Take Our 250 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course at The Yoga Sanctuary on College Street, Toronto

This 250 hour yoga teacher training course covers the details and adjustments of each posture in the Primary Series of Ashtanga yoga and the use of these postures as the basis for a flowing Hatha class.

Meditation, Yoga Therapy, Sanskrit, Chanting, Anatomy, Physiology and Yoga Philosophy will be covered. In addition to the weekend training program students are required to attend 35 public classes, 10 observation classes (no class pass required) and 25 Yoga Clinic classes during the training period. To this end, each student will be given 60 class passes, plus a bonus of 10 class passes, which may be used at either our College or Danforth studio locations, while in the teacher training program. They will not be accepted outside of this time frame.

The successful completion of this 250-hour course qualifies you to find an entry-level position as a Certified Yoga Teacher and gives you all the foundations of learning to guide and instruct others.

A Certificate is granted upon satisfactory completion of the course.

The Yoga Sanctuary is officially affiliated with the Yoga Alliance in the United States and our course fulfills their requirements for a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification. Graduates of our program may become members of the Yoga Alliance upon successful completion of the course.

The hours at our College location will be as follows:

Dates:

First Session starts Friday, September 18, 2009
until Sunday, December 20, 2009.

Sept 18, 19, 20

Oct 2, 3, 4

Oct 16, 17*, 18
*Oct 17th will be at the Danforth location

Oct 30, 31, Nov 1

Nov 13, 14, 15

Nov 27, 28, 29

Dec 4 ,5, 6

Dec 18, 19, 20

Second Session starts Friday, January 8, 2010
until Sunday, May 16, 2010.

Jan 8, 9, 10

Jan 22, 23, 24

Feb 5, 6 ,7

Feb 19, 20, 21

Mar 5, 6, 7

Mar 19, 20, 21

April 2 ,3, 4

April 16, 17, 18

April 30, May 1, 2

May 14, 15, 16

Length:

Two sessions ~ 17 weekends in total
7 weekends in 2009, 10 weekends in 2010

Hours:

250 hours
9.0 hours per weekend plus 60 classes*

Friday	7:00 to 10:00 pm
Saturday	6:45 to 10:15 pm
Sunday	6:45 to 9:15 pm

*In order to meet course requirements students are required
to attend 60 classes:
35 Public Classes
25 Yoga Clinic
10 Observations - No Class Pass Required

Cost: $3,875 includes Special Guest Teacher, Cora Wen
*Cost includes 70 class passes, which may be used for practice at both The Yoga Sanctuary studio locations, during the course of the training. 25 of these passes are to be used for Yoga Clinic (Mysore) class.

YTT Payment Options:
If you are unable to pay the full tuition fee, after your initial $500.00 deposit, by September 19th, there are payment plan options. There will be a $25.00 administration fee on each payment for all of the following payment options. The fees set out below already include the administration fee. These payments exclude the $500.00 non-refundable deposit.

Please contact the manager of our College Street location, Jill Fearman at 416.928.3236 if you would like to arrange a payment plan.

1st Payment Option:
2 Payments of $1,712.50.
The following payments must be made on the following dates:
1st Payment - September 18, 2009
2nd Payment - February 19, 2010

2nd Payment Option:
4 Payments of $868.75.
The following payments must be made on the following dates:
1st Payment - September 18, 2009
2nd Payment - October 16, 2009
3rd Payment - November 27, 2009
4th Payment - December 18, 2009

3rd Payment Option
7 payments of $507.15.
The following payments must be made on the following dates:
1st Payment - September 18, 2009
2nd Payment - October 16, 2009
3rd Payment - November 27, 2009
4th Payment - December 18, 2009
5th Payment - February 19, 2010
6th Payment - March 19, 2010
7th Payment - April 16, 2010

Non-Refundable Deposit and Online Registration Form Required for Registration
A non-refundable deposit of $500.00 will be required to secure your spot. Please fill out the online registration form and pay by bank draft, money order or certified cheque and mail or deliver your payment to:

The Yoga Sanctuary Inc.
2 College Street, Suite 306
Toronto, ON, Canada
M5G 1K2

Teacher Training Faculty

Cynthia Funk Cynthia Funk: Cynthia is the co-owner of The Yoga Sanctuary. She received her Yoga Teacher Training Certificate at Yoga Works in Los Angeles, studying under the tutelage of Maty Ezraty, Chuck Miller, Eddie Modestini and Erich Schiffmann. Cynthia began teaching in the greater Toronto area in 1997, teaching in public schools, hospitals, private and public gyms, as well as leading retreats on Ward's Island and in Northern Ontario. In 2000, Cynthia studied in New York City and Boulder, Colorado with Ashtanga guru, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. That same year she completed an Ashtanga Teacher Training with David Swenson. As well, Cynthia studied extensively with Toronto teacher Esther Myers. She has been blessed to have studied with many of the other senior Ashtanga Yoga teachers in North America. For the past 7 years Cynthia has taught The Yoga Sanctuary, Yoga Teacher Training 250 hour courses.

Karusia Karusia Wroblewski: Karusia is delighted to be teaching at the Yoga Sanctuary. She has been practicing yoga for over thirty-five years, teaching for fifteen, and is a graduate of the York University dance department. She has a particular interest in the healing and transformational aspects of yoga and works with therapeutic yoga in her private practice. She teaches asana, dance, body prayer, pranayama, meditation, therapy, philosophy and anatomy. Karusia is the originator of Shakti Flow Yoga, a yoga-dance fusion approach for women seeking to embody the Divine Feminine.

Special Guest Teacher Cora Wen

Cora Wen Cora took refuge in the Buddha over 30 years ago at age 13 and has been committed to practicing Yoga to develop compassion and joy since 1995. After a stressful Ivy League education and fervent career as Vice President of a bank, she left corporate America finding her passion in yoga, and has been leading workshops and retreats internationally since 1998.

She is an avid and focused practitioner of Hatha yoga, and has been influenced by many renowned teachers including Judith Hanson Lasater, Erich Schiffmann, Patricia Walden and Rodney Yee.

Cora has worked with Erich, Judith and Rodney as student, apprentice and assistant in workshops and trainings throughout the US, Canada and Mexico. From 1996-2003, she benefited from personal teaching apprenticeship with Erich Schiffmann, and since 1998 continues to assist Judith Hanson Lasater in Relax & Renew teacher trainings and therapeutic workshops.

Featured in many regional newspapers and magazines, Cora has attained Experienced RYT500 status with Yoga Alliance and is one of the first Advanced Relax and Renew Trainers of Restorative Yoga. Many students have discovered the complimentary path of meditation with yoga practice through Cora's passionate and enthusiastic guidance.

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