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You must be present for all tuition classes, yoga classes + the full seven days of the retreat to receive your 200hr YTT certificate. There will be

reading materials, homework, home practice and studio practice involved in this 200hr YTT.

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F U L L P R I C E : $ 4 , 2 9 9

F I N A L P AY M E N T D U E : J U N E 2 1 s t 2 0 1 8

N O N - R E F U N D A B L E D E P O S I T : $ 5 0 0 . PA I D W H E N YO U A P P LY F O R T H E C O U R S E

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T U E S DAY N I G H T : 7 . 3 0 p m - 9 . 3 0 p m

T H U R S DAY N I G H T : 7 . 3 0 p m - 9 . 3 0 p m

S AT U R DAY : 1 2 p m - 5 . 3 0 p m

S U N DAY : 1 2 p m - 3 . 3 0 p m

C O M P U L S O R Y YO GA C L A S S E S : S t u d e n t s m u s t a t t e n d a t l e a s t 1 5 y o g a c l a s s e s ( o f t h e i r c h o i c e ) d u r i n g p a r t 1 .

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M O N DAY - F R I DAY : 9 . 3 0 a m - 4 . 3 0 p m

S AT U R DAY 1 0 . 3 0 a m - 5 . 3 0 p m

S U N DAY : 1 2 p m - 3 . 3 0 p m

C O M P U L S O R Y YO GA C L A S S E S : S t u d e n t s m u s t a t t e n d 6 s e t y o g a c l a s s e s d u r i n g p a r t 2 .

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F U L L T I M E I M M E R S I O N R E T R E AT

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A B O U TWe have des igned a un ique , fun and comprehens i ve YTT p rogram to p repare you to share the p ract ice

you love w i th the wor ld ! Our exper ienced teach ing team, LA yoga guru , Steve Ross , 2 13 sen io r

teacher , Hamford McDonald and yoga anatomy teacher Amel ia Schrader , w i l l he lp you deve lop your

own authent ic s t y le so you leave the t ra in ing conf ident , happy and ready to teach .

The course has been spl i t in to three parts :

Part One r uns over s i x weeks on Tuesday + Thu r sday n ights and ha l f days on Satu rday and Sunday at

ou r R ichmond s tud io . Dur ing th i s f i r s t s tage of the t ra in ing led by Hamford and Amel ia , s tudents w i l l

l ea rn how to teach yoga safe l y , e f fect i ve l y and ef f ic ien t l y th rough lectu res on asana , sequenc ing ,

yoga anatomy , ad jus tments and much more .

Part Two i s the Me lbourne in tens i ve work ing w i th seven hour days where s tudents a re to ta l l y immersed

in the p ract ice . You w i l l be exposed to the t rue mean ing of yoga f rom the mind of S teve Ross , author

o f bes t se l l i ng book - Happy Yoga. S teve w i l l share h i s end less knowledge on the h i s to ry and

ph i losophy of yoga wh i le open ing your eyes to med i ta t ion and the anc ient a r t o f p ranayama. He w i l l

a l so share h i s love of mus ic and teach you how to incorporate th i s i n to your own c lasses .

Part Three o f the t ra in ing i s the Ba l i i n tens i ve featu r ing a seven n ight re t reat

immers ion at the beaut i fu l Desa Sen i reso r t i n Canguu , Ba l i .

The t ra in ing is open to a l l leve ls of yoga exper ience and i s recommended fo r those want ing to

teach yoga profess iona l l y , a long w i th those want ing to deepen the i r p ract ice , o r s imp ly change o ld

hab i t s and go on a jou rney o f se l f -exp lo rat ion .

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A n o n r e f u n d a b l e d e p o s i t o f $ 5 0 0 i s r e q u i r e d t o s e c u r e y o u r p o s i t i o n .

P a y m e n t p l a n s a r e a v a i l a b l e i f y o u c h o o s e t o p a y t h e f u l l r a t e . A f t e r s u b m i t t i n g t h e $ 5 0 0 d e p o s i t t h e r e m a i n i n g b a l a n c e i s t h e n d i v i d e d u p i n t o f o u r p a y m e n t s . T h e s e p a y m e n t s a r e t o b e p a i d o v e r f o u r m o n t h s o n t h e f i r s t d a y o f e a c h m o n t h . P a y m e n t s w i l l n e e d t o b e c l e a r l y n a m e d a n d a n e m a i l o f r e m i t t a n c e m u s t b e s e n t t o t a y l o r @ y o g a 2 1 3 . c o m . a u t o c o n f i r m .

