Yoga Teacher Training

Coming to Paradise for Yoga Teacher Trainings

Villa Sumaya is proud to announce that we will be partnering with three highly skilled and inspiring teachers that will lead several Yoga Teacher Trainings here at Villa Sumaya. Will Duprey, Akasha Ellis and Ashley Ludman, will be collaborating with us to manifest a space for you to learn, transform, cleanse, strengthen and experience your divine teacher within. Our vision at Villa Sumaya is to nurture and support a platform of sacred space that fosters a training field for instructors to share with and teach other teachers. Our highest aspiration for the students of our teacher trainings is that they may have the yogic knowledge and experiential wisdom to serve the welfare of all beings at their highest potential.

Program Schedule

2012

Jan 7-28 – Ashley Ludman 200 hr. Teacher Training

Mar 24-April 25 – Yoga Works Teacher Training with Jeanne Heileman

April 21-29 -Will Duprey 300 hr RYT Adv. Teacher Training

May 24- June 18 – Akasha Ellis 200 hr. Teacher Training

July 21- August 11 – Ashley Ludman 200 hr.Teacher Training

November 3-17 – Danielle Gentilcore 200 hr Teacher Training

Course Descriptions and Teacher Bios

Akasha Ellis – 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training and Certification Program

This is an incredible opportunity for those who join us to truly immerse ourselves into a daily Yoga practice. In our training we will create a safe and sacred space to learn, grow and experience our own divinity. Our intention is to share and support one another in a daily practice and return home to our loved ones inspired, happy and radiant with the strength and projection to uplift those around us. This training will offer you experiences that will serve you throughout your life. Once this foundation is laid and healthy habits take root one can begin to truly reap the benefits and wisdom of yoga. Daily we will practice asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation as given to Akasha by his teachers.

We will encourage self-inquiry–svadhyaya— and discuss our experiences drawing on the yoga sutras and philosphy. Each day we will sweat, play and challenge one another working towards a balance of effort and ease.

Akasha’s style of Yoga is a blend of Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, Vinyasa Krama and Kundalini Yoga. These styles offer students a strong foundation for personal growth and a proven method for teaching.

To contact Askasha for more information: akasha@eastwindenterprise.com

Teacher Bio: Akasha Ellis has spent most of his adult life teaching others, first as a camp counselor then a successful international businessman, and today, as a yoga instructor. Born in Florida, Akasha earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology at George Washington University in Washington D.C. and attended graduate studies in Biochemistry and Histology at the University of New Mexico. He also studied at the Ayurvedic Institute in New Mexico.

In the last decade, Akasha has taught thousands of hours of yoga. In 2008, he and other dedicated yogi’s founded the Birmingham Yoga Teach Training Program, where students can earn certification with Yoga Alliance. Akasha also manages a small business focused on the development and marketing of websites, but yoga is his heart.

“I truly believe in the healing power that yoga can offer, especially to someone who is open to bring balance and healing to their body, mind and spirit,” he says. “If the student has the compassion, patience and courage, they can heal. And yoga is a wonderful tool to help those on his/her warrior path.”

To contact Akasha Ellis: akasha@eastwindenterprise.com

Ashley Ludman – The Yoga as Therapy 225 hour Yoga Teacher Training Immersion January 2012

This training designed to lead you into a deeper source of wisdom, courage and potential within yourself. Through the practice of asana, you will experientially understand physical, energetic and mental anatomy. Through reflective journaling, expressive arts and group integration, you will be guided to understand the implications of your practice on the mat with your life offering. In this training, you will experience structural and transformational yoga practices, designed for therapeutic adaptations. The program will also give you the opportunity to experience healing pranayama, meditation, Thai Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Restorative Yoga, and gain the confidence to support your students in a progressive therapeutic practice of Yoga.

Teacher Bio: Ashley Ludman graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Occupational Therapy, working with all ages and a diverse range of patients before dedicating her work to preventative health and wellness. A Yoga therapist full time since 2000, Ashley began facilitating teacher training programs in Wilmington, North Carolina, after opening her own studio in 2002. Drawing from her practice of Anusara Yoga, meditation, Energy Therapeutics, and Psychosocial Theory, Ashley has created a uniquely creative and diverse Yoga as Therapy Yoga Teacher Training experience at Villa Sumaya.

To learn more about Ashley’s training contact: Ashley@SeasideYoga.com

Will Duprey – 300 RYT Advanced Teacher Training-Fire of Purification

NOW you are ready to immerse yourself in the practice of yoga and live in it. As we integrate into the philosophies that enrich our living we begin to observe directly through contact with like-minded practitioners. If one is born with all the tools to obtain a state of yoga then certainly being around others with the same goal allows for certain discovery of that spark within.

The Advanced Training will take you deeper into the integration of practice to enrich the living experience. Even though we commonly view Hatha Yoga as being a physical practice involving multiple styles it is a distinct science referred to as Shadanga Yoga. This distinct path focuses particularly on prana and awakening the divine energy. Essentially we practice a way to develop that burn for living, teaching and creating.

Comprised of three distinct modules -

JOURNEY TO SELF, FIRE OF PURIFICATION, and SONG WITHIN - that fulfill 300 hours of Advanced Training and are a registered program with Yoga Alliance. Fire of Purification or Journey to Self are required before attending Song Within. Fire of Purification and Journey to Self can be taken in any order.

Completion of all three modules acts as a bridge program bringing a 200 RYT to a 500 RYT. Enrollment in each module is limited to offer a better student to teacher ratio and to keep the quality of the program at it’s highest standards. Certification for 500 RYT will be given upon completion of all course requirements.

All of Will Duprey Yoga training programs and retreats donate %3 for Change. That’s right! 3% of profits will be made toward efforts in directly helping the local community or a designated organization of change . . . So while you are working within you are financially and spiritually contributing in the world outside.

