Yoga Teacher Training 500 Hour Program- A Brief Outline------------------------------------------ If you're serious about teaching yoga, you should download this FREE report entitled "The Seven Things You MUST Know Before Enrolling In A Yoga Teacher Training Program." It contains a lot of information that I wish I had known when I was just getting started. It's yours FREE, just for joining Paul's free yoga community Yoga Teacher Training Online------------------------------------------ 500 hour yoga teacher training is a comprehensive package to make you a Yoga teacher. In fact yoga teacher training 500 hour is the first step in making a successful career in yoga teaching. In most of the programs the curriculum would consist of foundation courses on Classical Yoga, its anatomy as well as teaching methodologies. The most special part of this 500 hour program is that even a novice can take up this program and become an expert in yoga at the end of the program. But also many institutes nowadays state that you first have to go through a 200 hour program so that you can get admitted in the 500 hour program. The 500 hour program is often considered as a prerequisite for yoga therapy programs. People who go through this program are eligible to take yoga classes, workshops, as well as private sessions in various places like clinics, personal centers, universities, schools and colleges, public events as well as in private businesses. Tuition fees can be anything depending upon the quality of the service provider. As a thumb rule the better quality programs will cost more. In general, the 500 hour program consists of 5 modules namely- Foundations of Classical Yoga; Ten Body Kundalini A: The Arcline; Ten Body Kundalini B: The Zero Point; the Hatha Yoga A and Hatha Yoga B. Each module is of 100 hours. In terms of anatomy most courses include physical as well as subtle anatomy. Physiological anatomy includes the body organs while subtle anatomy includes the charkas, nadis, ten bodies, elements and the conditions. Often teachers say that both the subtle and the physical anatomy incorporate a deep relationship with postures in Yoga and meditation. Ethics, philosophy and lifestyle are also important constituents of this program. Students are taught about the history of Yoga, influential and popular yoga teachers, yogic life that includes health and nutrition, meaning of student and much more. Also what they teach you is the ancient method of rising before the rising sun. After this, come the harder part- the teaching, practice as well as research of various yogic postures, meditation, mantras, mudras or positions, breathing techniques, Relaxation and more. Most of the programs aim that you learn at least 100 different postures or Asanas and 50 different kriyas. After that comes the most important part. They teach you how to become a good yoga teacher by including various lessons, workshops, classes showing you the meaning and science of being a teacher. Also they show you important things like voice, projection, communication and various kinds of teaching styles. The final stage in this yoga teacher training 500 hour is the pre-practicum test where there is one to one interaction and you are required to show what you have learnt during the whole program. Only on passing this test you can become a yoga teacher. |