300 Hour Teacher Training Course Overview
300 Hour Teacher Training Course Overview
Join Melissa Spamer, and a renowned group of guest teachers, on a journey of a lifetime to deepen one's practice and understanding of what it means to live Yoga. This program will trace the roots of the Yoga tradition while revealing how it can transform our lives everyday.
The program will incorporate the ancient teachings of Yoga & Ayurveda with modern research on mindfulness, somatic psychology, and energetics. With the knowledge and experience of the faculty within this program, a broad spectrum of holistic approaches to Yoga & Ayurveda as a complete system of well-being, will be integrated throughout. Each of the faculty members has a circular view of transmitting teachings, rather than an hierarchical view. We are all teachers to each other and the best teachers are ever students of life. This program is therefore seeking participants who want to grow and stretch their own practice, as well as their understanding of self in relationship to the world, and ultimately, what it means to be a teacher of Yoga.
This program will encompass all aspects of Yogic Study:
Yoga Asana Practice – Anatomically & Energetically Focused
Breath Awareness and Meditation
Guided Imagery and Relaxation Techniques
Ayurveda - Multi-Dimensional Approach for Yoga Practitioners
Experiential Yoga Anatomy – Physical and Subtle
Yoga Philosophy – Ancient and Modern Texts
Ethics – Integrity, Self-Awareness, Language Skills
Practicum – Teaching Skills
Methodology - Sequencing, Alignment, Adjustments, Demonstration and Observation Skills
This school is licensed by the State of Michigan and registered with Yoga Alliance.
Schedule
The format of the program is five, 7-8 day intensive modules. Currently there are no new scheduled programs.
Faculty
Melissa Spamer, M.A., ERYT500, C.Ay, LMT
Lead faculty and director of Lotus in the Flame School of Yoga and Healing Arts. Melissa has been practicing Yoga for twenty three years. She completed her first certification to teach Yoga in 1997, and has been consistently teaching Yoga for eighteen years. She has completed more then six 200-500 hour teacher trainings since then. In 2005, Melissa completed a 500 hour teaching certification with the International Yoga College, specializing in Yoga and Conflict Transformation, under the guidance of Rama Jyoti Vernon. Her approach to Yoga is very organic and weaves together a rich tapestry of inspired teachings from such celebrated teachers as Angela Farmer, Victor Van Kooten, Rama Jyoti Vernon, Shiva Rea, Kali Ray and the students of Desikachar. She feels incredibly blessed to be carrying the light of Yoga beside so many radiant beings in this great ocean of Awakening.
Melissa is a graduate of the Ayurvedic Institute, having completed more than 1200 hours of clinical study, and many more hours in private practice around the world. She has studied with Dr. Vasant Lad, Swamini Mayatitananda, Sonia Masocco, Dr. Claudia Welch and Dr. Robert Svobodha. Melissa offers Ayurvedic consultations, treatments and workshops. She integrates Ayurvedic principles into her teaching of Hatha Yoga. Melissa is a certified massage therapist and credits the majority of her knowledge of the energetic and physical body to more then sixteen years of hands on healing around the globe. She holds a graduate certificate in Holistic Health Care from Western Michigan University, with an emphasis in expressive arts therapy, and in 2013 was named alumni of the year. She has co-facilitated groups and retreats incorporating a full range of therapeutic processes to help unveil the truth of the soul’s yearning for engagement. She has recently completed her Master's degree in counseling psychology, with an emphasis in somatics and neurobiology, at Southwestern College.
Lead faculty and director of Lotus in the Flame School of Yoga and Healing Arts. Melissa has been practicing Yoga for twenty three years. She completed her first certification to teach Yoga in 1997, and has been consistently teaching Yoga for eighteen years. She has completed more then six 200-500 hour teacher trainings since then. In 2005, Melissa completed a 500 hour teaching certification with the International Yoga College, specializing in Yoga and Conflict Transformation, under the guidance of Rama Jyoti Vernon. Her approach to Yoga is very organic and weaves together a rich tapestry of inspired teachings from such celebrated teachers as Angela Farmer, Victor Van Kooten, Rama Jyoti Vernon, Shiva Rea, Kali Ray and the students of Desikachar. She feels incredibly blessed to be carrying the light of Yoga beside so many radiant beings in this great ocean of Awakening.
Melissa is a graduate of the Ayurvedic Institute, having completed more than 1200 hours of clinical study, and many more hours in private practice around the world. She has studied with Dr. Vasant Lad, Swamini Mayatitananda, Sonia Masocco, Dr. Claudia Welch and Dr. Robert Svobodha. Melissa offers Ayurvedic consultations, treatments and workshops. She integrates Ayurvedic principles into her teaching of Hatha Yoga. Melissa is a certified massage therapist and credits the majority of her knowledge of the energetic and physical body to more then sixteen years of hands on healing around the globe. She holds a graduate certificate in Holistic Health Care from Western Michigan University, with an emphasis in expressive arts therapy, and in 2013 was named alumni of the year. She has co-facilitated groups and retreats incorporating a full range of therapeutic processes to help unveil the truth of the soul’s yearning for engagement. She has recently completed her Master's degree in counseling psychology, with an emphasis in somatics and neurobiology, at Southwestern College.
