BeneFIT’s Transformational Teacher Training

Let Your Best Self Shine!
Devote 13 weeks to a deep dive discovery of You and learn what’s required and how to transform your life, all while mastering the powerful formula behind BeneFIT’s “Fix” Hatha Yoga classes, the Original Hot Yoga.

BeneFIT’s Teacher Training is unlike any other Yoga Teacher Training. So much so, in fact, that I call it “Transformational Teacher Training”. Imagine going on a 13 week journey of Self discovery, learning about the human body’s anatomical and energy systems, yoga postures and breathing exercises, ancient and modern healing practices, Universal Laws, yogic philosophy, how the Hero’s Journey told in the Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita relates to you, and undergoing your own personal transformation all while mastering the science behind and the art of teaching BeneFIT’s “Fix” yoga classes, the Bikram Method Hatha Yoga.

What is BeneFIT’s Transformational Teacher Training?

BeneFIT’s Transformational Teacher Training is your opportunity to go on a 13 week journey of Self discovery and transformation, to be guided through the many teachings, tools and process of transformation, and have a solid foundation on the path to becoming a masterful teacher of BeneFIT’s B90Y True Fix and B50Y Quick Fix classes. Personal transformation requires stepping out of your comfort zone and into new, challenging arenas. As one who’s practiced hatha yoga, the Bikram method in particular, you know what it does for you and perhaps wonder what else it has in store.

In this training, you’ll develop the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary to be an effective, inspiring and powerful teacher and presenter of the yoga and your Truth, whatever that may be. This training will take you on a step-by-step process of awakening to your true power and help you align all aspects of your life with the ever greater becoming of your authentic, Best Self.

Why I created BeneFIT’s Transformational Teacher Training

Back in the day all Bikram teachers were trained by Bikram at one of his Teacher Trainings. While the experience was a pressure cooker of extremes designed to break us down so that we could each be like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, it left a lot to be desired. Yoga is an incredibly rich, deep and multi-faceted subject and I believe yoga teachers should know and reflect that.

Now that Bikram’s empire has crumbled, there are several teacher trainings to choose from. Since this one is mine, I not only get to teach and share all I know about the yoga but all the other pieces of the Life puzzle that I believe are important to grasp. I know that having an intellectual understanding, as you may get from reading, is not the same as having the wisdom and knowing that comes from first hand experience. I’m bringing my life’s work to the table so that BeneFIT’s teachers will have a solid understanding of how energy and life work. And most importantly, I’ll be creating a team of teachers fully aligned with my and BeneFIT’s core values, as opposed to someone else’s.

This training will be approved by the Original Hot Yoga Association (OHYA) which means that graduating teachers can apply for accreditation, become a member of OHYA and be recognized as a certified Bikram Method Hatha Yoga instructor by other yoga studios.

Who is this training for?

Anyone who wants to teach the Bikram Method of Hatha Yoga or is simply interested in personal growth and ready to transform their life.

Perfect for anyone wanting to …

  • teach the Bikram Method of Hatha Yoga
  • deepen their knowledge of the Original Hot Yoga formula
  • improve their personal practice of the yoga
  • become a confident teacher
  • be comfortable performing or being in the spotlight
  • have the space for self-reflection and tools for personal transformation
  • remove the blocks that keep them from loving themselves and others
  • breakthrough longstanding limitations in their life
  • open to new possibilities in their life

What You Can Expect

For you to master teaching the yoga you will:

  • receive BeneFIT’s “Fix” Classes Dialogue Book which has background information, detailed notes about each of the postures and the class overall, and the dialogue that you are to memorize and learn to deliver seamlessly, as an actor does his lines. This will be your reference book in which you’ll be encouraged to take notes during the training and forever more.
  • have 150 hours of Posture Labs/Dialogue Clinics in which we’ll dissect the postures and breathing exercises. You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the structure, sequence and power of the scripted, step-by-step instructions of the dialogue and work to master its effective delivery. You’ll learn about all the elements of the formula: Heat/Humidity ratio; mirrors; the bright light; the dialogue; the group energy; and the importance of your (the teacher’s) intention, focus, and clear guidance so that you can maintain a “safe” and powerful transformative experience for the students.
  • learn the anatomy of the human body’s major systems including the cardio-vascular, respiratory, endocrine, lymphatic, central nervous, musculo-skeletal, and the fascia (also known as connective tissue).
  • have unlimited yoga during the 13 weeks of the Teacher Training: Not only do you need to practice the yoga to know firsthand its power of transformation, but your experience of the power of the additional studies covered in this training will be greatly heightened by the yoga’s ability to fully integrate the work throughout Body-Mind-Spirit. You must complete 81-110 hours in class in order to receive your OHYA certification.
  • have 10 hours of professional development in which you’ll be guided in ethics, business perspective, avoiding conflicts of interest, etc.
  • be granted an internship during which you’ll be teaching live classes and receive mentoring and continued guidance for growth.
  • attend lectures by experts, read books and articles, and watch videos and DVD’s for a clear grasp of the depth and breadth of yogic philosophy, traditions, and history as well as other ancient and modern healing practices.

