Warrior 1 and 2: Enhance and Develop Your Teaching Skills with Katelyn and Nya - August 16th, 2 to 6 pm PDT (Live on Zoom)
4 hours toward Art of Yoga 300-hour Program
4 Yoga Alliance CEUs
1 Need Based and 1 BIPOC Scholarship Available
This workshop provides a deep dive into the subtleties & opportunities for teaching Warrior 1 and 2. Join us to expand your knowledge of these two powerful postures, with the objective of developing practical tools to share with your students in a meaningful & authentic way.
We will cover:
- How to cue the two postures from the ground up
- How to logically order the cues
- Sequencing a warm up around the postures
- Identifying and choosing the most important instructions for your teaching objective.
- The anatomical and energetic components of the postures & the fundamental differences between them
- What to look for in a student's alignment & how to verbally assist
- How to use body positive language
- Developing verbal cues to communicate with all students
- Instructing Warrior 1 & 2 as part of a Vinyasa sequence
- Instructing Warrior 1 & 2 as asanas held for time in a Hatha class
- Exploration of the therapeutic essentials of the postures
- Practice teaching the postures
- How to apply the principles of cueing to asana in general
Katelyn Qualey, an E-RYT 500 hour Yoga Alliance certified teacher, began practicing Iyengar yoga in 2007 to ease the discomfort caused by scoliosis. After spinal fusion surgery a few years later, yoga was integral to maintaining a balanced body. Deepening her practice, Katelyn completed a 200 hour teacher training program at YogaWorks in 2012, after which she began teaching and in 2016 finished up her 300 hour training with Pure Flow Yoga. She is always learning and has completed numerous trainings including, yoga for scoliosis workshop/training with Elise Miller Browning, and several anatomy, advanced asana and sequencing trainings. She also leads 200 & 300 hour teacher trainings.
As an instructor, Katelyn’s goal is to facilitate a safe and joyful experience for each unique practitioner. Her hope is to create an environment where students feel safe challenging themselves while taking modifications and support when necessary. She cares immensely about being an attentive teacher and it is her sincere objective to learn and improve as a teacher (and person) through connections with all types of students. And with a yoga practice, we’re always students!
Nya Patrinos, MFA, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, YACEP, is a Certified Yoga Therapist passionate about yoga, art and meditation as tools for healing, transformation, equity and social justice. Nya's training is a combination of East and West, she has diplomas in Yoga Therapy from the Ghosh Yoga College in Kolkata, India and Kripalu's School of Integrative Yoga Therapy in Massachusetts, USA.
