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World famous yoga teacher Katy Budig´s status as  “the face of body positivity” has been questioned by people from the Yoga and Body Image Coalition (YBIC).  Is Miss Budig not a little to white and too fit to speak for all those bodies excluded by the Yoga Journal ideal? A member of the YBIC asked: Where are larger bodies? Where are people of colour?” A set of very interesting blog posts followed. Below is my humble reflection on how this debate is unfolding originally posted as a comment to Melanie Klein (co founder of YBCI). But more importantly, take a moment to read the statements of both Budig and Klein as this debate is both important and informative.

Read Kathryn Budig´s post ” Color the World” here
Read Melanie Kleins razor sharp response here

Response to Melanie Klein

Thank you for a very interesting and sober turn in this debate. I like the invitation you extend to Miss Budig and see your efforts in taking this debate to a more constructive place. I would also like to hear your reflections on how your own privilege of academic training plays a role in the power dynamic of this particular conversation.

As an academic, I couldn’t agree more with your reflections and welcome your analysis. However, I am not blind to the fact that my preference for your writing over Budig´s is shaped by the fact that I share your privilege: academic training. As an ex-academic now full time yoga teacher I share your feeling of wanting to “educate people on some key points, and help raise consciousness“. However, it has also become painfully clear to me that my privilege and the desires it installs in me has its own power dynamic and subtle mechanisms of oppression. That academic authority is a razor sharp, double-edged sword to be handled with great care.

You quote other responses to Budig´s work and emphasis that people have been “honoring her vulnerability for sharing her story.” and then continue:

”But (yes, there’s a but…), there’s more to examine. And that’s where people, including myself, have often felt disappointed by your statements. Often, your shares feel incomplete, they’re powerful stories lacking a deeper analysis.”

On the one hand i share your frustration. On the other hand i see a mirroring of the use of privelege in the way you adress Budig here. The very ability to do a deeper analysis of contemporary yoga, the litteracy to power structures and systematic oppression is your privilege, not hers. You had training, you had 20 years of working in this field, she didn´t. The power of academic authority is a trump card. It gives voice and this voice can (and should) be used politically in a conscious way. And I see you do that, and it’s great.

But (yes there is a but) you also write: “it’s difficult to even acknowledge our privilege because it’s taken for granted”. How does your own position as an academic constitute a privilege here? And is that privilege not taken for granted in this debate? As academics, we do see things structurally and systematically, but does that give us the right to be “disappointed” when we read statements from people who have not had the training, resources, desires and structural conditions to do what we do? I´m not so sure.

I have no doubt that your response to Budig expresses a genuine concern and a real desire to generate “a sense of community and promoting healing and understanding”. But I do have doubts as to whether that message is going to be heard when it is backed up by the power/knowledge nexus which to me is the privilege that beats all other privileges. It beats all other privileges because academic authority comes with the illusion of neutrality. The illusion that “anyone can do this”, anyone can go and educate themselves. But in reality there are lots of structural, political, economical and social factors who has to be in place for that to happen. The literacy and sensitivity to power you acquired though academic training is not available to everyone. I see your passion for sharing it, but I also wonder if there could be a more constructive way to go about that.

Building a real sense of community seems unlikely when the invitation to miss Budig to join your party rests on the premise that she first accepts to be “educated” and “elevated” by the very people she feels perpetrated by. Her feelings can be brilliantly analyzed as not wanting to be called on her priveleges, as her exercising power by slipping into the victim position and evading responsibility. But will that brilliant analysis of yours generate healing, understanding and a sense of community? My guess is no. It’s educative but not healing. Your mission to educate and elevate consciousness presumes that you are already on top and your partner in dialogue will have to accept a position at the bottom and in addition agree to need your help in rising up to your (privileged) level of consciousness. You invite miss B to enter into a dialogue and collaboration but on the premise that she first accepts that she has to become more like you. I doubt miss B will step up to that level of vulnerability. If she does that would be a true act of courage and wonder-woman strength. We can only hope. It would be nothing short of a miracle.

