150ht Yoga Mentoring Program
w/ Mick Barnes
One-on-one postgraduate study program for current yoga teachers, who want to deepen their knowledge and gain more experience. Commences at any time.
The Yoga Factory is offering Yoga Australia certified 150hr post-graduate yoga teacher training. After completion of which 200hr yoga teacher would become 350hr level one Yoga Australia certified and 350hr teacher would become 500hr level two Yoga Australia certified.
The outline for the 150hr Yoga Mentoring curriculum is thorough. It is about being present and hands on with Mick for the entire 150hr.
3x50h modules are very specific to teaching, assisting and understanding the methodology of sequencing and teaching safely, effectively and inclusively. The course requires a minimum of 8.5h a week. These hours are spread over the week and are very do-able for those that have the tenacity. What these hours each week are will be revealed on application but to put it briefly they inculde one-on-one sessions with Mick, assisting and co-teaching in a live yoga class setting.
Suffice to say, not one minute is spent wasting time on nonsense that will not contribute to your confidence and ability to teach yoga.
Mick gives his personal gurantee that this 150hr Yoga Training will not only equip one with teaching skills but it will also lay out a very straightforward smart way to teach yoga. Not to call out sequences but to TEACH to all levels, from beginners to intermediate students.
The training is run by Mick Barnes who is level 3 Senior Teacher, advanced certified Jivamukti Teacher and has been owning and directing yoga schools for 13 years. During that time he has owned and co-directed Samadhi Yoga Newtown; Jivamukti Yoga Newtown, Camperdown, Alexandria and Wolli Creek; and of course The Yoga Factory Annandale and previously Camperdown. Mick Barnes also taught internationally at many well known yoga schools in Germany, USA, Italy, UK etc.
YOU CAN COMMENCE THIS PROGRAM AT ANY TIME
Mick Barnes has been involved with yoga for over two decades. His first love was the practice. It was the heat, the challenge, the sweat, and the toil that first drew him in. Nothing about the practice was easy. The old body was busted from years of living life in the fast lane. Realizing early on that a commitment to practice was essential, he attended classes every day, twice a day. It wasn’t long until he realized that yoga works and that the root of suffering is intrinsically linked to the mind. The more he practiced the more he learned; the more he came to know how this suffering manifests.
What came next was teaching. He understood the how and why, and his purpose became to share this joy with as many people as possible. Opening yoga schools gave Mick the freedom to make himself a conduit for the practice, to keep it real, to get out of the way of it all and share the yoga how it has been for thousands of years.
His style is unorthodox. Why? Because he knows the only way to learn yoga is to do it: you can’t just read about it, catch it, if you hang around it, or just flirt with it. It only comes to the brave, those who know words like endurance and perseverance. Mick is tough love. He knows how to get the most out of us and sometimes we kick and scream and resist, but when we surrender, it works.
He has taught teachers from the very start of their teaching journeys and mentored seasoned teachers for years. The Yoga Factory's 350hr Teacher Training has delivered many exceptional students to the industry and Mick's mentees can be found all over the world. They stand out because they actually teach. Their classes are taught with the confidence and safety of a seasoned teacher. They can teach to whoever is in front of them, knowing how to structure the class around the ability of the students and not their class plan from last night or someone else’s class (which they happened to think was nice). Mick's gift is his ability to get teachers and students to believe that if they practice, they can teach. It is just about articulating your experiences and finding your own verbal cues for others to follow.
