Back Bay Yoga Studio

Limited to 12 Participants

Schedule

Five Sundays, 2pm to 5:30pm
March 11th, March 25th, April 1st, April 29th, May 6th

Payment Options

You have a choice between two payment options:

• Pay in Full - $400 up front in one payment
• Payment Plan - $250 initial deposit, with additional $100 payments due March 1 and April 1, totaling $450

Description

The application of careful and sensitive touch can refine one's yoga practice and elevate yoga instruction to otherwise unattainable heights. Join Nicole Clark for this three month mentor program emphasizing hands-on adjustments, holding space, working with injuries, and other uses of touch in the yoga studio. (Re)discover the power of touch to comfort and heal, connect and communicate. Gain a deeper understanding of anatomy and energy in the ebb and flow of yoga practice.

• Learn how to give adjustments with confidence, how to hold space with authority and compassion, and how to sequence a class in a way that addresses all body types.
• Develop and strengthen your sense of insight and intuition.
• Learn how to specialize a sequence for particular needs or injuries, to encourage healing and to build strength from the inside out.
• Learn how to properly assess and assist bodies of all levels, to enable a deeper experience.
• Learn about working with private clients, how to assess their needs and how to keep their practice fresh and inspired.
• Learn specific holds that will encourage your students to open and melt to the touch.

This course is for teachers and bodyworkers alike to deepen their understanding and hands-on skill set with the support and guidance of an experienced teacher. Participants must attend at least one of Nicole's classes per week. Group sessions will provide further support and a forum for sharing ideas and questions. Nicole will also be available for one-on-one time throughout the program. All students will be required to teach two or more classes to Nicole (public led or private), and will receive written and/or verbal feedback in return.

Use the power of touch to take your teaching to the next level. Apply now!

About Nicole Clark

Recently transplanted from LA, Nicole Clark taught at the Forrest Yoga Circle/Institute for five years having completed the Forrest Yoga Foundation Teacher Training Course in 2002. Since then she has taught group classes in and around Los Angeles and worked with private clients locally and internationally. Additionally, She has assisted Ana in workshops and teacher training's. Nicole's classes embody the principles of Forrest Yoga (breath, strength, integrity and spirit) by focusing on strengthening the core, and working with the breath while maintaining a mind body connection throughout practice. She has expertise working with cancer patients, endometriosis, sciatica, back pain, and shoulder injuries. Her hands on assists are compassionate, intuitive, and soothing.

In addition to her yoga training. Nicole is a highly-trained craniosacral therapist. She has also worked extensively with Hugh & Giorgia Milne at the Milne Institute - combining the analytic and intuitive approaches to craniosacral work in a meditative setting. Craniosacral is the high art of healing touch -- an exquisitely sensitive, subtle and gentle approach to working with the cranium and sacral waves. Nicole applies these skills in her classes to make her classes a space for healing, compassion and depth.

Limited to 10 Participants

Schedule

April 7th 8am-3:30pm
April 28th 12:15-3:45pm
May 12th 12:15-3:45pm
June 30th 12:15-3:45pm
July 14th 12:15-3:45pm

Payment Options

$495
or
Payment plan
Deposit- $245
March 1st-$150
April 1st-$150

Description

This 3-month program is designed for teachers who have graduated a 200-hour program and are interested in furthering their education in order to become a more confident, organized and successful yoga teacher. This program is specifically for teachers familiar with Ame's teaching style and wanting to learn more about teaching vinyasa flow yoga. Through monthly group practicums as well as one-on-one time, Ame will offer advice and wisdom on sequencing, leading a room, assisting/adjusting, self-promotion and marketing and working with private clients. In addition to monthly group sessions, participants will be required to attend a minimum of one of Ame's classes per week as well as complete outside reading and writing assignments. Lastly each participant will teach for Ame (this could be a public led class or a private session) and will receive feedback in return. This program is well-suited for working teachers, and not applicable to those not teaching yet.

