Kunga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Heather Metzler, ERYT500 + Noelle Cavenaugh, ERYT500 - August 2015

Learn to integrate mind, body, and spirit through creative, strong, vinyasa flow practices

The Kunga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training certification is a transformational program for the yogi and the teacher seeking to integrate mind, body, and spirit through creative, strong, vinyasa flow practices. Students going through the program for personal enrichment will be challenged in a way that is safe, strong, and deeply transformative. Teacher Trainees will learn how to create and offer efficient, and effectively sequenced classes using anatomical principles and vinyasa krama theory. You will also receive a detailed manual with sample class sequences, and content guiding you through the entire process for becoming a strong, effective, and impactful teacher. Training includes mixed levels Power Flow classes, intermediate and advanced postures (with optional modifications), vinyasa methodology and vinyasa krama theory, ayurveda, and teaching techniques for all levels of vinyasa practitioners.

In this Training You will learn:

*How to sequences for all families of themed classes: Hip Openers, Backbends, Forward Bends, Twists, Arm Balances, Inversions
*How to sequence your class for an advanced or “peak” posture
*How to handle mixed levels of students in various settings
*How to teach with confidence, clarity, and ease
*How to enhance alignment and offer a safe but motivating experience for all
*How to Weave Themes/Philosophy into your classes
*How to incorporate music wisely for various classes
*How to create a personal practice that is personal and sustainable for your needs

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In addition, you will learn:
*Classical and Innovative Sun Salutations/Namaskars
*Verbal secrets, teaching tips, pacing, demonstration & tying it all together
*Hands On Assisting guidelines and tips
*Principles of the Ayurvedic Effects of Asana
*Living yoga practices & self-care routines

Kunga Vinyasa Teacher Training Manual
Your take home manual includes the following:
-Vinyasa Krama Sequencing
-Sample Power Flow Classes
-Details on all Families of Asanas, Levels, How to Sequence
-Teaching Tools, Verbal Guiding, Sanskrit Translations
-Music Theory, Suggestions, and Tools
-Creating the environment for your class
-How to Safely teach mixed levels, therapeutic needs
-Opening Invocations
-Readings & Resources

This training is open to all levels of students and teachers (with or without 200 hour certification.) This certification is a required module for participants towards 500hour certification.

More About Kunga Yoga Programs:
Kunga Yoga certification programs are committed to consistent, clear, and detailed standards ensuring that our trainees have the ability to teach with the highest level of skill while honoring their own unique voice. Our trainings give participants the secrets, tips, and tools to be able to teach classes that cohesively integrate the philosophy, principles and technical know-how that are the standards of the Kunga Yoga Methodology. The mission of Kunga Yoga is offer the practice of yoga as a path of service for the individual, the community, and beyond!

Vinyasa for All Levels:
This certification and training is for all aspiring and experienced yoga teachers wishing to learn to teach effective, safe, and strong Power Flow yoga classes. Any practitioner at any level of yoga experience who seeks a greater understanding of Power Flow/Vinyasa Yoga is welcome into our trainings. Participants in our Kunga Yoga programs sometimes go through the program for personal enrichment, and others for professional training. We welcome and encourage both, and offer our trainings in a way that is both challenging, and permissive-for many this is a deeply enlightening and deeply transformative way of approaching the practice. We do request that you show up with an open mind, and full commitment!

About Heather Metzler, ERYT500

Kunga Yoga Faculty Instructor Heather Metzler, ERYT is a certified 500-hour Kunga Yoga teacher. She has also completed the 100 hour Professional Level Kunga Yoga Apprenticeship under Kristin Cooper for Kunga Yoga Leaders, and is working towards 1000-hour Kunga Yoga certification. As a Special Education teacher for many years, Heather started looking for a way to alleviate stress and create a healthier lifestyle for herself. She took her first yoga class in 2000 at a local gym, and was soon in love with the way it made her feel. She found the Wilmington Yoga Center where she started to deepen her practice through the love and teachings of Kristin Cooper, Larry Hobbs and Donna Gardner. After the birth of her first daughter in 2006, she began her yoga training, and is a graduate of the 220 and 500 hour Kunga Yoga School. She has completed certifications in Prenatal Yoga, Yoga for Trauma, Thai Yoga Massage, Kunga Power Vinyasa and Therapeutics and has traveled with Kunga Journeys for volunteer work at the Home of Hope Orphanage in Kerala, India. She feels blessed to have her family and students in her life everyday, supporting her growth as an individual and as a teacher. She is currently working towards her 1000 hour certification, to deepen her practice and experiences while serving others in her classes.

