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WILDLOTUS 300-Hour Advanced Teacher Training 2024 (HK) with Patrick Creelman

WS2790

World Trade Centre

18 July - 12 December 2024

About the Training

The WildLotus 300-Hour Teacher Training Programme aims to transform all participants with 3 main goals:

 

  1. Expand your Yoga practice
  2. Deepen your understanding of Yoga
  3. Stabilise and mature your teaching from a clear position of values and skill

 

The WildLotus 300-hour Teacher Training is a Professional Teacher Certification Programme. This programme offers a cohesive, multi-specialist approach to teacher training that blends the best of the yoga tradition from the east and the west. Our faculty are highly-trained, experienced, inspiring professionals with a profound understanding of the transformative power of Yoga.

 

The WildLotus 300-hour Teacher Training aims to deepen the direct experience of yoga for yoga teachers. Our programme emphasises students’ personal practice as the source of their teaching and includes a comprehensive study of the techniques and mechanics of the fundamental postures as well as the tools necessary to teach and inspire others. To deepen their education, students will also study functional anatomy and physiology; explore Yoga’s key philosophical teachings in a practical way; practice meditation and pranayama; engage in the practice of hands-on adjustments; study group management and strong leadership skills.

WildLotus’ methodology will be presented and explored during practice sessions, teaching sessions, student-to-student assessments, and discussions to create sincere understanding and authenticity for teaching. This includes the mastery of asana alignment and prop use learned from the Iyengar School, sequencing knowledge from the Vinyasa/Flow approach, and the transformative element of Hot Yoga. Essentially the Iyengar School provides us with the methodology of precise anatomical and physical alignments and instructions as well as the profound understanding and application of the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. The vinyasa and hot practice methodologies incorporate heat and flow into a dynamic approach to class programmes that are common starting points for teachers and students alike.

 

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 & 300-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 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.

 

TRAINING SCHEDULE

Module 1: 18-21 Jul & 22-25 Aug
Module 2: 12-15 Sep & 19-22 Sep
Module 3: 21-24, 28-30 Nov & 1 Dec
Module 4: 4-7 Dec & 9-12 Dec

DAILY SCHEDULE

08:00am-11:00pm Morning Practice
11:15am-4:30pm Lecture, discussion, hands-on teaching clinic, technical assessments,

past homework review (Including lunch break)

5:00pm-6:00pm PM practice / Peer teaching

 

MORNING INTENSIVES

(with Teacher’s approval only)

In-Studio

Regular Price

Zoom Online 20% off *40% off for Graduates

(In-Studio/online)

Full 32-Day Morning Intensives

(A total of 96 hours)

HK$17,920 HK$14,336 HK$10,752

(HK$112/hour)

One Modular Morning Intensive

(A total of 24 hours)

HK$5,040 HK$4,032 HK$3,024

(HK$126/hour)

Daily Drop-in (A total of 3 hours) HK$700 HK$490 HK$420

**40% off Morning Intensives Package (Full 32-Day or One Modular 8-Day option) for graduates of The Foundation Training for Yoga Teachers & WildLotus: 300-hour Advanced Teacher Training. 

