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Teaching Faculty · Ethics Code · Admin Questions The Yoga Sutra 200-Hour
Program Philosophy · 200 Hour Certification Program · Dates
Reading · Schedule · Application · Tuition Now
accepting applications for Spring 2010
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Yoga Sutra school offers three styles of yoga: Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Iyengar. Our teacher training program draws upon these traditions to provide a uniquely substantive and well-rounded learning experience. Yoga Sutra's program is designed to integrate broadly the principles of yoga as taught by Sri T Krishnamacharya, the "grandfather of modern yoga." Students will learn from teachers who have directly studied with and in many cases been certified / authorized by the principal proponents of Krishnamacharya's lineage: TKV Desikachar, BKS Iyengar, and K Pattabhi Jois. Our unifying principle is the philosophy of Patanjali as outlined in his classical text, the Yoga Sutra. We are especially delighted to include Dr. Edwin Bryant, Professor of Hindu Philosophy.
On a practical level, we are working together intimately for six months, Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00AM-8:00PM, about two weekends per month. Students are taught Asana, Teaching Methodology, Pranayama, Meditation, Chanting, Anatomy, Subtle Anatomy (Nadis, Chakras), Yoga Philosophy (Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita), the Sanskrit Alphabet, Prenatal Yoga and Yoga for Children. These topics will be taught in a cohesive, seamless manner and include individual guidance by a mentor. Students are required to attend at least two regularly scheduled classes per week at the center (in addition to observing and later assisting in classes); to do daily home practice and journal writing; and to once weekly practice with fellow trainees.
Students will leave the 200 hour Yoga Teacher training program with the following skills and experiences:
Yoga Sutra's 200-hour program consists of instruction/class time with an outstanding faculty of world-renown lecturers and yoga teachers who are authorities in their field.
The program is Yoga Alliance registered (RYS-200 ID# 27005).
Orientation: Saturday, March 13th, 2010, 10:00-11:00 AM (please arrive at 9:00AM if you still have to take care of payment and sign your contract)
Classes begin: Saturday, March 13th, 2010, 11:00AM
Midterm: will be given out on Sunday, May 16th, to be completed by Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Classes will complete: Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Final Practical Exams: Saturday, August 21st, 4:00-8:00PM, 2010
Written Exam: will be given out on Sunday, August 1st, to be completed by Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Graduation: Saturday, August 28th, 2010
(Books we are using in class which everyone NEEDS to have in the editions mentioned below!)
(Books which are useful to read and use for reference during the training)
Download Schedule (PDF - 108K)
Download Application (PDF - 47K)
Tuition: (includes unlimited yoga at Yoga Sutra during program)
Please contact Lisa Bridge (yogasutralisa@gmail.com) to apply for work-study program after submitting program application to Megan Alexander.
Early sign-up incentive: Unlimited FREE Yoga Classes at Yoga Sutra starting from the day full tuition is paid!
Tuition includes Unlimited Yoga at Yoga Sutra during program, until August 31st, 2010 - and afterwards Alumni Discount of 50% for School of Yogic Studies Courses; 50% discount for monthly membership ($62.50/$100 a month); 20% discount on class packages and select workshops; 10% discount on retail.
Note: Tuition payments are non-refundable.
Special Guest Teacher: Dr. Edwin Bryant
Yoga Philosophy (Yoga Sutra, Bhagavad Gita, and additionally for 500 hr program: Introduction to Hindu Philosophy, Six Darshana-s and Principal Upanisads)
Edwin Bryant received his doctorate in Indic languages, philosophies and cultures from Columbia University. He taught Hinduism at Harvard University for three years, and is presently professor of Hindu religion and philosophy at Rutgers University. He has been a practitioner of bhakti yoga for twenty-five years, a number of them spent in India. He has published six books and numerous articles on Vedic culture, yoga and the Krishna tradition, and has just completed a translation of Patanjali's Yoga sutras with extracts from the traditional commentators.