About Noelle Cavenaugh, ERYT500
Noelle Cavenaugh, ERYT500 is the Co-Director of the Kunga Yoga School at the Wilmington Yoga Center, leading 200 and 500 hour Kunga Yoga Lifestyle Teacher Trainings and Kunga Journeys Service Retreats nationally and internationally. Noelle is also a Professional Level Kunga Yoga Leader, completing a 350 hour advanced apprenticeship certification with Kristin Cooper-Gulak; and is currently pursuing her 1000hour Kunga Yoga certification. She is a seasoned international teacher and retreat leader, and is deeply committed to the Kunga Yoga mission of service, spending much of her time in India and in the U.S. working with and for the girls of the Homes of Hope Orphanages in Kerala, India.

Noelle has been teaching since 2006, beginning her yoga studies at the Nosara Institute in Costa Rica, and studying Thai Yoga Massage in Chaing Mai, Thailand, completing advanced-level certifications in the Lek Chaiya tradition. She is a certified Pilates Mat and Pilates Reformer teacher, completing over 250 hours in advanced anatomy and pilates technique training and is also a certified 5Elements Flow Yoga Teacher Trainer and certified Kunga Vinyasa Trainer. Her additional certifications include Interdisciplinary Yoga, Fluid Power Yoga, and Thai Yoga Therapy.

Noelle’s primary teachers include Ashley Ludman, Kristin Cooper-Gulak, and Larry Hobbs. She has also completed trainings with Hilary Garivaltis in Ayurveda, Marlysa Sullivan in Anatomy of Yoga and Therapeutic Yoga, David Emerson in Yoga for Trauma and PTSD, and Pre and Post Natal Yoga with Heather Till.

Noelle has assisted Anusara-based Seaside Yoga Teacher Trainings and Transformation Retreats with Ashley Ludman and has led retreats to Ambergris Caye, Belize, with Elizabeth Cramond RYT. Due to her dynamic classes and community following, Noelle has been chosen as an ambassador of both Manduka and Lululemon. Yoga, music, dance, service work, and travel are her passions, and she enjoys incorporating these experiences into her teachings to create a safe, fun, and effective experience appropriate for all ages and levels. Noelle enjoys empowering the student to connect with their inner teacher. Noelle teaches public classes, offers Thai Yoga therapy sessions and one-on-one private therapeutic yoga sessions at The Wilmington Yoga Center, benefitting a broad range of ages, needs, and conditions.

Date & Time

Thursday, Aug 20, 2015
9:00am – 6:00pm

Friday, Aug 21, 2015
9:00am – 6:00pm

Saturday, Aug 22, 2015
9:00am – 6:00pm

Sunday, Aug 23, 2015
9:00am – 6:00pm

*Lunch Break & Snack Breaks throughout the day
*Please bring change of clothes, snacks, and eat lightly each day

Cost

**EXTENDED** Early Bird Tuition $550 by Aug 13
Tuition after Oct 22: $600

*Your tuition includes your $50 Manual Fee

MyCAA Information:

If you are a military spouse, you may qualify for the MyCAA program. The MyCAA program is a career development and employment assistance program offered by the military for military personnel and their spouses. MyCAA provides a maximum educational benefit of $4,000.
MyCAA approved.

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CEUs & Yoga Certification Info

30 CEU Hours toward 300 YA or CEUs
$15 Additional CEU certificate due at time of registration
Participation in full workshop required to receive 500YA credit.
This certification counts as one required module towards 500Hr registry in the Wilmington Yoga Center program

Cancellation Policy

No refunds will be given for workshops. 10 days prior to the workshop cancellation is permitted for WYC account credit only (minus a $25 administrative fee). 10 days and closer to the start date of the workshop the total tuition is non-refundable and non-transferable.

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Kunga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Heather Metzler, ERYT500 + Noelle Cavenaugh, ERYT500 – August 2015