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      • SUNDAY, June 28, 2015: Take a Load Off: Unburdening and Opening 5th, 6th, 7th Chakras
      • May 23, 2015: Overcome Fear, Open Your Heart: 3rd & 4th Chakra Clearing
      • April 25, 2015: Burn Up Old Karma: 1st and 2nd Chakras
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      • April 26, 2014: Burn Up Old Karma: 1st and 2nd Chakras, with Peggy Hong
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      • June 28: Take a Load Off: Unburdening and Opening 5th, 6th, 7th Chakras
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Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training

What does it take to become a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT)?

Iyengar Yoga training is considered the most rigorous and most comprehensive in the field. As a contrast to the 200-hour training which is commonplace and standard, usually costing several thousand dollars, graduating dozens of people at a time, many with little prior yoga experience, we build our teachers one by one, over years, not months. 

The first step to becoming a CIYT is to attend weekly classes and begin to build a steady relationship with a trusted teacher. It also helps to attend weekend Iyengar Yoga workshops, broadening and deepening your studies. Hopefully you are also, by this point, practicing consistently at home, ideally daily. After a year or so of continuous study, you can apply for an advanced studies/apprenticeship program.

In a program like our Art, Science, and Philosophy of Iyengar Yoga, you will learn:
  • How to establish and maintain a solid personal practice, which is the basis of good teaching
  • Anatomy and physiology pertinent to yoga
  • Iyengar Yoga pedagogy: how to teach
  • Yoga philosophy and ethics
  • Issues of history, colonization, appropriation, and justice

Those who do not plan to teach, but instead want to deepen their own study and practice are also welcome to participate in the ASP Deep Study track, which includes asana/pranayama, anatomy, and philosophy.

Expect to devote 1000 hours to become a CIYT, and many more thousands of hours to progress through higher levels of certification, if you so choose. Iyengar Yoga Detroit is committed to meeting qualified prospective teachers financial capacities, and our ASP program is accessibly priced. We believe yoga training should not be limited only to those who can afford to pay thousands of dollars. Contact us to work with your financial capacity.

CIYTs continuing their education, and/or preparing for Intermediate Junior I-III certifications are also welcome to attend, and will be appropriately challenged and accommodated. 

Contact Gwi-Seok if you feel this is the path for you. As BKS Iyengar tells us, "Teaching is a difficult art, but it is the greatest service you can pay to humanity."
Art, Science, and Philosophy of Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga Detroit - 2321 Caniff Avenue, Hamtramck, MI 48212 - 313.528 9493
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Mailing address: PO Box 12074, Hamtramck, MI 48212
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  • Home
  • Schedule
    • Pay for Class
    • Class Descriptions
    • Yoga Therapy Class
    • Black and Brown Yoga
    • What to Expect
    • Community Gift Classes
  • New Student Special
  • Workshops
    • Home Practice Workshop
    • March 2019 Workshops
    • Past Workshops/Events >
      • October 2018 Workshops
      • August 2018 Workshops
      • June 2018 Workshops
      • April 2018 Workshops
      • February 2018 Workshops
      • August 2017 Workshops
      • June 2017 ASP Workshops
      • April 2017 ASP Workshops
      • March 2017 Workshop: Yoga for Your Period.
      • February 2017 Workshops
      • December 2016 Workshops
      • Free the Water Yoga Fundraiser
      • October 2016 Workshops
      • August 2016 Workshops
      • Women's Healing and Wellness Series
      • June 2016 Workshops
      • Bolster Up, May 15, 2016
      • Part II, Fundamentals
      • Discovering the Depth of Fundamentals, 2/6 & 2/7/2016
      • Home Practice Workshop, 1/16/2016
      • November 7, 2015 : Fractals in Yoga
      • September 26, 2015: Yellow, Brown, Black and Beautiful
      • Saturday, July 18, 2015, 1-3pm, Intro to the Psoas: The Bipedal Dilemma
      • SUNDAY, June 28, 2015: Take a Load Off: Unburdening and Opening 5th, 6th, 7th Chakras
      • May 23, 2015: Overcome Fear, Open Your Heart: 3rd & 4th Chakra Clearing
      • April 25, 2015: Burn Up Old Karma: 1st and 2nd Chakras
      • Special Needs Open House, Sunday, May 24, 2015, 2-5pm
      • March 2015: Ropes, Ropes, and More Ropes
      • February 2015: Home Practice 201/301
      • January 2015: Home Practice 101
      • January 2014: Home Practice 101
      • February 2014: Immune Boosting Yoga and SOUP
      • March 2014: Topsy Turvy: Inverting Joyfully and Fearlessly
      • April 26, 2014: Burn Up Old Karma: 1st and 2nd Chakras, with Peggy Hong
      • May 24: Overcome Fear.Open Your Heart! 3rd & 4th Chakra Clearing
      • June 28: Take a Load Off: Unburdening and Opening 5th, 6th, 7th Chakras
      • Summer Yoga Club
  • Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training
    • Art, Science, and Philosophy
  • Yoga Philosophy
  • Donate to IYDC
  • Fees
  • Location
  • IYD Membership
  • Our Teachers
    • Contact Us
  • Videos and Blog
  • IYD News Archives
    • Media
    • Gallery