Prices and Registration
Defining Aqua Yoga
Aqua Yoga Teacher Training
Aqua Yoga Video
Certification Process
Fitness Professional CECs
Pool Temperatures
Hosting Workshops
PRICES AND REGISTRATION
If you are ready to register for a workshop or want to find the price of a workshop, please view our registration page. From there, you can easily navigate to the details for any workshop, which will show you the price of the given workshop.
We encourage you to register for workshops as early as possible to avoid the disappointment of a cancellation. Workshops that don't have enough participants 3-4 weeks before the scheduled date will be cancelled. If you register for a workshop and it is cancelled, you will be fully refunded.
Back to TopDEFINING AQUA YOGA
Aqua Yoga is a fun and effective practice that adapts traditional Yoga postures to an aquatic environment. From a physical standpoint,
practicing asanas (poses or postures) in the water causes less stress on the joints and provides a feeling of success by allowing students to experience
postures they may be unable to achieve on land. However, in some postures, the resistance of the water creates more opportunity to build strength. The
aqua environment may allow students to achieve a greater range of motion, increasing muscle flexibility. From a mind-body standpoint, water is very
comforting and nurturing, which enhances relaxation and readies our minds for a deeper meditative experience.
Yoga has been linked to decreased stress, heart rate, blood pressure, fatigue and depression – and a lower risk of all the diseases that accompany these risk
factors. Many Yogis find better sleep, more confidence, a more positive outlook on life, improved moods, and fewer addictive behaviors than they experienced
prior to engaging in Yoga.
Aqua environments are calming and inviting. There is a natural serenity associated with water, and this improves the mind-body connection and readies the mind
for a more peaceful, meaningful meditation. Final Savasana (corpse pose) and breathing in Mountain Pose are extremely nurturing in the tranquility of the water.
One reason that Yoga is so helpful at reducing stress is because we focus intently on deepening our breath and bringing awareness to our breath. This invokes
our parasympathetic (relaxed) nervous system and helps us develop a sense of detachment in a world that sometimes feels out of control, or to which we feel
totally overwhelmed and attached at every turn.
Not only can Yoga help us focus on deep breathing and create space in our day when we are heavily focused on our breath, but Aqua Yoga gives us an additional
benefit because standing in water while performing Yoga postures adds uniform resistance against the abdominals. When we resist abdominal expansion, we naturally
resist diaphragmatic contraction. Breathing while standing in water requires the diaphragm to overcome a strong water pressure evenly distributed over the
abdomen. What a wonderful strength training exercise for the diaphragm!
The number of Yoga postures that can be easily adapted to the water is phenomenal. We introduce you to many Aqua Yoga poses in our Aqua Yoga Teacher Training
Workshops. Once you get a feel for the poses, you will probably start incorporating some of your own postures into this peaceful practice! Click here to see
Aqua Yoga PHOTOS.
If you are ready to register for a workshop/training or purchase a home-study or online workshop, please go to our
registration page. You can view details of each option which will show you the prices
as well as dates and cities for each workshop.
AQUA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
White Crow Yoga offers distance programs and in-person (live) workshops to teach you how to
become an Aqua Yoga Instructor or how to add Aqua Yoga to your personal fitness routine or Yoga practice. Our courses start at a beginner level, so we
assume no prior Yoga or water fitness experience. You do not have to be certified by any other organizations to take our Aqua Yoga workshops.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM? If you take the online course, you will receive an online manual and online Aqua Yoga video, along with an exam, your CEC forms
and a certificate of completion. If you take the distance home-study course, you will receive a printed (hard copy) manual and a physical copy of the Aqua Yoga video.
The exam, CEC forms and certificate are available online. If you take the workshop in person, you will receive a printed copy of the manual and 2 days of live workshop
training, including time in the pool. You will experience one or more Aqua Yoga Master Classes taught by your instructor and at nearly every workshop we have enough
pool time for students to practice teaching the postures to each other.
We offer an Aqua Yoga Teacher Training/Instructor Workshop as a 2-day live course and as a distance course. The material covered in the distance program is the same as the material covered in the live workshop. In the live course, you will experience Aqua Yoga master classes firsthand, while in the distance workshops, you will receive a video of a master class. After successfully completing the 2-day course or the distance course, including an exam, you will have earned the designation of Certified Aqua Yoga Instructor.
The Aqua Yoga Teacher Training/Instructor Workshop (distance or 2-day live course) program equips instructors to teach over 60 Aqua Yoga asanas, mudras, and pranayama techniques and covers safety and alignment, benefits, modifications, and the exercise principles behind each posture.
Students will be provided with sample Aqua Yoga classes, a manual
outlining each pose, and a clear understanding of how to create their own classes. Distance students (online and home study) will receive an Aqua Yoga master class video, while students participating in the live workshop will experience master classes as part of their workshop. We will also cover Aqua Yoga techniques, methodology, anatomy and physiology,
and we will touch upon yoga philosophy and history, including a glimpse of the chakra system and how we can use these energy centers to create proper alignment in
our yoga poses. The program explores designing class sequences, learning proper yoga posture alignment and identifying and correcting common misalignments.
Students in the live workshops will have an opportunity to practice teaching their new aqua yoga skills with other trainees.
