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2008 Florida Teacher Training
Requirements for Admission
- Two letters of reference (one yoga related letter) are required before training begins.
- Each application will be evaluated on an individual basis.
- Knowledge of the poses, and average physical stamina necessary for integration of information.
- A minimum of 18 months of regular practice and public study is needed.
- It is not required that you desire to become a teacher through this program. Any student looking for a deeper motivation to learn and grow in their practice is a welcome addition to the group.
- Upon entering the program, you must participate in a weekly asana class with Laura. There are no exceptions here, unless you live outside the county. If you do, you must take a weekly class with a qualified instructor.
- You must attend all dates and trainings.
Reference Letter Guide
Requirements for Reference Letter should include the following information.
- Number of years acquainted with applicant.
- Relationship to applicant.
- Yoga related background of writer.
- Brief statement of why this applicant would be an asset to the program and its participants.
Practice Requirements
You will be encouraged to practice yoga on a daily basis. Your Asana, Pranayama, and attention to the Yamas and Niyamas will be a pivotal part of your ability to assimilate this information on a kinetic level.
Along with a daily practice, and a weekly public class, you will observe or assist a class once a month with a qualified teacher.
Homework and Reading Assignments
Homework assignments will be provided and must be turned in at the following month’s training. It will need to be neatly typed (or handwritten) on blank white paper. Included with each assignment will be a page with a heading outline containing School Name, Program, Lesson Number, and Your Name. Any additional pages will need to be headed with the same information. Staple all multiple pages together. Reading Assignments will take place at your leisure, outside of the class time frame.
Please retain your own copy of each assignment, before you turn in your papers. These homework assignments are a large part of your qualifications for certification and proof of your involvement in the DYS Teacher Training Program. Any missed homework will be considered incomplete and may delay your final paperwork.
Requirements for Certification
- Attendance of all dates and trainings
- Attendance of weekly public classes
- Observation or assistance in a public class, once a month (with permission from your instructor)
- Completion of all homework assignments in a timely manner
- Completion of final evaluation at the end of the program year
Documentation of all participation as a student and teacher is very helpful to YA in determining your individual commitment. Keeping a clear record of any classes, workshops, retreats, etc, will strongly help your evaluation process.
Cost and Enrollment of Program
Please include a non-refundable $200 deposit with your application. Formal registration will be accepted after September 1, 2007. This deposit will be applied to your tuition. This deposit will be waived for tuition paid in full by December 1, 2007 ($2300). Total cost for the program after December 1, 2007 ($2500). Tuition paid in 3 installments with deposit is $2600. No penalty for early payment. Installment schedule is on an eight-week rotation.
Installment one $850 Due First Day of Training
Installment two $775 Due April Training
Installment three $775 Due June Training
The reading material cost is not a part of tuition. Plan the purchase of one (occasionally two) books per month. These are standard yoga texts that you may already own and will serve as reference guides for the training. You will need to bring your yoga mat and manual at every training.
This will be a fun and intense day and a half! Adequate rest and methodical study throughout the month prove to be the best practices for internalizing the information…..i.e.: no cramming homework in at the last minute.
Cancellation and Penalty Fee
Installments:
Your entrance into the program is received as your commitment to complete the program in full. Your tuition must be paid in a timely manner, with respect to the deadline given. There will be a $100 weekly penalty for any payment not received on the deadline date, unless prior arrangements have been formally discussed and agreed upon.
Refunds are available, less the $200 non-refundable deposit, for any cancellation made 30 days prior to the start date.
Schedule
The following schedule is designed to complete an 15-hour weekend training per visit. Each training will commence
Saturdays at 12noon – 8pm (8 hours) and
Sundays at 8am – 3pm (7 hours)
*Trainings will include a one-hour on-site lunch discussion.
There will be a 3-day intensive weekend among the dates TBA. Schedule of the intensive will be 6am –6pm daily. Additional costs will not exceed $200.
Arrival
All students must arrive and be settled in and ready to go at the indicated start times. Come rested and bring fluids and light snacks if necessary.
Lunches
There will be a one-hour on-site lunch discussion each day. Students are encouraged to bring a lunch. Often a pot luck lunch develops and the days to provide food are split between the participants.
Schedule Dates
- February 9-10
- March 22-23
- ***April 11-13 (Kriota in Florida)
- May 9-10
- June 7-8
- July (June 28-29)
- August 16-17
- September 27-28
- ***October 10-12 (Doug Keller)
- November 1-2
- ***Graybear Nov 8-10 (optional)
- ***December 5-7 (JJ Gormley)
- February 21-22
- March 21-22
- ***3 day workshop
January 2009 24-25
2007 Training Instructors
Laura Tyree
Laura began her training with the rigorous Iyengar Yoga Method in 1986, while recovering from a sports related injury in college. She began teaching in 1990 after meeting teacher, Rodney Yee, and discovered a deeper meaning of the yogic path. Internal awareness, breath, and compassionate purpose lead her to deepen her practice.
