Mastering the Art of Yoga Teaching:
Advanced Ashaya 300-hour
Yoga Teacher Training
UPDATE FROM RANDY FOR 300-HOUR TRAINING:
Due to the Covid Virus and current restrictions on gatherings of more than 10 people you may still submit an application but you will be put on a waiting list . If the situation changes with the virus or with restrictions on gatherings, or if someone drops out, you will be admitted to the program . You will not be required to pay the deposit until you are admitted to the program . If you have questions email Randy Boyd or call 304-640-1670.
Due to the Covid Virus and current restrictions on gatherings of more than 10 people you may still submit an application but you will be put on a waiting list . If the situation changes with the virus or with restrictions on gatherings, or if someone drops out, you will be admitted to the program . You will not be required to pay the deposit until you are admitted to the program . If you have questions email Randy Boyd or call 304-640-1670.
Take your teaching to the next level in this mind-expanding, comprehensive, and life-transforming journey of professional development. As Ashaya teachers this an essential next step to mastery. This 16-month training catapults you to new depths of technical proficiency, spiritual understanding, self-knowledge and personal transformation, and complete confidence to serve the hearts of others through teaching Ashaya Yoga.
The Ashaya Yoga Training Track provides levels of sequential, comprehensive training, along with advanced practices that build upon each other. In the 200-Hour teacher training you receive a specific morning sadhana practice with specific mantras that requires a certain length of time of practice over many months for integration and full benefit. This is an informal initiation into the empowering and transformative practices of the Tantra. In the 300-Hour teacher training these practices build and include new levels of advanced mantra and meditation techniques that refine and expand consciousness.
Participate in a vibrant, supportive community of yogis seeking authentic relationship, true belonging, and deeper meaning and fulfillment in service to a bigger energy, while serving and bringing more light, love, and healing onto the planet.
Registration will be limited to give us ample space in the yoga room. From initial reactions to the training it is expected to sell out, so register early. This Ashaya 300-hour training will probably be available only once in WV.
Prerequisite - Ashaya Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training, or by permission
Meet the Faculty here.
The Ashaya Yoga Training Track provides levels of sequential, comprehensive training, along with advanced practices that build upon each other. In the 200-Hour teacher training you receive a specific morning sadhana practice with specific mantras that requires a certain length of time of practice over many months for integration and full benefit. This is an informal initiation into the empowering and transformative practices of the Tantra. In the 300-Hour teacher training these practices build and include new levels of advanced mantra and meditation techniques that refine and expand consciousness.
Participate in a vibrant, supportive community of yogis seeking authentic relationship, true belonging, and deeper meaning and fulfillment in service to a bigger energy, while serving and bringing more light, love, and healing onto the planet.
Registration will be limited to give us ample space in the yoga room. From initial reactions to the training it is expected to sell out, so register early. This Ashaya 300-hour training will probably be available only once in WV.
Prerequisite - Ashaya Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training, or by permission
Meet the Faculty here.
Format
11 modules over 16 months
All modules are required for certification at the 300-Hour level
All modules are required for certification at the 300-Hour level
Curriculum
What You Will Gain
In-Class Hours | 270
Advanced Instruction in Mantra
Pranayama, Meditation
Asana Practices
Advanced Tantra Philosophy
Teaching flow sequences with essential alignment cues
Ancient Myth for Modern Life: In Depth Study of the Goddess Tradition and Yoga Deities
Theme Refinement
Language Refinement
Alignment Refinement
Mastering Hands-On Adjustments
Yoga Anatomy Refinement
Advanced Wellness Applications: Learning modifications and contraindications for specific medical conditions
Mentoring For Mastery
Teaching Chakra Yoga
Art of Teaching Transformational Workshops
Home Study Hours | 30 | After the second module you will receive the At-Home Study Packet with instructions and assignment details.
Module reflections/evaluations (5 total- short answers to some questions )
Research project on a yoga topic that interests you
- Deepen your asana, pranayama, and meditation practice and create a consistent at-home daily practice.
- Join a vibrant and supportive community of yogis focused on bringing more light, joy, and freedom into the world.
- Receive guidance and support to discover your true voice and gift as a teacher.
- Gain more confidence and expertise that comes from a deep inner knowing that is undeniable.
- Maximize your ability to teach with precise, clear, and effective alignment instructions.
