YTT Levels

Your four nine-day Intensives are called Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 & Level 4. These total immersion programs are fondly termed a "Yoga-Week," beginning Friday evening and going through the weekend, the following week and the next weekend until Friday dinnertime.

Each YTT Level trains you in 30 or more poses, organized by Themes, which empowers you to take your students through fast healing and personal growth in a safe and progressive manner.
   Level 1 Themes-Daily Practice, Lower Spinal Release, Upper Spinal Release (see course dates below)
   Level 2 Themes-Abdominals, Backbends, Standing Poses (see course dates below)
   Level 3 Themes-Forward Bends, Neck & Shoulders, Balance & Inversions (see course dates below)
   Level 4 Themes-Classical Poses, Vinyasa, Twists & Seated Poses (see course dates below)

After each YTT Level you complete DTS, a three month at-home study course titled Develop Your Teaching Skills. You work with a Mentor to cultivate your ability to bring your new poses into the classroom by preparing lesson plans. Equal emphasis is placed on deepening your understanding of them, both from your Mentor's input as well as your co-Mentee, who brings her or his unique perspective into the mix. The emails and telephone calls are a rich learning experience as well as a deep bonding experience that help you carry your Teacher Training experience home with you.

Upcoming Trainings

YTT LEVEL 1
   June 18 - 27 2010 • Malvern PA
   August 20 - 29 2010 • Brisbane Australia
   November 5 - 14 2010 • Malvern PA

YTT LEVEL 2
   December 4 - 13 2009 • Grass Valley CA
   February 26 - March 7 2010 • Malvern PA
   December 3 - 12 2010 • Malvern PA

YTT LEVEL 3
   August 6 - 15 2010 • Malvern PA
   September 10 - 19 2010 • Malvern PA

YTT LEVEL 4
to be held in 2011 • Malvern PA

Enroll in a package deal including your YTT Levels & DTS, to minimize your costs and streamline your learning timeline.

• COMPONENT A: Includes YTT Level 1, DTS 1, YTT Level 2 & DTS 2. Swami Nirmalananda (Rama) is one of your Teacher Trainers in Level 2. This Component completes 347 hours of professional training. Successful completion qualifies you as an RYT 200 with Yoga Alliance by sending an official transcript of your training thus far. This component is the equivalent of getting your AA degree as a yoga teacher.
  Prerequisite: successful completion of Foundations of Svaroopa^® Yoga within 6 months of Level 1, or a Foundations Review course.
  Member's Tuition*: early (30 days prior) - $ 3,725, late registration - $ 4,050.
  Non-Member's Tuition*: early (30 days prior) - $ 3,920, late registration - $ 4,265
  Materials fee: $100
  *The Australian Early Registration Deadline is 8 weeks prior instead of 30 days prior. Australian tuition rates will be adjusted to reflect Trainer travel costs and foreign exchange rates. Please call us to register for Australia.
  
  
  
• COMPONENT B: includes YTT Level 3, DTS 3, Level 4 & DTS 4. Swami Nirmalananda (Rama) is one of your Teacher Trainers in Level 4. This component completes 685 hours of professional training. You become a Certified Svaroopa^® Yoga Teacher (CSYT) following successful completion of Component 2 as well as Embodyment^® Yoga Therapy Training and Experiential Anatomy. Your CSYT is the equivalent of getting your BA degree as a yoga teacher.
  Prerequisite: successful completion of YTT Component 1, SATYA Member, current on Continuing Ed standards.
  Member's Tuition: early (30 days prior) - $ 3,725, late registration - $ 4,050
  
  

Your skills expand and deepen at each stage of your training, along with your income potential. You customize your training schedule by choosing when you will take each course, as well as selecting from our other training curriculums. While in training, you must take an in-person course every 6 months, so that we can both assess and support your continued growth and development. If life gets in the way of your training calendar, let us know so we can help you be creative about filling your 6-month gap.

Many training opportunities open up to you as you progress through the breadth and depth of our multi-layered curriculum. Other training tracks include:

ONCE YOU COMPLETE FOUNDATIONS, you are eligible to enroll for:
   YTT Level 1
   EYTS Deceptive Flexibility
   EYTS Foundations Review
   EYTS Knots in Your Neck
   Embodyment^® Yoga Therapy Training
   Teacher Forum with Swami Nirmalananda (Rama)

UPON COMPLETION OF YTT LEVEL 1, you are eligible to enroll for:
   EYTS DTS Personal Coaching
   EYTS New & Renew - Level 1

UPON COMPLETION OF YTT LEVEL 2, you are eligible to enroll for:
   Component 2 (YTT Levels 3 & 4)
   ATT 221: Twists
   ATT 262: Yoga Therapy - Treating Pain
   EYTS DTS Personal Coaching
   EYTS New & Renew - Level 2
   EYTS Standing Vinyasa & Variations

UPON COMPLETION OF YTT LEVEL 4, you are eligible to enroll for:
   ATT 402: Deeper Practice
   ATT 463: Yoga Therapy - Neck & Shoulders

AS A CERTIFIED Svaroopa^® YOGA TEACHER, you are eligible to enroll for:
   EYTS (Enrich Your Teaching Skills) Courses
   ATT (Advanced Teacher Training & Yoga Therapy Training)
   Meditation Teacher Training
   TYS (Teaching Yoga Sutras)
   TTT (Become a Teacher Trainer)

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