Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga 20Hr Teacher Training (RChYT)
FULLY ONLINE & ASYNCHRONOUS
FULLY ONLINE & ASYNCHRONOUS
Learn to teach chair yoga to individuals in wheelchairs or people with limited mobility, weakness, and/or balance problems such as seniors or individuals with chronic injuries or illness. Or for people who spend a great deal of time sitting, such as office workers or students.
The training will include seated and chair-assisted standing asana (postures), modifications & contraindications as well as pranayama (breath-work), meditation & relaxation techniques.
Training Materials:
* 65-page training manual pdf
* 6 videos totaling 4 hours
* communication by email, phone, or Zoom to address any questions
For Certification You’ll Submit:
* a single 30-minute sequence for one of 3 specified participant types
* a video of you teaching 1 of the 3 sequences
* a short written quiz & written 1-of essay
Appropriate for yoga teachers, healthcare providers such as OTs, PTs & nurses, recreational therapists, caregivers, mental health professionals, or school teachers. You will receive a manual and a certificate stating you are a Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga Teacher (RChYT). The training qualifies for 20 continuing education units (CEUs) for those registered with Yoga Alliance.
The Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga Teacher Training is entirely online and fully asynchronous, so you can do the training from anywhere that you have internet access and around your own schedule. Trainees have up to a year to finish the training if needed, although it can also be completed within just a week. A substantially discounted rate is available for students currently enrolled in college programs in OT, PT, therapeutic recreation, or other health sciences fields and recent (within 1-year) graduates of such programs - use discount code "CHAIRTT100STDNT". Sign up at the link below!
The training will include seated and chair-assisted standing asana (postures), modifications & contraindications as well as pranayama (breath-work), meditation & relaxation techniques.
Training Materials:
* 65-page training manual pdf
* 6 videos totaling 4 hours
* communication by email, phone, or Zoom to address any questions
For Certification You’ll Submit:
* a single 30-minute sequence for one of 3 specified participant types
* a video of you teaching 1 of the 3 sequences
* a short written quiz & written 1-of essay
Appropriate for yoga teachers, healthcare providers such as OTs, PTs & nurses, recreational therapists, caregivers, mental health professionals, or school teachers. You will receive a manual and a certificate stating you are a Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga Teacher (RChYT). The training qualifies for 20 continuing education units (CEUs) for those registered with Yoga Alliance.
The Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga Teacher Training is entirely online and fully asynchronous, so you can do the training from anywhere that you have internet access and around your own schedule. Trainees have up to a year to finish the training if needed, although it can also be completed within just a week. A substantially discounted rate is available for students currently enrolled in college programs in OT, PT, therapeutic recreation, or other health sciences fields and recent (within 1-year) graduates of such programs - use discount code "CHAIRTT100STDNT". Sign up at the link below!
RESILIENCE YOGA 200-Hr TEACHER TRAINING,
Accredited by Yoga Alliance
Hybrid & Flexible;
Scheduled Around Your Life!
Become a yoga teacher and share the gift of yoga & it’s many benefits with others! Or, if you’re not interested in teaching, take your own yoga practice to a whole new level and learn so much about yourself along the way! A 200-hour yoga teacher training is for many people a truly transformational experience.
Learn about the following topics:
• yoga history & philosophy: its origins & evolution through the ancient texts & through its importation to America as a means to understand the whole package that is yoga - beyond merely physical postures
• anatomy, physiology & kinesiology: skeletal & joint structure & variations that affect individual alignment, specific muscles involved in each posture, the stretch reflex and how & why to avoid it, and other body systems affected by yoga, individual posture benefits & contraindications to help keep people safe
• breath control, meditation & relaxation: numerous techniques, how to teach them, benefits & contraindications of each
• asana: learn how to do, understand & safely teach over 40 physical postures to increase flexibility, strength & balance and modifications of each
• how to teach yoga: Kripalu press points & verbal cueing to lead students clearly, confidently & safely
• sequencing a class: how to design & structure a class from breath control, through warm-ups, postures, and relaxation, what makes sense & why
• yoga lifestyle: learn to live your yoga off the mat
• ethics in yoga: understanding & avoiding cultural appropriation, cultivating an inclusive class for all, boundaries between yoga teachers & students
• business of yoga: where to teach, how, how to attract students, how to protect yourself, waivers & insurance, finding your niche
Why THIS training?
