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Just added: Lehi 200 Hour Teacher Training Fall 2019

By popular demand we’re running a second 200-Hour training program at Tadasana.Yoga Lehi this fall starting September 6. Register now to reserve your spot! Save $200 before August 10.

Tadasana.Yoga’s teacher training program is unlike any other. It’s only partly about learning the poses. The real objective of the program is to help you step into your own self-leadership, confidence, and power. Through self-inquiry and team engagement, you’ll reveal the strength, passion, and purpose that have always been within you.

Through this training you will:
– Absorb the Tadasana.Yoga sequence and learn the alignment of each pose
– Complete pose laboratory for the Tadasana.Yoga sequence
– Learn to deepen people’s awareness of their body alignment through hands-on assists
– Develop powerful communication skills that allow you to be a change-maker in your life
– Participate in inquiry sessions that will open doors to your purpose, power, and leadership
– Cultivate an understanding of your yoga practice and life on and off your mat
– Receive tools and resources to create the change you want to see in your life
– Learn to be an authentic teacher and student

No experience required! New and practiced yogis welcome!!

Teacher Training FAQ’s

What are the dates and times of the training?

The Fall 2019 Lehi Teacher Training will run on 6 alternating weekends starting Friday, September 6. Class will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Class times are planned for Friday: 5pm – 10pm, Saturday 8am – 7pm, and Sunday 9am – 3pm. These times are subject to change, however. Below are the complete dates:

  • September 6-8
  • September 20-22
  • October 4-6
  • October 18-20
  • November 1-3
  • November 15-17

What is Tadasana.Yoga Teacher Training?

Nearly 7 years ago I purchased Tadasana.Yoga in Park City. I had practiced yoga for over a dozen years, and as an experienced marketer I embraced the stewardship of the business, but I was not a yoga teacher. In order to truly walk my own talk, I immediately took a 200-hour teacher training program with Baron Baptiste. At his training, I saw immediately what the yoga teachers I knew were talking about: YTT is so much more than teaching. When I began to create a teacher training program here at Tadasana.Yoga, I sought the most experience trainers, including some who had worked extensively with Baptiste, to help craft our training program. You might be surprised to learn that the first step in creating a teacher training program is not to draft a syllabus, but instead, to examine what we stood for as a studio. Very quickly, our mission took shape: “to create happy communities, one student at a time.” It’s from this mission that our teacher training grows.

Who should do yoga teacher training?

The only people who should do yoga teacher training are those who want to see significant growth as leaders.  Many people take training thinking they might like to teach some day. Many more have no intention of teaching at all. Many students join us to explore new ways to think and see the world, and ultimately open doors to new directions in their lives. If you would like to join the Tadasana.Yoga teaching staff, this is a great way to do it. If you aren’t interested in teaching, just come and change your life.

Why should I train with Tadasana.Yoga?

Yoga has become such a mainstream practice that yoga teacher training programs are found at nearly every studio. The Yoga Alliance is a national organization that provides a certification structure to ensure consistency and quality across yoga training programs. Tadasana.Yoga and most other quality training programs are certified by this organization. But at the end of the day, you want a program with extremely strong leaders, and a clear vision for your success as a student. Tadasana.Yoga’s trainers are highly experienced in the teaching of teachers. We know the training methodologies that will help you progress rapidly in our 200 hours together. We also have the skill to adjust the trainings to nature of each student and student group. Our goal is to ensure you see rapid and effective progress in the creation of a new you.

What’s involved in a training?

We meet for 6 weekends. Each weekend you will be engaged in one of these modalities: practice, inquiry, pose laboratory, meditation, anatomy, and practice teaching. And woven in and among those modalities are hours of gems – connections with your fellow students, a deeper connection to your physical practice, a new appreciation for your body, the challenges of teaching, and so much more. You will have some reading materials to help you go deeper, and we even take our classroom out into the woods.

Do I have to be an experienced yogi to take training?

Absolutely not. Many of our teacher training participants are very new to yoga.

Who can I speak to if I have questions?

We’re happy to answer your questions about YTT! Please reach out to us at info@tadasana.yoga with any questions.

 

Are McMansions Making People Any Happier?

Recently I came across this interesting article in the Atlantic by Joe Pinsker reviewing a study of the size of American homes and the relative satisfaction levels of their owners. The conclusion? Larger homes don’t make people happier. This didn’t surprise me particularly, but it was interesting to see that questions like these are becoming worthy of the attention of researchers.

People living in rapidly-growing communities like Park City or Lehi won’t be surprised to learn that American homes are getting steadily larger. Between 1973 (when the Census Bureau started tracking home sizes) and 2015, the median size of a newly built house in the US has increased by nearly 1,000 square feet (from just over 1,500 square feet, to nearly 2,500).

