LEARNING TO TEACH


The heart of the Prajna Yoga practice involves asana with a focus on internal alignment, mindfulness, and flow. We emphasize anatomical study with a focus on structural integration. Through meditation and study of the “three jewels”—the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha—we encourage an embodied wisdom. Thus the Prajna Yoga practice supports internal transformation at the deepest level.

The Path of Practice plants the seeds for becoming a yoga teacher, should it be your calling to become a yoga guide. Whether you teach or not, this is a path toward embodied wisdom. For those who wish to teach, we prepare you to teach both on-line and in person classes. Rather than a prescription for how to teach a given system of yoga, we invite you to cultivate a language of yoga that articulates the body in asana and pranayama and incorporates the study of poetry, sutras, myths and chanting. It is a journey that leads right to the heart of being.

SCHEDULE


Module 1: From the Ground Up

  • April 28 – May 2 | 9:30am - 1:30pm Mountain Time
  • May 5 – 9 | 9:30am - 1:30pm Mountain Time


Module 2: Bringing Heart & Mind Together

  • May 26 – 30 | 9:30am - 1:30pm Mountain Time
  • June 2 – 6 | 9:30am - 1:30pm Mountain Time


Module 3: The Wisdom Body

  • June 19 – 23 | 9:30am - 1:30pm Mountain Time
  • June 26 – 30 | 9:30am - 1:30pm Mountain Time


Weekly Live Practices | April 27 – June 30:

  • Join Tias & Surya weekly on Tuesdays at 10:00 - 11:30am Mountain Time
  • Join Djuna weekly on Thursdays at 9:00 - 10:00am Mountain Time

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COST: $2,950

MEET YOUR TEACHERS

TIAS LITTLE

Tias began teaching the content for a foundational yoga training in 1998, shortly after his second trip to India to study yoga. A Buddhist yogi, he brings his wisdom of anatomy, the subtle body and insight meditation to the yoga practice. His degree in English inspires him to teach yoga through poetic and descriptive language.

SURYA LITTLE

Surya brings to the mat a 30-year background in nutrition, a background in therapeutic yoga in the Iyengar method and a practice of Qigong and the Chinese Five Element Theory. Surya lived in India and Nepal for three years studying yoga. Her classes are dynamic and light-hearted while cultivating a strong mental and physical practice. She gives private yoga sessions and nutritional consultations.

DJUNA DEVERAUX

Djuna has been a student of Tias and Surya Little for 17 years and teaches Prajna Yoga nationally and internationally. She is also a certified yoga therapist in private practice and studies Somatic Experiencing through the Trauma Institute. Her highly accessible approach illuminates the depths of the yoga practice.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

  • Yoga Anatomy
  • Nadis and Chinese Medicine Meridians
  • Intro to the Chakras
  • Yin practice intro to SATYA
  • Restorative Yoga
  • The Eightfold Path of the Buddhist teachings
  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Coping with Anxiety
  • Women’s Health and Yoga
  • Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
  • The Yoga of Sound: Chanting and Vibration
  • Language of Yoga, Sanskrit
  • Sequencing, Props, Conducting a Class
  • Pranayama
  • Trauma and the Brain
  • Social Justice
  • Environmental Protection
  • Social Media Marketing

This course is closed for enrollment.

LIVE PRACTICES

With registration, you will receive classes with Tias, Surya, and Djuna - each of which will compliment the 200-Hour trainings

LIVE ZOOM

Each session contains live Zoom meetings & lectures with Tias & Surya and Prajna Yoga senior teachers, and a library of supplemental material at your fingertips

RECORDINGS AVAILABLE

All live sessions will be recorded and available to in the Curriculum you should you be unable to attend live

OUR KEY INGREDIENTS


Mindfulness & Meditation

All of our practice is rooted in mindful, loving presence. In the Path of Practice, you will come away with an established daily meditation and a steady practice to help you live fearlessly in the world with an open heart.


Yoga Postures & Somatic Awareness

You will learn not only classical yoga postures but through our unique, highly sought after SATYA program (Sensory Awareness Training for Yoga) develop skillful connection between body and mind.

 

Anatomy & Alignment Principles

We specialize in living anatomy, that is how to align your bones, balance your fascial and increase the flow of prana through your circulatory system.

 

Subtle Body Training

Subtle body awareness connects us to the chakras, the flow of breath and the exquisite movement to the pulse of life within.

 

Social Justice

Develop a language to speak out on behalf of all beings, to live with compassionate presence in your community and to be a voice for positive change in the world.

 

Environmental Protection

We believe that the ecology of the body cannot be separated from the ecosystem at large. You will discover ways to advocate on behalf off the rivers, oceans, forests and fields.

 

Social Media Marketing

Should you decide to teach, learn how to promote your classes via FB and IG.

THE PERKS OF TRAINING ONLINE


Busy? You will have time to go at your own pace. Can’t make the Live Class? Then you can catch the recording. We have consolidated 25 years of teaching into a program format that you can work through at your own pace. Plus you can return to the content for years to come to refresh your memory and recharge your practice and teaching.

*Note: Live attendance is required for Yoga Alliance Credit/CEU Satisfaction*

STAYING CURRENT


At this time in history we face immense challenges. In light of an international health crisis, social injustice and political instability and the move toward on-line learning, we have updated our foundational yoga teacher training program to meet the needs of the day.

 Right from the get-go, this course of study will take you on a remarkable journey. You will discover new landscapes within the body-mind connection, leading to a fountain of knowledge that can be shared in the teaching context. Each week will deepen your personal practice as you gain insight into the beauty, depth and splendor of the yoga tradition. Our approach is classical, yet multidimensional. We see the body-mind through a contemporary lens and bring mindfulness and meditative flow to all we do. We study the fascia of the body, the vitality of the bones, sensory awareness and the flow of prana. In the midst of great division and discrimination in the world today, our mission is to build integrity, honesty and wakefulness for a more compassionate world.

This course is closed for enrollment.

COURSE CURRICULUM

  The Path of Practice: Online 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
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Important Information:


*The Path of Practice is good for 200 hours of total combined live training, pre-recorded material, classes, and homework

*Students who complete this course will receive a Prajna Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Certificate and are eligible to be registered with Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT200).

*Live attendance is required for Yoga Alliance Credit.

*All live sessions will be recorded and available in the Curriculum should you be unable to attend live.