CULTIVATING THE INNER TEACHER
This retreat is not being offered in 2008
This teacher training consists of two twelve day in-depth retreats held at Rolling Meadows Retreat Center Brooks, Maine with Patricia Brown and Surya Chandra Das. The program is unique, being limited to 8 participants, providing an opportunity for personal contact with the teachers.
Completion of the program results in a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Approved Teacher Training Certificate.
Statements from prior participants
"I left this teacher training/retreat not with a sense of having answers, but with a feeling that I could sit with the questions and make space for the answers to come from within my own body and from awareness itself. It is my wish for my own teaching that I can cultivate a similar space for this inner unfolding to occur within my students".
"The aspect of the training I found most useful was that it happened in the context of retreat. Also integral to my expereince was the emphasis on 'cultivating the inner teacher'; learning from within and letting go of my need for outer authority. I also loved our group and that it was small."
- Live a yogic lifestyle for 24 days in a retreat environment.
- Learn classical yoga asana integrating the transformative alignment-based system of Iyengar yoga with the breath-centered focus of Viniyoga.
- Integrate a strengthening dynamic posture flow practice.
- Develop skills to design a well-balanced class, including sequencing, adjustment techniques and adapting postures for individual needs.
- Embody anatomy and physiology as applied to asana and pranayama.
- Understand the subtle energy body and the chakra system.
- Experience and develop ease to teach the profound effects of a fundamental pranayama practice.
- Enjoy the rest of restoratative poses, understanding their capacity to nourish the nervous system.
- Practice teaching to develop confidence.
- Invite the skill of listening to and feeling the sensations of the body.
- Deepen into yoga philosophy through the study of the Yoga Sutras.
- Cultivate inner awareness through the practice of Vipassana meditation and self- inquiry.
- Become skilled in basic yoga therapy techniques adapting postures for individual needs.
- Focus on clear business goals.
When yoga was developed thousands of years ago, meditation was fundamental to yoga. As yoga moved to the West, the physical aspect of the practice, hatha yoga, became synonymous with yoga. Attention, awareness and wisdom developed in meditation enhance the depth of an asana and pranayama practice. Similarly, the many benefits of the asana and pranayama support meditation. This weaving together of the asana and meditation, the form and the formless create the foundation for the real freedom that yoga offers.
Who should attend?
Yoga Teachers
This is for anyone who would like to teach and people who are already teachers but want to enhance their practice and teaching. The quality and enjoyment of one’s teaching experience is in direct proportion to the depth of being one develops through a committed practice. This program will give a beginning teacher the confidence and tools to start teaching and it will inspire experienced teachers to release their creative potential and nourish their ability to listen to the body for guidance and wisdom.
Serious yoga students
Anyone who would like to immerse themselves in a yogic discipline and lifestyle for a period of time to deepen their practice and understanding of yoga will benefit from this program. You do not necessarily need to become a teacher to attend.
The Teachers
The program is taught by Patricia Brown and Surya Chandra Das, who live at Rolling Meadows Retreat and offer scheduled retreats thru the year. See bios.
Daily Schedule
7-8am Meditation
8 Breakfast
9:30-12:30 Classical asana/meditation/pranayama
12:30pm Lunch
1-3 Rest, walk
3-6 Over the course of the two 12 day programs we will cover a variety of topics, including anatomy & physiology as related to yoga, ethics, yoga philosophy, adjustments, supervised student teaching, sequencing asanas, Ayurvedic principles in adapting postures to body types, yoga nidra, restorative yoga, pranayama, meditation, and explorations in movement & breath,
6 Dinner
7:30 Meditation
Learning environment
The student/participant is guided and inspired to access their innate potential.
Because of the inner focus of this training, there will be periods of social silence, allowing us to deepen into the experience of the retreat.
A daily yoga practice and practice journal, readings, writing assignments and personal appointments with one of the teachers are part of this curriculum.
Participants will have the opportunity to continue communication with Patricia and Surya via phone and e-mail in between the two thirteen day programs.
The Setting
The program takes place at Rolling Meadows, a retreat center in the hills of coastal Maine. The center is located on 100 acres of pastures, woods, streams and a pond. Unstructured time allows for walking the woodland paths, taking a wood-fired sauna or relaxing by the secluded pond. Wholesome meals are prepared fresh three times daily, with much of the food coming from organic gardens on the property. The menu is vegetarian and includes dairy, and eggs. Special dietary needs can be accommodated with advance notice.
Program Fee covers all costs
Accommodations, meals, training and instruction manual, private interviews and consults with the teachers between sessions.
The total program fee is $3,995 which includes 24 days of retreat.
To Register
To Register either print the online registration form and mail or fax (207-722-3067) it to Rolling Meadows or request one be mailed to you.
Payment Policy
The fee for the program is $3,995 payable as follows:
$500 deposit reserves your space.
If you are able to pay the full program fee initially by check, a discount of $100 applies. Otherwise payment may be made by personal check, Visa or Master Card.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Because the training occurs in two twelve day retreats, it is not possible for us to enroll participants to fill vacancies. Therefore enrollment in this program entails a commitment on the part of the participant to attend both 12 day retreats. By accepting admission to this program, applicants acknowledge that program fees are not refundable. The $500 deposit is non-refundable.
Travel Plans
Arrival on the first day of the program is between 2 and 3 pm and departure by 2 pm on the last day. The training programs begin at 4 pm on the first day with a Yin/Restorative Yoga and Pranayama class and end on the last day after lunch.
For directions and travel information click here
(Thanks to Carol Hudson for permission to use the image of the Buddha with the yellow flower)
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