For this conversation to produce the healing, understanding and community I see you aiming for, maybe we all need to be ready to be called on our privileges without slipping into the position of victim or the rescuer (both positions tend to just generate more perpetration). I have no solution to this problem. I have no idea if this is even a problem worth thinking about. I am just sharing a concern. And again I celebrate the fact that you make the inquiry to always reflect on what we are busy doing in the yoga community. Rock on!

Packing for the annual meditation retreat with my teacher i have to admit:Its not an awe-inspiring accomplishment to leave work and family for 10 days of silent stillness in the beautiful mountains of Tuscany. It’s pure indulgence. Candy for the mind, love for the soul. What is awe-inspiring is my mother and husband who will be babysitting the kids while I am away!

Yoga is so much more than welness, relaxation and having a nice experience. Sure, if your life is full of wellness, enjoy it to the max. No problem! There is nothing particularily spiritual about suffering.

What I’m getting at is that our practice is so much more than sealed off time-zone where we enjoy a moment of peace before going back to work. Yoga is not separate from obligations, choices and relationships. It’s not another object of longing.

When the holidays are over, when everyday life returns, when things get harder we have a chance to practice being with that.  And right there lies the possibility for deepening and realizing, for walking our talk.

The hard part is not going up the mountains carrying a DO NOT DISTURB sign. It’s coming back down and opening the door.

To celebrate this, the next couple of workshops will support you in making yoga and meditation an embodied practice non-separate from action and everyday life. A thing we do to embrace what we are right here, right now. You can see the full program and dates here.

I wish you a happy everyday life!

Birgitte

Vil du gerne dybere med din fysiske yogapraksis? Nu kan du booke et struktureret forløb der tager dig et skridt videre uge for uge. Kurset er fordelt over tre temaer og undervises af Birgitte Gorm Hansen.

Vi lægger ud med en vital og energigivende serie af klasser der arbejder os igennem spiralernes dynamik og leger med de assymetriske stående stillinger som ikke normalt undervises på åbne klasser i Dynamic Yoga.  Masser af power of flow i gløden fra sensommeren.

Derefter følger en serie af klasser hvor bandha er i fokus som en integreret del af yogaens fysiske stilllinger og opmærksomheden inviteres indad. Du lærer at aktivere kroppens dele sådan at de skaber en energetisk integration af hele kroppen og en mere meditativ praksis.  Vi arbejder med bandha strukturelt i yogastillinger og flows men også som en åndedrætspraksis i begyndelsen af hver klasse.

Vi slutter i vintermørket med tre klasser der handler om kroppen og yoga som enhed. Snarere end at tænke yoga som noget der forener adskilte dele lærer du her en tilgang til kroppen som et hele og yoga om kunsten af afdække enhedsbevidstheden. Her arbejder vi med overgivelse, blødhed, meditation og hele kroppen som bandha (sarvangabandha).

For dem der ønsker at udvikle deres selvpraksis i løbet af efteråret vil lokalet være åbent allerede fra kl. 8.00 så du selvstændigt kan arbejde med nogle af de teknikker og stillinger du lærer på kurset de første 30 minutter. Du vil få små åndedrætsøvelser og sekvenser du kan praktisere selv inden klassen går i gang. Birgitte er oftete til stede fra ca. 8.10 for at besvare spørgsmål og vejlede dig i din selvpraksis. På den måde bliver det lettere at tage din yogamåtte med hjem på stuegulvet.

Kursusplan:

Spiraler & de Assymetriske stående stillinger: 16/8, 23/8, 30/8, 6/9, 20/9, 27/9

Bandha og integration: 4/10, 25/10, 1/11, 8/11, 15/11

Enhed: 29/11, 6/12, 13/12

NB: Der er ikke undervisning den 13/9, 11/10, 18/10 (skolernes efterårsferie) samt 22/11
Den 25/10 og vil der være vikar på klassen.

Pris: 1500 kr for hele forløbet. Der er mulighed for at betale i to rater hv 1. august og 1. September.

Booking: info@dynamicyoga.dk

End your summer day with a dip in the ocean and a slow-flowing yoga class. The Coral bath is one of the secret perls in Copenhagen City life. Here you can enjoy a free swim in the sea right next door to the beautiful waterfront yogashala. When you have cooled down in the water you can stroll up to our yoga room and enjoy a warm, gentle yoga practice in the sunset.

