Lauren Jay Toolin, E-RYT

TEACHER TRAINING

Old Common Yoga Teacher Training
& Enhanced Yoga Program

May-October 2010
Underground Studios, Watertown, MA

Lauren Toolin and Loretta Tharp are two of the most dedicated and experienced yoga instructors in South Central Massachusetts and have combined their more than 20 years' teaching experience to offer this one-of-a-kind training. The Old Common Yoga School is registered through and complies with all requirements of the Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level.

Based upon the ancient and classical teachings of Yoga, yet made applicable to the modern day, the Old Common Yoga Teacher Training will enrich your knowledge of Yoga philosophy, lifestyle, practices and teaching methodologies. Cultivate your personal Yogic journey and your ability to guide others through your teaching.

MORE INFO: www.be-a-yogateacher.com

Lauren directed the Yoga Teacher Empowerment Training at HeartSpace Holistic in Albany, NY in 2008/09 and 2007/08. Lauren is also core faculty in Breathe Joy Yoga's Teaching Training in Sharon, MA and frequently contributes to other teacher training programs. She has mentored teachers for nearly a decade.

Her mission as a teacher is to expand people's experience of yoga beyond asana. Asana, though an interesting place to start, merely scratches the surface of yoga's potential to create a life of clarity, peace and abundance. Steeped in an authentic, living yoga tradition, her classes and training seamlessly weave asana, mantra, bandha, kriya and meditation. Insight and inspiration are fostered for serious practitioners.

To schedule a teacher training, call 508-885-2620 or email

"Lauren truly embodies years of intensive and committed study...I have watched her closely for (several) years and know that she brings an integrity, clarity, and wisdom that only years of living what she teaches could allow. (Her students and teacher trainees) will immediately gain by studying how to teach from an exceptional teacher. She is definitely someone we all would want the next generation of teachers to be informed and influenced by..." -Yogarupa Rod Stryker

"I am fortunate to both work with Lauren and call her my teacher. Lauren's workshops, retreats and teacher trainings are innovative, engaging, thought-provoking and awakening. Her teaching style is personal, humorous, insightful, and infinitely knowledgeable about everything yoga: from asana to philosophy; from pranayama to anatomy; from meditation to energy. Lauren has the unique ability to guide both beginning students and advanced yoga teachers into the very depths of what it means to practice and live your yoga on a daily basis. How many teachers out there have this profound effect on students? I look forward to studying with Lauren and continuing to share her gifts with my students for many years to come" -Robyn Parets, Director of Breathe Joy Yoga

"We are looking forward to continued study with you. We are really enjoying and benefiting from your certain je ne sais crois, which combines all your astounding knowledge with an inspiring fierceness, a warm playfulness and a soft heart." -Elizabeth and Andrew, Teacher Trainees