TEACHER TRAINING DIPLOMA 2012

Learn how to share your passion for yoga
Dive deep into the modern wisdom of this ancient tradition.

2012 Course:
Starts January 29th  (Sunday schedule)
SAVE $600 on Early Bird Offer up to January 29th

Grasp a unique opportunity to explore your yoga path with one of Sydney's most-respected and established teacher-training schools.

Develop your personal practice and understanding of yoga while learning how to teach yoga with our passionate teachers in a safe, supportive environment.

1. Our Yoga Teacher Training course is nationally registered with YOGA AUSTRALIA (formerly Yoga Teachers’ Association of Australia).
2. You will qualify as a nationally recognized ‘Level 1 Yoga Teacher.’
3. Each of our teaching faculty has over 18 years’ experience of yoga, are all senior level yoga teachers with Yoga Australia, and we relish this opportunity to work in-depth with our trainee-teachers over the course of a year.
4. You'll be ready to teach and brimming with yoga insights and wisdom when you graduate
5. Your outlook on life will change for ever -for the better!

Classical Hatha Yoga Teacher Training: what to expect

This is a ‘non-denominational’ yoga course, training you in the broad tradition of Classical Hatha Yoga. You will explore elements of several popular styles of asana practice without favouring any one style as you are guided to develop your own individual style best suited to your needs.

Our core values emphasize safety and an individualized approach over dogma, and we encourage you to explore your own practice and experience of yoga.

Read a personal insight to life on the course: profile of teacher trainee Tania Wilson in 2010

Fasten your seat-belt and get ready to transform your yoga and your life!

Personalized supervision

Our course is for a minimum of 420 hours over a 12-month period. This includes individual sessions and a mentoring program to assist in real classes. We find this an ideal format to help integrate your yoga skills and principles into real, daily life – on the mat, at work and at home! (Like Yoga Australia we do not endorse short-term or ‘deep-immersion’ training courses and only offer 12-month part-time options to allow time for this process to occur.)

Our 12 month Hatha Yoga Teacher-Training Course will deliver you four immediate outcomes:

Intensify and clarify your personal yoga practice
Gain a recognized national qualification
Qualify to get indemnity insurance
Gain real yoga teaching experience and be ready to teach.

Our teaching faculty are national leaders in yoga teaching standards, with many years' experience. Our course exceeds all criteria required for recognition by "Yoga Australia".

See more details of your Yoga Teaching Faculty HERE

Telephone 9976 6880 to reserve a place on the 2011-2012 courses.

Download Full Details/Dates/Term-by-term modules and Costs:

• 2012 Prospectus (PDF 1500kb)
  

• 2012 Registration form (PDF 150kb)

Yoga Teacher Training at Qi: What’s Involved

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  415 hours part-time study

• Three 10 week study terms on Sundays during school term times (or 3 x 10-day inten)
• Plus 7 ‘special needs’ workshops
• 6 day residential retreat
• Student- teaching experience at Qi studios and in the community
• Minimum of nine individual sessions with the teaching faculty
• Supervised teaching, apprenticeships with the teachers and practical experience in adjusting students in class.
• Anatomy & Physiology training
• Inspiring group dynamics and support
• Additional reading, assignments, class attendance and student-teaching opportunities in your own time make the total course content closer to 600 hours of specialized training.

Beachside Yoga Teacher Training Location

All group sessions are held at Qi Freshwater (Corner of Moore Road and Albert Street). Our yoga space is light, spacious and near the beach! Free on-street parking outside the studio.
The retreat is held just outside Sydney, about two hours from Manly.

Term Dates for 2011 - 2012:

Past Student Testimonials

"It has taken a full year but finally I can say with conviction that I am a yoga teacher!
I was a little intimidated at the start because I was told I would be teaching 'San Fransisco's Elite' but once I got into class with them they were wobbling all over the place and I felt in my element. People are people after all.

And of course once I was in front of the class all my training came back to me and I can say I know quite a bit about yoga!
I have enjoyed getting people to go deeper into their practice, a lot of the classes I have been going to for my personal practice are purely focused on the asanas and the physical aspect of yoga. A surprising lack of well designed classes with counter poses and dangerous moves. Makes me very grateful for my Qi Teachers and how much focus you gave us on not hurting ourselves and our clients! No wonder I love props so much!

I have been surprised how happy people have been with what I teach them. It seems that we miss out on the foundations of yoga when we begin and so are always trying to catch. I taught someone how to do chataranga dandasana yesterday who had been practicing for 5 years.....wow is that how it is supposed to feel? they exclaimed."
Kim

"What I want to say is how much support I feel there is from the teachers at Qi whilst on the  course and that it makes it a special experience in many ways.  Thank you."
Tania

" I wanted to let you know how I have been feeling post retreat. I think the last time we spoke before the retreat I was a little lost and confused due to external influences; boys, parties, socialising etc. I was struggling to find a balance between yogi Me and party girl Me. Since the retreat I have kept up with my daily meditation and have really started to explore what it means to link the breath and body in my practice. I have been out partying a few times since we got back, but just haven't got the same enjoyment out of it that I have been getting from my yoga practice. I'm finding that I'm happiest when I am doing positive and healthy things for my self. Right now I am at a point where I get immense joy from my practice and I guess that joy surpasses that of mindless socialising...
All in all I feel I have made a few steps in a positive direction, perhaps towards a more humble observer and someone who is less effected by the external."
anonymous

"It is hard to imagine that over a month has passed since our course concluded. Rather than time having a diminishing factor our gratitude and respect grows by the day.
How fortunate we are that such a wonderful course exists – and that we have had mentors who have not only shared their knowledge with dedication but given their heart to all the students who have been lucky enough to undertake the journey.

 Keiko and I had originally only thought to do the first term but the surrounding warmth and gifted teaching really made the decision of continuing so much easier."
Leon & Keiko

"Throughout this whole entire year, I think I always 'hoped' that yoga and teaching was something I might be able to do. Up until that point I had never even entertained the thought of pursuing my yoga further. I think I got caught up in the (incorrect) idea that you had to be 'perfect' to be a yoga teacher (so much for my projections - holding teachers up on a pedestal! I wish I had read Donna Farhi earlier)! so never even considered it. I wasn't aware that I was already perfect. So I am very grateful to you and Nik and Joan and Janice for emphasising that point. Although I obviously haven't done any other teacher training programs, I get the feeling that this total acceptance of who you are and being true to yourself is something very unique.  

So having spent most of the year telling myself that I was just doing this course for my own personal knowledge and experience only, over these past few weeks I'm not quite sure what has changed, but I have found that I am beginning to 'believe' that I can do this. I think I am finding my voice! During the retreat sometimes when we were ommming I would be vaguely aware of a voice, and would think oh that person has a very strong and clear voice, and then suddenly I would become aware that it was my voice! That really shocked me, yet made me unbelievably happy at the same time!!!

I feel very fortunate and lucky to have the support and kindness of you and the other teachers on this course. I can only imagine how much more difficult this last few months would have been had I not been doing this course, and struggling through on my own. Yes I have my family and friends but it has been really great to be able to talk to such compassionate people who have had experience with depression first hand, and in conjunction with the change in my own thoughts and beliefs as a result of this years study it has made this experience more bearable."
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