Yoga Teacher Training with Larry Terkel at Main Street Yoga
Schedule
Sat, 17 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sun, 18 Jan, 2026 at 04:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1 E Main St, Hudson, OH | Hudson, OH
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The Spiritual Life Society and Main Street Yoga PresentsTraditional Yoga/Meditation Teacher Training
With Larry Terkel
www.AUM.org/ymtt
Welcome to our Traditional Yoga Teacher Training at the Spiritual Life Society. You have made a great choice to study with one of America’s most experienced yoga and meditation teachers. Larry’s YouTube videos on yoga and meditation have been viewed over 500,000 times. His bestselling book "Small Change" has been published around the world. He was a personal student of BKS Iyengar (the world's most famous yoga teacher of his generation) for 20 years and lived with Swami Satchidananda (the Woodstock Guru) in Sri Lanka in 1971. Larry founded the Spiritual Life Society in 1978 and has been teaching Yoga and meditation for over 50 years. Larry is also a national record holder in Senior Olympic swimming and is a professor of world religions at Kent State University. Larry is certified as an E-RYT-500 and YACAP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Program) provider.
The program is designed to meet one weekend per month over a 10-month period. It will usually start on the 3rd Saturday of each month except adjustments will be made for holidays and vacations. Larry does not believe in a crammed 3–4-month program with very little remembered. He wants you to have the time to live and practice the teachings over an extended period before he believes someone is ready to teach. After all, the best teachers by example, sharing their practice and knowledge, not simply following a prescribed script.
We will meet from 9am to 5pm on Saturday and 9am to 4pm on Sunday, allowing those from out of town to get a head start heading home. If you are from out of town, we can make overnight arrangements in our facility at no extra cost. Each weekend is divided into four modules allowing for many flexible opportunities. Students working towards certification can start at any time and work your way through the modules. The other extreme would be to take one module per month and just make it a longer program. It also allows students who are not interested in teaching but deepening their understanding and practice to choose modules of interest. Finally, certified teachers interested in refreshing their teachings can likewise choose modules or weekends of interest and receive continuing education credits. The basic schedule is as follows:
Module 1: Saturdays 9am -1pm: Professional Essentials/Teaching Methodology continuing into Techniques, Training and Practice of what was discussed
Module 2: Saturdays 1 - 5pm: Anatomy and Physiology followed by additional training and practice which incorporates the anatomy discussed.
Module 3: Sundays 9am – 12:30pm: Teachings on meditation including a meditation practice.
Module 4: Sundays 12:30 – 4pm: Yoga Humanities/Philosophy followed by additional training and practice often including trainees doing some of the teaching.
This schedule provides 40 of the 50 hours of Professional Essentials/Teaching Methodology required. 20 of the 30 hours of Anatomy and Physiology required. 20 of the 30 hours of Yoga Humanities/Philosophy required. And 80 of the 75 hours of Techniques, Training and Practice required. This far exceeds the Yoga Alliance requirement that at least 65 hours must be spent with your lead trainer. There will be readings and assignments to round out the anatomy and philosophy, and workshops or outside class opportunities to enhance the professional essentials.
Schedule of Topics to be Covered Each Month (Dates/Topics Not Cast in Stone)
Note: You can start any month and follow through the program to completion
Current certified teachers can join any weekend or module to earn Yoga Alliance CE credits
January 17-18, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: The Definition of Yoga and Asana with Elements of a Class
Specific attention will focus on warm-ups to begin a class, sun salutation and developing your own personal practice.
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: Overview of the Body
It will include skeletal structure, muscles and joints, tendons and ligaments, and the cardio-vascular system. The practice will look at the importance of alignment in various asanas.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: Introduction to Meditation
It will include choosing a mantra and the practice of mindfulness.
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: The 8 Limbs of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
It will follow with a review and variations of sun salutation.
February 21-22, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: Teaching Standing Poses and Balance
Common mistakes and corrections with multiple variations
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: Hamstrings and Quads plus Pelvis and Feet
The practice will include understanding back pain, and how to protect students in yoga. You will learn important corrections and the dangerous poses to avoid.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: Where Does the Guidance Come from in Meditation?
It will include more details on the second part of the meditation we teach along with our 20 minute morning meditation. It will be followed by sitting techniques for meditation.
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: Yamas, Niyamas and the 10 Commandments
It will be followed by putting the basic standing poses together into a standing vinyasa.
