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Interested in yoga teacher training, but not sure how to choose which one? Flo Fenton talks on a podcast for ‘Changing the Face of Yoga’ about the current standards, accreditation and ethical issues behind yoga teacher trainings, and highlights what questions you should be asking and what research you should be doing when making this important and life changing choice.

“This course will provide you with all the skills, confidence and understanding to begin a rewarding career in yoga teaching. Most importantly though, I will share with you knowledge, tools, and the experience of doing your life in a deeper, more connected, more satisfying way. If you are looking to move forward in your evolution, this course is for you.”-Flo Fenton.

We know that doing your yoga teacher training is a big decision and a huge commitment-and that there are a lot of other trainings out there!

• With Intouch Yoga Teacher Training, you can rest assured that;
• Your qualification will be well respected in yoga circles.
• Your training will give you the best foundation in understanding both how to practice, and teach yoga beneficially
• That you will not be judged on your proficiency in Asana. At Intouch Yoga, we believe that the mark of an experienced practitioner is in knowing how to modify and fine tune the practice to suit your own body and your own needs.

In 2021, with this training in its 12th year, the course has been made even more accessible. You can participate in several ways;

• Fully face to face. Every Wednesday except in school holidays and three Sundays, March-Nov (200 hours) or March-Dec (350 hours).
• Part online-either LIVE online, from the Wednesdays and or Sundays schedule below-(you must complete 5 days face to face in Suffolk Park unless travel restrictions prevent this)
• Or watch the recorded course sessions in your own time (up to 12 study days can be watched online).

In all of these formats, you will receive many face to face hours with a senior, highly experienced teacher, (Flo Fenton has completed thousands of hours of yoga, yoga teaching and yoga therapy training, and has over 20 years of teaching experience) many hours dedicated to questions, and practice teaching of full classes with feedback assure that you will develop and/or deepen your teaching skills to enable you to kick start a new career.

This format encourages an integration of deep spirituality into daily life, by cultivating a dedicated practice throughout the course, that fits with who you are, and where you are up to in your life right now. As opposed to the residential intensive style training, which requires a complete immersion, and disconnection from our mundane daily lives, the part time schedule allows one to continue with the responsibilities of work and parenting, blending the spiritual with the ordinary aspects of our lives.

NOW is the time to book your place and assure you will have a meaningful and insightful year in 2021!

Dates:
TBA-please email your interest! After 12 years continuous training, these courses are on pause….but stay tuned!

Venue:
Suffolk Park Community Hall

Or Online

Call me on 0418 441 437 to discuss!

For Costs, Training Dates, and ALL DETAILS on the training, please SCROLL DOWN this page!

Fully Face to Face Option;

Mostly Wednesdays and 3 x Sundays. No training dates in NSW or QLD school holidays.

Partly Online Option;

Participate live online via zoom, or receive the recorded sessions to study in your own time frame.

You must complete at least 5 study days from the above face to face. The remainder can be completed live online.

The course is  a registered Yoga Alliance training program at the 200 hour level, and a Yoga Australia training program at the 350 hour level.

Those wishing to complete only the minimum 200 hours are able to do so. In this case the course consists of 31 training dates, finishing November. Those completing 200 hours are qualified to teach and will be accredited as Yoga Alliance teachers.

The 350 Hour course will run from March-December over 36 meeting dates. There are some breaks in the schedule for school holidays.

By completing our 350 hour program, you will be eligible to become a Yoga Australia Registered Teacher, which provides the added benefits of being listed as a Registered Teacher, qualified to teach in Australia and many other countries.

The 350 hour program requires that a record be kept of home practice hours and that all assignments and assessments are completed. A mentoring program will also need to be undertaken-see below.

For more info on the 200/350 Hours accreditation, please see our Training Overview page.

There is a pre-requisite of two years prior consistent yoga experience and practice undertaken within the last six years.

As the course homework and assignments are delivered largely by electronic means, a minimum level of computer skills are necessary, plus access to a computer, and a valid email account.

For the fully face to face option, as well as the required 31/36 meeting dates, there will be a required minimum 2 home practice sessions, plus some homework, averaging at another 5-10 hours per week.

For the partly online option, there is a minimum of 5 face to face study days. These can be the Wednesday and Sunday study dates listed above, OR you can schedule your own study hours with Flo (at an additional $50.00 per hour.)

Other sessions can be completed live online via zoom or watch pre-recorded content in your own time.  You will also need time to do another 2 times home practice session plus some homework, averaging at another 5-10 hours per week.

350 hour course Deposit and Payment Plan

Total cost for the 350 hour yoga teacher training course  is $4,550.00 plus mentoring costs approx $150.00 This includes all yoga teacher training sessions and hand outs on the course. Set texts are supplied at cost including postage, see below.

Deposit: A deposit of $1,200.00 is required at the time of booking and before course commencement. The remaining fees can be paid in up to 4 installments of $837.50, the first payable at course commencement, the second by the end of May, the third by the end of August, the fourth by the end of October. Once the course has commenced, full payment is required whether you complete the course or not.

