Monday, October 13, 2008

YTT 200 Hour Program 4 Week Intensive Format Schedule

Hi Guys here is the schedule for the October Intensive:

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ninatandon said...

Detailed Breakdown:

Monday, Week 1 Day 1: Neutrally Rotated Standing Poses

8:00am - 9:30am Meditation Welcome & Student / Teacher Introductions
9:30am - 10:15am Training Logistics
10:15am - 12:15pm Asana Practice: Well-Rounded Class with Tadasana Theme
12:15pm - 12:45pm What Is Yoga?
12:45pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm Look At Bodies In Tadasana, 3 Platforms Of The Body In Tadasana, Principles Of Practice: Law Of Compensation, Counter Actions, Roots & Rebound, Breath, Foundation
3:00pm - 3:15pm What Are Asana Points? (use Tadasana as a template)
3:15pm - 4:00pm Asana Points: Uttanasana And Utkatasana
4:00pm - 4:30pm Looking At Bodies in Uttanasana and Utkatasana
4:30pm - 4:55pm Anatomy: Present Anatomical Terms, Bones, Joints, and Muscles
4:55pm - 5:00pm Review Homework, Meditation & Closing

Tuesday, Week 1 Day 2: Neutrally Rotated Standing Poses

8:00am - 10:30am Asana Practice: Neutral Standing Poses
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 11:10am Hands On Adjustments: Review “Physical Touch” from the Manual
11:10am - 11:30am Hands On Adjustments: Tadasana in Pairs, Hands On Adjustments: Utthita Hastasana in Pairs
11:30am - 12:15pm Sequencing: Standing Pose Worksheet
12:15pm - 12:45pm Sanskrit: Guide Asana Pronunciation
12:45pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 2:00pm Anatomy: Present Foot, Ankle, Knee Tracking
2:00pm - 3:00pm Asana Points, Purpose, & Benefits: Parsvotanasana, Vira One, Utthita Hasta Padangustasana
3:00pm - 4:00pm Looking At Bodies: Parsvottanasana, Vira One, Utthita Hastasana
4:00pm - 4:30pm Practice Teaching: Tadasana And Utthita Hastasana
4:30pm - 4:45pm Review Homework
4:45pm - 5:00pm Meditation & Closing

Wednesday, Week 1 Day 3: Externally Rotated Standing Poses

8:00am - 10:30am Asana Practice: Externally Rotated Standing Poses
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 12:45am Philosophy: History Of Yoga (Journey Through History Posters)
Philosophy: Main Margas, Introduction to the Yoga Sutras, First Two Sutras
12:45 - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 1:45pm Sanskrit : Guide Asana Pronunciation
1:45pm - 2:30pm Group Creates Asana Points & Arrows Of Action for Vrksasana
2:30pm - 3:15pm Anatomy: Present Hip Socket, Pelvis, & Three Planes
Anatomy: Present Vira Two, Tree Pose, Trikonasana
3:15pm - 4:00pm Asana Points, Purpose, & Benefits: Trikonasana, Vira Two, & Vrksasana
4:00pm - 4:45pm Looking At Bodies: Trikonasana, Vira Two, & Vrksasana
4:45pm - 5:00pm Review Homework, Meditation & Closing

Thursday, Week 1 Day 4: Externally Rotated Standing Poses

8:00am - 10:30am Asana Practice: Externally Rotated Standing Poses
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 11:00am Review Today’s Sequence
11:00am - 11:30am Hands On Adjustments: Vira Two & Trikonasana
11:30am - 12:00pm Sequencing: Intro to YogaWorks Method
12:00pm - 12:45pm Sequencing: Principles Of Practice, Introduce Component Parts
12:45pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm Asana Points & Benefits: Utthita Parsvakonasana & Ardha Chandrasana
2:15pm - 2:45pm Trikonasana Inquiry
2:45pm - 3:30pm Looking At Bodies: Utthita Parsvakonasana & Ardha Chandrasana
3:30pm - 4:15pm Teaching Skills: Sequencing Of Instructions
4:15pm - 4:45pm Practice Teach: Tadasana, Virabhadrasana 2, & Uttanasana in Groups of 3
4:45pm - 5:00pm Review Homework
Assign Principles Of YogaWorks Sequencing
Meditation & Closing

