The Davenport School of Yoga is much more than yoga classes and workshops. Interested in one of our services? Please inquire for more information.
TEACHER TRAINING 2013
JEANI MACKENZIE – program designer and primary instructor in technique of asana and teaching skills. I have been practicing yoga since 1974, teaching since 1979. Practiced with BKS Iyengar in India in 1977, Martyn Jackson 8 years, Shandor Remete, 6 years. Have attended workshops with Erich Schiffmann, John Friend, Ana Forrest, and for the last 7 years my teacher has been Diane Long. Also Jim Gallas from Santa Cruz, California for 3 years.
I opened the Davenport School of Yoga in 1996, began teaching teachers in 2003. I have taught approximately 60 teachers, many of them exceptional.
PROGRAM will mainly follow the methods outlined in “Light on Yoga” BKS Iyengar, and “Yoga for a New Age” Bob Smith. There will be numerous books and publications by John Friend, Esther Myers and others. This program, by exploring your potential will open you up to personal growth and transformation. You will learn more about yourself which will also help you become an inspirational teacher. What you already appreciate about yoga will be greatly enhanced. It is a very important decision you are making.
TOPICS OF STUDY
Fundamentals of posture and alignment
Proper executions of asanas
How to verbalize poses effectively
How to correct common mistakes
Conducting a class
How to assist students in poses
Basic use of props
Functional anatomy
Yoga philosophy
What it means to be an instructor
Breathwork and meditation
Massage and Other Therapies
Recent
studies have shown massage to reduce heart rate, lower blood pressure,
increase circulation and lymph flow, relax muscles and increase
endorphins (enhancing medical treatments). It is estimated that up to
ninety percent of disease is stress related. Massage can, without a
doubt, help manage stress and increase overall health and well being.
Getting
a massage can do you a world of good, and frequent massage can do even
more. This is the beauty of bodywork. Taking advantage of regularly scheduled self-care, can play a huge part in how healthy and
youthful you feel. Budgeting time and money for bodywork at consistent
intervals is truly an investment in your health.
Reiki, a specific type of subtle energy work, is performed by the touch of the hands, allowing the flow of the energy from a limitless source (God Force) to the client via the Reiki practitioner.
Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern to relax and harmonize.
Unlike other therapies based on the premise of a human energy field, Reiki seeks to restore order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced.
Reiki energy can have several basic effects: it can bring about deep relaxation, destroy energy blockages, detoxify the system, provide new vitality in the form of universal like energy, and increase the vibrational frequency of the body.
Reflexology treatments are based on the principal the certain parts of the body reflect the whole. Points, which correspond to all parts of the body, can be found in the feet, hands and ears. When gentle, massaging pressure is applied, the body's own healing processes are stimulated. The body progressively clears blockages, and refines balance and energy flow. This is a subtle yet powerful technique.