To learn more about this Advanced Teacher Training and William Duprey –www.willdupreyyoga.com

Teacher Bio: William Duprey teaches Sadhana. He was initiated by Sri Dharma Mittra and studied with him one-to-one until receiving his blessing to teach then began a similar course of study in Siddha Medicine. Will attends to many practices including chanting with Dr. M. A. Jayashree. He integrates his studies of yoga, medicine and mantra with life experience and traditional Hatha Yoga to emphasize a system of personal transformation that encourage students to discover inner awareness and reach new heights. To know Will is to know an uplifting and humorous teacher with an ability to integrate philosophy and subtle energy into classes in a light-hearted loving way. His advanced teacher training programs are based on his own practices, methodology and teachings of his teachers to present a complete holistic system that promotes positive feelings and stability in body, mind and spirit. His teachings of chakra bandha theory, including pranayama, and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika are known internationally. The emphasis in all of his work is for the student to develop their own way – their perfect path of yoga. While not teaching, Will is an avid hiker and is fond of beekeeping, waterways and growing food. Will holds an E-RYT 500 and Will Duprey Yoga is an RYS at the 200 and 500 levels

March 24-April 25 – YogaWorks 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training with Jeanne Heileman

Our founders, Maty Ezraty, Chuck Miller and Alan Finger were all serious and highly accomplished yoga practioners who wanted to share the gifts they learned from their own wise teachers. When they opened our first Montana Avenue school back in 1987, they gathered together many styles of yoga under one roof, attracting the best teaching talent in Southern California. They sought to uphold the 5,000-year-old tradition of yoga by infusing their programs with integrity, quality, authenticity, and a warm welcome to every student. In 1990, when the demand for well-trained yoga teachers began to grow in the U.S., Maty, with the help and inspiration of senior teachers Chuck Miller and Lisa Walford, created the highly renowned YogaWorks Teacher Training Program. Based on direct teachings from Indian yoga masters, this program has formed and guided leading teachers across the world including Seane Corn, Shiva Rea, Ana Forrest, Baron Baptiste, Vinnie Marino, Saul David Raye and more.

We believe the path to becoming a professional yoga teacher is a unique, satisfying, and life-affirming journey. We offer one of the world’s most comprehensive Teacher Training Programs for aspiring teachers and serious students of yoga. Our program is rooted in a deep history as an eclectic school that embraces and celebrates many styles of Yoga. Our mission is to provide each Yoga teacher with the foundation to teach skillfully with compassion, safety, and integrity, while honoring his or her individual voice and style.

The YogaWorks comprehensive program blends yoga traditions from East and West , integrating both into a practical and unique method that combines Vinyasa flow with an emphasis on alignment and skillfull sequencing. We compliment this essential frameworks of asana with in-depth study of anatomy, and the Yoga Sutras as well as units on the subtle body, Ayurveda, and yoga for pregnancy.

This foundational program is ideal for serious students of yoga and aspiring teachers. It is recognized by Yoga Alliance and comprises three areas of study: The Theory and Practice of Yoga, Yoga Philosophy and The Art of Teaching. SEE JEANNE’S BIO UNDER UPCOMING RETREATS

Website: www.yogaworks.com youtube: http://www.youtube.com/YogaWorks

Please contact Alicia Cheung for more information at alicia.cheung@yogaworks.us

November 3- 17 -Danielle Gentilcore- Marianne Wells’s Foundational Lineage ® ~ The Power of Yoga’s Purpose 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Immersion

The 200 RYT Yoga Teacher Training gives you the proper foundation for teaching yoga. This professional certification training prepares you to teach safely, teach confidently and teach knowledgeably. You’ll learn the basic principles, essential elements and inner awareness to grow your understanding and your practice of yoga. Uncover how to embody what you teach through an integrated, hands-on approach.

Upon completion of this training, you will earn a 200 RYT certificate and be eligible to continue your education with the Marianne Wells’s Advanced Yoga Teacher Training programs.

This teacher training will give yoga students the confidence necessary to teach a safe, remarkable and successful class. It is open to all students; dedicated practitioners and aspiring teachers seeking to deepen their understanding of themselves and a yogic lifestyle, developing the skills in becoming an exceptional yoga teacher.

The program will consist of pranayama, mantras, the yoga sutras of Patanjali, physical body systems, energy body layers, asanas, how to live a yogic lifestyle, traditional styles and modern day teachings. As you begin to explore all these components your teaching style will arise.

Teacher Bio - With her strong dedication to work, she became stressed out and my yoga journey began in 2007. She felt an instant connection with yoga, which allowed her to quiet my mind and release tension. Over time she began to slow down, turn inward and find the important things in life. Breathe, Live Discover! She experienced the powers of yoga and began to transform, something she had never found in any other physical activities. When she reflected back on her first yoga class, gazing out at the endless horizon on the waters of the Caribbean Sea, She saw the beginning of her journey as a yogini. On this journey she has been filled with compassion and excitement and each day brings a renewed passion for life.

In 2009 Danielle received her 200-hour yoga teacher certification with Marianne Wells and is currently a Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-200 RYT) with the Yoga Alliance. She has over 1000 hours of teaching yoga, a combination of group and private lessons. . Practicing yoga to her is in everything she does, not just part of her daily asana practice. Continuing education is a large part of her dedication to yoga, which allows her to continue to grow. She teaches Hatha yoga; a combination of meditation, pranayama, alignment, and vinyasa.

Yoga had such a positive impact on Danielle’s life that she wanted to help others find the same path to an extraordinary life. Please read more about Danielle.

Or dl.gentilcore@gmail.com

All teacher training programs held at Villa Sumaya are Yoga Alliance Certified