Friday, Week 1 Day 5: Combined Neutrally And Externally Rotated Standing Poses

8:00am - 10:00am Asana Practice: Combined Neutral And External (YogaWorks Classic)
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 11:00am Sequencing Review & Dialogue On YogaWorks Sequencing Principles
11:00am - 11:30am Simple Unscramble Of Standing Poses
11:30am - 12:45pm Samadhi Pada: 1-29, Nature Of Mind, Abhyasa & Vairagya, Aum In Sutras
12:45pm - 1:45pm Contact Study Lunch
1:45pm - 2:15pm Quiz
2:15pm - 2:45pm Different Methods Of Sequencing
2:45pm - 3:30pm Looking At Bodies/Points/Purpose: Down Dog
3:30pm - 4:15 Down Dog Inquiry: Variations And Modifications, Over-Squaring, Elbow Hyper Extension, Carrying Angle
4:15pm - 4:45pm Hands On Adjustments: Down Dog
4:45pm - 5:00pm Review Homework
Meditation & Closing

Monday, Week 2 Day 1: Inversions

8:00am - 11:00am Asana Practice: Inversion-Salamba Sarvangasana and Halasana
Include Adjustments and Posture Lab
Review Today’s Sequence
11:00am - 11:15am Break
11:15am - 12:45pm Sutras: Samadhi Pada: 30 - End. I.33; 7 Dhyana (Meditation) Techniques
12:45pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm Overview Of Inversions: Benefits And Contraindications
2:15pm - 2:45pm Anatomy: Present Shoulder Girdle
2:45pm - 3:15pm Points/Purpose: Halasana And Sarvangasana
3:15pm - 3:45pm Principles Of Practice: Pose/Counter Pose, Control/Surrender, Transitional Poses And Truth Levels
3:45pm - 4:30pm Teaching Script Partnering
4:30pm - 5:00pm Homework
Meditation & Closing

Tuesday, Week 2 Day 2: Inversions

8:00am - 11:00am Asana Practice: Handstand, Headstand, Pincha Mayurasana
Include Adjustments and Posture Lab for Sirsasana
Review Today’s Sequence
11:00am - 11:15am Break
11:15am - 11:45am Sequencing: General Principles Of Sequencing A Class, Effects Of Postures For Sequencing, Creating A Routine
11:45am - 12:45pm Sequencing: Unscramble In Groups
1245-130 Lunch
130-2:15pm Posture Lab: Looking At Bodies/Points/Purpose- Handstand And Head Stand (Include How To Help Students Up Into Handstand)
2:15pm - 3:00pm Posture Lab: Variations/Modifications-How To Tell If Someone Is Ready To Go Into Inversions And Inversion Alternatives
3:00pm - 3:45pm Practice Teaching: In Groups Of Three-Puppy Dog, Ams, Handstand
3:45pm - 4:00pm Homework
4pm - 5pm Check In Circle
Closing & Meditation

Wednesday, Week 2 Day 3: Surya Namaskara

8-10 Asana Practice: Surya A Workshop: Chaturanga, Up Dog And Down Dog Leading To 3 Classical Surya Namaskara A’s
10-1030 Asana: Effects And Meaning Of Surya Namaskara-Explain Vinyasa Krama, Read Effects Of Surya In Student Manual, Read Chucks Poem
1030-1045 Break
1045-1230 Philosophy: Sutras: Sadhana Pada, Kriya Yoga, Klesha, Gunas, 8 Limbs
1230-1245 Meditation And Chanting
1245-130 Lunch
130-2 Sequencing: Introduce Component Parts (Worksheet In Manual)
2-300 Posture Lab: Looking At Bodies/: Plank, Chaturanga Up Dog And Down Dog
3-430 Hands On Adjustment Review
430-445 Practice Teach Surya A In Groups Of 3
445-5 Review Homework/Closing

