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300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training

The 300-hour training program is a continuation of the foundational skills and knowledge you obtained from your 200-hour program.

A 200-hour program lays the foundation and gives you the tools to begin teaching.
A 300-hour program is designed to not only expand your skills and offer more in-depth study, but to also meet you where you are as a teacher and support your individuality.
 
This is a self-paced, self-study program. 
Using the online course platform, you will progress through each course on your
own personal timeline and schedule. 

The learning and study style of this program is based on a traditional mentor/mentee relationship. You will have unlimited access to Lyn throughout your studies.
This type of study platform is specifically for those who are disciplined, motivated, and committed to the ongoing study of yoga.
There is no timeline or deadline to complete your studies.

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To Register & Reserve Your Spot:

1 – REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

2 – Complete the ‘300-Hour Teacher Training Application & Agreement’ provided below.
PAYMENT IS DUE WHEN YOU SUBMIT THIS FORM. PLEASE DO. NOT SUBMIT UNLESS YOU ARE READY TO COMMIT TO THE PROGRAM – THANK YOU!
Registration is not confirmed until you complete both steps.
Lyn will contact you upon completion with information on how to access the online platform.

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UNITS OF STUDY

Advanced Anatomy
~understand patterns in your student’s practice
~deconstruct complex asana
~arm balancing and taking arm balancing upside down
Comparative Anatomy
~how anatomical differences can affect poses
~tension vs. compression
~how anatomical proportions affect poses
Working With Common Imbalances
~the causes and muscles involved in muscular imbalances
~poses and movements that address specific restrictions and issues
Teaching Methodology and Techniques
~the simple to complex teaching method
~peak pose sequencing for vinyasa classes
~how to break down a complex pose
~the fundamental science and philosophy behind yin yoga
~yin poses and how to teach them
~theming the 8 Limbs of Yoga in a vinyasa class
~how to write and lead a themed guided meditation
~creative sequencing: looping, stacking around the work, and more
~accessing imbalances in students
~creating sequencing for specific imbalances and restrictions
Philosophy, History, & Ethics
~Sanskrit for Yogis, leanring and applying in yoga class
~in-depth studies of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and The Bhagavad Gita (48 hours of online content)
~yoga for social justice
~exploring cultural appropriation, power, equity, and diversity in the teaching
of modern yoga

BOOK & MEDIA LIST
(not included in the cost)

-Functional Anatomy of Yoga book by David Keil
-Your Body, Your Yoga by Bernie Clark
-Your Spine, Your Yoga by Bernie Clark
-Your Upper Body, Your Yoga by Bernie Clark
-Inside the Yoga Sutras by Reverend Jaganath Carrera
-The Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali by Swami Hariharananda
The Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord’s Secret Love Song by Graham Schweig
-The Yamas and Niyamas by Deborah Adele
-Skill In Action by Michelle Cassandra Johnson
-Embrace Yoga’s Roots by Susanna Barkataki
-The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga by Bernie Clark
Other Media:
-A monthly subscription to YogicStudies.com (2 month minimum)
-David Keil’s Advanced Anatomy Course for 300-Hour Trainings
-Paul Grilley’s Anatomy for Yoga and Yin Yoga: Foundations of a Quiet Practice

PROGRAM CURICULLUM

TECHNIQUES, METHODOLOGY & ANATOMY MODULE
The three courses in this module are designed to build on and support each other. 

Advanced Anatomy for Yoga – 15-Hour Online Course
This is David Keil’s anatomy course developed specifically for 300-hour yoga trainings. We’ll use that foundation to follow the anatomy through the process of building asanas. We’ll deconstruct seemingly complex asanas and look at their parts and pieces through the lens of anatomy. This course will provide you with information and tools to understand why you might be observing a particular pattern in your student’s practice. At the completion of this course, you’ll have a better understanding of how to help your students build the patterns they need to evolve their postures in a healthy way.

This course includes: video tutorials, reading assignments, online quizzes, study guide questions and exploration exercises

Developing a Teacher’s Eye – Observing & Understanding Common Imbalances
This course will include:
Teaching Assessment
-receive feedback on your class and begin to up level your teaching skills
Working with Common Imbalances
-study of causes and muscles involved in common muscular imbalances found in the body that occur from normal day to day activities or due to prior injuries
-learn poses and movements to address specific imbalances
Comparative Anatomy Online Tutorial with Paul Grilley 
-learn how anatomical differences can affect yoga poses
-the difference between tension and compression
-exploration of how anatomical proportions affect poses
Assessing Students
-learn how to use specific poses and movements to assess a student
-learn a sequence specific for assessing students

This course includes: reading and written assignments;
you will be required to lead one student through a class for a student assessment and submit your notes and observances

Peak Pose Sequencing & The Art of Teaching Simple to Complex in a Power Vinyasa Class
-learn how to include more complex poses in a vinyasa style class without breaking the flow and without leaving any student behind no matter level of individual experience
-learn the steps to sequence for a peak pose without straying from the power vinyasa sequencing formula (the power yoga sequence and formula are included in your training manual)
-how to break down a complex pose
-learn the simple to complex teaching method and how to apply it in all your classes
-fine tune your cueing to excel at teaching simple to complex (passive v. active voice, you/your v. that/the, excessive jargon and filler words)
-includes class plans/sequences for teaching to a peak pose

PLEASE NOTE: A ‘peak pose’ does not mean ‘advanced’. The art of teaching simple to complex can be applied to all levels and variants of an asana. You are not required to perform what is considered more advanced poses to complete this course of study.

