“‘If you want to learn something, read about it. If you want to understand something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it.””
2021 HATHA~VINYASA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
200HR + 250HR PROGRAMS
Join Head Teacher + Yoga Corner Founder Amy Leonard-King for a FREE Yoga Class + YTT Info Session
Saturday 13th February at 2:30pm (In Studio / Livestream)
EARLY BIRD PLACES ARE SOLD OUT | ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT FOR 2021 PROGRAMS
*Please note there is now an additional optional extra as part of the 2021 Teacher Training Courses, to join a weekend retreat at Continental House Hepburn (Hepburn Springs) forming the beginning of the 6-Day Immersion. Find out more about the weekend retreat here, and let us know if you would like to know more details about the special discount available to TT participants joining the retreat (the other option will be to join the relevant sessions online via Zoom Livestream).
teacher TRAINING with amy leonard-king
Amy Leonard-King and Yoga Corner launched their Teacher Training School late in 2019, and are committed to a continued offering of both 200 + 250hr Hatha-Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training programs as well as continued education for qualified Yoga Teachers. This offering has been and is an intensive labour of love, and something that we offer with full awareness of the required commitment to those stepping into this journey with us. It brings us great joy to meet and connect with those who are considering taking the plunge into deepening their own practice of Yoga in the best way possible - learning to teach. However we are also greatly humbled by the process and have taken great care in creating what we believe to be a unique, one-of-a-kind and incredibly enriching experience for all those who step up.
WHAT MAKES THIS TRAINING UNIQUE?
Our 200hr + 250hr programs offer an experience of deep immersion and transformation, in whatever capacity that initially pulls you in, whether you see yourself as a ‘teacher’ or not quite yet. The courses are purposefully designed to offer both time to digest the teachings, with weekend modules every 2-3 weeks over 4 months, including an immersion component comprising a 6-day week immersion, giving both the space to really dive into the teachings. The immersive part of the training helps to deepen your connection with the teachings and your practice in an immersive way, a must for your journey both in your practice, and as a future teacher.
For Amy, one of the catalysts driving the creation of our Teacher Training school, was after years of meeting, mentoring and hiring Yoga teachers, realising that many base-level 200 hour Teacher Training courses just weren’t fulfilling the needs of the students. We want to offer more. An experience that takes you on a deep dive into your practice, so that you can teach uniquely and from a place of true authenticity, as well as the option to take on additional modules + trainings to supplement your base level certification.
Yoga Corner’s Teacher Training school offers both the base-level 200 hours (the minimum requirement for certification as a Yoga Teacher), as well as supplementary modules combined to make an optional additional 50 hours (250hr RYT standard), and the opportunity to pick and choose individual modules that specifically speak to you. The additional modules will comprise of specialty teaching areas including: Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Prenatal Yoga as well as Post-Graduate Mentorship to support you beyond the completion of your YTT.
This Teacher Training program is designed first and foremost as an immersive experience into the depths of your own practice. We believe that the most important aspect of any teacher’s offerings is the commitment they have to this path as the basis for the practices that they then share with others. What our carefully curated trainings will do is assist you to find the teacher within, through the practice of Yoga itself.
We believe this offering to be unique, inclusive, and so very special, so for Yoga Teacher Training in the Melbourne CBD, Yoga Corner proudly holds space for your journey.
HOW WILL I KNOW THIS IS RIGHT FOR ME…?
There are so many training courses out there. Where do you even start? It can be overwhelming to say the least. In these current times, with a lot going online as well, we would suggest to beware of the quick fix, ‘cheap’ offerings that arise, claiming to give you everything you need to teach Yoga - trust your instinct, your heart will know.
There is a lot to take in, so don’t rush it. Sit with how you feel, and with all that arises, and then reach out to us if you have any questions, concerns or expressions of interest. The point is that, reading this, you are interested, and so the next step is to take that leap of faith. You’ve come this far so it’s going to happen either now or later, so why waste another moment pondering…
The delivery of our courses over 9 or 12 weekends including the 6-day immersion week, we believe gives the best of both worlds – time to digest the teachings, explore practices both on and off the mat, and develop the skills inherent to becoming a ‘teacher’. Our programs work both for those who benefit from more intensive study (each weekend module will be 2-3 full days), and those who require time to sit with the learnings.
Expect to transform. Expect to be challenged. Expect your world as you know it to turn upside down, and know that you won’t be able to prepare for everything that comes up. This experience is deep, and it asks of you a strong and unbridled commitment to discovering yourself through the path of Yoga.
If this speaks to you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. The courses are capped in participation to ensure an intimate and rewarding environment for all (your Yoga TT companions will become friends for life, no doubt about it!), and seeing as our first program in 2020 was over-subscribed, it’s best to not hesitate, so that you don’t miss out on this journey that you have been waiting for….
