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Teaching Skills
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Demonstrate the ability to teach a posture from each tradition using the appropriate cueing register: the structured dialogue format for 26 & 2, breath-linked action cues for Vinyasa, and sensation-based inquiry language for Yin.
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Explain the principles of intelligent class design that apply across all three traditions—including appropriate warm-up, progressive preparation, counterpose placement, and a coherent energetic arc from opening through savasana.
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Explain how trauma-informed teaching principles—including choice, predictability, non-coercive language, and transparent communication—shape the classroom environment, cueing style, and assist protocol at Centered City Yoga.
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Teach a complete class in one of the three Centered City Yoga traditions during the practicum that demonstrates competency across all assessed areas, including intelligent sequencing, clear cueing, inclusive practice, and student-centered facilitation.
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Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics
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Identify the major bones, joints, muscles, and fascial chains relevant to the three yoga traditions—using Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews's Yoga Anatomy and Ray Long's Key Muscles of Yoga—and describe the structural function of each in foundational postures.
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Identify the primary structures of the respiratory system, the autonomic nervous system, and the thermoregulatory mechanisms that are directly relevant to the heated and unheated formats practiced at Centered City Yoga.
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Identify the most common yoga-related injuries across the three Centered City Yoga traditions—including hamstring strain, SI joint dysfunction, shoulder impingement, knee compression, and wrist overload—and describe the biomechanical conditions that create risk for each.
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Practice Skills
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Demonstrate the 26 & 2 sequence with correct entry, alignment, and verbal dialogue cues, applying and create a dialog that fits your own authentic and unique voice
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Demonstrate a complete Vinyasa class with conscious breath coordination, intelligent sequencing toward a peak pose, and smooth transitions that honor both physical preparation and energetic coherence.
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Identify the foundational Yin Yoga postures, their target tissues (connective tissue, fascia, joints), the meridian lines associated with each shape, and the three principles of Yin practice—finding appropriate depth, remaining still, and holding for time.
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Identify the pranayama techniques, meditation methods, mantra traditions, and mudra practices taught across the three Centered City Yoga traditions, and describe the physiological and energetic purpose of each.
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Yoga History & Theory
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Discuss the major periods of yoga's historical development—from Vedic and classical Indian traditions through the emergence of modern postural yoga—and name the key figures, texts, and lineages that shaped each period.
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Explain the structure of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras, the central theme of each of the four chapters, and the eight limbs of yoga as described in the Sādhana Pāda.
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Identify the primary teachings of the Bhagavad Gita—including the concept of dharma, the doctrine of selfless action (karma yoga), and the path of devotion (bhakti yoga)—and describe their relevance to the practice and teaching of yoga.
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List the ten yamas and niyamas as described in the Yoga Sutras and interpreted through Deborah Adele's The Yamas & Niyamas, and describe how each principle serves as a foundation for ethical living and teaching.
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Identify the seven primary chakras—drawing on Anodea Judith's Wheels of Life—the major nadis, and the meridian theory underlying Yin Yoga, and describe the traditional qualities, functions, and relationships of each system.
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Lifestyle & Ethics
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Apply ancient wisdom principles to the professional context of yoga teaching by examining how healing presence, compassionate communication, and the reduction of suffering inform class design, student relationships, and studio culture.
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Identify the elements that comprise an authentic teaching voice at Centered City Yoga—including personal practice depth, philosophical grounding, tradition-specific fluency, and the integration of lived experience into instruction.
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Identify the ethical responsibilities of a yoga teacher as defined by the American Yoga Council—including scope of practice, professional boundaries, consent protocols, and the ethical dimensions of the teacher-student relationship.
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Business Skills
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Explain the fundamentals of yoga business management relevant to new teachers—including American Yoga Council credentialing, liability insurance, student waivers, professional marketing, and the culture-specific norms of working within an established studio.
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Apply multi-style positioning principles to develop a professional bio, a class menu, and a studio pitch that communicate the genuine range of a Centered City Yoga graduate’s training in a way that is clear, honest, and compelling to different segments of the yoga student market.
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Identify the full range of income streams available to a Centered City Yoga graduate, including studio employment across multiple styles, independent class offerings, corporate wellness, private sessions, workshops, online content, and continuing education opportunities through the American Yoga Council.
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