• Karuna's 200 Hour Teacher Training with Eileen Muir
• Karuna's 300 Hour Advanced Teacher Training in Albany, NY with Eileen Muir
• Supporting Teachers

Dear Students,
I am delighted to welcome you to Karuna's one-year, 200-hour, Yoga Teacher Training Program. It promises to be a thorough and transformative experience. This program is in compliance with the standards of the nationally recognized Yoga Alliance and is also licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Education. We welcome students who wish to deepen their practice and understanding of the art and science of yoga, integrate the philosophy into their daily life, and gain self-understanding. Established in 1997, this program is rigorous and designed to meet the needs of students who envision teaching and those who already teach yoga. Dedicated students and teachers work together—creating an inspired and inclusive learning community. The program offers studies with highly qualified, passionate teachers, as well as a complete curriculum encompassing over 200 hours of training. Throughout the year, we will cover the basic, progressive, and integrated study of asana, pranayama, anatomy, yoga philosophy, and teaching for different ages and different needs.

300 Hour Course Dates

This 300-hour advanced training continues from the 200-hour training to complete the 500-hour Yoga Alliance certification. This advanced study will mature your understanding and refine your teaching skills.

This training is recommended for teachers and advanced students who wish to:

• Learn more advanced asana and techniques
• Refine the art of sequencing and linking
• Practice and gain skills to safely teach Pranayama
• Take your understanding of yogic philosophy to a deeper level
• Focus on Yoga Therapeutics—treatment strategies and therapeutic applications for a variety of needs and conditions.
• Safely and confidently address the needs of students of varying age, body type, and skill level.
• Gain a functional & experiential understanding of anatomic structures as they relate to hatha yoga.

The 300-hour advanced course will be offered in the form of modules, often involving pre-reading assignments and other prep work.

There are 6 modules:

• Philosophy
• Pranayama
• Therapeutics
• Asana & Teaching
• Sequencing
• Anatomy

These 6 Modules take place in five segments of three weekend trainings. Anatomy takes place in each of the 5 segments to make up the 6th Module. The training is on Weekends—Saturdays 12:00-8:00 and Sundays 9:00-5:00. The total cost is $3,500. Payment for the training is divided into 5 payments of $700.00. The first payment is due Dec. 1st, 2009. Each payment is due on the first of the month prior to the beginning of the module.

Please email info@karunayoga.com if you would like more information regarding the Advanced Teacher Training.

Supporting Teachers

Supporting teachers have been chosen for their dedication and passion for their subject. They include Mark Hart, PhD, Megan Frazier, Edwin Bryant, and Qurban Khalsa.

Mark Hart (Insight Meditation)

Mark Hart has practiced Insight Meditation since 1981, studying primarily at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA. Since 2000 has also studied with teachers of non-dual awareness, including Adyashanti, and has incorporated that into his teaching. He is guiding teacher of the Bodhisara Dharma Community in Amherst, Massachusetts, on the teacher’s council at Insight Pioneer Valley in Easthampton, and is the adjunct religious advisor to Buddhist students at Amherst College. Mark holds a Ph.D. in theology and an MA in counseling and has a private practice of psychotherapy in Amherst.

Megan Frazier (Experiential anatomy)

Megan Frazier has always loved the exploration of the body, both as a dancer and as an anatomist. She holds an MFA in dance from Smith College and a BS in biology and dance from Denison University. Megan was first introduced to yoga in high school by her modern dance teacher, and the practice kept her sane during three years in the Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa. She holds a Masters Degree in Physical Therapy, and believes it is her calling to teach people about the human body.

Edwin Bryant (Yoga Sutras of Patanjali)

Edwin Bryant received his doctorate in Indic languages, philosophies and cultures from Columbia University. He taught Hinduism at Harvard University for three years, and is presently professor of Hindu religion and philosophy at Rutgers University. He has been a practitioner of bhakti yoga for twenty-five years, a number of them spent in India. He has published six books and numerous articles on Vedic culture, yoga and the Krishna tradition, and has just completed a translation of Patanjali's Yoga sutras with extracts from the traditional commentators.

Please click here for more information about Edwin Bryant.

Qurban Khalsa (Yoga Philosophy)

Qurban Khalsa has been studying, practicing and teaching yoga for over 30 years. He spent 20 years living in an ashram, where he practiced Bhakti yoga, karma yoga, and Jnana yoga. He believes yoga asana is too often taught with no real understanding of the goal of yoga, and he is passionate about integrating the eight limbs of yoga as both an ancient mystical path and as a practical guide for modern living. Qurban has a degree in psychology, an MBA and has completed teacher training at Karuna.