Taught by Sharon Kanfoush, ERYT500, C-IAYT this training is in Resilience Yoga which is Hatha Yoga in the Kripalu lineage. It is a somewhat slower, deeply meditative style that emphasizes gentle self compassion & self exploration, and marrying the movement with the breath as a means to focus inward, move slowly & with awareness as practitioners explore & sense cues from the body to find the alignment best for them while approaching but not exceeding their “edge” to garner the greatest benefits from their practice. It encourages modifications & use of props whenever needed or desired to achieve this goal, fitting the posture to them rather than forcing themselves into the posture.
This training is scheduled in consultation with you, but you can take up to a year if needed to fit around your life! It will include:
• a minimum of 20 required hours and up to 40 hours of live (synchronous) interactive Zoom sessions or in-studio meetings scheduled by arrangement
• a 92-page course manual
• videos of sequences
• videos of lectures & PowerPoint lectures with narration
• readings from additional books
• homework & quizzes to solidify concepts
• opportunities for you to teach in the very first week to overcome any jitters & develop a culture of welcoming feedback for improvement!
Planned Initial Launch-Date for the New Teachable Online Supporting Training Portal is May 1, 2022!
However, you can join the training at any time convenient for you!
............…............ Investment ..........…..............
Paid-in-Full*:
• EARLY BIRD Members^: $2,000
• EARLY BIRD Non-Members: $2,400
• SK Wellness Members: $2,400
• Non-Members: $2,900
5 Installments, each:
• EARLY BIRD Members: $420
• Members: $490
• EARLY BIRD Non-Members: $500
• Non-Members: $590
*not including purchase of 5 additional reference books, shown below.
(^Members are defined as having current paid membership for a minimum of 3 months prior to registration for ytt.)
Please do not hesitate to reach out (email [email protected] or text 315-982-7144) with any questions you may have!
- Limited Scholarships Available! - Determining factors in awarding scholarships include being a full-time, matriculated college student and/or having significant financial need. In addition, personal desire and/or professional commitment of each applicant is considered. To be considered for a Resilience Yoga Sponsorship, please take the time to write an essay addressing the following criteria: 1. How has yoga impacted you? 2. What has inspired you to teach others? 3. What do you hope to take away from teacher training? 4. Why do you think Resilience Yoga is a good fit for you? 5. Are you a full-time college student and, if so, where, what are you studying & what year are you in? Email your essay to [email protected].
Accredited by Yoga Alliance
Hybrid & Flexible;
Scheduled Around Your Life!
Become a yoga teacher and share the gift of yoga & it’s many benefits with others! Or, if you’re not interested in teaching, take your own yoga practice to a whole new level and learn so much about yourself along the way! A 200-hour yoga teacher training is for many people a truly transformational experience.
Learn about the following topics:
• yoga history & philosophy: its origins & evolution through the ancient texts & through its importation to America as a means to understand the whole package that is yoga - beyond merely physical postures
• anatomy, physiology & kinesiology: skeletal & joint structure & variations that affect individual alignment, specific muscles involved in each posture, the stretch reflex and how & why to avoid it, and other body systems affected by yoga, individual posture benefits & contraindications to help keep people safe
• breath control, meditation & relaxation: numerous techniques, how to teach them, benefits & contraindications of each
• asana: learn how to do, understand & safely teach over 40 physical postures to increase flexibility, strength & balance and modifications of each
• how to teach yoga: Kripalu press points & verbal cueing to lead students clearly, confidently & safely
• sequencing a class: how to design & structure a class from breath control, through warm-ups, postures, and relaxation, what makes sense & why
• yoga lifestyle: learn to live your yoga off the mat
• ethics in yoga: understanding & avoiding cultural appropriation, cultivating an inclusive class for all, boundaries between yoga teachers & students
• business of yoga: where to teach, how, how to attract students, how to protect yourself, waivers & insurance, finding your niche
Why THIS training?
