Foundation Yoga Teacher Training - The elbowroom

coursE tiMEtABlEs
March 24-25 2012
April 14-15 2012
May 4-7 2012
June 9-10 2012
July 14-15 2012
Aug 3-6 2012
Sept 8-9 2012
The weekends run Saturday-Sunday 09:00-17:30
Bank Holidays May & Aug 4 days 09:00-17:30
Early Bird price of €2250 if booked by
the end of 2011 . Full price is €2500. To
guarantee your spot, a non-refundable
deposit of €400 is required to secure your
place.
We use several text books for the course
that you will need to purchase in addition.
These will not exceed €100.
Payment plans available to spread the
cost of your course over the year.
For the duration of the course students will
receive a 20% discount at The elbowroom
for class passes, unlimited passes and
workshops.
22 hours minimum of observation / assisting hours
(at The elbowroom or elsewhere) are required for
certification.
ACCREDITED
THE ELBOWROOM PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
This course is fully accredited by The
Yoga Alliance and Embody (UK).
Full worldwide insurance is available.
Oct 13-14 2012
Nov 10-11 2012
Dec 8-9 2012
Jan 12-13 2013
Feb 16-17 2013
April 13-14 2013
May 11-12 2013
Blackhall Pl
Hendrick Pl
Blackhall Pl
N4
Stoneybatter
Paul St
King St N
Oxmantown Ln
Hendrick St
John St N
CENTRA
Fountain Rd
Blackhall Parade
Blackhall St
Elis Quay
Grangegorman
Brunswick St N
Queen St
Queen St
our instructors
susan church - Asana, teaching Methodology & business mentor
With a personal practice of 20 years and with many years of extensive teaching practice,
Susan brings a wealth of knowledge her students. After a decade of
dance training, Susan Church studied Theatre at TCD in the late 1980’s
and dance with the National Theatre Institute in Connecticut U.S.A. It
was during this time that she received her first yoga training , along with
Laban, Alexander method and many other forms of dance and movement.
Although, she eventually left the arts, she remained committed to yoga
and in 1999 she completed her first yoga teacher training and one year
later she qualified as a massage therapist.
Along with attending hundreds of master classes in both yoga and pilates,
she graduated from her second yoga teacher training in 2004 with The YTTC.
tanya Fitzpatrick - Asana & teaching Methodology
Tanya Fitzpatrick is a yoga teacher of ten years, who specialises in
adapting the practice of yoga to her clients needs. Her focus is leading
the client to greater awareness within their body, building strength safely
and to increase their range of flexibility. By combining her knowledge of
anatomy, physiology, massage and somatic education, Tanya’s style of
yoga has helped many people to become pain free, strong and healthy.
In 2002 Tanya earned her teaching diploma with Yoga Therapy Ireland.
In 2004 she travelled to Vancouver, Canada where she undertook an
advanced teacher training with world renowned yoga teacher Donna
Farhi. Tanya has continued to work with Donna, and is now assisting her worldwide with
teacher training and workshops. In 2010 Tanya finished a two year training with the school
of Body Mind Centering in San Francisco, where she has completed an in-depth course in
embodied anatomy and yoga.
Melissa curtis - Anatomy & Physiology
Melissa has been teaching anatomy and physiology at The elbowroom
for over 5 years. Melissa has been teaching yoga for 12 years, originally
training in California, Melissa moved back to Ireland 9 years ago to
broadern her training to study an anatomy degree and nutrition.
Marianne Jacuzzi - Philosophy & Meditation
Marianne is Yoga Alliance registered at E-RYT 500, their highest level,
having trained in the Astanga, Iyengar and Sivananda (advanced
certificate) traditions. She has studied in India with many masters,
including Sri K Pattabhi Jois and BKS Iyengar. Her love for the deeper
dimension of yoga, inspired by a mediation practice of over forty years, led
her to the late Ramesh Balsekar, enlightened sage and teacher of Advaita
Vedanta. For many years, she travelled to Bombay to learn directly from
him. With Georg Feuerstein, world-renowned yoga scholar, she has
completed over 1000 hours of formal yoga philosophy study.
Haymarket
Smithfield
Smithfield
LUAS
Usher’s IslandUsher’s Quay
Red Cow Ln
Stable Ln
Friary Ave
New Church St
Arran Quay
N4
District Ct
Brunswick St N
King St N
Bow St
Hammond Ln
Bow St
May Ln
N1
R108
N1
R108
Church St
Upper Church St
W: www.the-elbowroom.com
online reservations available
The Old Woollen Mill, 32 North Brunswick
St, Stonybatter, Dublin 7.
t: 01 677 9859
E: training@the-elbowroom.com

FoundAtion
Yoga
ProFEssionAl
250 hour tEAchEr trAining
W: www.the-elbowroom.com E: info@the-elbowroom.com T: 01 677 9859

