Yoga teacher training The teaching staff includes Kara Keating and Shelley Dorland (teaching methodology, techniques, ethics, subtle anatomy) and Craig London, PT (physical anatomy).

Movement Arts is a Registered Yoga School with the Yoga Alliance, meeting National Educational standards at the 200 hour level. One the the course is completed, graduates are able to register on-line with the Yoga Alliance as a RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher, 200 level.)

Requirements for registration: participants must have minimum of two years study of yoga, and have a regular home or in-class practice.

Requirements for completion of course: Participants must be available for class times and complete reading/listening/writing assignments on their own. Teachers-in-training will be enrolled in an apprenticeship program and must complete the required number of hours of teaching in the studio, and in the community. If you are taking the course but not planning on becoming a teacher you will not be required to do an apprenticeship.

Book List

Required Reading for the course:

1. The Heart of Yoga by TKV Desikachar

2. Light on Life by BKS Iyengar

3. Bhagavad Gita; A Walkthrough for Westerners by Jack Hawley

4. Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff

Recommended Reading/Listening:

1. Yoga Matrix by Richard Freeman (audio, highly recommended)

2. Yoga Body Mind & Spirit by Donna Farhi

3. The Breathing Book by Donna Farhi

4. Ayurveda for Women by Dr. Robert Svoboda

5. The Truth Is by Sri HWL Poonja

6. Inner Traditions of Yoga by Michael Stone

7. The Thinking Body by Mabel Todd

8. Structural Integration by Ida Rolf

9. The Four Desires, By Rod Stryker