Terms and Conditions/ Cancellation and Refund Policy: $500.00 of the initial $1,200.00 deposit is non-refundable and the remainder can only be refunded if cancellation occurs a minimum of four weeks prior to the start date.
Intouch Yoga reserves the right to cancel events with two weeks prior notice due to illness or un-forseen events and will not be liable for costs incurred.

200 hour course Deposit and Payment Plan

Total cost for the 200 hour yoga teacher training course is $4,095.00. This includes all yoga teacher training sessions and hand outs on the course. Set texts are supplied at cost including postage-see below.

Deposit: A deposit of $1,200.00 is required at the time of booking and before course commencement. The remaining fees can be paid in up to 3 installments of $965.00, the first payable at course commencement, the second by the end of June and the third by the end of September. Once the course has commenced, full payment is required whether you complete the course or not.

Terms and Conditions/ Cancellation and Refund Policy: $500.00 of the initial $1,200.00 deposit is non-refundable and the remainder can only be refunded if cancellation occurs a minimum of four weeks prior to the start date.
Intouch Yoga reserves the right to cancel events with two weeks prior notice due to illness or un-forseen events and will not be liable for costs incurred.

The set texts are:

• Intouch Yoga Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training Manual – Flo Fenton
• ‘The Heart of Yoga’ – T.K.V Desikachar
• ‘Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuries’ – Susi Hately Aldous
• Level 1 Yoga Philosophy resource notes
• The Bhagavad Gita-Penguin Classics edition

These will be supplied to you on commencement of the course at cost at approx. $200.00, depending on current costs and shipping of texts. If you already have any of these set texts please let us know and we can discount you.

Practical Techniques will consist of three hour practice each meeting date (meditation, pranayama and general practice). We will cultivate the witness within, and work at all times with an attitude of honesty and genuine self inquiry. The practice will be a fusion of hatha, vinysa and kriya yoga, that brings awareness to both the dynamic and the subtle sides of our being. (Therapeutic Vinyasa yoga). The asana practice will be strong and dynamic, but with a focus on finding our own safe and beneficial level within the practice. Mantra, mudra and bandha will be practised, as well as the hatha yogic cleansing practices (shatkarmas). There will be an additional two hours on some days practicing sequences for special needs. There will be a major assignment involving developing our own personal practice.

Teaching Methodology will be mainly alignment, props and modifications classes. During these two hour sessions we will go through each posture, and one student will have to teach the correct alignment of the pose to the others. Then we will go through all of the ways each posture can be broken down to find its foundation, understand what it is that limits the ability of certain students to complete the classical pose, and how the pose can be modified, perhaps using props, so that we make the pose steady and comfortable, and therefore truly beneficial, to each student at their present stage.

Anatomy and Physiology will be taught as an integral part of the training, in a way that applies our understanding of the body in the yoga asanas to an exploration of the bio-mechanics of each pose. Russel Young will teach an in-depth understanding of the musculo-skeletal system, and Flo will teach the anatomy and physiology of the digestive, respiratory and cardio-vascular systems as well as the physiology of specific muscles as they come up during asana practice and exploration. Injury Prevention will be taught as a key part of this module, developing and understanding of the do?s and dont’s of yoga asana practice and the long term effects, particulalry on joint stability, of certain practices and adjustments.

Philosophy We will be studying the history of yoga, comparing the major darshanas of Samkhya, Vedanta and Tantra, and look at the branches of yoga and understand their key points of difference and their application. We will study the classical text of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, picking out key sutras and applying them to our personal understanding as we develop our journey through yoga. We will touch on the Vedas and Puranas, looking at key principals of understanding that underpin yogic thought and lifestyle. We will also look at the connection between Yoga and Ayurveda.

Practicum As well as ongoing practice in teaching postures in the Teaching Methodology classes, students will have the opportunity to assist each other during technique practice throughout the course. Towards the half way mark, we will look at the techniques of teaching a class, including communication skills, verbal instruction, demonstration, constructing a sequence etc. We will also look at teaching small groups, and also one on one. There will be a major assignment of creating a practice for a fellow student, and a self practice. There will be several sessions near the end of the course given over to each student teaching the whole group, and receiving feed back.

Voice Production and Modulation When we teach a Yoga class we set the tone and hold the resonance with the use of our voice. The language we use, together with the sound of our voice directly impact on our students kinisthetic experience.

We can learn how to posture the vocal apparatus to resonate optimally to communicate with clarity & reflect the intention in our hearts when teaching yoga.

On the yoga teacher training you will receive:

• An understanding of the anatomical and energetic underpinnings of your voice.
• A brief assessment of your voice production in conversational, teaching and chanting voice.
• An opportunity to identify your own vocal goals and receive individually tailored guidance in achieving these.
• Reproducible techniques to find more warmth, clarity, presence, projection, flexibility, power, and endurance in your voice
• An understanding of the effects of vocal characteristics on your teaching
• A simple & highly effective vocal warm up, that you can reproduce and continue to practice to develop your voice.
• An experiential understanding of the connections between the chakras and the voice
• An introduction to the effects of particular yoga asanas, pranayama, mudras on the voice.

Want to get a ‘vibe’ for the training? Check out our 3 minute ‘taste’ of Intouch Yoga!