Yoga Teacher Training & Immersion
350 Hour Part Time Program
Begins April 2024
Yoga Australia Certified
For curious practitioners ready to embody the heart and soul of yogic wisdom. Whether you’d like to dive deeper into the practice to feel more confident and connected, or you feel the call to share with others as a teacher, this is for you.
About
Start Here: Yoga Immersion
A 3 month long immersion to discover the yoga philosophy and how to bring it into everyday life and developing a personal yoga practice.
Next Step: Yoga Teacher Training
If you feel the call to share the light of yoga with others…this 7 month part time program with Michelle Freeman is a journey of embodiment where you start with you.
Module One
Yoga Essentials Immersion
What You’ll Learn
- Establish a breath focused personal practice founded in anatomical and energetic foundations to promote longevity
- Introduction to Yoga Philosophy and how to bring it into life daily
- Introduction to Energetics of yoga: the key to having a practice that invites balance
- Introduction to Chanting and Meditation
- Basics of Pranayama to calm the nervous system and develop greater awareness of sensation and breath
- Posture fundamentals including technique and alignment
- Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology and how this relates to your yoga practice
Modules Two & Three
Yoga Teacher Training Pathway
What You’ll Learn
- Deepening personal practice
- Introduction to Advanced Poses
- Pranayama Level 2 & 3
- Yoga Philosophy
- Principles of Teaching
- Intelligent Sequencing
- Functional Anatomy & Physiology
- The Art of Holding Space
- Hands on Assisting to inform and empower
- Introduction Yin Yoga and principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Trauma Informed Teaching
- Business of Yoga
The Practice
Our practice is an exploration of traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa and Hatha yoga with a modern understanding of both physical and metaphysical transformation. The practice is about going back to the source of teachings through the guidence of sacred texts including study, chanting, through self enquiry and going inward. This training will help you establish a daily self practice that includes asana (physical practice), pranayama, chanting and meditation.
We focus on foundations and practicing for longevity and vitality. Each session of the course is designed to help you build healthy habits and to establish strength and deepen self awareness through study and reflection.
The practice is designed to help you step towards embodiment, where you not only understand the poses and methods of practice, but live them. More than a routine on the mat, this course is about developing a healthy and conscious lifestyle and how to discover your most authentic self.
We believe each person has unique gifts to share and part of the process not only in the teaching method, but also practice, is creating a safe space for you to express yourself authentically and powerfully.
What You’ll Learn
- Traditional yogic practices including Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga and breath informed hatha yoga
- How to access compassion and intelligence in your daily practice to adjust to life’s rhythms
- Beginner meditation techniques
- Introduction to pranayama (yogic breathwork)
- Yoga philsophy and history
- Introduction to Yin Yoga
- How to articulate clear, direct and intelligent cues
- How to teach yoga with safety and flexiblity to accommodate diversity
- Trauma informed teaching
- How to develop intelligent and balanced yoga sequences
- Verbal and Hands on assisting
- Anatomy and physiology of yoga
- Teaching skills, voice, connection and space holding
- How to teach from an authentic and embodied place
- Introduction to the buisness of yoga
Program Dates
Module One: Yoga Essentials Immersion
April 27, 28 / May 4, 5 / June 1, 2
Saturdays 10 am – 3 pm / Sundays 7:30 am – 3 pm
Module Two: Art of Vinyasa
July 6. 7 / Aug 3, 4 / Aug 24, 25
Saturdays 10 am – 3 pm / Sundays 7:30 am – 3 pm
Module Three: Integration & Insight
Sept 14, 15 / Oct 5, 6 / Oct 19, 20
Saturdays 7:30 am – 3 pm / Sundays 7:30 am – 3 pm
Graduation Ceremony TBA
Apply Now
There is an application process to ensure there is alignment between practitioners and the course intention. Please click here to submit your application of consideration. We will respond within 3 working days.
This 350 Hour course is certified by Yoga Australia. Upon completion, you will be eligble to register with Yoga Australia as a member. Yoga Australia has the highest standards for yoga teacher certification and is recognized world wide.
About Michelle
Program Director and Head Teacher
Michelle began her yoga journey over 25 years ago in the United States, her home country. She fell in love with yoga’s grace and strength and over time began to appreciate the spiritual depth available through yoga.
As someone who has great compassion for the human experience with all of it’s ups and downs and a sincere interest in sharing tools of transformation through yoga as a guide to lean deeper into life rather than away, Michelle’s teaching is about connecting with presence and awareness moment to moment.
In 2009, Michelle discovered Ashtanga yoga and began a daily mysore practice. This transformed her relationship to yoga to become more internal, self paced, and orientated towards a process as opposed to a destination. This led to later travels to India to study with her current teacher, Vijaya Manja, a traditional Ashtanga yoga teacher and spiritual guide.
Throughout these years, Michelle also undertook studies in bodywork through Zen Thai Shiatsu Therapies and is currently studying Clinical Exercise Physiology. She is the owner of the Nambour Yoga Centre and a registered yoga teacher trainer with Yoga Australia.
Pricing
100 Hour Yoga Essentials Immersion
In this option, you will build necessary foundations for a balanced and evolving yoga practice that gives you the opportunity to immerse in the yogic lifestyle and philosophy.
Curriculum:
- Establish personal practice in a mysore style setting
- Introduction to Yoga Philosophy
- Introduction to Energetics of yoga
- Introduction to Mantra and Meditation
- Basics of Pranayama
- Posture Fundamentals (alignment, technique, bandhas)
- Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
Total fee of course $2200
Payment plans available. To secure your space, please apply below. Upon acceptance of your application, a non refundable deposit of $500 will be required to secure your space.
350 Hour Teacher Training Pathway
This option includes the Yoga Essentials Immersion and gives you the opportunity to become a 350 hour certified yoga teacher. You will also receive one on one mentorship post training with head teacher, Michelle.
Curriculum:
- Yoga Essentials Immersion Program
- Yoga philosophy study of Yoga Sutras
- Advanced pranayama and breathwork techniques
- Teaching Fundamentals with clear and concise cueing, assists, sequencing and more
- Principles of holding space and trauma informed teaching
- Posture Fundamentals including introduction to advanced postures (alignment, technique, bandhas)
- Functional Anatomy and Physiology for yoga teachers
- Introduction to sound healing with special guests
- Introduction to yin yoga and traditional chinese medicine
- Business of yoga
- Post training support and mentorship
Total fee of course $5500 (includes module one)
Payment plans available. To secure your space, please apply below. Upon acceptance of your application, a non refundable deposit of $500 will be required to secure your space.
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