Taught by Sharon Kanfoush, ERYT500, C-IAYT this training is in Resilience Yoga which is Hatha Yoga in the Kripalu lineage. It is a somewhat slower, deeply meditative style that emphasizes gentle self compassion & self exploration, and marrying the movement with the breath as a means to focus inward, move slowly & with awareness as practitioners explore & sense cues from the body to find the alignment best for them while approaching but not exceeding their “edge” to garner the greatest benefits from their practice. It encourages modifications & use of props whenever needed or desired to achieve this goal, fitting the posture to them rather than forcing themselves into the posture.
This training is scheduled in consultation with you, but you can take up to a year if needed to fit around your life! It will include:
• a minimum of 20 required hours and up to 40 hours of live (synchronous) interactive Zoom sessions or in-studio meetings scheduled by arrangement
• a 92-page course manual
• videos of sequences
• videos of lectures & PowerPoint lectures with narration
• readings from additional books
• homework & quizzes to solidify concepts
• opportunities for you to teach in the very first week to overcome any jitters & develop a culture of welcoming feedback for improvement!
Planned Initial Launch-Date for the New Teachable Online Supporting Training Portal is May 1, 2022!
However, you can join the training at any time convenient for you!
............…............ Investment ..........…..............
Paid-in-Full*:
• EARLY BIRD Members^: $2,000
• EARLY BIRD Non-Members: $2,400
• SK Wellness Members: $2,400
• Non-Members: $2,900
5 Installments, each:
• EARLY BIRD Members: $420
• Members: $490
• EARLY BIRD Non-Members: $500
• Non-Members: $590
*not including purchase of 5 additional reference books, shown below.
(^Members are defined as having current paid membership for a minimum of 3 months prior to registration for ytt.)
Please do not hesitate to reach out (email [email protected] or text 315-982-7144) with any questions you may have!
- Limited Scholarships Available! - Determining factors in awarding scholarships include being a full-time, matriculated college student and/or having significant financial need. In addition, personal desire and/or professional commitment of each applicant is considered. To be considered for a Resilience Yoga Sponsorship, please take the time to write an essay addressing the following criteria: 1. How has yoga impacted you? 2. What has inspired you to teach others? 3. What do you hope to take away from teacher training? 4. Why do you think Resilience Yoga is a good fit for you? 5. Are you a full-time college student and, if so, where, what are you studying & what year are you in? Email your essay to [email protected].
Testimonial for Sharon Kanfoush
“I received my 200-Hour Yoga Teacher training from Sharon. I originally came to her with very limited knowledge of yoga, but a plea that I needed make a serious commitment to my overall health.
My training was supposed to begin just as New York businesses began to shut down due to COVID-19. Sharon offered to train me through the pandemic, adjusting my classes and coursework to a virtual platform. Not once did I feel like I was missing out on an in-person experience, as our one-on-one virtual sessions allowed me to ask questions, discuss the course material, and ensure I had mastered the postures.
Sharon broke down the history, philosophies, and practice of yoga in a way that was understandable and relatable. She also taught me that yoga is for everyone, which not only made the training less intimidating for me, but also empowered me as a future yoga instructor.
After Sharon’s teachings, I feel capable of managing my own mental and physical wellness and excited to share this wonderful tool with others.
Whether you’re completely new to yoga or have mastered the asanas, Sharon has a unique ability of meeting and challenging you at your own level.”
-Angela, 32-Years-Old
Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga 20Hr Teacher Training (RChYT)
FULLY ONLINE or
HYBRID IN-PERSON + ONLINE
Learn to teach chair yoga to individuals in wheelchairs or people with limited mobility, weakness, and/or balance problems such as seniors or individuals with chronic injuries or illness. Or for people who spend a great deal of time sitting, such as office workers or students.
The training will include seated and chair-assisted standing asana (postures), modifications & contraindications as well as pranayama (breath-work), meditation & relaxation techniques.
