YOGA TEACHER TRAINING CERTIFICATION

200 HOUR | LEVEL 1 | PROFESSIONAL

TEACHER TRAINING PHILOSOPHY		Green Monkey’s Teacher Training Programs offer the tools to achieve balance and become a phenomenal instructor. Through the guidance of a renowned faculty, an environment that builds confidence and a community of like-minded yogis, the training is known as the beginning of an important spiritual and physical process.
		MEET PAUL TOLIUSZIS, E-RYT Dear Friends of Yoga, I have now led four 200-hour Professional Yoga Teacher Training Programs at Green Monkey and it is has been awesome. I am so proud and pleased with the level of skill and understanding that these new teachers have. Not only that, we have always had a truly great time!
Over the past 14 years I have seen so many people benefit from making this choice to take a training. Some people feel a strong pull to learn the skill of teaching yoga classes and private lessons so that they can embark on a new career. Others have committed to the program to better their personal practice. And still others have walked through the doors to achieve a long standing goal. Whether you are looking to begin a career that supports you financially, physically, mentally, and spiritually or you simply want to improve in your own practice this Teacher Training program is the way to make it happen. Namaste,

COST

$3,195: If paid in full before September 17th. Includes free yoga from date paid through December 1, 2011

$3,295: If paid in full before October 1st. Includes 50% off yoga from date paid through December 1, 2011.

$3,395: If paid in 3 installments before November 20th.

For more information please call 305.397.8566 | Green Monkey is a Balanced Living company offering the tools to achieve balance and lead a healthy life. The Miami Beach Tree House is located 1827 Purdy Avenue.

MEET THE FACULTY

David Keil is an international presenter of Yoga Anatomy workshops. He is also a dedicated Ashtangi and is authorized to teach by the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute.

Terri Cooper is the founder and owner of 305 Yoga and Outreach and the president of 305 Spiritual Gangsters , a non-profit organization that utilizes yoga and its community to empower humanitarian initiatives. She has studied Structural Yoga Therapy, is a certified Yoga Ed Instructor, and is an expert on Yoga and the Chakras.

Mateo Lizarazo Chakra Flow & Vinyasa-Inspired yoga teacher & RYT 200, Mateo Lizarazo currently resides in Miami Beach, teaching at venues all around the Miami area. Deeply rooted in the eastern folk & culture, his primary inspirations include teachers of the Jivamukti & Ashtanga tradition. His love & studies in music, dance & devotional chanting also influence his teachings. His classes are celebration of life, kindness and self-acceptance.

Christy Nones is a certified Anusara teacher originally from Miami.  She maintains a full teaching schedule in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and also leads retreats and workshops. She is a 4-year classically trained Homeopath. Christy is enthusiastic about teaching Anusara.

Ganesha Michael Shapiro is a Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor since 2004 and a full-time energy healing practitioner. Ganesha graduated from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing in 2008 and completed Harmonyum Healing Training with Gurunam in 2009.

Peter Barber, a Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher, is a retired attorney and has been teaching yoga full time since 1996. He has trained extensively with many of the best known teachers in the United States and has been a student of John Friend and Anusara since 2000. His yoga class was named “Best in Miami” by the Miami New Times.

	Allaine Stricklen teaches and offers meditation sessions, workshops and Teacher Training programs all over the world. Her unique style of teaching derives from her extensive studies in the Iyengar Yoga method and many other styles. She is the creator of Gentle Therapeutics Yoga, a method utilizing props to restore the body’s balance and vitality.	Gretchen Suarez has been practicing yoga for 13 years and teaching for 8. A former marketing consultant with a large company, she decided to devote her life to the teaching of Ashtanga yoga and has studied extensively in India.
	Nora Magiamele teaches beginner to advanced vinyasa flow classes and also teaches Yin yoga. Her love and passion for the art of yoga shines through in every class she teaches. Her humor and eclectic music encourage every student to strive further than they ever thought possible.	Amy Rabin took her first yoga class about 15 years ago and has been sharing her love for the practice ever since.  Her classes offer a fun and challenging mix of cardiovascular, strengthening, stretching, toning and purifying asanas. Amy also is very knowledgable about Ashtanga and has an impressive understanding of correct alignment and form.

	Joey Corona is a lifelong movement catalyst and movement motivator. Joey holds a Masters degree in Physical Education, and post grad certification in Golf Biomechanics and is a Black Belt in Shotokan Karate. As a 12 year yoga teacher he has attained the E-RYT status, the highest teaching credential of the Yoga Alliance. “Some people move Mountains, I move People,” is Joey’s motto.	Jaya is Sanskrit for victory…a daily practice using the power of the breath can purify and illuminate the truths of our soul …We share one heart, one consciousness and one divine source. Jaya has come to learn that each yogi/yogini has a different reason for coming to their yoga mats. It is with this understanding that he approaches each class with an open heart..

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Wednesdays | 6:00-9pm | Observing & Assisting

Saturdays | 12-5pm | Guest Faculty, Techniques & Training

Sundays | 12-5pm | Guest Faculty, Techniques & Training

YOGA ALLIANCE TEACHER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

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The search for the true self can follow a winding road. Background, environment, judgments, opinions, even self-analysis, generally do nothing but distract us from the truth. Rather than serving as descriptions, information such as family, race, country, friends, clothes, cars, houses, even choices of hobbies, become self-identifiers rich with all the boundaries, rules, and generalities associated with them. It is a thinking similar to an apple thinking itself to be a “red”, a “round”, or a “tangy” but missing the fact that it is an APPLE which happens to be red, round, and tangy. I am a man, I am a woman, I have no family, I am the youngest of five, I am American, I am a soldier,…,I am a Yoga teacher.

Depending on where he is on the road to self-discovery and the development of his practice, the Yoga teacher himself may be proportionately influenced by what he may believe a Yoga teacher and class should be like. The difference between the teacher still bound, however loosely, to his own image of himself and one who is free of it is undeniable. Entirely open and light, life flows through the latter without tripping on any of his own opinions of what it (life), he, or his class should be like.

He does not stress when his class is so full that the mats are an inch away from one another (it’s good to be Paul Toliuszis!). It is what it is. He does not try to make the class hard or easy, slow or fast. It is what it is. He wants for everyone to be happy but he knows he’s not the one to make that happen. He does not care about the fact that Milli Vanilli does not exactly grace the sound systems of many (any?) Yoga studios. It is what it is. He does not try to make his class … special, to put his signature on it. This, ironically, makes it so. It is what it is!

The teacher is. The class is. And as such, the pupil is. All is allowed to be what it is. When floor space is exhausted inside the practice room, the pupil will simply roll out her mat just outside the door. Her experience is. It is no wonder that at Green Monkey Yoga in South Beach, Paul Toliuszis’ pupils not only acknowledge but actually smile at the new face among them.

The Hotel Alisei is right on the beach and it’s a hidden paradise for water sports. Every afternoon we will have a special group event as well as some free time to kick back and relax.

Thank You!

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El Limon (Dominican Republic) in March 2009.

Of the many waterfalls on the Samaná Peninsula, El Limón is the most spectacular. Nestled deep in thick palm forest, it rises 900 feet above sea level, and cascades 150 feet into a deep pool of water. In fact, of all the waterfalls to visit in the entire country, El Limón may have the most alluring combination of beauty, size, prime surroundings, and relative ease of access – though it’s still something of an adventure to reach (making it all the more of a thrill when you do). Trails to the falls are lined with giant ferns and huge trees, with rivers and thatched huts adding to the tropical ambiance.