Syllabus

Module 1 – OM and the Yogic mind
A broad overview – Seeing the purpose of yoga with fresh eyes
  • Daily morning asana practice
  • Daily morning pranayama practice
  • Daily morning meditation practice
Introductions, programme outline, expectations, material overview, and group dynamic discussion
  • Begin practice analysis
  • Begin teaching analysis and outline path ahead
  • Schedule for Module 1 progressive teaching
  • Group Assessment 1
  • Personal practice log; personal teaching log; personal study group
Module 1 overall lecture and study focus
  • Ethics/guard rails of teaching
  • Opening studentship guidelines
  • Teaching for class opening & closing
  • Values discussion and writing exercises: Part 1
  • Class opening talk: Part 1
  • Pose analysis: alignment, demonstration, observation, instructional cues
  • Standing poses, seated poses focus: Learning, studying, observing, teaching, modifying
  • The knees; the hips; the legs
  • How to apply props for poses
  • Which poses, which classes to use props
  • Experiential education
  • Assessment of applied anatomy & physiology
  • Understanding general student misalignments and how to address, instruct and re-teach during class
  • Alignment/Misalignment clinic 1
  • Physical adjustments: Step 1 – Introduction
  • Guna: Sattva, Rajas, Tamas
  • Understanding the purpose of class and asana through Guna
  • Intro to Personal Yoga Library
  • Assignment 1 presented
Module 2 – Yama and Niyama
Creating a path for personal growth
  • Daily morning asana practice
  • Daily morning pranayama practice
  • Daily morning meditation practice
  • Expectations review and group dynamic discussion
  • Practice analysis: Part 2
  • Begin teaching analysis and outline path ahead
  • Schedule for module 2 progressive teaching
  • Group Assessment 2
  • Practice log, teaching log, study log: Review 1
  • Outline Module 2 study programme: Asana 2; Pranayama 2; Props 2
Module 2 overall lecture and study focus
  • Ethics of teaching
  • Teaching assessment 1
  • Values discussion and writing exercises: Part 2
  • Class opening talk: Part 2
  • Verbal instruction focus – body part precision instructions
  • Physical adjustment: Step 2 – Safe & Effective
  • Pose analysis
  • Inversion pose, twisting pose focus: learning, studying, observing, teaching, modifying
  • The neck; the shoulders; the rib cage
  • Experiential education
  • Private Yoga focus: exercises and sequencing
  • Assessment of applied anatomy & physiology
  • Identifying and understanding misalignments
  • Alignment/Misalignment clinic 2
  • Alignment sequencing 1
  • Classical Yoga asana sequencing vs Creative Flow sequencing: Learning, experiencing
  • When and why to use props
  • Personal Yoga Library review
  • Assignment 1 review
  • Assignment 2 presented
Module 3 – Grace
Courage and Humility: Leadership combining transformative action with receptivity
  • Daily morning asana practice
  • Daily morning pranayama practice
  • Daily morning meditation practice
  • Module 3 programme outline
  • Review expectations and group dynamic discussion
  • Practice analysis: Part 3
  • Teaching analysis, update teacher review
  • Schedule for module 3 progressive teaching
  • Group Assessment 3
  • Practice log, teaching log, study log: Review 2
  • Outline Module 3 study program: Asana 3; Pranayama 3; Props 3
Module 3 overall lecture and study focus
  • Peer review teaching clinic
  • Teaching assessment 2
  • Adjustment clinic and assessment
  • Verbal instruction focus – types of instructions
  • Pose analysis
  • Alignment/Misalignment clinic 3
  • Alignment sequencing 2
  • Physical Adjustments: Step 3 – Going Deeper
  • Backbending, arm balancing focus: learning, studying, teaching, observing, modifying
  • The spine; the corners of the body; the arms; the legs
  • Sequencing for levels: Intro level, level 1, level 2/intermediate
  • Peak Pose sequencing: Asana categorisation, Peak level
  • Study feedback
  • Ethics of teaching
  • Assessment of applied anatomy & physiology
  • How to teach with care and help students break unhelpful habits
  • Creating a long-term class curriculum
  • Bringing discipline into your class & learning when to modify
  • When and why to use props
  • Assignment 2 review
  • Assignment 3 presented
  • Building a business from the power of your teaching: Part 1
Module 4 – Ganesh
Embodying responsibility with power in the Seat of the Teacher
  • Daily morning asana practice
  • Daily morning pranayama practice
  • Daily morning meditation practice
  • Introductions, programme outline, expectations, material overview, and group dynamic discussion
  • Begin practice analysis
  • Begin teaching analysis and outline path ahead
  • Schedule for Module 4 progressive teaching
  • Group Assessment 4
  • Practice log, teaching log, study log: Review 3
  • Outline module 4 study programme: Asana 4; Pranayama 4; Props 4
Module 4 overall lecture and study focus
  • Philosophical overview, review and personal analysis
  • Final teaching assessment
  • Final practice assessment
  • Verbal instruction focus – types of instructions
  • Pose analysis
  • Full Spectrum Asana focus: Sequencing for interesting & optimal pose family relationships
  • Overall biomechanics: the symphony of the body
  • Ethics of teaching
  • Assessment of applied anatomy & physiology
  • Alignment/Misalignment clinic 4
  • Alignment sequencing 3
  • Physical Adjustments: Step 4 – Therapeutic and Expansive
  • Clarification of classical form and when to modify
  • When and why to use props
  • How to better schedule practice time, study time, teaching hours
  • Guidelines and communication skills for building and managing good teacher-student relationships
  • How to best use newly formed Personal Yoga Library
  • Assignment 3 review
  • Svadhyaya: How to own the lessons.
  • How to positively analyse personal pose improvements
  • Teaching the teachings
  • Building a business from the power of your teaching: Part 2

 
 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

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Event Language
English
 
Minimum No. of Students
This programme requires a minimum of 25 students.
 
Early-Bird Discount:
• Early-Bird Discount ends 15 June 2024.
 
Refunds/Cancellation:
• No refund or credit will be issued for cancellations starting from 16 June 2024.
• Valid refunds are subject to a 10% processing fee that will be deducted from your refund.
• Applications for a refund (medical and emergency reasons only) must be made within 3 days with valid proof after the event finishes.
 
Special Offer from nood food
• 10% off all nood food items or $5 off for all nood cold-pressed juices for all yoga event registrants on dates of the workshop.
 
Special Offer from KURIOS
• 15% off for PURE Cardholders and 10% off for non-PURE Cardholders on all KURIOS regular-priced products for all yoga event registrants on dates of the workshop.
 
Contact & Enquiries
For enquiries, please email TeacherTraining@pure-yoga.com
 
*If there is any discrepancy between the printed and web versions, the web version shall prevail.

Requirements
Homework submission prior to the start of the course:
  1. Bhagavad Gita – 250- to 500-word summary of the main teachings, PLUS choose 3 favorite chapters and write 1 paragraph on each: what you learned from it and why you liked it
  2. Light on Life – Write a 250-word summary and what you found to be the most insightful or inspiring aspect of this book
  3. Light on Yoga – Write a basic explanation of the Yamas & Niyamas as outlined in the first section of Light On Yoga and how they are beneficial to your life today.
  4. Practice, study & memorise the WildLotus Foundation Practice Sequence (Students should know the poses by name and picture using Light On Yoga as reference)

 

Required readings prior to training:
  1. Light on Life by B.K.S. Iyengar
  2. Bhagavad Gita (any version)
  3. Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
  4. WildLotus Foundation Practice Sequence (will be sent to students before training)

 

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.

 

Interested students must:
  • Have a deep desire to learn and personally explore the deeper dimensions of yoga
  • Have a minimum 12 months 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
  • Have read the required readings and submitted homework below prior to the beginning of the course
LOCATION
World Trade Centre
Causeway Bay
Yoga
7/F World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Patrick Creelman
As the founding teacher of PURE Yoga, Patrick has trained hundreds of yoga teachers in Vinyasa-style flow practice for optimal health. His teachings are rooted in Tantra Yoga philosophy, aiming at experiencing the supreme potential within any moment.