200-Hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Certification 

TRAINING DATES:

TAKE YOUR YOGA PRACTICE TO A DEEPER LEVEL...

This teaching intensive will deepen your personal practice and give you the skills and confidence to be a successful and inspirational yoga instructor. Deepen your connection to yourself and learn to act from this place of personal experience and insight. Learn to craft both hatha and vinyasa style classes. A Yoga Alliance 200-hour Certification program, this training will allow you to become a Registered Yoga Teacher (R.Y.T. 200) with the Yoga Alliance, in addition to offering you an apprenticeship program in which you will teach classes, receive personal feedback from Cathy and your peers, and gain valuable experience observing and assisting.

"As we let our own light shine, we subconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
- Marianne Williamson

TAKE AS A HEALING AND TRANSFORMATIVE YOGA INTENSIVE

If you wish to take this training as a YOGA INTENSIVE, and you do not wish to become certified as a teacher at this time, simply enjoy the opportunity to journey more deeply into yourself while immersing yourself in the philosophy, the methodology, and the therapeutic aspects of this ancient healing tradition. Develop a keener awareness of your "inner body and mind," and the physical, emotional and mental obstacles that may be holding you back from a more authentic and powerful you. If you have been wanting to jump start your practice or move out of a stagnant place in your life, this powerful experience of immersion can transform and heal you in a profound and life-changing way.

"The Spirit shall look through Matter's gaze and Matter shall reveal Spirit's face and all the Earth become a single life."
- Sri Aurobindo

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Training Syllabus

Techniques of Yoga Asana I and II
Covers the safe alignment and technique of basic yoga postures (asana I) and intermediate yoga postures (asana II), including sun salutations, standing postures, forward bends, backbends, twists, arm balances, and inversions. Learn technique, language, contraindications, modifications, and health benefits.

Safe and Respectful Teaching Methodology
Covers use of language, strategies for sequencing a class, use of modifications in a multi-level class, respectful and useful assists. You will learn the methodology for conducting both a vinyasa class and a hatha yoga class. Also explores what it means to create a sacred space for the class, to create a safe, nurturing class atmosphere that encourages self-exploration and mindfulness.

An Overview of Pranayama, Kriya, and Bandhas
Covers basic pranayama techniques, exposure to several kriya, and explanation of the bandhas. Discussion of energetics and the subtle body as is relevant to these practices.

History and Philosophy of Yoga
Background on the development of yoga and its codification. Study of the Eight Limbs (Ashtanga) of Yogic Way of Life. Exposure to some of the seminal texts of yoga, such as the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Vedas.

Anatomy and Physiology
You will integrate the knowledge of the anatomical body with an exploration of yoga postures, modifications, and contraindications for an active, experiential, and practical understanding of anatomy and physiology. Gain insight into useful assists as well as safe modifications.

Tools for Transformation
Learn yogic tools and other spiritual tools for transforming your own wounds and obstacles into wisdom, insight, and compassionate action. Find your "inner teacher" and begin the journey of discovering and fulfilling your "mission" in life.

Yoga as Therapy
Designing a yoga class/private session that addresses specific physical / medical conditions. Covers basic client assessment and therapeutic uses of yoga asana and gives the student a chance to design yoga practices that cater to individual therapeutic needs.

Introduction to Sanskrit
Yogic terms and Sanskrit chants and their use in illuminating the practice of yoga.

Practical Matters: Business and Ethics of Yoga
The business and ethics of yoga teaching, the essentials to getting started, the use of marketing will be covered by Joan Dwyer owner of All That Matters. We will also discuss the ethics of yoga and the Yoga Teachers' Code of Conduct.

Teaching Apprenticeship: Assisting, Observing, and Teaching
In addition to taking 30 classes (60 hours) with Cathy, you will be asked to assist/observe Cathy's classes for at least 6 hours, and to teach at least 6 hours outside of the YTT program. You will be observed during  your practice teaching and mentored by Cathy personally.

Exposure to other alternative healing methods
In addition, you will be asked to expose yourself to at least three different alternative healing therapies, such as Reiki, therapeutic touch, Thai Yoga massage, holistic/herbal medicine, acupuncture, reflexology, shamanic healing, depth hypnosis, etc. Some discounts will be offered as part of the tuition.
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Essential Texts:

• B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Yoga, Tree of Yoga
• Leslie Kaminoff, Anatomy for Yoga
• Paul Grilley, Anatomy for Yoga CD
• Yoga Sutras, any translation
• Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erikson, Heart Yoga

Recommended:

• Pattabhis Jois, Yoga Mala
• Nicolai Bachman, The Language of Yoga 
• Stephen Mitchell, trans., The Bhagavad Gita
  

Pre-requisites

• 1 year of regular yoga practice (at least 3 times per week)
• Recommended: At least 5 classes with Cathy prior to Teacher Training
• If new to Cathy's classes, an interview before acceptance
• Sound health

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Requirements for the 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certified Program

1. APPLICATION  and payment deadline September 23rd.  Early Registration by August 26th.  Acceptance is on a rolling basis; you will be notified, in most cases, via e-mail within one week of application.  Please submit to Spirit Tree Yoga c/o All That Matters.  APPLICATIONS ARE CONFIDENTIAL.  Payment should be submitted to All That Matters with application
2. 25 Additional Yoga Classes with Cathy, beginning in October. Classes are not included in the Yoga Teacher Training tuition price.
3. Attendance on all Teacher Training Dates
4. Maintaining A DAILY YOGA PRACTICE
5. Satisfactory completion of all assignments and assessments*
6. Satisfactory completion of teaching apprenticeship*

* Certification is not guaranteed and is dependent upon completion of all requirements to the satisfaction of the Director of Teacher Training.

