500hr Your Yoga Immersion Teacher Training
Yoga Alliance Teacher Training Certification with Advanced Studies
Take Your Teaching to the Next Level
This is an Intensive Yoga Alliance (YA) Registered 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification. Unlike all other 500-Hour programs, the entirety of this program is presented within a 4-week stretch. It is the fast track to 500-hour certification. For the first time ever, all of the modules or intensives of a typical 500-Hour training, have been intelligently and efficiently sequenced into one cohesive event.
Do you have questions, comments or concerns? Please contact us.
This program is for graduates of 200-Hour programs, as well as serious students of yoga and even graduates of other 500-Hour programs, as this program offers a unique well-rounded approach to healing and wellness through yoga.
The benefits are innumerable. Our typical 500-Hour level students: find they are better prepared to handle many of the adverse situations that can arise in yoga class, are able to teach a wider cross section of students, become a deeper respected authority on all things yoga, and gain new insights about themselves and their practice.
To be eligible for 500-Hour Certification with YA you will need to have graduated from a 200-Hour school (doesn't have to be AYC) and already registered with YA. This program is an additional 300 hours on top of your 200 hours to make it to the 500-Hour YA level. This is the only place in the world where you can get a complete 500-Hour certification in such a short time period. Held at the new state-of-the-art green-built Asheville Yoga Center.
Schedule at a Glance: September 27 - November 3, 2013
**September 27 - 30: Yoga and Ayurveda with James Bailey
September 30 - October 4: Yin, Meditation and Hands on Assisting with Michael Johnson and Shala Worsley
**October 5 - 6: Anatomy and Therapeutics with Ryan Conrad
October 7: DAY OFF
October 8 - 10: Anatomy and Therapeutics with Joe Taft, Libby Hinsley, Diane Saccone, Stephanie Keach
October 11: Bhakti Vinyasa: Devotional Movement, Sequencing and Chanting with Michael
**October 11 - 13: Hatha Yoga Pradipika with Michael Johnson
October 14: DAY OFF
October 15 - 17: Slow Flow Vinyasa, Restorative, Ashtanga, Jivamukti Sequencing, Adjusting, Philosophy, Nutrition with Michael Johnson, Libby Hinsley and Stephanie Keach
October 18: Day Off until 5:30pm
**October 18 - 20: Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga with Stephanie Keach
October 21 - 24: Restorative Yoga, Pranayama, Assists with Stephanie Keach and Libby Hinsley
**October 25 - 27: Seniors Yoga with Libby Hinsley
October 28 - 31: Chakras, Vinyasa Flow and Hands on Assisting with Shala Worsley
**November 1 - 3: Yoga Anatomy and Therapeutics with Leslie Kaminoff
Wrap up and Graduation, 2-4pm with Stephanie Keach
(items with ** mean open to the general public as well - otherwise, closed sessions/no drop ins)
Detailed Dates and Full Schedule Details will be emailed upon acceptance.
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- Pre-requisites before acceptance:
- Dates and Full Schedule Details
- Tuition
- Requirerments before Program Begins September 27, 2013
- Requirements for completion of the 500hr YA Certificate due by December 31, 2013
- Required Readings
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What people are saying
“I can never thank you enough not just for teaching me Yoga, but giving me hope through the practice to face this most difficult world.”
-J. Blume, Kannapolis, NC
I enjoyed the range of subjects covered and the way we tackled them, including other yoga instructors and their different styles. This kind of exposure probably wouldn't have occurred at other institutions”
- N. Conrad, Cornelius, NC
“Stephanie is a wise and wonderful teacher. She shares her vast knowledge of yoga and meditation in more than words, but in the mindfulness and compassion she imparts in every moment of interaction with her students.
- E. Lang, Spartanburg, SC
“I was in awe of the education I have received ....much deeper and more
technical than anything I gained from Medical courses taken in the past.. thank you...Yoga is now my passion, my Life.”
- S. Dulken, Fairview, NC
- Our Incredible Staff
Please note that this is not all the staff. We've not included in this list our guest instructors. We host some of the biggest names in the yoga world. Some of the gifted teachers that show up at our studio and contribute to our 500 hour studies program are. Bryan Kest, David Swenson, Rod Stryker, Shakta Kaur Khalsa, David Keil, Doug Keller, Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Weintraub, David Williams, Gary Kraftsow, Cora Wen, Scott Blossom and many others.
The DirectorStephanie Keach RYA500, has been teaching Yoga since 1988. Originally from Santa Barbara, CA, she has studied with most of the top yoga teachers, including her favorites: Ana Forrest, Erich Schiffman, Rodney Yee, Rod Stryker and Bryan Kest. Her Zen -Buddhist background brings a meditative style to the class.
Stephanie, owner and operator of the Asheville Yoga Center has produced
the Flow Yoga video series and The Yoga Handbook. She currently teaches
Flow Yoga classes, retreats, workshops and teacher trainings throughout
the country. Stephanie resides in Asheville with her husband and three
boys. Steph is so respected as a teacher because she is so down-to-earth, real and comfortable with herself. She is a master teacher, full of knowledge, experience and intuitive insight, well loved by many. Stephanie specializes in over-seeing the program so that everyone's needs are more than met and hearts are opened wide. She is the Yoga Mama Bear of AYC..
