| Are you a 200-hour certified yoga teacher? | Yes, I am a 200-hour certified yoga teacher | ||||||
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| Have you been teaching Yoga for 1 year or more? (minimum 50 hours) | Yes, I have been teaching for one year (minimum 50 hours) | ||||||
| HTML Block | *** Successful completion of a 200-hour Yoga teacher training from a Yoga Alliance approved school is required for participation in the Integral Yoga Therapy Program track to become a Certified Yoga Therapist. | ||||||
| Home Center | Yogaville, VA | ||||||
| HTML Block | A minimum of one year (minimum 50 hours) teaching Yoga is required for participation in the Integral Yoga Therapy Program track to become a Certified Yoga Therapist. | ||||||
| Name | Jessica Elkin Omatra | ||||||
| Age | 36-45 | ||||||
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| Address | 44 Burnett Place Nutley, NJ 07110 United States Map It | ||||||
| Phone | 212-203-2667 | ||||||
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| Are you a member of the Integral Yoga Teachers Association | No | ||||||
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| Do you want to achieve your RYT 500-hour designation during this program? | Yes | ||||||
| Chronic Health issues? | No | ||||||
| Prescription medications and/or natural remedies? | No | ||||||
| Serious illness, injury, or major surgery in the last 5 years? | Yes | ||||||
| Communicable Diseases? | No | ||||||
| Please describe | Lower left leg and top of the left foot. | ||||||
| Current psychotherapy, counseling, or psychiatric treatment? | Yes | ||||||
| Do you have any concerns about your physical or mental health that may impact your participation in this program? | No | ||||||
| Please describe | I go to therapy because I have experienced anxiety and depression. | ||||||
| Will you require any special accommodations/needs during your participation in the Integral Yoga Therapy program? | No | ||||||
| Any Dietary Restrictions/Choices (Allergies, Vegan, Gluten Free, etc.)? | No | ||||||
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| Highest level of education completed | College | ||||||
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| Prior coursework/training | Successful completion of a 200-hour Yoga teacher training from a Yoga Alliance approved school plus a minimum of one year teaching Yoga is required for participation in the Integral Yoga Therapy Program track to become a Certified Yoga Therapist. If you are not a registered Yoga teacher, but are a licensed social worker or health care professional who would like to supplement your practice with Yoga therapy techniques, you are welcome to join the program, but will need to first complete a basic 200 hour teacher training to be eligible to receive certification from the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). | ||||||
| Please upload 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program Certificate to this Application | |||||||
| When and where did you receive your 200-hour level Basic Teacher Training? | Intergral Yoga NYC August 2020 | ||||||
| Primary 200hr Instructor | Dianne Galliano | ||||||
| Have you had a personal practice for at least one year? | Yes | ||||||
| How long have you practiced yoga? Describe your personal practice of yoga and how regularly you practice, including the style/tradition of your current practice: | I have practiced yoga off and on since 1999 beginning at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in NYC. I also explored other yoga studios around the city like Laughing Lotus and various other ones. I am the most familiar with Integral and have been practicing about four times per week either via zoom and/or my own practice. I have been practicing hatha yoga, chair yoga, and restorative yoga. | ||||||
| Do you meditate? | Yes | ||||||
| How long and how often do you meditate? | 15 minutes on average and five times per week. | ||||||
| What other training experience have you had since 200hr teacher training? | Accessible Yoga, Therapeutic Yoga, Foundations of Yoga Therapy. I am currently taking mental health via Integral. I took two-weekend workshops at Yogaville in the fall of 2020. Life Force and Somatic movements. | ||||||
| What other styles/traditions of Yoga have you practiced/studied? | Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in NYC, Laughing Lotus, Birkham, Lala Land, and a few other studios in NYC. | ||||||
| Is English your primary language? | Yes | ||||||
| Essay Questions | Please answer the following open-ended questions fully and concisely. | ||||||
| Please describe your past/current Yoga teaching experience including location, timeframe, population taught, etc. | During this past year, my teaching experience includes first practicing teaching regularly with the other students in my 200-hour training during training. I had also practiced what I was learning and taught it to my husband five nights a week and one hour in duration. For my therapeutic training, I taught the women I was paired with in addition to a certified yoga teacher in my theater class, another woman from my therapeutic training, and a woman from my 200-hour training. I also worked with my husband regularly taking him through the therapeutic training that I learned. I took accessible yoga and began doing chair yoga classes with him. The people that I worked with were mostly women ranging in age from late twenties to early sixties. I also teach my husband is a beginner yoga student. This differed in body type and a different experience level. | ||||||
| Which yoga therapy training programs have you taken? | I have taken Therapeutic Yoga, Foundations of Yoga Therapy, and am currently taking Mental Health via Integral. | ||||||
| Have you taken any Yoga therapy training programs? | Yes | ||||||
| Do you have any special interests or capabilities that may be relevant? | As a seasonal park ranger, I have met people from all over the world providing tours, education programs, and done research, and created programs via collaboration with the museum staff. I also completed the fifty-plus hours of training through the actor's fund for the NYC substitute teacher license. I did an internship at a senior center in Flushing, Queens working with seniors and fifth-grade school children in collaboration for an intergenerational theater piece. | ||||||
