200-HOUR
RASA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Mexico City, Mexico
Are you ready to:
~Deepen your yoga knowledge?
~Take the first step towards becoming a yoga teacher?
~Join a global collective of yoga practitioners dedicated to community, social justice, and deep soul alchemy?
Join me
and a group of special guest teachers on this unique journey to deepen your practice and knowledge of yoga; to learn essential tools to becoming a skilled, embodied and successful teacher of yoga; and to integrate yoga in your day-to-day life for more conscious living.
This training is a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certified training in the style of Rasa Yoga. This is profound training that will provide the foundation for you to learn the art of teaching yoga while also providing the platform for potent personal growth, for developing your own authentic voice and for discovering your natural gifts and magic to offer the world. This training draws on the sacred teachings of yoga, alignment and biomechanics, skillful methodology, personal practice and practical tools to deepen your practice and/or become a skilled yoga teacher.
What is Rasa Yoga?
Rasa Yoga is a revolutionary style of yoga founded by internationally celebrated teacher, Sianna Sherman.
It is a fusion of creative vinyasa flow and alignment and integrates asana, mantra, mudra, pranayama, mediation, philosophy, myth and ritual. Rasa Yoga is anchored in a deep understanding of the body and movement therapy, yet goes far beyond teaching skills and yoga poses alone. It honors the tradition and lineage of yoga while awakening your authentic creativity as an individual in our modern world.
Who is this training for?
This training is for yoga teachers seeking to refine and deepen their teaching skills AND for dedicated practitioners of yoga who wish to deepen their studies and immerse themselves in the practices of yoga.
This program offers a deep, immersive and integrated approach to serve as a catalyst for growth in your personal life. You will also be given the tools you need to grow into a skillful, embodied and successful teacher of yoga. Existing yoga teachers, practitioners of yoga and anyone who is seeking evolutionary growth in their lives will greatly benefit from this teacher training.
The curriculum will include:
The 200-hour LIVE Rasa Yoga Teacher Training is comprised of 3 comprehensive modules – each consisting of 60 hours of study – plus an additional 20 non-contact hours. Upon successful completion of the 200- hour training, teachers receive a 200-hour certification with Yoga Alliance.
Module 1: Ground to Grow
The first module provides the foundations for a lifetime of integrated yoga practice. Learn the names and forms of essential yoga poses along with basic pranayama, alignment principles and healthy biomechanics of asana practice. This module initiates the study of yoga philosophy and how the ancient practices apply to modern-day life.
ELEMENTS OF STUDY INCLUDE:
Key teachings of Rasa Yoga
Sankalpa – craft a root intention for your practice, teaching, and life
Sadhana – foundational practices for a yogic life
Introduction to the 6 categories of asana
Breakthrough Biomechanics for Essential Asanas
Art of Sequencing: 3 Pillars of Rasa Sequencing + General Template
Embodying the PanchaMahaBhutas, the 5 Great Elements
History of Yoga, Classical Yoga, and Key Yoga Sutras
Introduction to Tantric Philosophy
Mantra, Mudra and Meditation
Pranayama + Spirit of the Breath
Skillful Teaching Methodology
Fire + Nectar Sadhanas for daily growth, transformation, + nourishment
The second module dives deeper into the heart of the practices and invites the student to begin teaching from their own embodied wisdom. Learn how to structure intelligent and creative classes and how to clearly articulate the forms of the poses with biomechanical understanding. Deepen your understanding of functional anatomy and its application to the practice while incorporating the creative expression of asana as a devotional dance.
Module 2: Reveal Your Radiance
ELEMENTS OF STUDY INCLUDE:
Alignment refinement for the Body Temple
Cultivate asana as a devotional flow
Incorporate the 6 Essential Spinal Movements Exploration of fascia for true physical freedom + mobility
Intro to the Rasa Yoga Teaching Triad
Art of Sequencing: Key Action
Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
Subtle Body Anatomy: nadis and chakras Lotus teachings + awakening compassion
Matrika and the Gateways of Speech
Mantra, Mudra and Meditation Pranayama + Spirit of the Breath
Skillful Teaching Methodology
Fire + Nectar Sadhanas for daily growth, transformation, + nourishment
Module 3: Serve with Love
The final module of our 200 Hour Training builds an effective bridge to take the bold leap into the world as a yoga teacher. This module refines the understanding of asana biomechanics, adjustments, class themes, basic anatomy, yoga philosophy, and steady practice that prepares the teacher to serve as an embodied vessel of living wisdom. Emerge with your unique voice and share the practice of yoga with Love.
ELEMENTS OF STUDY INCLUDE:
Deepen understanding of asana biomechanics
Patterns of Movement for fascial health and creative expression
Art of Adjustments: learn skillful and therapeutic hands-on assists
Art of Sequencing: Form
Creating Healthy Boundaries
Bhakti yoga and heart of devotion
Subtle Body: prana vayus and the koshas
Art of Theming and Authentic Voice
Mantra, Mudra and Meditation Pranayama + Spirit of the Breath
Skillful Teaching Methodology
Fire + Nectar Sadhanas for daily growth, transformation, + nourishment
Past 200hr Graduates are saying…
“The 200 hr Rasa TT with Marjan has been a potent transformational personal experience. Besides deepening my yoga practice and giving me the skills and confidence to teach it has been a journey of self discovery.
Marjan’s magic as a teacher is her empathy always coming from a place of love and kindness which made each of us sometimes nervous newbies totally at ease, appreciated and valued.