Training Materials:
* 65-page training manual
* 65-slide PowerPoint
* 6 videos totaling 4 hours
* Facebook training group page
* communication by email, phone, or Google Duo to address any questions
For Certification You’ll Submit:
* 1-hr sequences for 3 specified participants
* videos of you teaching the 3 sequences
* a short written quiz & written 1-of essay
Appropriate for yoga teachers, healthcare providers such as OTs, PTs & nurses, recreational therapists, caregivers, mental health professionals, or school teachers. You will receive a manual and a certificate stating you are a Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga Teacher (RChYT). The in-person training qualifies for 10 contact-hour continuing education units (CEUs) and 10 non-contact CEUs for those registered with Yoga Alliance; the virtual training for 20 non-contact CEUs.
The Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga Teacher Training is entirely online and asynchronous, so you can do the training from anywhere that you have internet access and around your own schedule. Trainees have up to a year to finish the training if needed, although it can also be completed within just a couple weeks.
I am using a closed Facebook group to post the videos for the training and to build a community within which everyone enrolled in the training can pose questions & share ideas so we can all learn from each other as a community.
To learn more about the training, my background & my philosophy, you can watch the first of the videos HERE.
To successfully complete the training you will need to watch the posted videos, complete & submit an open-notes quiz & essay, and make videos of yourself teaching three different chair yoga sequences - each geared toward different types of participants - for me to provide you with constructive feedback and so you will feel confident in teaching others.
I am a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, an E-RYT200, RYT500, YACEP, RYS, have completed my second year of a 3-year yoga therapy training program, and have nearly 2,000 hours of teaching experience - approximately half of which is in chair yoga.
TESTIMONIALS:
“This training was actually so much more than I expected.”
“I absolutely feel like I learned enough to safely teach a group chair class. I also know that you and the FaceBook group will be there as an ongoing resource in the event I have any questions. The manual provides enough information about what to watch for in clients/students and how to encourage them to tune in and listen to and take care of their body. I know I will go back to that workbook again and again as a resource.”
“The online content and manual was comprehensive, well organized, and easy to follow. I think it is a valuable training course for all yoga teachers whether they teach Hatha yoga on the mat or in the chair. I learned to be more gentle and stay aware of all levels of ability.”
“I really felt like everything was helpful. I especially like the focus on teaching students to take care of themselves and learn to recognize their own limits, teaching them to tune into and listen to their bodies. I liked the focus on slow deliberate movement and marrying movement with the breath. I also felt the seven movements of the spine lay the groundwork for so much of our movement, I don’t think they have ever been specifically focused on like that in any other movement trainings I have done.”
“The online content and the manual are great resources to refer back to. I know I will use both repeatedly. I loved the blank lesson plans for organizing classes. It was helpful that there was a completed example to use as a guide as well. The pause, review, reflect sections were helpful to solidify what was being taught.”
“I think this course or one like it should be included in all teacher training programs. It is helpful for putting yourself in another person’s place, trying to modify the yoga poses so that they are accessible for everyone.”
“I totally fell in love with chair yoga in this class. I had gone into it thinking that it would be yoga appropriate for individuals who were unable to participate in mat yoga but realize now that it is really just a different approach to yoga that is equally beneficial to mat yoga. I have done both mat yoga and now chair yoga and I feel like chair yoga is definitely relevant as it’s own practice. I really believe it increases accessibility not just for those who physically would be challenged by mat yoga but by those who may not have room or time for a mat yoga practice in their lives. Chair yoga requires nothing more than a persona and a chair; most people have a chair somewhere in their homes. Chair yoga just seems like a universally accessible approach to yoga to me. Thank you so much for offering this training.”
You can register for the training at http://www.sharonkanfoushwellness.org/teacher-trainings.html.
I hope I have answered your questions! Please let me know if I can answer any other questions for you. And I hope to be able to work with you soon!
Namaste,
Sharon
Cost: $199 for fully online
or $269 for in-person + online training at the YogaLife Institute in King of Prussia, PA on Monday, March 16th 8am-6pm. POSTPONED!
FULLY ONLINE or
HYBRID IN-PERSON + ONLINE
Learn to teach chair yoga to individuals in wheelchairs or people with limited mobility, weakness, and/or balance problems such as seniors or individuals with chronic injuries or illness. Or for people who spend a great deal of time sitting, such as office workers or students.
The training will include seated and chair-assisted standing asana (postures), modifications & contraindications as well as pranayama (breath-work), meditation & relaxation techniques.
