Daoist Flow Yoga Teacher Training - 230 hours
in person and online With Jean Hall AND james rafael AND GUEST TEACHERS:
AKI OMORI
DAN BREAKWELL
DANIEL SIMPSON
Mimi Kuo-Deemer
AT MISSION, London E1 6PX.
COURSE DATES:
Pre-Course Online Introduction: May 10, 6:30-7:30pm (UK time)
Module 1: May 17-21
Module 2: July 19-23
Module 3: Sept 27-Oct
Module 4: Nov 22-26
Module 5: Jan 17-20 (2025)
Overview:
The heart of this yoga teacher training is centred in the understanding that everything is part of the whole, a belief found within both Yoga and Daoist traditions. From this starting point of interconnectedness, our practices seek to align us with this sense of wholeness. This opens us to rediscover our full potential and inherent wisdom, fluidity and ease within ourselves.
This unique teacher training is offered by Jean and James along with faculty members who are experts in their field. Together, they offer this training with dedication, humour and depth. Over the years, they have taught in-depth enquiry-based learning, experiential embodiment and practical skills to trainees, enabling them to take their love of yoga into the world with compassion, clarity and confidence.
In this Daoist Flow Teacher Training, they will share their love for yoga, qigong, and somatic movement principles, resulting in a far-reaching and vibrant landscape of practice that unites each. In the ever-evolving world of contemporary yoga, it’s more important now than ever to honour these traditions with respect and humility. They are as relevant today as they always have been, and so we can treasure them deeply for ourselves, and for those we may choose to pass them on to.
This training is open to those who wish to teach yoga but equally open to those who wish to deepen their knowledge and approach to mind-body movement.
About Jean and James:
Jean and James understand that some students take a training because they want to teach for the first time or deepen their existing teaching. But they also understand that many students join a training simply because they want to further their own understanding of the practice they know and love, a practice that so often has transformed their lives and given so much to them.
Whatever draws your heart to this training, Jean and James will guide and support you through your journey. They have a combined experience of over 30 years practising and teaching yoga, qigong, somatics and other movement practices such as internal martial arts and dance. This training represents the intersection of their passions, perspectives, vision and expertise, refined over many years.
Further registration details coming soon on Mission’s website
Faculty:
Jean Hall and James Rafael will be the main course leaders and teachers of Asana, Qi Gong, Movement, Pranayama, Meditation, Teaching Practices, Embodied Philosophy and Anatomy with the additional faculty members of:
Somatic Anatomy – Aki Omori
Voice + Chanting – Dan Breakwell
Yoga Philosophy – Daniel Simpson
Daoist Philosophy – Mimi Kuo Deemer
testimonials:
‘I have relished every second of this course! I feel I have bloomed, blossomed, grown. I've been educated and informed. I've been imbued with the tools and the confidence to seek out 'stuff' that's taking me in directions I would never have imagined going pre December! Just revelling in this new found seam of learning’.
Paul Slack
‘This Daoist Flow training helped me fall in love with yoga again. The embodied approach to teaching and practice is a radical shift that has transformed not just my approach to the physical aspects of yoga but to my daily experience of life. Rather than transcending the body we learned how to feel deeper into its wisdom. More organic, feminine and expansive - it's an approach that doesn't confine you to any doctrine of specific schools or routines but liberates, and helps you find your own authentic voice as a teacher’.
