The Subtle Yoga RYT500 Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training Program
A 15 weekend program
Begins in Chattanooga April 20, 2012 (see schedule below)
“Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!”
-Ram Dass
The Subtle Yoga RYT500 Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training Program offers you the opportunity to engage in a systematic, comprehensive, co-creative process which will not only facilitate your own transformational journey but will also provide you with the knowledge and skills to direct a transformational process with your students/clients. This dual, synergistic work will transform your life, your community and the world.
Click here for an application.
Why is the Subtle Yoga RYT500 Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training Program unique?
The Subtle Yoga training approach provides a broad and comprehensive perspective on yoga history, philosophy, practice and application.
Therapeutic Yoga
As the evidence-base confirming yoga’s efficacy for a wide spectrum of issues continues to grow, the demand for trained teachers is expanding. You will come out of this program with the ability to assist people with many different issues through the powerful healing of therapeutic yoga.
Fractal Learning
Each module draws on and integrates previous teachings to form a holographic, rather than a linear, learning process. You will come away with a comprehensive understanding of how to apply the spectrum of yoga practices in any teaching context.
Deep Assimilation
Attending 15 weekends over the course of nearly a year and a half, this course provides you not only a broad training in yoga’s therapeutic techniques, but also the space, time, and supportive structure to move through personal obstacles, to unveil your inner knowing, and to come to embody the timeless wisdom of the yoga tradition, so that you can convey the teachings from the clearest part of yourself.
Tradition and Science
Subtle Yoga Trainings provide you with a solid knowledge base of the yoga tradition and access to the ever-expanding body of research which is affirming yoga’s therapeutic value.
What Does This Training Offer:
Personal Growth
Effective, successful yoga teachers are committed to their personal growth and transformation process. This program offers you the tools to develop and sustain a personal meditation and yoga practice and to experience deep transformational shifts – in mindsets, behaviors and relationships.
Therapeutic Application
Gain an integrated, systematic, comprehensive understanding of yoga including structural and physiologic therapeutics, psycho-social therapeutics and spiritual/thriving approaches. You will also learn the basics of Ayurveda and Traditional Yogic Therapies (fasting, diet, cleanings practices) and how it applies to yogic interventions.
Yoga for Thriving
Learn to teach the spectrum of applications of yoga – for prevention, therapy and thriving as well as to a full spectrum of individuals with a wide range of conditions.
Business of Yoga
Learn to develop your business and also educate the public about yoga to help develop the larger yoga community.
Supportive Community
Co-create a Transformational, Supportive Community – Subtle Yoga Trainings lead the field in providing innovated, conscious group processes.
RYT500 Status
Be eligible for RYT500 status with Yoga Alliance upon completion.
Yoga Therapy is a rapidly growing field
The Subtle Yoga RYT500 Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training Program is a unique opportunity for you to take a systematic and comprehensive journey toward deepening your understanding of the ancient art-science of yoga. This program is for anyone who has already completed 200 hours of yoga teacher training (The Subtle Yoga Training or other program) and wishes to pursue RYT500 status.
You will explore the vast landscape of yoga focusing on both the personally transformative process and the therapeutic applications of yoga practice, philosophy and theory to benefit you, your family, your students/clients, your place of work and your community.
For the past 15 years or so, yoga in the U.S. has been delivered primarily from a fitness or physically-oriented perspective. While this approach to yoga can be powerful (everyone has a body and all of us need to take care of it) the focus on the physical has restricted the capacity of yoga students to systematically utilize the deeper healing and personal growth aspects of the tradition. It has also limited various sub-populations (e.g. older people, those with limited mobility or financial resources, the overweight) from utilizing the full transformational power of yoga.
Fortunately, this is changing as more and more yoga practitioners mature in their practice and begin to deliver yoga from a wider worldview. The demand for yoga teachers who can provide guidance beyond the parameters of the fitness industry is rapidly expanding. The Subtle Yoga RYT500 Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training Program offers you the opportunity to become the kind of yoga teacher who can meet this growing demand and tailor/individualize your sessions for all types of people.
