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Yoga Apprenticeship Program, Special Needs and Yoga Back Care
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The Center for Yoga of Seattle's Apprenticeship Program is designed
to train the next generation of yoga teachers in the great tradition
of Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar. Periodically, we accept as apprentices
a limited number of dedicated students committed to becoming competent
yoga teachers. The Center is now seeking highly motivated students to start
in the Apprenticeship Program in January.
Apprenticeships in Iyengar Yoga involve learning how to assist
in regular classes, learning the progression in teaching beginners
(how to develop a yoga course), learning how to individualize the
practice and teaching of yoga to various individuals, learning the
seven-step method of teaching Iyengar Yoga, and learning how to develop good
demonstration, instruction, observation, and correction skills.
Apprenticeships run for a period of two years, with enrollment in a
13-week quarterly session, after which the apprenticeship position will either
be extended or not, depending on the performance and advancements of the apprentice.
Click
here for a printable poster with details about what apprenticeships mean in
Iyengar yoga, and qualifications for the program.
The Center for Yoga of Seattle offers one of only 29
approved Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training Programs in the
United States. Richard is the only authorized Iyengar
Yoga Teacher Trainer in the Seattle Area.
For
a detailed biography of Richard Schachtel, the Center's founder & director, click
here.
SEMI-PRIVATE SPECIAL NEEDS YOGA CLASSES
and YOGA BACK CARE CLASSES
with Richard Schachtel
An Iyengar Yoga Special Needs Class is an opportunity for those with
various injuries, ailments and imbalances to learn highly specialized and individualized
therapeutic yoga sequences to help improve thier condition. For students with back, knee
shoulder, or neck problems; organic or nervous system ailments; hypertension or low
energy issues.
This is a unique class at The Center where students with injuries, imbalances,
major stiffness, and medical challenges can gain more individualized instruction
than is possible in a regular group lesson. In this Iyengar Yoga Special Needs Class,
each student will be given an individualized yoga program which will be adjusted week by week.
Richard's permission to attend is required.
Those who have taken a class with Richard in the last 12 months can call or email a request
to join the class along with a description of their major problems as it related to doing
yoga. For those who have not been recent students of Richard's, a private lesson with him
is required where he can work with you individually to design a suitable yoga regime and
to determine your suitability to join the Friday class. Private lessons are prepaid and
are arranged through the yoga center office.
Those with permission to join the Friday class need to register through the yoga center
office. Those taking their first therapeutics will pre-pay for a single lesson.
Those who have been in the course before will need to sign up all for the 3, 4, or 5
Fridays of the month in advance through the office.
Richard trains for 1-2 months a year with Geeta and BKS Iyengar and their students in
their medical yoga classes in Poona, India. Richard works with a wide variety of student
challenges: back, neck, knee shoulder, wrist problems and organic ailments and system
imbalances. This is the only class of this nature in Seattle (an Iyengar yoga Special Needs
class)
Yoga Back Care Courses are offered for those with back challenges as a group class. Participants of all levels are welcome. Please click on 'workshops' in the right column for more information and to register.
For more information, please contact the Center for Yoga's office at
(206) 526-9642 or via e-mail at
info@yogaseattle.com.
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