500 Hour Teacher Training
Enhance Your Teaching Skills and Take Your Personal Practice to the Next Level
The YogaLife Institute offers a in-depth opportunity to pursue the ongoing study of yoga in a supportive community environment. If you are a yoga teacher certified at the 200-hour level (in any tradition), our 2 year program will help you enhance teaching skills and continue your journey of self discovery. Some of the topics covered are listed below.
Speciality Teaching Themes:
Teaching Beginners Class and Flow, Teaching Meditation and Relaxation, Teaching All Levels Classes, Yoga for Sports and Athletes, Teaching Prenatal Yoga, Chanting in Class and Sanskrit Names for Poses, Yoga for Kids and Teens, Teaching Vinyasa Flow Classes
The Art of Teaching Yoga Classes:
Inspired Teaching, Lecturing in Class, Motivating Students, Creating Community, Self-Care, Teaching Faith, Student/Teacher Relationships, Professional Ethics, Creating a Joyful Class Atmosphere, Using Yogic Scriptures, Yoga Education, Cosmology
Yoga Therapy:
Yoga for Health Specific Conditions, Yoga and Depression, Yoga as Spiritual Healing
Yoga Philosophy and Ancient Texts:
Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradapika and other topic-based source books, applied in practical and relevant ways for daily living and teaching.
Anatomy and Physiology:
Covers the systems of the body and how poses affect those systems. In-depth study of the physical and energetic anatomy of individual Yoga Poses, including mental and physical alignment.
Personal Health Topics:
Reflection/Inner Work, Purity and Hygiene, Positive Thinking, Family Dynamics and Relationships, Nutrition, Pranayama, Emotional Health, Personal Time and Life Balance, Spiritual Practice, Cleansing, Energy Techniques, Discipline
Advanced Personal Practices:
Attitude, Meditation, Relaxation, Pratayahara, Tantra Yoga, Bandhas, Hatha Yoga, Nada Yoga, Chakras, Mudras, Detachment, Selfless Service, Celebration
Application to the program is on-going, and an in-person meeting with the Director of the Program is required, as well as a letter of intention prior to meeting. Please call us at 610.688.7011 or email us at yogalifeinstitute@verizon.net with inquiries for admission.