Integrative health is a growing trend which holds the key to the future of health care
Yoga is a preventative practice which integrates spirituality and health in perhaps the most comprehensive way available. As the field of integrative health care grows and expands the demand for well-qualified yoga teachers who can interface with other health professionals is increasing. According to Dr. Timothy McCall, author of Yoga as Medicine, “When the word gets out about how powerful yoga is as a healing modality, there will not be enough well-trained teachers to meet the demand.” This program will give you the opportunity to become a teacher who is well versed in the science of yoga and able to work competently with other health professionals.
Subtle Yoga Training will help you facilitate spiritual growth and provide spiritual guidance
In this time of uncertainty, it has become increasingly clear that the world needs yoga teachers who possess a deep self-knowledge and radiate a commitment to service. During this program you will unveil the depths of your spirit in order to authentically hold and transmit this ancient wisdom tradition and help your community learn to use yoga to better their lives.
The Subtle Yoga RYT500 Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training Program is also a co-creative project of scientific inquiry that posits and develops models of transformation for students/clients and for you personally. This project is the mapping of the journey towards “union” and it involves progressive integration of transformational learning from a continuum of vantage points – instinctual, intellectual, intuitional and devotional.
In an effort to create a safe, supportive environment and to facilitate a successful group process, a maximum of 17 students are accepted into the program. Therefore you are advised to register as early as possible.
Subtle Yoga™ is registered with the Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga School (RYS) and upon completion you will be eligible to register with the Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga Teacher at the RYT500 level.
What students have to say about Subtle Yoga Trainings:
“I am beginning a new chapter in my life. I was laid off from my job, so I decided to pursue massage therapy. I start school in June. If it wasn’t for the Subtle Yoga training, I would not have known there was the potential for this. It was truly transformational for me and I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to attend your teacher training!” – Cheri, North Carolina
“I always come away from our weekends together with new thoughts and ideas…about myself, the world and how can I make a difference.” – Helen, North Carolina
Application
To apply, please download an Application
To ensure a space in the program, please apply as soon as possible, space is limited.
Location
The Training will be held at:
Times
Fri. 6-9, Sat. 9-6, Sun 9-5
Weekend Modules
- April 20-22 Introduction to Yoga Therapeutics
Kaoverii Weber- Defining Yoga and Yoga therapy
- Yoga research
- Yoga Epistemology – ways of knowing about the therapeutic process
- Yoga Ontology – deconstructing Western and Eastern understandings of being
- Yoga-centered structure and process of personal transformation
- Introduction to meditation, chanting and principles of practice
- May 18-20 Structural Conditions 1
Roger Cole- Yoga Teaching Safety
- Sacroiliac Joints: Anatomy and Practice
- Yoga for Shoulders, Knees and Hips
- Gentle Inversions and Alternatives
- Yoga Adaptations for Lumbar Disk Injury
- June 8-10 Introduction to Ayurveda
Marek Sawicki- Ayurveda as it relates Yoga therapeutics
- Gunas, Doshas, Tattvas
- The therapeutic relationship
- Boundaries and priorities
- Diagnostics and practical application
- July 20-22 Yoga Physiology
Dr. Brian Lewis- Effect of yoga on physiologic systems
- The unique role of the neuro-endocrine system and how yoga can balance and benefit the system
- How to conduct Yoga research
- August 17-19 Prana: Using the Life Force to Heal (Pranamaya)
Eric Seiler- Vayus
- Pranayama basics
- Healing Pranayamas
- September 1-3 Structural Conditions 2 – Fascia, Prana and the Core
Doug Keller- Sacroiliac Joints: Anatomy and Practice
- Yoga for Shoulders, Knees and Hips
- Gentle Inversions and Alternatives
- Yoga Adaptations for Lumbar Disk Injury
- October 12-14 Chakras and the Subtle Body
Kaoverii Weber- Subtle Anatomy
- The Chakra System
- Yoga psychology
- Yoga therapeutics
- Diagnostics and practical application
- November 16-18 Yoga Cikitsa & Yoga History
Ramesh Bjonnes- Traditional yogic approaches to detoxifying and wellness
- Yogic Dietary suggestions
- Fasting
- Kriyas and cleansing (sun bathing, mud packs, steam baths, etc.)
