Birchwood Center 200-Hour Level I
Yoga Teacher Certification Program

• Teacher Track for
  Aspiring Teachers


• Deepening Your Practice
  for Inspired Students

Become part of a lineage of teachers who have studied and taught the ancient wisdom of yoga, and discover why teaching yoga is such an intoxicating occupation! Birchwood Center’s Level I Yoga Teacher Training can serve as your starting point on an enlightening journey towards becoming a certified teacher of beginners and mixed level students. Experience how enriching it is to teach this venerated tradition, which brings both student and teacher closer to the truth of who we are. Those inspired to deepen their own practice and knowledge of yoga without teacher certification are also invited to take this inward journey.

The program includes:

• Principles of Asana and Alignment
• Principles of Vinyasa
• Teaching Methodology
• Pranayama and the Pranic Body
• Yoga Philosophy
• Anatomy & Physiology
• Introduction to Sanskrit
• Chanting, Meditation & Mudra
• Finding Your Authentic Voice
• The Business of Yoga and
  Presenting Yourself as a Teacher

Faculty:

• Betsy Ceva, E-RYT 500, Director.
  Teaching since 1991
• Charlene Bradin, E-RYT 200, Asst. Director.
  Teaching since 1998
• Julie Lifton, RYT 200.
  Teaching since 2000
• Lynne Aubrey, RYT 500.
  Teaching since 2002
• Jemma Lampkin, RYT 200.
  Teaching since 2005
• Gina Martin, Anatomy & Physiology.
  Teaching since 1987

Training Session Dates
Please check the dates below to make sure you will be able to attend all mandatory training sessions prior to applying.

Mandatory Session Dates:

• January
  Friday, Jan 6th – 6:00-900pm
  Saturday, Jan 7th – 9:00am-5:00pm
  Tuesdays, Jan 10th,17th, 24th, 31st – 7:00-9:00pm
• February
  Friday, Feb 3rd – 6:00-9:00pm
  Saturday, Feb 4th – 9:00am-5:00pm
  Tuesdays, Feb 7th, 14th, 28th – 7:00-9:00pm
  (Feb 21 is school vacation week – no TT class)
• February/March
  Friday, Mar 2nd – 6:00-9:00pm
  Saturday, Mar 3rd – 9:00am-5:00pm
  Tuesdays, Mar 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th – 7:00-9:00pm
• March/April
  Friday, Mar 30th – 6:00-9:00pm
  Saturday, Mar 31th – 9:00am-5:00pm
  Tuesdays, Apr 3th, 17th, 24th – 7:00-9:00pm
  ( Apr 10 is school vacation week – no TT class)
• April/May
  Friday, Apr 27th – 6:00-9:00pm
  Saturday, Apr 28th – 9:00am-5:00pm
  Tuesdays, May 1st, 8th, 15th – 7:00-9:00pm

• May/June
  Friday, May 18th – 6:00-9:00pm
  Saturday, May 19th – 9:00am-5:00pm
  Tuesdays, May 22, 29, Jun 5, 12 – 7:00-9:00pm
• June
  Friday, Jun 14th – 6:00-9:00pm
  Saturday, Jun 15th – 9:00am-5:00pm

Optional Practice Teaching Evenings:

• To be determined

Ashram Field Trip:

• To be determined

Tuition & Application

Teacher Track: $3500 ($3200 if paid in full by December 31, 2011)

Four month payment plans based on full tuition available upon request.

• Includes seven mandatory weekend programs as well as Tuesday evening programs, unlimited class card for the duration of the program, manual and materials (text books not included).
• Requirements for certification include full participation in all mandatory sessions, homework, readings, classes, testing, practice teaching, and all contact hour requirements.
• Upon completion of all requirements, students receive 200-hour yoga teacher certification by Birchwood Center, a Yoga Alliance registered school.
  
• Teacher Track Application [PDF DOWNLOAD]

Deepening Your Practice*: $2500 ($2400 if paid in full by December 31, 2011)

Four month payment plans based on full tuition available upon request

• Includes seven weekend programs as well as Tuesday evening programs, unlimited class card for the duration of the program, manual and materials (text books not included).
• Readings and monthly written assignments will be required to help deepen your practice.
• Deepen Your Practice Application [PDF DOWNLOAD]

*Certification is not granted for completing this program. Students can switch to Teacher Track prior to February 3rd 2012.