2010-2011 Master Program Calendar

October 8 - 10, 2010

Yoga Retreat: Evolving Through Your Practice 
At Kripalu Center Directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, Ph.D.

Submerse yourself in a masterfully guided experiential learning environment for yoga practice that will bring you home to a fresh and enlivening relationship to your whole, multidimensional self. Don and Amba are internationally recognized for their ability to approach yogic inquiry as a way to facilitate depth contact with one's own source of internal authority for meaning, purpose and guidance. Drawing from 30 years of developing interdisciplinary professional yoga educators and practitioners, you will feel at home in the carefully balanced schedule of practices that combine introspection with celebration, strength with compassion and tradition with evolution. Learn more »

October 10- 15, 2010

Self-Awakening Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training
30-hr Credit for NYI 500-hr level certification, CEU's
At Kripalu Center Directed by Don Stapleton, Ph.D.

Note: Combine this training with the 9-Day Teacher Training Module to fulfill equivalent of 100-hr Advanced Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher Training in the NYI 500-hr certification.

This training for yoga educators, therapists and practitioners takes yoga inquiry back to its roots as a creative learning process. Remaining true to the intelligence of the organism, the methodology of Self-Awakening Yoga offers an experiential bridge that guides the practitioner into intuitive, internally guided exploration of prana-induced movement that are deeply therapeutic and expand consciousness from the inside out. Learn more »

November 7 - December 4, 2010

200-hr Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher Training®
Yoga Alliance Approved Certification
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, Ph.D.
This training draws from a diversity of yoga styles, stimulating personal inquiry into your own yoga practice. In a climate of individualized, experiential learning you gain comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles and practices of yoga while developing professional skillfulness to teach in a wide variety of settings. Over 1,200 graduates of this training are listed on our website’s Teacher Directory. Learn more »

Dec. 7 - 20, 2010

100-hr Experiential Anatomy®
Yoga Alliance Approved Certification
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Sarah Tacy, E-RYT
Experiential Anatomy for the Multidimensional Being® is a 100-hour advanced training in yoga anatomy for certified yoga teachers. This program is designed to help you acquire a deeper knowledge of the body by studying both the objective, scientific aspects of anatomy, as well as exploring the subjective, experiential elements. We will use mediums such as experiential movement, palpation, art and awareness through internal scanning as we learn how to integrate anatomy with various yoga practices.Learn more »

Jan. 9 - Feb. 5, 2011

200-hr Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher Training®
Yoga Alliance Approved Certification
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, Ph.D.
This training draws from a diversity of yoga styles, stimulating personal inquiry into your own yoga practice. In a climate of individualized, experiential learning you gain comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles and practices of yoga while developing professional skillfulness to teach in a wide variety of settings. Over 1,200 graduates of this training are listed on our website’s Teacher Directory. Learn more »

Feb. 6 - Feb. 19, 2011

100-hr NYI Let Your Yoga Dance Teacher Training®

Yoga Alliance Approved Certification

100hr Credit for NYI 500hr level Yoga Alliance approved certification.

At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Megha-Nancy Buttenheim, MA, E-RYT.
Learn to teach;NYI Let Your Yoga Dance. A dynamic experience of inner rhythm and expressive movement, Yoga Dance traces its roots to the free flow of yoga postures in Kripalu Yoga known as meditation-in-motion. Based on the chakras and the energy inherent in each, this training teaches you to open and flow with your innate joyfulness. The training program is designed for movement lovers, yoga students and teachers, bodyworkers, and therapists dedicated to mind-body integration. Energize yourself into a whole new level of experience. Learn more »


February 20 - March 5, 2011

100-hr Pranassage Practitioner Training® 
Yoga Alliance Approved Certification
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, Ph.D.
100hr Credit for NYI 500hr level Yoga Alliance approved certification.

Pranassage® is a creative synthesis of yoga and bodywork that produces deep relaxation in the receiver. Pranassage is an engaging and efficient option for those who want to deepen the effects of yoga. Certified Pranassage Practitioners are qualified to offer individualized sessions that are tailored to each client’s fitness needs. Pranassage is part of our 500 Hr. Certification as it teaches NYI’s  approach to assists verses corrections in the context of a group yoga class. Whether you intend to offer private Pranassage Sessions, or simply get more creative and offer greater benefits to your students as they practice in a group class, Pranassage may be of interest to you as a Yoga Teacher.

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“This training is offered every other year. We will have it on the 2012 Calendar.”

100-hr Inner Quest of the Yoga Educator®

Yoga Alliance Approved Certification (100-hr Credit for NYI 500-hr Level)
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, Ph.D.
Open to instructors of all Yoga Traditions, this advanced yoga teacher training provides a framework to take your teaching and practice to a new level of personal inquiry and understanding both on and off the mat. Learn more »

July 3 - July 30, 2011

200-hr Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher Training®
Yoga Alliance Approved Certification
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, Ph.D.
This training draws from a diversity of yoga styles, stimulating personal inquiry into your own yoga practice. In a climate of individualized, experiential learning you gain comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles and practices of yoga while developing professional skillfulness to teach in a wide variety of settings. Over 1,200 graduates of this training are listed on our website’s Teacher Directory. Learn more »

July 31- August 13, 2011

100-hr HeartRise Childrens Yoga Teacher Training®
Yoga Alliance Approved Certification
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Tamika Schilbe and Carolyn Burke
Drawing from a diversity of yoga styles, this training prepares you for teaching in a variety of settings, including schools. Take your personal yoga practice to a new level of playfulness as you immerse yourself in a climate of individualized, experiential learning. The tools, techniques, resources and confidence you gain will help you offer children and teens experiences that connect them with innate wisdom. Learn more »

Sept. 16 - Sept. 30, 2011

100hr Self-Awakening Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training
100-hr Credit for NYI 500-1000hr level certification
At Kripalu Center Directed by Don Stapleton, Ph.D.

 

The 100-hour Self-Awakening Yoga® Therapeutics Teacher Training is an in depth study and practice of the movement inquiries, theory and philosophy as written about in Don’s Book; Self-Awakening Yoga; Expansion of Consciousness. This training will increase your ability to respond to the special needs of your students with physical limitation. Paradoxically you will also be able to teach from a deeper understanding of Kundalini yoga and the pranic energy that flows through you and your students. This training will take the lid off of what you think yoga postures are and take you back to where it all began; movement directed from within instead of without.

November 6 - December 3, 2011

200-hr Interdisciplinary Yoga Teacher Training®
Yoga Alliance Approved Certification
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, Ph.D.
This training draws from a diversity of yoga styles, stimulating personal inquiry into your own yoga practice. In a climate of individualized, experiential learning you gain comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles and practices of yoga while developing professional skillfulness to teach in a wide variety of settings. Over 1,200 graduates of this training are listed on our website’s Teacher Directory. Learn more »

Dec. 4 - 17, 2011

100-hr Experiential Anatomy®
Yoga Alliance Approved Certification
At Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica
Directed by Sarah Tacy, E-RYT
Experiential Anatomy for the Multidimensional Being® is a 100-hour advanced training in yoga anatomy for certified yoga teachers. This program is designed to help you acquire a deeper knowledge of the body by studying both the objective, scientific aspects of anatomy, as well as exploring the subjective, experiential elements. We will use mediums such as experiential movement, palpation, art and awareness through internal scanning as we learn how to integrate anatomy with various yoga practices.Learn more »

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