University of New Mexico–Taos 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program: Yoga aspirants can now study the ancient tradition in the heart of the Southwest.
Taos, New Mexico—June 1, 2010— The University of New Mexico–Taos branch is now offering a comprehensive 200 hour level yoga teacher training certification in asana, pranayama, anatomy, mantra, chanting, Ayurveda, Yoga sutras, and complimentary holistic health disciplines.
On October 5, 2009, UNM-Taos became a Yoga Alliance-approved Yoga Training
School, offering its first 200+ hour Yoga teacher training program for yoga aspirants who wish to teach or deepen their studies and knowledge.
The courses are offered through the Holistic and Healing Arts Program at UNM-Taos and presented in weekend intensives and 8 & 16 week course formats, which can be taken at the student’s desired pace over the course of one to two years, with sufficient time for reflection and integration.
Because the Yoga teacher program is being taught through an institution of higher learning, UNM-Taos can offer the training in a flexible, low cost, yet high contact hours format to both in-state and out-of-state students. Total Contact Hours for the program equal 210 hours, and the entire program costs less than $1100. Financial aid is available through UNM-Taos.
UNM-Taos is located in northern New Mexico, an area known for its high desert beauty and sacred traditions. Taos is home to the Sangre de Christo Mountains, Rio Grande Gorge, and the Taos Pueblo, the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark.
For yoga program details visit: http://taos.unm.edu/academies/YogaTeacherTrainingProgram.html
The faculty includes:
Monique Parker, MFA, ERYT-200 is the Yoga Program Coordinator at UNM-Taos, where she also teaches English Composition and Creative Writing. She has been studying yoga for fifteen years and teaching since 2001. A personal student of A.G. and Indra Mohan of Chennai, India, long-time private students of Sri T. Krishnamacharya, Monique’s aims to transmit the teachings of yoga in a way that honors the individual needs of the aspirant, while adhering to yoga's ancient and authentic principles. www.classicyogaofindia.com
Kirstie Segarra, MA, LMT, has been practicing yoga for fifteen years. She directs and teaches in the Integrative Massage Therapy Program at UNM-Taos. Her yoga studies started with her Balinese Traditional Massage trainings in Bali, Indonesia.
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Her teaching incorporates her knowledge of structural bodywork, specifically Myofascial meridians with modified ashtanga vinyasa. She also utilizes energy work, Tantra, traditional Chinese medicine and Buddhists traditions. www.balinesetraditionalmassage.com
Michele Marien, R.N., B.S., E-RYT began studying with Satanada in 1989 and completed her yoga teacher training in 1994. Michele has been teaching Hatha Yoga classes at Taos Spa and Tennis Club for the last seventeen years. She has trained with "Yoga of the Heart,” Children’s Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Rama Joyti Vernon, Richard Freeman and Nischala Joy Devi. She serves the Taos community as an RN at Holy Cross Hospital utilizing both her allopathic and holistic knowledge in direct patient care.
Patrick Shaw is a graduate of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM where he studied with Dr. Vasant Lad for two years. He offers a combination of advanced bodywork modalities: Thai Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy and fascial-release techniques. He has been practicing therapeutic bodywork since 1991 as a graduate of the National Holistic Institute in CA. He has specialized in Traditional Thai Massage for over fifteen years. www.dancingelephantstudio.com/healingart/