- Sadhanas (meditation and other practices)
- Relevant historical texts
- December 14-16 Yoga to Ameliorate Conditions
Kaoverii Weber- Cancer
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Diabetes
- Heart Disease
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Arthritis
- Palliative care and hospice
- Jan 11-13 Yoga and Mental Health
Kaoverii Weber and Sue Reynolds- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma
- Restorative Yoga
- Feb 22-24 Yoga and Substance Abuse Treatment
Kaoverii Weber and Janka Livoncova- Substance use disorders
- Eating disorders
- Other addictive behaviors
- March 15-17 Yin Yoga and Yoga for women
Sue Reynolds and Stephanie Rider- Yin yoga
- Prenatal yoga
- Postnatal yoga
- Menstrual cycle considerations
- Menopausal considerations
- April 19-21 Yoga Ethics and Bhakti Yoga
Kaoverii Weber- Ethics as a foundation for mental health and wellbeing
- Yoga ethics, inner peace and expansion into bhakti
- Devotion and human flourishing
- Considerations from Heart Math to “The Biology of Belief” and other science
- Heart centered meditation and other practices
- Kirtan
- May 31-June 2 Developing the Therapeutic Yoga Market
Stephanie Rider- Understanding the dynamics of the evolving yoga therapeutics market
- Your role in local market development
- Assessing the best business framework for achieving your personal career goals
- June 28-30 Research Project Presentations and Practicum
Kaoverii Weber- Practicum presentations
- Research presentations
- Strategies for support and continuing the group process
Chattanooga 2012-13 Dates
- April 20-22
- May 18-20
- June 8-10
- July 20-22
- August 17-19
- September 1-3
- Oct. 12-14
- Nov. 16-18
- Dec. 14-16
- Jan. 11-13
- Feb. 22-24
- March 15-17
- April 19-21
- May 31-June 2
- June 28-30
Faculty
Program Director
Kristine Kaoverii Weber, MA, eRYT500
Kaoverii Weber teaches about half of the curriculum. Please click here for more about Kaoverii.
Special Guest Instructor
Roger Cole
Roger Cole, Ph.D. is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Pune, India. He has practiced yoga since 1975 and taught since 1980. He has been featured in five of Yoga Journal’s asana calendars, co-organized two Iyengar yoga conventions, authored articles on yoga biology and therapeutics, and taught yoga as a healing art to physicians, physical therapists, medical students and patients. He currently teaches at Yoga Del Mar (www.yogadelmar.com) near San Diego and conducts workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad. His specialties include teacher training and the anatomy and physiology of yoga and relaxation.
Roger is also an accomplished scientist. He began studying sleep physiology at Stanford University in 1975. He earned his bachelors degree in Psychology from Stanford in 1979 and his doctorate in Health Psychology from the University of California, San Francisco in 1986. At UCSF he investigated the human relaxation response and the effects of posture on sleep and brain waves. He co-founded Synchrony Applied Health Sciences of Del Mar California in 1987. Synchrony is an innovative provider of health promotion services and products. At Synchrony, Roger is currently developing products, conducting research on sleep and biological rhythms and consulting to industry.
Special Guest Instructor
Doug Keller
Doug came to teach hatha yoga by way of the yoga of meditation and years of academic study of philosophy, both eastern and western. In his studies of philosophy at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown and in his graduate work at Fordham University, he gravitated toward the senior Jesuit scholars whose excellence, openminded intellectual zeal, spiritual fervor and personal integrity inspired him to dig deeply into his own studies, particularly of the classical philosophers and Christian mystics, and treat them as a personal journey of discovery.
