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YTT 200 & 500 WORKSHOPS, COURSES AND TRAININGS
For full course descriptions find more details below tables

SCHEDULE: 200 HOUR YTT CURRICULUM Either "weekends" or "week-long" programs totaling 200 hours
Required courses :	Next offered:
"Weekends" program (Halifax, NS) All 9 weekends plus 16 classes = 200 hours	September 24, 25, 26, 2010
	October 22, 23, 24, 2010
	November 26, 27, 28, 2010
	January 28, 29, 30, 2011
	February 25, 26, 27, 2011
	March 25, 26, 27, 2011
	April 22, 23, 24, 2011
	May 27, 28, 29, 2011
	June 17, 18, 19, 2011
Four week-long programs (Wolfville, NS) All 4 week-longs = 200 hours	January 2-8, 2011
	July 3-9, 2011
	January, 2012
	July, 2012
7 YTT weekends at Pilates by Garda Studio (Fredericton, NB) All 7 weekends = 105 hours	October 1 - 3, 2010
	November 12 - 14, 2010
	January 21 - 23, 2011 "open to the public"
	February 11 - 13, 2011
	March 18 - 20, 2011
	April 1 - 3, 2011
	May 13 - 15, 2011

SCHEDULE: 500 HOUR YTT CURRICULUM
Required weekend courses:	Next offered:
Offered once every two years in order:
- Grounding	November 5, 6, 7, 2010
- Core	February 18, 19, 20, 2011
- Opening	Fall 2011
- Integration	Winter 2011
Offered once a year:
- "The Yoga Workshop"	next date: TBA
- Two Yoga Assists courses	November 21, 2010
- Meditation and Philosophy	December 4, 5, 2010
- Pre-Natal/Post Natal certification	September 17, 18, 19, 2010 (NB)& May 13, 14, 15, 2011
- Yoga Anatomy (15 hours)	November 14, 2010
- Restorative Yoga	Date TBA
- Eight Limbs of Yoga	January 14, 15, 16, 2011
Required two July week-long courses:
- Embody the Practice 1.	July 10-16, 2011
- Embody the Practice 2.	July 2012

SEPTEMBER 17, 18, 19, 2010
Fredericton, New Brunswick
PRENATAL/ POSTNATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WEEKEND - CERTIFICATE PROGRAM * with Maxine Munro

Pregnancy yoga incorporates safe and effective movements and stretches for the body, breathing exercises to increase focus and balance, and relaxation techniques to release deeply held tensions. Maxine Munro from Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio (TAYS) will be offering a weekend training program to help prepare Yoga teachers to teach safe yoga to pregnant women. The practice of pregnancy yoga can help your students meet the challenges and transformations of pregnancy and birth.
Postnatal core and pelvis re-strengthening will be addressed. Additionally beneficial poses to improve posture and well being after the birth and baby massage will be covered. Breathing techniques and labouring positions will be explored. Please bring a yoga mat, pen and paper, a baby doll (yes a baby doll) for massage therapy techniques practice.

Curriculum:

• Beneficial asanas for pregnancy during the 3 trimesters
• Normal anatomy physiology with pregnancy
• Conditions/medical restrictions and guidelines for higher risk pregnancies
• Pranayama for pregnancy, labour, and delivery
• Integrating pregnant students into general classes
• Proper client screening with pre-natal yoga
• Post-partum guidelines for practice

Prerequisite:
*The course is a certification course in prenatal yoga for participants who have obtained or are enrolled in a 200-hour yoga certification program.
Additionally: midwives, doulas, nurses, doctors, childbirth educators, who have an interest in the benefits of yoga for pregnancy are welcome to join, however will not be a "certified prenatal yoga teacher". A certificate of hours can be provided for all participants upon request.

Dates: September 17, 18, 19, 2010

Times: Friday night 7:00pm-9:30pm
Saturday 8:30am-4:30pm and Sunday 8:30am-12:30pm

Teacher: Maxine Munro, B.Sc. O.T., B.Sc Kin, CIYI

Cost: $230 (plus tax) if registered before September 1. $250 (plus tax) after this date. Minimum of 8 registered participants for program to occur.

Location:

Pilates by Garda
494 Queen Street
Suite 400
E3B 1B6
Phone: (506) 454-8381
info@pilatesbygarda.ca

Maxine Munro (CYI 500 hour), has been teaching people healthy ways of living through exercise, breath, self awareness and self acceptance since 1993. Originally an Occupational Therapist, Maxine has an excellent understanding of the body and how it works; she is skilled in determining the right level of yoga practice for any student. Maxine has been teaching pregnancy yoga since being pregnant with her first child, Jordan, who is now 8 years old and has been teaching yoga teachers to teach pregnancy yoga and post-partum yoga since 2004.

