Advanced Mentoring Series: January - June 2012
5 Sessions for All Teacher Training Graduates of Any Level, from any school.
With Sarah Platt-Finger, Kristin Leal, Wendy Newton, John Cambell, & Sara Kahn
Dates: 5 sessions: 4 Tuesdays & 1 Monday
Time: 2pm-4pm
Place: ISHTA Yoga Downtown 56 E 11th St NYC
Prices:
- $175 all 5 sessions
- $45 single session
This is a series for all of you yoga teachers and trainees out there in order to enhance your education and hone your teaching skills with teachers of all levels from around the yoga community.
February 14: Sarah Platt-Finger, How to Teach a Private (Registration Closed)
This workshop will be geared towards yoga teachers and will explore the fundamentals of how to teach and maintain private students. Teaching privates can be rewarding on many levels, and is a great way to sustain a living as a yoga teacher.
In this session, Sarah will go over the following aspects of teaching privates:
• Getting to know your students on a one-on-one basis
• Teaching to the individual from a physical and energetic perspective
• Sequencing for a private
• Maintaining a clientele
We will also spend some time talking about the financial elements that relate to having your own private practice.
Bio: Sarah Platt-Finger was introduced to yoga while living in Taiwan as a dancer, choreographer, and English teacher. She has been teaching privates and group classes in the New York City area for over 6 years and is the Director of Teacher Training and co-founder of ISHTA Yoga. Sarah teaches an intelligent flow class that caters to the wisdom of the breath and inspires the reconnection of the individual to the true Self.
March 12: Kristin Leal, Mantra & Chanting in the Classroom(Registration Closed)
"The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe"
Hazrat Inayet Khan (Sufi Mystic)
Mantra comes from two root words: Manas (Mind) and Trayati (Liberation)
In this workshop we will explore various techniques of using mantra, chanting and kirtan in our practice to help bring about a liberation of both body, breath and mind. This practice will incorporate lecture, chanting in asana, kirtan, bija mantra meditation and more!
Bio: Kristin Leal is a senior ISHTA teacher and a teacher trainer in several programs around the world. Her love of mantra and chanting began over 15 years ago at Jivamukti Yoga. She could often be found singing loud and slightly off key (but with passion) at kirtansaround the city. Amazed at the power of sound she later studied mantra and chanting from many different lineages and also brings a scientific curiosity to understanding the potential of this practice.
Bio: Kristin Leal is a senior ISHTA teacher and a teacher trainer in several programs around the world. Her love of mantra and chanting began over 15 years ago at Jivamukti Yoga. She could often be found singing loud and slightly off key (but with passion) at kirtansaround the city. Amazed at the power of sound she later studied mantra and chanting from many different lineages and also brings a scientific curiosity to understanding the potential of this practice.
April 10: Wendy Newton, The Teaching Relationship: Satvic Communication Skills for Yoga Teachers(Registration Closed)
As yoga teachers we have learned that underneath the surface of life, everything is made of energy governed by the principles of rajas, tamas, and satvas. But it can be difficult to translate this understanding into our everyday relationships and especially into our work with students and clients. This workshop will explore how to apply that esoteric knowledge in a practical and accessible way to the teaching relationship. A short review of the gunas and the koshas will set the stage for a series of experiential exercises and discussion. Participants will gain a new perspective on effectively listening to and interacting with students both privately and in group classes,
Concepts introduced will include:
• Evaluating and working with the energy of a class or private client
• Holding a safe and satvic teaching environment
• Creating rapport with students
• Practicing reflective listening and non-verbal pacing
Come prepared to experiment, deepen your experience of teaching, and have fun!
Bio: Wendy is a senior teacher at ISHTA Yoga and a lead trainer in the ISHTA teacher training program. She is also certified in Polarity Therapy, a form of energy work based on the ancient understandings of samkhya philosophy and ayurveda. Her practice and her teaching explore the sacred within the mundane and inspire students to gain experiential understanding of the subtle energetic principles at the heart of the practice of yoga.
May 8: John Campbell, Sutra Studies
Based on the traditional pedagogy of Classical Yoga and set within a modern study environment, the workshop is a unique interdisciplinary synthesis of ancient and modern where the transformative experience of yoga is grounded in a rigorous examination of the yogic knowledge system in order to develop advanced literacy in both the "Inner" and "Outer" sciences of yoga.
