YOGA TEACHERS PATH
Are you looking to take your yoga practice to the next level?
Are you ready to teach others the ancient art of body-centered restful awareness?

Courses offered in 2010

DISTANCE EDUCATION Off Campus. Self-Paced
When HOME is too distant, you can join the information highway from your own lounge room. Off campus distance education is by correspondance, via CD or notes, video, home study, Yoga diary. In addition to your class attendance and involvement, for Melbourne & Sydney students, three-day intensives and lectures are scheduled annually in the Yoga calendar.

Courses are available for self-paced, home study. Notes provided are complete and are:
Easy to learn
Uses a main point outline method of presentation. Course notes are exceptionally clear and well organised as well as remarkably concise.
With audio and video back-up where necessary:
It has become possible for students living in isolated locations to study this course at home while still having confidence that the techniques are being learned correctly.
Written for Westerners:
Simplified so that somewhat archaic formats and complicated Sanskrit language has been re-written in English.
Comprehensive:
Includes basic principles & practices.
Practical:
The material and exercises are geared towards practical application in your own life and the lives of those you will assist/instruct
Time Effective:
With home study, you save time. You can start when you like, study at your convenience, retain your current job and lifestyle, set your own pace and have ample time for completion. There is no class room competition.

SUITABILITY
You do not need to be fantastic in Yoga to apply. We help you develop through our training. Whether you take up Teacher-Training - to any level, as a hobby or part-time pursuit, The Shanti Yoga Meditation Institute aims to develop full-time professionals. So, we ask a lot from you:
• Commitment • Dedication • Devotion are mandatory.

Enrolment is conditional. We look for trainees that are
• Mature, dependable, responsible
• A caring nature required in the teaching of Yoga and for Ayurvedic treatments, body-work, counselling
• Prepared to make and devote time
• Devoted to (i) the art of Yoga (ii) furthering Shanti Yoga (iii) The Meditation Institute
• Pull their weight and are not shirkers or slackers
• Have and/or are willing to develop good communication and interpersonal skills
• Willing to practice and learn. We do not accept trainees that 'know it all'
• We recommend a nominal 15 hours a week in class on your mat/cushion, which is additional to retreats and tutorials. You must attend ShantiYoga™ classes and get your
Attendance Diary signed by an instructor nominated by TMI