This course includes: audio tutorials, reading and written assignments

Module One Final Exam:
Your final exam consists of planning a class based on your studies of the ‘Peak Pose Sequencing & Teaching Simple to Complex’ unit. 
You will be required to either submit a video recording of you leading a class (or student) or you have the option of an in-person assessment at the LKPY studio (you will be assigned a LKPY teacher as your student or you can bring your own – fee is $200)

PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS MODULE

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras ask us to turn inward through meditation and self-study with the intention to guide us towards self-realization and determining how we want to move through life. The Bhagavad Gita asks us to contemplate how we are putting our yoga into action for the greater good – to create a just world.

This module will take you deep into the study of yoga philosophy on an intellectual level. But it will also ask you to re-evaluate how you apply specific philosophical principles as you navigate through life and in the world. It will ask, what is your dharma?

We will also deep dive into the current state of western yoga. We will address cultural appropriation and what you as a teacher can do to be true to and honor yoga’s roots in your teaching to help create more equity, diversity, and unity in your classes and out in the world.


The 8 Limbs of Yoga in Action
This unit is designed to compliment and reinforce your online studies with yogicstudies.com. It includes 11 prerecorded guided yoga class practices that will spotlight a specific philosophical concept and a 10-week course of self-study and reflection.

Each prerecorded practice includes an asana practice, mantras, and a guided meditation relevant to the philosophical focus. Through practice, you will learn how to apply yoga philosophy into your class using physical actions to help your students develop a better understanding of what yoga really is – beyond the pose. 
You will also receive class plans using the 8 Limbs as a theme. Each plan includes sequencing, scripts for guided meditations and opening intentions when applicable. 

As part of this unit, over the course of 10 weeks, you will review the yamas and niyamas, and with the guidance of ‘Skill In Action’ & ‘Embrace Yoga’s Roots’, dig deeper and bring the focus as to how to put them into action on a global level – for the collective good. You will be asked to reevaluate how you apply specific philosophical principles in your classes and how you apply them as you navigate through life.

Self-reflection papers are required to help explore your growth in these concepts since you were first introduced to them and to discern if and how you are putting your yoga into action for the greater good of the world. 

Guided meditations with a focus on each Yama and Niyama are included to supplement your self-exploration each week. You will learn how to write and lead a guided meditation.

This course includes: required asana and meditation practices, reading and journaling assignments

Yogic Studies Online Philosophy Courses
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 22-Hour Online Course – YogicStudies.com with Seth Powell, PhD Candidate, Harvard University
This 22 hour online course will take a deeper dive into the Yoga Sutras.
This course includes: video tutorials, online quizzes, reading assignments, and review questions
The Yogas of the Bhagavad Gita 26-Hour Online Course – YogicStudies.com with Seth Powell, PhD Candidate, Harvard University 
A deep dive into the Bhagavad Gita.
This course includes: video lectures, reading assignments, online quizzes
Sanskrit for Yoga Teachers 18-Hour Online Course – YogicStudies.com with Seth Powell, PhD Candidate, Harvard University Upon completion of this course you will walk away with the following:
• A deeper appreciation for Sanskrit’s rich spiritual and literary history
• A foundation in the principles of Sanskrit grammar
• An understanding of Sanskrit transliteration and diacritics
• Confidence in their ability to accurately pronounce Sanskrit terms 
• A deeper understanding of the names and meaning of yogic postures (āsana)
• Awareness of the most commonly mispronounced Sanskrit words in the yoga world!
• A strong foundation for continued Sanskrit study
This course includes: video tutorials, reading assignments, completion of worksheets, and online quizzes

Foundations of Yin Yoga
This unit uses Paul Grilley’s Yin Yoga: The Foundations of a Quiet Practice online course
you will learn:
-the fundamental science and philosophy behind yin yoga
-the benefits of yin yoga
-the three stages of a yin yoga pose
-teaching yin yoga
-modifications, getting in and out of the pose, recovery poses

This course includes: two prerecorded practices you are required to complete, video tutorials, reading and written assignments, self-study explorations of the key yin poses

Module Two Final Exam:
You will be required to plan and teach a class based on your studies during the ‘8 Limbs of Yoga In Action’ and ‘Yin Yoga’ units. You will be required to include in your class: a philosophical component that includes an opening dharma talk and a closing the ties it together to the practice on the mat and the yoga of action off the mat; a guided meditation themed around your philosophical focus; an asana sequence using one of the methods learned in the ‘8 Limbs’ unit, as well as a mini yin yoga sequence
You have the option to either submit a video recording of you leading a class (or student) or you have the option of an in-person assessment at the LKPY studio (you will be assigned a LKPY teacher as your student or you can bring your own – fee is $200).

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

50 Group Practice Sessions
A regular, personal practice is one of the most important tools you have as a teacher.  
You are required to complete 50 practices with Lyn utilizing the prerecorded classes on the on-demand platform.  You will submit a log of of your practices.