We look forward with great anticipation to sharing this extraordinary experience with you!
COURSE CURRICULUM TASTER
Teaching Techniques, Methods + Practice - Asana, Pranayama, Mantra, Mudra, Meditation ++
Anatomy + Energetic/Subtle Body
Yoga History, Philosophy + Sanskrit
Effective sequencing + class planning
Asana Labs: Assisting, Observation + Advanced Asana
Ethics + Teaching in the Modern World
+ Much, much more…
2021 YTT SCHEDULE
WEEKEND MODULES + 6-DAY IMMERSION
(MOST DAYS WILL BE 7:30AM-4:30PM)
WEEKEND #1 20/21 MARCH
WEEKEND #2 10/11 APRIL
6-DAY IMMERSION 30 APRIL - 6 MAY (WEEKEND RETREAT / IN STUDIO / ONLINE)
WEEKEND #3 22/23 MAY
* PRENATAL YOGA DAY IMMERSION SAT 5 JUNE (250hr Course) *
WEEKEND #4 12/13/14 JUNE
* YIN YOGA IMMERSION WEEKEND 26/27 JUNE (250hr Course) *
WEEKEND #5 10/11 JULY
WEEKEND #6 31 JULY / 1 AUGUST
* RESTORATIVE YOGA IMMERSION WEEKEND 14/15 AUGUST (250hr Course) *
* TEACHER MENTORSHIP DAY IMMERSION SUN 22 AUGUST (250hr Course) *
WEEKEND #7 28/29 AUGUST (INCLUDING GRADUATION!)
TEACHING FACULTY
Amy Leonard-King - Head Teacher, all areas
Gena Kenny - Anatomy + Restorative Yoga Specialist
Megan Gamble - Yin Yoga Specialist
Guest Teachers - A Surprise!
GRADUATE TESTIMONIALS
Watch as some of our wonderful 2020 graduates share their personal experience of our teacher training.
AMY SHARES HER OWN JOURNEY…
When I embarked upon my first Yoga Teacher Training almost 10 years ago, it wasn’t an easy, nor simple, decision to make. I was hesitant about the expectations of me and my practice, of whether I was ‘good enough’ (on many levels), and also whether the training was going to be the ‘right’ training for me. I had considered several big name trainings, and also asked others of their experiences, but realised that it was ultimately my decision to make. I now know when looking back at those early days, that the decision I made was the right one, because in many ways your first leap into a deeper study of Yoga, is simply the first step on a much bigger journey, that marks you as a student for life of this profound, ancient wisdom tradition.
Back to my story…Living in London at the time, I had found what I considered to be my ‘home’ studio. It truly had become a home away from home, more so than any other establishment I was connected with (work, share-house, etc.). I loved the practice and the classes that the studio offered, and the energy of the teachers and students there, I felt a deeper undercurrent of messages in classes beyond how to bend your body into weird and wonderful shapes. I eventually plucked the courage and took the plunge and signed up to the training, vowing that although I didn’t want to actually teach Yoga, I was interested in deepening my own knowledge and understanding of the practice. The rest, is of course, history.
Fastforward almost 10 years, and with a bustling, devoted studio and many workshops, retreats and thousands of classes under my belt, the rumblings of desire to offer a Teacher Training course through Yoga Corner and for the experience of our community and beyond began to build more and more momentum. After many hours of contemplation, planning and countless requests from curious students, finally the Universe and all its stars aligned, and I launched the Yoga Corner Teacher Training School in 2019. I am beyond excited, as well as incredibly humbled to be sharing this epic work of love with you all over the years and hopefully many training groups to come.
Teaching teachers is something I have also already been doing for years now, offering mentorship, guidance, post-graduate training and 1:1 support through the journey of others on this same path, and it is a part of my work that I find deeply rewarding. A Teacher Training program was always the natural next progression, but being the perfectionist that I am, along with being incredibly humbled by understanding the enormity of this responsibility, it took me time to get here, but I also believe the timing is and was always Divine..
The philosophy of ‘Yoga’ is vast. So vast that it would be impossible to ‘know’ it all. And so I don’t pledge to know it all, and I don’t believe that there is only one way to practice. But I do understand the power of this path from my own experience, and it’s ability to transform our lives as we know them. You’ve seen and experienced the magic of Yoga yourself, you wouldn’t be here reading this if you weren’t interested, and now the question is, do you want to go further? Do you wish to take your own practice to the next level, and begin to experience the power of Yoga to transform your world?
In 2019, I launched the Yoga Teacher Training School at the Yoga Corner studio, and it has truly been my Dharma come to life. I cannot wait to see who else will be joining this journey of a lifetime in 2021.
Namaste xx