Yoga Teacher Training Schedule, Topics, Requirements, and Recommendations

Daily Schedule

Please keep in mind this is only a very general and tentative schedule, and the full schedule for each day will be presented when you arrive for the training. All sessions required!

TOPICS

• Yoga Philosophy
• Yoga History
• Yoga Ethics & Lifestyle (“Way of Life”)
• Sanskrit
• Asana
• Pranayama
• Teaching Methodology
• Anatomy & Physiology for Yoga
• The Business of Yoga

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

• Pay balance of fees prior to coming.
• Attend all days and classes of program, exceptions made only for emergencies and must be made up.
• Do all reading assignments and exercises (and innercises) in the Great Yoga Quest manual.
• Complete daily OMwork sessions which should take no more than 1 hour of your time. Be prepared to show your work.
• Be conscious of your personal space & do seva (selfless service) on behalf of the group, yourself, and the beautiful space we are sharing together. In other words, cleanliness is next to godliness!
• Keep a daily journal for notes, musings/reflections on your journey.
• Design a 1 hour yoga session that is specific to the demographic/niche/population that you want to serve. Part of your class will be videotaped and the entire group will offer constructive feedback.
• Gift one free offering to the greater community to share the yoga love, and provide evidence (video/evaluations/testimonials).
• Complete and pass “The Final Quest”—our final exam, which will be taken on or just before the day of graduation.
• Please be kind to yourself and others, and mostly yourself! : )
• Above all, smile!

REQUIRED READING

Please read as much as you can before you come.

• Hatha Yoga Illustrated by Martin Kirk
• Yoga Beyond Belief by Ganga White
• MetaAnatomy by Krsitin Leal
• The Yoga Teacher Toolbox by Joseph & Lillian Le Page
• The Great Yoga Quest Teacher Training Manual by Yoga University (will be emailed to you)

To Be Read & Discussed Together

• The Great Yoga Quest Teacher Training Manual by Yoga University
• The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran
• The Upanishads by by Eknath Easwaran
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Swami Satchidananda

Recommended Reading

• Autobiography of a Yogi  by Paramahamsa Yogananda
• The Disappearance of the Universe (Helpful for ACIM beginners)
• A Course in Miracles (ACIM)
• The Language of Yoga, by Nicolai Bachman
• Life of A Yogi Teacher Training Manual, by Sri Dharma Mittra
• Who Am I? Yoga, Psychedelics & the Quest for Enlightenment by Allowah Lani

Yoga Documentaries

• Enlighten Up!
• Awake
• Yoga Is
• Yoga Unveiled
• Fierce Grace
• Kumaré