Training Materials:
* 65-page training manual
* 65-slide PowerPoint
* 6 videos totaling 4 hours
* Facebook training group page
* communication by email, phone, or Google Duo to address any questions
For Certification You’ll Submit:
* 1-hr sequences for 3 specified participants
* videos of you teaching the 3 sequences
* a short written quiz & written 1-of essay
Appropriate for yoga teachers, healthcare providers such as OTs, PTs & nurses, recreational therapists, caregivers, mental health professionals, or school teachers. You will receive a manual and a certificate stating you are a Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga Teacher (RChYT). The in-person training qualifies for 10 contact-hour continuing education units (CEUs) and 10 non-contact CEUs for those registered with Yoga Alliance; the virtual training for 20 non-contact CEUs.
The Resilience Chair & Chair-Assisted Yoga Teacher Training is entirely online and asynchronous, so you can do the training from anywhere that you have internet access and around your own schedule. Trainees have up to a year to finish the training if needed, although it can also be completed within just a couple weeks.
I am using a closed Facebook group to post the videos for the training and to build a community within which everyone enrolled in the training can pose questions & share ideas so we can all learn from each other as a community.
To learn more about the training, my background & my philosophy, you can watch the first of the videos HERE.
To successfully complete the training you will need to watch the posted videos, complete & submit an open-notes quiz & essay, and make videos of yourself teaching three different chair yoga sequences - each geared toward different types of participants - for me to provide you with constructive feedback and so you will feel confident in teaching others.
I am a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, an E-RYT200, RYT500, YACEP, RYS, have completed my second year of a 3-year yoga therapy training program, and have nearly 2,000 hours of teaching experience - approximately half of which is in chair yoga.
TESTIMONIALS:
“This training was actually so much more than I expected.”
“I absolutely feel like I learned enough to safely teach a group chair class. I also know that you and the FaceBook group will be there as an ongoing resource in the event I have any questions. The manual provides enough information about what to watch for in clients/students and how to encourage them to tune in and listen to and take care of their body. I know I will go back to that workbook again and again as a resource.”
“The online content and manual was comprehensive, well organized, and easy to follow. I think it is a valuable training course for all yoga teachers whether they teach Hatha yoga on the mat or in the chair. I learned to be more gentle and stay aware of all levels of ability.”
“I really felt like everything was helpful. I especially like the focus on teaching students to take care of themselves and learn to recognize their own limits, teaching them to tune into and listen to their bodies. I liked the focus on slow deliberate movement and marrying movement with the breath. I also felt the seven movements of the spine lay the groundwork for so much of our movement, I don’t think they have ever been specifically focused on like that in any other movement trainings I have done.”
“The online content and the manual are great resources to refer back to. I know I will use both repeatedly. I loved the blank lesson plans for organizing classes. It was helpful that there was a completed example to use as a guide as well. The pause, review, reflect sections were helpful to solidify what was being taught.”
“I think this course or one like it should be included in all teacher training programs. It is helpful for putting yourself in another person’s place, trying to modify the yoga poses so that they are accessible for everyone.”
“I totally fell in love with chair yoga in this class. I had gone into it thinking that it would be yoga appropriate for individuals who were unable to participate in mat yoga but realize now that it is really just a different approach to yoga that is equally beneficial to mat yoga. I have done both mat yoga and now chair yoga and I feel like chair yoga is definitely relevant as it’s own practice. I really believe it increases accessibility not just for those who physically would be challenged by mat yoga but by those who may not have room or time for a mat yoga practice in their lives. Chair yoga requires nothing more than a persona and a chair; most people have a chair somewhere in their homes. Chair yoga just seems like a universally accessible approach to yoga to me. Thank you so much for offering this training.”
You can register for the training at http://www.sharonkanfoushwellness.org/teacher-trainings.html.
I hope I have answered your questions! Please let me know if I can answer any other questions for you. And I hope to be able to work with you soon!
Namaste,
Sharon
Cost: $199 for fully online
or $269 for in-person + online training at the YogaLife Institute in King of Prussia, PA on Monday, March 16th 8am-6pm. POSTPONED!
