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200-Hour In-Depth Yoga Study
and Teacher Training Program

Session 1: taught by Alysha Pfeiffer, Jessie Thompson & Mel Robin
October 2010 - May 2011

Session 2: taught by Carrie Morgan, Megan Ridge & Mel Robin
February - October 2011

The Yoga Loft 200-Hour In-Depth Yoga Study and Teacher Training Program is a comprehensive course designed to deepen your understanding of yoga practice and philosophy. This program is open to those who are interested in taking their yoga practice to a deeper level as well as those who want to teach. Our program is registered and approved by the National Yoga Alliance, and those who complete all components of the program will be eligible to apply for RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) status at the 200 Hour level.

Call or email The Yoga Loft and we will send you a brochure and application, 610-867-YOGA (9642) or go to our contact page for email. Brochures and applications will also be available soon for download.

Weekend schedule: Saturdays, 10am - 12:30pm, 1:00pm - 4:30pm and Sundays, 9:00am - 12:30pm
See brochure for specific weekend dates (approximately 2 weekends per month.)

Click here to download the 300-Hour Application Form

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300-Hour In-Depth Yoga Study
and Advanced Teacher Training Program
taught by James Brown, Terry Coe, Mel Robin & Jessie Thompson
July 2010 - May 2011
The Yoga Loft 300-Hour In-Depth Yoga Study and Advanced Teacher Training Program is a continuation of the 200-Hour Program, and is designed for yoga teachers and those who want to understand the principles of practice, teaching and yoga philosophy and tradition more deeply. This program is open to those who have completed the 200-Hour program, either at The Yoga Loft or elsewhere, or those who have comparable experience as a teacher and practictioner. Some of the course topics will also be open to the public.

This program is in the process of being registered and approved by the National Yoga Alliance, and those who complete all components of the program will be eligible to apply for RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) status at the 500 Hour level.

Call or email The Yoga Loft and we will send you a brochure and application. Brochures and applications will also be available soon for download. 610-867-YOGA (9642) or go to our contact page for email.

Knowing others is intelligence. Knowing yourself is true wisdom.

EXCERPTS FROM TT

 

Personal Benefits of practicing Surya Namaskar A: Why I Practice.

As I stand in Tadasana I feel taller.  Maybe I actually am taller as I compensate for weaknesses in posture that creep in when I am not paying attention.  I've noticed there are times when I'm not doing formal yoga, like when I am walking the dogs, that I become aware of posture and strive to be more Tadasana-like.  I've even noticed that my cycling posture is changing; straighter back, bending forward more from the hips than from rounding my spine.  Uttanasana releases my spine to lengthen, stretches my very tight hamstrings, and relaxes my neck.  I can feel the blood flowing into my head. My sinuses swell and I experience a minor discomfort, which is more that offset by the release of the swelling when I am once again upright. Ardha Uttanasana continues the good stretch begun in Uttanasana.  Plank and Chaturanga Dandasana challenge and strengthen my relatively weak upper body.  Urdhva Mukha Svanasana brings my heart forward and open giving a nice stretch to the front of my body.  My attitude seems to be mirrored in this heart opening.  My spine is strengthened and massaged.  Adho Mukha Svanasana brings me into a place of recovery, reconnecting with breath and calming the mind. Hamstrings continue their much needed stretch.  The cervical spine gets to relax and expand.

John Cosgrove

TT 2007 

 

Yoga Sutra 1.2 - yogah cittavrtti nirodhah
'yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind'

"I have lived Sutra 1.2 very few times in my life, but I often find these moments when driving alone with the radio off. My mind will become so turbulent with the day's events, work to be done, and events yet to happen. Suddenly I will go blank. And then I notice the natural world. Driving to work on Thursday I was running late and thinking about grades. I took a breath and focused, only to notice the shape of the snow flakes on the window. My mind was quiet."

Laura Keding
TT 2008-2009

on "Your Experience of the Pose"
"Everytime I find new layers of awareness in asanas it fills me with joy.
When I really found length and extension in Warrior 3, it was a mighty fine momment."

Josh Kehler
TT 2009-2010