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Special Guest Teacher: Dr. Satya Narayan Das
Yoga Philosophy (Yoga Sutra)
Dr. Satya Narayas Das holds an M. Tech degree from IIT Delhi and a PhD in Sanskrit (Agra University), as well as eight additional shastric degrees in various subjects. He is the author of 15 books related to Indian culture and philosophy. Dr. Das conducts classes on ancient Indian sciences for scholars from around the world and has initiated a program for preservation, translation and publication of ancient Indian works of science and wisdom. He is a visiting professor at the American Hindu University and at State University of NJ, Rutgers. |
Special Guest Teacher: Dr. Jeffrey Rubin
Meditation
Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin practices psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy in New York City and Bedford Hills, New York. A Dharma Holder in the White Plum Sangha and Red Thread Zen Circle and the creator of meditative psychotherapy, Dr. Rubin is considered one of the leading integrators of the Western psychotherapeutic and Eastern meditative traditions.
The author of Psychotherapy and Buddhism, The Good Life and A Psychoanalysis for Our Time, Dr. Rubin has taught at various universities and psychoanalytic institutes including Union Theological Seminary, Hunter College, The Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, The C. G. Jung Foundation of New York, The American Institute for Psychoanalysis, and Yeshiva University. Dr. Rubin runs private study groups on meditation and psychotherapy and lectures around the country on three forthcoming books, How to Stay Sane in an Insane World: Insights from Yoga, Buddhism, and Psychoanalysis; The Art of Living: How to Make Your Life a Masterpiece; and Psychotherapy and Meditation: Partners in Healing. Dr. Rubin is a training and supervising analyst at the Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and can be contacted through his website (drjeffreyrubin.com). |
Special guest teacher: Chase Bossart
Course Planning/Teaching Methodology and Yoga Philosophy (500 hr training)
Chase Bossart, M.A., E-RYT, is a long time student of Mr. TKV Desikachar and a certified KHYF Yoga Teacher Trainer (www.khyf.net). Over the past 17 years, he has lived in Chennai, India studying at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram for a total of almost 4 years. As a Senior Teacher at the not-for-profit Healing Yoga Foundation (www.HealingYoga.org) in San Francisco he sees private yoga therapy clients and trains yoga teachers. He is also a faculty member of the Loyal Marymount University Yoga Therapy Rx Program, and travels frequently around the US teaching workshops on a variety of yoga related topics. Chase's academic training was in Religious Studies at UC Santa Barbara where he specialized in Indian Philosophy and wrote his thesis on Patanjali's Yogasutra.
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 Guta Hedewig has studied the teachings of Krishnamacharya with TKV Desikachar and Kausthub Desikachar at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai where she has completed advanced yoga courses and studied privately. She is a certified teacher through the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation and is currently finishing their four year long Yoga Therapy Training. She also learned Vedic Chanting at the affiliated Vedavani (Vedic Chanting School) and with her mentor, Sonia Nelson. Additionally, Guta has studied Ashtanga in Mysore with K. Pattabhi Jois and with V. Sheshadri for many years. Guta has directed Yoga Sutra's teacher training programs for several years. She heads the 'Individualized Yoga Program,' creating practices for students adapted to their specific needs. Altogether, Guta endeavors to create an atmosphere of the committed, in-depth study of yoga in all its aspects, based in the tradition of Krishnamacharya's teachings.
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Carl Horowitz is influenced by the teachings of T Krishnamacharya and his son TKV Desikachar. In addition to his studies with TKV Desikachar, Carl has also studied with several of his long-time students, including Mark Whitwell, Leslie Kaminoff and Gary Kraftsow. As part of this training program he will cover the different skills needed for leading one-on-one and group sessions. Carl will cover thoughtful ways of putting postures together so that students will come out of the course with the tools to begin creating intelligent sequences for the practitioners with whom they are working. |
Jill began teaching yoga in 2001 and is a 500 Hour E-RYT. She
is trained in the Krishnamacharya lineage: vinyasa, alignment and classical philosophical methods.