The extra long classes give you the time and space to release your body and mind and dive deeper into your practice. Each class gives you a short breath practice, a long flow of accessible simple yoga postures and a deep guided relaxation. Evening classes will be happening every night from july 1st to july 5th. Alll classes in english if required. Yga mats and blankets in the room. all you need to bring is a beginners mind.

The classes are open to all, from new beginners to the most advanced.

Time 18.30-20.30 on july 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th

Price: 1 class 130 DKR   5 classes: 500 DKR. If you book all 5 classes together before july 1st. you get a sound file with a guidet Dynamic Yoga practice you can download and take with you on summer vacation.

The Metropolis building is situated at Sluseholmen abour 20 minutes away from Copenhagen Central station. You can sail to metropolis with the water bus, arrive by bike bike or use bus number 10 and 30 (Busstop:  “Thad jones Vej”). The nearest train station is Sydhavn Station connecting to bus number 10. You can bring your bike in the train and the water bus.

These 4 immersions are open to anyone wanting to deepen their yoga practice. Each immersion can be booked individually or the 4 modules can be booked as a whole. The immersions are highly recommendable for trained and trainee teachers who want to deepen their understanding. Taken together, the four immersions make up the first half of the 200-hour Dynamic yoga teacher training. In practice though,  you will receive close to 300 hours of contact hours in training. This is more than the 100 hours that is usually offered in 200 hour trainings. To become certified in this 200hour training you will need to complete all four immersions, plus a 3 week residential ‘Teaching Skills’ intensive with Godfrey Devereux and Olivia Crooks. This is held each September in France at Windfire Yoga. Any trained teacher with a 200 hour certificate from another school of yoga, can add these hours to this 200hour training to make 500hours.

For registration, please write Heidi Lykholt at: til@heidilykholt.dk

The four modules are:

PART ONE: NOURISHING THE BODY (May 9-12^th 2013)

Learn about the nourishing power of yoga posture practice, upon which all its other possible benefits depend. You will learn a complete practice series designed to invite deep nourishment to body and mind, and some potent pranayama practices for deep release and rejuvenation. The Vinyasasuptasya Practice Series includes inversions, supine and prone poses, backbends, extensions and rotations. You will learn how to access the inherent integrity of the body by way of the Dynamics of Integrity, so that your practice will always be as nourishing as it can be invigorating and transformative.

PART TWO: AWAKENING THE BODY (d. 25-28. okt 2013)

This immersion invites you to awaken the latent intelligence of the body. You will learn a complete practice series designed to awaken all the muscles of the body. The Vinyasxandrasya Practice Series systematically sensitizes and awakens the whole body while awakening the mind to the power and wisdom of somatic intelligence. You will learn how to access the inherent intelligence of the body by way of the Seven Universal Actions of yoga posture practice, so that your practice can deepen safely and effectively.
PART THREE: INTEGRATING THE BODY (d. 21-24. nov 2013)

This immersion intensive will explore the integrating power of the spiral dynamic of integrity. This allows the Seven Universal Actions of yoga posture practice to be integrated throughout the whole body via the relationship between the ribcage and the pelvis into the release of the breath. The spiral dynamics of the arms, feet and legs will be explored by way of the interconnected nature of the relationships between the body parts in a variety of standing postures, lunges, backbends and suryanamaskar.
PART FOUR: STRENGTHENING THE BODY (Feb.28 – march 3^rd  2014)

The final immersion will explore the flexibility and power of the human spine, as the core of yoga posture practice. Extensions, rotations, forward bends and backbends will be presented and explored in sequences that can access, release, strengthen and integrate the spine into the whole body as the source of its power and the medium of its intelligence. The short sequences (meruvinyasa, dandavinyasa, vritavinyasa, and xakravinyasa), which can be combined, can be used to develop genuine core strength while also strengthening and integrating the muscles of the pelvic floor, abdomen, back, spine and ribcage and developing a healthy spinal flexibility.

