Become Awakened 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training
Welcome!
We invite you to join our school for its 2009 training session in a retreat atmosphere! The Awakening begins here.
Teacher Training
Updates
Want to learn more about yoga or enhance your teaching? Join us for some of the teacher training lectures! These are the same lectures that teachers in my training are getting that are taught by experienced instructors. Come learn from the best!
Come Learn the Chakras with us!
Chakra Lecture, Meditations
and Yoga Practice @ the Lakefront
Lodge
February 28th, 2009
10:30am - 5:00pm
Fee: $50
RSVP is required
Please mail checks and make payable to:
Awaken Yoga LLC
PO box 783,
Wickliffe, OH 44092
Bring a blanket, yoga mat, meditation pillow, and journal. There will be
a break for lunch, so please pack yourself something healthy and light.
I will also have some light fare for you to munch on! This is a full lesson
overview on the chakra system with meditations and a beginners chakra yoga
practice you can do on your own or teach in your classes!
March 1st Programs
Each program time is $20, or come for the whole
day for $50, Please RSVP to Jennifer and send your checks to reserve your
spot to:
Awaken Yoga LLC
PO Box 783
Wickliffe, OH 44092
8:30 - 10:15am Basics of Mantra & Meditation Lecture and
Practice. Learn the Basics of these practices, feel free to bring your mala
beads if you like and a blanket or meditation cushion to sit on. Dress comfy!
10:30am - 11:45am Part 1: Lecture on Roots and History
of Yoga
12:30 - 2:00pm Anusara Lecture and Practice with Gina Schatz
2:00pm - 4:00pm Anatomy Talk with Gina Schatz covering:
The Body Systems
- Nervous System, Lymphatic, Endocrine, Cardio Vascular, Respiratory
- Yoga's effect on each
- Meditation's effect on each
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Core Curriculum
The core curriculum is based on the Yoga Alliance Standards for 200 hr training. Awaken Yoga has created a program that follows these standards for a Hatha and Vinyasa based program, with special lectures from various teachers of other forms of yoga, such as Jivamukti, Anursara, Therapeutic, and Power. In this program, the student is expected to graduate with a good knowledge of:
- Sequencing skills to build and create your own flows and classes, and begin or strengthen your home practice
- Specific Asana's and how to safely adjust and assist your students, practice, assess contradictions, modifications with props
- Learn the Sanskrit Names for Asanas
- Pranayama practices
- Meditation practice
- Mantra Practices
- Chakras and Energy Anatomy
- Training Basics of Ayurveda
- Ethics of being a yoga teacher and Yogic Lifestyle
- Learning how to begin and grow your own yoga business
- Yogic Philosophy, studies from the Yoga Sutras
- Practice teaching and assisting at Harmony Studios in Downtown Willoughby
- Yoga Anatomy and Physiology of Asanas
- Teaching Styles taught are primarily Beginners to Ongoing Beginners/Intermediate Hatha classes and Vinyasa, with background on Restorative yoga, Gentle Yoga, Chair and Therapeutic Yoga, Chakra Yoga, and Prenatal Yoga
- Home Practice Special topics classes and lectures from accredited teachers
- Case Studies in Therapeutic Yoga Program does include the Awaken Yoga Teacher Training Manual and most required reading materials
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Your Teachers
Jennifer Kovalchik E.Y.T and Certified Yoga Therapist 500 hrs.
[ Read Jennifer's Bio...
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Gina Schatz RYT, LMT, NCTMB (Director of Metropolitan Massotherapy)
[ Read Gina's Bio...
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Training Locations:
Training
will take place at various locations throughout the beautiful Lake
Metroparks system.
Please visit http://www.lakemetroparks.com for park addresses and driving directions to training locations. See Dates & Times below for exact dates and locations.