What to bring:

• Journal and/or notebook for written reflections and writing assignments
• Yoga Mat, Blanket
• Lunch/Snacks (food available nearby as well)

Homework: About 20-25 hours, including reading assignments, journal responses, keeping a practice journal, studying for 1-2 written tests, preparation for final teaching practicum.

Dates and Times

2010-11 Training Dates
Note: Attendence to all dates is required

FOUR-DAY INTENSIVE: Oct 8-11, 2010 Fri - Mon, all day

6 WEEKEND INTENSIVES:

Fri 5:00pm - 8:00pm, Sat + Sun 9am - 12:30, 1:30-5:00pm

Nov 12-14, 2010 • Dec 3-5, 2010 • Jan 14-16, 2011 Feb 18-20, 2011 • Mar 18-20, 2011 • Apr 29 - May 1, 2011  

Tuition Includes

• Entry into all teacher training weekend workshops and intensives (see dates above)
• Spirit Tree Yoga Teacher Training Manual
• Discounts on books and ATM store, yoga classes and workshops, and alternative healing sessions
• Teaching Apprenticeship and Personal Mentoring
• Not included:  25 additional yoga classes with Cathy, cost of books

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Registration

1. Download and print the application: download pdf
2. Send completed application and payment for full tuition amount to:
   All That Matters
   Spirit Tree Yoga Teacher Training
   315 Main Street
   Wakefield, RI 02879
3. APPLICATION and PAYMENT DEADLINE:  Sept 23, 2010
   EARLY REGISTRATION:  Aug 26, 2010.  Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; notification in most cases will come within a week via e-mail or phone if no e-mail address is given.
4. A full refund less a $50 application fee will be made if the application is not accepted.

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Refund Policy

• A full refund less a $50 application fee will be made if the application is not accepted.
• If you cancel at least 2 weeks prior to class, a refund less $100 processing fee will be given. Otherwise NO CREDIT or REFUND can be given.
• If ATM cancels a class you will be refunded in full.
• No refunds or credit will be issued for classes postponed for inclement weather - every effort will be made to reschedule such classes.

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Questions?

• For questions on payment, please call All That Matters at 401-782-2126.
• For questions regarding the training or application, please e-mail Cathy Cesario: spirittree111@aim.com.

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What Students Have Said About Spirit Tree Yoga Teacher Training:

   "Cathy is a most gifted guide on every level - physical, spiritual, intellectual, emotional - as a result, Spirit Tree Yoga Teacher Training program touches every aspect of who we are as individuals, practitioners and potential teachers." -Susan

      "I originally signed up for Cathy's yoga teacher training program so that I could learn more about how to teach a "good" yoga class. Not only did I walk away with invaluable teaching knowledge and tools, I also learned more about myself and my yoga practice from Cathy's program than I have in the past ten years! I would recommend this program to anyone who wants to deepen their knowledge of their yoga practice, even if they don't plan on teaching." -Marcia

      "This has been one incredible journey and becoming a yoga teacher is an added bonus. I realized there was more to learn than just asanas, there was me. In reading over the course description, I realize that I received so much more than I paid for. And I can't thank you enough." -Marianne

   "I could not have hoped for a better experience than the one I received from Spirit Tree Yoga Teacher Training. Cathy is able to combine a vast knowledge of yoga with a constructive compassion of where her students are coming from and where they are going. This was an experience that I will benefit from, both professionally and personally, for years to come." -Amanda

   "Thank you for starting the Spirit Tree YTT and for letting me find my truth and my calling. Thank you, thank you, thank you!" -Cheryl

   "Prior to entering our Circle, I never could have imagined how meaningful and transformative of a year that this would be for me. " -Barbie

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Cathy Cesario, M.A., E-R.Y.T. 500

Cathy Cesario is the Director of Spirit Tree Yoga Teacher Training at All That Matters. She holds degrees in Psychology and English and is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500) with the Yoga Alliance at the most advanced level. She is also certified with the PhysicalMind Institute in Pilates Mat, and she is trained in Integrated Energy Medicine and as a Shamanic Practitioner at the advanced level. In 1991 Cathy was one of seven American students to be certified by her honored teacher Sri Sadashiv Nimbalkar of Bombay, India. Since then, Cathy has taught vinyasa, ashtanga, and hatha styles of yoga. In 2002 she spent a transformational three months in Southeast Asia studying Buddhism and yoga and trekking in the sacred Himalayas. While in Bali she participated in another teacher training with Bob Smith and Ki McGraw. Her teaching has been greatly influenced by the Iyengar and Ashtanga traditions. She has been a student of Patricia Walden, Barbara Benagh, Angela Farmer, Richard Freeman, Maty Ezraty, and Robert Svaboda, T.K.V. Desikachar, among others.

She has been a student of Buddhism since 1985, a philosophy that continues to feed and to inform her yoga teaching. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (I.A.Y.T.) and has been practicing private yoga therapy and alternative healing practices since 1995. She has done work with cardiac care patients, cancer patients, and the terminally ill. She has worked with inner city teenagers, has lead teen leadership workshops for East Greenwich public schools, and has offered workshops in Leadership Resilience with top female business executives. Her private practice addresses a wide range of therapeutic issues, including treatments for back and neck problems, anxiety, depression, fertility, trauma and abuse, migraines, postural therapy, insomnia, hormonal imbalances, cancer, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain management, chronic fatigue syndrome, lyme disease, and osteoporosis. She also enjoys helping athletes to develop greater strength and agility through yogic postures and breathing exercises. Her work continues to be strongly inspired by her own inner spiritual practice, for which she holds the highest gratitude.

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