Brentwood Yoga Center

 
ADVANCED YOGA STUDIES
 
2012 Program
(200-hr RYT training)
 
January 21, 2012-September 26, 2012

Look who's teaching the curriculum this year!

• Elise Browning Miller
• Tricia Moore
• Diane Valentine
• Bonnie Maeda
• Sandy Blaine
• Donna Carroll (Acro Yoga)
• Jim Coughlin
• and more TBA!
  

 
 
The Advanced Yoga Studies (AYS) program has been specifically designed to exceed the 200-hour Teacher Training program standards for registration with the Yoga Alliance (www.YogaAlliance.org).
 
The total program, which includes both Sessions I and II, comprises over 200 total hours of instruction in training, teaching methodology, yoga techniques, yogic philosophy and anatomy. 
 
“Session I” begins on January 21, 2012 and ends on May 25, 2012 .
 
“Session II” beings on June 1, 2012 and ends September 26, 2012.
 
This is the third year the program will be offered at Brentwood Yoga Center. 

Brentwood Yoga Center is a 200-hr Yoga Teaching School – registered with Yoga Alliance. (www.yogaalliance.org)
 

 
WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Session I
 

January 21, 2012

1:30-4:30pm

Learing the Rope Wall with Tricia Moore

January 22, 2012

1:00-5:30pm
Developing Your Home Practice with Sandy Carmellini

 
March 3, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 
Hips The support structures with Sandy Carmellini

 
March 4, 2012

2:00-6:00pm

Shoulder Workshop with Diane Valentine

March 17, 2012

1:00-4:00pm

Yoga for Arthritis with Bonnie Maeda
 

April 15, 2012

1:00-5:30pm

Twist Workshop with Sandy Carmellini

WEEKEND SCHEDULE 

SESSION II

 
May 19, 2012

1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Partner Yoga (or Acro Yoga--details TBA)

 
May 20, 2012

1:00-5:30pm

Exploring the Chakras with Sandy Carmellini
 

June 23, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 
 
Yoga for Back-Care with Elise-Browning-Miller

 
June 24, 2012

1:00-5:30pm

Yoga for Scoliosis with Elise Browning-Miller

 
July 14, 2012
1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 

The Business of Yoga with Sandy Blaine and Sandy Carmellini

 
July 15, 2012

1:00-5:30pm 

Sequencing with Sandy Carmellini
 

August 11, 2012

1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 
 
Inversions with Sandy Carmellini

August 12, 2012

1:00-5:30pm

Arm Balances teacher with Jim Coughlin

WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
 
Friday – Session I Part A (8 weeks)
Jan. 27-Mar. 16, 2012

(no class March 16 due to Troncones, Mexico Retreat)

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 
 
The Anatomy of Yoga – Part I

 
Friday – Session I Part B (8 weeks)
April 6-May 25 
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 
 
The Anatomy of Yoga – Part II
 

Wednesday – Session I Part A (8 weeks)
Jan. 25-March 14, 2012

(no class on March 18 due to Troncones, Mexico Retreat)

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 
 
Introduction to Standing Poses, Forward Folds and Inversions

 
Wednesday – Session I Part B (8 weeks)
March 21-May 16, 2012 
7:00 p.m. – 9:00p.m. 
 
Introduction to Backbends, Twists and Restorative poses
 

SESSION II (16 weeks)

begins on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 and ends on Wednesday, September 26, 2012.

WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
 
Friday – Session II Part A (8 weeks)
June 1 - July 20, 2012
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

Sequencing, Adjustments and Assisting

Friday – Session II Part B (8 weeks)
July 27 - Sept. 14, 2012
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 
 
Philosophy, Ethics and Meditation

Wednesday–Session II Part A (8 weeks)
June 6 - Aug. 1, 2012

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

Teaching of Standing Poses, Forward Folds and Inversions  
 

Wednesday – Session II Part B (8 weeks)
Aug. 8 - Sept 26, 2012

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 
 
Teaching of Backbends, Twists and Restorative poses

 

ADDITIONAL CLASS SCHEDULE
 
Students who intend to complete the full course must take an additional weekly with Sandy throughout both Sessions I and II (Total of 48 hours of additional
instruction).
 
Note: This additional weekly class must be taught by the Director of Brentwood Yoga Center, Sandy Carmellini and is included in the tuition and considered part of the curriculum.



Any additional classes other than the Advanced Studies curriculum can be purchased separately at the regular public rates.

ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATION PROCESS –
 
The Advanced Yoga Studies Program is offered to those students who wish to gain a deeper understanding of Yoga philosophy, principles and the practice.
 
Minimum eligibility is at least one year of dedicated yoga practice, a completed application (see attached), and personal interview and approval by the Director of
Brentwood Yoga Center, Sandy Carmellini. 
 
