Neighborhood Yoga Teacher Training (NYTT) provides the foundation to plant the roots of your practice, nurture the unfolding experience, and grow toward self-awareness and authentic teaching.

Participants will explore methods of cultivating their personal practice, and from that space, experience the gift of sharing yoga with others. You do not have to be a teacher, nor even desire to become a teacher to attend NYTT. This training will set up a foundation of inquiry and support your personal evolution by giving you the tools to live yoga as a creative, authentic, moment-by-moment lifelong practice. Through tradition, innovation, experiential learning and intention, we will help you find your own authentic voice, and path on this journey. Through self-inquiry and group discussion, we uncover together the meaning of traditional yoga texts, and how this timeless philosophy relates to daily living.

NYTT is a 9-month program meeting one weekend a month September 2009 through May 2010. With an emphasis on Vinyasa or Flow Yoga, we will also explore many styles of yoga which support the foundation of a vinyasa practice, including, Iynegar, Ashtanga,  Anusara, Restorative, and Therapeutic.

Roots of Yoga
Yoga Philosophy (Sutras of Patanjali and Bhagavad Gita)
Yoga Asana Techniques and Training
Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga Asana
Alignment Principles and Adjustments
Intentional Living
Ethics and Lifestyle
Teaching Methodology
Conscious Communication
Pranayama
Meditation
Mantra, Chanting, Kirtan
Seva (Karma Yoga)
Business of Yoga
Styles of Yoga
Introduction to Ayurveda Wellness
Connecting Yoga and Environment
Intro to Somatic Practices
Yoga Therapy

Neighborhood Yoga Teacher Training program follows current Yoga Alliance standards for 200 level RYT accreditation. Participants meeting all requirements will receive certificates from Neighborhood Yoga, and be eligible to apply for registration through Yoga Alliance.

Techniques Training/Practice:  100 hours
Teaching Methodology: 25 hours
Anatomy & Physiology: 20 hours
Yoga Philosophy/Lifestyle and Ethics:  30 hours
Practicum:  10 hours

Total Hours: 220

Fridays           6:00pm-9:00pm
Saturdays       9:00am-6:00pm
Sundays         8:30am-4:30pm (Sat and Sun may include working lunches)

There are nine weekend sessions.

Sept 11-13, Oct 9-11, Nov 13-15, Dec 18-20, Jan 15-17, Feb 12-14, March 12-14, April 9-11, May 2 and 14-16. Applications and deposits due no later than July 31th.

Payment in full is $2000. Full time student discount is $1800. A $225 deposit is due with your application by July 31, 2009. $200 of this deposit goes toward your balance, and the remainiing $25 is to cover the cost of the required asana study guide. The balance is due September18, 2009. A monthly payment option of $200 (Sept-May) may be arranged, but there is a $10 finance charge each month. This helps cover the additional monthly accounting involved. Scholarship and work/trade applications are also due on July 31.

Tuition does not include accommodations or any other required books. We accept cash or checks made out to Neighborhood Yoga. Books may be purchased at a discount at Dancing Moon in downtown Boone.

Full attendance for all weekends is essential to understanding the progressive manner of the material. If you need to miss a weekend or a day, arrangements should be made prior to that date. It is your responsibility to obtain any missed material, through additional workshops, classes, or private sessions. Options for making up missed material will be discussed on an individual basis. Financial responsibility for make up hours is the responsibility of the participant, which may require the hourly rate for private sessions.

Withdrawing from the program must be made in writing or e-mail. From your $200 deposit, $100 is non-refundable. After September 1, 2009 your $200 deposit is non-refundable unless a substitution is found, and then $100 is non-refundable. Tuition is non-refundable after the program has begun.

Neighborhood Yoga will provide one $500 scholarship based on both need and potential. Work/Study opportunities are also available on a limited basis. Applications for these will be due by July 31, 2009. Download Scholarship Application.

Applications for NYTT will be available on line www.neighborhoodyoga.net or at the studio by May, 2009. 
Click HERE to download application.