*****NEW YTT 2010-2011 YTT TRAINING****
September 24, 25, 26, 2010
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website

October 1, 2, 3, 2010
Fredericton, New Brunswick
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WEEKEND - 15 hours* with Maxine Munro

Maxine Munro from Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio (TAYS) will be offering the first of 7 yoga teacher training weekend offered by the skilled senior teachers from Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio.
This is an entry level YTT program offered to individuals of all levels. No previous YTT courses required. Participants must have at least 2 years experience with their yoga practice and a sincere interest in furthering their practice and in the study of yoga. This course will help prepare the participants to eventually teach yoga to the public or instead can just deepen an individual's own personal practice.
Each course will have a slightly different focus, however will always have components of the following topics: Yoga Philosophy, Yoga Methodology, Practice Teaching, Pranyama, Anatomy and Physiology.
Courses are taught in interactive lecture format and with experiential learning using hands on techniques and direct practical experiences. TAYS' YTT 200 hour program is certified through the Yoga Alliance. The Alliance registers yoga teaching schools who demonstrate qualifications that meet minimum teaching standards assuring graduates are well-qualified to teach the practicing public.
TAYS YTT programs are excellent programs; among the best throughout Canada and beyond. We create amazing teachers...maybe you could become one of them.

Dates:October 1, 2, 3 2010

Times: Friday night 7:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday 8:30am-5:30pm and Sunday 8:30am-12:30pm

Teacher: Maxine Munro, B.Sc. O.T., B.Sc Kin, CIYI

Cost: $350 (plus tax) per weekend if doing partial program. Minimum of 8 registered participants for program to occur.
or
pay for all 7 YTT programs through TAYS (total 105 YTT hours) offered at Pilates by Garda. Total of 7 YTT weekends would be $2200 plus tax. Or attend six of the seven weekends for 2000 plus tax. A payment program is available for a $40 administration fee. Payment are through Pilates by Garda Studio.
Future program dates and instructors are

Nov 12-14, 2010 Leslie Hunter;
Jan 21-23, 2011 Jolene D'entremont;
Feb 11-13, 2011 Mike Munro;
Mar 18-20, 2011 Maxine Munro;
April 1-3, 2011 Mike Munro;
May 13-15, 2011 Leslie Hunter

Location:

Pilates by Garda
494 Queen Street
Suite 400
E3B 1B6
Phone: (506) 454-8381
info@pilatesbygarda.ca

Maxine Munro (CYI 500 hour), has been teaching people healthy ways of living through exercise, breath, self awareness and self acceptance since 1993. Originally an Occupational Therapist, Maxine has an excellent understanding of the body and how it works; she is skilled in determining the right level of yoga practice for any student. Her education in Occupational Therapy and Kinesiology gives her the therapeutic approach in developing classes and instruction at the appropriate level of challenge. She is able to modify postures and classes to suit all levels of ability. Maxine has been co-directing the TAYS Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training (200 hour) since 2002 and the TAYS (500 hour) advanced training since 2004, she also teaches a yearly pre and post-natal yoga certification program to certified yoga teachers.

OCTOBER 22, 23, 24, 2010
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website to register and apply for upcoming YTT programs.

NOVEMBER 5, 6, 7, 2010
TAYS 500 HOUR YTT PROGRAM
PROFESSIONAL LEVEL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING - with Mike Munro, Maxine Munro

Are you wishing to advance your teaching skills? Have you been a certified yoga teacher for at least 1 year? Did you graduate from an Alliance Approved training program?

*****A minimum of 8 YTT 500 hour registrants are required for this YTT 500 hour program course to occur. Please contact Mike to register for our YTT 500 hour programs. ****

tentative dates:
November 5, 6, 7, 2010
Friday 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Cost: $200 plus tax Locations: Locations:

Friday night and Sunday:

TAYS studio, 6156 Quinpool Road Suite 202, Halifax

Saturday location:

Maple Tree Montessori, 102-3008 Oxford St, Corner of Oxford/Cork

This is the first weekend of 4 required YTT 500-hour weekends over 2 years. Our 500 hour YTT instructors are TAYS' skilled and knowledgeable senior teachers. This advanced level Yoga Teacher Training will focus on "Grounding". All aspects of standing poses will be addressed including teaching, modifying, propping, etc. This is a much more detailed presentation than our 200 hour level YTT. Open to those who have completed the TAYS 200 hour YTT training or have taken another Yoga Alliance approved YTT 200 hour level program. Please see our website to register and apply for professional level 500 hour YTT programs.

NOVEMBER 12, 13, 14, 2010
Fredericton, New Brunswick
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WEEKEND - 15 hours* with Leslie Hunter

Leslie Hunter from Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio (TAYS) will be offering the second of 7 yoga teacher training weekend programs offered by the skilled senior teachers from Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio.
This is an entry level YTT program offered to individuals of all levels. No previous YTT courses required. Participants must have at least 2 years experience with their yoga practice and a sincere interest in furthering their practice and in the study of yoga. This course will help prepare the participants to eventually teach yoga to the public or instead can just deepen an individual's own personal practice.
Each course will have a slightly different focus, however will always have components of the following topics: Yoga Philosophy, Yoga Methodology, Practice Teaching, Pranyama, Anatomy and Physiology.
Courses are taught in interactive lecture format and with experiential learning using hands on techniques and direct practical experiences. TAYS' YTT 200 hour program is certified through the Yoga Alliance. The Alliance registers yoga teaching schools who demonstrate qualifications that meet minimum teaching standards assuring graduates are well-qualified to teach the practicing public.
TAYS YTT programs are excellent programs; among the best throughout Canada and beyond. We create amazing teachers...maybe you could become one of them.

