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Greenpath: 200-Hour Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training with Clayton Horton

Facilitator: Clayton Horton

KPJAYI Certified Ashtanga Yoga Instructor

 

Part I: 11-15 & 18-23 October

Part II:  8-12 & 15-20 November

 

Starstreet Precinct – Wan Chai

11 October - 20 November

About the Training

The greatest happiness comes from helping others.

 

Teaching yoga is a service to all beings – a contribution to our community and to the health of our world. Take the next step in your development with this well-rounded and comprehensive training programme.

 

This 200-hour course is for those who are already teaching, aspiring to teach, or simply wish to deepen their own practice. Students may take one or both modules. 

 

Yoga Alliance Accredited School 
PURE Yoga is a registered school with Yoga Alliance. Our teacher training programmes and teachers are internationally accredited, have exclusive recognition and qualify for the 200-hr Yoga Alliance Certification.

 

Yoga Alliance is an international governing board for yoga teachers and training programmes in the U.S and globally. Graduates of our programme are automatically eligible to register as a RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) with Yoga Alliance. Becoming a RYT means having a higher profile and gaining international recognition as a yoga teacher, attributes that many hiring studios look for.

   

Mission Statement
We offer this training in an effort to grow our community of committed yoga practitioners, empowering those who demonstrate dedication to a personal practice, by sharing the knowledge, skills and tools we have learned so that they too can start teaching yoga.

 

We intend to guide trainees towards a healthy self-confidence, while at the same time invoking in them a sense of humility and excitement, knowing that they are at the beginning of a long journey.

Syllabus

MODULE FOCUS:

Part 1 – Asana Foundations: Refining your personal practice, asana alignment, correct breathing, meditation, pranayama, intelligent sequencing, how to be a good student, yoga philosophy, yogic lifestyle, history of Ashtanga Yoga.       

                    

Part 2 – Practice Teaching: Adjustments, classroom dynamics, the voice of the teacher, functional anatomy, ayurveda basics, intro to sanskrit, injury prevention, eternal lessons of the Bhagavad Gita.

 

Asana

  • Ashtanga Yoga in the tradition of the Jois family of Mysore, South India as well as simple restorative postures and mudras
  • Daily morning practice of Ashtanga Mysore-style and Led classes with meditation and simple breathwork
  • Study of Vinyasa; Correct breathing coupled with conscious movement, dristhi (looking place) and the internal energy locks, bandhas
  • Proper technique & alignment for stability, safety and ease

 

Teaching

  • Finding Your Teaching Voice  – verbal cues, authenticity and non-violent communication
  • Classroom Dynamics  – responding appropriately to what arises in the classroom, seeing the big picture
  • Injury Prevention – learn how to instruct students in a safe manner and stay injury-free as a practitioner & teacher
  • Adjustments  – how, why, when and for whom? Become comfortable and confident with basic and verbal adjustments
  • Prenatal Yoga – how to guide mums-to-be in a safe and supportive manner
  • Sanskrit – learn basic counting and asana names of the Ashtanga Primary Series

 

 Anatomy & Physiology

  • Functional Anatomy – understand the relationship of muscles, bones, connective tissue and fascia
  • Subtle Anatomy – the internal exploration of Chakras, Vayus, Koshas, and Nadis

 

Philosophy

  • Explore the key teachings of the Patanjalim Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and other ancient texts
  • History of Yoga – Yoga’s ancient history and the evolution of yoga into modern times
  • Tantra, Vedanta, Buddhism, Ecology, and their relation to yoga
  • The Tree of Yoga – Lineages, Gurus, and styles of yoga 

 

Yoga Lifestyle

  • How to be a good student
  • Ethics – the moral foundation of the practice, Yamas and Niyamas, and non-violent communication
  • Bhakti Yoga – Kirtan, devotional chanting, and mantra
  • Business of Yoga – how to orient oneself and gracefully navigate the seas of today’s yoga biz, social media and online teaching
  • Yogic Diet – Nutrition for the mind, body, and soul
  • Ayurveda – an introduction to India’s ancient Science of Life

 

 

Schedule

 

Part 1: Asana Foundations

11-15 & 18-23 October

 

Part 2: Practice Teaching

8-12 & 15-20 November 

 

Weekday Schedule:

6:45 AM – 9:00 AM: Mysore (open to Cardholder bookings)

9:30 AM – 5:15 PM: Study (including breaks)

 

Weekend & Public Holiday Schedule:

8:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Mysore

11:00 AM – 5:15 PM: Study (including breaks)

 

All hours can be counted towards Yoga Alliance registration.

 

Requirements

Students must be familiar with and be able to practise the first half of the Ashtanga Primary Series. Clayton can suggest online classes for you to take if you are not able to come to his classes in person to prepare for the course. Students who are interested in participating should bear in mind that this will be a physically and emotionally demanding programme. It will require a strong commitment and personal sacrifice as well as the support of the student’s primary support network. We emphasise that this programme may not be for everyone.

 

Interested students must:

  • Have a deep desire to learn and personally explore the deeper dimensions of yoga
  • Have a minimum 12months of regular yoga practice
  • Be free of major injuries going into the programme
  • Have a coachable attitude
  • Be fully committed and understand that 100% full attendance is required
  • Be willing to forgo most other personal or professional commitments for the duration of the programme
  • Commit to being drug- and alcohol-free during the training period
  • Notify PURE if undergoingany medication for any physical or psychological conditions before registering for the course

 

Tuition

Full Training

Super Early-Bird Price: HKD 30,800 (ends 30 June)

Early-bird Price: HKD 33,300 (ends 31 August)

Regular Price: HKD 39,176

 

Any One Part Training

Early-bird Price: HKD 18,500 (ends 31 August)

Regular Price: HKD 20,556

Terms & conditions
LOCATION
Starstreet Precinct
Wanchai
Yoga
3-19 Wing Fung Street, Starstreet Precinct, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Clayton Horton

Born in Oklahoma, US, Clayton is an experienced and internationally known KPJAYI Certified Ashtanga yoga instructor. Clayton studied with masters Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and the Greensufi for 14 years, both of whom gave him great inspiration to practise daily and develop a yogic lifestyle. To Clayton, yoga is a healing path back to the self, allowing us to experience true peace and happiness. Being kind and living in balance with nature are qualities that continue to guide his life.

 

QUALIFICATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

  • Nutrition Science Online Associates Degree – Stanford Center for Health Education, 2020
  • Gong Training Level 1 & 2 with Martha Collard, 2020
  • Natural Yogic Treatment, Fasting Detox Coaching Training, 2020
  • Certification in the practice of Bioresonance – Paul-Schmidt-Akademie, Lennestadt, Germany, 2017
  • Initiation of Tantric Sadhana, Sahaj Meditation, Levels 1-6, Dada Dharmavedananda, Cebu, Philippines, 2012-2017
  • Bioresonance Basic Therapy Course A and B – Bicom UK LLP, 2017
  • Diploma of Basic Natural Therapy – Ananda Marga Yoga Wellness Center, Cebu, Philippines, 2016
  • K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute, Certification, August 2016
  • K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute Authorisation Level Two, June 2010
  • K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Research Institute Authorisation Level One, January 2003