She completed her advanced certification with Adrienne Burke in 2003 and went on to assist Adrienne in her subsequent teacher training. In 2004, Jill co-authored the book Yoga Fan and has been teaching philosophy and asana and methodology in numerous teacher training programs in New York City and Philadelphia for over 5 years. Jill has studied anatomy and alignment with Beth Biegler and currently practices Ashtanga, Iyengar and Vinyasa. She studies Vedic Chanting with Guta Hedewig and regularly attends philosophy classes with Dr. Edwin Bryant and Christopher Hildebrandt. Jill is Director of Vinyasa at Yoga Sutra NYC. |
Adrienne Burke has been teaching yoga since 1994 and practicing for over 20 years. She is known as a teacher’s teacher, leading training courses at yoga schools that have graduated over 100 yoga teachers to date. She has designed individual and group programs for specialized needs including but not limited to corporations, seniors, children, teens, prenatal, and students with anxiety disorders, headaches, insomnia, addiction, chronic conditions or illness. Adrienne is often called upon as a yoga expert, having been interviewed by major print and web publications.She served as the Director of Teaching Programs for the Jivamukti Yoga School for four years, directing their teacher training program as well as structuring their teaching program and teaching curriculum. Throughout the years she has taught at various gyms, yoga schools, and corporations as well as privately throughout NYC. Adrienne believes that yoga can be practiced and enjoyed by anyone with a desire, and a program can be structured for the individual regardless of time, physical, mental or emotional constraints. She is known as a teacher with integrity. |
 An Ayurvedic practitioner and yoga teacher, Beth has studied asana for over twenty years and has been teaching for twelve. She spent five years at the Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico under the instruction of Vaidya Vasant Lad. While still a student, Beth worked both as an herbalist and
instructor in the Ayur-Yoga Program, teaching Dr. Lad's synthesis of classical hatha yoga and the therapeutic sadhana-s of Ayurveda. Between 2000 and 2005, she was a regular contributor to the Institute's quarterly journal Ayurveda Today, writing about herbal medicine and asana practice with special reference to the Ayurvedic understanding of anatomy. During the same period, Beth undertook seven years of intensive study with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, the developer of Body-Mind Centering. This work has profoundly deepened her understanding of the developmental underpinnings of asana, as well as the importance of movement re-patterning in finding the 'sukham' literally the 'good space' in practice. Beth has taught anatomy for several years in various Yoga Alliance certified teacher training programs in New York City.
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 Dolphi Wertenbaker M.D. is a graduate of Columbia University (cum
Laude) and Cornell University Medical College (1978). She is a life-long student of TKV Desikachar since 1970, with a dream of combining yoga and medicine. She has been teaching yoga since 1985, with an emphasis on individual therapeutic work. She is a Krishnamacharya Healing Yoga Foundation-certified Yoga Teacher Trainer and teaches in yoga teacher training programs in New York, San Francisco and Chicago. |
 Jyoti Chittur was born into a family steeped in the Vaishnava tradition and initiated into the Sampradaya. She learned Sanskrit and Chanting from her grandfather who, during his time, was a scholar of the Vedas and the Scriptures. Her father, an educator, taught her Yoga in the traditional style encompassing the physical, spiritual and elemental aspects of the practice. Her mother, a devout devotee instilled in her the tradition and practice of Bhakti and Seva. She teaches Sanskrit and Yoga and is an alumnus of Yoga Sutra. |
 Rachel Lynch-John began practicing Iyengar yoga in 1990. She has assisted her Iyengar teacher, Genny Kapuler since 2001. Rachel is certified in Embodied Anatomy and Yoga (EAY), and Embodied Developmental Movement and Yoga (EDMY), and is also an Infant Developmental Movement Educator, through the School for Body-Mind
Centering®. She currently assists Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen (founder of the Body-Mind Centering® School) and has taught in the EAY and EDMY yoga teacher training programs in NYC and Berkeley California. Rachel teaches anatomy and yoga for yoga teacher training programs in Japan and NY. |
 Sarah Perron came to yoga from a dance background. She began her exploration of yoga in 1992. In 1999 Sarah co-founded Baby Om and co-authored the book, "Baby Om: Yoga for Mothers and Babies." Since 1995, Sarah has been studying at the Iyengar Institute with senior teachers Mary Dunn, Brooke Myers, Kevin Gardiner, and Genny Kapuler. She participated in the 2004-2005 Teacher Training program at the Iyengar Institute and recently passed her first assessment with IYNAUS (Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States). |