Dates:November 12, 13, 14, 2010

Times: Friday night 7:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday 8:30am-5:30pm and Sunday 8:30am-12:30pm

Teacher: Leslie Hunter, CYI

Cost: $350 (plus tax) per weekend if doing partial program. Minimum of 8 registered participants for program to occur.
or
pay for 6 YTT programs through TAYS (total 90 YTT hours) offered at Pilates by Garda. Total of 6 YTT weekends would be $2000 plus tax. Future program dates and instructors are Future program dates and instructors are

Jan 21-23, 2011 Jolene D'entremont;
Feb 11-13, 2011 Mike Munro;
Mar 18-20, 2011 Maxine Munro;
April 1-3, 2011 Mike Munro;
May 13-15, 2011 Leslie Hunter

Location:

Pilates by Garda
494 Queen Street
Suite 400
E3B 1B6
Phone: (506) 454-8381
info@pilatesbygarda.ca

Leslie Hunter (CYI 500 hour), With a Communications education and a Performing Arts background, Leslie incorporates her knowledge of kinetic physical movement with breathing techniques offering a comprehensive "flow" style of yoga. Leslie began her yoga practice at Downward Dog Yoga Studio in Toronto and continues her training throughout the world. She has studied with Maty Ezraty (student of K. Pattabhi Jois), Swami Asokananda, Gary Kraftsow, Shiva Rea, Judith Hanson Lasater, Rod Stryker, Baron Baptiste, Mark Darby, Coeli Marsh and Hart Lazer. Leslie's passion for yoga is vivid and contagious, you will love every experience with her during your yoga training programs.

NOVEMBER 14, 2010
YOGA ANATOMY: with MIKE MUNRO

In this Course Mike will address the sacrum, pelvis and sacroiliac joints and how they move during yoga poses. Common problems will be discussed and understood including sciatica, degenerative disc disease, herniated disc and piriformis syndrome.

The neck, shoulder girdle, wrist and hand and bony structures will be discussed as well as common alignment issues of the upper and lower body and spine.

The knee and ankle joints will be presented and additionally common lower body conditions such as pronated arches (flat feet), supinated arches (high arches), janu valgum/varum (knock kneed/bull legged), patellarfemoral dysfunction, etc.

Date: November 14, 2010

Time: 9:30-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:30pm

Cost: $100 plus tax

Mike Munro has practiced as a physiotherapist for 15 years and has been practicing yoga for 16 years. His skill in combining the two paths is extremely beneficial. This workshop is open to yoga teachers who need more knowledge and skill in understanding the body and how it moves and it is open to students of all levels who are interested in alignment and modification details to take better care of their own body.

NOVEMBER 21, 2010
YOGA ASSISTS WORKSHOPS - with Maxine Munro and Leslie Hunter

Learn new assists to teach your yoga students accurate depth in yoga poses. Maxine and Leslie have been assisting students in yoga poses for many years. The assists and techniques will be offered at a level approachable to those new to assisting and to those taking a YTT course at this time or as a review for those who have taken previous yoga training courses. A wide variety of poses will be explored including standing poses, forward bends, backbends and twists. This course is a required course by our YTT 500 hour level participants.

Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010
Hours: 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30pm
Location: TAYS, 6156 Quinpool Road, Suite 202
Cost: $100 plus tax

Maxine Munro (CYI 500 hour), co-owner of Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio has been teaching yoga for over 13 years. She is a Certified Interdisciplinary Yoga Instructor at the Professional level, and has studied with many internationally known teachers including Mark Darby, Hart Lazer, Coeli Marsh, Tim Miller, Shiva Rea, David Swenson, Allison Ulan and Rodney Yee. Maxine has degrees in Kinesiology and Occupational Therapy (honors). She has continued to be recognized by The Coast readers in "The Best Yoga Instructor" category since 1999. She enjoys studying different styles of yoga and incorporates these various influences into her classes.

Leslie Hunter (CYI professional level), explores the philosophy of yoga in her teaching style by honouring the individual journey with a fine balance of inner and outer experiences. Using her Hatha Vinyasa Teacher Training (500h) and her personal flow practice, she explores the art of yoga in welcoming ourselves as we are, embodying compassion and creativity. With a Communications education and a Performing Arts background, Leslie incorporates the dance of an asana practice and the breath cultivating the inherent stability, strength, and openness of one’s everyday mind.

