Gwi-Seok's teaching is very insightful and accurate, with an excellent ability to teach to each student in the class. Her teaching has allowed me to go deeper into my practice, become a certified Iyengar teacher and find the true purpose of yoga (unification of body, mind and spirit). She embodies the whole package!" - Jean (Milwaukee)
What does it take to become a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT)?
Iyengar Yoga teacher education is considered the most rigorous and most comprehensive in the field. As a contrast to the 200-hour training which is commonplace and standard, usually costing several thousand dollars, graduating dozens of people at a time, many with little prior yoga experience, we support the growth of our teachers one by one, over years, not months.
The first step to becoming a CIYT is to attend weekly classes and build steady relationships with 1 or more trusted CIYTs. It also helps to attend Iyengar Yoga workshops, broadening and deepening your studies. Hopefully you are also, by this point, practicing consistently at home, ideally daily. After a year or so of continuous study, you can apply for an advanced studies/apprenticeship program.
Gwi-Seok's teacher education program includes:
Expect to devote at least 1000 hours to become a CIYT, and many more thousands of hours to progress through subsequent levels of certification, if you so choose. Iyengar Yoga Detroit is committed to meeting qualified prospective teachers financial capacities. We believe teacher education should not be limited only to those who can afford to pay thousands of dollars. BIPOC are eligible for Iyengar Yoga Detroit Collective's paid apprenticeship.
CIYTs continuing their education, and/or preparing for Level 2 and 3 certifications are also welcome to attend, and will be appropriately challenged and accommodated.
Contact Gwi-Seok if you feel this is the path for you. As BKS Iyengar tells us, "Teaching is a difficult art, but it is the greatest service you can do for humanity."
Iyengar Yoga teacher education is considered the most rigorous and most comprehensive in the field. As a contrast to the 200-hour training which is commonplace and standard, usually costing several thousand dollars, graduating dozens of people at a time, many with little prior yoga experience, we support the growth of our teachers one by one, over years, not months.
The first step to becoming a CIYT is to attend weekly classes and build steady relationships with 1 or more trusted CIYTs. It also helps to attend Iyengar Yoga workshops, broadening and deepening your studies. Hopefully you are also, by this point, practicing consistently at home, ideally daily. After a year or so of continuous study, you can apply for an advanced studies/apprenticeship program.
Gwi-Seok's teacher education program includes:
- How to establish and maintain a solid personal practice, which is the basis of good teaching
- Anatomy and physiology pertinent to yoga
- Iyengar Yoga pedagogy: how to teach
- Yoga philosophy and ethics
- Issues of history, colonization, appropriation, and justice
Expect to devote at least 1000 hours to become a CIYT, and many more thousands of hours to progress through subsequent levels of certification, if you so choose. Iyengar Yoga Detroit is committed to meeting qualified prospective teachers financial capacities. We believe teacher education should not be limited only to those who can afford to pay thousands of dollars. BIPOC are eligible for Iyengar Yoga Detroit Collective's paid apprenticeship.
CIYTs continuing their education, and/or preparing for Level 2 and 3 certifications are also welcome to attend, and will be appropriately challenged and accommodated.
Contact Gwi-Seok if you feel this is the path for you. As BKS Iyengar tells us, "Teaching is a difficult art, but it is the greatest service you can do for humanity."
