Trainings & Workshops

Vital Heart Yoga Teacher Training

Teacher Training Description

In this On-Line/Live Advanced 300- Hour teacher training program, you’ll learn to:

  • Practice a yogic lifestyle – on and off the mat
  • Create well-designed yoga classes for students of all levels
  • Explore and refine Vital Heart Yoga teaching skills
  • Understand yoga philosophy and the great literature of India’s rishis and sages
  • Understand advanced physiology and anatomy of a vital heart and vital heart yoga
  • Prompt the benefits, contraindications and adjustments for each posture
  • Teach breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation practices
  • Understand the history of yoga and the contributions of the sacred texts of philosophers of India & beyond
  • Teach and modify yoga forms to special groups, based upon faculty specializations
  • Develop successful yoga business practices
  • Refine a personal practice and develop teaching skills in a positive, fun, and supportive environment

The program includes:

  • An Overview of Yoga History, Philosophy, and the Yoga Sutras
  • Teaching and Practicing Sun Salutations, and Advanced Standing, Seated, and Prone poses
  • Teaching and Practicing Advanced Twists, Arm Balances and Inversions
  • Yoga Sequencing for Beginner, Practiced and Advanced Classes
  • Introduction to Advanced Pranayama and the Bandhas
  • Introduction to Advanced Meditation Techniques
  • Teaching and Practicing Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra
  • Advanced Anatomy and Physiology of Hatha Yoga
  • Advanced Cuing, Adjustments, and Student Safety
  • Teaching Yoga to Specific Groups (with Modifications)
  • Sanskrit Pronunciation and Advanced Vocabulary via Chanting for Yoga Teachers
  • Advanced Yoga , the Chakras and Science of Ayurveda
  • The Business of Yoga and Ethics for Yoga Teachers

2024 Training Dates

Early 2024 Programs – Weekend Intensives:

  • January 19-21  (Introduction – setting intentions)
  • February 2-4
  • February 19-21 Office Hours – Lead Faculty Availability
  • March 2-4, 16-18 (two weekend intensives)
  • April 5-7, Yoga for Recovery 12-14, 19-21 (three weekend intensives)
  • May 3-6, Yoga for Healthy Aging 10-12 (two weekend intensives)
  • June  1-2, (Graduation!)
  • June 8-10, Yoga for Healthy Aging Practicum (potential make up session)

february Week Potential Office Hours (by appointment):

Monday – Friday 10:30am – 8:30pm (EST)

Weekend Intensive Hours:

Friday 4:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Saturday  10:00am – 8:00pm (EST) (*with meal breaks and morning vital heart yoga practice teaching class)
Sunday 9:00am – 5:30pm (EST) (*with meal break)

Investment

(For clarification and processing, please email us): KMcHugh@capecodcenterforwellbeing.com or call: (508) 540-8833

  • A $500 deposit will hold your space for both options
  • Early Bird Pricing for the Training: $3000 paid in full before December 30, 2023 (includes deposit)
  • Regular Pricing: $3500 paid in full by the start of the program. The $500 Deposit will hold your space in this training, with the remaining $3000 due by the start of the program.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Students are entitled to a full refund minus a $500.00 administrative fee up to 30 days before the training commences. Within 14 days of the launch of the training, full or partial refunds may (or may not) be permitted at the discretion of the ownership of the Cape Cod Center for Well-Being, LLC). These policies are aligned to any general policies of the Company as posted in the media or on premises.

Awakening the Spirit - Yoga Therapy for Recovery

Course Description

This course will introduce how yoga therapy can increase resilience to stress and decrease vulnerability to addiction by offering a comprehensive approach for improving emotional sobriety, spiritual development and wellbeing. Participants will learn to offer a theoretical framework of recovery and practice skill-based yoga and mindfulness techniques designed to prevent relapse. The course will introduce concepts including: radical acceptance, solution focused therapy, samskaras, detachment, and karma as powerful healing modalities for the mind, body and spirit. Practice sessions will focus on the role of the yoga therapist in co-creating holistic, individualized yoga treatment plans including yoga practices (asana, pranayama, meditation) and ayurvedic lifestyle changes (dosha diets, perpetual renewal, cultivating sattva - stress reduction). Participants will have the opportunity to present a case study/intervention and receive instructor feedback.

Course Dates

September - October, 2024

Course Location(s)

1046 Main Street - Osterville Cape Cod, Massachusetts (see map below)

Key Faculty

Katherine McHugh, C-IAYT, LMHC, LADCI, E-RYT500, YACEP

Lara Rosenberg C-IAYT, ERYT, YACEP

Kyczy Hawk RYT E-500

Charlotte LaGuardia, MA, BA, RYT200

Halley Mechanic, BS, RYT, NASM CPY, NASM CES

Total CE Credits

30 Hours

Yoga as Therapy for Healthy Aging

Course Description

This 30-hour continuing education course for yoga therapists focuses on individual and group strategies and skills to help therapists design, implement and offer yoga therapy sessions for clients to enhance aging. Theoretical frameworks (both yoga and health care), as well as current approaches and research findings about healthy aging will be presented. The workshop includes lectures, yoga practice, working in small groups, demonstrations, and practice teaching. Participants have the opportunity to offer art directives, nutrition plans, and other course work and will receive instructor feedback.

Course Dates

September to November, 2024

Course Location(s)

1046 Main Street - Osterville Cape Cod, Massachusetts (see map below)

Course Delivery Format

Combination Live (In-Person) & On-Line (Zoom), or On-Line Only

Key Faculty

Katherine McHugh, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, LMHC

Charlotte LaGuardia, Integrative Nutritionist 

Gunjan Laborde, Yoga Teacher, Life Coach, Certified EFT, HFM  

James Ellison, MD, MPH

Total CE Hours

30 Hours

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