NOVEMBER 26, 27, 28, 2010
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website to register and apply for upcoming YTT programs.

DECEMBER 4 & 5, 2010
MEDITATION and PHILOSOPHY

A weekend of meditation and philosophy as applied to yoga teaching and practice. Working with intention, loving kindness and compassion as a yoga practitioner and/or teacher. Includes asana classes as well as lecture, discussion and meditation. This is a required course by our YTT 500 hour level participants.

*****A minimum of 8 YTT 500 hour registrants are required for this YTT 500 hour program course to occur. Please contact Mike to register for our YTT 500 hour programs. ****

Date: December 4 & 5, 2010

Hours: Saturday and Sunday 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30pm

Locations:

Sunday Location:

TAYS studio, 6156 Quinpool Road Suite 202, Halifax

Saturday location:

Maple Tree Montessori, 102-3008 Oxford St, Corner of Oxford/Cork

Michael Munro Co-owner of TAYS has been offering yoga for 12 years. He is a Certified Interdisciplinary Yoga Instructor at the Professional level (500 hours) and he is a licensed and practicing physiotherapist. His yoga studies started in 1993 with Iyengar Yoga teacher Beverly Windsor in Newfoundland. He has since studied Interdisciplinary yoga with Don and Amba-Camp Stapleton and Ashtanga Yoga with Tim Miller, David Swenson, Mark Darby, Hart Lazer and Allison Ulan and Baptiste yoga with Coeli Marsh. He strives to incorporate yoga, physiotherapy background and meditation knowledge to promote a balanced approach to active wellness.
email

DECEMBER 10, 11, 12, 2010 - CHILDREN'S YOGA - TEACHER TRAINING
Radiant Child Yoga Program as developed by Shakta Kaur Khalsa

A certificate training course for teachers, parents, therapists and all who would like to Give Children the gift of Yoga

Dates: Level 1: Friday December 10th, 7:00pm-10:00pm & Saturday December 11th 10am-6pm
Level 2: Sunday December 12th, 10am-6pm

Tuition: Radiant child Level 1 $350; Radiant Child Level 2 $200; Both $550. ($325 Level 1 and $185 Level 2 early bird discount if register before November 15th.)

Locations:

Sunday Location:

TAYS studio, 6156 Quinpool Road Suite 202, Halifax

Saturday location:

Maple Tree Montessori, 102-3008 Oxford St, Corner of Oxford/Cork

Presented by Sue Ducros, Sue Ducros B.Sc,.M.B.A.,Diploma in Early Childhood Education 320 hours Kundalini Level 1 and 2 200 hours Hatha Teacher Training Various other workshops Radiant Child Facilitator Level 1 and 2

Sue is passionate about giving the Gift of Yoga to children. Sue teaches that yoga is an instruction manual for children to live their best life. Yoga keeps children happy, healthy and fully alive. She is trained in Hatha and Kundalini yoga and is also a Radiant Child Yoga teacher trainer and has done workshops in other styles of yoga. Sue has 3 children of her own and is an avid runner.

* Learn Yoga that helps with ADD/ADHD, Sensory Integration Dysfunction and special needs
* Practice “Yoga as children would; with songs, games, meditation and partners.”
* Adapt Yoga for schools and integrate it into your curriculum * Learn Yoga techniques for children of all ages, with a focus on early childhood
* Discover how to make Yoga fun and safe, as well how to empower children and keep them focused and cooperative
* Share your gifts and explore your challenges in working with children

* about Shakta Kaur Khalsa www.childrensyoga.com Kundalini Yoga teacher and trainer. AMS Certified. Montessori educator and author of several Yoga books. The Radiant Child Yoga program was born out of her vision to change and uplift the world through peace, yoga and the next generation.

JANUARY 3-8, 2011
1-week Yoga Teacher Training Intensive Program

This week long training will provide 50 hours of YTT for those wanting to further their practice or become a yoga teacher. You can combine these 50 hours of YTT training with our other Yoga Alliance approved YTT training programs to eventually obtain a total of 200 hours to become a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher.

Next program
Dates: January 3-8, 2011

Location: TBA
Times: 8:30am-5:00pm daily
Phone: 429-3303

Cost: $725 plus tax

Deadline: $150 deposit due December 1 to hold your space. Minimum numbers required. Remaining fees due December 15, 2010.

Follow-up YTT programs: July, 2011, Inner Sun Yoga Studio, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, "TAYS travels" programs in Fredericton, NB or St. John's NF, or ongoing YTT trainings at Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio, Halifax

JANUARY 15 & 16, 2011
EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA

A weekend of study and practice based on the eight limbed path from Patanjali's yoga sutras. Ashtanga yoga: the eight fold path. Yama, niyama, asana, pranyama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi. This is a required course by our YTT 500 hour level participants.

