You can become a certified Peaceful Presence Yoga (TM) Teacher by taking our 200 hour Yoga Alliance registered training. After the training you will be able to teach Peaceful Presence Yoga (TM) privately or in a group setting. Look at an application or see more details below. Please note that you must have 6 months of yoga practice before you can start this yoga teacher training.

Contact us if you are considering joining in the upcoming training or are interested in a future training. Once we have enough interested students we move forward and organize a new class.  

Devorah, Maureen, and I, along with all of are other staff, are happy to help you reach your goal.

It is personally enriching and allows you to teach in may places but there are also some limits. For instance, you may not open up a yoga studio within a two mile radius of the Peaceful Presence Yoga Studio. I will ask you to sign a form with this commitment and some other professional and ethical commitments.


If you have not already filled out our application please do so ASAP. Please carefully read over the updated refund Policy and the other program details below. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. To proceed we need a commitment and payment from a minimum number of people.

Once I have your application, I will need to get you the other forms to sign, and I will need them along with the deposit.

Yoga Teacher Training

Application

Peaceful Presence Yoga ™ School (PPYS)

Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) for 200-hour certification program

Topics: Techniques training and practice, teaching methodology, anatomy and physiology, yoga philosophy and lifestyle, ethics for yoga teachers, and practicum.

In the past our trainings have been small and therefore a good place to ask questions and get personal attention.

Cost: $3,300 plus $200 for books and possibly other supplies. (The cost can be reduced considerably with an increase in the number of students enrolling. The current cost is assuming 5 students in the YTT) (Full payment includes free unlimited group yoga at the studio until the completion of the program or for 1 year which-ever comes first.)        

Director: Andrew Kahn BA, E-RYT, LMT                                              

Additional instructor and Support: Maureen Carroll MA, E-RYT, Devorah, Lisa, Esther, Davira, Deborah, and others.

Suggested class schedule:

The overall and daily time frames given below are estimates. Students and staff will put together the weekly schedule and we will have some flexibility (for vacations, etc.). This varies depending on the needs of each new training. It might be one weekday per week from 9:00-2:00 pm and go for 10 months or it can be several meetings a week which will enable us to complete the train in much less time. Depending upon your needs we may choose to have “working” lunches or dinners.

 

Sample schedule only:

YTT Meeting Date	Topic(s) Covered
Monday 9-2	Structure of Program; Overview of PPY Philosophy of teaching yoga Guided practice w/ Andrew or staff
Tuesday 9-2	Yoga Instruction Guided practice Principles of alignment Warm ups w/ Andrew or staff
Wednesday 9-2	Yoga instruction Press points and Postures Warm ups Standing Postures 1 Guided practice w/ Andrew or staff
Thursday 9-2	Yoga Instruction Standing  Postures 2 Balancing w/Andrew or staff
Selected Sundays	Yoga Instruction A & P 1,Human physical anatomy and physiology Including theory of rising energy Homeostasis Bones and Skeletal Tissues The Skeletal System w/ Maureen

 

Payment and Refund Policy

There will be an initial deposit of  $300 due by TBA

This deposit is refundable only if we cancel the program but not if you change your mind. This will be applied to your remaining balance.

A 50% deposit of the remaining total (that's $1,500) is required one week before the start of the program- TBA

Payment must be made in full by the first day of class.

Refunds will be as follows: For cancellations 2 or more days prior to the start of the program, 80% of the $1,500 deposit will be refunded. Less than 2 days prior to the first day of class 50% of the deposit will be refunded. Once enrolled in the course there will be NO other refunds, credits or make-ups available.

 

A Teacher Training Program with a Difference 
Presently our one studio is in a unique community in the heart of Cedarhurst NY in Long Island and this is where we conduct the training. The Peaceful Presence Yoga Teacher Training can accommodate those who who are observant and/or wish to have a training completely free of any Eastern religious references.

Please do let us know if have special needs that you think we might be able address .

