Yoga Teacher Training at College with Cynthia Funk

Evolving Spirit 2008-2009 NEW DATES

This 250 hour yoga teacher training course covers the details and adjustments of each posture in the Primary Series of Ashtanga yoga and the use of these postures as the basis for a flowing Hatha class.

Meditation, Yoga Therapy, Sanskrit, Chanting, Anatomy, Physiology and Yoga Philosophy will be covered. In addition to the weekend training program students are required to attend 35 public classes, 7 observation classes and 25 Yoga Clinic (formerly Mysore) classes during the training period. To this end, each student will be given 80 class passes, which may be used at either our College or Danforth studio locations, while in the teacher training. They will not be accepted outside of this time frame.

The successful completion of this 250-hour course qualifies you to find an entry-level position as a Certified Yoga Teacher and gives you all the foundations of learning to guide and instruct others.

A Certificate is granted upon satisfactory completion of the course.

The Yoga Sanctuary is officially affiliated with the Yoga Alliance in the United States and our course fulfills their requirements for a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification. Graduates of our program may become members of the Yoga Alliance upon successful completion of the course.

The hours at our College location will be as follows:

Cost: $3,875 plus GST includes Special Guest Teacher, Cora Wen

*Cost includes 80 class passes, which may be used for practice at both The Yoga Sanctuary studio locations, during the course of the training. 16 of these passes are to be used for Yoga Clinic (Mysore) class.

A non-refundable deposit of $500.00 will be required to secure your spot. Please fill out the online registration form and mail or deliver your payment by cash or certified cheque to:

The Yoga Sanctuary
2 College Street, Suite 306
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5G 1K2

Teacher Training Faculty

Cynthia Funk: Cynthia is the co-owner of The Yoga Sanctuary. She received her Yoga Teacher Training Certificate at Yoga Works in Los Angeles, studying under the tutelage of Maty Ezraty, Chuck Miller, Eddie Modestini and Erich Schiffmann. Cynthia began teaching in the greater Toronto area in 1997, teaching in public schools, hospitals, private and public gyms, as well as leading retreats on Ward's Island and in Northern Ontario. In 2000, Cynthia studied in New York City and Boulder, Colorado with Ashtanga guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. That same year she completed an Ashtanga Teacher Training with David Swenson. As well, Cynthia studied extensively with Toronto teacher Esther Myers. She has been blessed to have studied with many of the other senior Ashtanga Yoga teachers in North America. For the past 5 years Cynthia has taught The Yoga Sanctuary, Yoga Teacher Training 250 hour courses.

Karusia Wroblewski: Karusia is delighted to be teaching at the Yoga Sanctuary. She has been practicing yoga for over thirty-five years, teaching for fifteen, and is a graduate of the York University dance department. She has a particular interest in the healing and transformational aspects of yoga and works with therapeutic yoga in her private practice. She teaches asana, dance, body prayer, pranayama, meditation, therapy, philosophy and anatomy. Karusia is the originator of Shakti Flow Yoga, a yoga-dance fusion approach for women seeking to embody the Divine Feminine.

Special Guest Teacher Cora Wen

Cora took refuge in the Buddha over 30 years ago at age 13 and has been committed to practicing Yoga to develop compassion and joy since 1995. After a stressful Ivy League education and fervent career as Vice President of a bank, she left corporate America finding her passion in yoga, and has been leading workshops and retreats internationally since 1998.

She is an avid and focused practitioner of Hatha yoga, and has been influenced by many renowned teachers including Judith Hanson Lasater, Erich Schiffmann, Patricia Walden and Rodney Yee.

Cora has worked with Erich, Judith and Rodney as student, apprentice and assistant in workshops and trainings throughout the US, Canada and Mexico. From 1996-2003, she benefited from personal teaching apprenticeship with Erich Schiffmann, and since 1998 continues to assist Judith Hanson Lasater in Relax & Renew teacher trainings and therapeutic workshops.

Featured in many regional newspapers and magazines, Cora has attained Experienced RYT500 status with Yoga Alliance and is one of the first Advanced Relax and Renew Trainers of Restorative Yoga. Many students have discovered the complimentary path of meditation with yoga practice through Cora's passionate and enthusiastic guidance.

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