Date: January 15 & 16, 2011
Hours: Saturday and Sunday 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-4:30pm
Locations:

Sunday Location:

TAYS studio, 6156 Quinpool Road Suite 202, Halifax

Saturday location:

Maple Tree Montessori, 102-3008 Oxford St, Corner of Oxford/Cork

Michael Munro Co-owner of TAYS has been offering yoga for 12 years. He is a Certified Interdisciplinary Yoga Instructor at the Professional level (500 hours) and he is a licensed and practicing physiotherapist. His yoga studies started in 1993 with Iyengar Yoga teacher Beverly Windsor in Newfoundland. He has since studied Interdisciplinary yoga with Don and Amba-Camp Stapleton and Ashtanga Yoga with Tim Miller, David Swenson, Mark Darby, Hart Lazer and Allison Ulan and Baptiste yoga with Coeli Marsh. He strives to incorporate yoga, physiotherapy background and meditation knowledge to promote a balanced approach to active wellness.

Mike has written yoga articles for Active Canadian magazine and has been interviewed as a yoga expert for Yoga Journal. Mike has been teaching students to become yoga teachers since 2001 at the 200-hour level, and since 2004 at the 500 hour professional level. He has 14 years of Buddhist meditation and study experience and teaches tranquility meditation at the studio under the guidance of his meditation teacher the Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche. email

JANUARY 21, 22, 23, 2011
Fredericton, New Brunswick
THE ART OF VINYASANA FLOW - YTT PROGRAM & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - 15 hours* with Jolene D'entremont

Jolene D'entremont from Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio (TAYS) will be offering the third of 7 yoga teacher training weekend programs offered by the skilled senior teachers from Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio.
This is an entry level YTT program offered to individuals of all levels. No previous YTT courses required. Participants must have at least 2 years experience with their yoga practice and a sincere interest in furthering their practice and in the study of yoga. This course will help prepare the participants to eventually teach yoga to the public or instead can just deepen an individual's own personal practice.
Each course will have a slightly different focus, however will always have components of the following topics: Yoga Philosophy, Yoga Methodology, Practice Teaching, Pranyama, Anatomy and Physiology.
Courses are taught in interactive lecture format and with experiential learning using hands on techniques and direct practical experiences. TAYS' YTT 200 hour program is certified through the Yoga Alliance. The Alliance registers yoga teaching schools who demonstrate qualifications that meet minimum teaching standards assuring graduates are well-qualified to teach the practicing public.
TAYS YTT programs are excellent programs; among the best throughout Canada and beyond. We create amazing teachers...maybe you could become one of them.

Dates: January 21-23, 2011

Times: Friday night 7:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday 8:30am-5:30pm and Sunday 8:30am-12:30pm

Teacher: Jolene D'entremont, CYI

Cost: $350 (plus tax) per weekend if doing partial program.
Location:

Pilates by Garda
494 Queen Street
Suite 400
E3B 1B6
Phone: (506) 454-8381
info@pilatesbygarda.ca

Jolene D'entremont (CYI 500 hour), Jolene is a skilled vinyasa teacher, an avid meditation student and an expert in pre-natal and postnatal yoga instruction. Jolene followed up her 200-hour teacher training in 2006 with additional courses in pre and postnatal yoga instruction. She has also completed her 500 hour professional level teacher training certification at TAYS and she is passionate about vinyasa yoga, which she continues to study with Master teacher Coeli Marsh.

JANUARY 28, 29, 30, 2011
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website to register and apply for upcoming YTT programs.

FEBRUARY 4-6 & FEBRUARY 7-11 2011 Two training programs with Hart Lazer

February 4-6, 2011 (weekend workshop).
Building Capacity to Work with Personal Stress & Trauma through Yoga Asana, Pranayama & Meditation
and
February 7-11 (master classes: 6:00-9:00am).
Professional Development for Yoga Teachers: Improve your Practice, Improve your Teaching

Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio and The Ashtanga Yoga Shala are co-hosting these wonderful and informative yoga workshops and trainings with internationally-known teacher: Hart Lazer.

Building Capacity to Work with Personal Stress and Trauma through Yoga Asana, Pranayama and Meditation (weekend workshop)
We all have an individualized code for holding tension and stress. Join us for this opportunity to learn how to establish a skillful understanding of your body’s code and its messages regarding stress and trauma. Discover how to build an asana and pranayama practice that will grow your capacity to uncover layers of stress and trauma in the body, and learn how to meditate with this newly awakened material.

Professional Development for Yoga Teachers: Improve your Practice, Improve your Teaching (morning master classes)
For teachers and experienced students to deepen their teaching and practicing skills. Focus will be on the art of touch and adjustment with hands-on practical knowledge. Attention will be given to how to prevent and deal with injuries so that students can practice safely. In addition, emphasis will be placed on how to make decisions as to what types of adjustments encourage the students to learn more deeply rather than just change their experience without them knowing how to help themselves.

