Yoga Life Training Brisbane
Okido Yoga with Peter Masters.
About
Yoga Life Training Brisbane
Starting 26 September 2015
with Peter Masters
Registered with Yoga Australia
Zen Central Yoga Studio, West End, Brisbane
** To register your interest for the course, please let us know via email. **
Yoga Life Training
The Yoga Life Training Course (YLT) is a one-year foundational training in yoga and related disciplines. Experiential in nature, it’s designed for people wishing to teach and share yoga as well as for those wishing to enhance their overall quality of life.
Okido Yoga is the main inspiration for the yoga offered in the YLT course. Okido is grounded in classical yoga combined with the Japanese Zen tradition. It incorporates elements from many disciplines including zen, taoism, traditional eastern medicine, the martial arts, hatha yoga and shiatsu. It was created by the Japanese master, Masahiro Oki. Okido is a holistic way of listening to the Life Force and its practice addresses four main areas: movement, breathing, mind-heart and diet. A yoga for daily life, it encourages a wide range of experiences to awaken an individual’s ability to live a happy, healthy and contributive life.
Body & Breath: Regular yoga practice strengthens the body, purifies the personal energy field and harmonises the breath. The Japanese yoga tradition has a focus on developing the core, or Hara, and stimulating the vital energy, or Ki, by utilising specific methods of breath, movement and asana.
Mind-Heart & Diet: A stronger, more flexible body creates the basis for enhanced mental and emotional stability and the capacity for meditation. Meditation balances and evolves the inner essence by consciously creating a positive mind and attitude. A balanced, mindful diet also has a profound effect to yoga practice and overall quality of life.
Yoga Australia - Level 1 Yoga Instructor
Graduates of the Yoga Life Training course can join Yoga Australia as Level 1 Yoga Instructors.
PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK
Basic Principles
• Positive Mind • Gratitude • Hara • Smile-Laugh • Oneness • Mindfulness • Wholeheartedness • Love • Service
Steps of Yoga
• Yama-Niyama • Asana • Pranayama • Pratyahara • Dharana • Dhyana • Bhakti • Samadhi • Buddhi • Prasad
Natural Laws
• Change • Balance • Stability
COURSE CONTENT
• Yoga Asana
• Salute to the Sun
• Body, Mind, Breath Principles
• Strength and Flexibility Exercises
• Corrective and Purification Exercises
• Meridian Therapy
• Restorative and Yin Yoga
• Seasonal Wholefoods
• Do In and Hogushi Self Massage
• AOM – Sound - Laughing - Chanting
• Pledges – Intention - Visualisation
• Mind-Heart Practices (Meditation)
• Feng Shui
• Functional Anatomy
• Subtle Anatomy – Yin/Yang, Five Element Theory, Hara/Tanden
• The Art of Teaching – class structure, observing, assisting, working with groups, adjustments
TEACHERS 
Peter Masters - Course Leader
BA Dip.Shiatsu YA Senior Level III STAA
Peter has 30 years experience of Japanese Yoga, Shiatsu and Meditation. He did his original training in the early 80’s at the East West Centre in Sydney and at the Oki Yoga Dojo in Mishima, Japan.
He’s been the director of Zen Central Yoga Studio in Brisbane since 2002, and has also been on the teaching staff at Okido centres in Melbourne, Sydney and the Blue Mountains. He joined the team at Mosman Village Yoga in 2012.
Peter’s collaborated with Okido teachers and centres in Japan and Italy, taking study groups to those countries and organising international seminars in Australia.
He’s been leading Yoga Teacher Training courses in Sydney and Brisbane since 2000.
“Yoga is an ongoing source of inspiration and practical benefit in all areas of my life. I look forward to sharing the joy, wisdom and community of the Yoga Life Training course.”
Michael Hetherington - 5 Elements
BHtlhSci, Dip. TCM Remedial Massage, Level 2 Yoga Teacher
Michael is a qualified acupuncturist, Chinese medical massage (Tui-Na) therapist and yoga teacher who has been practicing yoga for over 10 years. Michael first discovered Zen Central and fell in love with Okido Yoga in 2003, when looking for more of a nurturing, joyful and community-style approach to yoga. In 2009, he completed his yoga teacher training and has gone onto study, practice and teach Okido-inspired yoga, yin yoga, basic Qi Gong, and Buddhist-style meditation. He has also written and published a number of books on Oriental medicine, yoga and health while also holding a teaching position at a health college in Brisbane, teaching traditional Chinese massage therapy.
Julie Phillips - Seasonal Wholefoods
B.A.R.M., GAPS Certified Practitioner, Dip Shiatsu & Oriental Medicine
Julie has been described as a “walking encyclopaedia of food!” Understanding the wisdom contained within food has always fascinated her.
As a child I was a classic ‘GAPS’, IBS child – antibiotics at birth, at 3 months old hospitalized with digestive issues, then onto the merry-go-round with a tick in every digestive issue box. As a Virgo, I’m a logical gal and it seemed really logical that food is the most common ‘medicine’ we ingest every day – so to therefore understand what the effects are of this daily medication.
Fran Archer - Functional Anatomy
Senior Yoga Teacher
Frans' unique style is based on her personal history, values, individual talent, training and influences. She qualified as a Somatic therapist with the Sydney College - "Somatics" in 1997 and continues to study with her mentors Dr Julie Henderson and Dr Tony Richardson. Fran studied Chinese Medical Qigong with Master Pam Timmers in 1995-6 and has also studied Hatha Yoga with many fine teachers including Donna Farhi and Judith Lasater.
COURSE STRUCTURE 
The YLT course is registered with Yoga Australia and contains more than 350 hours of tuition and course work over a one-year period including:
• 9 weekend seminars (including one retreat)
• Written assignments and journaling
• Weekly yoga classes
• Home practice
9 Weekend Seminars (including one 5-day, 4-night retreat in February 2016)
The Weekend Seminars run 12-8pm on Saturdays & 8:30am-4:30pm on Sundays.
26-27 September 2015
24-25 October
28-29 November
16-17 January 2016
13-17 February (retreat at Springbrook)
19-20 March
16-17 April
14-15 May
18-19 June
16-17 July
10 September
Weekly Yoga Classes: A minimum of 55 hours over the year at approved classes.*
Assessment: consists of course attendance, written assignments, integrative practice hours and a practical class assessment.
Costs and Payments
$5,300 Course Fee *
A $500 deposit confirms registration
Early bird discount: $5,000 for the Course Fee if paid in full by course start.
Course Fee Instalment Plan:
The deposit plus four payments of $1,200 by 10 October 2014, 10 January 2015, 10 April & 10 July.
Payment options: Internet transfer, cheque or cash.
* The Course Fee doesn’t include the cost of weekly yoga classes throughout the year.
Main Training Venue: Zen Central Yoga Studio
71 Russell St, West End, Brisbane
To register your interest for the course, please let us know via email.