Therapeutic Svadhyaya Yoga™ Teacher Training
200-Hour Program
A profound life changing experience for people who are seeking greater career satisfaction or for those who desire a deep personal transformational experience. The 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification program offered at Silver Lotus Training Institute is registered with and recognized by National Yoga Alliance.
2011/2012 Programs
At present, we do not have any 200-hour teacher training programs scheduled. We may be offering another training in 2012. If you are interested, please keep checking back, or contact us to be put on our email news list.
Course Description
This teacher training program meets the standards of the National Yoga Alliance and is registered as a 200-hour level. The course includes studies in techniques, teaching method, anatomy, physiology, Yoga history, philosophy, ethics and lifestyle. It also includes study in chanting, meditation, mudras, bandhas, and yantra. Students are given an opportunity to do practice teaching at Silver Lotus Training Institute or in a facility of their choice. Students work with Mentors to support and guide them through the process of YTT. All are welcome. We embrace diversity in culture, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
The program welcomes individuality and deep acceptance of the Self.
This program is highly individualized, and it is flexible to meet the unique needs and interests of individual students. So that we can give each student individual attention, the program classes are small: usually no more than 10 students are accepted and enrolled in any Silver Lotus training program.
Style of Yoga
Teacher Training at Silver Lotus features training in the Svadhyaya system of hatha-Yoga. Svadhyaya Yoga™ is a system of Yoga developed by the Silver Lotus Institute Director, Susan Hamadock.
Location
The training is given at the new Silver Lotus Training Institute and Center for Healing Arts, located at Quakertown Integrative Healthcare Center, 1307 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958. You will be close to hotels, motels, and B&Bs; minutes from downtown historic Lewes, a delightful town, originally settled by the Dutch, and departure port of the Cape May (NJ)-Lewes Ferry. You are also only a few short miles away from Rehoboth Beach, "the nation's summer capital," and home to friendly people, charming shops, and a range of restaurants to meet the needs of all tastes and pocketbooks. You will be right at the center of Delaware's sales-tax-free shopping district. And you will have a vast array of holistic services available right next door at Quakertown Wellness.
Training Prerequisites
- The first and most important prerequisite is that you love Yoga and have a strong desire to pass that love of Yoga on to others.
- The second prerequisite is that you have studied or practiced Yoga on your own or in the classroom for a minimum of 6 months.
Benefits of Yoga Teacher Training
- You will learn and of understand hatha-Yoga and the Classical Yoga of Patanjali, including moral principles, asana (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques), and meditation. You will learn basic anatomy, Yoga history and philosophy, Yoga principles, teaching methods, how best to teach those with special needs (which includes just about all of us) and the business of Yoga.
- You will learn about Svadhyaya Yoga™, a system which develops Radical Self-Discovery and Self-Acceptance. You will learn how to adjust your teaching to each student and how to gently, safely, and carefully bring your teaching to the individual.
- You will be fully prepared to teach beginners--everyone who completes this training achieves the tools, confidence, and grace to bring the love of Yoga to students in Yoga classes.
- If you are interested in additional training, you will be fully prepared to take advanced teacher training at Silver Lotus or any qualified school.
- You will work closely with Silver Lotus faculty and your fellow students, forming a loving bond and support network that will last a lifetime.
During the Course
General Requirements:
- Daily Yoga sadhana (practice) of a minimum of 30 minutes (more time is highly encouraged) 5 out of 7 days each week.
- Maintenance of a daily sadhana journal describing briefly what happened during you practice that day. For example, what you noticed about your body or what changes in mood you may have noticed during your practice. We also want to know what motivated your selection of particular asanas and pranayamas for any given day.
- Purchase of Svadhyaya Yoga™ Teacher Training Manual. Available through Silver Lotus Training Institute for $50 .
- Attendance at all Learning Intensives--dates specified above.
- You are required to complete 180 contact hours--direct contact in person or by phone with the Director or senior Silver Lotus faculty. For the most part, this is accomplished during the 4 weekends. This is a requirement of the Yoga Alliance for the 200-hour registered program--you will find it fulfilling to work closely with the faculty, who offer you their loving support.
- Other deadlines: TBA
Food and Lodging:
Information about local accomodations will be available. We generally have working lunches, but provide a short break for students to pick up carry-out meals if they need to. A microwave oven is available. Refrigerator space is extremely limited. We also recommend that you bring snacks to munch on as needed.
Tuition and Registration
Tuition for program: $2,100.
A $500 non-refundable deposit will reserve your space in our small and highly individualized course. $100 discount for early registration by November 1st. Pre-payment plans are available. Full payment of tuition is due by the first class session January 6th. Please note that the class will be limited to 10 people, so we suggest that you register early!
We are committed to small, intimate style learning where your individual learning styles and needs are attended to. As such, we need to have your commitment to our program at least two months prior to the start date to ensure that we have adequate space for you and that we have adequate enrollment. Our students have benefited from our intensive and intensive style of teaching. If, in the event that we have to cancel, we will notify you within two months in advance of our training so that you may find another training in plenty of time.
We will do everything we can to ensure your positive and highly evolved yoga teacher training. We have been training high quality yoga teachers since 1995. Our teachers have touched thousands of lives. We hope you will join us on this journey of love, peace and harmony.
Fill out the application/registration and send it by mail with your check, or click the button at right to pay securely online using PayPal.
- If you need special payment considerations, please contact the program director, Susan Hamadock, at 302.381.0585.
- Refunds: There are NO refunds after the program has begun. If you request a refund by January 5th, your tuition will be refunded less the $500 deposit.
For more information about any aspect of the program, email us at info@silverlotustraininginstitute.com, or call the program director, Susan Hamadock, at 302.381.0585.