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c o m m e n c e m e n t d a t e a n d n o l a t e r o t h e r w i s e y o u w i l l f o r f e i t a l l

m o n i e s p a i d o u t s i d e o f y o u r $ 5 0 0 d e p o s i t m o n e y w h i c h i s n o n

r e f u n d a b l e . I f s e r i o u s i l l n e s s o c c u r s i n s i d e f o u r w e e k s p r i o r t o t h e

c o u r s e c o m m e n c e m e n t d a t e , a 5 0 % c a n c e l l a t i o n f e e a p p l i e s . A l l o t h e r

c a n c e l l a t i o n s w i l l b e n o n r e f u n d a b l e .

P L A C E S O N T H I S T R A I N I N G A R E L I M I T E D !

T O R E S E R V E Y O U R P L A C E A N D F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N

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a n d h a s b e e n t e a c h i n g f o r 4 0 y e a r s . H e h a s

e x p l o r e d t h e p h y s i c a l a s p e c t s o f y o g a a s w e l l a s t h e

p h i l o s o p h i c a l a n d s p i r i t u a l r o o t s o f y o g a . B e f o r e e m b a r k i n g o n h i s

y o g a c a r e e r , S t e v e r e c o r d e d a n d t o u r e d w i t h b a n d s s u c h a s

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t h a t t i m e , h e h a s c e a s e l e s s l y s o u g h t o u t a n d r e v e l e d i n t h e

p r e s e n c e o f s o m e o f t h e m o s t n o t a b l e m a s t e r s o f o u r t i m e - i n

I n d i a a n d e l s e w h e r e . H e i s h o n o r e d t o h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o s h a r e h i s k n o w l e d g e a n d e x p e r i e n c e w i t h

o t h e r s p i r i t u a l s e e k e r s .

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h a m f o r d m c d o n a l dStraight f rom Brooklyn , th is New Yorker is the real deal H ip Hop yogi .

Hamford McDonald s ta r ted h i s teach ing jou rney in 2010 complet ing h i s f i r s t 200 hour v inyasa yoga teacher t ra in ing at Joschi Inst i tute in New York . Hamford teaches every th ing f rom fun and

power fu l c lasses to the s low and ch i l l ed .

A fo rmer record ing a r t i s t o f h ip hop mus ic and a c loset anatomy geek , Hamford br ings something a l i t t le d i f ferent to the yogic table . S ince h i s f i r s t , un fo rget tab l y ho r rendous

fo ray in to v inyasa yoga some 10 years ago , he has been insat iab l y fasc inated by i t s never-end ing t ra jecto ry o f se l f -d i scover ies . He loves that yoga is in f in i te ly chal lenging and teaches us how to res i l ient ly weather the s torm of whatever is happening in our l i ves on

and of f the mat .

Along w i th be ing a teacher Hamford i s a l so ded icated s tudent and cont inues to deepen h i s knowledge of both yoga and movement based p ract ices . S ince h i s i n i t ia l t ra in ing Hamford has added core yoga , y in yoga , bar re a t tack , dynamic anatomy , mat P i la tes and mindfu lness to h i s

teach ing reper to i re . Most recent ly Hamford completed an ‘Advanced Asana Immers ion ’ wi th Marys ia Do of Pure Yoga Singapore a long wi th the ‘Or ig ins of A l ignment

Immers ion ’ wi th Donna Fahr i .

S imply being af forded the pr iv i lege of he lp ing others in i t iate th is en l ivening process of se l f - t ransformat ion , to lead heal th ier , happier , more authent ical ly fu l f i l l ing l i ves keeps the

p roverb ia l cand le o f h i s i n sp i ra t ion burn ing at both ends o f the s t ick , on and of f the mat each day . With Hamford , prepare for your ASSana to be turned up! You w i l l d i scover someth ing new

about you r body and mind , and p robab ly g roove in cha i r pose to Beyoncé wh i le you ’ re a t i t .

