Yoga on Main Offering Practices and Programs to Awaken you Inner Fire!

THE “INNER FIRE YOGA” 200 HOUR TEACHER CERTIFICATION TRAINING

Beginning February 10th, 2012

Tuition: $2,350 (monthly payment plans available; Please also see our policy regarding deposits/refunds under Schedule & Fees)

You are invited to join one of the area’s most respected Teacher Certification Trainings. Yoga On Main, the oldest studio in the Philadelphia, has maintained a stellar reputation in providing Yoga related education since 1992. Yoga On Main is a "Yoga Alliance" certified school. The Yoga Alliance is the largest nationally recognized organization for the development of quality standards in Yoga Education and the certification of yoga schools and teachers. We are listed as "Inner Fire Yoga LLC" on the Yoga Alliance Web site.

We teach traditional Hatha Yoga in a unique format called "Inner Fire Yoga." The Inner Fire philosophy is to make yoga accessible to all that may have an interest, and our approach is grounded in sound principles that make it a safe and healthy experience for all students. The Inner Fire Yoga system prepares teachers to meet the needs of a diverse range of students using a safe, supportive and time-tested methodology. This program provides our teacher training students with the ability to design classes that are extremely well rounded and yet flexible enough to modify classes in either more demanding or gentler direction to meet the needs of the students that show up. This unique training program is extremely well balanced and highly regarded in the yoga world. Our qualified instructors have extensive experience and wonderful reputations. For more information on our teaching staff, please see their biographies below. 

Specifics of the Training will include:

• A comprehensive survey of yoga postures, including: alignment, uses, benefits, adaptations, mechanics, sequencing & adjustments.
• An emphasis on teaching methodology, practical teaching experience including practicums with experienced teachers, and guidance on personal practice.
• Study of the science of breath (pranayama), purification techniques (kriyas), and energy seals (bandas).
• The practice and application of meditation (dhyana) and mantra repetition (japa).
• Yoga Philosophy including the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, the Vedas, Darshans, Upanishads and Vedanta.
• The exploration of physical and esoteric anatomy including an in-depth investigation into the human energy system of the chakras.
• The principles of Ayurveda and how to practice them as part of living a Yogic lifestyle. (One of the unique facets of the Inner Fire Yoga program.)

If you are interested in this training, we recommend that you come in take a free class! You can meet the Director, Shiva Das and get a feel for the Inner Fire style and the center and have an opportunity to ask questions. Shiva Das teaches on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00-11:30am and Saturdays from 8:00-9:30am. Just give a call to confirm your free class at 215-483-0504.

Tuition for this training is $2,350, and we offer an optional payment program to help spread out the cost over a 4 month period. You can make an initial deposit of $500, followed by 3 additional payments of $500 (due on the 1st of each subsequent month) and a final payment of $350.

We hope you will join us for this life transforming experience! Please feel free to contact Shiva Das for any additional info you may need or questions you may have. Namaste!

TEACHER BIOGRAPHIES

Shiva Das (Jim McCabe) is the Managing Partner of Yoga On Main, which he has run since 2000. He has studied Yoga since 1987 and has been teaching since since 1995. His influences include the Integral Yoga Tradition of Swami Satchidananda, the Vinyi Yoga Tradition of Sri T. Krisnamacharya and his son T.K.V. Desikachar as well as work of David Frawley and Eric Shiffman. His primary teacher and Guru is the Great India Saint, Mata Amritanadamayi Devi, "Amma". Her primary direct is "LOVE and SERVE".

Shiva Das is co-creator of "Inner Fire Yoga" along with his business partner and Founder of Yoga On Main, David Newman. Shiva Das in collaboration with David and Senior Teacher, Ed Zadlo has developed Yoga On Main's highly recognized "Inner Fire Yoga Teacher Certification Programs". He has authored several Teacher Training Manuals, and is recognized as one of Philadelphia's premiere Yoga Instructors. He teaches regular weekly classes throughout the Philadelphia area as we as leads workshops and retreats throughout the world.

