What you'll learn:
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- Asana
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- Strong Foundation of yoga asana with focus on alignment and technique
- Modifications & Props
- Demonstration
- Benefits and contraindications for asana
- Therapeutic and Ayurvedic Approaches
- Vinyasa
- Sun Salutations: Ashtanga A&B, Classical Variations
- Teaching Methodology
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- Teaching beginners
- How to structure class, sequence and create lesson plans
- How to teach effectively: how to cue, use of voice, assisting students, managing the class
- Pranayama
- Meditation
- Anatomy & Physiology
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- Human anatomy and physiology with a specific focus on Yoga
- Working with injury and special populations
- How to incorporate safe teaching methods
- Energy Anatomy
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- Ayurveda
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- Philosophy
- Application to Yoga
- Nutrition
- Sanskrit for Yoga
- Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle, Ethics
- Apprenticeship Program
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Program Staff:
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- Jean Munoz Keese, CAS, PKS, E-RYT, CPI
- Jean is Owner and Director of Sattva Yoga, Pilates & Ayurveda, and Director of the Yoga Teacher Training Program. Jean is a graduate of the California College of Ayurveda, earning her Clinical Ayurveda Specialist (CAS) and Pancha Karma Specialist (P.K.S.) certification. She is a certified pilates instructor, having completed a 450 training program focusing on the classical elements of the Pilates Method. She is a certified yoga instructor, earning her 200-hour certification with the Ananda Ashram. She has continued her studies with integrative yoga therapy using an Ayurvedic approach.
Jean is a freelance health writer, and her writing has been published locally in the Placer Herald and Sacramento Parent Magazine. Jean is a former board member of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, is a member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA), Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) and the Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).
Jean is also a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer and USA Cycling Certified Coach with more than 22 years experience as a competitive and recreational cyclist. She holds a degree in Economics from California State University Sacramento, and is always continuing her education in the experience of life.
- Kirk Hartwig, E-RYT
- Kirk began his yoga practice in 1996 as a way to enhance his other athletic activities. The attraction to yoga deepened, leading him to enroll in the 500-hour teacher training program at the Iyengar institute of San Francisco, which he completed in 2004.
He is an ERYT and has been teaching mixed level classes, introduction series, workshops and private sessions since 2003. His education continues on a daily basis through his interactions with students and fellow teachers, as well as his personal studies and practice.
Due to his engineering / high tech background, he is drawn to the Iyengar method with its attention to detail and alignment. While that technical approach is present, his classes also incorporate visualization and yoga philosophy.
His classes are designed for students of all skill levels with special attention to sequencing, modifications / use of props and customized instruction.
- Helen Breault, E-RYT
- Helen has been practicing yoga since 2001. She is a graduate of the Yoga Tree Teacher Training Program in San Francisco, CA. Helen has apprenticed with Karl Erb (Iyengar) as well as with Darren Main (Hatha/Vinyasa).
She continues to work on expanding her knowledge of yoga, and has continued her studies in workshops with Shiva Rae, Dharma Mittra, and Tibetan Heart Yoga teacher training. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level, and recently completed a 300 hour YTT with Yoga Studies Institute.
Helen also is a classically trained pianist who has been teaching piano for more than 20 years. She loves to weave music and song into her yoga practice.
- Alexandra Epple, E-RYT
- I, that is Alexandra Epple, am an Ayurvedic Health Practitioner,Pancha Karma Specialist, Anusara Inspired Yoga Instructor, Thai Massage therapist and teacher. I like to share what I know with enthusiasm, clarity and personal insight.
My journey into the healing arts is interwoven with extensive travel to foreign land. Native to Germany, I moved to the United States in 1998 trusting that this bold move was appropriate to find my own convictions and inner power.
2001 marked my first yoga teacher training, at the Bikram Yoga College of India in Los Angeles, USA. Seeing the great transformational power of yoga I spent several months in India to deepen my education with a 4-month Hatha Yoga Therapy training at Atma Vikasa in Mysore, India.
Following my passion to help heal others, I spent spring 2004 in Thailand to study Thai Massage with Asokananda, who initiated me into this transformational practice of compassion. Since then I have spent numerous times in Chiang Mai, Thailand to further my studies with masters such as Pichest Boonthumbe, Arnaud L'Hermite, Kaline Alayna Kelly and senior teachers at the Sunshine Network. In 2008, I participated in the first, month long Thai Massage Circus in Laos.
2004 marked another great stepping stone - my initiation into Anusara Yoga. Steeped in a Tantric philosophy, Anusara yoga is a way for me to play and trust in my inner child. My most inspirational teachers include John Friend, Sianna Sherman, Desiree Rumbaugh and Neesha Zollinger. Currently, I am working toward my Anusara Yoga Teacher Certification with Neesha Zollinger, a Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor.
Deeper explorations into the wisdom of natural healing methods, led me to the study of Ayurveda. After two years of intensive study at the California College of Ayurveda, Grass Valley I graduated as a Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist in spring 2011. Currently, I am deepening my knowledge of the Vedic Sciences through the study of Vedic Astrology with Freedom Cole and Sanjay Rath.
My broad education all feeds into the same goal: to answer the greater questions of life. Where do we come from, where are we going and why are we here in the first place? My healing practices are a constant inspiration and reminder to live a happy and fulfilled life. They give me a way to share the deep wisdom of nature. My greatest wish is to share the beauty of Ayurveda, Yoga and Thai Massage with you, as a way for you to step into your own power so that your soul can shine forth ever so brightly.
- Gyandev McCord, E-RYT
- Gyandev McCord is a minister, Level 2 Hatha Yoga teacher, Raja Yoga teacher and the Director of the Ananda Yoga Teacher Training programs and Ananda Yoga Worldwide.
The former Director of The Expanding Light, he has helped develop and refine the Ananda Yoga system and has shared it across the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe and India. Gyandev is also a founding board member of Yoga Alliance, the non-profit organization that has developed standards for yoga teachers nationally.
For many years he served on Yoga Alliance's Board of Directors and headed its Standards Committee (he still sits on the committee). He is an E-RYT 500 (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at 500 hours). Each February, Gyandev and his wife Diksha lead a Ayurvedic Healing and Yoga Retreat at a five-star Ayurvedic clinic in India.
He has coauthored two books (with Dr. Peter Van Houten): Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief and Yoga Therapy for Overcoming Insomnia and has produced two videos: Yoga for Busy People and Yoga to Awaken the Chakras, with a third Yoga Therapy for Overcoming Insomnia now in production.
Prior to embarking on the path of a yogi, Gyandev received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Stanford University. After deeply contemplating the purpose of life, Gyandev (which means "lord of wisdom") decided to relinquish the outer science of math to explore the inner science of yoga.
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Our 200-hour yoga teacher training is designed for those interested in sharing the practice of yoga with others as an instructor – or for those interested in deepening their own personal practice. Through our program your personal practice will evolve as you explore the different elements of yoga. 