Why do we keep making our homes bigger? The average family size has actually declined in that same time period (3.7 people per household in the 1970’s to 3.14 in 2018 according to the Census Bureau), so it isn’t a need to accommodate more people that’s driving the increase. Instead it appears that people still have a desperate need to keep up with or exceed the Joneses. But it doesn’t seem to give them the outcome they’re seeking.

In “The McMansion Effect”, Pinsker reviews a study by Clément Bellet, a postdoctoral fellow at the European business school INSEAD, and notes that “despite a major upscaling of single-family houses since 1980, house satisfaction has remained steady in American suburbs.” Bellet believes that this has to do with the problem of comparison (a common theme in our yoga classes.) In the case of houses, apparently people do generally say that their larger homes initially make them happy. The problem arises when someone moves into the neighborhood and builds a house bigger than yours. The initial pleasure doesn’t last.

The article goes on to discuss a number of other salient points around this issue, including:

  • Wealth inequality: In the roughly thirty years from 1980 to 2009, Clément Bellet estimates “that the size of the largest 10 percent of houses increased 1.4 times as fast as did the size of the median house.” People in the middle who felt proud of the ‘large’ home they borrowed every penny to own 10 years ago may now find themselves even further behind.
  • Subjective well-being: Large homes as a source of envy and disappointment are just the latest in a long list of “stuff” items that everyone feels they must have to be happy.
  • Atomization of the American family: Gone are the days when everyone in the house had to gather together to watch a TV show, brush their teeth or play a game. With homes large enough for everyone to have their own space, they may gain some comfort, but also loneliness. In gargantuan homes, people barely have to interact.

To me, the most interesting lesson here is that even as practices such as yoga, meditation, and mindfulness are on the rise around the globe, and the lessons associated with these practices — such as ‘happiness doesn’t come from stuff’ — are widely acknowledged to be true, we are simply unable to walk the talk.

I’m guilty myself. Whether it’s my belongings, my wardrobe or my home, I still notice the far-too-frequent voice in my head that says, “theirs are nicer,” “mine is out-dated,” or “why don’t we have a media room?” It’s really quite astonishing how one can know intellectually that something is true (‘if I had that fancy dress, it would only make me happier for a short period of time’), and yet be frequently incapable of living that truth.

Fortunately, intellectual knowledge is the first step in the right direction. As with addiction recovery, in order to get off the hamster wheel of desire, you must first recognize that it isn’t the correct path to happiness. In fact, the answer lies within. You have an opportunity every minute of every day to choose happiness or suffering. The desire, jealousy, and frustration responses are just that: responses. They are not real, in and of themselves.

So when you find yourself looking at your neighbor’s home and thinking, “why don’t I have what they have?”, take a moment to recognize what your brain is doing (reacting) and then make a choice with your response. Which will make you happier: feeling envious, or feeling gratitude that you have a home in a lovely neighborhood, with a beautiful view, and the time to look around?

Art of Assisting – Lehi

WHAT IT IS

This one weekend program is a subset of our 2019 Lehi Teacher Training program. Our hands-on program will take your personal practice, teaching, and assisting skills to the next level. Together current and new teachers go deep into the art of offering powerful, effective assists to students.

COURSE COMMITMENT

  • Your hands-on training will give you the skills and technical knowledge to find proper alignment in your body and create it in others.
  • You will use the Tadasana.Yoga approach to assist all 5 segments of the Tadasana.Yoga sequence.
  • You will deepen your understanding of your own practice.

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF:

  • You currently assist or teach and want to upgrade your assisting skills
  • You want to develop new skills in your yoga practice
  • You want to be an assistant in a yoga class

COURSE OUTCOMES

A thorough understanding of the principles and techniques of assisting, including:

  • Learn at least one assist for each pose in the Tadasana.Yoga sequence
  • Get the keys to effective assisting
  • Learn the types of assists to use in any situation
  • Gain the ability to see what’s needed in a student body and offer a useful assist
  • Practice assist in a full Tadasana.Yoga class

TUITION

$199*

*Tuition does not include travel, lodging or meals.

SCHEDULE

Day 1  | 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Day 2  | 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Day 3 | 9:00 am – 7:00 pm

Students who complete the Tadasana.Yoga Art of Assisting program will receive 20 hours toward their Tadasana.Yoga Teacher Certification.

The Yoga Scene: Miami | February 2020

Plan now for your beach getaway with The Yoga Scene trip to Miami,  February 27th – March 1st.

This trip is all about experiences. The number of rooms are limited to create a wonderful environment to get to know your fellow yogis. We stay in a stunning hotel right on South Beach in Miami (with the longest pool!)  The National Hotel is the oldest hotel in Miami and offers direct beach access with our own lounge chairs, towel services, a stunning private pool, a gorgeous foyer, bar, and indoor/outdoor restaurant, and ocean-view rooms. Yoga happens in the morning in studios within walking or a short cab distance of the hotel. Each day you can enjoy the beach or the pool, or make a spa appointment. Each evening is something special, from a cocktail reception, to dinner and salsa lessons, to fine dining.

