Teacher Training Blog

San Francisco Yoga Tree Teacher Training: Pre- and Post-natal Yoga, and the Business of Yoga

May 15, 2013

It was another eventful weekend in our teacher training, as we explored two topics mostly brand new to all of us: pre-natal and post-natal yoga with Jane Austin, and the business of yoga with Darren. I found both topics not only exciting to think about, but actually pretty crucial for

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San Francisco Yoga Tree Teacher Training: Yet Another Chapter Concludes, Another About to Begin

May 08, 2013

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Time continues to move by way to rapidly in our Teacher Training. Even though graduation isn’t until July, some of us are already talking about it, I think because we all realize how quickly the last couple of months have gone by. This past weekend we concluded our Assisting sec

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San Francisco Yoga Tree Teacher Training: Nutrition, Psychology, Assisting

April 23, 2013

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Somehow two weeks have gone by in our teacher training, and we have covered so much ground that it is hard to know where to begin. Last week we began the assisting section of the training led by Darcy Lyon, and we also had Friday night philosophy class with Lauren Slater about yoga an

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San Francisco Yoga Teacher Training: Meditation and Anatomy

April 10, 2013

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This past weekend was a bit of a departure from the teachings of the past month. On Friday night, we had our first class on meditation with Dina Amsterdam. Then on Saturday, some of us went to our first support group with Marc Rappaport, and then we all proceeded to engage in our seco

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San Francisco Yoga Teacher Training: The End of the First Chapter, The Beginning of Another

March 27, 2013

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It was quite an eventful weekend in our Teacher Training, most notably in that we learned more about yoga’s more recent history from Darren, and in that we concluded the alignment portion of our training with Chrisandra, culminating with our first exam and extensive practice tea

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Learning to teach

March 18, 2013

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Yoga Tree Teacher Training San Francisco Time keeps on going by in our teacher training, and we are learning mountainsful day by day it seems. We’ve begun a weekly practice of teaching postures and even Sun Salutations to our students, who can be practiced yogis or people brand

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Yoga Teacher Training Continues!

March 05, 2013

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It’s hard to believe that yet another week has gone by in our Teacher Training. In some ways it seems as though we’ve learned so much information already that we must have been going for months now, and in other ways, it feels like we’re just babies beginning to lear

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Second Blog Post from the Teacher Training

February 25, 2013

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Well, we just completed our second full weekend of the Teacher Training, and what a full weekend it has been! On Friday evening we began to learn more about the philosophy behind yoga from Darren, and then on Saturday and Sunday we took our first asana classes with Chrisandra Fox Walk

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First blog post from a Yoga Tree Teacher Training trainee

February 20, 2013

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Hi Everyone! My name is Erin McElroy, and I just began Yoga Tree’s Spring 2013 (Feb. 2013-July 2013) 200 Hour Teacher Training, led by Darren Main. I am extremely humbled and grateful to have the opportunity to begin what will inevitably become a life-changing experience, and as

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