Prana Yoga Teacher Training

Led by Jeff Migdow, MD, with Robyn Ross, RYT

Prana is the Sanskrit word for universal energy or “life force,” analogous to the Chinese concept of “chi” or what homeopaths call “vital force.” In the yogic tradition, prana is seen as pervading and animating the universe, flowing through all things, including us. Yogic practices are designed to increase the flow of prana in our bodies and minds to facilitate healing and expand consciousness. Increased pranic flow enhances mental clarity, emotional stability and physical vitality. In this Prana Yoga teacher training course, you will learn how to practice and teach yoga not as a mere physical exercise, but as a profound science that unites movement, breath, sound, concentration, meditation and prayer. Approached in this way, yogic practice becomes a deeply potent healing and transformational path. This course will enable you to become a teacher of yoga at its essence and greatly expand the depth and power of your practice and the healing experiences of your students.

This course will include:

• Learning to practice and teach 22 basic postures in a deep and healing way
• Practicing prana yoga together for one hour at the beginning of each session
• Learning specific breathing techniques
and mantras/sounds for each posture
• Experiencing the healing potential of the postures and how to facilitate
healing in your students
• Basic Western and yogic anatomy
and physiology, including how prana yoga impacts each part of our physical and subtle bodies
• The history and philosophy of yoga, including the study of ancient yogic texts, such as the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutras
• Direct experiences of prana in your body through meditation techniques, mantra chanting and specific chakra techniques
• Three full-day practice teaching sessions in a safe setting to help you gain confidence as a prana yoga teacher

We will learn, play and teach togetherin a relaxed yet focused way. To help keep you in touch with the training between sessions, there will be practice teaching assignments,inspirational and practical reading, journaling of your personal experience and ways to stay in touch with each other. Jeff and Robyn ask that you agree to practice prana yoga at least five days a week during the course to stay in touch with the practice and yourself. Also, in order that we all begin with a basic knowledge of the postures, you must have practiced hatha yoga regularly for at least three months and/or have taken at least six months of weekly classes.

The course will build on whatever form of yoga you have been trained in. Yoga teachers and students from all schools and traditions are welcome. Join us for a nine-month journey into the essence of yoga and the healing power of prana. A teaching certificate will be given upon completion of course requirements.

October 2010–June 2011
(11 weekends), 9am–5:45pm

2010: October 23 & 24,
November 20 & 21,
December 18 & 19

2011: January 15 & 16
February 12 & 13,
March 5 & 6,
March 26 & 27,
April 16 & 17,
May 14 & 15,
June 4 & 5,
and June 25 & 26

FREE INTRO: September 19, 6pm

Please call for location.

Full Payment:
10SBYT30 Approved for CEUs
$2,400 (No discount)

Payment Plan Available:
10SBYT31 Approved for CEU
$2,700 (No discount). A non-refundable deposit of $675 is due upon registration followed by three further payments of $675
.
Automatic Credit Card Payments Only.

Note: There will be a $110 materials fee, which covers the cost of the course manual and 8 support CDs, payable to the instructor at the first class.

Jeff Migdow, MD, is the director of the Open Center’s Prana Yoga Teacher Training program. He has had a holistic medical practice since 1980 and has practiced yoga intensively for over 30 years, including living in a Kripalu Yoga ashram for 13 years. He is the former director of the Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training Program and has written and taught widely about yoga, holistic health and medicine. He combines his expertise in yoga with his knowledge of anatomy and physiology to offer us a truly complete approach to this ancient and profound discipline.

Robyn Ross, RYT, has over 15 years of yoga and holistic health teaching experience and has been a leader in bringing yoga into mainstream medical and corporate settings. She is one of the most dynamic and skilled yoga instructors working in the Kripalu tradition. www.LifeAsYoga.com