In Balance Yoga's next
200-hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training course will begin in January 2012. The training will
take place one weekend per month over 6 months (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 8:00am - 7:00pm)
and includes a full course of study in the following:
Yoga philosophy and history
Yoga asanas and pranayama
Meditation
Anatomy and physiology
Yogic lifestyle
In-depth teaching techniques and methodology
Required reading:
Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord's Secret Love Song by Graham Schweig
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar
Bikram’s Beginning Yoga Class by Bikram Choudhury
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchitananda
Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy by Georg Feuerstein
The Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit and Lawrence Elson
Trainees will
learn and be prepared to teach two styles of hatha yoga, Hot Yoga and
Vinyasa, with each of these practices including some attention to
Restorative Yoga. The cost is $425 per weekend ($2550 total) or $2400
if participants choose to prepay. There is a $50 application fee. To request an application, please email Becky at mcdanielbecky@hotmail.com.
The application deadline is December 15th, 2011.
2012 Training Weekends:
January 13 - 15
February 24 - 26
March 23 - 25
April 13 - 15
May 18 -20
June 15 -17
Faculty:
Becky Crigger, Director of In Balance Yoga
Becky Crigger, M.Ed., E-RYT has been
teaching yoga since 2003. She has taught in yoga studios in Virginia
Beach, Charlottesville, VA and Nashville, TN. From 2005 to 2009 Becky
owned and operated Body Balance Studio in Williamsburg, Virginia and
recently opened In Balance Yoga Studio in her hometown of Blacksburg,
Virginia. In addition to working in studios, Becky has taught yoga to
children at Cape Henry Collegiate School, Williamsburg Montessori and
in the Williamsburg-James City County school system. Having studied
different styles of yoga, under the guidance of James Barkan (Hot Yoga,
Vinyasa), Cyndi Lee (Vinyasa), Roger Cole (Iyengar), Leslie Lytle
(Prenatal, Iyengar), Shiva Rea (Vinyasa), and Judith Lasater (Restorative Yoga), Becky brings a
well-rounded knowledge to her practice and instruction. In addition, she has studied therapeutic applications of yoga with T.K.V. Desikachar and Dr. Timothy McCall. Becky's vision for yoga
teacher training is to examine two primary lineages of yoga, in the
traditions of Bishnu Ghosh (1903 - 1970) of Calcutta and Tirumala
Krishnamacharya (1888 -1989) of Mysore and Chennai. These two styles of
Hatha yoga are the most popular forms in the United States, and
although they differ in points of alignment, presentation, and
terminology, they present the same ultimate goal of purification of the
body and focus of the mind in order to return the practitioner to their
truest, innermost self and therefore connect with the universal self.
Becky's first experience with yoga was through Tibetan Buddhist
meditation while an undergraduate in the Religious Studies department
at the University of Virginia. Since then, she has continued her study
of Eastern religion and spirituality and feels confident that this
background combined with a master's in education from Vanderbilt
University and extensive training in hatha yoga prepares her to provide
students with a strong foundation for teaching yoga and a thirst for
knowledge to continue in the quest for the true path of yoga.
Chris Pohowsky, Anatomy of Yoga
Chris Pohowsky is a Certified Rolfer with a full-time practice in Blacksburg, Virginia. He completed his undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Tech in 1994 and then worked for ten years at East Coasters Bike Shop in Blacksburg. As well as competitive cycling, his passions include running, climbing, kayaking and yoga. His outdoor athletic pursuits go hand in hand with a strong interest in personal health, well-being, healthy eating and injury prevention. Nagging running injuries in 2003 led to Rolfing as a therapy and ultimately as a professional practice. He has been on the faculty of Blue Ridge School of Massage and Yoga since 2005 teaching Myofascial Massage, and more recently with AdvancedTrainings.com presenting continuing education classes in Advanced Myofascial Techniques. With his Rolfing and yoga influences, Chris enjoys bringing a functional and experiential twist to his structural anatomy and bodywork presentations.
Dr. Graham Schweig, History and Philosophy of Yoga
Graham Schweig, Ph.D. has been a
practitioner of yoga for 40 years. Graham was part of the yoga
explosion of the sixties, and from that time has traveled to and lived
in India several times, learning yoga under the guidance of traditional
teachers. He is an author and translator, a leader of yoga seminars and
workshops, and a university professor of religion who teaches about the
universal messages of the heart. Graham earned his Ph.D. from Harvard
University in Comparative Religion, and his specialization is in the
areas of the history and philosophy of yoga, the spiritual traditions
of India, and the mystical traditions of divine love. He is an
internationally sought out speaker and a regularly invited lecturer at
the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. His scholarly study of
sacred Sanskrit literature and his own heart-centered practice of yoga
have led him to discover a secret calling within yoga, which is
revealed at the deepest level of yoga practice, a "secret love song,"
that sings to each one of us.
