On Sunday, March 18th, 2012 our yoga community raised $800 for Susie’s Hope.  27 yogis participated in an inspired mala to celebrate Susie’s life and the changing of the seasons and animal rights in North Carolina.  Thank you to everyone for your support.

In August 2009, a puppy was set on fire and left to die. Luckily, this small puppy was found in a local Greensboro park nearly 2 weeks after the incident. Although near death with second and third-degree burns on over 60 percent of her body, a broken jaw and teeth, and covered in over 300 maggots, this small puppy had a will to survive. “Susie” recovered thanks to the the Guilford County Animal Shelter and soon captured the hearts of people all over the country. Susie is now living a happy, full life with her adopted mommy, Donna Lawrence in Greensboro. Together, Donna and Susie are spreading a message of hope, faith and forgiveness. Susie and her supporters worked tirelessly to get a law enacted to allow much stiffer penalties against those who abuse and neglect dogs in North Carolina.

In June 2010, NC Legislators unanimously voted to raise the penalties for those convicted of Felony Cruelty to Animals to a Class H Felony. The current misdemeanor charge of Intentionally starving an Animal in NC was elevated to a Class H Felony. “Susie’s Law” took effect on December 1, 2010.

The Guilford County Animal Shelter spent $4,000 to save Susie’s life. We are raising money at this Mala for Susie’s Miracle Fund to help other abused animals when they are surrendered so they don’t have to be euthanized.

Checks can be made payable to United Animal Coalition/Susie’s Miracle Fund.  You can make a credit card donation through the studio.

Follow Susie’s Miracle Fund on Facebook.

Dogs helped by the fund:

Just over a year ago, Baron Baptiste and a team traveled to Kenya to deliver the first Level 1 Teacher Training, Journey into Power, in Kenya to 58 young people. It was a tremendous success! Since then over 40 Kenyan teachers are now employed by AYP, earning a living wage by establishing places to teach and expanding the student body. They are now delivering more than 100 classes weekly to over 2,000 people in prisons, women’s centers, primary schools, hospitals, and slums throughout Nairobi.

AYP actively supports the wider community by providing workshops on hygiene, health, computer and other necessary skills. Through the Bead for Change program, Masai women are employed and two schools have been built in their village. The list of accomplishments goes on and on!

Franklin Street Yoga Center staff will be mentoring a teacher and paying their living wage starting in January 2011.

Michelle Johnson has been selected as an AYP Ambassador. Her dream is to travel to Kenya in January of 2012 to work with teenage girls using her clinical social work skills and yoga teacher skills to provide education about post traumatic stress disorder. To make this dream a reality she needs to raise $5,000 for the Africa Yoga Project.   We will be supporting Michelle’s dream by raising money for AYP in June of 2011.

www.africayogaproject.org

Please Join Us!
Friday, October 26th, 2012
8:00pm-Midnight
21+ ID Required

Thank you to everyone who supported our 2011 event.  We raised $10,400 for Eve’s Scholarship.  It was truly an epic evening.  We can’t wait for 2012!

Dance Designs located at Rams Plaza across from Trader Joe’s(other side of 15/501) has over 700 costumes for rent.  A portion of the rental will be donated to the Eve Carson Scholarship.

BECOME A SPONSOR!

Franklin Street Yoga Center invites you to Chapel Hill’s greatest Halloween Costume party “The Eve Ball” which is a benefit fundraiser for the Eve Marie Carson Scholarship.

If you are one of those people who go nuts every year when it comes to Halloween, the Eve Ball is the party for you. Dance to the beat of a fantastic  DJ, and enjoy the fabulous Sugarland dessert bar. Costume contest begins at 10:00pm, so don’t come as you are; come as you want to be and win a cash prize!

By attending the event or becoming a sponsor you will be honoring Eve Carson’s legacy.

Carson, a senior from Athens, Ga., and UNC-CH’s 2007-2008 student body president, was killed in March of 2008. One of her main goals as president was to create a merit-based scholarship for UNC juniors. In her memory, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in consultation with the Carson family, established the scholarship last year to honor balanced, ambitious students who have shown strong involvement in a leadership role at Carolina and have at least a 3.0 GPA in their first three undergraduate years.