"Stress and trauma" Weekend Workshop:
February 4-6, 2011. 6:30pm-9:00pm Friday, 8:00am-12:00pm&1:00pm-5:00pm Saturday and 8:00am-12:30pm Sunday

"Professional development" morning master classes:
February 7-11, 2011. 6:00pm-9:00am Monday to Friday

Location: The Ashtanga Yoga Shala, Halifax

To register: The Ashtanga Yoga Shala
1489 Birmingham St. Halifax
902 407-YOGA (9642)
www.theshala.ca

Cost: $250 plus tax for the weekend workshop OR the morning master classes- ($225 if registered before February 15; The Shala and TAYS teachers pay $200); or $450 plus tax for BOTH programs.

HART LAZER TRAINING PROGRAMS

Hart Lazer is internationally recognized as a teacher of yoga teachers. He leads workshops and teacher training courses throughout Canada and the U.S., as well as Mexico, Costa Rica, and India. After 25 years devoted to the practice and teaching of Iyengar Yoga under the tutelage of Ramanand Patel, Hart broadened his practice to include Ashtanga Yoga. He soon found himself using a multi-dimensional repertoire of techniques to help teachers and practitioners of all styles reduce pain, heal injuries, activate dormant muscles to re-align bones, engage the inner organs, and employ pranayama and chanting to deepen their practice.

FEBRUARY 11, 12 AND 13, 2011
YOGA ASSISTS and ANATOMY WORKSHOP - YTT PROGRAM 15 hours

Learn new assists to teach your yoga students accurate depth in yoga poses. Mike has been assisting students in yoga poses for many years. This course will be most useful to yoga teachers and advanced students who want to deepen their understanding of yoga assists and of anatomy. The assists and techniques will be offered at a level approachable to those new to assisting and to those taking a YTT course at this time or as a review for those who have taken previous yoga training courses. A wide variety of poses will be explored including standing poses, forward bends, backbends and twists. Additionally, anatomy and applied anatomy will be covered during this weekend course. Learn the muscles used during various poses and determine how to engage or disengage certain muscles to optimize alignment, depth and safety in poses. This course offers 15 hours of YTT education at the 200 hour level of training and is open to those wanting to learn more about yoga assisting and yoga anatomy.

Date: February 11, 12 & 13, 2011
Hours: Friday 7:00-10:00pm;
Saturday 8:30-5:30pm;
Sunday 8:30-12:30pm;

Location: Pilates by Garda 400-494 Queen St, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Phone: (506) 454-8381
email Garda Milne to register

Cost: $350 (plus tax) if registered before February 1.

Michael Munro Co-owner of TAYS has been offering yoga for 13 years. He is a Certified Interdisciplinary Yoga Instructor at the Professional level (500 hours) and he is a licensed and practicing physiotherapist. His yoga studies started in 1993 with Iyengar Yoga teacher Beverly Windsor in Newfoundland. He has since studied Interdisciplinary yoga with Don and Amba-Camp Stapleton and Ashtanga Yoga with Tim Miller, David Swenson, Mark Darby, Hart Lazer and Allison Ulan and Baptiste yoga with Coeli Marsh. He strives to incorporate yoga, physiotherapy background and meditation knowledge to promote a balanced approach to active wellness.

Mike has been teaching students to become yoga teachers since 2001 at the 200-hour level, and since 2004 at the 500 hour professional level. email Mike

FEBRUARY 18, 19, & 20, 2011
TAYS 500 HOUR YTT PROGRAM
PROFESSIONAL LEVEL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

Second weekend of 4 weekends over 2 years. Focus on "Core". All aspects of yoga as related to core. Teaching poses related to pelvic stability, core strength, back biomechanics and progression of postures. This is a much more detailed presentation than our 200 hour level YTT. Open to those who have completed the TAYS 200 hour YTT training or have taken another Yoga Alliance approved YTT 200 hour level program.

February 18, 19 & 20, 2011
Friday evening 7:00-9:30pm
Saturday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Cost: $200 plus tax
Locations:

Friday night and Sunday Location:

TAYS studio, 6156 Quinpool Road Suite 202, Halifax

Saturday location:

Maple Tree Montessori, 102-3008 Oxford St, Corner of Oxford/Cork

Please see our website to register and apply for professional level 500 hour YTT programs.

FEBRUARY 25, 26, 27, 2011
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website to register and apply for upcoming YTT programs.

MARCH 18-20 2011
Fredericton, New Brunswick
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WEEKEND - 15 hours* with Maxine Munro

TAYS YTT programs are excellent programs; among the best throughout Canada and beyond. We create amazing teachers...maybe you could become one of them.

Dates:March 18, 19, 20, 2011

Times: Friday night 7:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday 8:30am-5:30pm and Sunday 8:30am-12:30pm

Teacher:Maxine Munro, B.Sc. OT, B.Sc. Kin, CIYI

Cost: $350 (plus tax) per weekend if doing partial program. Location:

Pilates by Garda
494 Queen Street
Suite 400
E3B 1B6
Phone: (506) 454-8381
info@pilatesbygarda.ca

Maxine Munro (CYI 500 hour), has been teaching people healthy ways of living through exercise, breath, self awareness and self acceptance since 1993. Originally an Occupational Therapist, Maxine has an excellent understanding of the body and how it works; she is skilled in determining the right level of yoga practice for any student.

