Within Yoga Alliance Registered School’s Teacher Training Courses, I offer advanced studies programs in the practical aspects of teaching (teaching methodology, teaching techniques, hands-on assists and working with injury & health conditions), Yin & Yang (active Hatha) Yoga, as well as programs designed to fit individual yoga studios teacher training needs. All programs qualify for Contact CEUs with Yoga Alliance.

Upcoming Programs:

The Art of Teaching with Heather Tiddens 
Working With Injuries and Health Conditions 1 on 1, and In Group Classes
November 6th – 9th, 2014
Santa Barbara Yoga Center, Santa Barbara, CA

Our yoga practice can be a powerful component of healing. This practicum module offers you, the yoga teacher, tools to intelligently and compassionately support your students who come to your class with injuries and health conditions.

Our time together includes:

• Overview of common injuries and health conditions your students come to class with
• Orchestrating group classes, while accommodating and modifying for students with injuries. 
• Working 1 on 1 with private students and their injuries and health conditions
• Sequencing injury/health condition specific classes
• Specific cueing for breath, intent, pose alignment, modifications and hands on assists for common injuries and health conditions
• Yoga as a healing practice – supporting and encouraging your students in maintaining an appropriate practice (classes) as they heal.

Thursday 11am – 4:45pm (with a 45 min break)
Friday 12:00pm – 6:00pm (with a 1 hour break)
Saturday 10:30am – 5:30pm (with a 1 hour break)
Sunday 10:30am – 5:30pm (with a 1 hour break)

Price $335 early bird /$385 regular, 22 hours

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Past Programs:

Boot Camp for Teachers with Heather Tiddens 
Honing Your Skills of Communication, Intuition and Hands-On Assists
Thursday, September 25 – Sunday, September 28, 2014
Blue Lotus Yoga & Movement, Raleigh, NC 

Don’t let the name fool you! This will be a fun and enlivening journey into up-leveling your teaching skills! Take this rare opportunity to get specific, constructive feedback on your teaching. You will receive support for making your instruction more effective and engaging; to see your students from a myriad of perspectives, and to develop a multi-layered approach for on-the-mat guidance. Cheer each other on in sharing your love of yoga with presence, passion and integrity.

This teaching practicum is part of Blue Lotus’ 500-hour training for yoga teachers, but you don’t have to be enrolled in their training program to participate.

Schedule:
Thursday & Friday, 12:00 – 9:00pm 
Saturday 10:00am – 6:00pm 
Sunday 8:00am – 5:00pm 

Our time together will include:

• Hands-on Assists: assessing, adjusting, and following up for common asanas, as well as your specific requests.
• Seeing Energy and Empathing: developing your observation and sensing skills, and incorporating these skills in your instructions and hands-on adjustments.
• Communication: clearly, effectively and efficiently communicating one-on-one, in small groups, and to the whole class, including:
  *Tone, pacing, articulation and tenor of your voice
  *Word choice
  *Non-verbal communication via body movements and demonstration of asanas
  *Physical communication via hands-on assists.
• Video review and feedback of your teaching

Please come ready to jump in, to tangibly train your practical teaching skills, and to support and be supported on your teaching path. Expect honest, clear and constructive feedback from both Heather and each other, to support your evolution as a teacher.

$700
$75 Early Bird Discount before September 15

YTT500/YTT200 CEU – 32 hours

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Yin Yoga & Meditation:
A 3 Day Intensive for Dedicated Practitioners and Teachers
July 19 – 21, 2013
Blue Lotus Yoga School
Raleigh, NC

Creating and guiding a classroom space of quiet and introspection through Yin Yoga and meditation is essential “medicine” for our students. As yoga teachers, fostering meditative focus and awareness is crucial for our students in developing a committed yoga practice. Additionally, Yin yoga and meditation provide not only an important balance to our active, multifaceted and often fragmented day to day lives; these gentle practices can also be a continual source of insight, rejuvenation and compassion.

In this training intensive, we will cover the foundations and technique of Yin yoga: the differences between and relationship of Yin and Yang (active Hatha) yoga practices, our meridian and organ systems and the relationship to our connective tissue, Yin yoga pose technique and benefits, with pose modifications & alternatives for contraindications and injuries. We will also delve into developing and deepening your meditation practice, with an emphasis on how to share these techniques with others. Each training day will combine theory with a Yin yoga practice, meditation, and time for questions.  YTT500/YTT200 CEU: 22 hours

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The Art & Practice of Teaching Yoga:
Honing Your Skills of Communication, Intuition
and Hands-On Adjustments
Jan 31 – Feb 3, 2013
Santa Barbara, CA

This hands-on, experiential training is designed to expand your repertoire of teaching skills. This course provides the opportunity to work with and apply techniques and skills learned during the training, to see your students from a myriad of perspectives and to develop a multi-layered approach for on-the-mat guidance. We will focus on:

• Hands-on Assists: assessing, adjusting, and following up for common asanas, as well as your specific requests.
• Seeing Energy and Empathing: developing your observation and sensing skills, and incorporating these skills in your instructions and hands-on adjustments.
• Communication: clearly, effectively and efficiently communicating one-on-one, in small groups,and to the whole class, including: **Tone, pacing, articulation and tenor of your voice. **Word choice. **Non-verbal communication via body movements and demonstration of asanas. **Physical communication via hands-on assists.
• Injuries and Health Conditions: working with common injuries and health conditions in group classes and one-on-one.

Please come ready to jump in, to tangibly train your practical teaching skills, and to support and be supported on your teaching path. Expect honest, clear and constructive feedback from both Heather and each other to support your evolution as a teacher. Click: HeatherTiddens_Art&Practice_2013_02 to view full flier.