Lisa moved to New York in 1998 after graduating from Purdue University with a B.A. in Creative Writing. She began work in large advertising and publishing companies until being accepted into the NYC Teaching Fellows Program. While earning her M.S. in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Bank Street College under this scholarship, Lisa taught third grade in Central Harlem. There, she developed programming to bring yoga to at-risk students, later utilizing a National Americorps Scholarship to complete her certification in Vinyasa yoga. Upon graduating, she began teaching in the non-profit educational sector, bringing yoga, meditation, and music weekly to over ninety under-served children under a 9-11 Red Cross Grant. Lisa is currently launching a certification program and Children's Yoga Department at Yoga Sutra. She continues to be involved in bringing yoga to underserved areas by building outreach initiatives and hosting fundraisers for partnering organizations at the school. Lisa is currently pursuing a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in order to broaden her ecumenical work. She is also the singer-songwriter and rhythm guitarist for 14 Lines - an alternative rock band and project with Urban Iguana Music Productions. |
500 Hour
Advanced Teacher Training
(300 additional hours)
500 HOUR Program Description
(Advanced 300 Hour Training - 200 Hour Certification Required)
Yoga Sutra's 500 Hour Advanced Teacher Training builds on our 200 Hour training with emphasis in rigorous, intelligent ways of learning yoga in all its aspects. Our program provides a deep understanding and broad grasp of yoga based in the tradition of T. Krishnamacharya with emphasis on individualizing the practice for each student. Trainees who graduate from our training will have a full appreciation of the unity and rich diversity of the yoga tradition and a solid understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of yoga and its sister philosophical systems.
We are pleased to welcome to our faculty noted scholar and Professor of Hinduism at Rutgers University, Dr. Edwin Bryant, author of "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with Notes from the Traditional Commentators" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009).
Graduates of our Advanced 500 Hour Training Can Expect To Gain:
The Advanced 500-Hour Coursework Includes
Yoga Philosophy:
Asana/Teaching Methodology:
Anatomy/Physiology:
Pranayama:
Chanting:
Meditation:
The program runs March through December 2010 (10 months), with classes taking place two weekends per month. Each trainees receives individual guidance by a mentor.
Tuition: (includes unlimited yoga at Yoga Sutra during program)
Please contact Lisa Bridge (yogasutralisa@gmail.com) to apply for work-study program after submitting program application to Megan Alexander.
Early sign-up incentive: Unlimited FREE Yoga Classes at Yoga Sutra starting from the day full tuition is paid!
Tuition includes Unlimited Yoga at Yoga Sutra during program, until August 31st, 2010 - and afterwards Alumni Discount of 50% for School of Yogic Studies Courses; 50% discount for monthly membership ($62.50/$100 a month); 20% discount on class packages and select workshops; 10% discount on retail.
Note: Tuition payments are non-refundable.
The program will be 10 months in duration, scheduled to take place twice monthly on Saturdays and Sundays, approx. 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM. In addition, students are required to attend two regularly scheduled classes per week at the center, to observe and assist in classes; to practice teach Community Classes; to do daily home practice and journal writing; and to twice monthly practice with fellow trainees.
IMPORTANT:
In order to guarantee the best possible learning environment for everyone, we require graduates of 200 hour yoga teacher trainings OTHER THAN Yoga Sutra's to additionally participate in select classes of our Spring 200 hr Teacher Training (such as Traditional Teachings/Desikachar; Vedic Chanting; Sanskrit; etc.).
Orientation: Saturday, March 6th, 2010: 9:30 - 11:00AM
Classes begin: Saturday, March 6th, 2010, 11:00AM
Midterm: July 2010
Classes will complete: Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Final testing and graduation: January 2011
Download Schedule (PDF - 145K)
Download Application for 500 hour program (PDF - 52K)
Code of Ethics (PDF - 76K)
For
questions, please contact Megan Alexander at 212-490-1443
ext.14, or yogasutramegan@
gmail.com
Lisa was one of the first hires at Yoga Sutra when it opened its
doors in October, 2004. She began as an Assistant Manager and was
quickly promoted to Manager, Administrative Director and now, Director
of Operations. Lisa has been integrally involved in helping with
the growth and structure of the center. She oversees the entire managerial
staff, daily operations of the center, and is a key programming director.