The aim of this program is to provide a focused, professional and worthwhile educational experience through the guidance of a seasoned teacher. In addition, the group dynamic will serve as a teaching support group and a place to share ideas, questions and concerns. Ame will also be available for individual mentorship throughout the 3-month period. Apply now to take your teaching to the next level! Any questions should be directed to ame@backbayyoga.com

*deadline to sign up 2 weeks before

Required books

Waking by Matthew Sanford
Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar

About Ame Wren

Based in Boston, Ame is a self-proclaimed "yoga mutt." Her teaching is a hybrid of many styles of yoga and heavily influenced by her own practice and teachers. She is known for lacing her classes with humor and wisdom while instilling the importance of proper alignment and smart transitioning to craft a long-term, safe asana practice. Continually humbled by the practice and its devotees, Ame hopes to aid students in finding their own quiet space on their mat. She is greatly indebted to all of her teachers past and present and is continually inspired by her NYC home away from home, Kula Yoga Project. Ame was recently named Best Yoga Instructor in the 2010 Boston magazine "Best of Boston" awards. She leads teacher trainings and retreats nationally and internationally and is a featured teacher at Wanderlust Festival.

Limited to 12 Participants

Schedule

Five Saturdays:
September 8th 8-11:30am
October 13th 8-11:30am
October 27th 8-11:30am
November 10th 8-11:30am
December 1st 8-11:30am

Payment Options

Paid in Full $495

Payment Plan (totalling $545)

• Initial Deposit (non-refundable) - $245
• October 1st - $150
• November 1st - $150

Description

'A teacher who is not also a student is neither.'

This program is designed for yoga teachers or advanced yoga students (by teacher's permission) looking to make their yoga more meaningful. We will focus on teaching skills such as sequencing and holding space, but the emphasis of this mentorship will be personal - taking your studentship deeper. Specific areas of focus will include:

• the act of service in teaching
• determining how you can best use your skills in what you offer to others (in yoga and elsewhere)
• advanced asana, pranayama and meditation
• open and caring dialogue on what yoga means to us, how we can communicate and share that meaning with others
• how you can commit to your own studentship going forward so that your teaching will stay inspired and bright
• brief check in meetings with Kate throughout the course

Requirements

• Attendance at all mentorship meetings
• Regular study with Kate (one class or private weekly)
• Weekly journaling to be handed in
• Practice teaching skills with other students
• Required reading "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran, Selected readings from "The Master's Touch" by Yogi Bhajan

Teachers completing this mentorship can expect to leave with a renewed sense of living their yoga. Exploring why yoga matters, to you, to your students and to the world is the best way to keep yourself inspired and grateful. We will support each other in our own deepening of the practice as a way to reflect our studentship and humility in what we offer. Om mani padme hum. The jewel is in the heart of the lotus - and in yours.

About Kate Greer

Kate Greer (Hanspal Kaur) began teaching yoga in NYC after completing a 200hr Vinyasa certification at Sonic Yoga. At that time, her personal practice and teaching were informed by her study at Kula Yoga Project and with Sri Dharma Mittra. Following an injury, Kate was led to the alignment based practice of Anusara, and the teachers Elana Brower and at Vira Yoga. Kate later became Anusara-Inspired, going on to study with Amy Ippoliti, Darren Rhodes, Noah Maze, and John Friend, and she continues to honor aspects of the Anusara system in her teaching today.

Anusara taught Kate not only about healing injury through asana but also introduced her to Tantric philosophy. This piqued an interest that led Kate into further study and the practice of Kundalini, which she studied with Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa and Hari Kaur Khalsa at Golden Bridge Yoga. Kate completed her Level I teacher training at Yogi Bajan's Ranch in Espanola, NM, and currently assists Level I trainings with Guruatma Singh and Prem Pyar Khalsa of Franklin Yoga.

She is currently pursuing the teachings of Shadow Yoga through her teachers Scott Blossom, Chandra Easton, and Matt Pesendian.

Kate lives in the Boston area with her husband, Richmond Dickson, and their son, Kahlil. She teaches public yoga classes and workshops at studios in and around the city, and she is a Director of Back Bay Yoga's 200hr and 500hr Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Trainings.

In 2009, Kate and Richmond founded Open Hearts Yoga School and began offering retreats and teacher trainings in Florida, New England and abroad. Their mission is to provide a safe and sacred space where teachers and students can interact, grow, heal and learn from each other about the open-hearted nature of all human beings.

Limited to 10 Participants

Schedule

September 22nd 8-3:30pm
October 13th 12:15-3:45pm
October 27th 12:15-3:45pm
November 10th 12:15-3:45pm
December 1st 12:15-3:45pm

Payment Options

$495
or
Payment plan
Deposit- $245
Sept 1st-$150
Oct 1st-$150

Description

This 3-month program is designed for teachers who have graduated a 200-hour program and are interested in furthering their education in order to become a more confident, organized and successful yoga teacher. This program is specifically for teachers familiar with Ame's teaching style and wanting to learn more about teaching vinyasa flow yoga. Through monthly group practicums as well as one-on-one time, Ame will offer advice and wisdom on sequencing, leading a room, assisting/adjusting, self-promotion and marketing and working with private clients. In addition to monthly group sessions, participants will be required to attend a minimum of one of Ame's classes per week as well as complete outside reading and writing assignments. Lastly each participant will teach for Ame (this could be a public led class or a private session) and will receive feedback in return. This program is well-suited for working teachers, and not applicable to those not teaching yet.

