Apprenticeship Program
Intermediate Course
Duration: 9 months (start any time)
This is a 250-hour program
Self-Practice: 100 hours
Audit and Assist: 30 hours
Group Class Attendance: 40 hours
Anatomy: 20 hours
Client Cases: 12 hours
Practice Class: 5 hours
Private Sessions: 10 hours
Reading/Homework/Assignments: 30 hours
Practice Workshop: 3 hours
Is this training for you?
The Intermediate-level Apprenticeship Course is a good choice for anyone who has been studying yoga for at least 3 years and been teaching for at least 1 year. If you have completed a formal 200-hour yoga teacher training and are looking for a comprehensive second-tier of training to elevate your teaching abilities, this is it. You will need to commit to a 9-month time frame, be interested in more direct feedback regarding your teaching skills, have a desire to refine your personal practice, and improve your daily habits. Expect to reserve 3-4 hours per week for assignments and readings and 15 hours total for training in kinesiology in addition to the classes you’ll be attending.
What’s included:
Unlimited yoga classes for 9 months upon initial payment.
Ayurveda assessment
50% off workshops with Jim and James upon initial payment during training months
15% off additional workshops/trainings with outside presenter upon initial payment during training months
Ten (10) 75-minute private training sessions with Jim or James
What we hope you’ll get out of this training
Personal Development
Jim and James will are passionate about guiding you in cultivating your strengths, uncovering your potential,
and habituating you to your own innate abilities.
Develop a personal practice
We will help you establish and cultivate a practice in alignment with your needs and goals
We will assess and revise this practice regularly to ensure it evolves with you
Establish a daily routine
Begin observing the most beneficial diet for your constitution and/or imbalances
Understand how to eat seasonally according to ayurveda
Refine your daily routine throughout the year
Technical
We are looking forward to helping you to enhance your teaching and planning skills, improve your ability
to work one-on-one with students, and get you ready to teach your own workshops with confidence.
Improve your sequencing skills
Class planning for private sessions
Class planning for workshops
Boost your skills for group class planning
Experiential kriya and bandha training
Improve your assisting/adjusting abilities
Methodology
We’ll be exposing you to different methodologies and worl on incorporating them into your teaching so that
you’ll be able to assist and support your students as best as possible.
Prenatal Training
In-depth Injuries and Contraindications Training
Develop assessment skills through the lens of ayurveda
Incorporating subtle practices into a group class
Implementing ayurvedic principles into your personal practice
Philosophy
Your training will cover:
Observing ayurvedic principles daily
Samprapti (pathogenesis according to ayurveda)
Mantra
You will also be studying:
Subtle Body Explorations:
Prana Vayus (vital winds)
Chakras (energy vortexes)
Nadis (energy channels)
Marma Therapy (accupressure)
Ojas, Tejas, and Prana (the three subtle essences)
Granthis (energetic knots)
Mudra (physical gestures/binds)
Bandhas (energetic binds)
There will be required reading from each of these texts throughout the training:
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Swami Muktibodhananda
Gheranda Samhita
James Mallison
Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies
Dr. Vasant Lad
PRICING
Paid in full at start of training: $2750 (+ $500 Movement Education Course)
Payment Plan 1: $2950 (+ $500 Movement Education Course)
$1000 Deposit at start of training
$1950 Three months from start of training
Payment Plan 2: $3150 (+ $500 Movement Education Course)
$1000 Deposit at start of training
$1000 Two months from start of training
$1150 flexible monthly payments for the following 7 months