Instructor(s)

Studio Co-Owner

Erica Whalen

Erica is in love with the practice of yoga. She profoundly believes in its healing effects for the individual body and spirit, as well as the collective whole. She delights in teaching beautiful and expressive asana classes in the hatha vinyasa style.

When Erica found mang’Oh, she was running around New York City teaching at various studios, gyms, and living rooms. As creative director and co-owner of the studio, she is inspired by and grateful for all of the students and teachers that call mang’Oh their yoga home.

Erica has a BFA in Ballet and Modern Dance from Texas Christian University, and she received her yoga certification through Laughing Lotus Yoga School.

Mentor & Senior Faculty

Chintamani Kansas

Chintamani discovered yoga on a whim and quickly realized how powerful, yet simple, yoga can be to help bring balance and healing. Yoga helped Chintamani overcome trauma and redirect her life towards health and wellbeing. She quickly realized yoga was a gift that needed to be shared with everyone. Chintamani teaches classic and specialty yoga, and is a longtime Teacher Trainer in the mang’Oh 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program. She continues to study yoga, yoga for injuries and other healing modalities, including Anatomy, Pilates and Mindfulness Meditation. Chintamani’s classes blend mindfulness, alignment and joyful movement; encouraging safety and skillfulness, as well as freedom and expression. Chintamani’s mission is to get us all to move, breathe, find our joy, and feel connected and smart.

Faculty

Djuna Passman

Djuna’s aversion to yoga quickly dissipated after she discovered the strong physical, emotional, and spiritual effects of a daily practice during a time of personal upheaval. A lifelong love of moving and firm belief in the healing that comes from developing and deepening the mind-body connection have led her to successful careers as a dancer, choreographer, and dance/movement therapist. Feeling a strong desire to share the wonders of yoga with others she received her yoga certification through mang’Oh as part of their inaugural teacher training in 2011. Blending extensive knowledge of the body with choreographic skills and the ability to create and hold a safe space for self-exploration and play, Djuna aims to challenge and inspire her students. She loves sharing her passion for yoga with the mang’Oh community.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Teacher Training Overview

    • Syllabus
  • 2

    Week 1: History of Yoga & Asana (Surya Namaskar)

    • 1- The History of Yoga & the 8-Limbed Path

    • 2- Asana: Surya Namaskar - 90-Minute Practice

    • 3- Asana: Surya Namaskar - Surya A Decoded

    • 4-Asana: Surya Namaskar - Warm-Up [OPTIONAL]

    • 5- Asana: Surya Namaskar - Caturanga Dandasana

    • 6- Asana: Surya Namaskar - Urdhva Mukha Svanasana

    • 7- Asana: Surya Namaskar - Adho Mukha Svanasana

    • 8- Asana: Surya Namaskar - Tadasana [OPTIONAL]

    • 9- Asana: Surya Namaskar - Uttanasana [OPTIONAL]

    • 13- Week 1 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • 14- Intro to Chanting & Mantra with Seth Lieberman

    • 15- Week 1 Asana Worksheets - Due by Monday, 11/15/21

    • 16- Week 1 Writing Assignment - Due by Monday, 11/15/21

    • 17- Week 1 Surya Namaskar A Recording Assignment: Due by Saturday, 10/2

    • 18- Week 1 Ongoing Assignments
  • 3

    Week 2: Pranayama, Meditation & Asana (Standing Poses Part 1)

    • 1- Understanding & Experiencing the Fourth Limb: Pranayama

    • 2- Asana: Standing Poses Part 1 - 90 Minute Class

    • 3- Asana: Standing Poses Part 1 - Sequence Review

    • 4- Asana: Standing Poses Part 1 - Virabhadrasana II

    • 5- Asana: Standing Poses Part 1 - Utthita Trikonasana

    • 6- Asana: Standing Poses Part 1 - Utthita Parsvakonasana

    • 7- Asana: Standing Poses Part 1 - Ardha Chandrasana

    • 8- Asana: Standing Poses Part 1 - Vrksasana

    • 11- Week 2 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • 12- Week 2 Asana Worksheets - Due by Monday, 11/15/21

    • 13- Week 2 Writing Assignment 1 - Due by Monday, 11/15/21

    • 14- Week 2 Writing Assignment 2 - Due by Monday, 11/15/21

    • 15- Week 2 Ongoing Assignments
  • 4

    Week 3: Embodied Anatomy & Physiology of Movement

    • 1- Anatomy Overview

    • 2- Anatomy 60-Minute Yoga Practice

    • 3- Anatomy Naming Parts

    • 4- Anatomy Moving Parts

    • 5- Anatomy The Trunk

    • 6- Anatomy Hip Joint

    • 7- Anatomy Shoulders, Elbows, Knees

    • 10- Week 3 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • 11- Week 3 Writing Assignment - Due by Monday, 11/15/21

    • 12-Assists Part 1 Introduction

    • 13-Assists Part 1 Downward-Facing Dog

    • 14-Assists Part 1 Child's Pose

    • 15-Assists Part 1 Trikonasana

    • 16 - Pre-Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments for Equity & Inclusion: Complete by 10/10

    • 17- Week 3 Ongoing Assignments
  • 5

    Week 4: Asana (Standing Poses Part 2 & Backbending)

