Third Coast Yoga Studio

We can practice yoga to feel good.  But to develop life skills that make it possible to operate in our daily lives from a soul perspective, inner training is required.  Third Coast Yoga Teacher Training provides the opportunity for you to learn how to integrate the energies you have already unleashed and cultivated through yoga and to offer those skills to others.  Some of the skills you will learn are:

• How to hold stability in your psyche
• How to operate from a non-judgmental perspective
• How to use emotional energy creatively
• How to experience an energetic sense of self
• How to hold an awareness of the infinite in your daily routine

Anatomy & Physiology
Ayurveda, Human Physical Anatomy and Physiology, The Chakras, Therapeutic Yoga

Practicum
Teacher Assisting, Giving Feedback, Giving Private Sessions, Observing Others Teaching, Practice Teaching, Receiving Feedback, Receiving Private Sessions

Techniques
Asana, Pranayama, Kriya, Mantra, Meditation, Mudra

Teaching Methodology
Assisting, Demonstration, Learning Process, Observation, Instruction Language, Teaching Styles, Teacher Qualities

Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle, Ethics
Ethics for Yoga Teachers, History of Yoga, Yoga Lifestyle Choices, Yoga Philosophies, Branches of Yoga: Raja, Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Mantra, Yantra, Kundalini, etc.

Homework for the course includes reading assignments, a 40-day personal sadhana (yogic practice), participation in a one-day White Tantric Yoga meditation course* in Chicago in April, an independent yoga project, and 20 additional yoga classes.

BOOKLIST

Required Purchases: (approximately $100)
Paul Blakey, The Muscle Book, 2nd Ed.
Leslie Kaminoff, Yoga Anatomy
Lilian and Joseph Le Page, The Yoga Teacher’s Toolbox  (purchase at first class for discount)
Nischala Joy Devi, The Secret Power of Yoga
Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. and Yogi Bhajan Ph.D., Breathwalk

Recommended Purchases:
Mukanda Styles, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Anodea Judith, Seven-Fold Journey
C.R. Constant, Cecelia Brassett, Michelle Spear, The Anatomy Coloring Book
Mark Forstater and Jo Manuel, Yoga Masters

Great Yoga Reading:
Stephen Cope, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa, Yoga for Prosperity
T.K.V. Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga, Revised Ed.
Gary Kraftsow, Yoga For Wellness
Shakta Kaur Khalsa, Fly Like a Butterfly: Yoga for Children; Kundalini Yoga
Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD, Meditation as Medicine
Timothy McCall, MD, Yoga as Medicine
Naschala Joy Devi, The Healing Path of Yoga
Judith H. Morrison, The Book of Ayurveda
Donna Farhi, The Breathing Book; Yoga: Mind, Body and Spirit
Guru Rattan, Yoga for a Heart-centered World