March 21-22, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: Teaching Forward Bends and Back Bends
Common mistakes and corrections with multiple variations
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: The Spine
It will include the structure of the vertebrae and the lumbar and cervical curves, followed by more forward and back bending poses.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: Is it Possible to Control Your Mind?
Tools and techniques in addition to our morning meditation. It will be followed by applying mindfulness to our asana practice.
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: Faces and Styles of Yoga
It will follow with the practice of teaching and correcting forward and backward bending poses.
April 18-19, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: Teaching Sitting Poses and Twists
Common mistakes and corrections with multiple variations. You will also learn the asana for sleep.
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: Knees and Hips
It will include important adjustments for protecting knees in sitting poses and twists.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: Is Meditation and/or Yoga Hindu?
Meditation’s role in other religious traditions followed by ways to make meditation more comfortable including chairs, beds and outdoors.
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: Chakras and Nadis
It will include incorporating yoga philosophy into your life and a review of options for your personal practice.
May 16-17, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: Teaching Inversions and Restorations
Common mistakes and corrections with multiple variations
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: Shoulders and Necks. Elbows, Wrists and Hands
The practice will include the importance of hands in asanas and protecting wrists.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: The Use of Mudras in Meditation
It will be followed by the use of hands for healing meditations.
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: The Bhagavad Gita, Karma, Reincarnation & Enlightenment
It will be followed by the teaching of savasana and deep relaxation.
June 20-21, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: Teaching a Typical Hatha Yoga Class
It will cover choosing style, opening, warm-ups, asana sequencing, deep relaxation and close. Larry will lead you through a complete class with time for questions and note-taking.
Common mistakes and corrections with multiple variations
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: Breathing and Basic Pranayama Practices
It will include finding your diaphragm and incorporating pranayama in a yoga class.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: The Koshas (Energy Sheaths)
You will be lead through a meditation using the koshas as your guide. It will be followed by further instruction on teaching meditation and deepening your own practice.
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: The First Two Chapters of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
It will be followed by advanced pranayama practices.
July 18-19, 2026
Module 1: Sat 9am - 1pm: Teaching Standing Poses and Balance
Know the major standing and balance poses and their variations. Learn how to teach and correct them whether stand alone or in flows.
Module 2: Sat 1 - 5pm: Energy, Emotion and Sleep
We will look at the anatomy and learn the emotions found in specific asanas and pranayama.
Module 3: Sun 9am - 12:30pm: Can the Mind Be Controlled?
We will further explore the power of meditation and its relationship to energy, emotions and sleep.
Module 4: Sun 12:30 - 4pm: Chapters 3 and 4 of the Yoga Sutras
We will connect the Sutra teachings to our meditation practice and follow that with learning and teaching deep relaxation options.
August 15-16, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: Developing a Personal Practice
Bathroom yoga. Sun salutation as a practice. Warrior vinyasa. Lotus vinyasa. Plus basic forward bending and backward bending poses.
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: Diet and Nutrition, Digestion and Elimination
It will include the philosophy and benefits of vegetarianism and the kryas (leansings including fasting.) It will be followed by more advanced forward and backward bending poses.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: Meditation as a Journey Through the Chakras
It will include a discussion of the relationship between the chakras and specific asanas.
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: The Bandas (Energy Locks)
The asana practice will include how to apply the bandas in specific poses and will include the relationship between bandas and chakras.
September 19-20, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: Teaching Sitting Poses and Twists
Common mistakes and corrections with multiple variations
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: Respiration and Pranayama
Learn the physical and emotional benefits of specific pranayama practices and connect them to specific poses.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: The Philosophy and Practice of Kirtan (Chanting)
You will learn specific chants and connect them to your meditation practice
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: Prayer and its Connection to Meditation
The asana practice will include practice teaching of the sitting poses and twists.
October 17-18, 2026
Module 1: Saturday 9am-1pm: Teaching Inversions and Restorations
Common mistakes and corrections with multiple variations
Module 2: Saturday 1pm – 5pm: Anatomy: Cleansing, Fasting and Kriyas
It will include reviewing the elements of a yoga class for beginners including a full one-hour class taught by one of the trainees.
Module 3: Sunday 9am – 12:30pm: What it means to lead a Spiritual Life
Dharma and Sadhana will be discussed along with a meditation on finding your calling.
Module 4: Sunday 12:30pm – 4pm: The Value of a Teacher and a Tradition
It will follow with a review of your personal practice and another one-hour class taught by one of the trainees.
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