| Please list any other training or experience that you think is relevant. | I have always been interested in body-mind movement. I have studied a lot of Alexander's technique, kinetic awareness, and Feldenkrais. When I was in my 200-hours, I took workshops through Integral on sun salutations and balancing postures. I think knowledge of these other techniques will be useful in teaching yoga and my own yoga experience. I have at times integrated the Alexander technique concurrently with my 200hour teacher training. | ||||||
| Please describe your studies and understanding of Ayurveda. | I know about Ayurveda primarily through my own readings from various books, one being Life of Balance by Maya Tiwari. I have also visited different practitioners for treatments in NYC and Jersey City. I know about the different doshas vata, pitta, and kapha. I know about how this can impact emotional, physical, and mental health. | ||||||
| Please describe your studies and understanding of yoga philosophy. | What I know about yoga philosophy is what I have learned in my 200-hour training primarily in Raja yoga, in accessible yoga I read some of the Bhagavad Gita translation by Jack Hawley and the yoga sutras. When I had studied at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in NYC I had also taken their positive thinking courses. I recall the four locks and keys that were discussed in Raja yoga and the eight limbs of yoga. | ||||||
| What are your expectations as a student? What do you hope to gain, learn, or work on? | My expectations are to dive much more deeply into the study of yoga and to learn more about its potential for healing emotional, mental, and physical conditions and improve the quality of life. I have been wanting to have mentors in this journey because it is an important part of the learning process. I intend to deepen my own practice and be an embodied practitioner, teacher, and yoga therapist. I want to learn how yoga can be brought to all populations and best serve the communities. | ||||||
| Why do you want to enroll in Integral Yoga Therapy Certification (IYTh)? | Integral Yoga Therapy Certification is a comprehensive program that will provide the structure and stimulation conducive to addressing all of the elements necessary for healing that I crave in a training program. When I am interested in something and passionate about learning, I must understand a much deeper level that Integral will offer. | ||||||
| How do you intend to use yoga therapy in your practice, both personally and professionally? | In order to be an embodied practitioner, I must deepen my own practice and learning. I think that it is rather difficult to have a career solely as a yoga therapist. I do wear many hats so I imagine that yoga therapy will be a sideline career in addition to other things that I will be doing. I think that the knowledge from this program will enrich my life and knowledge of yoga. | ||||||
| Given your current or future commitments, how will you create the time and space to achieve your goals for the IYTh program and fulfill all of the training requirements? | I do realize that there are some things that I will need to put on hold during this program. I am currently in graduate school and have been maintaining a 4.0 and received an achievement award during the modules that I have been taking. My primary focuses are graduate school and yoga. I do have an interest in writing and theater arts, but I realize I will need to put those on hold. | ||||||
| List any interesting things you would like to share about yourself | People have said that I am a character, have a good sense of humor, diligent, sensitive, vulnerable, and an old soul that I should make a living asking questions. | ||||||
| Are there any current scheduling conflicts or anticipated events that could affect your ability to attend any of the scheduled modules? | My two priorities will be this program and graduate school, and I will be putting other things on hold for now. | ||||||
| Please list three references we can contact regarding your IYTh application. One of these references must be deeply steeped in the Integral Yoga Tradition. Please provide name, position, phone, and email address. | Sarala Sue Evans Lakshmi Sutter Cheri Clampett | ||||||
| How did you find out about the Integral Yoga Therapy Certification Program? | Integral Yoga Center | ||||||
| Please provide specific website, studio, or individual names if you can, as well as any other specific information on how you heard about the program | Integral Yoga NYC website. | ||||||
| What print and/or online Yoga and wellness publications you read frequently and what social media you follow for Yoga information? | Integral on Instagram, and I love Mantra Wellness magazine! | ||||||
| Agreement | By submitting this form, I hereby declare the above information is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand that misrepresentation of this information constitutes grounds for the rejection of this application, expulsion from the program and revocation of certification. In the event of rejection, expulsion, or revocation of certification, I understand that I am entitled to no refunds, credits, or adjustments.
I agree to assume all risk of damage or injury that may occur as a student of Integral Yoga Therapy Certification. In consideration of being accepted as a yoga therapy student, the undersigned releases and discharges Integral Yoga, its teachers, and students from any and all claims, demands, actions of any nature, whether present or future, anticipated or unanticipated, known or unknown, that result from the undersigned’s participation in yoga classes or practice of yoga outside of class. | ||||||
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| IYTh Application Fee | IYTh Application Fee, Qty: 1, Price: $108.00 |
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