After many years of practice and study with Rodney and other dedicated and renowned teachers, she continues to hone her teaching skills and explore her personal growth. Laura opened the doors of Dragonfly Yoga Studies January of 2001. She now travels to facilitate workshops and teacher trainings throughout the Southeast, raises her son, Will, and enjoys teaching public classes and her year long training program at Dragonfly.
Her personal approach to the eight-limb path, study of anatomy, physiology, and psychology all blend beautifully with her life experience and teaching skills. Introspection and sincerity along with her warm humor encourage students to utilize the practice to deepen their awareness, and to open to their unique beauty and strengths. Laura is registered with Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500.
Jaya Devi Bhagavati
Jaya teaches meditation, yoga philosophy and spirituality internationally, most recently at the 2004 Parliament of World's Revisions in Barcelona, Spain. She is the founder and Executive Director of Kashi Atlanta, an ashram that offers spirituality, meditation, nutrition and yoga classes. Her lectures and medications were featured in the documentary film "Imagine Peace". She has also appeared on CNN, CBS, and PBS as an expert in using meditation and yoga to reduce stress and achieve a balanced, peaceful life. She continues her training as close student of Ma Jaya at Kashi Ashram in Sebastian, Florida.
Jaya Devi is a powerful, insightful teacher whose passion for humanity is evident in her warm teaching style, her wisdom, and her deep commitment to living compassion. Kashi Atlanta Ashram is active in the community working with the homeless, providing services and food through community out reach.
Kritota Willberg
Kriota began her study of anatomy and kinesiology in 1983 at the University of Utah Dance Department with Sally Fitt. In 1987 she received certification as a massage therapist from the Chicago School of Massage Therapy and became a faculty member, teaching and working in the school's clinic while also dancing professionally.
Ms. Willberg moved to New York City in 1991 where she worked as an assistant teacher (over 1,100 hours) in Jim Hackett's Clinical Sports Massage certification program and from 1998-2000, she was the Chairman of the Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy and Allied Health Sciences Western Massage Department.
In addition to her massage career, she has also sustained a career as a professional modern dancer and choreographer. She is the director/choreographer of the dance company Dura Mater as well as choreographing fights and dances for theater and film.
Ms. Willberg has been practicing yoga since 1993. From 1998 she has taught anatomy and injury prevention in the Jivamukti Yoga Center's Teacher Training programs as well as Anatomy Workgroups as a continuing education course through the Center.
Doug Kellar
Doug offers his knowledge based on his own studies, experience and practice. He began with the study of philosophy at Georgetown University, and later began the practice of yoga in 1981 while completing his Master's Degree in Philosophy at Fordham University.
At that time Doug was teaching college-level philosophy courses at Fordham when he met the renowned meditation master, Swami Muktananda. Through his example and teaching Doug saw that any pursuit of wisdom cannot be purely intellectual, but must be grounded in practice and experience.
He began with the practice of meditation, and was introduced to hatha yoga in 1985. In 1986 Doug traveled to India to spend the next seven years there studying yoga in all its aspects in Gurudev Siddha Peeth, the ashram and international retreat center for learning yoga and meditation established by Swami Muktananda in the countryside outside of Bombay. By 1989 he began teaching in the ashram after meeting John Friend. Upon his return from India, Doug trained intensively with John. Doug now travels nationally and internationally offering workshops and teacher trainings.
JJ Gormley
JJ is the founder and director of the Sun & Moon Yoga Studios in Virginia. She began her yoga studies in 1979 and began teaching in 1989. She has received hatha yoga teaching certificates from White Lotus Foundation and Anusara Yoga. JJ is on the 500-hour registry of the Yoga Alliance. She has studied many styles of hatha yoga and loves to share what she likes best from each.
JJ has a warm, non-judgmental style that includes an element of fun while giving her students complete permission to be where they are. She encourages students to honor their own body and understand their differences and yet challenges them to extend their "edge."
She considers herself a "permission-giver," not only giving students permission to be where they are in any given yoga pose, but to accept and honor that place. She believes one must be happy where they are before they can be happy moving on. Otherwise, you’re always chasing a dream.
Any discipline that is practiced with intent and consistency will bear its fruit. Yoga is no different. Attention to the moral precepts, to the health of the body, to silence, to action, to our unique responses in each of these things cannot leave us unmoved or unchanged. Anything that is refined and refined becomes more pure. Yoga and its teachings create such purity. This is not to say that difficulty and disturbance do not arise. They will and do. The critical choice for the practitioner is this: Will we continue to be opened by these disturbances and stay attentive and present as the filters of the practice further clarify the entire being?
~LK Tyree