Yoga Foundation Program Teacher Training and Advancing Yoga Studies Program.
and Continued Ed Programs. Begins April - Oct 2011
Yoga Foundations Program: Registration is open to all students, anyone wanting to expand and improve their own personal practice and deepen their knowledge of yoga and the body. We invite those who would like to explore the possibility of teaching, want yoga teacher certification, and those who would like to refine their teaching abilities. This includes new or experienced yoga students, teachers, Bay Club Members, Non-Members of Bay Club, and registered participants in the Baptiste Teachers Training Programs. Attendance in these workshops will apply and fulfill credits towards the Baptiste Power of Yoga™ Teacher Certification Program.
Yoga Teacher Certification with Baptiste Power of Yoga™ is available at 200 or 500 hour level
More info upon request. To register in this Yoga Teacher Certification Program please contact: Baptiste Power of Yoga
Philosophy and History:
Requirements provides 20 in class hours, giving 30 contact hours.
SERIES I: 5 Segment Module (12.5 hr/credit)
Cost: $285 Bay Club Members/$295 Non-Members
Location: Bay Club Marin-Corte Madera
To Register: Erin at 415-945-3054 or efleming@bayclubmarin.com
Or contact: Sheri Baptiste at 888-804-9642 or info@powerofyoga.com
Story of Yoga: Philosopy and History
with Kate Vogt 500-RYT
Students and Teachers Track: Students and Teachers Track: This is for all levels of yoga interest and yoga experience
Beginner to experienced participants are all welcome A 5 sessions, over four month long series for those who want to
deepen their understanding of yoga, where it came from and what it is.
Yoga, its homeland, and its many meanings (2.5 hours)
- Introduction to philosophy and the modern teacher
- India, ancestral home of Yoga
Threads from India’s ancient pre-Vedic and forest cultures (2.5 hours)
INDIA: ANCIENT TREASURES
- Yoga – Indus Valley, Naga, and other early people
- Infinity, physical and supra-physical, wholeness
Threads from India’s Vedic culture (2.5 hours)
HIDDEN SYMBOLISM IN THE ASANA PRACTICE
- Philosophical meaning within vinyasa, specific poses, preparation, and full cycle of a practice
- Formless in form: Inner posture
Golden threads woven into Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Part 1 (2.5 hours)
ANCIENT ROOTS – YUJ TO YOGA
- Ritual, sacrifice, and origins of techniques: Vedas
- Mind, senses: Taittiriya, Svetasvatara, and Maitri Upandishads
- Eight Limbs: Yanjavalka in Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad
Golden threads woven into Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Part 2 (2.5 hours)
PATANJALI’S YOGA SUTRAS – 2 X 2hr. segments
The Yoga Sutras can be hard to follow in traditional order. This session covers
key topics in the first and second chapter relevant to the Baptiste teacher.
Topics: purusa, prakriti, citta, vritti, gunas, abyasa, vairagya, kleshas, kriya yoga,
ashtanga yoga, and kaivalya. Discussion and practices to explore these concepts.
SERIES II: 3 Segment Module (7.5 hr/credit) - Bringing Yoga Philosophy To Life in the Classroom – 3 Segment Module,
2.5 hour sessions (October 21, Oct 22, Oct 29)
Teachers Track: One month, two weekend long series for those who want to deepen their understanding of yoga, where it came from,
and how to teach it. (This is for teachers and teachers in training) Beginner to experienced participants are all welcome.
Fee $195
Location Bay Club Marin - Corte Madera
To Register: Erin at 415 945 3054 or efleming@bayclubmarin.com
October 21, Friday 6:30-9pm
The origins of Tantra are little understood. Its literature is vast and the practice comes to life in historical and contemporary Hatha-Yoga. This session looks at concepts relevant to the modern practice: kali-yuga, devi, kundalini-shakti, hamsa, chakra, shodhana, yantra, pranayama, mantra, mudra, dhyana, and asana.
Oct 22, Saturday 1pm-3:30
- Yamas and niyamas
- Georg Feuerstein’s 17 ethical guidelines
Oct 29, Sunday 1pm-3:30
- 9 emotions: Natya Shastra
- Discipline and Practice: Creativity
* Workbook Book Required (Feuerstein) - Not included - participants to purchase $45.
BIO: Kate Vogt has been leading Yoga Sutra sanghas and classes on applying Yoga philosophy to everyday life since 2006 in the Bay area. With a background in art, Kate partners with the work of the ancient Indian artist to bring shape to the philosophy through experiential practices and colorful images. As one student said, “She can explain it (the philosophy) in a way that I understand it and doesn’t just rely on lecture like other teachers of philosophical concepts.” Kate also teaches therapeutic yoga and is a founding advisor of the international Green Yoga Association. She has contributed to Yoga and Health UK and the Yoga Journal magazines and s co-editor of Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems
REGISTRATION FOR MODULES/WORKSHOPS:
Erin Fleming Yoga Director Bay Club Marin
415-945-3054 efleming@bayclubmarin.com
or
Baptiste Power of Yoga Program Director: Sherri Baptiste
1-888-804-9642 info@powerofyoga.com
www.powerofyoga.com
TRAINING LOCATION:
Bay Club Marin (20 min North of San Francisco)
220 Town Center
Corte Madera, CA 94960
415 945 3054
Bay Club is a facility dedicated on every level to helping its clientele achieve the very best of wellbeing for body, mind and spirit. Bay Club offers a studio experience that elevates your practice and your studies. This state of the art facility, with its community of members and staff is dedicated to the very best of health and fitness.
Sherri Baptiste-Baptiste Power of Yoga™ E-RYT 500
Founder of Baptiste Power of Yoga™ & Yoga with Weights: Baptiste Method™
Author Yoga with Weights for Dummies (Wiley Publishers)
Baptiste Power of Yoga Teachers Training Programs: Yoga Alliance Recognized: 200 & 500 hr Schools
Website: www.powerofyoga.com Website: www.yogawithweights.com