MARCH 25, 26, 27, 2011
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website to register and apply for upcoming YTT programs.

APRIL 1-3, 2011
Fredericton, New Brunswick
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WEEKEND - 15 hours* with Mike Munro

TAYS YTT programs are excellent programs; among the best throughout Canada and beyond. We create amazing teachers...maybe you could become one of them.

Dates:April 1-3, 2011

Times: Friday night 7:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday 8:30am-5:30pm and Sunday 8:30am-12:30pm

Teacher:Maxine Munro, B.Sc. OT, B.Sc. Kin, CIYI

Cost: $350 (plus tax) per weekend if doing partial program. Location:

Pilates by Garda
494 Queen Street
Suite 400
E3B 1B6
Phone: (506) 454-8381
info@pilatesbygarda.ca

Mike Munro has practiced as a physiotherapist for 15 years and has been practicing yoga for 16 years. His skill in combining the two paths is extremely beneficial. This workshop is open to yoga teachers who need more knowledge and skill in understanding the body and how it moves and it is open to students of all levels who are interested in alignment and modification details to take better care of their own body.

APRIL 22, 23, 24, 2011
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website to register and apply for upcoming YTT programs.

MAY 13-15, 2011
Fredericton, New Brunswick
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WEEKEND - 15 hours* with Leslie Hunter

TAYS YTT programs are excellent programs; among the best throughout Canada and beyond. We create amazing teachers...maybe you could become one of them.

Dates:May 13, 14, 15, 2011

Times: Friday night 7:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday 8:30am-5:30pm and Sunday 8:30am-12:30pm

Teacher:Leslie Hunter, CYI

Cost: $350 (plus tax) per weekend if doing partial program. Location:

Pilates by Garda
494 Queen Street
Suite 400
E3B 1B6
Phone: (506) 454-8381
info@pilatesbygarda.ca

Leslie Hunter (CYI professional level), explores the philosophy of yoga in her teaching style by honouring the individual journey with a fine balance of inner and outer experiences. Using her Hatha Vinyasa Teacher Training (500h) and her personal flow practice, she explores the art of yoga in welcoming ourselves as we are, embodying compassion and creativity. With a Communications education and a Performing Arts background, Leslie incorporates the dance of an asana practice and the breath cultivating the inherent stability, strength, and openness of one’s everyday mind.

MAY 14 & 15, 2011 PRENATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WEEKEND - CERTIFICATE PROGRAM *
with Maxine Munro and Jolene d'Entremont

Pregnancy yoga incorporates safe and effective movements and stretches for the body, breathing exercises to increase focus and balance, and relaxation techniques to release deeply held tensions. Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio (TAYS) will be offering a two-day training workshop to help prepare Yoga teachers to teach safe yoga to pregnant women. The practice of pregnancy yoga can help your students meet the challenges and transformations of pregnancy and birth. Please bring a yoga mat, pen and paper, a baby doll (yes a baby doll) for massage therapy techniques practice.

Curriculum:

• Beneficial asanas for pregnancy during the 3 trimesters
• Normal anatomy physiology with pregnancy
• Conditions/medical restrictions and guidelines for higher risk pregnancies
• Pranayama for pregnancy, labour, and delivery
• Integrating pregnant students into general classes
• Proper client screening with pre-natal yoga
• Post-partum guidelines for practice

Prerequisite:
*The course is a certification course in prenatal yoga for participants who have obtained or are enrolled in a 200-hour yoga certification program.
Additionally: midwives, doulas, nurses, doctors, childbirth educators, who have an interest in the benefits of yoga for pregnancy are welcome to join, however will not be a "certified prenatal yoga teacher". A certificate of hours can be provided for all participants upon request. This course is a required course by our YTT 500 hour level participants.

Dates: May 14 & 15, 2011
Time 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:30pm daily

Teacher: Maxine Munro, B.Sc. O.T., B.Sc Kin, CIYI

Assistant Teacher: Jolene d'Entremont, CIYI

Program cost $230 plus tax

Locations:

Sunday Location:

TAYS studio, 6156 Quinpool Road Suite 202, Halifax

Saturday location:

Maple Tree Montessori, 102-3008 Oxford St, Corner of Oxford/Cork

Maxine Munro (CYI 500 hour), has been teaching people healthy ways of living through exercise, breath, self awareness and self acceptance since 1993. Originally an Occupational Therapist, Maxine has an excellent understanding of the body and how it works; she is skilled in determining the right level of yoga practice for any student. Maxine has been teaching pregnancy yoga since being pregnant with her first child, Jordan, who is now 8 years old and has been teaching yoga teachers to teach pregnancy yoga and post-partum yoga since 2004.