Brentwood Yoga Center reserves sole right to accept or reject any application for the program. 
 
TUITION & REGISTRATON –
 
Tuition for the entire 32-week Program is $2500.00.   Tuition includes all classes on the schedule (including the additional weekly class with the Director of the program, Sandy Carmellini).  

Entire tuition is due no later than November 15, 2011.  A minimum deposit is $600 holds your space in the program (pending approval of the Director of Brentwood Yoga Center).  
 

CANCELLATION POLICY -  
 
Cancellation before October 15, 2011 - A full refund of all tuition paid (less $100.00 administration fee) will be given.  
 
Cancellation on or after October 15, 2011 - A 50% refund of all tuition paid will be refunded if we are unable to re-fill your attendance with another qualified student.   If you are able to re-fill your space with another qualified student after October 15, you will receive a full refund of all tuition paid (less a $100 administration fee).

 
PRIMARY PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS:
 
Sandy Carmellini - Owner, Director of Brentwood Yoga Center. She is a graduate from the Advanced Studies Teacher Program at the Yoga Room in Berkeley (a three-year training program with over 1000 hours of training).  She has been teaching yoga since 1998.  She has held many yoga retreats and workshops in California, Hawaii, Sedona, Mexico and Italy!  Her 18 years of experience as a corporate facilitator adds to her passion for training and educating others.  Sandy’s background in dance enhances her teaching style where she sequences movement and breath while focusing on detail.  Her instruction is accepting and fun and very educational.  Classes are taught primarily in the Iyengar method which focuses on creating healthy movement and balance in the body by using props (if necessary) to allow comfort and stability in poses.  

 
Kate Coughlin – 500hr –ERYT - is the Director of Downtown Yoga and is the acting Director of all Downtown Yoga teaching programs.  She received her B.S. degree in Dance from Evergreen State University in Washington in 1972.  Kate spent much of the 70’s traveling between Hawaii, Alaska, Seattle and Europe.  During this time she was fortunate to meet and be touched by Swami Muktananda, Indra Devi and Oscar Ichazo.  Kate performed and taught modern dance in Seattle prior to moving to California in 1985.   
 
In 1989, Kate developed the Yoga Program at Stanford University.  She taught hundreds of students at Stanford from 1989 until spring of 2000 when she moved to Pleasanton, California with her husband and twin daughters.  Kate founded Downtown Yoga in March of 2002.  She is a graduate of Erich Schiffman’s Teacher Training program.  Kate continues to develop her practice by taking pranayama and asana classes from Donald Moyer at the Yoga Room in Berkeley, California.

 
 
Jim Coughlin-200hr -ERYT: Jim was introduced to yoga in 1967 at the age of 10. He began practicing yoga in earnest in 1993. Jim has traveled to India extensively to expand his knowledge of yoga with his teacher Arun H.S.. Jim teaches yoga with a
sense of humor and grounded in the fundamentals of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita, and the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar.

Weekend workshops may be taught by guest teachers, but only those that qualify as experienced yoga teachers through the Yoga Alliance criteria.

Some weekday classes may be taught by qualified Brentwood Yoga Center's teaching staff.

 
APPLICATION FOR ADVANCED YOGA STUDIES PROGRAM

(please copy and paste into a separate document and email to: yogasandy@rocketmail.com)
 
Date:____________________
 
Name:______________________________________________________
(as you want it to appear on your certificate of completion)
 
Address:_____________________________________________________
 
City:____________________________ State:_______ Zip:____________
 
Tel:____________________________

Cell: ________________________
 
E-mail address:_______________________________________________

Please send in a separate document the answers to the following questions about yourself:

How long have you been practicing Yoga?
 
How often you attend classes?

Which teachers have you studied with?

What is your intention in taking this course? 

Are there specific areas of interest that you would like to explore? 

Do you have an idea of what you would want to learn or accomplish during this program?

If you have a personal practice – please describe 

 
Do you have any additional comments or questions or special needs that we should know of?

We are a certified, Yoga Alliance School. Our Teacher Training Advanced Studies Program is Yoga Alliance certified.

You must apply for the program in advance.

Please contact us for printable application

Email:

yogasandy@rocketmail.com

Phone:

(925) 240-6864

The program will be an 8 month program, and will meet/exceed the yoga alliance 200 hour requirements.

NOTE: This program can also be taken in "modules."

You can take the weekends and/or the weekdays separately and accumulate hours towards fulfilling the required Yoga Alliance. This can be done over the course of 2 or more years, which can make the time commitment easier as well as financially--as you would just pay as you attend.

All the weekend workshops and 8-week weekday sessions are listed on the "workshops" page.