250 hr FoundAtion yogA tEAchEr trAining
Our 250 hour Yoga Alliance Registered Course
represents our heartfelt desire to offer a
comprehensive and inspirational Foundation
Teacher Training Course.
This course is suitable for experienced yogis
wishing to further their practice and develop
teaching skills, as well as for practitioners that
simply wish to deepen their level of understanding
and practice of yoga.
Your training will be non-dogmatic, conducted in a
supportive and nurturing group environment. Our
course draws on the knowledge from a number of
yoga traditions, including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Hatha
and Vinyasa Yoga. This will establish a broad
foundation and understanding of yoga’s diversity
and depth encompassing asana, restorative
work, meditation, pranayama, applied anatomy,
yoga philosophy, and developing and practicing
teaching skills.
trAining
Students receive detailed practical training in how to
teach yoga, alongside developing skills firmly rooted
in the students own work and understanding of the
practice. This ensures an integrated approach that
develops compassion, creativity, personal integrity
and safety, both as a practitioner and teacher.
Trainees will gain a comprehensive understanding
of how to observe, modify and safely adjust. Our
main focus will be on developing a personal practice
that supports, nurtures and sustains you, and
how to develop your own teaching based on this
understanding.
FEAturEs
Focus is also given on how to sequence a class to
suit your own personal style and the demands of your
students. This multidisciplinary approach, gives
our teacher trainees the strong foundation required
to teach the diverse culture and ability of students we
have in Ireland.
The course features:
v How to practice and teach a broad range of asana
that establish an essential foundation for a centred
and sustainable yoga practice.
v Teaching methodology, principles of instruction
through demonstration, observation, assisting,
modifying and safely adjusting.
v How to create different sequences that nourish
yet challenge you and your students and how to
sequence classes for different emphasis whilst
maintaining the integrity of a yoga practice.
v How to meditate, and how to practice simple but
powerful pranayama techniques.
v Anatomy, and the intrinsic structure of the body,
and how this is applied to yoga.
v To develop and refine skills to recognize
imbalances in students and how to address these.
v The subtle pranic body, - the very life-force that
sustains us, including the bandhas, the chakras and
the nadis.
v The broader context of Yoga philosophy and its
foundations and developments, and how it may
apply to your practice and inspire your teaching.
v An insight and understanding of ethical guidelines
of Yoga, and how these may inspire your practice,
your teaching and your students!
v An opportunity to teach classes at our studios with
real students.
Throughout the duration of the training, in addition to
full participation on all of the weekends, each student

will be required to observe and if appropriate, assist
in yoga classes, as well as demonstrating continuous
attendance at local classes. Each student will have to
demonstrate at least two years of continuous practice
of yoga in order to be eligible for the course, ensuring a
proficient standard and level of teaching.
The elbowroom has been successfully running teacher
training courses since the beginning of 2005. We
have great staff, a wonderful studio and a facility to
allow our graduates to continue their education
through ongoing workshops, seminars and classes.
We do insist that each student has at least two years
yoga practice and will require referees to acknowledge
this practice.
thE BEnEFits oF trAining With us
v Flexible payment plans
v A full manual with photographs of asana
v Experienced teacher training instructors
v Discounted classes and workshops at The
elbowroom
v Free mentoring after your course with our
instructors
v Free use of our studio to practice teaching
clients
“I am so impressed with the level of tutition on
the course and am thoroughly enjoying the whole
experience.”
Karen Ward, (Author & Holistic Therapist, from
RTE’s Health Squad)
coursE contEnt
AsAnA
In-depth exploration of asana
Correct alignment
How to instruct
Qualities of a teacher
Demonstrating, assisting,
Observing and adjusting
Safety in the classroom
How to adapt and modify the
asana to the individual
Developing your style
Therapeutic values of asana
Etiquette of adjusting
Sequencing classes
Developing teacher presence
and teacher voice
Practice teaching groups
PrAnAyAMA &
rElAxAtion
Prana
Yoga breath and pranayama
Breath techniques, effects and
methods of teaching
Yoga Nidra
thE huMAn systEM
Anatomy & physiology
Applied anatomy and intrinsic
structure
In-depth study of the anatomy
of the muscular skeletal system
Anatomy of yoga movement
Practical chakra awareness
Diet and nutrition
Anatomy of the breath
Surface Anatomy
Bandhas
MEditAtion
What is meditation
Why meditate
Exploring different methods
Developing a regular
meditation practice
PhilosoPhy & Ethics
Philosophy of asana practice/
The mind/body continuum
The branches of yoga: Jnana,
Raja, Karma, Bhakti, Tantra,
Hatha
Historical overview of the yoga
tradition
The Bhagavad-Gita: and its lifetransforming
wisdom
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali:
theory of the mind and
liberation teaching
Technology of the energy body
Ethics applied to yoga teaching
BusinEss studiEs
Effective marketing
Web design and functionality
Studio setup/management
Customer relationship
management
Ways to work as a yoga
teacher
Using technology
Accounting practices
MEntors
Yoga Mentoring at The
elbowroom
Email Support after graduation
Free teaching facilities