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T O O L S A N D T E C H N I Q U E S O F T E A C H I N G

P R I N C I P L E S O F H A N D S - O N A D J U S T M E N T S

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A m e l i a i s a y o g a t e a c h e r a n d q u a l i f i e d N a t u r o p a t h ( B S c ) w i t h a p a s s i o n f o r h e a l t h , m o v e m e n t a n d w e l l n e s s . A m e l i a f o u n d h e r

l o v e f o r y o g a i n 2 0 0 7 a n d h a s e x p l o r e d v a r i o u s s t y l e s f r o m V i n y a s a , B i k r a m , B a r k a n M e t h o d , P o w e r , A s h t a n g a a n d A c r o y o g a . S h e l a t e r

c o m p l e t e d h e r 2 0 0 h o u r Yo g a Te a c h e r Tr a i n i n g i n t h e B a r k a n M e t h o d a n d i s c u r r e n t l y s t u d y i n g Yo g a M e d i c i n e w i t h T i f f a n y C r u i k s h a n k

t o c o m p l e t e h e r 5 0 0 h r Y T T .

W i t h a b a c k g r o u n d i n d a n c e , s p o r t a e r o b i c s , g y m n a s t i c s a n d C r o s s f i t , A m e l i a d r a w s u p o n h e r b r o a d m o v e m e n t e x p e r i e n c e t o b r i n g

a s t r o n g , d y n a m i c a n d u p l i f t i n g s t y l e t o h e r c l a s s e s . S h e i s p a s s i o n a t e a b o u t c r e a t i n g a n i n t e l l i g e n t , c o n s c i o u s m o v e m e n t

p r a c t i c e t h a t i s s u p p o r t e d b y h e r i n d e p t h k n o w l e d g e o f t h e b o d y a n d y o g a a n a t o m y . E n c o u r a g i n g h e r s t u d e n t s t o e x p l o r e t h e i r e d g e , A m e l i a a l s o g i v e s t h e m t h e t o o l s t o g a i n a d e e p e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f

t h e i r p r a c t i c e a n d t o c o n t i n u e t o p r o g r e s s o n a l l l e v e l s .

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B A L I I M M E R S I O ND E S A S E N I V I L L A G E R E S O R T , C A N G G U B A L I

A f t e r p a r t o n e a n d t w o i n M e l b o u r n e w e f l y t o B a l i w i t h S t e v e f o r s o m e m u c h - d e s e r v e d s u n s h i n e ! S t a y i n g a t t h e a m a z i n g D e s a S e n i V i l l a g e R e s o r t i n C a n g g u , t h e B a l i i m m e r s i o n w i l l c o n s i s t o f a m o r n i n g p r a c t i c e f o l l o w e d b y l e c t u r e s , m e d i t a t i o n

a n d y i n y o g a i n o u r p r i v a t e o p e n - a i r y o g a s h a l a . A l l s t u d e n t s w i l l t e a c h a o n e h o u r s o l o c l a s s a n d c o m p l e t e w r i t t e n t e s t s o n a n a t o m y , a s a n a a n d y o g a p h i l o s o p h y a s p a r t

o f t h e i r f i n a l a s s e s s m e n t .

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S e v e n b r e a k f a s t s , s i x l u n c h e s a n d s i x d i n n e r s a r e i n c l u d e d o n t h e B a l i i m m e r s i o n . D e s a S e n i s e r v e s a n e c l e c t i c A s i a n - W e s t e r n c u i s i n e w i t h a f o c u s o n o r g a n i c , h e a l t h y

a n d f r e s h f o o d . T h e y g r o w a l m o s t 8 0 % o f o w n p r o d u c e a n d w o r k w i t h l o c a l b u s i n e s s e s t o c r e a t e m e a l s d i r e c t f r o m f a r m t o t a b l e . A l l d i e t a r y r e q u i r e m e n t s c a n b e t a k e n i n t o

c o n s i d e r a t i o n .

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a m e n i t i e s . A l l b e d r o o m s a r e a i r - c o n d i t i o n e d a n d i n c l u d e i n - r o o m s a f e , t e l e p h o n e , m u s i c s y s t e m , b a t h r o o m a m e n i t i e s a n d m o s q u i t o n e t s .