About Dynamic Yoga Teacher Training

This teacher training is based on practice as yoga is a practice and not an academic subject. Contrary to a university degree, yoga cannot be learned by reading and listening. Teaching yoga is a craft in which the body is the most important vehicle. To be a good teacher you need to efficiently transmit your own experience on the mat on the basis of what you can feel and realize on your own without having to parrot a teacher or a book. This is why the first half of the teacher training is focused on your own practice and your ability to feel and adapt based on the shifting capacity of your body as it goes deeper. You will receive a thorough introduction to asana, pranayama and meditation.

Each module comes with its own set of teaching materials. You will receive text, sound and image files to deepen your practice at home between modules. The four immersions form the first half of the internationally certified 200-hour Dynamic yoga Teacher Training. The training is concluded with a three week teaching skills intensive at Windfire School of Yoga running in France every year ion September. The first four immersions are taught by Dynamic Yoga Trainer Olivia Crooks and the afternoon explorations are guided by Dynamic Yoga Senior Teacher Birgitte Gorm Hansen. Det teaching skills intensive in France is taught by Godfrey Devereux og Olivia Crooks.  Godfrey Devereux has taught yoga since the 1980´ies and has trained hundreds of yoga teachers all over the world. He published 7 books on yoga and philosophy and is one of the most respected teachers in Europe.

DAY-PROGRAM FOR IMMERSIONS:

8am-4pm with a 1 hour lunch break.

Each day will include a long yoga practice with pranayama and meditation and a presentation of the postures and techniques used in the morning practice. The afternoon consists of a guided exploration of the techniques and if time another short yoga class at the end of the day.

THE TEACHERS:

OLIVIA CROOKS

Totally committed to allowing the wisdom of life to guide her through the intelligence of the body Olivia has a manner and teaching style based on the depths and subtleties of her personal practice. Inspiring and supportive, she is able to invite practitioners of all experience to go deeper into their own nature safely and effectively, while bringing new, liberating insights from the mat into daily life. She began formal Yoga teacher training in Sydney, Australia by completing 1000hrs in 2001. Since 2004 she has been studying the Dynamic Yoga Training Method closely with its originator Godfri Devereux, and has completed 10,000 hrs in a Teachers Apprenticeship with him. She is one of only two certified Senior Trainers of the Method.

BIRGITTE GORM HANSEN is one of the few senior teachers in Dynamic yoga. Originally trained as a psychologist (Ph.D) she has practiced since 1996 and has taught yoga since 2001. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, she teaches workshops in Scandinavia and around Europe. Her instruction is joyful and clear and she teaches with the deepest respect for the student’s internal experience. Birgitte has studied and worked with Godfrey Devereux through all of her 11 years of teaching experience and has assisted in Dynamic Yoga Teacher training since 2007.

PRICES.

PART 1– 4 (in Aalborg): 14.900 DKR (includes 128 hpours+ course materials)
This price is for all four immersions booked at once before may 1st. 2013.

SINGLE IMMERSION MODULE: 3.950 DKR

Booking is done first-come-first-serve. You can book modules by paying a non-refundable deposit of 40%. The remaining amount is due on the 1^st of the month of each immersion module. 

PART 2 TEACHING SKILLS IN FRANCE: 2250 EUR (covering minimum 150 hours of teaching, accomodation plus course materials)
Booking over 3 months in advance gives you an early bird discount of 10%. The amount includes teaching with Godfrey and Olivia as well as food and lodging at windfire yoga retreat center. Transport is not included in the price.

WHO CAN COME?

If you have a yoga practice you are welcome to participate in any of the first 4 modules. There are no demands on your strength and flexibility. Only demand is a genuine interest to dive deep into the details of the practice and a beginners mind.

Certification and completion of the 200 hour training:

Participation in teaching skills intensive is open to anyone who has completed the first 4 immersion modules or the windfire depth intensive retreat. If the teachers assess from your practice and understanding that you are ready for part 2 you can begin the teaching skills intensive. To get certification for the 200 hour dynamic yoga teacher training you also need to do a written paper at the end of the teaching skills intensive.

