ADVANCE YOUR PRACTICE. FIND YOUR PURPOSE. BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION
Take your practice to the next level and build your foundations as a yoga teacher. Join Jason Crandell and Laura Burkhart for this internationally-respected program in San Francisco!
Weekends in 2018: 9/14 – 9/17, 10/5 – 10/8, 10/19 – 10/22, 11/2 – 11/5, 11/16 – 11/19
What You Can Expect During This Training
This 200-hr teacher training is designed to provide you with the knowledge, technical understanding and confidence to begin teaching yoga. The training will also provide you with an intelligent, systematic approach to vinyasa yoga that will advance your practice and fill-in many of the gaps that regular drop-in classes create.
This program consists of 5 weekends between Sep 14th and November 19th, 2018. Each morning is dedicated to your practice. We will begin with 15 minutes of seated meditation. The seated practice is followed by a complete, intelligently sequenced vinyasa practice that will allow you to experience your physical edge and grow as a practitioner. You’ll simultaneously deepen your practice by working on advanced postures and their modifications, and enhance your teaching by assisting and adjusting your peers. You’ll learn to work with your own body in a more skillful, effective and efficient way in order to build depth in your practice for years to come.
Each afternoon is dedicated to becoming a knowledgeable, skillful and insightful teacher. You will work on every aspect of teaching, from learning greater depth in anatomy, injury prevention, and intelligent sequencing for each region of the body to using purposeful, impactful language when you provide instructions. You will also generate sequences and teach segments of classes to receive Jason and Laura’s direct feedback and guidance.
You will be part of a highly practical, supportive and professional environment.
When you leave this training, you will be prepared to teach a foundational class.
Name and Experience You Can Trust
With countless options in today’s training environment, Jason’s teaching and curriculum stand out. His teaching has been recognized by the most prestigious national and international yoga conferences and publications for more than a decade. Jason is recognized as a “teacher’s teacher,” and has partnered with leading yoga institutions like Yoga Journal and Yogaglo to create teacher-training content. Jason is one of the most sought-after teacher trainers in the world. As part of his dedication to depth, accuracy and a rational approach to yoga, the anatomy components of this program were co-created by Jason and Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Dr. Paul Roache. Laura Burkhart is one of Jason’s most established, consistent, and trusted students. Laura has earned her 200-hr and 300-hr training certificates with Jason, and she has assisted his 300-hr trainings. A highly-respected teacher in her own right, Laura creates content for Yoga Journal, has been featured on Yoga Journal’s Cover, and teaches international conferences and workshops.
You Will Learn
In the asana practice you will learn:
In the anatomical survey you will learn:
In the philosophical contextualization practice you will learn:
In the teaching methodology coursework you will learn:
Schedule & Location
The program is conducted at the San Francisco Bay Club in San Francisco, CA.
Each day of the training is from 8am to 5pm.
The training will be held on the following dates in 2018:
9/14 – 9/17 Weekend taught by Jason Crandell
10/5 – 10/8 Weekend taught by Jason Crandell and Laura Burkhart
10/19 – 10/22 Weekend taught by Laura Burkhart
11/2 – 11/5 Weekend taught by Laura Burkhart
11/16 – 11/19 Weekend taught by Jason Crandell and Laura Burkhart
Available Packages
Early Bird Tuition, $2950 (Paid before 05/14/2018)
Standard Tuition, $3200 (Paid before 09/01/2018)
Requirements
This program is available for students that have been consistent yoga practitioners for at least 18-months.
READING LIST
THE MANUAL
Finding Your Voice: Power + Precision + Mindfulness Teacher-Training Manual, Crandell (Please note, you will receive a digital copy of this manual shortly after you have registered for the training)
THE CLASSICS
The Upanishads, Easwaran (required)
The Bhagavad-Gita, Easwaran (required)
How to Know God, Isherwood (required)
THE CONTEMPORARIES
Original Yoga: Rediscovering the Traditional Practices of Hatha Yoga (required)
The Heart of Yoga, Desikachar (required)
Buddha’s Brain, Hanson (suggested)
Vedanta: A Simple Introduction, Vrajaprana (suggested)
Full Catastrophe Living, Kabat-Zinn (suggested)
THE RESOURCES
Light on Yoga, Iyengar (suggested)
Trail Guide to the Body, Biel (suggested)
Yoga Anatomy, Kaminoff (suggested)
About the Reading
The following texts will provide you with a nice, solid yoga library. I’ve divided the books into four categories: My updated and revised teacher-training manual (which you will receive in digital form after registering for the training); selected classical texts which provide the philosophical groundwork for the yoga tradition and more; contemporary books that provide modern insight for these philosophical and spiritual traditions; resources that are nice to have on hand. I’ve chosen these books because they represent a broad, balanced perspective on the roots of yoga and related systems of philosophical/spiritual inquiry. Please note that there are countless translations and interpretations of the Upanishads, The Bhagavad-Gita, and The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The authors that I’ve suggested are my favorite. If you’re unable to acquire these authors, you’re more than welcome to pick up another author’s translation.
This list of books may be overwhelming. But, remember, the majority of yoga texts are pithy. These are not epic tomes. They’re terse, to the point, and sometimes esoteric. As you look at my required reading, you’ll see that I don’t ask you to read the entire book. I ask you to read enough to get the essence of what’s being articulated so that we can dig into a fruitful discussion. It’s helpful to read pieces of these books from time to time over the course of one’s life. The amount of reading I’m requiring is modest. Of course, you can complete the book if you have time or after the program has finished.
THE CLASSICS
The Upanishads, Easwaran (required)
The Bhagavad-Gita, Easwaran (required)
How to Know God, Isherwood (required)
THE CONTEMPORARIES
Original Yoga: Rediscovering the Traditional Practices of Hatha Yoga (required)
The Heart of Yoga, Desikachar (required)
Buddha’s Brain, Hanson (suggested)
Vedanta: A Simple Introduction, Vrajaprana (suggested)
Full Catastrophe Living, Kabat-Zinn (suggested)
THE RESOURCES
Light on Yoga, Iyengar (suggested)
Trail Guide to the Body, Biel (suggested)
Yoga Anatomy, Kaminoff (suggested)
About the Reading
The following texts will provide you with a nice, solid yoga library. I’ve divided the books into four categories: My updated and revised teacher-training manual (which you will receive in digital form after registering for the training); selected classical texts which provide the philosophical groundwork for the yoga tradition and more; contemporary books that provide modern insight for these philosophical and spiritual traditions; resources that are nice to have on hand. I’ve chosen these books because they represent a broad, balanced perspective on the roots of yoga and related systems of philosophical/spiritual inquiry. Please note that there are countless translations and interpretations of the Upanishads, The Bhagavad-Gita, and The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. The authors that I’ve suggested are my favorite. If you’re unable to acquire these authors, you’re more than welcome to pick up another author’s translation.
This list of books may be overwhelming. But, remember, the majority of yoga texts are pithy. These are not epic tomes. They’re terse, to the point, and sometimes esoteric. As you look at my required reading, you’ll see that I don’t ask you to read the entire book. I ask you to read enough to get the essence of what’s being articulated so that we can dig into a fruitful discussion. It’s helpful to read pieces of these books from time to time over the course of one’s life. The amount of reading I’m requiring is modest. Of course, you can complete the book if you have time or after the program has finished.