- Find more ease in teaching with meaningful, heart-centered themes.
- Advance your skills in creative and intelligent sequencing.
- Learn how to teach private yoga classes to people with specific medical conditions such as shoulder injury, neck pain, low back pain, sacral pain, knee or wrist pain and provide alternate or modified postures.
- Acquire basic marketing skills to build a private yoga business as well as market and promote workshops
- Learn to teach vinyasa flow sequences with essential alignment cues.
- Refine your knowledge of yoga anatomy and kinesiology.
- Learn how to teach yoga to someone with a specific medical condition, disability, or other limitation.
- Learn contraindications for certain medical conditions for poses or positions
- Learn alternative or modified postures for populations with medical conditions or disabilities
- Master the art of healing chronic aches and pains in the body through private and group therapeutic yoga classes.
- Learn essential precautions and applications to teaching yoga to populations with special health needs.
- Sharpen your observation skills and enrich your capacity to give unforgettable physical adjustments.
- Dive deeper into yoga and Tantric philosophy with an in-depth study of the Goddess tradition and yoga deities.
- Learn how to create sacred space and facilitate the awakening of the hearts of your students within a class and extended workshop format.
- Transform self-limiting samskaras (patterns) through the matrix of the chakras.
- Deepen your asana, pranayama, and meditation practice and create a consistent at-home daily practice.
- Join a vibrant supportive community of yogis focused on bringing more light, and joy into the world.
In-Class Hours | 270
Advanced Instruction in Mantra
Pranayama, Meditation
Asana Practices
Advanced Tantra Philosophy
Teaching flow sequences with essential alignment cues
Ancient Myth for Modern Life: In Depth Study of the Goddess Tradition and Yoga Deities
Theme Refinement
Language Refinement
Alignment Refinement
Mastering Hands-On Adjustments
Yoga Anatomy Refinement
Advanced Wellness Applications: Learning modifications and contraindications for specific medical conditions
Mentoring For Mastery
Teaching Chakra Yoga
Art of Teaching Transformational Workshops
Home Study Hours | 30 | After the second module you will receive the At-Home Study Packet with instructions and assignment details.
Module reflections/evaluations (5 total- short answers to some questions )
Research project on a yoga topic that interests you
Schedule and MODULES
Dates and Modules
FIRST MODULE POSTPONED TILL JUNE 12-14* (previously May 8-10, 2020) - Philosophy, In Depth Practice, Methodology
1. June 12-14, 2020* - Philosophy: The Goddess Tradition Ancient Myth, Solutions for a Modern World, In Depth Practice, Methodology
2. September 24-27, 2020 (3.5 day module Thursday pm- Sunday ) - Theming /In Depth Practice
3. November 13-15, 2020* - The Art of Giving Hands on Adjustments and Alignment Refinement
4. December 11-13, 2020* - Advanced Anatomy with Ellen Saltonstall
5. February 5-7, 2021* - Advanced Wellness Applications
6. March 12-14, 2021* - Advanced Wellness Applications
7. May 14-16, 2021* - Mentoring for Mastery
8. June 9 -13, 2021 (4.5 day module Wednesday PM - Sunday) Todd Norian Workshop and Mentoring
9. August 3-8, 2021 (5.5 day module Tuesday pm – Sunday) Chakra Workshop
10. September 10-12, 2021 (Graduation Weekend) - The Art of Teaching Weekend Workshops / Mentoring
11. November 11-14 Make up dates for May 8-10, 2020
*Weekend Module
In the event that we have to reschedule the June 12-14 weekend then we would make up the first two weekends on Thursday all day - Sunday November 11-14 2021.
So in the event that both the May and June modules are rescheduled the first weekend would be shifted to September 25-27. Our hope and intention is that we will begin June 12-14 as the first weekend. However we will error on the side of safety and prudence if the spread of the virus has not subsided.
Graduation weekend was scheduled for September 10-12 2021 . Graduation weekend will now be Nov. 12-14.
Note content may carry over from one module to the next. All modules regardless of the topic will include morning meditation as well as daily asana sessions.
