200-hour Program

In Balance Yoga

Registered Yoga School

200-hour Program

In Balance Yoga will begin its next 200-hour yoga teacher training course in May 2010. The training will take place on weekends (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 8:00am - 7:00pm) and includes a full course of study in yoga philosophy, history, literature, postures, breathing, anatomy, lifestyle, and in-depth training in teaching techniques and methodology. Trainees will learn and be prepared to teach two styles of hatha yoga, Hot Yoga and Vinyasa, with each of these practices including some attention to Restorative Yoga. The cost is $425 per weekend ($2550 total) or $2400 if participants choose to prepay. There is a $50 application fee.

Required Reading:

Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord's Secret Love Song by Graham Schweig
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar
Bikram’s Beginning Yoga Class by Bikram Choudhury
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchitananda
Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy by Georg Feuerstein
The Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit and Lawrence Elson

Suggested Reading:

Upanishads translation by Eknath Easwaran or Patrick Olivelle
Science of Breath by Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine, and Alan Hymes
Light on Pranayama by B.K.S. Iyengar
The Yoga Tradition by Georg Feuerstein
Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff
Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by David Coulter
Relax and Renew by Judith Lasater