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Christi
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Oct 08 2015 : 06:55:02 AM
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Hi Everyone,
For anyone who is interested in training to become a yoga teacher, we are planning to begin running AYP Teacher Training Courses (TTC's) in the near future. This is still in the planning stage at the moment, with the hope being to run the first course in the UK, or a country nearby, in the Spring of 2017.
The plan is to run the first Teacher Training as a one month residential course. This TTC will be run in retreat mode, which means there will be two AYP sessions in the morning and one in the afternoon each day. For part of the course we will go up to two sessions in the morning and two in the afternoon. Each session will include asana, Spinal Breathing Pranayama, Deep Meditation and samyama. As well as the practical sessions, training will be given on many aspects of AYP theory and practice and on various aspects of teaching AYP to others. The course will cover 215 hours of study and training in total (180 contact hours with teachers) leading to a professional yoga teacher qualification. The course will qualify people to teach asana, Spinal Breathing Pranayama and Deep Meditation.
With this being a full scope Teacher Training Course there will be minimum requirements in terms of experience of yoga practice for people attending the course. The minimum requirement being at least one year of regular AYP practice or similar full-scope yoga practice including meditation and pranayama. I will be teaching on the course along with Nina Forbes who is an experienced AYP teacher in the U.K. Several other AYP teachers have also offered to help teach, so we are expecting to have three or four teachers present.
At the moment Yogani is in the process of applying to register AYP with the Yoga Alliance as a Yoga Teacher Training School. The plan is to have AYP registered with one or more regulatory bodies and the Yoga Alliance will hopefully be one of them if the application is successful.
With AYP being an open resource, everyone is free to share their knowledge of AYP with others and to teach AYP. So this Teacher Training Course will not be a requirement for people who want to share their knowledge of AYP, as is happening in many parts of the world already in both classes and retreats, but will be for those who want to take part in a formal and structured teacher training and who want to become qualified as a yoga teacher.
At this stage we do not have any dates set, or a venue. So we are very much in the planning stages. But people have already started putting their names forward to take part, so if anyone wants to register an interest in attending the course, then PM me through my forum profile or through my contact form here.
Christi
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Oct 08 2015 : 10:40:04 AM
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Mainstream...here we come!  |
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yogani
USA
5195 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2015 : 1:53:22 PM
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Hi All:
AYP has just been approved by Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga School (RYS), which means our syllabus for registered yoga teacher training (RYT-200) has been accepted. So we are good to go for offering the first AYP registered teacher training course. Christi is in the lead on this and will provide additional details as we move forward.
Here is our official page on the Yoga Alliance website: https://www.yogaalliance.org/School...ile?sid=6787
Once we have the first teacher training course scheduled, it will show up there, along with other information we will be adding.
Many thanks to Christi/Tristan and assistants for setting this up, and now ready to move toward implementation.
Bravo and onward!
The guru is in you. 
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Oct 19 2015 : 6:04:15 PM
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| Superb. Well done, Tristan! |
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jusmail
India
491 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2015 : 7:03:04 PM
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Blessings!
Onward and outward... |
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Dogboy
USA
2193 Posts |
Posted - Oct 19 2015 : 8:34:25 PM
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Inward & upward!  |
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alecpeace
USA
95 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2015 : 11:52:29 AM
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This is very exciting! AYP will blossom through this |
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Apkallu
France
108 Posts |
Posted - Nov 20 2015 : 05:28:58 AM
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Hope it will be near Paris, France  |
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2016 : 02:21:19 AM
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Hi everyone,
We have found a fantastic venue for the first AYP teacher training course. It is a meditation retreat centre in the Dordogne region of central France. The centre is called Le Moulin De Chaves and is a large house in the French countryside, by a river with 5 acres of land. They have a meditation hall which we will use for the practice and study sessions. They have their own vegetable gardens where a lot of the food for events is grown.
For anyone who does not know France, the Dordogne is one of the most beautiful regions in the country.
The dates are set for the 21st April to the 19th May 2017.
Alex Wales who is one of the UK AYP teachers, will be joining the teaching team for this event.
More details to follow soon.
Christi |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Feb 11 2016 : 11:53:56 AM
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Nice! Hopefully I can make it. (Unless you put me on the No Fly List, Christi, due to past transgressions. Hopefully, leniency and forgiveness will prevail.  ) |
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2016 : 11:57:08 AM
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Hi Bodhi,
It would be brilliant of you could make it. 
