SUKHA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
FALL SEPT/OCT 2024
DATES/DAYS
SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS 8:30-5:30PM
SEPTEMBER 13-15, 20-22, 27-29
OCTOBER 4-6 WEEKEND OFF
OCTOBER 11-13, 18-20, 25-27
Teacher Training
Our curriculum was born from the desire to integrate the Yoga of practice on the mat with the Yoga of Life off the mat. Welcome home to yourself.
Whether your intention is to teach yoga or deepen your practice, Sukha Yoga Austin will guide you through an empowering and experiential education. Cultivate a deeper relationship with yourself through an applied understanding of yogic philosophy and lifestyle. Gain a greater knowledge of anatomy and functional movement. Study and experience the full 8 Limbs of the practice and grow within a loving and welcoming community.
The first half we dive deeply into personal practice, philosophy, subtle body anatomy, and physiology, the second half is dedicated to sequencing, practice teaching, and community offerings.
First Half:
Yoga Philosophy - Yoga Anatomy & Physiology - Subtle Body + Energetic Anatomy -Yin + Restoratives - Introduction to Breathwork
Study the 8 Limbs of Yoga and apply them to your life as a way of seeing and caring for your self and the world around you.
Learn the foundations of anatomy, including how the body moves through yoga asana and how the respiratory system supports the body and mind during a yoga class. Study the major muscles groups, joint systems and how they relate to postures and sequencing. Approach anatomy and alignment from a holistic person to person basis rather than a one way fits all approach.
Introduction to the Chakra/Energy Systems of the body through meditation and breath work
Experience Yin + Restorative practices as gateways to meditation and nervous system regulation.
Second Half: Sequencing, Ayurveda, Community Offerings
Learn how to group postures into “families” via grouping them into similar movement and skeletal orientations. Understand how to build or “grow your flow” intelligently and joyfully using the Sukha Sequencing Mandala. Sequencing is taught so that each component complements and grows the previous posture or part in relationship to the physical and subtle body.
Inspire a love for Yoga’s sister science, Ayurveda through understanding your own dosha, and how to create practices that support you and your students feeling more balanced.
Community Classes
You will prepare and teach with a peer in training a full yoga practice. This culminates in offering a class to your training peers and an opportunity to teach a community class in studio. This is a celebration of your efforts and dedication to self study and we encourage you to invite loved ones to come take the class.
Place your deposit today and say yes to personal growth for 2024.
If tuition is not accessible for you at this time please enquire about partial scholarships available each year (up to $400).
Please note financial commitment and refund policy: Mark and Erinn have invested a tremendous amount of time, energy, and financial resources to create this program for you. Please respect this energy exchange and understand we cannot offer refunds on any tuition paid. Your Deposit will go into a scholarship fund for future students in need of assistance to attend the course. If circumstances arise where you cannot complete the course we will meet to come up with an alternative that supports both Sukha and You, such as future training credit or time to complete the course in an alternative way.
NEXT 200HR Meditation Training: FEBRUARY 2025.
MEDITATION TRAINING 2025
The curriculum has been created for the serious and curious student. 5 Months dedicated to enhancing your life and offering you more tools to navigate and lead your own community. The course is progressive and builds on practices and teachings from mindfulness based meditation, Buddhism, breathwork, Kundalini and Kriya yoga as well as the latest in neuroscience relating to mindfulness and breathwork. A blend of extended & experiential meditation practices, lecture, discussion, reading, and individual and group offerings balance the curriculum. We focus on breathwork, mantra, silent practices, understanding subtle body anatomy, the nervous system, the spine, the brain, and the effects of the practice on our emotional and mental wellbeing.
The Annual Sukha Meditation Training will take you on a mind and heart journey like no other.
