teacher training

Bend Yoga is excited to host a 200-hour YogaWorks Teacher Training in Bend, Oregon starting in June of 2010. YogaWorks’ premier Teacher Training program is credited by many as laying the foundation for yoga in the U.S. Many of the most respected yoga teachers in the U.S. today, including Shiva Rae, Seane Corn, Saul David Raye and Natasha Rizopoulos have all trained with YogaWorks.

YogaWorks offers one of the most comprehensive Teacher Training programs in the world for aspiring teachers and serious students of yoga. YogaWorks’ cohesive, multi-specialist approach to teacher training blends the best of yoga tradition from the East and the West. At YogaWorks, the mission is to provide aspiring teachers with the foundation to teach skillfully with compassion, integrity and safety, while honoring his or her unique voice.

The dynamic and conscious practice of asana is the cornerstone of the YogaWorks method. To deepen their education, students in the YogaWorks training will also study anatomy and physiology, explore Yoga’s philosophical underpinnings, practice meditation and pranayama as well as investigate the subtle body and Ayurveda.

Since 1990, YogaWorks has trained hundreds of new teachers and continues to offer on-going curriculum to its graduates. YogaWorks Teacher Training is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200, and 500 hour levels.

The course is comprised of three main sections:

• Theory and Practice of Yoga
• Yoga Philosophy
• Theory and Practice of Teaching

See our draft schedule