Heartwood Yoga Teacher Training
with Gayna Uransky and Staff
This training has been created for dedicated students of Hatha Yoga who wish to deepen their own practice and develop the skills to share yoga with others.
Most classes will be taught in the Iyengar style of yoga. With its emphasis on alignment and precision, the Iyengar style provides an understanding of the focus and the benefits of each pose. Guest instructors will present other styles like Ashtanga and Kundalini. The training also includes Yoga philosophy, ethics, anatomy, Yoga therapy, Pranayama, Kriyas, Kirtan, and Meditation.
The skills you develop in this training to compassionately give personal attention to each student and to encourage safe and appropriate change through yoga will establish you as a teacher and enrich the experience of your students. Upon completion, you will be prepared to teach beginning level yoga classes.
Prerequisites: 2 years continuous study of yoga and a personal, home-based practice.
21 days, 200 hours. Tuition: $1,450 plus accommodations.
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Gayna Uransky, M.Ed. has been teaching yoga since 1971. A certified Iyengar yoga instructor since 1988, she currently holds the highest level certification of the Yoga Alliance. Gayna has studied with B.K.S. Iyengar and his daughter Gita in Pune, India. She has studied Ashtanga Yoga with K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. The mother of two children, Gayna is the main model in Your Fit Pregnancy, a book on pre-natal yoga. She has taught in school environments ranging from elementary school to universities. Gayna was the yoga teacher in residence at Heartwood Institute for over 16 years. She currently teaches throughout the U.S. and in Mexico, and has a yoga center in Northern California. |
