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The Movement Center Hosts Workshop by Erich Shiffmanby Gretchen Kreiger
This summer, Erich Schiffman offered a hatha yoga teacher training course at the Movement Center. The workshop was a tremendous success, drawing students from the local community, all over the states, and as far away as Japan.
The nine-day course provided a basic framework for students of hatha yoga who were interested in teaching. During the seminar, Erich covered a wide range of topics, including creating a teaching style unique to each person's experience; sequencing of postures within a class; strategies for instructing a large, diverse group of students; pranayama-the science of breath; and meditation-the heart of any deep hatha yoga practice.
Leslie Bogart, a long-time teacher of Viniyoga, was a guest lecturer at the workshop and provided a clear strategy for dealing with injured students. She covered basics of anatomy and how best to support rehabilitation.
Erich Schiffman has been a student of yoga since childhood, and a teacher of hatha yoga for many years. He has created an award-winning videotape, written a book that serves as an indispensable guide to hatha yoga practice, and published numerous articles. But aside from these outstanding credentials, Erich's style of teaching, his encouraging presence, and his own enjoyment of yoga make him a remarkable teacher.
We were very fortunate to have Erich teach a workshop under our very own roof. He kindly allowed Institute yoga teachers to drop in on his practice sessions. All who attended learned a tremendous amount and were motivated to further deepen their own practices. We thank Swamiji for sponsoring this event, and we thank Erich for graciously including us in his teaching.
Erich Schiffman has written Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness, and created a best-selling video, Yoga Mind and Body.
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