    • 1- Asana: Standing Poses Part 2 - 90-Minute Practice

    • 2- Asana: Standing Poses Part 2 - Sequence Review

    • 3- Asana: Standing Poses Part 2 - Utkatasana

    • 4- Asana: Standing Poses Part 2 - Virabhadrasana I

    • 5- Asana: Standing Poses Part 2 - Virabhadrasana 3

    • 6- Asana: Standing Poses Part 2 - Utthita Hasta Padangustasana

    • 7- Asana: Standing Poses Part 2 - Garudasana

    • 8- Asana: Backbending Overview

    • 9- Asana: Backbending Poses - 90-Minute Practice

    • 10- Asana: Backbending Poses - Sequence Review

    • 11- Asana: Backbending Poses - Salabhasana

    • 12- Asana: Backbending Poses - Dhanurasana

    • 13- Asana: Backbending Poses - Ustrasana

    • 14- Asana: Backbending Poses - Urdhva Dhanurasana

    • 15 - Asana: Backbending Poses - Eka Pada Rhajakapotasana

    • 18- Week 4 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • 19- Week 4 Asana Worksheets - Due by Monday, 11/15/21

    • 20- Week 4 Writing Assignment - Due by Monday, 11/15/21

    • 21- SUBMIT Surya Namaskar A Recording Assignment: Due Saturday, 10/2/21

    • 22- Week 4 Ongoing Assignments
  • 6

    Week 5: Restorative/Yin & Equity & Inclusion

    • 1- Restorative & Yin Yoga - 60-Minute Practice

    • 2- Equity & Inclusion Introduction & Journal Exercises

    • 5- Week 5 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • 6- Week 5 Writing Assignment 1 - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 7- Week 5 Writing Assignment 2 - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 8- Week 5 Ongoing Assignments
  • 7

    Week 6: Sutra Presentations Part 1 & Asana (Rotated Poses)

    • 1- Asana: Rotated Poses - 90-Minute Practice

    • 2- Asana: Rotated Poses - Sequence Review

    • 3- Asana: Rotated Poses - Parsvotassanasana

    • 4- Asana: Rotated Poses - Parivrtta Trikonasana

    • 5- Asana: Rotated Poses - Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana

    • 6- Asana: Rotated Poses - Parivrtta Parsvakonasana

    • 7- Asana: Rotated Poses - Ardha Matsyendrasana

    • 10- Week 6 Reading Assignments

    • 11- Week 6 Asana Worksheets - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 12- Week 6 Writing Assignment - Due by Monday, 12/14/20

    • 13- Week 6 Ongoing Assignments
  • 8

    Week 7: Sutra Presentations Part 2 & Subtle Body/Energetic Anatomy

    • 1 - Week 6 - Subtle Body & Energetic Anatomy Pre-Session Reading

    • 4 - Week 6 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • 5 - Week 6 Writing Assignment - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 6 - Week 6 Ongoing Assignment
  • 9

    Week 8: Business/Ethics of Teaching & Asana (Forward Folds)

    • 1- Asana: Forward Folds - 90-Minute Practice

    • 2- Asana: Forward Folds - Sequence Review

    • 3- Asana: Forward Folds - Dandasana

    • 4- Asana: Forward Folds - Pascimottanasana

    • 5- Asana: Forward Folds - Janu Sirsasana

    • 6- Asana: Forward Folds - Uphavista Konasana

    • 7- Asana: Forward Folds - Gomukhasana

    • 10- Week 9 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • 11- Week 8 Asana Worksheets - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 12- Week 8 Writing Assignment 1 - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 13 - SUBMIT First Teaching Experience Recording: Due by Saturday, 10/30
  • 10

    Week 9: Sequencing Part 1 & Asana (Inversions)

    • 1- Sequencing Part 1 - Decoding Surya B

    • 2- Asana: Inversions - Introduction

    • 3- Asana: Inversions - 90-Minute Practice

    • 4- Asana: Inversions - Sequence Review

    • 5- Asana: Inversions - Salamba Sirsasana

    • 6- Asana: Inversions - Pincha Mayurasana

    • 7- Asana: Inversions - Adho Mukha Vrksasana

    • 8- Asana: Inversions - Salamba Sarvangasana

    • 9- Asana: Inversions - Viparita Karani

    • 10- Assists Part 2 - Ardha Matsyendrasana

    • 11- Assists Part 2 - Adho Mukha Vrksasana

    • 12- Assists Part 2 - L-Shaped Handstands

    • 13- Assists Part 2 - Pincha Mayurasana

    • 16- Week 8 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • Week 8 Writing Assignment - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 18- Week 8 Asana Worksheets - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 19- Week 8 Ongoing Assignments
  • 11

    Week 10: Specialty Teaching & Sequencing Part 2

    • 1- Specialty Teaching - 60-Minute Practice

    • 2- Specialty Teaching - Surya A Prenatal

    • 3- Specialty Teaching - Surya A Beginners

    • 4- Sequencing Part 2: 60-Minute Practice

    • 5- Sequencing Part 2: Sequence Review

    • 8- Week 10 Reading/Listening/Watching Assignments

    • 9- Week 10 Written Assignment 1 - Due by 12/13/21

    • 10- Week 10 Written Assignment 2 - Due by 12/13/21

    • 11- Week 10 Written Assignment 3 - Due by 12/13/21

    • 12- Observation Classes Written Responses (4) - Due by Monday, 12/13/21

    • 13- Study Buddy Group Meetings Written Responses (3) - Due by Monday, 12/13/21