Required Reading
Mastery through Studentship: Sangha Labs
This course was designed to build off your existing knowledge to teach your preferred style of yoga to your chosen age group.
We will meet ten times to offer ample time to practice teach your fellow students what you have learned from the required readings, with a focus on each learning objective.
You will need to focus on a select age group for demonstration in our labs. Your fellow classmates will then, in turn, practice teach their offerings to you. Our sangha (community) will organically share their expertise. In this way, with feedback from Michelle Rae Sobi, you will be able to design effective yoga classes to your chosen age group. We will deepen our understanding of how to apply the eight limbs of yoga in our teaching experience in sangha.
The bedrock of Edge Yoga School was built on practice teaching. Whether you choose to attend the monthly in person labs, webinars, or submit recordings, your cohort will learn from you, as you learn from each of therm.
This program is intended to be a long program, spanning over ten months to ensure time to not only complete the required reading, but design and deliver classes in our labs.
The prerequisite for this course is the RYT 200 in good standing with Yoga Alliance, or concurrent enrollment in our 200 hour yoga teacher training. Some students may choose to complete the Group Fitness program to further their understanding of group fitness. Each student will have an assessment mentorship session with Michelle Rae Sobi via Zoom to ensure they understand these foundational principles.
Should you need to miss a lab, you may make it up with an online learning, but will need to submit a recording of your contribution for each section covered, as though you would have in person.
It is my sincere hope that the time spent between the ten training modules will be dedicated to the required reading. This will allow the much needed time to work in sangha practice teaching each of the categories of learning on the syllabus. This will be repeated monthly, so you will always know what to expect after your first lab.
Students will develop proficiency for each of the topics by attending and presenting in the ten modular labs:
- General Background in the Specialty Area
- Techniques, Training and Practice
- Teaching Methodology
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teacher
- Practicum
- Practicum Electives
Students will enjoy close mentorship with Michelle Rae Sobi to ensure all students have ample opportunity to teach one another in the scheduled labs.
This is a perfect course for a student who received their 200 hour yoga teacher training, but would benefit from practical teaching labs.
Welcome to the Edge Tribe! Our Sangha-based learning through community labs await yo
Head on over to your local book store for the three books required for this course. You will want to read these books as you make your way through the practicum side of this course.
We will offer labs in person and online to include break out sessions. Prepare to write essay on findings, participate in interactive book club labs, and complete the workbook for each section.
The intention of this course is of offer a comprehensive training, while staying in our scope of practice. We can best do this with the help of our required reading. While we do not have a final exam, you will need to demonstrate mastery prior to graduation, regardless of hours earned. Book your labs with Michelle Rae Sobi as soon as possible. We will keep sessions small to ensure engagement.
You may choose between the text or the audible copy, but will need the text copy for each in labs. We will work on them in every lab, in addition to our other coursework.
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Michelle Rae Sobi
Play: how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul
ISBN-13: 9781583333785
Dr. Brown divulges in his research, showing the importance of play, the importance of disconnecting from the hustle and bustle of life and bring back the importance of play. Reporting on the neurology, biology, psychology, and sociological of play.
From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our lives.
We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. We are designed by nature to flourish through play. Particularly in tough times, we need to play more than ever, as it's the very means by which we prepare for the unexpected, search out new solutions, and remain optimistic.
A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do.
TO DO: Submit a three page essay on your learnings on the importance of play on the findings from Dr. Brown. Submit a yoga class plan that includes a Yoga Story, theme-based class and trauma-informed meditation script. Schedule your teaching practicum with Michelle Rae Sobi, or submit a recording of your class.
Developmental anatomy and physiology of children: a practical approach.
ISBN: 0443073414
This book is a thorough guide to understanding how a child’s body develops from fetus to adolescent. As a yoga practitioner working with children, it is key to understand the anatomy of yoga.
This book is a comprehensive guide to developmental anatomy and physiology of children, related to the developing child from fetus up to adolescence. It takes a systematic approach and addresses all the body systems. As well as addressing normal growth and development it places pathology in perspective when related to developmental issues, such as congenital abnormalities.
- Chapter outcomes and a chapter overview
- Clinical notes help link theory to practice and facilitate reflective practice
- Highly illustrated throughout
- Self-assessment exercises help understanding and aid revision
To Do: Complete the self-assessment exercises and submit them with a three-page essay on the impact of yoga on the developing child. Schedule Ten Labs where we will review these concepts and learn to apply them to a yoga class.
Siegel, D.J. The Whole Brain Child & Workbook
ISBN: 0553386697
Dr. Siegel is an expert when it comes to childhood brain development. Understand the needs of children in relation to how their brain is responding and reacting to their environment.
A Personalized Workbook to Help You Deepen, Reflect On, and Apply Whole-Brain Principles. We will complete the supplemental workbook in labs online.
Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson speak to audiences all over the world about their immensely popular best-sellers, The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. The message Dan and Tina continually receive from their audiences, whether live or virtual, is that people are hungry for the opportunity to take the Whole-Brain ideas and go deeper with them. Thanks to this new workbook, they now can.
The Whole-Brain Child Workbook has a unique, interactive approach that allows readers not only to think more deeply about how the ideas fit their own parenting approach, but also develop specific and practical ways to implement the concepts—and bring them to life for themselves and for their children.
- Dozens of clear, practical and age-specific exercises and activities.
- Applications for clinicians, parents, educators, grandparents and care-givers!
To Do: Book your online Yoga Anatomy labs to complete the workbook and submit a three-page essay on the Whole-Brain ideas and the importance to see you student in this light. Be prepared to engage in an interactive discussion as we move through this workbook together.
TO DO: Book your monthly Sangha labs to present your findings on each of the learning objectives to your peers:
General Background in the Specialty Area – 12 Hours
You will present on how each of the eight limbs of yoga differ between the adult and child, with respective age groups.
Techniques, Training and Practice – 20 Hours
You will discuss the required reading lay: how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul. This information will be applied in the creation of class plan design. Students may choose to provide a recording of their findings.
Teaching Methodology – 15 Hours
You will practice sequences with the aid of the Yoga Snippets guide. Class plans will be tailored to the appropriate age group, and a theme will be added to each. Meditation activities will include yoga stories, art activities, and games that will be trauma-informed. Students will need to submit their class plans, and schedule to teach in person, online, or provide a recording of their class.
Anatomy and Physiology – 10 Hours
You will attend webinars to learn the accompanying text Developmental anatomy and physiology of children: a practical approach. These webinars will be held as a book club, and visited on each lab.
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers – 12 Hours
We will host an interactive discussion on what yoga can be and how the tools of yoga can help with self-regulation. This will be covered in the Whole-Brain Child Workbook during labs, either in person or online. Students may also choose to provide a recording of their teaching, if they prefer.
Practicum – 18 Hours
Students will schedule times to teach or shadow classes in person or online with Michelle Rae Sobi. Students may choose which age group(s) they would like to focus on, but must shadow at least one class of each age group.
Shadow a Class 8 hours
Teach a Class 10 hours
Practicum Elective - 8 Hours
You will teach your class to your fellow classmates during lab in Teach One Another.
Students will spend 8 hours in lab practice teaching one another. They may choose in person or online without the Lead Teacher being present.