Build a strong personal sitting practice in Loving Kindness, Compassion, Appreciation, Equanimity, and Shamatha Meditation. A dynamic foundation in breathwork, Kundalini Yoga. Skills to teach meditation, practice meditation, and most importantly cultivation of insight and enhancement of your life! You choose how you'd like to apply what you are learning to your every day life. Teach others the joy and tenderness of meditation either in more classic settings like schools, yoga studios, meditation classes you create or "teach" through how you live your life with your newly honed skills.
The curriculum has been created for the serious and curious student. 5 Months dedicated to enhancing your life and offering you more tools to navigate and lead your own community. The course is progressive and builds on practices and teachings from mindfulness based meditation, Buddhism, breathwork, Kundalini and Kriya yoga as well as the latest in neuroscience relating to mindfulness and breathwork. A blend of extended & experiential meditation practices, lecture, discussion, reading, and individual and group offerings balance the curriculum. We focus on breathwork, mantra, silent practices, understanding subtle body anatomy, the nervous system, the spine, the brain, and the effects of the practice on our emotional and mental wellbeing. Students from all walks join us and each have unique desires and intentions as to the WHY behind enrolling. Many are yoga teachers, therapists, or "space holders" wanting to enhance and expand their skills. Perhaps you're in a season of life where you've recognized the invaluable nature of learning about yourself, your mind and the world around you and you desire to have language, practices and a shared community to expand your understanding though discussion, contemplation, and practice.
A bonus of this course is you can choose to use it for purely personal joy or to grow your professional tool kit all in one journey. #Winning A typical day includes: Extended group practice - breathwork, mantra, guided and silent sitting, and kriyas based on the Kundalini lineage as well as contemplative techniques inspired by Buddhism. Lively Group discussions on topics ranging from subtle body anatomy, translating sanskrit, understanding how the nervous system is affected by the various practices we'll explore. Opportunity to do multiple 40 day meditations with your peers and teachers small and large group teaching with your peers, supported by your teachers Understanding and Introduction to the history of Kriya and Kundalini Yoga the Aquarian Age. Introduction to Buddhism and application of foundational teachings in our everyday life directly inspired by Erinn's studies under her beloved teacher, Pema Chodron and the greatest teacher of all - lifes heartaches, losses and setbacks.
Deep experiential time with Bhakti Yoga, Mantra, Sound, and Breathwork and how these practices enhance your life and affect the physiology of the body and mind.
We will meet ONE weekend per month over the course of 6 months - Friday evening, and all day Sat/Sun.
In between session your commitment to practice is 2 additional Sukha classes with Mark or Erinn per month personal practice time, reading, and course preparation outside of training days of approx 1 hour per week. We aim to make this course rich with opportunity for you to grow and deepen while also honoring your life commitments and desire to live! :)
Friday Hours: 630-830p theses evenings are dedicated to book discussions, inquiry into previous sessions personal work and peer group time.
Saturday / Sunday: morning sessions 9-12pm afternoon sessions 130-5:30p each hour of lecture segment includes short breaks and each weekend day will have a 90 minute lunch break.
DATES 2025:
Feb 21-23
Mar 27-30
April 11-13
April 25-27
May 9-11
June 6-8
SAVE AN EXTRA $200 IF YOU SIGN UP BEFORE OCTOBER 31ST
Member Tuition Paid in Full (SAVE $500): $2700 Early Bird (normally $2900)
Non-Member Tuition Paid in Full (SAVE $200): $3000 Early Bird (normally $3200)
Payment Plan Tuition: $3400 TOTAL
Payment Plan: $700 deposit & 5 monthly payments of $540
If tuition is not accessible for you at this time please enquire about partial scholarships available each year (up to $800). Please note financial commitment and refund policy: Mark and Erinn have invested a tremendous amount of time, energy, and financial resources to create this program for you. Please respect this energy exchange and understand we cannot offer refunds on any tuition paid. Your Deposit will go into a scholarship fund for future students in need of assistance to attend the course. If circumstances arise where you cannot complete the course we will meet to come up with an alternative that supports both Sukha and You, such as future training credit or time to complete the course in an alternative way.