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Flexible Format
Since 1999, Downward Dog has been offering comprehensive training and support programs for aspiring and existing teachers.
Our program consists of three modules, each 100 hours in duration. Modules I and II together form our 200-hour Yoga Teacher
Training certification program. Module III offers more advanced training for students wishing to further their studies.
We offer Module I and Module II in both Weekends and Intensive formats throughout the year. Our flexible format means that
you can choose any combination of Modules I and II to complete your 200 hour certification. For example, you
may attend Module I in Toronto and join us for Module II in Mexico. Or, start your Teacher Training program in Mexico and then attend
Module II here in Toronto. If you are looking to get away for the month, please join us for Modules I & II in Mexico!
These are just a few of the options available to you. Check your
calendar and work out a program that suits your schedule. If you have
any questions contact Joy, our program advisor, for assistance at tel. 416.703.3558 or admin@downwarddog.com.
•Module I (100 hours)
•Module II (100 hours)
•Module III (100 hours)
•Summer 2008 Intensive Details
•Mexico March 2009 Intensive Details
•Frequently Asked Questions
•Application
•Faculty
Teacher Training and Personal
Development Program, Module I
List of sessions
Module I: Summer 2008
Intensive Format
June 23 - July 5, 2008
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Location: Downtown
Module I: Autumn 2008
Weekends Format
October 24 - December 14, 2008
Location: Downtown
Module I: Winter 2009
Weekends Format
January 9 - February 22, 2009
Location: in the Beach
Module I: Mexico 2009
Intensive Format
March 2 - 13, 2009
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Location: Mexico
Module I Curriculum
• Personal posture assessment
• Personal practice: in depth study of sun salutations, symmetrical standing
postures, forward bends, hip openers for beginners, beginner backbends
• Teaching skills
• Psychology of teaching
• Pranayama, meditation
• Sanskrit names of poses
• Philosophy: the origins of Yoga and Patanjali's Sutras
• Functional anatomy
• Restorative yoga (practice and theory)
• Ayurveda (Intro to basic principles)
Module I Tuition
$1875+gst. Includes 100 instruction hours plus unlimited drop-in classes for the duration
of the program.
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Teacher Training and Personal
Development Program, Module II
List of sessions
Module II: Summer 2008
Intensive Format
July 7 - 19, 2008
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Location: Downtown
Module II: Winter 2009
Weekends Format
January 3 - February 15, 2009
Location: Downtown
Module II: Spring 2009
Weekends Format
March 13 - April 19, 2009
Location: in the Beach
Module II: Mexico 2009
Intensive Format
March 16 - 27, 2009
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Location: Mexico
Module II Curriculum
• Personal practice: asymmetrical standing postures, more hip openers
working towards padmasana (lotus pose), deeper backbends, arm balances,
inversions and finishing postures
• Principles of sequencing
• Breath, Bandhas and Vinyasa
• Ethics and psychology of teaching yoga
• Teaching skills (focus on verbal and visual cues)
• Reading bodies and learning to deal with common injuries
• Hands-on adjustments
• Philosophy: cont.
• Functional anatomy: cont.
• Restorative yoga: cont.
• Ayurveda: cont.
Module II Tuition
$1875+gst. Includes 100 instruction hours plus unlimited drop-in classes for the duration
of the program. A deposit of $300+gst will be due upon registration. This fee is non-refundable.
The balance payment of $1575+gst is due one week prior to the first day of classes.
Registration Applicants will be contacted within one week of our receiving your application. A deposit of $300+gst will be due upon registration.
This fee is non-refundable. The balance payment of $1575+gst is due one week prior to the first day of classes.
Application forms are available for download here.
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Teacher Training and Personal Development Program, Module III (100 hours)
Module III is a comprehensive program for existing teachers (with a 200-hour
certification from the Downward Dog Yoga Centre) wishing to
enhance their teaching and practice skills. Principle instructors for the program are Ron Reid and Diane Bruni.
The program is comprised of 75 hours in-class instruction and 25 hours of elective workshops.
Students may use fall 2008 teacher training and workshops with visiting instructors
Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini and any other approved workshops toward the 25 hour elective requirement.