To complete the 200 hour, you thus need to have comleted all hours of both immersions and teacher training. Once you have attended all the hours; to be eligible for 200hr certification in this teacher training you will need to complete a written paper and show to Godfrey (on the teaching skills intensive) that you have embodied and understood the dynamic yoga training method. Windfire school of yoga are certified by the independnt yoga network (IYN) . Any trained teacher with a 200 hour certificate from another school of yoga, can add these hours to this 200hour training to apply for 500hour cetification with IYN and The Yoga Register.

Participation in teaching skills intensive is open to anyone who has completed the first 4 immersion modules or the windfire depth intensive retreat. If the teachers assess from your practice and understanding that you are ready for part 2 you can begin the teaching skills intensive. To get certification for the 200 hour dynamic yoga teacher training you also need to do a written paper at the end of the teaching skills intensive.

 On Godfrey Devereux and the teaching skills intensive in France:

Training in Dynamic Yoga with Godfrey Devereux is a rare and invaluable experience. Not only because Godfrey is one of the world’s most experienced Yoga Teacher Trainers, but also because the breadth and depth of his experience has allowed him to develop the most powerful and complete teaching methodology available: The Dynamic Yoga Training Method. This profound and precise methodology is based directly on the intelligence of the human bodimind and represents a genuine renaissance of yoga posture praxis as a spiritual praxis capable of satisfying the deepest human longing.  Taking place in two parts, Embodiment (the Immersion Modules) and Application (Teaching Skills) our training will provide you with the understanding and tools to teach yoga postures to benefit body, mind and spirit safely and satisfyingly, while allowing you to adapt your new skills to your previous experience to become the teacher you  have always wanted to be.

The  Immersion Modules, led by Senior Trainer Olivia Crooks, take you deep into the intelligence of body, mind and consciousness in a  gradual, progressive process of deep internalisation and integration. You will undertake a systematic exploration of  over 150 postural, breath and awareness techniques practiced, presented and explored in dynamically linked groups that clarify and amplify their functional, structural and energetic relationships. These techniques mobilise and recalibrate the whole bodimind and provide the indispensable, practical basis for the integration of intelligence upon which the deep fruits of yoga depend.

The Teaching Skills Course led by both Godfrey and Olivia provides a deep and thorough training in the art of teaching yoga dynamically. You will learn how to use the mobile nature of the body to prepare your students for the sustained and genuine stillness upon which yoga depends. You will be shown how to progressively recalibrate the neuromuscular habits of your students’ bodies so that they become habituated to acting with integrity, while releasing tension and developing deep structural and functional strength. You will also be shown how to simultaneously use this neuromuscular process to release the mind from distorted and destructive habits within the context of yoga posture praxis. This will take place within a detailed exploration of the art of progressive instruction (Vinyasakrama), which allows your students to transform body and mind safely, gradually and effortlessly.
While being deeply informative, as well as profoundly transformational, our courses are not based on the accumulation of information, but on action and experience. You will be invited to a deep and informative intimacy with the human body, mind and consciousness, by way of your own direct experience.

Booking: til@heidilykholt.dk

Dynamic Yoga begins in the body you have today. You will not need to grab your toes or hold your breath to plunge into the deep end of yoga. The course is taught from a structured yoga method which allows you to deepen your practice step by step without pain or injury. Beginners will receive a secure foundation for their practice, advanced students will be invited to access the subtle depths of yoga posture practice as meditation in action. All classes are two hours long and have a maximum of 12 participants. Each class are taught as a meditative flow of postures followed by a deep relaxation. The class is taught in english, but supporting instructions can be given in Danish if neccessary.

Teachers: Birgitte Gorm Hansen and Alice Martucci (on alternate weeks)

Time.: Mondays 17.00-19.00 On the following dates: 12/11, 19/11, 26/11, 3/12, 10/12, 17/12
If you miss a class you can replace up to three times on another class within the course period.

