Program Overview:

• Attend 55 Yoga Classes at Robin's Yoga & Healing Center, LLC
• 125 Contact Hours -12 weekends (see hours below)
• 15 non-contact hours
• Prepare outline and teach 5 yoga classes
• CPR certification

Techniques Training/Practice (100 hours)
75 contact hours, 50 with primary E-RYTs

Includes asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation and other traditional yoga techniques. These hours must be a mix between: 1) analytical training in how to teach and practice the techniques and 2) guided practice of the techniques themselves. Both areas must receive substantial emphasis.
Note: Contact Hours in this category must be in a dedicated yoga teacher training environment (into which others might occasionally be invited) rather than in classes intended for the general public.

Teaching Methodology (25 hours)
15 contact hours, 10 with primary E-RYTs

Includes principles of demonstration, observation, assisting and correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, the student's process of learning and business aspects of teaching yoga. Although your curriculum may include more than five hours on business aspects of teaching yoga, a maximum of five such hours can be counted.

Anatomy and Physiology (20 hours)
10 contact hours

Includes both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.). Includes both the study of the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, etc). A minimum of five hours must be spent applying anatomy and physiology principles to yoga.

Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers (30 hours)
20 contact hours

Includes the study of yoga philosophies, yoga lifestyle and ethics for yoga teachers. A minimum of two contact hours must be spent on ethics for yoga teachers.
Note: A minimum of 2 contact hours must be spent on ethics for yoga teachers.

Practicum (10 hours)
5 contact hours with primary E-RYTs

Includes practice teaching, receiving feedback, observing others teaching and hearing and giving feedback. Also includes assisting students while someone else is teaching.
Note: This will consist of attending 5 hours of classes with Marie Davis. A minimum of 5 contact hours must be spent actively teaching (not assisting or observing) and can be done with friends and/or family

Electives (15 hours)
Elective hours to be distributed among educational categories according to the school’s chosen emphasis (may be contact or non-contact hours).

55 Remaining Contact Hours
Contact hours to be distributed among educational categories according to the school’s chosen emphasis. In our program, this will be attending classes taught by Robin and can include 40 hours of Ashtanga Training.

Total: 200 hours
Total Contact Hours: 180

You will also be responsible for purchasing the textbooks, a binder, and tabbed inserts (see Cost for Certification for more details).

Required Textbooks (links will bring you to the Amazon page):

Yoga: The Iyengar Way by Silva, Mira and Shyam Mehta

Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life — Judith Hanson Lasater

Yoga Mind And Body (DK Living) by Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center

Scientific Keys Volume I: The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga by Ray Long MD FRCSC

The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice by T.K.V. Desikachar

How Yoga Works - Michael Roach

Cost of 200 Hour Certification Program

We do accept American Express, Discover, Master Card & Visa!

• The total cost of this program is $2900. A deposit of $500, which includes a year of Unlimited Yoga classes at Robin’s Yoga & Healing Center, LLC is to be paid to hold your slot.
• Payments of $200/month are due by the first of the month or $50 for each Weekday attended.
• You will also be responsible for purchasing the textbooks and a 2-inch, 3-ring binder and a set of 20 tabbed inserts.
• A certificate will not be given until the financial obligations have been met.
• In order to meet the 180 Contact Hours requirement of the National Yoga Alliance, you will need to make up YTT weekend hours missed, therefore your attendance is very important. However, you will be allowed to make up any missed time in the following session.
• You will be responsible for bringing a bag lunch for yourself each week. (Refrigerator and microwave are available.)
• Please bring a Yoga Mat and pillow to each session along with your textbooks and 3-ring binder.
  

CLASS DOCUMENTS (For Program Requirements and other details see above)

• Agenda for 2012 Weekend YTT
• Agenda for 2012 Weekday YTT
• Homework Assignments 2012
• YTT Practical Matters
• 200-Hour Brochure
• YTT Ethics

REFUND POLICY

At Robin’s Yoga & Healing Center, LLC, you get what you paid for, so if you drop out of the program before completion, you will be refunded at a rate of $100/day for the dates that you will not be attending.