The purpose of the fund is to celebrate and remember Eve’s love for the University and its students. This one-year merit scholarship was envisioned by Eve as a way to recognize individuals who began to realize their potential as leaders while attending Carolina. Students will apply for the scholarship during their junior year, with the monetary award being applied to their senior year as well as to a summer program between their junior and senior year.

Tickets:

In costume:
$20 per person in advance, $30 per person (cash only) the night of the event.
If not in costume:
Tickets are $60.

Payment: In advance you can pay by cash, check at the or credit card  at the studio and you can pay online. To buy tickets online go to our schedule page and look under the events/workshop tab.   Scroll down to the Eve Ball and look for the sign up tab.  Checks made payable to UNC-Chapel Hill with Eve Carson Scholarship in memo line. Night of event payment: cash only.

Costume Contest

10pm

Cash Prizes $100 per category

• Best Couple
• Best Historical/Period Costume
• Most  Original
• Best Group
• Sexiest
• And the Big Prize MOST AMAZINGLY SPECTACULAR

This event is 21 and over.  Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating they are least 21 years of age will not be admitted to this event, and will not be eligible for a refund.

Sponsorship Levels:

$500 “The Carolina Way”

• Company Name listed on the website, newsletter feature & signage at event
• Four Tickets to Eve Ball Event

$300 “The Bell Tower”

• Company Name listed on the website and signage at event
• Two Tickets to Eve Ball Event

$100 “The Old Well” Company

• Name listed on the website

Checks are made payable to UNC-Chapel Hill with Eve Carson Scholarship in memo line. You can also make a donation online at our events page. Please include or mail to us a sponsorship donation information form with your sponsorship.

Download the sponsorship form here.

Please mail or drop off form to Franklin Street Yoga Center, 143E W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC  27516 or call us and we can pick it up. 919-929-0414

Eve Marie Carson Biography

Eve Marie Carson, 22, was elected student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in February 2007. Her term would have ended in April, 2008.

A native of Athens, Ga., Eve was born Nov. 19, 1985. She came to Carolina in the fall of 2004 as the recipient of a prestigious Morehead Scholarship. A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, she was a pre-medicine student majoring in both political science and biology. As a North Carolina Fellow, she was part of a four-year leadership development program for undergraduates.

While at UNC-Chapel Hill, she was extremely active in both leadership and service roles. As student body president, she was also a member of the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees. She served as co-president of the Honors Program Student Executive Board and as a member of the Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Student Aide; the Academic Advising Program; and the Chancellor’s committee for University Teaching Awards.

Teaching and working with children were key service interests for Eve. In 2006, she taught science at Frank Porter Graham Elementary School in Chapel Hill as part of UNC’s INSPIRE program, whose mission is to encourage young students to pursue science as an interest. In her junior year, Carson was a tutor at Githens Middle School in Durham. She was also an assistant coach in the Girls on the Run of the Triangle, a character development program for girls ages 8-12 that uses running to teach values and a sense of self.

Eve’s service extended well beyond the Triangle, however. In the spring of her sophomore year, she participated in a study abroad in Havana, Cuba, and she spent her summers working and volunteering in Ecuador, Egypt and Ghana as part of the Morehead Summer Enrichment program. “I credit my prior experiences, especially my past two Morehead summers, for preparing me to get along with pretty much whatever comes my way,” she wrote in an e-mail posted on the Morehead Web site. On campus, she became involved in Nourish International, an organization started by UNC students in 2002 for hunger relief. Eve served as freshman volunteer coordinator (2004) and co-chair (2005) for the group.

The daughter of Bob and Teresa Carson, Eve was also the student body president of her high school, Clarke Central, in Athens, Ga. When she ran for the same office at Carolina, she was elected with 55 percent of the vote in a runoff with a bigger turnout than the previous year’s general election.

In 2010, our yoga community donated over $13,000 to organizations such as the Red Cross-Haiti Relief, Band Together, the Africa Yoga Project, the Eve Carson Scholarship and Susie’s Miracle Fund. Each December we host a food drive for the Central North Carolina Food Bank.

In 2011, we are proud to support the following community organizations:

• The Eve Marie Carson Scholarship, by organizing the annual Eve Ball benefit fundraiser
• Africa Yoga Project, where Franklin Street Yoga Center staff will be mentoring a teacher and paying their living wages
• Susie’s Miracle Fund

We look forward to providing you with a transformational experience. We will be constantly improving as we evaluate our programs with input from our students. We hope you join us for the beginning of an exciting journey. Feel free to contact us with any questions you have about our classes, workshops, and teacher certification program.