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Weekend Modules:
Friday | 5:30 - 9:00 PM
Saturdays
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 Morning asana and method
1:15-3 Lunch
3:00 -6:30 PM session
Sunday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AM session
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:00 PM session
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3.5 Day Session | September 24-27, 2020
Thursday | 5:30 - 9:00 PM
Friday and Saturday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 AM session
1:15-3:00 Lunch
3:00 -6:30 PM session
Sunday
7-8 Pranayama / meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AMsession
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:00 PM session
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4.5 Day Session | June 9-13, 2021
Wednesday | 6 - 9 PM
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 AM session
1:15-3:00 Lunch
3:00 -6:30 PM session
Sunday (8 hours)
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AM session
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:00 PM session
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5.5 Day Session | August 3-8, 2021
Tuesday 5:30 - 9 PM (3.5 hours)
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday (8.5 hours each day )
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 AM session
1:15-3:00 Lunch
3:00 -6:30 PM session
Friday (11 hours)
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 AM session
1:15-2:30 Lunch
2:30-5:30 PM session
6:30-9:45 Dinner and Celebration
Sunday (8 hours)
7-8 Pranayama / meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AM session
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:00 PM session
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Graduation Weekend | September 10-12, 2021
Friday 5:30 - 9 PM
Saturday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 Morning asana and method
1:15-2:45 Lunch
2:45 -4:45 - PM session
6:30 -9:30 Dinner & celebration
Sunday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AM session
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:30 PM session graduation
FIRST MODULE POSTPONED TILL JUNE 12-14* (previously May 8-10, 2020) - Philosophy, In Depth Practice, Methodology
1. June 12-14, 2020* - Philosophy: The Goddess Tradition Ancient Myth, Solutions for a Modern World, In Depth Practice, Methodology
2. September 24-27, 2020 (3.5 day module Thursday pm- Sunday ) - Theming /In Depth Practice
3. November 13-15, 2020* - The Art of Giving Hands on Adjustments and Alignment Refinement
4. December 11-13, 2020* - Advanced Anatomy with Ellen Saltonstall
5. February 5-7, 2021* - Advanced Wellness Applications
6. March 12-14, 2021* - Advanced Wellness Applications
7. May 14-16, 2021* - Mentoring for Mastery
8. June 9 -13, 2021 (4.5 day module Wednesday PM - Sunday) Todd Norian Workshop and Mentoring
9. August 3-8, 2021 (5.5 day module Tuesday pm – Sunday) Chakra Workshop
10. September 10-12, 2021 (Graduation Weekend) - The Art of Teaching Weekend Workshops / Mentoring
11. November 11-14 Make up dates for May 8-10, 2020
*Weekend Module
In the event that we have to reschedule the June 12-14 weekend then we would make up the first two weekends on Thursday all day - Sunday November 11-14 2021.
So in the event that both the May and June modules are rescheduled the first weekend would be shifted to September 25-27. Our hope and intention is that we will begin June 12-14 as the first weekend. However we will error on the side of safety and prudence if the spread of the virus has not subsided.
Graduation weekend was scheduled for September 10-12 2021 . Graduation weekend will now be Nov. 12-14.
Note content may carry over from one module to the next. All modules regardless of the topic will include morning meditation as well as daily asana sessions.
_________________________________________________________________
Weekend Modules:
Friday | 5:30 - 9:00 PM
Saturdays
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 Morning asana and method
1:15-3 Lunch
3:00 -6:30 PM session
Sunday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AM session
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:00 PM session
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3.5 Day Session | September 24-27, 2020
Thursday | 5:30 - 9:00 PM
Friday and Saturday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 AM session
1:15-3:00 Lunch
3:00 -6:30 PM session
Sunday
7-8 Pranayama / meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AMsession
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:00 PM session
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4.5 Day Session | June 9-13, 2021
Wednesday | 6 - 9 PM
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 AM session
1:15-3:00 Lunch
3:00 -6:30 PM session
Sunday (8 hours)
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AM session
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:00 PM session
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5.5 Day Session | August 3-8, 2021
Tuesday 5:30 - 9 PM (3.5 hours)
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday (8.5 hours each day )
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 AM session
1:15-3:00 Lunch
3:00 -6:30 PM session
Friday (11 hours)
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 AM session
1:15-2:30 Lunch
2:30-5:30 PM session
6:30-9:45 Dinner and Celebration
Sunday (8 hours)
7-8 Pranayama / meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AM session
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:00 PM session
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Graduation Weekend | September 10-12, 2021
Friday 5:30 - 9 PM
Saturday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-1:15 Morning asana and method
1:15-2:45 Lunch
2:45 -4:45 - PM session
6:30 -9:30 Dinner & celebration
Sunday
7-8 Pranayama / Meditation
8-9:30 Breakfast
9:30- 1:00 AM session
1:00- 2:30 Lunch
2:30- 6:30 PM session graduation
Lodging
Modules will take place at Opossum Creek Retreat, Lansing WV.
