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Her teachings are a reflection of her long study with international teachers and yogis in the area of "traditional" South India yoga, pranayama, critical alignment, anapana meditation and continued work with vipassana meditation. She obtained her teaching certificate after completing a 3-year course at The Bharata Institute of Yoga, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The institute is world renowned for it's work in critical alignment. She is a certified Yoga Alliance teacher and teacher trainer. Brigitte's knowledge emanates from her past studies and other influences but her teachings and approach are her own, derived from those teachers and coupled with her own experience, exploration, study and practice. She has been doing pranayama for 23 years and has been practicing vipassana meditation for eight years. An international yoga teacher and member of that community, she teaches workshops around the world including: The United States; Netherlands; Belgium; India, Antigua (West Indies) and Mexico. Brigitte offers her teachings with profound gratitude to her teachers: Mr. Pattabi Jois, Clive Sheridan, and Gert Van Leeuwen. 
Solstice Yoga Center in Zipolite, Mexico. She is a member of the Yoga Alliance at the Advanced Level (E-RYT 500). Anne studies with master teachers in Europe, India, and the US including TKV Desikachar, Dona Holleman, Rodney Yee, Edward Clark, Patricia Sullivan and Ramanand Patel. She ran the conference division at Yoga Journal magazine for 2 years and has been a presenter at numerous yoga conferences throughout the United States. She recently completed a collaborative book project with esteemed teacher, Kofi Busia, Iyengar, the Yoga Master (Shambhala) and was featured in Yogi Times magazine. She holds and undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angles, and a post graduate degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy. For more info see: www.anneobrienyoga.com 
through sectional breathing, vibrational breath awareness, kriyas and mudras. His teachings lead to a profound understanding of the "full yoga breath" and open the pathway to pranayama and the experience of life-giving prana. Yogacharia Yogendra has studied under Yogarishi Swami Gitananda Giri. For more info see: www.ecovillananda.com 
Izaskun is a masseuse, translator and yoga teacher (RYT 200). She has always looked for the path of healing from a multidisciplinary perspective in way that incorporates all of her previous studies including: psychology, massage, Reiki, Feldenkrais, and even her experience as a teacher of English to adult learners. All of these aspects came together when she took her yoga teacher training at The Solstice Yoga Center. Her interest focuses on the therapeutic aspect of yoga based on the understanding of the organism and how it is used. She has been a student and a collaborator at different levels at the Solstice Yoga Center for almost a decade and her best inspiration during these growing years was, and still is, her teacher, Brigitte Longueville. She divides her work now between Zipolite and Mazunte where she combines her classes, massages and translation work.
Hatha Yoga Teacher Training
October 18 - December 1, 2010
Begin the adventure of a lifetime when you immerse yourself in the practice, study and teachings of yoga at the Solstice Teacher Training, for six weeks in the fall and winter of 2010.
This highly acclaimed teacher training is a certified 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Course. It brings world-renowned teachers to Zipolite with students from around the world. It is designed for those that want to teach with confidence, enhance their teaching or simply deepen their personal practice.
Taught at the Solstice Retreat Center at La Loma Linda, you will have the opportunity to become absorbed without distraction in a perfect environment of community, study, sanctuary and practice.
Graduating students can register as RYT 200 © (Registered Yoga Teachers) with the Yoga Alliance, the international certifying yoga authority. Teachers registered with the alliance are authorized to use the initials RYT © after their names.
Brigitte is an E-RYT, E500 T500 (meaning experienced and certified to teach teachers) and The Solstice Retreat Center is a certified Yoga Alliance school (see www.yogaalliance.org for more information).
Past graduates have found Solstice Teacher Training to be a great adventure that is life-changing, enlightening and energizing. It is an experience that empowers individuals to find and express their best self and true potential, in both their professional and personal life.
Teaching from the "Heart"
The Solstice Teacher Training emphasizes that in order to teach yoga one must develop a deep personal understanding of yoga.
This is accomplished by providing students with daily instruction and practice in the art and science of yoga designed so that students can have a profound personal experience of the teachings.