The workshop is structured according to the traditional practice of Kriya Yoga as described in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: tapas svadhyaya isvarapranidhanani kriya yogah [YS ii.1] "The Yoga of Action consists of three things…."
1. Tapas — ‘Practice and Teaching’
2. Svadhyaya — ‘Sacred Study of Lineage'
3. Isvara Pranidhana — ‘Anthropology of Enlightenment’
Bio: John Campbell started practicing Ashtanga Yoga in India eighteen years ago with the late Shri K. Pattabhi Jois. He began teaching in 1995 with Eddie Stern at the first center in New York City devoted to this traditional practice, and in 2003 became one the few Certified teachers of Ashtanga Yoga worldwide. While a graduate student in Sanskrit and Tibetan Studies, he began practicing Tibetan Buddhism, studying with HH the Dalai Lama and Denma Lochoe Rinpoche. In 2009, he was granted his Ph.D. from Columbia University in the Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Tantras. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Seton Hall University in New Jersey and runs daily classes in Ashtanga Yoga at Pure Yoga West in New York City.
The workshop is structured according to the traditional practice of Kriya Yoga as described in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: tapas svadhyaya isvarapranidhanani kriya yogah [YS ii.1] "The Yoga of Action consists of three things…."
1. Tapas — ‘Practice and Teaching’
2. Svadhyaya — ‘Sacred Study of Lineage'
3. Isvara Pranidhana — ‘Anthropology of Enlightenment’
Bio: John Campbell started practicing Ashtanga Yoga in India eighteen years ago with the late Shri K. Pattabhi Jois. He began teaching in 1995 with Eddie Stern at the first center in New York City devoted to this traditional practice, and in 2003 became one the few Certified teachers of Ashtanga Yoga worldwide. While a graduate student in Sanskrit and Tibetan Studies, he began practicing Tibetan Buddhism, studying with HH the Dalai Lama and Denma Lochoe Rinpoche. In 2009, he was granted his Ph.D. from Columbia University in the Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Tantras. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Seton Hall University in New Jersey and runs daily classes in Ashtanga Yoga at Pure Yoga West in New York City.
June 12: Sara Kahn, How to Market Yourself as a Yoga TeacherTeaching yoga can be fulfilling and meaningful full-time or part-time career. If you are just embarking on your yoga career and are wondering how to get started or are a seasoned teacher wanting to boost your existing business, this workshop is for you!
In this workshop we will apply small business and grassroots (think low cost) marketing principles to your career as a yoga teacher:
• Define YOU as a marketable product and service provider
• Determine who is your target market (aka yoga students)
• How to stand out in a crowded marketplace
• Low cost communication tactics & resources
• How & when to utilize promotions
• Networking
• Social media marketing (a fancy term for Facebook, YouTube & Twitter)
• Brainstorm session
Come with pen & paper and be ready to share what has worked (and what hasn’t) as we explore how to best promote your yoga business!
Bio: With a 16-year career in marketing, Sara has worked with high profile brands such as Warner Bros., Kraft Foods, and The History Channel to name a few. She now owns a small business and offers marketing consulting services. As a recent 200-hour ISHTA graduate, she is thrilled to combine her marketing skills with her love of teaching yoga.
In this workshop we will apply small business and grassroots (think low cost) marketing principles to your career as a yoga teacher:
• Define YOU as a marketable product and service provider
• Determine who is your target market (aka yoga students)
• How to stand out in a crowded marketplace
• Low cost communication tactics & resources
• How & when to utilize promotions
• Networking
• Social media marketing (a fancy term for Facebook, YouTube & Twitter)
• Brainstorm session
Come with pen & paper and be ready to share what has worked (and what hasn’t) as we explore how to best promote your yoga business!
Bio: With a 16-year career in marketing, Sara has worked with high profile brands such as Warner Bros., Kraft Foods, and The History Channel to name a few. She now owns a small business and offers marketing consulting services. As a recent 200-hour ISHTA graduate, she is thrilled to combine her marketing skills with her love of teaching yoga.
You will have time for questions in all of these sessions.
Cancellation Policy: Full pre-payment at the time of enrollment is required to reserve a space in workshops. Refunds or cancellations are available up to two weeks prior to date of workshop. No refunds, no credit given less than two weeks prior to workshop. If ISHTA yoga cancels the workshop, a full credit or refund will be issued. ISHTA yoga reserves the right to amend this policy at its discretion on a case-by-case basis