Ed Zadlo D.Ay (Acharya Premanand)Ed Zadlo D.Ay (Acharya Premanand) is a Certified Ayurveda Practitioner, Integral Yoga-Ayurveda Therapist and Acharya (expert teacher) of Yoga/Vedanta, Ayurveda and Vedic Dharma. He has had an Ayurveda practice for over 14 years, and has offered trainings in Ayurveda, Meditation and the Inner Practices of Yoga for over 25 years. He began his study of Ayurvedic Healing with Dr. David Frawley (Pundit Vamadeva Shastri) director of The American Institute of Vedic Studies in 1986, is also a graduate of their Ayurvedic Intensive Training, Yoga and Ayurveda Advanced Course and IYTA Teacher Training and was certified by Dr. Frawley in 2008 as an Ayurveda Yoga Acharya with 1200 hours of advanced Integral Yoga/Ayurveda study. He graduated from The New England Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine in 1996 where he also became a faculty member. He completed advanced clinical study at the Rishikesh College of Ayurveda in Rishikesh, India in 2000 and 2001. He is a member of The American Ayurvedic Medical Association and is the first certified Acharya of Integral Ayurveda/Yoga Therapy in the U.S. Ed lives near Sumneytown, PA where he has a full time Ayurveda practice and also teaches Vedic Studies, Vedanta and Meditation for many ashrams and yoga centers in the USA. www.edzadlo.com

David Newman or Durga Das, as he is also known, is a Kirtan Chant Artist and a practitioner and educator of Bhakti Yoga - the Yoga of Love.  David travels extensively singing Kirtan (Indian devotional chanting) and sharing the spiritual, meditative and musical aspects of Yoga.  David is the co-creator of Inner Fire Yoga and the founder of Yoga On Main in Philadelphia.  www.davidnewmanmusic.com

AmarJyothi (Bonnie Pariser) E-RYT 500, SYT is the founder, director and senior instructor at Yoga Loka in Frenchtown. She has practiced Yoga for more than 20 years and has taught Yoga for eight years. Bonnie completed her initial Yoga Teacher Training and her first Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training at Saraswati River Yoga with Kirin Mishra. She is certified as a Structural Yoga Therapist under the direction of Mukunda Stiles, a worldwide leader in the field of Therapeutic Yoga, and the author of the seminal book, "Structural Yoga Therapy." She has completed the first level Thai Yoga Massage training with Lotus Palm School in Montreal, Level one Reiki with Jacqui Crown, and is currently completing a three-year course of study in Kirin Mishra's Bhairavi Program. www.yoga-loka.com

Karen Fairman (RN, CHEd, Integrated Energy Therapy Master) brings over 25 years of nursing, holistic health care education, energy healing, and personal experience to this 12 hour course. She has previously taught anatomy and physiology at the secondary and post secondary levels. Her own musculoskeletal and systemic health issues led Karen to her dedicated yoga practice over 5 years ago, and this practice has been the key to her healing and continued health. With her background in yoga, physical healthcare, and psychiatric recovery education combined with energy healing, interfaith ministry, and counseling she is able to blend our body and mind experience and issues with the healing and spirit that yoga brings to our lives. She is passionate about the application and benefits of the science of yoga as a modality for healing the body, mind, and spirit.

Dr. Martin Orimenko is a licensed Chiropractor, Nutritionist and Naturopath. In order to gain a broad perspective on healing holistically, Dr. Martin has studied more than a dozen healing arts, including Ayurvedic Medicine, Acupuncture & Acupressure, Reiki and Breathwork with some of the top healers in this country and abroad. He is both technically skilled and highly intuitive. He has been in practice since 1990, and has treated over 5000 patients with a wide range of health conditions. Dr. Martin has had practices in St. Louis, MO and Sausalito, CA and is now in practice back in his native Pennsylvania.