You will be invited, in Brigitte's terms, to come to see "relaxation as practice." This means the opportunity to stop "trying" to do yoga and therefore becoming tense.
Instead, students learn to calm the body, and then the mind, creating the optimal state to experience and realize the full dynamic energy of an asana.
With this knowledge, teachers can teach not only from the head (as a result of their studies) but also from the heart (as a result of a deeply felt practice).
It is the premise of Solstice Yoga Teaching Training that once a practitioner has realized this profound experience, they then have the insight to share it, and teach it, to others.
The teacher training has a proven track record in delivering this understanding to students coupled with the knowledge base through which to express their experience to others.
As a result graduates go out into the world with complete confidence prepared to teach classes that students will find to be engaging, challenging and energizing.
The Course Work
The heart of the program is daily instruction and practice of meditation, pranayama and asanas. This is complemented with in-depth teaching of ten integral aspects of yoga teaching:
Yoga Philosophy/Lifestyle & Ethics
You will have the opportunity to understand the ancient texts, the original teachers, yogic lifestyle choices, and ethical choices and appropriate conduct for yoga teachers.
Asana Practice 
The complete spectrum of asanas will be explored in depth, including pose adaptations and the use of props. Both the classically, "held" positions associated with Iyengar yoga will be taught as well as Vinyasa Flow (breath synchronized movement) often associated with Ashtanga yoga.
Pranayama
You will learn the science of breathing: changing the rhythm of the breath, inhalation, retention, and exhalation. Ironically, pranayama is not a breathing exercise, but an exercise of awareness.
Meditation
You will practice the technique of "anapana": the development of tranquility through observing the breath entering and leaving the nostrils.
Anatomy
You will learn a functional understanding of the key anatomic structures as they relate to Hatha yoga. Knowledge of these structures can be used immediately to optimize practice, overcome blockages, avoid injuries and of course, communicate with your future students.
Kriyas
These cleansing exercises remove toxins from the body. 
There are six kriyas: Neti (nasal cleansing), Nauli (abdominal churning), Dhauti (upper digestive tract cleansing), Basti (colon cleansing), Kapalabhati (lung and bronchial tube cleansing) and Tratak (steady gazing).
Restorative and Therapeutic Yoga
"Restorative yoga" is defined as the opportunity to restore and rejuvenate the innate muscular and energetic capacity of the body prior to the practice of asana in order to optimize the practice of yoga. This will be taught using The Back Mitra and various positions.
You will learn how to work with students that have physical issues and problems including: back pain, repetitive strain injuries, carpal tunnel, scoliosis, sacroiliac pain, sciatica, and strain due to bad posture or weight issues. Many people suffer from these issues and desire to practice yoga for relief. You will learn how to give them appropriate guidance and a safe practice.
Teaching Methodology
You will learn how to plan and sequence a yoga class so that each student will have an optimal experience.
Personal Teaching
Experience
Aquiring Teaching Experience You will learn how to teach by teaching classes and observing your fellow teachers as they teach. Each student will teach 5 hours of classes (traditional Hatha and one therapeutic class) under the guidance of Brigitte. You will work in small groups, prepare classes together, exchange ideas and learn how to teach and assist others as they teach.
Yoga As A Business
"How does one develop, organize and manage a successful yoga business?" This aspect of the course looks at yoga from a business perspective.
The emphasis throughout the training is on hands-on experience and constructive feedback that prepares you to teach with confidence and clarity.
Graduation Policy
Graduation day: you will receive your certificate on the 1st of December.
Awarding of completion certificates is based on three criteria:
- Attendance; To successfully complete the program, a student may not miss more than 5 hours of classroom time.
- Completed homework assignments.
- Faculty assessment of skills learned.
Location
The teacher training takes place at the Solstice Yoga Center at La Loma Linda, an eco-chic retreat and refuge overlooking the Pacific. It is tucked away on a large hillside in the middle of the charming beach town of Zipolite on the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
How to Register
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Space in this program is limited. We encourage you to apply early!