For students invested in the quality of their practice and their lives. After this training you will know how to design your own practice at home or how to benefit from any taught class

For students looking to become teachers in group settings. Provides 200hr teaching certification. Ideally you already have a 200 hour training as a foundation.

For teachers looking to deepen or refresh the content that they love. This is another dimension, another layer, a refinement. This is the training I wish I had had along the way. Bring what you know and be ready to evolve.

Cost

$500 non-refundable deposit

plus  $3700 for 10 months

or plus $1400 every 3 months

or $500/month drop-in individual weekends

Some scholarships are available. Contact marthamcalpine@yahoo.com to set up time for a conversation as needed.

Friday

6-9 group practice, introduction to the topic of the week, small groups, nidra to complete

Saturday

9am - 12, philosophy / anatomy 1

12 - 1pm lunch

1 - 4pm postures and anatomy 2

4 - 5pm snack / rest / game

5 - 8pm integration / partner work / cuing + language / teach each other

Sunday

12 - 2pm lecture and public private of postures - ‘seeing’ each other

2 - 3pm breath + meditation

3 - 5pm snack + lecture / Q+A, recap, + designing personal practice until next session

Required Texts

• Moving Towards Balance, Rodney Yee

• The Inspired Yoga Teacher, Gabrielle Harris

• The Genius of Yoga, Alan Finger

• One Simple Thing, Eddie Stern

• Sanctuary app of Rod Stryker

• Plum Village app

We will not have a manual. We will use the resources I often turn to to design a class. These books will serve you to create sequences for yourself or for groups for years to come. Additional readings will be brought per weekend.

For those who choose to register for all 10 months, particularly with the aspiration of becoming or refining themselves as teachers, there will be an ongoing aspect of apprenticeship.

Each weekend one participant will be co-teaching with me. You will help to design the material, select readings and resources, determine the related anatomical aspects, and run parts of the weekend yourself.

Apprentices will have 3 private sessions with Martha, one at the start, one at the middle, and one towards the end. These will serve to name personal goals or concerns and to celebrate discoveries and growth.

Those who are not apprentices through the program can make arrangements with Martha separately if they want to include a 1:1 in relation to the content of any given weekend.