TEACHER TRAINING
I provide workshops, mentorship, and teacher training materials for yoga teachers, as well as professors and teaching assistants at Stanford University. I believe that teaching can - and should - be a creative and courageous act of service to one's community.
Below, you will find resources for teachers, as well as information about upcoming teacher training workshops.
YOGA
Explore Ideas for Yoga Teachers, a collection of essays about teaching yoga, and Resources for Yoga Teachers, a collection of handouts, scripts, lesson plans, and other practical resources for teachers.
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I will be teaching two teacher-training workshops (Restorative Yoga and Inversions) at the Body Mind Spirit Yoga Conference in Santa Clara, CA in April 2005. This conference features a wonderful group of experienced, passionate, and inspiring yoga teachers from all over the world.
I teach the Anatomy and Physiology Component of the Avalon Yoga & Art Center Teacher Training Program. The next training begins in February 2005; you can enroll now. Anatomy/Physiology workshops include:
Biomechanics of Breathing
Analysis of Asana and Movement
Flexibility & Processes of Change
Body Intelligence (balance, awareness, alignment, and injury prevention)
Strength, Endurance, and Bone Health
Stress and Relaxation
Therapeutic Applications of Yoga (click here for my review of recently published research on yoga and health)
Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
The Avalon Yoga Teacher Training Program also includes an extended teaching mentorship, providing guidance, feedback, and structured teaching practicum for teachers-in-training. Mentorship hours include class attendance, private sessions, weekly discussions on the art and business of teaching yoga, supervised teaching, and teaching evaluations.
UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS
I recently edited the 2004 revisions to the Stanford Handbook of Teaching, which provides a thorough introduction to university teaching. Visit the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning for on-line resources that supplement the handbook.
Facilitating Discussion. Notes from a workshop for university instructors.
Intellectual Mentorship: Teaching Students to Think. Notes from a workshop for university instructors.
All workshops are arranged by individual departments and instructors at Stanford University.
Resources Yoga Classes Workshops Teacher Training