Doug travels nationally and internationally offering workshops and teacher trainings. He’s traveled from one end of the United States to the other, and his international travels have included teacher trainings and workshops in Switzerland, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and India.
His home base is at the Health Advantage Yoga Center in Herndon, Virginia, near Dulles outside of Washington D.C. There he teaches upper level classes and co-teach in the year-long Teacher Training program at the Health Advantage Yoga Center with Susan Van Nuys, its director.
Instructor
Sue Reynolds, eRYT500
Co-Director of ClearSpring Yoga, began studying yoga in 1972. She holds a certification from Sivananda Center and the 1,000 hour certification from Southern Institute for Yoga Instructors in Nashville. Sue is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level. Among her favorite teachers are Doug Keller, Rodney Yee, Erich Schiffman, and Ramanand Patel.
“I view my teaching as a service to others, as well as my path of personal growth. Yoga is a lifelong adventure.”
Instructor
Stephanie Rider
Stephanie has been practicing since 1998 and teaching since 2001. She holds a 1,000 hour certification from the Southern Institute of Yoga Instructors (SIYI). She joined Sue Reynolds in serving the ClearSpring Yoga community as co-director of the studio in October 2003. Stephanie is also a certified prenatal yoga teacher through Mary Barnes’ Yoga for Two program. Stephanie’s intention is to serve her students by helping them see the possibility and potential of yoga to make the body feel better, and that yoga can also be a path to greater enjoyment and happiness in life.
Instructor
Janka Livoncova
Janka is a 500 RYT registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She has been practicing meditation and yoga for 14 years, and teaching for 6. In 2005, she completed her 200 hour teacher training with Stephanie Keach in Asheville, NC, and in 2009 completed her 500 hour level with Mary Paffard in CA. Her style is also influenced by the teachings of Angela Farmer and Vanda Scaravelli, with an emphasis on grounding and undoing the central channel and belly. She is also currently studying meditation and Buddhism with Daeja Napier.
Visit Janka’s website www.breathingbodyyoga.com
Instructor
Maggie White
Maggie White began practicing yoga in 2002 with Sue Reynolds and Eric Wolf in Chattanooga.The sweet discipline of yoga has inspired her on and off the mat to pursue a healthful, balanced life. Maggie believes in and supports one yoga kula, or community, and is grateful for all of the teachers across the ages. Her first teacher training was with Rossella Rossi at Namaste Healing Center in Asheville NC in 2004. Following her heart to Arizona brought Anusara yoga (http://www.anusara.com/) into her life and the guidance of Laura Christensen, Desiree Rumbaugh, Darren Rhodes and Christina Sell. Classes pay special attention to alignment principles that optimize our ability to feel comfortable in our bodies and celebrate the beauty of our diversity. Through this practice of yoga, as individuals we can come closer to knowing the truth of our own hearts. Together, we can support and uplift the good we see around us.
Feel free to contact her with any questions or comments: Maggie@commonvision.org
Instructor
Marek Novason Sawicki CAyu., LMBT, RYT500
Marek is a certified Ayurvedic Medical Practitioner, Pancha Karma Clinician, Licensed Massage Therapist, and Yoga Therapist with over a decade of clinical and teaching experience in his successful private practice and as full time faculty of AB-TECH Community College. He has over 15 years of professional therapeutic yoga and bodywork experience with diverse clients ranging from athletes to the chronically ill.
His passion is helping clients understand and integrate Western and Eastern approaches under the umbrella of Ayurveda by working in alliance with Medical Doctors, Acupuncturists, Naturopaths, Chiropractors and Physical Therapists to cultivate peak experiences in health care. Drawing from a firm therapeutic training in Ayuryoga, Viniyoga, and Iyengar approaches he works as a yoga therapist creating individualized healing and sadhana routines.
