 2022
Each trainee will present a 45-minute Fitness Yoga class as part of their requirements for certification. The class may take place in person or arrangements can be made for the evaluation of the class via Zoom
Unlike other exercise programs, restorative poses place minimal metabolic demand on you. We can in fact see the practice as ‘active relaxation.” The postures add to your energy rather than subtract from it, during these periods of deep relaxation, you will be healed and nurtured from within. Qualified yoga instructors will use this certification to complement their current class schedules.
Psoas release yoga is a yoga adaptation of the TRE (Trauma Release Exercise) model developed by Dr. David Berceli traumaprevention.com for more information.
The Psoas muscle is one of the largest muscles of the body, and it connects from the top of your femur or thighbone to the thoracic spine behind your diaphragm. On a functional level, it is a hip flexor muscle as well as a deep muscle of the core. More importantly it its a sensate muscle, hard-wired into your fight or flight system. Because we find ourselves as a society in chronic stress our Psoas muscle is exhausted and overused.
This class will consist of Yoga Postures designed to stretch and tire the Psoas muscle which enables it to illicit a release response in the way of Neurogenic tremoring that occurs following the Yoga Postures class. This tremoring is a natural response from the body to release deeply held stress and trauma, and the associated stress hormones in order for the body to return to homeostasis where the body can heal, restore and return to normal functioning.
Tuition includes training materials, experiential yoga classes, and mentoring. Suggested reading materials are not included in the cost of tuition.
This course offers 9 YACEP CECs (Yoga Alliance). If the trainee completes the homework for the Certificate an additional 10 YACEP CEC’s (non-contact hours) will be allocated
Master Instructor/Teacher Trainer and
Canfitpro Personal Training Specialist
New Training Dates – TBDYoga Nidra Workshop & Training
Is your favorite part of your yoga class Savasana? Have you ever wondered what a longer deeper relaxation would feel like? What might it do for your stress levels or health in general!
Learn to facilitate and appreciate the full benefits of Yoga Nidra, a deep form of guided meditation that systematically takes you through four brain wave levels on a journey toward yogic sleep. Studies show that one Nidra session translates to the equivalent of 2-3 hours of restful sleep. This practice is deeply restorative and healing for the mind, heart, body, and spirit, and has been used successfully to non-invasively treat the impacts of trauma on the body. Two methods will be taught, including those pioneered by Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Richard Miller. Led by Shirley Berthelet. Students and teachers welcome.
This training will equip qualified yoga instructors to integrate Yoga Nidra into their current class offerings.
You can participate in this training either online via Zoom or self-paced by recording. Recordings will be provided for those who register and can’t attend in real time.
Tuition includes training materials and mentoring for teachers. Suggested reading materials are not included in the cost of tuition.
This course offers 3 YACEP CEC’s (Yoga Alliance) Homework is required for those pursuing a certificate. If the trainee completes the homework for the Certificate an additional 10 YACEP CEC’s (non-contact hours) will be allocated.
Led by Shirley Berthelet,
Master Instructor/Teacher Trainer and
Canfitpro Personal Training Specialist.
Students and teachers welcome.