Become a Yoga Teacher

• 200-hr Yoga Alliance registered Yoga Teacher Training Course
  

• State of Missouri Higher Education Registered Course (pending)

Become among the best trained yoga teachers in St. Louis. Founder of the oldest teacher training program in St. Louis (beginning in 1996), Dr. Jaime Sanchez shares his decades of experience and brings together meditation, pranayama, core movement and physical awareness to every aspect of your practice and your future as a yoga instructor.

Find your voice as a teacher and go deeper than ever into your practice. If you have ever dreamed of teaching and sharing yoga with others this is the course for you.

Immerse Yourself
Live yoga in our 200-hour Teacher Training certification course with long time yoga instructor Jaime Sanchez, ND.

Why Sivananda Yoga:
Sivananda yoga considers yoga a discipline which reinforces strength of body, mind and soul. In this YTT we present primarily Sivananda yoga complimented by various other styles of Hatha yoga. These different angles and possibilities open your mind to a universal style. This approach gives you a strong foundation from which to grow internally and externally, developing a solid, traditional practice and an extensive knowlege of this ancient discipline.

About Hatha yoga:
Hatha yoga is a highly effective method of asana practice, which quickly builds strength, increases flexibility and clears toxins out of the body. This method includes numerous sequences of asanas (yoga postures). Vinyasa (fluid movements, which are initiated by either the inhaling or exhaling breath) linking one posture to another. The practice of asanas stimulates the cardiovascular system and creates heat in the body, which eases the body into the Asanas. Continuing yoga practice removes impurities and strengthens the functions of the body and mind.

Yoga Teacher Training Topics Include:

• Intensive Practice of the Postures of Yoga
• The principles of Vinyasa, Bandhas, Pranayama
• Adjustments and Teaching Techniques
• Assisting and Supervised Teaching
• Introduction to Anatomy
• Meditation Instruction
• and Philosophy of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

A Yoga Teacher Training Manual is supplied to each participant. To those who attend all scheduled classes, a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate is issued at the end of the course. Included in the cost of the course is a 10-Class Card at Urban Breath Yoga.

Jaime Sanchez , ND, LMT, RYT
Jaime Sanchez, ND has been a dedicated yoga instructor since 1964.  He has learned the Solar, Iyengar and Sivananda methods in courses in North America, South America and Spain. He has extensively studied yoga philosophy and Sanskrit.

HIs yoga teacher training is an internationally recognized certification course, which is registered with the Yoga Alliance. Jaime's teaching the highest standards of practice- as required by the the International Yoga Regulations System -  with the development of teaching skills necessary to introduce students to hatha yoga safely and effectively. This course is open to yoga teachers, aspiring teachers and yoga practitioners, who would like to learn the core foundation of yoga methods.

Jaime has been a naturopath since 1995.  He studied acupuncture in mainland China with Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He started practicing yoga at the age of eight and became a yoga teacher in Venezuela in 1967. He taught Yoga for 10 years at Saint Louis University and Christian Hospital, is a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher (500 hours), founder of a number of yoga and wellness centers in Venezuela and America and is an East West Natural Healing, Inc. International lecturer in Spain, Mexico, Venezuela China and the USA. He runs the oldest yoga teacher training program in St. Louis.

Read "What is Yoga" here.

Course Costs:
Registration Fee: $200
Course Fee:  $1900
TOTAL Course Cost:   $2100

Registration Process:
Send in your Application-  registration for Fall 2010 is open. 
Get the application here.

We'll review your application and let you know if you are accepted into the program.  An interview may be necessary.

Upon acceptance you'll then complete the enrollment forms to formally register for the course.  The $200 registration fee is due at this time.

Work-Study opportunities are available. Get details [here].

Spring Course: $200/month for 10 months (February-November

Spring 2010 YTT Course Dates:
Feb 5,6,7
Mar 5,6,7
April 9,10,11
May 7, 8, 9
June 4, 5, 6
July 9,10,11
August 6, 7, 8
September 10,11,12
October 1, 2, 3
November 5, 6, 7

Time:
Fridays 7pm-10pm
Saturdays 8am-5pm
Sundays 8am-4pm

Fall 2010 YTT Course Dates:
[Wednesdays and Sundays]
Sept 15, 19, 22, 26, 29
Oct 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 31
Nov 10, 14, 17, 21
Dec 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19
Jan  5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Feb 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27

March 13 - Graduation

Time:
Wednesdays 5pm-9pm at Indigo Massage in Benton Park
Sundays 8am-4pm at Urban Breah Yoga in Dogtown