How is BeneFIT’s Teacher Training Different?

You could get much of the above at other trainings though it will be presented from others’ experience and perspective. But the personal Hero’s Journey work that’s below is my proprietary work. As a life coach (and yoga teacher) my passion is educating, inspiring and witnessing the transformation of people I support. So…

For your own personal growth and awakening to the power of the Body-Mind-Spirit triune you will:

  • receive your own astrological birth chart reading, as an introduction to astrology, the macro environment we’re all subject to, with particular emphasis on the lunar nodes for insights into your soul’s calling in this lifetime.
  • be given access to BeneFIT’s Tapping Turnaround Online Course so that you can learn to master your emotions and create a calm, empowered energetic state anytime, anywhere, under any conditions. This course has foundational materials regarding how life and the Body-Mind-Spirit triune work and will introduce you to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) which is commonly referred to as Tapping. We’ll be using this technique as necessary to help release negative emotions and repattern unwanted behaviors so that you can break free of limiting beliefs and align all aspects of yourself (Body-Mind-Spirit) with the life you choose to live.
  • participate in BeneFIT’s Meditation Magic Online Course which is designed to provide you with a practical, experiential understanding of the human body’s chakras, aura, and energy channels. It will equip you with a grounded practice of utilizing your extra-sensory perception and awareness, so you can operate from your higher states of consciousness throughout your daily life experience, and be consciously creating your life experiences.
  • receive Weekly Teachings for Personal Empowerment. Each of the 13 weeks has its own theme and focus for your personal life study with information and exercises presented through which you’ll shift your energy, release blocks to the flow of Life Force energy and align more fully with your soul’s calling and chosen life.
  • glean insights into the symbolism and stories of the Mahabharata, the source of the Bhagavad Gita, India’s most highly revered spiritual teaching, periodically throughout the 13 weeks of the teacher training journey to assist you in deepening your understanding of the Bhagavad Gita and its message so that you will prevail during the challenging moments of your own personal Hero’s Journey.
  • receive your own private custom designed journal for use during the training as a tool for noticing, working through and tracking your challenges, insights and breakthroughs on your journey through the training.

How the Training Will Flow

Start Date & Time: Friday, January 31st @ 6:30p Welcome & Orientation

Duration: 13 Weeks beginning with a continuous, intensive 9 days, followed by 6 additional 3 Days weekends taking place every other weekend as follows:

Saturday, February 1st to Sunday, February 9th
> Hours: 8:00 a.m. to approx. 8:00 p.m. (second Sunday done at 4:15 p.m.)

Friday, February 21st to Sunday, February 23rd
> Hours: 8:00 a.m. to approx. 8:00 p.m. (Sunday done at 4:15 p.m.)
Friday, March 6th to Sunday, March 8th
> Hours: 8:00 a.m. to approx. 8:00 p.m. (Sunday done at 4:15 p.m.)
Friday, March 20th to Sunday, March 22nd
> Hours: 8:00 a.m. to approx. 8:00 p.m. (Sunday done at 4:15 p.m.)
Friday, April 3rd to Sunday, April 5th
> Hours: 8:00 a.m. to approx. 8:00 p.m. (Sunday done at 4:15 p.m.)
Friday, April 17th to Sunday, April 19th
> Hours: 8:00 a.m. to approx. 8:00 p.m. (Sunday done at 4:15 p.m.)
Friday, May 1st to Sunday, May 3rd
> Hours: 8:00 a.m. to approx. 8:00 p.m. (Sunday done at 4:15 p.m.)

Your preparation for and participation in all aspects of the training are required to graduate and become certified.

Special Notes:

With this being BeneFIT’s first ever Teacher Training and as we are counting on your participation to make the learning and experience as rich with information as possible, this training is being offered at a substantial discount from the price of future trainings. Join in now and become an integral part of BeneFIT’s future.

Cost:

$5,500.00

If you’re interested in this training please complete the brief questionnaire linked to below  and we’ll send you a text to schedule a brief strategy session with Nora Jeanne.

Questionnaire

Meet Your Lead Teacher

Nora Jeanne Welsh, OHYA Level 3

In 1982, while in my late teens as an exchange student in New South Wales, Australia, I was first introduced to Findhorn, astrology and metaphysics. I found it all fascinating and have explored these and other topics ever since then. I’ve read countless books on personal growth and had a strong intellectual understanding of the power of our mind. But it wasn’t until the late 1990′s while studying at the Berkeley Psychic Institute that I realized the extent to which my father’s atheist belief structure had been controlling my life.

