Yoga Teacher Training

Continuing Education ~ Course Description

Assisting and Mentoring Assisting and Mentoring
15 hours - September 7, 8, 9, 2012
with Cynthia Funk, Janine Woo and Hali Schwartz - $325.00 + hst

Friday 6-9 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. – 4p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 2-5 p.m.

This course is an essential and effective training for both new or experienced teachers, aspiring teaching assistants, or for those who would like to deepen their understanding of the art of asana.

This weekend will serve as a means for training yoga instructors to provide skillful and effective asana adjustments. Learning to assist students in their yoga practice takes clear intention, complete focus, and agility of mind and body. Learn from four of our Yoga Sanctuary Faculty Instructors as they teach you the stabilizing, corrective, and deepening full-body adjustments.

You can apply everything you learn here to teaching any style of yoga. This course is a launching pad on your path to becoming a reliable assistant or teacher, in any class setting. It will give you a solid awareness of alignment and form, as well as specific hands-on adjustments for many foundation postures.

About Cynthia Funk

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 7 years Cynthia has taught The Yoga Sanctuary, Yoga Teacher Training 250 hour courses.

About Janine Woo

Janine Woo Janine, a graduate of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) in Computer Science, has been practicing Hatha yoga since 1990. Janine discovered Ashtanga yoga in 1996 and it was "love" with her first class! Janine's love for yoga has led her to travel to study with many gifted teachers. She has studied with Eddie Modestini and Nicki Doane, David Williams, Nancy Gilgoff and Lucy Martorella in Hawaii and Sri Pattabhi Jois in Australia and David Swenson in Costa Rica.

Janine brings to her classes a commitment and love of the practice. She knows yoga is the path of greater awareness. She leads class with compassion but challenges her students. Janine also believes practice leads to theory, but without practice, theory is academic.

About Hali Schwartz

Hali Schwartz Hali Schwartz has been practicing Hatha Yoga for 12 years as well as studying yoga philosophy, Sanskrit and yogic chanting since 1988. The course of her studies has focused strongly on the ancient Sanskrit language; the various yoga scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali's Yoga Sutra; as well as chanting from the Vedas, Upanishads, and the verses from the above mentioned yoga texts.

Hali has also had the opportunity to find her way into the study, practice, and teaching of Hatha Yoga through some excellent teacher training instruction in the Sivananda and Bihar schools of Hatha Yoga in Kerala, India where she travelled to in January of 2001, 2002 and and 2003.

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