Thursday, Week 2 Day 4: Surya Namaskara

8-10 Asana Practice: Surya B Workshop-Revisit Vira One And Utkatasana Leading To 3 Classical Surya Namaskara B’s
10-1015 Break
1015-1045 Posture Lab: Looking At Bodies/ -Moving From Vira One To Vira Two
1045-1115 Posture Lab/Looking At Bodies/ Vira One And Utkatasana
1115-1145 Hands On Adjustments: Sun Salutes
1145-1215 Sanskrit: Guide Asana Pronunciation
1215-1245 Homework Review/Common Mistakes From Homework
1245-130 Lunch
130-230 Quiz-Inversions
230-315 Practice Teach: Surya A And B In Groups Of 4
3-330 Pranayama: Brief Talk On Pranayama
330-430 Pranayama: Restorative And Pranayama Practice
430-455 Pranayama: Responses
455-5 Closing

Friday, Week 2 Day 5: Simple Back Bends

8-10 Asana Practice/Review Today’s Sequence: Simple Back Bends
10-1015 Break
1015-1045 Hands On Adjustments: Salabhasana
1045-1245 Philosophy: Sutras: Sadhana Pada, Kriya Yoga, Klesha, Gunas, 8 Limbs
1245-145 Contact Lunch
145-230 Posture Lab: Looking At Bodies/ Shalabasana/Shalabasana Variations
230-330 Lecture: Anatomy Of A Back Bend-2 Kinds Of Back Bends
330-400 Hands On Adjustments: Salabhasana
4-415 Break
415-500 Review Homework/Closing

Monday, Week 3 Day 1: Standing Twists

8-10 Asana Practice/Review Today’s Sequence: Standing Twists
10-1015 Break
1015-1045 Hands On Adjustments: Parivrtta Trikonasana
1045-1130 Lecture: Principles Of Twisting-Internal And External Levers-Mind, Body, Spirit
1130-1215 Quiz On Surya Namaskara
1215-1245 Meditation And Chanting
1245-130 Lunch
130-215 Posture Lab: Looking At Bodies/Points/Purpose: Standing Twists
215-3 Practice Teach-Surya Namaskara B, Trikonasana, Ams
3-5 Subtle Body

Tuesday, Week 3 Day 2: Urdhva Dhanurasana

8-1045 Asana Practice: Urdhva Dhanurasana (Adjustments And Variations Within Practice)/Review Today’s Sequence
1045-1100 Break
11-1145 Posture Lab: Points/ -Urdhva Dhanurasana
1145-1215 Anatomy Review: Anatomy Of A Back Bend-Pelvic And Thoracic Wheels In The Context Of Urdhva Dhanurasana
1215-1245 Meditation/Chanting
1245-130 Lunch
130-215 Lecture/Role Play: Introduction To Injury Management
215-315 Sequencing: Group Unscramble
315-415 Practice Teach: Groups Of 4 Salabhasana, Tw Trikonasana And Surya, A, Vira One
415-5 Homework Review/Closing

Wednesday, Week 3 Day 3: Beginners

8-10 Asana Practice: Beginners Practice
10-1015 Break
1015-1045 Lecture: Go Over Class Levels And Discuss Importance Of Levels
1045-1245 Philosophy: Sutras: Sadhana Pada, Yamas & Niyamas, Pratipaksha Bhavanam
1245-130 Lunch
130-230 Lecture: How To Teach Beginners
230-330 Sequencing: Make Up Beginners Sequence And Review-Small Groups
330-5 Pranayama