Module III Schedule Spring 2008
Highlights of the program include:
- the art of asana and asana sequencing (vinyasa krama)
- Yoga as a therapy (yoga chikitsa), including working with injuries, limitations, and hands-on applications
- Sanskrit, the language of yoga, and yoga practice in a philosophical context
- Learning how to assist another with intelligence and sensitivity
- Learning how to recognize weaknesses in practice before they become injuries
- Learning how to deal with specific injuries
- Learning how to assist absolute beginners
- Yoga for people with scoliosis
- Yoga for people with joint replacements (hip and knee)
- Workshops in Functional Anatomy, Ayurveda and Prenatal Yoga
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Teacher Training Application
Please complete the following and include a $50 non-refundable
application fee and a recent photo with your application. Completed
applications should either be mailed or delivered in person to
the Downward Dog Yoga Centre.
Download
a printable version of our Teacher Training Application in PDF format here.
Name:
Address:
Phone: (Home, Work, Cell)
E-mail Address:
Occupation:
Gender:
Date of Birth:
*Please specify which Module and session you are applying to*.
1. How many years have you been practicing yoga? Please describe
previous yoga experience by style, teachers, and length of time with each. List any other teacher training
programs that you have taken.
2. Describe your educational and professional background outside
of yoga, including any other training that would be
relevant for this program (i.e. chiropractic, massage, osteopathic,
etc.).
3. Describe your yoga practice, including the strengths and limitations
that you perceive in your practice. What have been the benefits of yoga in your life?
4. Describe your physical health; injuries, medical conditions
or concerns.
5. What are your reasons for applying? Please list your objectives
and expectations for the program.
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Faculty
Ron
Reid has
been practicing yoga for 25 years and teaching since 1989. In 1996
after practicing Ashtanga yoga for two years he traveled to India
to study with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Ron seeks to make the practice
of yoga interesting and enjoyable and sees it as being integral to
a state of well-being, approaching teaching in an inspired, informed
and non-dogmatic way. He places the needs of the students ahead of
the demands of the practice. Ron teaches in a variety of settings
(workshops, teacher training, improv and other exploratory classes),
as well as pranayama, and yoga lab workshops across Canada, the U.S.
The UK and Europe.
Diane Bruni first
discovered yoga in 1979. Over the years she has studied several styles
of yoga, including Ashtanga which she currently practices and teaches.
In 1983 Diane graduated from the Kikkawa Shiatsu College. Having
worked full time as a hands-on healer, her knowledge of the human
body and its many interconnected layers adds an interesting dimension
to her teaching. In 2000 Diane hosted sixty-five 30-minute yoga sessions
for Breathing Space Yoga, which continues to air in the U.S. and
New Zealand. Diane opened the Downward Dog Yoga Centre with Ron
Reid in 1997.
Marla Meenakshi Joy traveled
to India in 1988 to study meditation and the Philosophy of the Vedas
with many learned masters in the Himalayas. She is a certified meditation
and Yoga philosophy teacher from the International Meditation Institute
in India. Marla currently teaches Meditation, Yoga philosophy, Sanskrit,
Chanting, Restorative and Ashtanga yoga, and has been teaching in
teacher training programs since 2000, in Canada, The UK and Europe.
She also leads Kirtan with her partner Ron Reid and their band SWAHA.
David Gellineau began
practicing yoga in 1996. Before teaching yoga, he spent 12 years
working in the Social Services field. After studying Ashtanga Yoga
for 5 years he traveled to India to deepen his practice and knowledge
of the Ashtanga system, as well as other forms of yoga. He continues
to deepen his practice and understanding of this system with the help
of his principal teacher Ron Reid, a daily practice, and by making
regular visits to India. David is the co-director of Downward Dog in the
Beach and teaches classes around Toronto and internationally. He has
jointly developed a unique style of partneryoga and is the co-author of the book
The Greatest Yoga Tips in the World.
Ray Long MD
FRCSC is a board certified orthopedic surgeon and
the founder of Bandha Yoga. Ray graduated from The University of
Michigan Medical School with post-graduate training at Cornell University,
McGill University, The University of Montreal and Florida Orthopedic
Institute. He has studied hatha yoga for over twenty years, training
extensively with B.K.S. Iyengar and other of the world's leading yoga
masters.
Riki Richter began
studying Pilates in 1992 and in 1995 trained to become a teacher
at Pilates Downtown. She has been studying Ashtanga at Downward Dog
since 1997 where she completed her Ashtanga training.
Riki is co-owner of Mind the Body studio. Other related interests include the study
of both anatomy and CranioSacral Therapy.
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