Swan Apprenticeship Program
The Intention of the Apprenticeship Program:
This apprenticeship program is designed to give you personal experience, feedback, practice and support in readying you as a public yoga teacher.
These are the next steps necessary in readying yourself to teach at Swan River Yoga Mandir. To teach at our larger location, a 400 hour training is required. Some of you will be ready at that point to teach. Some of you will need or simply want to improve your experience and teaching skills even more first before fully stepping into the role of teacher and being on our regular schedule cycle.
This is open to anyone that wishes to teach at Swan River Yoga and from any lineage. It may further you along in the format we wish to teach at our studio, or just simply improve your own teaching abilities wherever it is you choose to serve.
After this program, you must do a demo of a class with our staff to apply to teach at Swan River Yoga Mid-City. This program could further prepare you for that demo and give you ample knowledge, public and private practice in readiness of our unified vision at our studio.
If you are interested in becoming a part of the Swan apprenticeship program, please send an email to deb@swanriveryoga.com.
Program Description
What is the Swan Apprenticeship Program?
The Plan:
1) 2 Private Sessions with a chosen Swan School Staff Member on any topic you need to improve.
2) 4 planned in class observations with your chosen Apprentice Space Holder/ Swan School Faculty Member. This offers scheduled components that you will give in their public class that you first work out and sequence together. Afterward, additional feedback will be presented to you in additional shorter private discussion (1/2 hour) settings and email correspondence.
Topics that may be addressed or offered to finesse you as a solid yoga teacher are:
Effective dharma Talks in beginning and throughout class
Understanding all of the elements of a Swan River Yoga Flow or Align Open Class
Distinction between form and alignment
Chanting and/or harmonium
Correct and directional sequencing with breath
Alignment awareness
Eagle Eye
Formal demonstrations
Succinct, clear verbiage and cues in active instruction & guidance
Hands on assists
How to stay grounded and holding space as a yoga teacher
*According to what you focus on, a faculty member may give you additional homework assignments.
This is a chance for any teacher to take their teachings to the next level with serious feedback and individual attention.
This is the most personal and hands on attention you will find outside of the classroom setting over a specific duration to improve your skills with honesty, feedback, council and deep care at the feet of a caring teacher as they will direct their attention to your skill, depth, integrity and evolution as a yoga teacher.
If this sounds like a program you wish to explore at Swan River, the current list of approved Mentors are ongoing long term Swan School Faculty Member .
Eligibility for the Program
Who is eligible to be an Apprentice for this program?
This program is a motivational educational program for those who teach yoga and wish to improve and serve their community even more optimally. It is designed for those that have taken a 200 hr yoga teacher training course anywhere (it does not have to be from Swan River Yoga).
Which teachers can I do an Apprenticeship with?
Any ongoing long term Swan School Faculty Member May Be Chosen:
Swan Michelle
Brigitte Martin
Laura Johanna
TQ Sims
Michael Quintana
Areas of Study
Topics that may be addressed or offered to finesse you as a solid yoga teacher are:
Effective dharma Talks in beginning and throughout class
Understanding all of the elements of a Swan River Yoga Flow or Align Open Class
Distinction between form and alignment
Chanting and/or harmonium
Correct and directional sequencing with breath
Alignment awareness
Eagle Eye
Formal demonstrations
Succinct, clear verbiage and cues in active instruction & guidance
Hands on assists
How to stay grounded and holding space as a yoga teacher
Investment
Investment: $350
*This can be made in 2 installments. $200 to register. $150 upon completion.
Please join the ever growing invitation to learn, grow, and remain inspired, independent and creative. Being well-established in the Self is the best thing you can offer your community.
If you are interested in becoming a part of the Swan River Apprenticeship Program, please send an email to deb@swanriveryoga.com.