Thursday, Week 3 Day 4: Beginners

8-10 Asana Practice: Beginners Practice
10-1015 Break
1015-11 Beginners Adjustments
11-1145 Lecture: Beginners Surya Namaskara (Hand Out Of Variations)
1145-1230 Practice Teach: Beginners Surya And Beginners Ujjayi In Groups Of Four
1230-1245 Homework Review/Closing
1245-130 Lunch
130-245 Beginners Variations And Modifications
245-3 Break
3-5 Pre Natal

Friday, Week 3 Day 5: Abdominals & Arm Balances

8-10 Asana Practice: Abdominals And Arm Balances
10-1015 Break
1015-12 Philosophy Sadhana Pd: Sthira Sukham Asana, Pratyahara. Vibhuti Pd: 1-7 Sam yama, Tratikam
12-1245 Check In With Magic Wand
1245-145 Contact Lunch
145-230 Quiz: Standing Twists And Simple Back Bends
230-3 Go Over Homework
3-4 Introducing The Sacred Into Your Teaching
4-5 Pranayama/Meditation

Monday, Week 4 Day 1: Seated Twists

8-10 Asana Practice: Dandasana And Seated Twists/Review Today’s Sequence
10-1015 Break
1015-1100 Posture Lab: Points/: Seated Twists
1100-1145 Philosophy- Review Sama yama (Vibutthi Pada III 1-5)
1145-1245 Pass Out Take Home Exam And In Class Exam Study Sheet And Go Over Them
1245-130 Lunch
130-215 Lecture: Twisting/Levers From Yoga Mind Body Spirit P 159
215-245 Anatomy Review: The Sacrum And Forward Bends Review Body Mind Spirit Ms Pages 134-138 Centering Weight Through The Pelvis
245-3 Homework Review/Closing
3-5 Ayurveda

Tuesday, Week 4 Day 2: Restoratives

8-10 Practice Teach: Rehearsal For Final Practicum-Class Teaches A Set Sequence To One Another
10-1015 Break
1015-11 Working With Private Clients/Role Play
11-12 Review For In Class Test (Cards/Game Show)
12-1245 Teach Set Ups For Basic Restorative Postures, Different Kinds Of Savasana And Savasana Adjustments
1245-130 Lunch
130-230 Quiz: Urdhva Dhanurasana And Beginners
230-245 Review Homework
245-315 Lecture: Relaxation Response
315-330 Break
330-5 Restorative Practice

Wednesday, Week 4 Day 3: Chair Back Bends

8-10 Asana Practice: Chair Back Bends
10-1015 Break
1015-1215 In Class Test
1215-1245 Restoratives/Mediation
1245-130 Lunch
130-215 Assign Poses For Final Practice Teach And Discuss Final Practicum
215-3 Meditation; Tantra, Patanjali, The Gayatri Mantra
3-4 Lecture: What’s Next Talk
4-455 Lecture: Business Of Yoga Talk And Q And A
455-5 Closing

Thursday, Week 4 Day 4: Hip Openers, Forward Bends, And Lotus

8:00am - 10:00am Asana Practice: -Hip Openers , Supta Padangustasana, Forward Bends And Lotus
10-1015 Break
1015-1115 Posture Lab: Points/: Forward Bends And Hip Openers
1115-1200 Hands On Adjustments: Supta Padangustasana, Paschimottanasana, Janu Sirsasana, Baddha Konasana, Upavistha Konasana, Sukhasana,
12:00 - 12:45pm Practice Teach: Prep For Final. Teach Pose to 3 Different Partners
12:45pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm Quiz: Seated Twists, Arm Balances, & Restoratives
2:15pm - 3:15pm General Review
3:15pm - 4:30pm Review All Hands On Adjustments
4:30pm - 5:00pm Mediation & Closing

Friday, Week 4 Day 5: Final Practice Teaching

8:00am - 12:00pm Final Practice Teach
12:00pm - 12:45pm Group Exhale (Mediation, Restorative, etc.)
12:45pm - 1:45pm Long Contact Lunch
1:45pm - 3:00pm Sutra Circle
3:00pm - 5:00pm Closing Ceremonies