October- April 2024-2025 YTT Waitlist
Weekend training hours
Saturday & Sunday 11am-4pm
Jan-May 2024
January 6/7, 27/28
February 10/11, 24/25
March 9/10, 23,24
April 6/7, 20/21
May 4/5, 18/19
(802)658-9642 [email protected]
Gratitude, dedication, and a deep love and respect for this ancient tradition form the core of our teaching training.
Offering 200, 300, 500, and 1,000 hour teacher trainings. Burlington Yoga is committed to the authentic teachings and practice of traditional Hatha Yoga in its various forms. We strive to empower each other to find strength, balance, and peace in our practice and daily living. We explore the technical and spiritual aspects of alignment, mindful movement, meditation, diaphragmatic breathing, yogic diet, daily self-care routines, relaxation techniques, and therapeutics to address the entire being. We believe from deep personal experience, in the transformative power of yoga to create our most vibrant and healthy life "to constantly impart the knowledge of the self" (Siva Sutras, 111.28) May we all be blessed with this knowledge.
Curriculum
Therapeutics
This 200 hr teacher training has a heavy focus on therapeutics. We will explore fascia, lymphatics, nervous system regulation, diaphragmatic breathing, restorative sequencing, and various releasing & balancing techniques. You will learn how to work with individual clients, groups, and of course yourself. Alignment is how we relate to gravity. It is subtle and gross. It is physical, mental, and spiritual. We are sending and receiving information from our body every second of every day. Proper alignment allows all of the systems in the body to work and play together in the most optimal way.
Technique, Training & Practice
Discover the art, science, and wisdom of this ancient tradition. Learn the necessary skills for teaching and/or deepening your personal practice with analytical training in asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, mantra, and meditation. Develop a deep understanding of proper functional alignment, using our felt sense of grounding to establish lines of awareness in the traditional postures. Learn how to correctly transition into and out of each posture from this sense of grounding, and with breath directed movements to cultivate an efficient, fluid and sustainable use of energy.
We will study benefits, modifications, variations and contraindications so you can tailor your own practice and safely lead a group class, specialty groups, or individual sessions. Develop the skills to provide effective verbal cues, hands-on adjustments, demonstrations, and therapeutic and restorative sequences to guide your students to deeper levels of awareness and embodied experience.
We will explore the body as a beautiful system of light and energy, and learn how mind, body and breath guide our practice. Part of the work of Yoga is to go beyond the limitation of seeing life as solid forms and concepts, and to begin to see the underlying qualities (Gunas) of our experiences. Through self study and awareness we attune to our own essential nature, and from that place we develop an authentic and unique style of teaching. We allow for ourselves, our students, and all of our relationships to fully integrate, and receive the benefits of the practice of Yoga.
”The techniques of yoga give you the opportunity to capture energy from the outside as well as from the inside, and to use that energy for your personal evolution.” B.K.S. Iyengar
Teaching Methodology & Class Structure
Learn how to construct a complete 60-90 minute class from beginner and all-levels; to more advanced, and specialty classes for specific groups and populations. Through the use of centering and breathing techniques we will develop an entree point for students to begin their practice by feeling the energy in their own body/mind, and observing sensations. We will introduce our students to breath-based motion with gentle movements to set a rhythm and build awareness for the practice.
Through an in-depth understanding and felt-sense of traditional asanas, sequencing, progressions, and timing we will design a complete class suitable for all levels. Explore the subtle art of observation in order to deliver highly effective verbal cues, demonstrations, adjustments, modifications, and variations for individual and group classes.
Learn how to address and assess the individual needs of each student, and deliver cues through differentiated instruction that guides each student to perform in accordance with their natural capacity. Explore the use of language and voice for creating the arc, and setting the tone of a class. Learn how to use music and aromatherapy to both ground, inspire, and relax your students. In this section you will learn how to lead a basic relaxation- Shavasana to fully integrate the practice.
Philosophy & Ethics
Traditional yogic texts reveal philosophy through sacred scriptures, epic poems and religious dialogues. Learn how yogic philosophy and ethical precepts can be woven into our daily lives and relationships. As we learn to realize our fundamental shared Human experience by connecting to the field of dharma (dharmakshetra), we allow our own basic and pure essential nature to arise.