To apply please download our teacher training application and drop it off at Franklin Street Yoga or send it to the following address with your a check for your application fee at:
Franklin Street Yoga Center
123 W. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

$500 deposit to reserve spot and applied to full tuition

$2150: Summer Early Bird Price (pay in full by April15)
$2350: Regular Tuition (pay in full by May 15)

Application Registration Fee

$50: Nonrefundable fee due at time of application

Tuition Includes:

• Teacher Training Manual
• Free unlimited classes for the entirety of your training
• Optional one hour private yoga consultation during your training

We cannot stress how important your practice will be and that it is the key to fully understanding the Baptiste Power Vinyasa system and being able to teach with confidence and insight. Your unlimited yoga will begin as early as the first day of training. Your unlimited yoga will expire the last day of training.

Other Benefits:

• Upon completion all graduates my apply for National Registry with the Yoga Alliance at the 200 hour level
• 20% discount on all continuing education specialty workshops and trainings during your training
• One time special Yearly Unlimited of classes to continue your learning! Upon graduation you may choose the option of $750 paid in full for the yearly unlimited.

All fees are payable by cash, personal check or credit card.

Incidental Administration Charges:

Transcript Request: $10
Check Return (NSF): $25
Make up Sessions: $45/hr

Cancellation Policy:

1. The application fee of $50 is nonrefundable except in the case of denial of acceptance.
2. Tuition and deposit are NON-REFUNDABLE; however, partial credit may be given for another training within one year.

Financial Aid is unavailable at this time. If you would like to set up a payment plan, please speak with Lori.

1. Be at least 18 years of age.
2. Hold a high school diploma or its equivalent.
3. Submit a $50.00 non-refundable application fee.
4. Complete application for admission. Application to the program does not guarantee acceptance.
5. Have practiced yoga for at least one year.

JULY
July 13 -15
July 27 – 29

AUGUST
August 10 – 12
August 24 – 26

SEPTEMBER
September 14 – 16
September 28 – 30

OCTOBER
October 12 -14
October 26 – 28

NOVEMBER
November 9 – 11

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
November 30 – December 2

DEFINITIONS

Techniques
The guided practice of, and analytical training in traditional yoga techniques, including yoga asana, pranayama and meditation. Knowledge of the principles of asana integrated with the details of each pose produces the ability to demonstrate asana with clarity and inspiration. The core of our training includes a thorough study of the fundamental yoga postures and the tools to enable you to teach them to others.

Pranayama and Meditation
Watching the breath is the preliminary step in controlling it. We can then use more advanced techniques to reveal our awareness at the highest level. This involves the art of sitting as well as developing an acute awareness of the timing, location, and character of the breath.

• Techniques of alignment and precision
• Principles of organization in the body
• Simple breath awareness
• Learning to sit

Teaching Methodology
Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, and business aspects of teaching yoga. Teaching yoga requires a commitment to a personal practice and a keen sense of the human body and psyche. A skilled teacher creates an atmosphere of awareness for the group and remains sensitive to the individual student.

• Use of voice, body language and touch
• Learning to see and understand bodies
• Sequencing of poses, transitions
• Classroom management and logistics
• Individualized Adjustments
• Use of props and adaptations of postures
• Special Populations

Anatomy and Physiology
Both human physical anatomy and physiology(bodily systems, bones, muscles, organs, etc) as well as energy anatomy and physiology(chakras, and meridiens, etc.) The anatomy section of the training is taught from the perspective of the body in asana in a dynamic and experiential format. Both physical and subtle anatomy will be covered including discussions of chakras and meridiens.

Philosophy / Ethics / Lifestyle
Study of yoga scriptures(Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, etc.) ethics for yoga teachers, living the life of the yogi, etc. The philosophy portion of our curriculum is based on ancient yoga texts, the eight limbs of yoga and the science of Ayurveda.

Practicum
Actual practice teaching, giving and receiving feedback and observing others teaching. Central teaching elements, assisting and adjusting, using props, voice inflection, and the seat of the teacher are all components of the practicum.

Homework / Final Exam
Homework includes attending 5 yoga classes of different styles and writing a critique of each teacher and class experience from a person, experiential perspective.