Vaila Robertson
Course structure and approach:
Structured over 8 months, this immersive teacher training will involves:
5 modules (Friday - Tuesday, apart from module 5 which is 4 days)
Mentorship in between each module which involves a one to one meeting with your course mentor (online or in-person)
A study group meeting with your peers (online or in-person) between each module (4 in total)
An optional online meeting with course leaders between each module (4 in total)
Class attendance, observation and assisting
Completion of four assignments (in between modules)
Course reading and journalling
MODULE DATES
Pre-Course online introduction: May 10, 6:30-7:30pm (UK time)
Module 1: May 17-21 - Nature Is Our Teacher: Vinyasa Yoga, Somatics, and Qigong
Module 2: July 19-23 - Movement Patterns and Vinyasa Yoga: Rediscovering Our Natural Movement Wisdom
Module 3: Sept 27-Oct - 1Vinyasa Yoga and Qigong: Harmonising with the Movement of Energy and Intention
Module 4: Nov 22-26 - Fundamentals of Teaching, Creativity and Sequencing
Module 5: Jan 17-20 (2025) - Practicalities of Teaching and What a Deeper Practice Means
The nature of this teacher training is based upon the understanding that we learn best from our personal experience. Therefore each module will be experiential and exploratory so that trainees can develop a felt understanding (somatic) and embodied knowledge of yoga, energy and meditation practices as well as the principles underlying them.
This approach will be integrated with practical teaching methodologies and strategies so that trainees can effectively share this knowledge and emerge as skilled, articulate and authentic yoga teachers. Because we believe good teaching is based on openness, compassion, integrity and trust, this training will NOT include assessments or grades.
Key Themes covered:
Principles of Energy and Alignment
Primary Movement Patterns
Intention
Holding Space
Breath Awareness and Pranayama
Yogic, Buddhist and Daoist Philosophy
Yoga Vinyasa Flow Practice and Theory
Qigong and Practice and Theory
Somatic Anatomy
Meditation and Mindfulness
Methodologies of Teaching
The Art of Seeing
Demonstration
Injury Prevention
Restorative Vinyasa and Healing Practices
The Art of Assists and Adjusting
Sequencing – classes, 1:1, courses
Role of the Teacher – student teacher interaction
Voice and Chanting
Learning Outcomes:
Ability to teach safe, clear, creative and effective yoga classes informed by natural, universal movement patterns from somatics and the softness, energy and intention of qigong.
A deeper understanding and appreciation for yoga, somatics, qigong, movement, embodiment, creativity and passion for practice + teaching.
Knowledge of somatic anatomy and its relevance and application to yoga and movement.
Gain skills to communicate and share yoga as a healing and transformative practice in compassionate, safe and authentic ways.
Confidence in your self-practice.
Confidence to be in the role of the teacher and support your students’ health, balance and wellbeing to the best of your ability.
Eligibility, Pre-requisites AND COST:
We welcome people to apply from all social, ethnic, gender, age, and religious backgrounds. Successful applicants will be required to have:
Two years of regular yoga practice.
A general understanding of yogic philosophy.
An openness and willingness to explore yoga experientially.
A commitment to fulfilling the course requirements in respects to attending modules, completing homework and deepening their yoga, movement + meditation practice
If you are unsure of your eligibility to book onto the training, please drop Jean an email
Price: £3500 (or £2900 early bird price if paid in full before Jan 31st, 2024)
We are committed to the cultivation of a community that is equal, inclusive and diverse. We therefore are offering 4 scholarship schemes under the following categories:
Financial hardship (100% scholarship)
Single parent
BIPOC
LGBTQIA+
We welcome your application. Application form here.
Assessment:
There will be no final exam, but throughout the course modules, teaching practices and assignments there will be on-going assessment by the senior teachers and faculty member’s through observation and feedback.
Trainees who fall behind in meeting the course requirements will be supported in catching up and improving in the areas which they may not feel confident in.
Deferral is considered a useful and viable option to enable trainees to graduate at a later date if necessary.
Graduation, completion and accreditation:
Certification will be determined based on completion of the required hours, full engagement and interaction with the course contents and a satisfactory level of completed assignments.
To successfully complete the training and gain accreditation students are required to:
Attend a minimum of 85 per cent of the course. If a student misses more than this, a catch-up session will be agreed with the assistants or tutors at an additional charge.
Complete all course assignments to a satisfactory standard
Attend 4 study group meetings
Attend 4 mentor meetings with your course mentor
Complete all practice, observation and assisting hours with senior/approved teachers
Complete course reading and journalling
Observe the course’s Code of Conduct as outlined in the course policy link below
This course is accredited by Yoga Alliance US at 200 hours.