Pre-accreditation Teacher Upgrade
Shanti Yoga is organic and continually evolving. Teacher training is continually developing. Additionally, with accreditation, the bar has been raised considerably. Accredited teachers have mastered the material for a specific course, at a specific education, training and research level, and have the Shanti Yoga Health Institute's support to teach at that level and employ our resources in their classes.
Shanti Yoga is offering all its pre-accreditation teachers a chance to update their qualifications through the Shanti Yoga Health Institute.
We also welcome teachers from other traditions to gain qualifications, upgrade and collaborate with us.
Please contact us.
Certificate IV in Yoga Education
The pre-accreditation Shanti Yoga teacher training course, is equivalent to the current government recognised Certificate IV in Yoga Education (600 hours), also known as Yoga for Life. The usual fee for RCC and RPL (which needs to be mapped), and for the upgrade to bring the student to equivalent and current levels, is 80% of the current fee.
Diploma of Yoga Teaching
The current, government accredited qualification which The Health Institute diploma graduates have been trained at, is a 1200 hour teacher training course over a minimum period of two years, inclusive of 13 yoga weekend residential retreats, 20 days dedicated to tutorial and practicum, and considerable time on the mat and meditation cushion for personal practice. Graduates have also completed all assignments and practical tests at the Diploma level.
You will need to
- purchase a current set of notes and study them.
- complete all the homework and assignments for the Diploma of Yoga Teaching, units 1-10 as we require them for your evidence portfolio.
- When you are ready (but not beyond 1 year of completed studies) you must sit for a practical exam, in each section of the practical work, after having paid the current exam fee.
Repeating Courses
If you're a past graduate from Shanti Yoga courses and would like to attend again, we have a graduates rate to make it very easy and most affordable for you: Just 50% of the current course fee for full tutorial attendance and retreats, where applicable. (Conditions apply. Fees do not include annual pass, training manual, learning aids, course text books etc.). Come prepared to learn new things, play with new ideas, laugh with others, support your fellow students, have a great time and find renewed inspiration and tons of new teaching skills.
Fee assistance
The Shanti Yoga Health Institute plays an important role in the nurturing and strength of her teaching community and provides opportunities to expose trainees and graduates to training in skills that enrich community, communication and culture, to facilitate a solid background and experience within a meditative and contemplative tradition such as ours. In addition, the Shanti Yoga Health Institute also organises social events and celebrations, assists with visiting members and teachers, and works closely with the Practice and Education team, childcare education and its graduates.
Various forms of fee assistance is available to eligible students, which include government assistance in the form of austudy and rent allowance, to THI assistance in the form of payment plans, scholarships and placement positions and opportunities to appropriate members who have suitable knowledge and experience with the Shanti Yoga tradition and teaching. This is a privilege, not a right.
Requirements necessary
For a staff teaching position through THI, we support teachers at various Shanti Yoga recognition levels who:
- have a solid knowledge of the Shanti yoga series you are teaching, both in it's asana, sequence, and in it's philosophy.
- have a command of the room: an attitude of confidence, discipline and curiosity, authority and love.
- are friendly and outgoing.
- are available some weekends and daytime or evenings during the week
- have an understanding of different communication techniques to offer the most effective instruction.
- teach to the breath and the importance of the breath throughout the class.
- offer students verbal modifications for those who need different options.
- understand alignment principles for the safety of the body.
- offer verbal adjustments and physical assists for a wide range of needs - that is, physical modification for those struggling, and deepening assists for those capable of a deeper experience.
- if posed with a question you don't know, they say so and attempt to learn.
- have 100% loyalty and commitment to the Shanti Yoga tradition.
- continue to train and upgrade through the programs offered by The Health Institute.
All this means that you must have had some considerable, intensive, technical Shanti yoga training that can take place in a variety of venues.
You must also:
- have a regular yoga practice yourself.
- have the ability to demonstrate (physically/verbally) either all the poses, or modifications of the poses you present.
- demonstrate an understanding of mudras and bandhas and know how to teach students to be aware of and use them.
- have a firm understanding of the asanas, pranayamas and kriyas in the sequences you are teaching and how to teach them.
- be computer savvy.
- be familiar with or interest in web-sonferencing tehnology.
- be a member of SYTA.