What an incredible revelation that was! I ultimately wound up selling my home in San Francisco to cash out and live a new life, moved across the bay and shortly thereafter discovered Bikram Yoga. Friends took me to my first class and afterwards, noticing how I was effected by it, jokingly suggested that I could go to the teacher training where “they make you do the class twice a day for nine weeks straight.” I knew right then and there that I would do the training. Little did they know that it was the full body workout boot camp that I had been looking for. Other coincidences occurred that reinforced my knowing and six months later I was at the training.

My training started on September 30th, 2001, right after 9/11. As I said, I went to get my body in shape. But halfway through the training I was reminded of a vision I’d had as that exchange student and knew that teaching this yoga would be a big part of my life path.

I’m an observer and a perfectionist. I take notes and listen carefully for the nuances and the different perspectives from various teachers of the yoga. I know that we all have our own unique life story and body that reflects it and I know that there are infinite shades of gray. This yoga is not a black and white subject matter. I also could see that we teacher trainees were only getting the bare bones minimum from Bikram and quickly made the decision to continue returning back to the source, to Bikram himself, to learn more whenever possible. I attended three of his advanced seminars in Hawaii, two in Las Vegas, went on a tour to India with him in 2004, have been recertified by him three times, have led posture clinics at his teacher trainings many times, have both judged in competitions and coached competitors, have sat through many of his lectures, posture clinics and judges training clinics, did work for him and Rajashree to help make the most of the yoga competitions in their early years, and have attended several women’s retreats and workshops by other senior yoga teachers of Bikram Yoga and other yoga disciplines. While he personally has many issues, there is one thing that is for certain, his formula, the Bikram method of Hatha Yoga, is brilliant. It’s been unchanged for close to five decades because it works. And the dialogue, developed over decades of experience by Bikram teaching his yoga, is also brilliant, faults and all.

I’ve also witnessed how certain teachers, even senior teachers, take details that they hear in a class or in some discussion by Bikram, Emmy or Rajashree, and take them out of context or to an extreme that was never intended. Half Moon Pose is done and taught incorrectly by many teachers, champions even, such that it has essentially become a different posture. I address all of the inconsistencies I’ve noticed and much more in the dialogue book I’ve put together for the training.

You’ll be getting all of the knowledge and wisdom I’ve gained through all the years of my study and practice of the yoga. But that’s not all you’ll get. I’ve also dove in deep with the Avatar materials (becoming an Avatar Master/Wizard) and studies with healers and coaches. I’ve gone on to master Emotional Freedom Technique (aka EFT or Tapping) and am certified by Mary Morrissey’s Life Mastery Institute as a DreamBuilder® coach and Life Mastery Consultant®. Having studied with and been coached by the best, I can’t help but to bring all I’ve learned to my work with clients and my students.

This training, BeneFIT’s Transformational Teacher Training, is truly the culmination of my life’s work. And I’m bringing it all to you here in this one condensed package to help you become the best person and teacher of BeneFIT’s yoga and life that you can be.

Karen Schexnayre, OHYA Level 2

I took my first Bikram Yoga class in 2001. I had taken a few yoga and Pilates classes before, but I felt like I still had to “work out”. Where was the sweat and increased heart rate? Well, I found that in Bikram Yoga. I also found a complete release after class. I worked as an engineer and engineering manager at a Motorola manufacturing facility for 13 years. The department was a 24-7 stress machine and by taking Bikram Yoga on my way home from work I was able to completely forget about my day and start the evening with a calm mind. I had a change of life decision at the end of 2004, and went to the teacher training in early 2005. At the training I realized that I was absolutely doing the right thing. I had always thought of Bikram Yoga as a way to keep myself and others healthy (in muscle/lung/heart). At training, I learned that this yoga keeps EVERY part of your body healthy (including your digestive, endocrine, lymphatic, and nervous systems) and can make profound differences in peoples lives. Hearing students’ stories of how Bikram Yoga has changed their lives physically, mentally, and spiritually is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever experienced.

Mark Uridel of Healing Arts Studio, DPT, C-IAYT, ERYT500

Dr. Mark Uridel is a Licensed Physical Therapist with 15 years of experience as an orthopedic and neurologic clinician specializing in the treatment of back and neck pain. He is nationally certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. Dr. Uridel is a Certified Yoga Teacher and Registered Yoga Therapist with 24 years of experience.