As taught in the Bhagavad Gita, the field of dharma is also called the field of action; this is our life and environment as expressed through our activities of body, speech and mind. In the precept of Gratitude we take nothing for granted, we see and experience the freshness in each moment. Gratitude for what is received is expressed by impeccable action. Our Conduct is the path of our practice as well as the fruit.
In this section we will study ethical precepts in the tantric tradition, Yamas and Niyamas, as well as the California Code of Conduct for Yoga Teachers.
"It is the moment to moment expression of our integration of the Flow of natural presence. We study and practice the view of the dharma to build our inherent wisdom and spontaneous expression of the dharma. The precepts help create the experience of the dharma." Dharma Bodhi
Energetic Anatomy & Physiology
Building on our understanding of functional anatomy and physiology we will explore energetic anatomy and physiology in the subtle body through the systems of Chakras, Bindus (condensation points), Tattwas (5-elements), Marma points (acupressure points), and Nadis (channel system). We will explore the 7 main-line Chakras and their function as transformers of experience and energy; the Pancha Mahabhutas in the tattwa system of the five great elements; and the energetic channels of Ida, Pingala and Shushumna Nadis.
Using meditation, visualization, mantra, and pranayama we will learn to access the subtle systems of the mind and body. We will delve into the deities, planets, gems, bija mantras, yantra (symbols) and colors for the chakra system. Trainings in this section will include Yoga for anxiety and depression, trauma sensitive yoga, Yoga Nidra, and mindfulness based classes and workshops.
Introduction to Vedic Astrology with Richard Powell
Jyotiṣa is based on precise calculations of where the constellations and planets sit. This is because Astronomy and Astrology were studied as one inseparable living science called Jyotir Śāstra. This scientific understanding of the Heavens mixed with the spirituality of the East is what gives Jyotiṣa its astonishing accuracy and its unique ability to guide us on our path to fulfillment and peace.
Richard G. Powell (Dhyanananda) is an E-RYT 500 and an Ayurvedic Practitioner who has studied extensively under Dr. Vasant Lad both in the U.S and in India. Richard furthered his studies of Ayurveda under Dr. Ashwin Shastry of Arogya Niketana in Karnataka, India. He is currently enrolled in an advanced clinical studies under Kashyapa Fisher at the Arogya Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Additionally, Richard practices Jyotisha / Vedic Astrology, teaches Sanskrit and Vedic Philosophy and is a student of the Japanese martial art Aikido. He shares his comprehensive healing experience and enthusiasm for health with his students and clients, and empowers them to find a healthier way of living and expand their spiritual practice.
Lead Trainer
Piper (Candra Prabha) is a certified Integrative Yoga Therapist, E-RYT-500+ (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher), Certified Level 1: Foundations of Ayurveda, YCEP (Continuing Education Provider), IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists), Certified SSP/ILS Safe and Sound Provider, Clinical HeartMath Practitioner for Stress, Anxiety and Self-Regulation, and Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Yoga Practice and Therapy.
Piper has been teaching yoga and yoga therapy since 1995. As the owner of Burlington Yoga since 2001 and director of the Burlington Yoga Teacher Training since 2009, she is deeply devoted to this ancient practice and its profound transformational effects. With love and devotion, may we all awaken to our true Self.
Required Reading
- Ayurveda and the Mind: The Healing of Consciousness by David Frawley
- Hatha Yoga Pradipika/2013 Golden Jubilee Edition by Swami Muktibodhananda
- Yoga Anatomy Second Addition by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews
- The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice by Georg Feuerstein
- The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran
- Light On Yoga: BKS Iyengar
- Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha/2008 Fourth Revised Edition by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Suggested Reading
- The Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit and Lawrence M. Elson
- Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
- Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution by Dr. Robert Svoboda
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
What to Expect
Trainees are offered daily studio and Zoom classes, studio time for practice, and support from our amazing teachers.
Please purchase a 3-ring binder for printed materials, journal entrees and notes. For each session you will need a yoga mat, pen/pencil, notebook and water bottle. Plan to arrive a few minutes early to get settled, and wear comfortable clothing for practice. Homework assignments are completed in a group google doc with weekly supervision. Upon graduation students receive a certificate of completion from Burlington Yoga (YTT), with the skills and confidence to safely teach private and group classes.
Please contact us for more information
Call (802)658-9642 or email [email protected]
$3,500 cash/check Non-refundable Due by Jan 2nd
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