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“ M y l i f e c h a n g e d t h e d a y I w a l k e d i n t o t h e t r a i n i n g . I f o u n d o u t w h a t i t m e a n t t o b e h a p p y , w h a t i t m e a n t t o l o o k a t t h e w o r l d d i f f e r e n t l y , a n d w h a t i t m e a n t t o r e a l l y l i v e t h e l i f e o f a y o g i . T h e r e i s s o m u c h m o r e t o y o g a t h a n t h e p o s e s a n d o n c e y o u l e a r n t h a t , a l o t o f t h i n g s c h a n g e . S t e v e ’ s o u t l o o k

o n l i f e s h i f t e d s o m e t h i n g i n m y m i n d a n d I d o n ’ t t h i n k I ’ l l e v e r l o o k a t a n y t h i n g t h e s a m e a g a i n . ”

– A M Y C O L L I N S , 2 0 1 5

“ I w a l k e d i n t o t h i s j o u r n e y w i t h s o m u c h s e l f - d o u b t , a n d w a l k e d a w a y t h e h a p p i e s t a n d m o s t c o n f i d e n t I ’ v e e v e r b e e n . Yo g a ( a n d S t e v e ) h e l p e d

m e i g n i t e i t . ”

– S A R A H T U R N E R , 2 0 1 5

“ Yo g a 2 1 3 ’ s Yo g a Te a c h e r Tr a i n i n g m a d e m e r e m e m b e r h o w I w a n t t o f e e l w h e n I w a k e u p e v e r y d a y . I t r e m i n d e d m e o f w h o I a m . N o t m y n a m e , o r w h a t I l o o k l i k e , b u t t h e r e a l b e i n g i n s i d e . S h e c a m e b a c k t o l i f e . I

l o v e d e v e r y m i n u t e a n d t h a t f e e l i n g r a d i a t e s i n t o m y l i f e o f f m y m a t n o w . I f i t w a s n ’ t f o r S a m m y Ve a l l a n d S t e v e R o s s , I ’ d s t i l l b e w o r r i e d a b o u t w h a t m y

D a n c e r s P o s e l o o k e d l i k e ! ”

– G E O R G I N A C R O N , 2 0 1 5

“ T h e t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g a t Yo g a 2 1 3 o f f e r e d s u c h a v a l u a b l e i n s i g h t t o t h e w o r l d o f c o n t e m p o r a r y y o g a , w h i l e s t i l l h o n o u r i n g i t s t r a d i t i o n s . I t

w a s a r e a l l y v a l u a b l e b l e n d o f h i s t o r y , a n a t o m y , s a f e a l i g n m e n t i n p r a c t i c e , a n d s e q u e n c i n g , b u t a l s o o f f e r e d i m p o r t a n t e l e m e n t s l i k e e n g a g i n g w i t h

s t u d e n t s , t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f b o d y l a n g u a g e a n d a t t i t u d e , H O W t o g e t a j o b t e a c h i n g , a n d t h e ‘ b u s i n e s s s i d e ’ r e q u i r e d o f y o g a . I c a m e a w a y f r o m t h e

t r a i n i n g n o t o n l y s t r o n g e r , a n d m o r e c o n f i d e n t , b u t a r m e d w i t h a w h o l e s u i t e o f t o o l s b e y o n d j u s t l e a r n i n g t h e a s a n a s a n d c h a n t s , I w a s a b l e

t o g o h o m e a n d c o m m e n c e t e a c h i n g s t r a i g h t a w a y , a n d h a d d e v e l o p e d t h e c o n f i d e n c e t o o p e n m y o w n s t u d i o . M o s t i m p o r t a n t l y , I l e a r n t t h a t y o u

d o n ’ t h a v e t o b e a n a d v a n c e d y o g i y o u r s e l f , t o b e a d a m n g o o d t e a c h e r ! ”

- K AY E WAT E R H O U S E , 2 0 1 6

“ T h e Yo g a 2 1 3 t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g i s a p e r f e c t l y b a l a n c e d p r o g r a m t h a t t e a c h e s a s p e c t s o f y o g a f r o m a s a n a , a n a t o m y a n d s p i r i t u a l i t y t o

a c c o m m o d a t e m o d e r n y o g a p r a c t i c e . T h e t e a c h i n g s b y H a m f o r d M c D o n a l d , S t e v e R o s s , A m e l i a S c h r a d e r , S a m m y Ve a l l a n d Ta y l o r H u n t e r a r e n o t o n l y

p r a c t i c a l l y r e l e v a n t b u t m a d e t r a i n i n g f u n a n d a n e v e r e v o l v i n g e x p e r i e n c e . T h e p e r f e c t e n d t o t h e t r a i n i n g w a s t h e B a l i i m m e r s i o n . D a y s

f i l l e d w i t h l a u g h t e r , f r i e n d s h i p a n d g r o w t h , s e t i n p a r a d i s e w i t h a n e n d l e s s s u p p l y o f c o c o n u t s . To p p e d w i t h a y o g a e x a m b y t h e p o o l .

