Green Lotus

YA Certified 24-Hour Assisting and Adjusting Continuing Education Yoga Teacher Training

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Advanced Yoga Studies  

Offering yoga students assists and adjustments is an art that requires highly developed observation skills, awareness of body mechanics and movement, intimate familiarity of the poses, and strong communications skills that allow students to find their ultimate shape without becoming teacher-dependent. In this carefully designed immersion into the art of assisting and adjusting you will deepen your teaching skills and bring to your students an openness and mind/body connection that advances their practice.

Registration:

Print and complete this form - then scan/email it to info@greenlotusyogactr.com, or drop it off at the Center: Assisting and Adjusting Teacher Training Registration Form.pdf

The foundation of the training rests on proper alignment. From there we develop (1) understanding that more is less when it comes to safe hands-on adjustments, (2) how to use the various forms of assisting and adjusting -- from verbal cues to directional signals to physical manipulation, (3) the role of props as tools in adjusting and assisting; (4) how to empower students to find personal levels of self-adjusting and -assisting safely without developing dependency.

We will cover the following asanas in this training:

• Coming home: Centering, Child's Pose, Downward Dog, Standing Forward Fold
• Sun Salutation A & B
• Chaturanga
• Upward Dog
• Standing Poses (Remaining Forward Folds, Warrior Series, Crescent Lunge, Balance
• Backbends
• Twists
• Seated Forward Folds
• Core Connection
• Inversions (Headstand, Handstand, Shoulder stand)
• Surrender to Gravity

A Unique Approach to Assisting and Adjusting Training

Our 24-hour assisting and adjusting teacher training and advanced yoga studies is offered in an intensive weekend of total immersion. As with its other training, the cornerstone of the Green Lotus approach is to study assisting and adjusting not only by reading and through engaging lecture and discussion, but also by practicing the adjustments over and over again in mini-practices in small groups and to the group as a whole.

Our training includes a seminar with experienced professionals in life coaching and psychotherapy so that we as teachers can better understand our roles and impact as teachers and also to develop awareness of the different emotions that can be observed in the classroom -- such as anxiety -- and how assisting and adjusting can affect those emotions and feelings.

Best of all, our students will be given the opportunity to practice assisting and adjusting not only with each other but also with Green Lotus yoga students who have applied to be models and who will be present at certain times during the weekend. This will give registered teacher-trainers first-hand experience in learning assists and adjustments with actual yoga students representing a wide range of skills and needs.

Another hallmark of our training is the faculty. Leading this training are:

• Candy Bell, E-RYT: Candy is director of Green Lotus' yoga study programs and creator of its MAYS 200-hour RYT program. Training with Judith Lasater (Restorative Yoga), Shiva Rea (Asana Flow), and Elise Miller (Breath Work) have rounded out her advanced learning. At this training, she will be teaching breath awareness as well as the foundation of each group of poses we will study.
• Marcia Appel, RYT: Marcia, who has developed this course, has studied and practiced assisting and adjusting from the beginning of her yoga teaching career and took her first training from TeriLeigh Schmidt. She has studied with Baron Baptiste (Power Vinyasa), Judith Lasater (Restorative), among others, and has studied meditation and spirituality with a variety of teachers.
• Mary Kay DuChene: Life coach, business consultant, entrepreneuer, and practicing yogini, Mary Kay will lead a session to discuss life coaching skills, how they are different from yoga teaching skills, and how to handle situations when the topics can become blurred.
• Jeanine Thompson: Jeanine, who is in RYT 200 training, is a psychotherapist, human relations executive and consultant, and praticing yogini. She will lead a session on working with students who exhibit anxiety or nervousness on the mat, who may be inhibited by assists or adjustments,  how to spot the signals, and how to honor boundaries with compassion.

Required Books and Materials

Students will be required to read the following books, which, for you convenience, will be available at Green Lotus or you may order them from your favorite bookstore:

• Yoga: The Art of Adjusting by Brian Cooper
• Journey into Power by Baron Baptiste

Optional but recommended:

• Yoga Posture Adjustments and Assisting by Stephanie Pappas

Other materials, including a handbook and schedule for the weekend, will be provided as well as pertinent industry news articles. Please bring a notebook or journal to capture notes, questions, and observations.

Schedule

Green Lotus' 24-hour Assisting and Adjusting Teacher Training will be held the weekend of October 8 - 10. Hours are as follows:

• Friday, October 8: 5 - 9 p.m.
• Saturday, October 9: 9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
• Sunday, October 10: 9:30 - 4:30 p.m.

No make-up sessions will be available. If students cannot attend for the entire weekend schedule, they will be able to complete the requirements the next time the training is held.

Fee and Early-Bird Registration Option

The fee for this training is $399. Students who register and pay by September 1 may attend for $340. Click here to register online. Call Marcia Appel at 952.373.0055 with any questions.

Registration:

Print and complete this form - then scan/email it to info@greenlotusyogactr.com, or drop it off at the Center: Assisting and Adjusting Teacher Training Registration Form.pdf