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Dates & Times:
February - 28, March - 1 Lakefront
lodge
March - 21, 22 Lakefront lodge
April - 24, 25 Outdoor Skills Center
May – 30, 31 Outdoor Skills Center
June - 27, 28 Painseville Township Park
July - 25, 26 Painesville Township Park
August - 29, 30 Penitentiary Glen Nature Center
September - 26, 27 Chapin Forest Reservation Pine Lodge
October - 24, 25 Lake Farmpark
November - 14, 15 Lake Farmpark
December - 12, 13 Lakefront Lodge
All dates meet at the same time
Saturdays: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Sundays: 8:00am - 4:00pm
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Application
Steps to apply now for the 2009 Become Awakened 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program:
- Download and print the PDF Application
- Please Mail your completed application to PO box 783, Wickliffe Oh 44092
- Please go to the following page to register and make your $300 deposit http://reservations.lakemetroparks.com/programs/7067/
- You will receive a welcome package via email
Once Accepted:
- Tuition options are as follows:
- 4 payments of $550 by Febuary 15th 2009
- 1st payment due before Nov. 28th
- 2nd payment due before December 22nd
- 3rd payment due before January 15th
- 4th payment due before Feb. 15th
- Or save $400 and pay in full ($1800) within 30 day's of registering!
- Registration ends Febuary 1st, 2009
* Books and manual are included. Application Fee is separate from tuition payment and is non-refundable. There are no refunds after 30 days of receipt of tuition payments.
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Jennifer Kovalchik
E.Y.T and Certified Yoga Therapist 500 hrs.
Jennifer is certified in Therapeutic and Hatha Yoga at a 500 hour level
and will soon be receiving her Experienced Yoga Teacher Credential from
the Yoga Alliance having over 1,000 hours of teaching experience. She is
also a Certified Yoga Therapist through TRY 4 LIFE yoga, having successfully
worked with clients from different age groups with various health concerns.
Jennifer teaches for the Cleveland Clinic, various health and fitness centers,
Harmony Yoga Studios, One Tree Yoga and creates and teaches her own workshops
and classes. These classes include Become Awakened Yoga Teacher Training,
a 200 hour hatha and vinyasa based training, detoxing workshops, chakra
workshops, meditation workshops and partner yoga. She is currently working
to complete her 350 hr. training with Shiva Rea. She resides in Euclid near
the lake with her partner and their 3 cats Magick, Itsy and Luna.
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Gina Schatz
LMT, NCTMB (Director of Metropolitan Massotherapy)
Gina
is Director and owner of Metropolitan Massotherapy in Downtown Cleveland.
Gina has practiced yoga for many years, beginning with the Iyengar tradition
which resonated with her history of biomechanics. She has studied with Sean
Corn and Baron Baptise, and also has her training in Jivamukti and Anusara
with Marni Task. She has taught anatomy and physiology for teacher training
courses in Cleveland.
Gina was one of Jennifer's first yoga instructors and they partner up together to bring a training that will offer a blend of yogic influences. They are both motivated teachers who love to share their knowledge and learn from their students.
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Graduates
Jeanette Peters, 26, Awaken Yoga Graduate 2008
I
began studying yoga in Junior High! A wonderful opportunity opened its doors
to me this year and I will be forever grateful for the yoga teacher training
that I have received. My personal experience on this journey has truly been
a time I will never forget. I owe much gratitude and thanks to Jennifer,
a wonderful teacher who has helped open my eyes to the endless possibilities
of learning to not only unite the self, but to help others in their journey
along the way.
This road I have been traveling down has not been easy and at times I have
felt like I was never going to experience this absolute bliss and peacefulness
that I have learned so much about. Through the trusting guidance of my teacher
I realized that learning anything new takes time and patience. Throughout
this process I am learning to become one with myself or, if you will, One
with the Force. My personal outlook on life has changed dramatically. I
am learning to be less worried about things that are out of my control and
more centered with things that I can create and help others enjoy. The people
I have met along my journey have been supportive and true beings of light
and love. When you learn to love the self and be grateful for who you are
the world is endless. To quote Swami Rama, “Happiness is your Creation.”
Liza Enos, 24
It
is liberating to be encouraged to seek out the roots of my personal blockages.
Studying through Awaken Yoga is leading me on this journey. Our study of
asana, meditation, and the practice of consciously seeking the connection
of breath, mind,
and spirit has led me to understand a deeper level of myself. Jennifer has
been extremely supportive and caring as I’ve confronted my ‘dark’
places. I have seen positive growth in self-confidence, self-worth, and
self-acceptance. The enthusiasm I’m experiencing for facing the challenge
of being me and loving myself anyway is owed to Awaken Yoga’s teacher
training program. I know that this enthusiasm will help my future students
know themselves as well.
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