Jolene d'Entremont, (CYI 500 hour), TAYS' fabulous pregnancy yoga and moms&babes instructor will share ideas with you in the development of pregnancy yoga classes and post-partum yoga classes. We will experience Jolene's classes first hand during the workshop weekend.

MAY 27, 28, 29, 2011
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website to register and apply for upcoming YTT programs.

JUNE 17, 18, 19, 2011
TAYS 200 HOUR YTT PROGRAM

2010-2011 YTT 200 training. Please see our website to register and apply for upcoming YTT programs.

JULY 4-8, 2011
Week long intensive - Embody the Practice 1

This is a fabulous week long intensive allowing you to immerse yourself into yoga and its practice. Make this course part of your summer vacation and allow yourself to be renewed and refreshed by your yoga practice. This week long course will be a residential retreat and will be a offered yearly. This course is a required course by our YTT 500 hour level participants.

Dates: July 5-9, 2011,

Location: tba

Phone: 429-3303
Email: maxine@yogastudio.ns.ca

Cost: $535 plus tax

Deadline: $75 deposit due June 15 to hold your space.

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 2011 Hart Lazer

September 30-October 02, 2011 (weekend workshop)
Professional development for yoga teachers. Improve your Practice, Improve your Teaching Part II

and

October 3 & 4, 2011: (Morning Master Classes) Monday, Oct. 3 & Tuesday, Oct. 4: 6:00-9:00 am

Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio and The Ashtanga Yoga Shala are co-hosting these wonderful and informative yoga workshops and trainings with internationally-known teacher: Hart Lazer.

For teachers and experienced students to deepen their teaching and practicing skills. Focus will be on the art of touch and adjustment with hands-on practical knowledge. Attention will be given to how to prevent and deal with injuries so that students can practice safely. In addition, emphasis will be place on how to make decisions as to what types of adjustments encourage the students to learn more deeply rather than just change their experience without them knowing how to help themselves.

Workshop dates: Friday, Sept. 30: 6:30-9:00 pm; Saturday, Oct. 01 8:00am-12:00pm & 1:00-5:00pm; Sunday, Oct. 02: 8:00 am-12:30 pm
and/or
Master class dates: Monday October 3 & Tuesday October 4, 6:00-9:00am Location: The Ashtanga Yoga Shala, Halifax

To register: The Ashtanga Yoga Shala
1489 Birmingham St. Halifax
902 407-YOGA (9642)
www.theshala.ca

Cost: $250 plus tax - ($225 if registered before September 15; The Shala and TAYS teachers pay $200)

HART LAZER TRAINING PROGRAMS

Hart Lazer is internationally recognized as a teacher of yoga teachers. He leads workshops and teacher training courses throughout Canada and the U.S., as well as Mexico, Costa Rica, and India. After 25 years devoted to the practice and teaching of Iyengar Yoga under the tutelage of Ramanand Patel, Hart broadened his practice to include Ashtanga Yoga. He soon found himself using a multi-dimensional repertoire of techniques to help teachers and practitioners of all styles reduce pain, heal injuries, activate dormant muscles to re-align bones, engage the inner organs, and employ pranayama and chanting to deepen their practice.

JULY 4-8, 2011
1-week Yoga Teacher Training Intensive Program

Our week-long YTT program will take place at Inner Sun Yoga Studio, Wolfville Nova Scotia. This will provide 50 hours of YTT for those wanting to further their practice or become a yoga teacher. You can combine these 50 hours of YTT training with our other Yoga Alliance approved YTT training programs to obtain a total of 200 hours to become a certified Hatha Yoga Teacher.
This is a perfect opportunity for HRSB school teachers wishing to offer Yoga 11 in the school system. Our YTT program is approved by the HRSB and *200 hours* of our training is required.

Next program
Tentative Dates: July 26-31, 2010

Tentative location: Inner Sun Yoga Studio,
112 Front Street, 2nd floor
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Times: 8:30am-5:00pm daily
Phone: 542-YOGA (9642)
Email: yoga@innersunyoga.ca

Cost: $725 plus tax

Deadline: $150 deposit due June 15 to hold your space. Minimum numbers required. Remaining fees due July 1, 2011.

For those coming from out of town or are not familiar with the Wolfville area you might need help with a place to stay . geographic location of Wolfville, Nova Scotia , Inner Sun Yoga Studio, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and directions from the airport. directions from the airport, local places to stay and general tourism information. Call or email and we would be pleased to answer any questions or help in any way that we can.

Follow-up YTT programs: January 2011, and/or July, 2011, Inner Sun Yoga Studio, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, "TAYS travels" programs in Fredericton, NB or St. John's NF, or ongoing YTT trainings at Therapeutic Approach Yoga Studio, Halifax

Any way we can help?

For those coming from out of town or are not familiar with the Halifax area, we have directions from the airport, local places to stay and general tourism information. Please call or email and we would be pleased to answer any questions or help in any way that we can.
Namaste.

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