The Sarasota, Florida-based Yoga from the Heart yoga studio is NOW accepting applications for its Yoga Alliance Approved 2011 Advanced Studies and RYT 200.
Yoga Teacher Training Program
If you’ve ever envisioned yourself teaching yoga or are simply looking to deepen your practice and knowledge, Yoga from the Heart recently announced that its 2011 Advanced Studies and its RYT 200 Teacher Training Program begins in January of 2011. Under the guidance of Lynn Burgess MBA, RYT 500, E-RYT 500, and her dedicated staff of instructors, students will receive a solid, comprehensive foundation in the art of teaching alignment-based yoga. Participants completing the 200-hour curriculum are then eligible for registration with the national organization, Yoga Alliance. Only 15 students are accepted for the program. Applications are available online at www.yogafromtheheart.com.
“The need for well-trained yoga teachers is quickly expanding from the major yoga hubs in big cities to suburbs and small towns all over the country,” says Lynn Burgess, a nationally acclaimed yoga teacher and founder of Yoga from the Heart. “Over the last 30 years, yoga has become a popular part of American culture. More and more people seek the healing, stress-relieving and life-enhancing benefits that yoga provides.”
The Yoga from the Heart teacher training program, now in its tenth year, is a registered Yoga Alliance school. While there are no licensing requirements for teaching yoga, Yoga Alliance has established widely adopted standards for education and certification. The designation of a “Registered Yoga Teacher” guarantees that a certain level of training and experience has been achieved. Burgess explains that in order to make their teaching program more accessible and affordable, it is now being offered as two distinctly different tracks each with its own unique characteristics: 100 Hour Advanced Studies - meets 1 weekend a month for 4 months and the 200 Hour RYT Teacher Training - meets 1 weekend a month for 4 additional months a total of 8 months.
100 Hour Advanced Studies – is for those people who are interested in learning more about the science of yoga, but don’t necessarily want to teach. The 100 Hour Advanced Studies program was created as a pathway for people to learn more, deepen their practices, ask questions, and engage in the learning process without the pressure or commitment of becoming a teacher. The hours accumulated during the 100 Hour Advanced Studies program are completely transferable and applicable towards the 200 Hour Teacher Training.
RYT 200 Hour Teacher Training - The 200 hour training program is for those people who have successfully completed the 100 Hour Advanced Studies and are committed to continuing their exploration of the eight petal path of yoga, as well as starting to develop the skills essential to become a confident instructor.
Upon successful completion of the 200 hours, all coursework, required class attendance, and the teaching presentation, students receive a certification of completion from Yoga from the Heart. This certificate may then be presented to Yoga Alliance for registration as a “Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT).” Classes meet one weekend per month, beginning on Friday evenings and ending on Sunday afternoons.
Can anyone teach yoga?
“That’s a question most yoga students ask at one point or the other,” says Burgess. “Students worry that they’re not good enough or strong enough. But we look at other traits, too, including how much passion the student has for the practice, and how much of a commitment he or she has for learning—and for sharing. People come to our trainings from all different walks of life; we’ve even had students with severe physical challenges complete the program. You don’t have to be an asana superstar to change people’s lives.”
One thing is certain, says Burgess. “Your physical abilities and practice will be in a very different place by the end of the program!”
For more information about the 2011 Yoga from the Heart Teacher Training Program, visit www.yogafromtheheart.com or call 941-929-9878.
About Lynn Burgess, M.B.A., RYT-500, EYT-500
Lynn has been practicing and teaching yoga for more than 18 years. She founded Yoga from the Heart in Sarasota in 2000. In her private sessions Lynn has developed a particular expertise in applied yoga for athletes to enhance performance and for individuals with medical and health issues.
Lynn’s deep interest in the science and practice of integrative medicine has led to collaboration with medical doctors and alternative medical practitioners. Lynn facilitates a multi-disciplinary treatment approach that helps transform the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of patients’ lives. Her private yoga practice supports patients with Parkinson’s disease, scoliosis, prostate cancer, and back injuries, as well as those who are not ill but wish to increase self-awareness, enhance wellbeing, and prevent health-related challenges.
Lynn has been featured in US News and World Report, Women’s Health magazine, Yogi Times, and on the websites, iYogaLife, Yoga Alliance, and LifetimeTV.com.
Lynn is grateful for, and influenced by, the teachings of B.K.S Iyengar. Although she has trained with many of the most influential Iyengar-inspired yoga teachers of our time, her principal instructors have been Rodney Yee and Patricia Walden.
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