Lodging Options for all 27 nights
Bunk bed with shared bathroom | $300| limited availability register early
Private rooms in a shared house with shared bathroom| $500 | limited availability register early
Private room in a private cabin with one other person, shared bathroom | $1400 |
Contact Geoff at 304-573-0111 | geoffheeter@gmail.com for lodging questions.
Lodging Options for all 27 nights
Bunk bed with shared bathroom | $300| limited availability register early
Private rooms in a shared house with shared bathroom| $500 | limited availability register early
Private room in a private cabin with one other person, shared bathroom | $1400 |
Contact Geoff at 304-573-0111 | geoffheeter@gmail.com for lodging questions.
Tuition and Payment plans
A $500 deposit is due with any application and goes towards the total.
The deposit is non-refundable once you are accepted into the training. If you are not accepted, the deposit will be refunded. All prices below are before tax.
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EARLY TUITION | $3,800 | By April 1st, 2020 | pay the $500 deposit now and the remaining balance will be due on APRIL 1ST, 2020. Checks must be postmarked by APRIL 1ST, 2020.
REGULAR TUITION | $4000 - pay the $500 deposit now and the remaining balance will be due on MAY 1ST, 2020. Checks must be postmarked by MAY 1ST, 2020.
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For payment plans there will be an additional $200 added to the prices above. Each of the 15 payments are due on the 5th of each month beginning May 5th, 2020 through July 5th, 2021
EARLY TUITION PAYMENT PLAN | $4000 if you register by April 1st, 2020 | $500 deposit due now | 15 monthly payments of $220
REGULAR TUITION PAYMENT PLAN | $4200 if you register by June 5th, 2020 | $500 deposit due now | 15 monthly payments of $247.67 | Last payment on August 5th, 2021
**A late fee of $20 will be applied for each late payment. (Late payment is defined as payment paid one day or more after billing due date.)**
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Checks for Deposits can be made to Opossum Creek Retreat, mailed to Geoff Heeter, c/o Opossum Creek Retreat, P.O. Box 221, Lansing, WV 25862. Geoff will contact you to let you know the how much you owe with tax after your deposit is made depending on which options you select. Credit Cards (Visa, Master Card, AmEx) will be taken over the phone by Geoff after the submission of the application. Links will be provided via email for payment plans.
The deposit is non-refundable once you are accepted into the training. If you are not accepted, the deposit will be refunded. All prices below are before tax.
_________________________________________________________________
EARLY TUITION | $3,800 | By April 1st, 2020 | pay the $500 deposit now and the remaining balance will be due on APRIL 1ST, 2020. Checks must be postmarked by APRIL 1ST, 2020.
REGULAR TUITION | $4000 - pay the $500 deposit now and the remaining balance will be due on MAY 1ST, 2020. Checks must be postmarked by MAY 1ST, 2020.
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For payment plans there will be an additional $200 added to the prices above. Each of the 15 payments are due on the 5th of each month beginning May 5th, 2020 through July 5th, 2021
EARLY TUITION PAYMENT PLAN | $4000 if you register by April 1st, 2020 | $500 deposit due now | 15 monthly payments of $220
REGULAR TUITION PAYMENT PLAN | $4200 if you register by June 5th, 2020 | $500 deposit due now | 15 monthly payments of $247.67 | Last payment on August 5th, 2021
**A late fee of $20 will be applied for each late payment. (Late payment is defined as payment paid one day or more after billing due date.)**
_________________________________________________________________
Checks for Deposits can be made to Opossum Creek Retreat, mailed to Geoff Heeter, c/o Opossum Creek Retreat, P.O. Box 221, Lansing, WV 25862. Geoff will contact you to let you know the how much you owe with tax after your deposit is made depending on which options you select. Credit Cards (Visa, Master Card, AmEx) will be taken over the phone by Geoff after the submission of the application. Links will be provided via email for payment plans.
Application
