The 500 Hour Advanced Level Training program originated from the desire we at Lotus Gardens have to gather more knowledge, share ideas, practice, experience and stay fresh for our selves and those we inspire. Whether you are a recent graduate of a yoga teacher training program or an experienced teacher, we all find we have developing questions or simply thirst for more understanding…

Lotus Gardens 500 Advanced Level Training follows the Yoga Alliance highest standards of education for yoga teachers.  We have elected to implement Yoga Alliance's revised requirements before the 2008 deadline.

Pre-requisite:

• Applicants must be 200 hour certified by a Yoga Alliance approved program prior to applying for the Lotus Gardens 500 hour certification program. (If you are not already certified at the 200 hour level then please see the info on our 200 Hour Certification Program; or if you are certified with less than 200 hour hours or not from a Yoga Alliance program then please see our info on Continuing Education Programs.

The 500 hour training is an additional 300 hours above the 200 hour beginner level teacher certification.  There are 270 contact hours required in the following categories:

Teaching Techniques
Teaching Methodology
Anatomy and Physiology
Philosophy/Ethics/Lifestyle
Practicum

Our 500 hour programs is an apprenticeship training for 6 students per year.  For more information and an application, please contact our office.  

And just a few of the topics we will explore, learn, discuss, practice and share in the future...
    Hot Subjects Such as:
        Understanding why Yoga with Weights will Excel Your Students Progress
        Teaching in the Heat
        Power vs Vinyasa - what's the difference?
        Piloga? Yoga 6 Packs? Core Yoga! Yoga.. Pilates they're the same thing!
    
    Medical View:
        Detailed Anatomy of the Spine; Hips; Pelvis; Shoulders; Neck; Knees; Wrists
        Yoga during and after Breast Cancer Treatment
        Understanding Flexibility
        Anatomy of Injuries
        Teaching Yoga to Students with Special Needs (Multiple Sclerosis; Fibromyalsia, Arthritis..)

    Business:
        How to Keep Yoga Students Attendance & Motivation High
        The Business of Yoga
     
    Asana:
        Do You See What I See? How to See Advanced Alignment
        How to Teach Inversions
        Balancing Postures & Stabilization
        Yoga Therapy
        Breaking Down Postures
        More Breaking Down Postures
        And More Breaking Down Postures
   
    Lifestyles & Philosophy:
        Yoga & the Gods
        Ayurvedic Yoga
        Breathe New Life Into An Ancient Practice
        Understanding Meditations Affect on the Nervous System & its Growing Popularity
        What is really at the Core of Yoga Postures