5 Elements Yoga School Program
“Great Teachers are Architects of the Soul”
RYT 200 Training
This comprehensive yoga teacher training focuses on Hatha Yoga and Vinyasa Flow Yoga as the basis of teaching styles. "Vinyasa Flow" yoga is a creative, intelligently sequenced style of yoga which allows for freedom and personal application of the practice. “Vinyasa” is defined as “intelligent placement” and refers to the methodology of sequencing that is utilized to facilitate beneficial results.
The course curriculum is carefully constructed to cultivate the knowledge of self and the true meaning of yoga in our graduates. Our goal is to prepare our graduates to teach with confidence, empowering them to practice and teach yoga that supports themselves and their future students in living and thriving in a modern world.
Curriculum
Honouring tradition and the individuality of the student, our program equips students to teach yoga with passion and purpose.
Teaching Techniques & the art of teaching
Anatomy & Physiology & its Application to Yoga
What is Hatha (sun/moon) & what how does it apply to Yoga
Pranic/Energetic Anatomy
Basics of Ayurveda, Yoga’s sister science
Teaching Methodology
Pranayama, breathwork in Yoga
The Philosophy of Yoga
Ethics as the foundation of Yoga
The Business of Yoga
Chanting & Nada Yoga (Yoga of Sound)
Basic Sanskrit
The Psychology of Yoga
Meditation & the true purpose of Yoga
Course Fees
Course Fee:
$2,960 + HST
Deposit: $500 +HST
All purchases are non-refundable & non-transferable.
Tax deductible
5 Elements Yoga School is a Certified Private Educational Institute with the Government of Canada. We can provide students with a T2202 form . Students should check with their accountant or tax preparer for additional information.
Upcoming Program
** Hybrid: In-Person & Online 4 Month Program. Fall 2023/Winter 2024.
November 2023 - March 2024. Spaces are limited, APPLY NOW!! **
Hours: Fridays 6-10 pm, Saturdays 9am-6pm (every other weekend), Wednesdays 6:30-9pm.
Dates: Fri. Nov. 17 - Sat. Nov. 18, Fri. Dec. 1 - Sat. Dec. 2, Fri. Dec. 16 - Sat. Dec. 17, Fri. Dec. 29 - Sat. Dec. 30, Fri. Jan. 12 -Sat. Jan. 13, Fri. Jan. 26 - Sat. Jan. 27, Fri. Feb. 9 - Sat. Feb. 10, Fri. Feb. 23 - Sat. Feb 24, Fri. Mar. 8 - Sat. Mar. 9, Fri. Mar. 29 - Sat. Mar. 30. Each Wednesday 6:30-9pm from Wed. Nov. 22 to Wed. Mar. 27 (excluding Dec. 27, Feb. 14 and March 20)
Most of the classes will be recorded, so if a student misses a class they can view the recording.
Definition of a "Teacher":
The work of a teacher-fulfilling, exhausting, complex, idiosyncratic-never twice the same is at its heart, an intellectual, ethical and spiritual enterprise. Teaching is the vocation of vocations, teaching others to be healthy, and to open their hearts through sadhana is being wise beyond wisdom. It is a calling that shepherds a multitude of other callings. It is an activity in sadhana that is intensely practical and yet transcendent, brutally matter-of-fact, and yet fundamentally a noble and creative act. Teaching begins in challenge and is never far from mystery, it is rooted in the ancient foundation of the spirit of the Guru -when recognized becomes manifested within your physical body/mind - ready and capable to come to your aid when you call upon it!
(adapted from words of William Ayres)
Testimonials
““The yoga teacher training at 5 Elements was one of the best experiences of my life. Michelle’s studio came to feel like my second home. Not only do I feel prepared to teach yoga, I feel more prepared to journey through the rest of my life. The course gave a great foundation of knowledge and experience, but the best thing was that it gave me the tools to discover my own unique path and approach to yoga. It encouraged each of us to put heart and creativity into our practice and into our lives. Michelle has all the humility and genuine caring of a truly great spiritual teacher, and I’m honored to have been a part of her class.” ”
““When you study under Michelle, you leave the studio inspired. You have the feeling like you have just sat at the feet of someone truly amazing, but you never once feel intimidated or lesser than. If anything, you suddenly feel like you’re pretty amazing too.
Michelle has a way of conveying her passions to you in this wonderful maternal way . . . and as the training progresses you realize more and more how she is a mother to you. Knowing that I had six hours of driving each trip and a long list of future hotel bills, Michelle went out of her way to help me out. She even let me sleep in the studio! It was around this time that it became clear to me that Michelle’s motive in teaching yoga is pure. She really cares about helping people and she is passionate about the true goal of yoga. She wants you to come to a place where you know who you really are.
She made me feel at home, but like any good mother she pushed me. She made me find my edge physically and then helped me understand what it was that I was feeling. In short, she helped me “get it”. Studying under her was truly a life changing experience. Anyone could have taught me how to DO yoga . . . but Michelle taught me how to BE yoga.”
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