Booking: info@dynamicyoga.dk

Price. 1.080,- (12 hours of teaching)

Address: Mindful House Dronningens Tværgade 6A, 1-2. Sal, 1302 København K

This intensive immersion will focus on the nourishing power of yoga posture practice, upon which all its other possible benefits depend. You will learn a complete practice series designed to invite deep nourishment to body and mind, and some potent pranayama practices for deep release and rejuvenation. The Vinyasasuptasya Practice Series includes inversions, supine and prone poses, backbends, extensions and rotations. You will learn how to access the inherent integrity of the body by way of the Dynamics of Integrity, so that your practice will always be as nourishing as it can be invigorating and transformative.

OLIVIA CROOKS
Totally committed to allowing the wisdom of life to guide her through the intelligence of the body Olivia has a manner and teaching style based on the depths and subtleties of her personal practice. Inspiring and supportive, she is able to invite practitioners of all experience to go deeper into their own nature safely and effectively, while bringing new, liberating insights from the mat into daily life. She began formal Yoga teacher training in Sydney, Australia by completing 1000hrs in 2001. Since 2004 she has been studying the Dynamic Yoga Training Method closely with its originator Godfri Devereux, and has completed 10,000 hrs in a Teachers Apprenticeship with him. She is one of only two certified Senior Trainers of the Method.

BIRGITTE GORM HANSEN
Brigitte’s teaching is powered by the wisdom of the living, feeling, breathing body. This helps her students tap directly into the subtle heart of yoga from their own experience, rather than from belief, knowledge or figures of authority. Her teaching takes place as step-by-step journey into meditation in action – accessed through simple movements, soft release and deep self-enquiry. Birgitte did her first yoga class in 1994 and has spent thousands of hours on the mat and with students since she started teaching in 2001. She is trained as a psychologist (PhD). Her unflinching commitment to teach within the Dynamic Yoga Training Method started early and has gradually substituted the quest for knowledge with the love of teaching yoga. Today she is one of the three senior teachers in the Dynamic Yoga Training Method. She teaches classes and workshops around Europe, assists Olivia in immersion modules and works as a guest teacher in a couple of danish teacher training programs.

Going deeper in yoga is often perceived as a matter of strength, flexibility and stamina. However, these things are just cool side-effects of progressing in your practice. Acting on what you can feel rather than what you can do invites you to become one with what is happening on your mat without commentary and judgement. In this way yoga becomes  self-equiry (svadhaya) rather than yet another arena for self improvement. In this course we will play with posture practice as meditaitve movement even in more challenging yoga postures.

The course is in Danish but a few instructions can be given in English

Time: Tuesdays 16.15-18.15

Dates: 6/11, 13/11, 20/11, 27/11, 4/12, 11/12

Price:  1080 DKR,- (12 hours of teaching)

Booking: info@kobenhavnsyoga.dk

Learn to practice yoga in a way that works for the body you have today.  Its very simple: Quiet softness means yes, sharp pain means no. This subtle inner compass of yoga speaks clearly to us in childhood but as we grow up it is easily drowned in the roaring river of external authorities and imposed ideas of performance. Consequently the body forgets its inborn integrity and becomes tense or hard. Ironically, an efficient and progressive yoga practice requires us feel rather than perform and respond rather than force the body.

Setting out with a sensitizing flow of yoga postures and returning in quiet meditation, Birgitte will guide you to respond effectively to what you can feel. This supports you in adjusting your posture practice from the wisdom of your own body rather than from memorized techniques or geometrical ideals. The course allows you to progress in your practice from week to week. As you gradually go deeper into the subtle heart of sensation you may hear the voice of the teacher within.

Each class is two hours long and with a maximum of 15 students, allowing you the time and space to learn how postures and techniques applies to the changing needs of your body.

The course will be taught in Danish but a few instructions can be given in English if required.

Dates: 25/9, 2/10, 9/10, 16/10, 23/10, 30/10

Cost: 1080,- (12 hours of teaching)

Booking: info@kobenhavnsyoga.dk

questions: +45 26 16 93 09

January envelopes us in its soft darkness. Under the snow millions of seeds are waiting in stilness. The big animals are deep in winter sleep. This season calls for internalization to help you find the nourishment within. Five long, slow yoga classes brings you closer to internal sensation to help you replenish and enjoy your body. Each class guides you through a soft, meditative flow of yoga postures with internalizes awarenss, takes you deep in relaxation and awakens you to seated meditation. The course is a progressive journey into releasing the natural rythms of the breath and develop sensitivity to sensation. In this way you will be inquiring into giving your body what it needs rather than pushing it to perform beyond its limits.