Itinerary

  • Thursday, February 27: Arrive in Miami

5pm Cocktail Reception We recommend getting to the hotel early evening to enjoy the welcome cocktail reception at the beach bar of our hotel. If you’re flying from Utah, look for a flight that gets in around 4:30 or 5pm (Delta currently offers a 7am flight that arrives in Miami at 4:24pm).

  • Friday, February 28: Yoga, Beach, & Salsa

7am Breakfast

8am Yoga

10:30am Beach or Pool time Secure your lounge chair on the beach or by the pool, or get a spa appointment in a cabana

3:00pm Optional Yoga 

7:00pm Dinner and Salsa Lessons!

Optional apres-dinner outing

  • Saturday, February 29: Yoga, City, & Dining

7am Breakfast

8am Yoga

10:30am Choose to make it another day on the beach, or join a group for a tour of Little Havana and some of Miami’s coolest sights

4:00pm Optional Yoga

7:00pm Fine Dining

Optional apres-dinner outing

  • Sunday, March 1: Breakfast, Optional Yoga, & Departure

7:00am Breakfast

Depending on your flight time, take an optional yoga class

Depart for the airport

Cost

  • $2,499 includes: All hotel fees, daily breakfast, two dinners, a cocktail reception, yoga, beach and pool amenities.
  • Trip cost does not include: Transportation to New York, transfers to and from the hotel, taxi or subway fares, additional alcohol, and other incidentals such as spa treatments.

Registration

  • $500 deposit required to hold your spot.
  • Full refund 30 days prior to event. 50% refund 14 days prior to event. No refund less than 14 days prior to event.

Questions

Please reach out to Melissa at Melissa@tadasana.yoga with any questions. We will get back to you right away!

Take a look at some photos from our New York City trip:

Tadasana.Yoga is the top yoga studio in Park City, Utah. Our goal is to create happy communities, one student at a time. Our yoga travel events are designed to highlight some of the best yoga in the most fascinating places to travel, in a fun and luxurious manner.

The Yoga Scene: New York | October 2019

New York in the fall is truly gorgeous. This year “The Yoga Scene” is headed to New York City from October 3-6.

This trip is all about experiences. We have only 6 rooms available for our group, which means 6 to 12 participants (with double-occupancy). This creates a wonderful environment to get to know your fellow yogis. We stay in a beautiful boutique hotel right on Park Avenue South, with balconied rooms and a lovely foyer where refreshments are always available for guests. Yoga is in the morning, in studios within walking or a short cab distance of the hotel. Each day you can choose to join our group sight-seeing activity, or head out on your own. Each evening is something special, from a cocktail reception, to dinner and theater, to fine dining.

Itinerary

  • Thursday, October 3: Arrive in New York

5pm Cocktail Reception We recommend getting to the hotel by 5pm to enjoy the welcome cocktail reception on the roof of our hotel. If you’re flying from Utah, look for a flight that gets in around 3pm. (Delta offers an 8:27am flight that lands at 3pm at JFK.)

  • Friday, October 4: Yoga, City, & Theater

7am Breakfast

8am Yoga

10:30am New York City Outing Choose from a visit to the Statue of Liberty, the 9/11 Memorial, or the MOMA museum

3:00pm Optional Yoga 

5:30pm Early Dinner in or near hotel

7:00pm Theater (tba)

Optional apres-dinner outing

  • Saturday, October 5: Yoga, City, & Dining

7am Breakfast

8am Yoga

10:30am New York City Outing

4:00pm Optional Yoga

7:00pm Fine Dining

Optional apre-dinner outing

  • Sunday, October 6: Breakfast, Optional Yoga, & Departure

7:00am Breakfast

Depending on your flight time, take an optional yoga class

Depart for the airport

Cost

  • $2,499 includes: All hotel fees, daily breakfast, two dinners, a cocktail reception, yoga, theater, and two city sight-seeings activities.
  • Trip cost does not include: Transportation to New York, transfers to and from the hotel, taxi or subway fares, additional alcohol, and other incidentals.

Registration

  • $500 deposit required to hold your spot.
  • Full refund 30 days prior to event. 50% refund 14 days prior to event. No refund less than 14 days prior to event.

Questions:

If you have any questions about the trip, please reach out to Melissa at Melissa@tadasana.yoga. We will get back to you right away!

Take a look at some photos from our last New York City trip:

Tadasana.Yoga is the top yoga studio in Park City, Utah. Our goal is to create happy communities, one student at a time. Our yoga travel events are designed to highlight some of the best yoga in the most fascinating places to travel, in a fun and luxurious manner.


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