Will keep you updated.
Christi |
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Bodhi Tree
2972 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2016 : 12:40:05 PM
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| Sweet! I'll be ready. |
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Mar 10 2016 : 10:41:26 AM
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Hi everyone,
Full details of the International Teacher Training Course (TTC) are now available on my website here.
The full TTC curriculum is also online now.
Contact me if you are interested in attending the course, or complete the online application form.
Christi |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Mar 10 2016 : 3:19:42 PM
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| Wow. Impressive curriculum. Well done, Christi. I'll be there. |
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Charliedog
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Posted - Mar 12 2016 : 03:00:09 AM
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 Impressive indeed in one month, it took me much longer, but hey I didn't found the AYP lessons back then. If I may humble suggest to the becoming trainees, it could be helpful to start studying the books on anatomy, physiology and philosophy, if you didn't already
Enjoy! |
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Mar 12 2016 : 3:19:53 PM
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Originally posted by Charliedog
Impressive indeed in one month, it took me much longer, but hey I didn't found the AYP lessons back then. If I may humble suggest to the becoming trainees, it could be helpful to start studying the books on anatomy, physiology and philosophy, if you didn't already
Enjoy!
Hi Charliedog,
There will be a recommended reading list going out to the people who are attending the course.
As far as anatomy and physiology go, in keeping with the whole of the AYP teachings, there will not be a great deal of emphasis placed on physical anatomy and much more emphasis placed on understanding the subtle anatomy, (chakras and nadis etc.) and on how this relates to practices.
Christi
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Charliedog
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Posted - Mar 12 2016 : 3:43:01 PM
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| Sorry to interfere Christi, my apologies |
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Mar 12 2016 : 5:02:45 PM
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| You're all good, Charliedog! It's better to have plenty of knowledge than too little. Interestingly enough, I will be finishing massage school shortly before the France certification, so I'll be stocked up with anatomy and physiology classes, and it will supplement the study of the subtle anatomy, for sure. |
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Charliedog
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Posted - Mar 13 2016 : 04:00:56 AM
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Delighted to hear about your upcoming body, mind and beyond studies Bodhi. Hope you will share some of your study experiences here. Massage is for sure at my 'wish to do' list too. With me starting yoga once, I became a student forever.
And  every moment of it. |
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2016 : 4:40:04 PM
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Hi guys,
A few people have asked me if it will be O.K. to attend the Teacher Training Course simply to deepen their own personal practice and to widen their knowledge of yoga, even though they do not have any plans to teach at the end of the course. It is fine to do this. Many people make use of Yoga TTC's in this way, as they obviously cover a lot more ground than regular retreats.
Christi |
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lalow33
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2016 : 8:44:39 PM
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2016 : 2:49:19 PM
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Hi everyone,
Devrim will be joining the teaching team for the Teacher Training Course next Spring. He will be flying over from Thailand for the event. He is a very experienced yoga teacher and has been teaching AYP for 10 years.
Most of the single rooms have now been booked for the course, but there are still three left. So if anyone who is planning to come is hoping to book a single room, I would advise booking sooner rather than later.
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Bodhi Tree
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Posted - Apr 16 2016 : 4:05:54 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Christi
Devrim will be joining the teaching team for the Teacher Training Course next Spring. He will be flying over from Thailand for the event. He is a very experienced yoga teacher and has been teaching AYP for 10 years.
Superb. |
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scottfitzgerald
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2016 : 5:01:09 PM
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Did I miss the cost somewhere?
And is there ever a thought of having one in the States?
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2016 : 6:22:35 PM
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Hi Scott,
The cost of the course is on my website here.
And yes, we are hoping to hold an AYP teacher training course in the States or Canada at some point. A date, or venue for that has not yet been determined though. So if you are feeling adventurous, jump on a plane and come and join the course in France next year. US and Canadian citizens do not need a visa and can stay in the country for up to 90 days.
Christi
Moderator note: The discussion about the USA/Canada TTC has been split to here |
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2016 : 1:03:25 PM
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Hi all,
In response to Lalow's suggestion here, that it would be good to have some reduced price places on AYP Teacher Training Courses, for people who are living on a low income, I have set up a fund to support this.
If anyone would like to donate towards this they can now do so here:
www.secretsofyoga.org/donate.html
The fund will be used to support people to train on the USA/ Canada TTC as well as in France next year.
All donations very gratefully received.
Christi
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Int. AYP Teacher Training: France, April-May 2017
