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Below you will find information to prepare you for the training before day one. This information is designed to help you get started on your journey, but don’t worry, you will receive even more detailed information once the training begins!
Every day of the training will involve some lecture, a lengthy practice, and usually some practice teaching. That’s right, you’ll be teaching each other from day 1! The practices will become more challenging as the training continues, but Ahimsa, non-harming, is the word of the day. Participation is expected in order to receive your certificate, but as long as you are in the room, wide awake, and taking in the information, that counts as participation in our book!
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The following forms are required on the first day of training:
You do NOT need to bring your other required texts every day, only your YLTT manual and notebook/journal. However it is helpful to have your Key Muscles of Yoga to follow along with in the afternoon Anatomy Posture Clinics if you wish.
There will be specific prop and book needs on days throughout the training. Additional details on these needs will be announced at the end of each day.
Two of your homework assignments include observing or taking classes with any Yoga Alliance RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) to fulfill the remaining contact hours needed to complete your training. You may take or observe these classes either before or after your training day so that you complete this project over the course of your training. You can choose to take or observe classes here with our teachers or elsewhere with an RYT outside the days of your training, but classes outside of WYC are not included in the cost of the training.
Reminder: You will receive MUCH more detailed information on each of these projects during the training. This is an overview so that you know what to expect and so you can get a jumpstart on a few things if you would like!
1. Taking/Observing Classes Project –
You will be required to observe a certain number of classes with RYTs and fill out an observation form with your top observation for each class. This can be done during the course of the training before or after your training day, as mentioned above, or can be done prior to the homework deadline, 12 months from the start date of your training.
2. Kunga Yoga Teaching Project –
You will teach 5 classes to the underserved population of your choice. These must be free classes, but the population you teach is 100% up to you! It can be your mom, a homeless shelter, your friends, or anywhere in between! We recommend that you do not start this project until after you have begun practice teaching in your training so that you know how to sequence the class and are familiar with teaching a group.
3. Living Yoga Book Report Project –
You will read and write book reports on your experience of the following three required books:
Living Your Yoga by Judith Lasater
Non-Violent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg
Diet for a New America by John Robbins
This is a great project to get working on prior to the start date of the training. These books provide the foundation of much of the theory and mission of our training. They are referenced throughout the training, so the more familiar you are with them the deeper your understanding will be. That being said, if you are unable to read them prior to the training you have until the homework deadline , 9 months from the start date of your training, to complete the project.
4. Personal Sadhana Practice Hours –
During your training and completion of the above projects, attendance at a minimum of 20 yoga classes is required by the time you turn in your projects. It is very important that you have a strong personal practice and commitment to your mat if you wish to teach others.
All Kunga Yoga Homework Projects (book reports, observing + teaching) outside of your training schedule will be required for your Kunga Yoga Certification. These projects are due one year after the first day of your training program. Projects turned in after twelve months will be accepted with an extension fee of $250. Projects turned in after one year will only be accepted with approval from teacher training coordinator and may require a retesting fee. These projects are detailed in your YLTT manual and all projects will be reviewed with you in detail during your training. Please save your certification questions for our review together.
Your most important homework is getting on your mat and practicing/reviewing what you learn, and being very familiar with every chapter in your entire manual, as well as the required reading. We encourage you to read the manual fully during your first week if you can so that you may use your time in class for questions that are non-repetitive, or for topics that you would like to learn more about. We also highly encourage you to take time from work and other obligations as much as possible to allow yourself quiet time at night to rejuvenate before the next day of training. Our training days are expansive, long and full, so we highly recommend that your down time is for resting and quiet activities. Abhyanga (ayurvedic self massage) is highly recommended at night due to the physical nature of your program.
No problem! We understand that even the most commited student still has a life outside of teacher training. Regardless of the reason for your absence, even in the case of medical emergency, in order to graduate you will need to complete all contact hours in the training. If you miss any hours you can make them up by doing private sessions covering similar material with our faculty, or the programs director may allow you to make up the hours by attending one of our workshops that covers similar material. All make up hours, regardless of the reason for the absence, require an additional cost, but we make every attempt to find the most economical way for you to make up your hours.
Congratulations and thank you! Your service to the kunga mission has already begun. Every payment for our Kunga teacher trainings feeds all the girls in the orphanage for an entire week.
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*Cell phones must be off while you are in the center. All phone calls should be taken on the landing or outside the yoga center. Do not bring your phone into the training space.
*No food is to be eaten in the studio.
*Be kind to the rest of your group and arrive 15 minutes early so that we can start on time! (attendance policy to be reviewed during training)
Kunga School Founder
Kristin Cooper 500ERYT
Studio Manager
ErinPowley, RYT200
Jessica Bichler 500ERYT
Heather Metzler 500ERYT
Jamie Annette 500RYT
Adjunct Faculty
Noelle Cavenaugh 500ERYT
Frances Murchison, ERYT200/RYT500
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