He is an accomplished speaker and has presented Yoga Therapy for the Low Back and Neck nationally at the Southwest Yoga Conference, Body Mind Spirit Educational Conference, Austin Yoga Festival and Texas Yoga Retreat. His video discs “Yoga for a Healthy Neck” and “Yoga for a Healthy Back” have received national acclaim.

Dr. Uridel integrates his Physical Therapy expertise with his experience in Yoga to provide holistic healing for his patients through his company Healing Arts Yoga Therapy.

Mark will lead the Anatomy portion of the training.

Gayl Hubatch of Blue Heron Center, OMD

Dr. Gayl Hubatch, OMD is Dr. of Chinese medicine and the author of Fabric of the Soul: Eight Extraordinary Vessels.

Gayl is also a licensed acupuncturist and diplomat through NCCAOM as well as being a certified yoga instructor and qigong/tai chi senior trainer.

Gayl specializes in acupuncture, herbology, Qigong/Tai Chi, HeartMath® Training and meditation at her holistic studio; Blue Heron Center in Lakeway, TX.

Capturing essence from her practice of energy medicine for over 25 years, Dr. Hubatch brings a wealth of knowledge to her courses. She has taught at many colleges, universities and privately, since 1983, including Omega, Esalen and Kripalu.

Gayl will lead 2 talks:

“Return to Innocence: How Energy (Qi) Forms and Moves Through the Body”

“Introduction to the Science of HeartMath®”, addressing how the scientists at the HeartMath institute have extended the 40+ years of scientific research of the heart by looking at how larger-scale patterns of heart activity affect the brain’s functioning.

Christian Current of Christian Michael Current, MA , BCST, LMT

Christian is a longtime student and practitioner of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Polarity Therapy, Yoga, Meditation, World Religion, and Shamanism. In addition to having completed numerous shamanic and yogic trainings in North America and India, Christian holds a BA in Philosophy and Religion, an MA in Religious Studies and is a PhD Candidate in Asian Cultures and Languages with an emphasis on the History of Yoga Philosophy and Sanskrit.

His interest in integrative health led him to practice Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Polarity Therapy and other advanced bodywork therapies. Christian also enjoys training students in Craniosacral Therapy, Polarity Therapy, Meditation, Yoga and Shamanic work.

Christian will teach Yoga Philosophy and Traditions, and provide an Introduction to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and other healing systems.

Praise for Nora Jeanne Welsh

 

I met Nora Jeanne at her yoga studio in Lakeway and loved how my kids could take class with me. Because they admire and trust her, I turned to her for help when things weren’t going well for my son with other kids at school and elsewhere. She quickly realized how my concern for and worries about him were creating incredible stress for me so suggested we start with me.

In one strategy session I went from not sleeping at night and fighting back tears all day long to calm, relaxed and stable. The next day I found myself thoughtful, no longer an emotional mess.

She supplied me with tools and ways to mentally reframe alarming situations should they surface again in the future. And I must say it’s such a relief to no longer be controlled by my fears.

Nora Jeanne is a true teacher of life. I’ve witnessed her growth and her desire to share her knowledge and wisdom to help others see life in a new way. I always feel very cared for by her and I know it’s not just me, that others do as well.

~ H. Downs

 

 

Nora Jeanne has been a gift in my life. Every time I work with her whatever fog, frustration, confusion or negative emotion I’ve been dealing with leaves and I feel renewed and tuned in again to spirit.

I feel safe working with her and have worked through past traumas from childhood and my days in the military. She’s helped me see beyond the diagnosis and facts presented by the doctors and specialists at the VA and instead align with Spirit and my ability to heal myself. I really appreciate her natural approach to healing — diet, exercise, beliefs, mindset, spirit — and how she shifts my focus from the problem to solutions.

She’s a bright light in my life.

~ C. Braddock

 

 

I’ve trusted Nora Jeanne to work with me through deep seated trauma with tapping sessions and supportive discussions. She taught me how to meditate and that all my experiences and emotions are there to help me learn and grow. Furthermore, she’s opened my eyes to the spirituality inside me.

I appreciate and value her ongoing guidance. We met at her yoga studio and her Bikram based yoga has built my strength both physically and mentally.

A. Rice

 

 

My life has been changed forever since I first met and worked with Nora Jeanne. From a spiritual awakening in a yoga class at her studio, to breakthroughs professionally and personally using EFT and the tools from the DreamBuilder course with her, my life is exponentially better than before.

Her compassion, patience, and unwavering belief in me and my ability to rise above the fray has been incredibly comforting and validating. She doesn’t flinch or judge anything I’ve shared with her and has helped me see how everything has served a purpose in my evolution.

Somehow she finds ways to help me release even the most intense and scary emotions and I wind up leaving calm, grounded and prepared to face even my biggest challenges.

Sometimes I feel like she’s a witch — a white one — the kind I want on my side!

K. Farr