From extensive training in advanced therapeutic Thai Massage, Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy, Cranial Sacral Therapy and the full spectrum of Ayurvedic Pancha Karma therapies his skills unwind deep seated tension and toxins while soothing the spirit. Marek has been described by long term clients as “sensitive, respectful, compassionate and … having the hands and heart of a true healer.”
Visit Marek’s website http://www.livingalchemyayurveda.com/
Instructor
Samantha Sukalpa Noto, eRYT
Samantha Sukalpa Noto is a Yoga Alliance Registered Experienced Yoga Teacher (E-RYT), a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and also a member of International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).
A Yoga educator/lecturer for 8 years and a practitioner for much longer, Samantha has immersed herself in the study of Subtle, Para, Vini, Vinyasa and Anusara styles of Hatha Yoga. She is a graduate of the Subtle Yoga Training and Personal Transformation Program and the Yoga for Cancer Awareness Program at Duke University.
Samantha is a lifelong student of science, world history, mythology, religion and culture. Her instruction is laced with science, physiological facts, archetypal imagery and cosmic insight. Hence, in her classes and workshops participants gain a more thorough understanding of how yoga works on the body, explore subtler aspects of themselves, and open to a deeper connection between themselves and this vast universe we live in.
Samantha’s objective is to marry ancient and modern science to help her students more easily realize their goals.
Instructor
Eric Seiler, LMBT
Eric has been teaching yoga and meditation for over a decade. He has trained extensively in Kripalu and Anusara yoga and is currently in the final stages of an advanced teacher-certification process in Para Yoga with internationally renowned yoga and meditation teacher Rod Stryker. As a graduate of The Guild for Structural Integration, Eric is grateful to have had the chance to study the original method of Dr. Ida P. Rolf with people who worked at her side for the last 15 years of her life.
Instructor
Ramesh Bjonnes
Ramesh is the co-founder of the Prama Institute. He is a certified yoga health educator, a popular yoga columnist for the award-winning Elephant Journal, author of a forthcoming book on Tantra Yoga (Hay House India, 2012), and a lecturer on yoga philosophy and history to yoga teachers and students in the US. To view his articles on Elephant Journal: http://www.elephantjournal.com/author/ramesh-bjonnes/.
To ensure your space in the program, please send in your application as soon as possible.
Commitment
This course will be held over 15 weekend sessions. Please be sure that you can attend all sessions. You will be able to miss up to 36 hours (about two full weekends) and still graduate (see Requirements for Certification below). As in all Subtle Yoga Trainings, you will be asked to commit to a daily meditation and asana practice. There will also be reading, homework and a case study. It is important to consider the amount of time you have to dedicate to this program; the deeper the commitment the more you will learn and achieve.
Registration with Yoga Alliance
This program meets the Yoga Alliance standards for becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT500) at the 500 hour level. Many employers are now requiring yoga instructors to meet this standard. Subtle Yoga also offers RYT200 trainings and trainings specifically for mental/behavioral health professionals.
| Tuition Plans | Fee | Deadline |
| Early Payment | $3,295 | December 31, 2011 |
| Full Payment | $3,595 | February 15, 2011 |
| Payment Plans | $3,595 plus fees | Deposit due February 15. |
Deposit: $300 due at the time of registration for all applicants.
Payment Plan: We have several payment plan options, please see the application.
Scholarships: We offer three $500 income-based scholarships for applicants who have financial limitations. You will be required to contribute the balance. No discounts are given in this case. Please submit a 2-3 page essay with your application. You will find out about the scholarship on or before January 15, 2011.
Tuition Plans: We offer two excellent tuition plans with minimal fees (see application). If neither of these plans work for you, please contact Stephanie Rider at 423.266.3539 to discuss other options. We are committed to making the program work for those who are sincerely interested in participating.
Contract: Please submit your deposit with your application to hold your spot. Regardless of how you pay for the program, you are still required to fill out and sign the “Payment Contract” part of the application. You will be contacted for a phone interview.
