Abhaya Yoga Teacher Training with Tara Glazier and guests
Truly Fearless Yoga February 2014
Abhaya Yoga’s 200-hr Level 1 teacher training will focus on the art of teaching, offering a transformational process towards becoming your most fearless self and spirited teacher. Since the trainees have been through deep study and learned the methodology in the Immersions, the Teacher Training program can put a greater emphasis on teaching skills. Cultivate your heart, empower yourself with knowledge and become the most skillful, magnetic and soulful teacher are capable of.
Yoga Alliance 200 Hour Certification
February 2014
Sundays 10-11:30am, 12-3:45pm, 6-9pm
Program will focus on:
- Observation skills
- Language skills-how to gracefully articulate principles of alignment
- Sequencing-skillfully preparing the body for the apex of a class
- Teaching vinyasa
- Theming-learning how interweave heart opening and empowering themes into an asana class
- Hands on Adjustments
- Therapeutics-Diagnosing issues, learning low impact therapeutics for injuries, and hands on therapeutics
- Empowering the trainees to discover and utilize their own inherent gifts
- Pre-Natal yoga skills
- Ayurveda and Yoga
- Meditation/Pranayama techniques
- The Business of Teaching Yoga – how to step out into the world
Introductory Teaching Concepts / Teaching foundational concepts and vinyasa
Teacher Ethics, Observation skills, Voice, and beginning bio-mechanics
Teaching the Principles of Alignment and bio-mechanics
Theme Development and Sequencing
Bhakti Philosophy Bill Mahoney
Hands on Adjusting
Mythology and Theme Development with Tara Glazier
Therapeutics and Anatomy with Douglas Keller and Tara Glazier
Prenatal/ Women’s Health
The Business of Yoga with Tara Glazier and Sara Neufeld
Teaching from the Heart with Kenny Graham
Mentored program:
Teacher Trainees will additionally receive 10 hours of individualized mentoring with a highly trained Abhaya teacher to hone their teaching skills.
This cycle’s mentors are Tara Glazier, Sara Neufeld and Elias Lopez
Tara Glazier, the owner of Abhaya Yoga has been teaching yoga for the past 11years in New York City. She has taught all over the world and most recently at Virayoga in Manhattan. Tara is a professionally trained dancer and spent many years performing before making yoga her career. She has a BFA in Dance Pedagogy / Performance from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. While studying Pedagogy,( the art of teaching), she became inspired by the craft and realized that it takes something very special, very intrinsic to become a teacher. She was asked to join staff at the Hartford Ballet and was honored with the Excellence in Pedagogy Award. Tara later moved to NYC to begin a professional dance career. During this time, she transitioned into teaching yoga and became the Faculty Director at Ballet Tech, under the direction of Eliot Feld. After becoming Anusara Certified, Tara made the move to full time yoga teacher and has made teaching Anusara Yoga her life’s dharma. She has been training various types of teachers since 1999 and finds great fulfillment in offering skills that help others to awaken. She attributes much of her passion and success to her teachers, John Friend, Zhenja LaRosa, Elena Brower and to her parents.
Tuition includes all training, mentor hours, and a 3 month unlimited class card at Abhaya Yoga.
Still accepting applications.
To apply and find out more please contact tara@abhayayoga.com.