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Willow Street Yoga Teacher Training is a year-long program that meets 11 weekends a year, 15 hours per weekend. Our program is approved by Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level for national certification. The program is limited to 35 students.

Faculty

Suzie Hurley is the Director of the Willow Street Yoga Teacher Training Program. Other Anusara certified guest teachers will include Moses Brown, Kate Miller, Jenny Otto, Joe Miller, Jordan Bloom, Maria Hamburger and Lynn Matthews. Philosophy experts, Paul Muller Ortega and Douglas Brooks, plus Amy Ippoliti, will be visiting guest teachers.

Suzie Hurley (E-RYT 500) is the founder and Director of Willow Street Yoga Center, which opened in 1994. A Senior Certified Anusara Teacher and an Advanced 500 hour Kripalu teacher, Suzie has been teaching yoga since 1981. Her 30 years of yoga practice include 16 years of Iyengar study. She has studied with John Friend since 1994, and was certified in the Anusara system in 1999. Suzie is also a certified Phoenix Rising practitioner and a former member of their Teacher Training faculty. One of Anusara's earliest certified teachers, Suzie creates a safe and sacred space for authentic transformation. With joy, humor, warmth, and enthusisam she brings her passion and inspiration for students to reach their full potential as teachers of yoga.

Topics of Study:
• Principles of Anusara Yoga
• Teaching Skills & Methodology
• Teaching Level 1 & 2 Postures
• Anusara Therapeutics
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Meditation
• Yoga Philosophy
• The Chakra System
• Pranayama
• Sanskrit & Chanting
• Ayurveda & Yoga
• Assisting & Adjusting
• Principles of Sequencing
• Teaching Restoratives
• Teaching Special Groups and Populations

Schedule
January 2008-November 2008
Jan. 18-20: The Heart of Anusara: Grace, Themes & Language
Feb. 22-24: Paul Muller-Ortega: Comparative Yogic Philosophy
March 14-16: Anatomy and Physiology with Focal Points
April 18-20: Pranayama
May 16-18: Amy Ipolitti: Assisting & Adjusting
June 20-22: The Art of Sequencing & Demonstration
July 18-20: Therapeutics & Teaching to
Special Populations
Aug. 15-17: Meditation & the Energy Body
Sept.19-21: The Wonder of Sanskrit & Chanting
Oct. 17-19: Ayurveda - Sister Science to Yoga
Nov. 14-16: Business & Ethics/Teaching Restoratives/Graduation

** Attendance is mandatory for all weekends.


Time & Place
WSYC's Silver Spring Studio
• Friday: 6:30-9:30pm
• Saturday: 12:15-3:15pm, 4:30-7:30pm
• Sunday: 12:15-3:15pm, 4:30-7:30pm

Pre-Requisites
• An Anusara 108-hour minimum Immersion Program, at Willow Street Yoga or elsewhere with a certified Anusara teacher.
• A minimum of two years of continuous
study and practice of Yoga, not limited to any particular style or system.
• Must be enrolled in a Level II (or above) Anusara class throughout the YTT year.

Tution
Cost is $3,100 total. Application and
deposit deadline: December 16, 2007.
• $500 deposit due with application
• $2,600 balance due Jan. 1, 2008
(Includes $100 for supplies)

Registration:
To register, please complete an application form (above) and send in with a $500 deposit. Once the applicant is accepted, required material and information will be sent out.
Anyone who is not accepted into the program will have the deposit returned.

Send: Attention 2008 YTT
WSYC, 6930 Carroll Ave, Suite 100
Takoma Park MD 20912

Refund Policy
There is a $200 non-refundable administrative fee. Refunds will be given according to the following schedule: before the first weekend, 100%; before the second weekend, 70%; before the third weekend, 50%; before the fourth weekend, 25%. There are no refunds given after the fourth weekend. Refund amounts do not include the $200 non-refundable administrative fee, or the $100 supply fee.