Yoga Teacher Training and Mentoring
Iyengar Yoga teacher training, certification and mentoring
The Yoga West WA Yoga Teacher Training Program prepares students for Introductory Level assessment, in accordance with the requirements and minimum standards set by the BKS Iyengar Yoga Association of Australia (the Association).
Certification at Introductory Level is determined by an external assessment committee set up by the Association. Certification to Introductory Level with the BKSIYAA enables the recipient to call themselves an Iyengar teacher and use the Iyengar trademark.
Teacher certification is necessary to maintain and promote the quality of yoga instruction that is taught at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India.
A referral for assessment from your teacher trainer is needed to sit for assessment. This referral is subject to skill level achieved. An individual may require more than the minimum specified time on the Program to be ready for assessment.
Yoga West's Iyengar yoga teacher training program is run in the studio by Ross Parris.
With more than 20 years teaching experience, Ross is a Certified Level 3 Yoga teacher trainer.
Several of our teachers are under an online mentoring programme with Caroline Coggins, who has been visiting Yoga West regularly for workshops and teacher development over the past 20 years.
Yoga teachers have to know the entire functioning of the body; they have to know the behaviour of the people who come to them and how to react and be ready to help, protect and safeguard their pupils”.
BKS Iyengar, The Tree of Yoga - Yoga Vrksa.
Teacher Training Requirements
To train as an Iyengar yoga teacher, you must have been practicing Iyengar yoga regularly for a minimum of three years (3 to 5 years depending on the frequency of practice and class attendance).
If you're thinking of training to be a yoga teacher or ongoing mentoring and would like to chat about what we are offering at Yoga West please contact Ross.
The yoga teacher course:
- Learning yoga through the Iyengar approach to the Classical Astanga (eight limbed) path as expounded by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras and numerous classical texts
- Practice of asana, pranayama, savasana
- Sequencing of postures
- Supportive and restorative asanas
- Therapeutic considerations
- Use of props
- Observation of, and correction of students, in classes
- Demonstration of asanas in teaching
- Meeting class and individual requirements
- Pre- and post-natal asana practice
Yoga Teacher Training:
Becoming a yoga teacher involves working with a yoga teacher trainer in a mentoring relationship over a minimum of 3 years. This involves 300+ hours of learning and practice, and 100 hours of assisting in classes.
If you are thinking of undertaking yoga teacher training please contact us.
Dates:
Ross Parris offers regular face-to-face instruction at Yoga West
The group meets every five weeks
- Saturday: trainees attend the experienced level class 7-9am, and take part in mentoring/training, 12-3pm.
- Sunday: trainees attend the general level class 8.15-9.45am, and mentoring/training 12-3pm.
Cost
Cost: $200 per w/end with Ross
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Yoga Teacher Development
Certified Iyengar yoga teachers are required to complete 20 hours of ongoing training and personal development each year with a Senior Iyengar teacher.
Yoga West offers Development opportunities through out the year either with local or other visiting guest Senior teachers.
"Teachers should practice the asana until they are very clear and secure about their understanding and demonstration. This will allow the teacher to teach from confidence and to focus awareness on the students."
Geeta Iyengar
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Phone: (08) 9381 9916
Find us upstairs above The Good Grocer 159 Onslow Road, Shenton Park WA 6008