The aim of this program is to provide a focused, professional and worthwhile educational experience through the guidance of a seasoned teacher. In addition, the group dynamic will serve as a teaching support group and a place to share ideas, questions and concerns. Ame will also be available for individual mentorship throughout the 3-month period. Apply now to take your teaching to the next level! Any questions should be directed to ame@backbayyoga.com

*deadline to sign up 2 weeks before

Required books

Waking by Matthew Sanford
Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar

About Ame Wren

Based in Boston, Ame is a self-proclaimed "yoga mutt." Her teaching is a hybrid of many styles of yoga and heavily influenced by her own practice and teachers. She is known for lacing her classes with humor and wisdom while instilling the importance of proper alignment and smart transitioning to craft a long-term, safe asana practice. Continually humbled by the practice and its devotees, Ame hopes to aid students in finding their own quiet space on their mat. She is greatly indebted to all of her teachers past and present and is continually inspired by her NYC home away from home, Kula Yoga Project. Ame was recently named Best Yoga Instructor in the 2010 Boston magazine "Best of Boston" awards. She leads teacher trainings and retreats nationally and internationally and is a featured teacher at Wanderlust Festival.

Limited to 12 Participants

Schedule

Five Sundays, 1:30pm to 5pm
September 30, October 14th, October 28th, November 11th, December 12th

Payment Options

You have a choice between two payment options:

• Pay in Full - $400 up front in one payment
• Payment Plan - $250 initial deposit, with additional $100 payments due Septmber 1 and October 1, totaling $450

Description

The application of careful and sensitive touch can refine one's yoga practice and elevate yoga instruction to otherwise unattainable heights. Join Nicole Clark for this three month mentor program emphasizing hands-on adjustments, holding space, working with injuries, and other uses of touch in the yoga studio. (Re)discover the power of touch to comfort and heal, connect and communicate. Gain a deeper understanding of anatomy and energy in the ebb and flow of yoga practice.

• Learn how to give adjustments with confidence, how to hold space with authority and compassion, and how to sequence a class in a way that addresses all body types.
• Develop and strengthen your sense of insight and intuition.
• Learn how to specialize a sequence for particular needs or injuries, to encourage healing and to build strength from the inside out.
• Learn how to properly assess and assist bodies of all levels, to enable a deeper experience.
• Learn about working with private clients, how to assess their needs and how to keep their practice fresh and inspired.
• Learn specific holds that will encourage your students to open and melt to the touch.

This course is for teachers and bodyworkers alike to deepen their understanding and hands-on skill set with the support and guidance of an experienced teacher. Participants must attend at least one of Nicole's classes per week. Group sessions will provide further support and a forum for sharing ideas and questions. Nicole will also be available for one-on-one time throughout the program. All students will be required to teach two or more classes to Nicole (public led or private), and will receive written and/or verbal feedback in return.

Use the power of touch to take your teaching to the next level. Apply now!

About Nicole Clark

Recently transplanted from LA, Nicole Clark taught at the Forrest Yoga Circle/Institute for five years having completed the Forrest Yoga Foundation Teacher Training Course in 2002. Since then she has taught group classes in and around Los Angeles and worked with private clients locally and internationally. Additionally, She has assisted Ana in workshops and teacher training's. Nicole's classes embody the principles of Forrest Yoga (breath, strength, integrity and spirit) by focusing on strengthening the core, and working with the breath while maintaining a mind body connection throughout practice. She has expertise working with cancer patients, endometriosis, sciatica, back pain, and shoulder injuries. Her hands on assists are compassionate, intuitive, and soothing.

In addition to her yoga training. Nicole is a highly-trained craniosacral therapist. She has also worked extensively with Hugh & Giorgia Milne at the Milne Institute - combining the analytic and intuitive approaches to craniosacral work in a meditative setting. Craniosacral is the high art of healing touch -- an exquisitely sensitive, subtle and gentle approach to working with the cranium and sacral waves. Nicole applies these skills in her classes to make her classes a space for healing, compassion and depth.