Teacher Training

YOGA & Pilates Teacher Training

RYT200 Teacher Training Graduating Group
Congratulations to the RYT200 Teacher Training Graduating Group!

June 12, 2011 RYT200 Graduation. Above photo of YOGA Instructors from left to right;

Mary-Jo Lewis, Rose-Marie Dolinar, Elizabeth Radley-Walters, Megan Justus, Lindsay Bourk, Megan Davis
circled around Teacher Trainer Elizabeth Hagan

Next RYT200 YOGA Teacher Training Session( 8 Months- Weekend Courses) Begins October 15-16, 2011

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Training

“Yoga is the way to find the union with that which seems so elusive, yet is inherent in every single one of us.”


“Y.E.S.” East to West Yoga Exercise Specialist Part 1 Certificate and Part 2 Certification

Yoga Exercise Specialist Part 1 Certification:
January 28-29, 2012; 9 am – 3:30 pm

Yoga Exercise Specialist Part 2 Certification:
December 3-4, 2011; 9 am – 3:30 pm and again April 21-22/12

“P.M.I.” East to West Pilates Mat Instructor Part 1 Certificate and Part 2 Certification

Pilates Mat Instructor Part 1 Certificate Course:
January 21-22, 2012; 9 am – 3:30 pm

Pilates Mat Instructor Part 2 Certification Course:
December 10-11, 2011; 9 am – 3:30 pm and again April 28-29, 2012

For more information on these courses, registration and fees, please go to www.easttowestyoga.com and refer to Y.E.S. and P.M.I. Programs, or contact Heartsong Studio.

*A minimum of 3 students are required for these programs to take place at Heartsong Studio

Yoga Teacher Training: Advanced Teacher Training (RYT200) Programs here at Heartsong!
The East to West Yoga 350-hour Certification Programs are registered with Yoga Alliance at the RYT-200 level. Elizabeth Hagan is the East to West Yoga School Ottawa Region Teacher Trainer. The Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Program – EWYT350-RYT200 consists of eight, twenty hour-long courses held once a month for eight months. Prerequisites to taking these advanced courses is East to West Y.E.S. Certification. (Students who are keen and wish to register for these Advanced Programs, but have perhaps ‘missed’ taking YES I & II, can start the RYT200 Program, and then take the YES I & II within the 8-month period before Weekend #8 Graduation. Elizabeth tries her best to accommodate all enthusiastic instructors)

The current session dates for the next RYT200 Program(weekend courses) are as follows:

Times: Saturday from 9 am – 8 pm, and Sundays from 9 am – 6 pm (20 Hours)

Weekend #1 Advanced Anatomy & Alignment:
October 15-16/11

#2 Teaching Methodology I, Using Props, Basic Sanskrit:
Nov. 19-20/11

Nothing in December.

#3 Teaching Methodology II, Voice & Language, Partner Yoga:
Jan. 14/15/12

#4 Vinyasa Sequencing:
Feb. 11-12/12

#5 Pranayama, Teaching Practicum, Ayurveda & Nutrition:
March 24-25/12

#6 Raja Yoga of the Mind, The Business of Yoga, Advancing Yoga Postures:
April 13-14/12

#7 Classical Hatha Sequencing I :
May 12-13/12

#8 Chakric Yoga, Deepening your own Sadhana, The Business of YOGA; Graduation Ceremony:
June 23-24/12

*A minimum of 5 students (max 15) are required for this 8 month long advanced Yoga Teacher Training Program to take place at Heartsong Studio

***The first RYT500 Applicable Course is scheduled for November 5-6/11: Prenatal YOGA

HEARTSONG Welcomes Suzanne Hennig from P3 Yoga in Pickering!

YATT Yoga for Athletes Teacher Training  : Feb. 4-5, 2012

Yoga Athletes Teacher Training (YATT) (RYT500 Applicable) is an advanced Teacher Training Program.

 This workshop is designed to increase your teaching knowledge on how to create, sport specific yoga programs for athletes of all levels, recreational to elite.

Helping them train smarter and improve performance both physically and mentally.

Course Description

  • biomechanics of specific sports
  • assessment of imbalances and instabilities that lead to over-use injuries
  • how to develop and sequence Yoga Programs that are Sport Specific
  • incorporating yoga into the micro, macro & meso cycles of training schedules
  • hands on corrections and prop use
  • positive visualization and meditation techniques

Yoga Athletes – Advanced Teacher Training is for experienced teachers, must have a minimum EWYT-350 – RYT 200 or equivalent

COST: $250 plus HST = $282.50* Register through East to West www.Easttowestyoga.com

For more information on the monthly RYT200 courses (8 in total), dates, registration and fees, please go to www.easttowestyoga.com and refer to EWYT350-RYT200 Programs, or contact Heartsong Studio.

* RYT500 Courses are offered to RYT200 Graduates and to East to West Certified Yoga Exercise Specialists,  looking to further their studies.

June 16-17, 2012: RYT 500 Applicable Course – ‘Deepening Your Asana Sadhana I’ – Teacher Trainer Elizabeth Hagan