Past communications regarding our May-December 2011 training are below:

Dear friends,

What an exciting time to be stepping forward to learn more about the worlds greatest holistic practice. My enthusiasm is growing and I hope yours is too. We are sure to all deepen our own practice and knowledge of the discipline of yoga. It will be a very rewarding and memorable experience.

Below you will find a first DRAFT (it is still a work in progress) of our schedule with mostly just the dates and times.

(1)Please let me know right away if there are any of the scheduled days where you know you will NOT be able to attend so that I can factor this in. While there will be a degree of flexibility once we start we are going to need to pretty much stick to our schedule. While emergencies and the unexpected do happen to everyone at times, we need to make a commitment to one another. Unless the whole group schedules a make up class we will not be able to offer individual make-ups so it will be up to the individual to get the notes and fulfill any other requirements to stay up to date. Also, Please let me know if you can make it to Maureen's class on Wednesday's at 4:30pm.

(2)Please let me know if you would prefer to have some Tuesday and/or Wednesday evening sessions between 7-9:30 pm to speed up the process and if so when you would like them (dates).

(3)If you have not already done so, please be in touch with me to confirm that you can attend our first session on Monday the 23rd of May at 5:30pm. Unless you have made some other arrangement the remaining balance of your payment is due on the first day of class.

(3)Please let others who might be interested know and let me know if you have any suggestions for getting out the word about our unique "orthodox friendly" yoga teacher training program. I don't think there is anything else like it and certainly not in Long Island.

You are encouraged to attend as many yoga classes as possible at the studio.
Devorah’s Monday 8:00pm class will be structured to count as part of your YTT hours. I would consider also doing this with Maureen's class. Please let me know if you can make it on Wednesday's at 4:30pm. If we choose to do this the class will involve special learning opportunities for you.

Unless specifically assigned or agreed upon in advance, the other open group classes that you attend will not officially count as part of your 200 hours of training. 

Generally speaking the plan is to have Devorah teach on Monday's and Andrew, Maureen, and other staff to teach on Sundays. If we schedule other days who is teaching will be determined.


                                                        1st DRAFT SCHEDULE May 23rd-Dec. 25th

DATE/Times	LESSON	TEACHER	HOURS
Monday, May 23 All Monday’s will be 5:30-9:30	Opening introductions agreements and ethics, overview, forms, payments,  and if time 8 limbs	Andrew and Devorah	4
Sunday, June 5 All Sunday’s will be 10:00-1:30	Anatomy and Physiology- Bones and Muscles AND 8 limbs and 10 principles that make up the foundation	Maureen and Andrew	3.5
Monday, June 6	Postures-warm-ups	Devorah	4
Sunday, June 12	Bones and muscles continued	Maureen	3.5
Monday, 13	Postures-warm-ups	Devorah	4
Sunday, 19			3.5
Monday, 20	Postures-warm -ups continued	Devorah	4
Sunday, 26			3.5
Monday, 27			4
Sunday, July 3			3.5
Monday, 4			4
Sunday, 12			3.5
Monday, 11			4
Sunday, 17			3.5
Monday, 18			4
Sunday, 24			3.5
Monday, 25			4
Sunday, 31			3.5
August, 1			4
7			3.5
8			4
15			3.5
15			4
21			3.5
22			4
28			3.5
Monday 29			4
Sunday, September 4			3.5
5			4
11			3.5
12			4
18			3.5
19			4
25			3.5
26			4
Sunday, October 2			3.5
3			4
9			3.5
10			4
16			Total hours 146.5
DATE/Times	LESSON	TEACHER	HOURS
Monday, Oct. 17			4
23			3.5
24			4
30			3.5
31			4
Sunday, November 6			3.5
7			4
13			3.5
14			4
20			3.5
21			4
27			3.5
28			4
Sunday, December 4			3.5
5			4
11			Total 203 hours
12 Optional Group Make up
18 Optional Group Make up
19 Optional Group Make up
25 Optional Group Make up	Graduation!

 

As always please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. We are set up for this to work for people just like you. I will be as accommodating as I can be.