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Her knowledge in all things from yoga philosophy, body biomechanics and anatomy knows no limits and she explained all subjects in the most simple, easy-to-understand fashion. She was inspiring and simply fantastic and will remain a cherished mentor in the path ahead."
~Carolina W. | Panama
“The Rasa Yoga 200 HR Teacher Training with Marjan was a very enriching experience. Firm leadership, loving community and great teachings that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. Even though it was my second teacher training, I learned many new things and would do it all over again. Marjan is a great example, an amazing teacher, both soft and strong, loving but with clear boundaries.
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She definitely creates a brave environment for her students. The Rasa style is very complete and empowers you to make more complete and harmonious classes, leaving your students feeling great and more inspired. I can only be so grateful for this experience. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
~Nicole S. | Panama
“I just completed the Rasa Yoga 200 hour teacher training with Marjan and feel it was one of the best decisions of my life. Rasa’s Tantric influence and focus on form and flow combined with Marjan’s dynamism and caring dedication provided the perfect guidance for my next step in the continuing yoga adventure.
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Marjan’s immense knowledge and her ability to impart it to her students in a way that seems tailored for each individual is a unique gift. It made the learning experience rich and deep. It also attracted an incredible group of people to the course and helped forge a special bond between us all. This training taught me a lot on many levels and I cannot wait to do more!"
~Nanette A. | Panama
“As we complete 200 hours of Form & Flow teaching training, I look back at a journey that has been transformative in so many, many ways, it is almost impossible to distill the experience into just a few words. When I embarked on it, I had a vague notion about deepening my practice and maybe learning something that might one day bring me to share my passion for yoga with others.
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What I could never have foreseen was how broad and deep, and high and wide the experience would be! How it would open my eyes, my mind and my heart to the practice of yoga in all its richness, from Mudra to Mantra to Pranayama, to the life affirming practice of Sadhana and the power of personal Sankalpa. Yes, the Pose Labs and Anatomy changed my physical practice (and my body!), but much more subtle and significant is the way the training has shaped me, the way I am living my life and my worldview. With each progressive module, we immersed deeper in the philosophy, theory and practice of yoga, developing a seed understanding of the lineages of yoga that enrich beyond the mat and have inspired a thirst to learn more, with deep reverence, curiosity and gratitude. One power behind the experience is the brilliantly crafted syllabus, so thorough and engaging, intelligently structured and anchored in literally centuries of embodied wisdom and practice, as well as latest, greatest contemporary science, distilled through the beautiful lens of Rasa. The driving force though, has been our teacher. Marjan Harbison, is a master teacher. She brings a lifetime of embodied wisdom infused by a life-defining passion for scholarship. She is deeply steeped in knowledge of all facets of yoga and never pauses in her devoted scholarship to learn more and more. She also truly lives her convictions and passions every day and is an example to all of us how a life anchored in yoga is a wellspring of light and love in a, in some ways broken, world. I saw this particularly in her deeply sensitive, eloquent and heartfelt response to the context of our training in a world afflicted by Covid-19 and convulsed by racism and prejudice in so many forms. It was a very instructive, powerful push to find a meaningful response to not shirk our individual onus to do our bit to heal the divides in our human family. Marjan's pure, sincere, intense passion for yoga is inspiring, humbling and completely mind and heart-opening. She is a teacher who takes time to know each student individually and skilfully holds space for each one of us to grow, develop, learn and thrive in ways that certainly exceeded my wildest imagination. It has been a unique privilege and opportunity to be in the presence of such a great teacher, to listen to her, to practice with her and to just be in her graceful presence. I cannot recommend the Rasa Form & Flow 200-hour training enough - do it: you will be blown away by what you take out of it that goes so profoundly beyond "just" a yoga teaching diploma. And as for Marjan, I can say that to learn from her, to know her, is a precious gift. My gratitude to Marjan, to the Rasa Yoga Collective and to my fellow students, is boundless.
~Lindsay S.
“It is with great delight and deep gratitude that I share my experience of doing the 200-h-Rasa Yoga Teacher Training with Marjan Harbison as teacher. Marjan has deep knowledge of all the diverse aspects of yoga and transmitted her knowledge to us with enormous dedication and patience. The Teacher Training deepened my physical practice of asana and opened up so many other aspects of yoga, like mythology, mudra and mantra, apart from the different ways to sequence classes creatively and convey the ancient teachings of yoga.
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We also had some outstanding guest teachers for diverse topics for an even deeper dive into it. I treasure the relationships we built in our kula. I enjoyed this training so much and Marjan made it a magical experience I will never forget. I recommend it to any aspiring yoga teacher or even anyone who wants to deepen the practice and discover so many aspects of yoga. Marjan did an outstanding job in presenting the precision of anatomy-based asana with a strong alignment focus and made us also discover the spiritual and magical empowerment of Rasa Yoga. Thank you so much, Marjan, for sharing your gift with us and helping us to connect all the dots!"
~Miriam N. | Panama
“My head and heart are full and radiating joy as a result of the learning and growth I experienced during the Rasa Yoga 200 hour Teacher Training, led by Marjan.. I came into the course without really knowing what I was getting into, but felt called to deepen my yoga practice and this seemed like an amazing opportunity.
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The course was rich with information well beyond refining my yoga postures and opened my mind to Ayurveda, Tantra, the power of the breath, Hindu mythical deities, Sanskrit, social justice and so much more. Marjan is a talented, wise, and soulful yogini who embodies skill in action with clear and concise instruction and a natural compassion which creates an accessible space for all. Through this training I have discovered the jewel within, and found the confidence to share what I have by releasing judgment of myself and others and serving with love in all areas of my life."
~Jillian M. | Panama
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