october 2 – 27 2023

200 HR vinyasa yoga TEACHER TRAINING

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Has yoga changed your life? Would you like to share and inspire others to follow the same path? Join our course to build on your confidence, strengthen your authentic voice, and learn how to share the magic of yoga with the world. This program is perfect regardless if you are looking to become a yoga teacher, or are simply interested in learning more and strengthening your personal practice. Join Kanami Anderson and Kameko Shibata on this transformational journey to gain a deeper understanding of this ancient practice! You will receive your 200 hour Yoga Alliance accredited certification upon graduation of this course.

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WITH 500 HOUR E-RYT

KANAMI ANDERSON

Kanami has been teaching yoga in Canada, Japan, California, and Mexico for over 10 years, and is the founder of the Powder Yoga Niseko studio in Niseko, Japan. She is an E-RYT 500 hour Certified Teacher with Yoga Alliance, a Mat Pilates Instructor, a Traditional Thai Masseuse, and has also worked as a whitewater rafting river guide for 12 years before she decided to focus more on Powder Yoga. Yoga keeps her strong, focused, and flexible so she can play the sports she loves, wanderlust around the globe, and make a living along the way. Sharing her love for yoga, health, wellness, travel, pilates, sport, and the great outdoors is her ultimate passion.

WITH 500 HOUR E-RYT

KAmeko shibata

Kameko is an ERYT-500 Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Massage Therapist, professional aerialist and wild creature. She holds a Master of Arts in Ayurveda from Mount Madonna Institute, with 10 years of clinical practice in Ayurvedic counselling and massage therapy. She is honored to practice and teach Yoga in the Krishnamacharya tradition of vinyasa krama for more than 15 years. She brings an international and inclusive lens to her offerings, being of Japanese and European descent, raised in rural northern California, and having studied Yoga and Ayurveda in India, and taught extensively in the Bay Area, CA for a decade. She currently resides and teaches in person (and online) in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México.

october 2-27 2023

casa naia, oaxaca, mexico

Kameko Shibata and Kanami Anderson have teamed up to deliver a comprehensive vinyasa teacher training through the Ayurvedic lens, with a strong emphasis on how to lead, teach, and embody yoga in your every day life. This is a 24-day residential Teacher Training in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, combining 2 TT curriculums and 8 cumulative years of TT experience.

This training will prepare you to deepen your practice and understanding of yoga, embark on a teaching journey, or further your current yoga teaching education. This training is focused strongly on Anatomy, Alignment, Teaching Methodology, woven together with the Philosophy of the Yoga Sutras and grounded in the Five elements of Ayurveda. The curriculum will guide you to craft your classes around “peak poses,” while allowing space for you to cultivate your authentic voice and creativity.

This teacher training beachfront location is in Casa Naia outside of Puerto Escondido Mexico. This private and tranquil property was specifically built to host yoga training and workshops and provides a warm home like energy. The yoga studio as well as classrooms and dining area feature open air palapa style architecture. The simple accommodations are comfortable, spacious and homey allowing you to focus on your studies and the beauty of the natural world. The property is located about 20 minutes outside of the city of Puerto Escondido with endless sandy beaches to walk, run and explore.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED

TUITION COSTS

From $4,200USD

Early Bird save $200 (Early bird rate ends July 15th)

Includes “The Art of Yoga Education” manual (over 500 pages of teaching principles, detailed anatomy, and various training materials), 200 hours of study with Kameko & Kanam

200 hour RYT Yoga Alliance accredited certification upon graduation

200 HOURS OF YOGA

THE TRAINING

Our comprehensive 200-Hour Teacher Training Program will transform your practice, pass on the ancient teachings of yoga, and give you all the tools required to teach a solid Hatha, Power, and Flow yoga class. Our curriculum is Yoga Alliance approved, and upon graduation you are eligible to become a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with the largest international nonprofit association representing the yoga community. You will also have an incredibly supportive community to help you on your journey, and you will gain lifelong friends during the course who will continue to support you for years to come.

TEACHING ASANA

The principles of teaching, cueing, assisting, demonstrating, theming, sequencing, and how to put together a well-rounded and thoughtful Hatha, Flow, and Power Vinyasa class. Learn hundreds of poses in both their English and Sanskrit names, and the foundations of each pose from the ground up.

WESTERN & YOGIC ANATOMY

Learn the western anatomy of bones, joints, connective tissue, muscles, breathing, nervous and circulatory systems, injuries, and as well as basic prenatal yoga. You will also learn the energetic effects of yoga on the body, and will study PRANA in detail. What it is, the different techniques that direct prana, Kundalini energy and its infinite potential, the chakra systems, bandhas, Ayurveda, the vayus, and the nadis.

MEDITATION & PRANAYAMA

Practice different styles and techniques of meditation and pranayama (yogic breathing exercises) everyday. Develop a deep understanding and connection with both so you can easily share their immense benefits with your students.

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF YOGA

Study Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and how these teachings provide a very real model that can be applied to daily life. You will also get to discuss and learn in detail about Yoga’s journey to the West, and the most influential yogis of our time.

THE BUSINESS OF YOGA

Discuss the ethics of yoga, code of conduct, and important qualities of a successful teacher. Learn about the business of yoga, defining your mission, marketing yourself, and setting your goals and dreams.

PRACTICE TEACHING

The fastest way to becoming a great yoga teacher is practice, practice, and more practice. Students will be given plenty of classroom time to plan many styles of classes: from a challenging, fast-paced Power practice, to a super mellow, relaxing yin stretch-out, and everything in between. Emphasis will be made to try different classes out on each as often as possible during and after the course. This is a great opportunity to receive feedback, get creative, and learn from one another.

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

08:00 – 08:30: Morning meditation & review

08:30 – 09:30: Philosophy

09:30 – 10:30: Anatomy Module

10:30 – 11:30: Practice to integrate teaching & anatomy principles

11:30 – 13:15: Group class yoga practice

12:15 – 14:30: Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:30: Asana lab: alignment, risks, variations

15:30 – 16:30: Chanting, pranayama and closing

*Schedule is subject to change

Weekly schedule will rotate 5 days on 2 days off, and may adjust slightly in order to work with powder days (so everyone can get up the hill!)

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