The course includes a sound file (in danish) with a soft, supine posture practice you can use at home. It is taught mainly in Danish with a few English instructions.

The course is suitable for all, from beginners to the most advanced.

Registration: info@kbhyoga.com

Time: tuesdays 16.15-18.15

Place: Københavns Yoga, Willemoesgade 14, st. København Ø

Dates: 10/1, 17/1, 24/1, 31/1, 7/2

Price: 900 DKR

A christmas party that will leave your batteries charged and your body chilled.   The workshop consists of a three-hour slow, deep, flowing yoga class followed by a vegetarian lunch prepared by the amazing yoga-chef jack davis.

Program:

10.00-13.00 Dynamic Yoga class

13.00-14.30 Vegetarian lunch

Price: 550 kr

Booking:  www.yoganet.dk

Dynamic Yoga teacher Training in Copenhagen may 2011-june 2012

In 2011-12 we welcome Godfrey Devereux to Copenhagen for the 200-hour Dynamic Yoga Teacher Training. This is an invaluable opportunity to study with one of Europe’s most experienced and recognized teachers through a thoroughly tested teaching format. Godfrey and Olivia have trained hundreds of teachers all over Europe and will be conducting the 200-hour training in the course of five modules spread over a period of 13 months. Modules 1-3 can be booked individually and are open to any practitioner of yoga. Module 4&5 are open to all trained and trainee yoga teachers as well as participants who completed module 1-3. Dynamic Yoga teacher Training is approved by the Independent Yoga Network and allows you to register with The Yoga Register as a professionally qualified yoga teacher.

Morning session (5 hours) Godfrey teaches a guided practice which will include pranayama, asana and meditation. After the class Godfrey will go through the theory behind the practice and present the techniques and postures one by one.

Afternoon session (3 hours) Olivia will guide an exploration of the postures and techniques that was presented in the morning session. This will allow techniques to be integrated in organically in your body and your practice (rather than requiring you to learn and remember them as abstract knowledge). After the exploration, Olivia will teach a short guided yoga class which introduces the theme for the following day.

Between modules: Each module comes with it´s own teaching material. This includes text files relating to the theory of practice behind each module. Also you will recieve image files with practice series and sound files with talks and guided classes. These support your practice at home between each module. Birgitte will organize teaching practice sessions where students experiment with teaching in smaller group and get feedback. Reading group activities for the course literature will similarly be arranged.

Dates:

Dynamic module (May 14-17^th 2011)
– The spiral dynamic of integrity.

Integration module (November 11^th -14^th 2011)
–Discovering wholeness: The integrating power of the bandhas.

Internalization module (May 24^th-27^th 2012)
-Meditation, pranayama and energizing posture practice

Teaching skills module PART 1 (May 28^th-29^th 2012)
-Theory of teaching Yoga dynamically

Teaching skills module PART 2 (June 15^th-16^th)
-Theory of teaching Yoga dynamically

Teaching practice module (June 17 ^th – 20^th 2012)
-Learning how to teach Dynamic Yoga

Prices:
Price for one single module (dynamic, integration or internalization) – 525 EUR (Teaching skills and teaching practice) 575 EUR

3 modules (excluding teaching skillls and teaching practice, paid before may ^st)  1.500 EUR.

5 modules (paid before may 1^st) 2.500 EUR

Payment: A non-refundable deposit of 200 EUR per module will allow you to book a space in advance. The remaining amount is due a week before each module. If you want to book all 5 modules the non-refundable deposit is 750 EUR.

Registration:

We will book the few remaining spaces on a first-come-first-serve basis. For questions and booking, contact l Eva Borrit and Birgitte Gorm Hansen at eva@borrit.dk. Questions about the content of the teacher training, the teaching format and registration with The Yoga Register can be addressed to Birgitte Gorm Hansen by mobile +45 26 16 93 09.