Joe Taft
Joe Taft is a certified Anusara Yoga instructor who has dedicated himself to the practice of yoga since 1997. His teaching style is approachable, lighthearted, uplifting and transformational. Joe interweaves Anusara’s life-affirming and heartfelt approach into his classes through myth, storytelling, Tantric philosophy and the wisdom gathered through his own life’s journey. He has completed hundreds of training hours with John Friend, Sianna Sherman and other senior Anusara instructors. Joe has a keen awareness of body biomechanics and a long history as a devoted athlete. He is an inspiration to yoga teachers and students alike.
Shala Worsley
Shala has a deep yoga practice and teaching style that reflects over 12 years of study. She invites students to cultivate the exploration of the physical and spiritual realms. As a teacher, Shala offers a blend of the benefits of yoga in the alignment traditions of Iyengar, and flowing aspects of Ashtanga and Vinyasa, always including therapeutic yoga, yin yoga, meditation, pranayama and yoga philosophy. She embodies a balanced sense of grace, delicate flow, and attention to detail - a direct result of her passion for practicing yoga in nature and our innate connection to the Earth and the Cosmos. She inspires the student to touch their own yogic soul, bringing asana practice to life from within. Shala currently lives in Asheville, NC, teaching at the Asheville Yoga Center and directing the Asheville School of Massage and Yoga. Shala will be teaching most of the training.
Michael Johnson
Since he can remember, Michael’s parents were his first and perfect Teachers in this life. In a way, everyone he meets continues to teach him perfectly by being examples of both how and how not to live. Among the many teachers who continue teach him, he has learned from Sri Swami Satchidananda, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Sharon Gannon, David Life, Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally, Lama Marut, Kimberley Theresa, and his beloved partner, Stephanie.It is his honor, privilege and hope to return the kindness that so many people have bestowed upon him, by teaching the highest practices of Yoga to all levels of practitioners… responsibly, joyfully, and in a way that will help others achieve their goals in this life and beyond.
Libby Hinsley
Libby Hinsley, PT, RYT 500, received her 200 and 500 hour yoga teaching certifications from the Asheville Yoga Center. She began her study of yoga in 1998 and has been teaching since 2005. She has taught in a variety of settings and for a wide variety of student populations. She values teachings from many traditions, including Vinyasa flow, mindfulness meditation, Yin, Iyengar, and Anusara. In 2008 she had the fortunate opportunity to study at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India in the tradition of Krishnamacharya and Desikachar. Since that time, she has focused her study on therapeutic yoga in the Viniyoga tradition. Libby believes that the magic of yoga lies in its most fundamental teachings, and begins with a deep awareness of breath. In her classes, she hopes to lead students inward to discover the perfection of body and spirit that is already, and always, present. She teaches weekly classes and components of the Asheville Yoga Center’s Teacher Training programs, and teaches yoga at the Asheville School of Massage and Yoga. In 2011, she completed her training as a Physical Therapist at Western Carolina University, and currently works as a PT at Physical Therapy and Back Clinic of Leicester.
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topThank you. Thank you. I loved every minute of the program. It has challenged me, strengthened me and opened my heart! No complaints. I feel well-prepared, though I know I will never stop learning. –Live in Total Yoga Graduate
"Thank you and Peace. I've learned so much about myself during this course. I feel it has just been the beginning of a life's work. The seeds were planted long ago now the sun of Yoga has warmed them to sprout and grow. I loved all the reading. Every weekend was challenging and rewarding. I never felt as if my time was being wasted. All the instructors were patient kind and knowledgeable I love learning about and being exposed to so many different aspects of Yoga.–C. Eberhardt.
Thank you! all my teachers! You inspire me to always be present and true. I realize that the hard work will never end, I rejoice in the work and learning ahead.–Jackson Drew Whisnant
The most amazing thing I've ever done!!! (besides Burning Man!)–(on the Total Yoga Immersion) Meredith Nelson-Wray
Immersion with Stephanie was life changing!–Kim McMurray
"I love how you incorporate all aspects of Yoga into the training: History, philosophy, reading, pranayama, meditation, asana, self-exploration, chanting, play.. I also love how you bring in so many different teachers so we are exposed to many different and affective styles. Thank you for a great experience!"–Live in Total Yoga Graduate
These last months have been beyond my wildest dreams - Yoga has become my passion. My life! I was in awe of the education I have received..much deeper and more technical than anything I gained from medical coursed I have taken in the past. I am thankful for all the knowledge and compassion that has been passed on to me through such beautiful people and I am grateful and thankful for them all. This has been quite a humbling experience for me. Stephanie, thanks for your love, support, your gifts, your wonderful storytelling, sharing yourself with us and all your hard work!.–S. Dulken
Teacher training with Steph: Thirty bodies bathed in sweat. Windows completely steamed pull the shade on the outside world. "It's not the pose. It's the journey" has become my mantra.–Sky Bridges
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