A m a g i c a l e x p e r i e n c e I w i l l n e v e r f o r g e t . ”

– V I C T O R I A A L E S S I , 2 0 1 7

“ Tr a i n i n g a t Yo g a 2 1 3 w a s a b e a u t i f u l e x p e r i e n c e . I t w a s a p h y s i c a l a n d m e n t a l c h a l l e n g e . I w i t n e s s e d g r o w t h i n m y s e l f a n d m y t e a m m a t e s a s

w e s m a s h e d a n y p r e c o n c e i v e d i d e a s w e h a d a b o u t o u r s e l v e s . W e w e r e b l e s s e d t o h a v e s u c h s u p p o r t i v e t e a c h e r s a n d a g r o u p t h a t f e l t m o r e

c o h e s i v e a n d w e l c o m i n g t h a n a n y f a m i l y . W e a r e f o r e v e r c h a n g e d a n d w e k n o w w e c a n a l l t e a c h a n d l e t o u r u n i q u e n e s s s h i n e t h r o u g h . ”

– D I O N N I E F A H O U R , 2 0 1 7

“ I a m s o g l a d I c h o o s e t o c o m p l e t e m y Y T T w i t h Yo g a 2 1 3 . I t m a d e s u c h a d i f f e r e n c e t o b e s u p p o r t e d b y t h e 2 1 3 f a m i l y d u r i n g t h e r o l l e r c o a s t e r r i d e . I l o v e d t h e i m m e r s i o n n o t t o m e n t i o n o n e w e e k i n t h e s t u n n i n g B a l i

w a s t h e c h e r r y o n t o p - b u t t r u l y m a d e s u c h a n i m p a c t o n m y e x p e r i e n c e . T h e b i g g e s t t h i n g I r e c e i v e d a n d u n c o v e r e d i n t h i s t r a i n i n g w a s t r u l y b e i n g

h a p p y , n o t t o m e n t i o n t h e c o n f i d e n c e t o s t a r t t e a c h i n g f r o m t h i s t r a i n i n g . ”

- M A D D I S O N V E R N O N , 2 0 1 7

“ I w a s a t a c r o s s r o a d s b e f o r e I w a l k e d i n t o t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g . I w a s d e c i d i n g o n w h e t h e r t o f u r t h e r m y d e s i g n c a r e e r o r t a k e t h e l e a p , a n d

b e c o m e a f u l l - t i m e y o g i . To m y s u r p r i s e , d u r i n g t h e t r a i n i n g , I f o u n d h a p p i n e s s a g a i n w i t h d e s i g n i n g ; I w a s s k e t c h i n g a n d j o u r n a l l i n g i d e a s i n B a l i ! I l e a r n t t h a t t h e y o g i j o u r n e y c a n h e l p y o u f i n d y o u r t r u e c a l l i n g .

A f t e r w a l k i n g a w a y f r o m t h e t r a i n i n g , I r e a l i s e d i t i s p o s s i b l e t o c o m b i n e a l l o f y o u r i n t e r e s t s w i t h y o g a , n o t o n l y a s a c a r e e r b u t a s a l i f e s t y l e

t o o . S t e v e , S a m m y , a n d H a m f o r d a r e t h e g r e a t e s t e x a m p l e s o f t h a t . ”

– M E L I S S A H I M , 2 0 1 7

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e x p e r i e n c e i t i s t h a t i t ’ s c o v e r e d u p b y l a y e r s o f

s u p p r e s s e d e m o t i o n s a n d n e g a t i v e t h o u g h t s . S h i f t y o u r

a t t e n t i o n a n d y o u r i n h e r e n t h a p p i n e s s f l a s h e s f o r t h . ”

– S t e v e R o s s