Please note that if you purchase the online program, you can print the pages, but it may only print 2 pages at a time...it is possible that you MAY NOT be able to print the entire manual with one click of a button. The book used to be printed only 2 pages at a time. Our vendor made a change that allows most computers, but not all, to now print the full pdf with one click of a button. There is no guarantee that you will be able to print all of it with one click. It may print 2 pages at a time on your computer. This online program was initially set up this way to encourage environmentally sound practices and discourage printing multiple copies. If having a hard copy of the manual is important to you, please decide if you are willing to print the file with multiple clicks to print, or if the home study version (where a printed manual is mailed to you) is a better option. Again, most computers can now print the pdf fully with one click, but we can't guarantee this, as we have no control over the vendor's product.
(We work hard to produce workshops, and appreciate you respecting our work by not sharing it with others.) Also, please note that you may not be able to view the book on mobile devices, such as iPhones, but you can view it on both MACs and PCs. If these restrictions are not acceptable to you, please consider the home study option, where you will receive a printed version of the manual. Shipping is free within the USA. If you are outside the USA, please contact us for shipping rates before purchasing, or purchase the online Aqua Yoga program, which is less expensive, saves paper, and is delivered to you immediately!
If you are ready to register for a workshop/training or purchase a home-study or online workshop, please go to our
registration page. You can view details of each option which will show you the prices
as well as dates and cities for each workshop.
AQUA YOGA VIDEO
We have a 56- minute Aqua Yoga video that features a master class taught at a teacher training workshop. The video demonstrates many (but not all) of the Yoga postures taught in the Aqua Yoga Instructor Workshop/Teacher Training program. Watching the video will help you learn how to properly execute the movements. It will also help you make the connection between the pose name and the physical posture as the asana names are displayed on the screen.
If you purchase the Aqua Yoga Teacher Training program, the video is included in your materials, so there is no need to purchase it separately. If you want to purchase only the video, please go to the registration page to order.
CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Please note that the term “certification” is a broad term that is used in the fitness arena to often denote simply “taking a workshop and passing a test.” There are many 1 or 2 day certifications and online certifications, certifications where you pass a written, proctored exam and certification programs that require you to spend 200-500 hours of study time with a teacher. Some certifications are overseen by a third-party and some are not. The term “certification” as used here, obviously denotes either a 2-4 day workshop or an online exam, and it is not meant to denote anything else or be deceptive in any way. If we didn’t use the word “certification” many people wouldn’t find us online! If you want to become truly proficient a Yoga, we highly recommend taking a live, 200-hour RYT program. This doesn’t mean that a certification less than a 200-hour training isn’t useful, because it can be very useful! We simply state this with the objective of full disclosure and to help you understand the difference between becoming an RYT or a fitness professional who is certified by an agency overseen by a third-party (such as ACE) and a workshop certification.If you are ready to register for a workshop/training or purchase a home-study or online workshop, please go to our registration page. You can view details of each option which will show you the prices as well as dates and cities for each workshop. Back to Top
FITNESS PROFESSIONAL CEC’s
Please note that you do NOT need to be certified by any other organization to take our programs or workshops. If you are certified by American
Council on Exercise (ACE), Aquatic Therapy & Rehab Institute (ATRI), or Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA), then you can earn CECs, but if you are not certified
by them, disregard this information. If you are certified by AFAA or another organization, you can petition them for credit. If you require any additional
information to petition, please let us know. You do not need any additional education or experience to take our courses. We teach in a way that assumes the
material is new to you.
Please see below to determine the number of CEC’s you will receive by taking our Aqua Yoga workshops.
Aqua Yoga Teacher Training/Instructor Workshop (live or distance study):
ACE - 1.0 CECs
AEA - 15 CECs
ATRI - 15 CECs
Yoga Alliance - Live workshop counts as 15 contact hours, or 1 contact hour per physical hour spent in the workshop
If you are ready to register for a workshop/training or purchase a home-study or online workshop, please go to our
registration page. You can view details of each option which will show you the prices
as well as dates and cities for each workshop.
POOL TEMPERATURES
For most populations, Aqua Yoga can be taught in the same pool you use for your water aerobics classes. You do not need a separate or
therapeutic pool. Our Aqua Yoga program is designed to keep students warm.
The desired pool temperature depends on the student population and type of class you plan to teach. We realize that many Aqua Yoga classes must share a pool
with Water Aerobics classes and will not have the luxury of a pool heated to therapeutic levels. Our Aqua Yoga Teacher Training shows you how to add 'warming
moves' that keep students from getting chilled.
If you are teaching to the same population that takes water aerobics classes at your facility, you may be teaching in a pool that is around 82-88 degrees
Fahrenheit. If the pool is on the lower end of the range, you will need to add more warming moves. On the other hand, if you are teaching to a group of
extremely unconditioned or frail students who are not capable of more strenuous moves, you may need to have a pool heated 90 degrees or higher. While 88
is a great temperature to teach Aqua Yoga for most students, we realize that this is not always feasible, so we make it possible to teach our program in
cooler pools by keeping students warm through the use of dynamic Yoga asanas.
Most everywhere we teach, we are sharing a pool with water aerobics students, and we are able to overcome the cooler temperature by the design of our program.
If you are ready to register for a workshop/training or purchase a home-study or online workshop, please go to our
registration page. You can view details of each option which will show you the prices
as well as dates and cities for each workshop.
HOSTING WORKSHOPS
If you’d like to get on the schedule for 2013, please let us know. Also, please read our Hosting FAQ’s.
If you are ready to register for a workshop/training or purchase a home-study or online workshop, please go to our
registration page. You can view details of each option which will show you the prices
as well as dates and cities for each workshop.
