YOGA TEACHER TRAININGS

Our Mission: Our Yoga Teacher Trainings are designed to share our knowledge, understanding, and experience of yoga in all its depth, beauty and diversity; to teach and live with integrity and authenticity; and to inspire the next generation of yoga instructors towards a life of service. We achieve this in part by including only the most learned, sincere, and experienced teachers and practitioners on our team, and by keeping our trainings grounded in Satya (Truth).

Our Yoga Teacher Trainings: Balancing the practical, theoretical and experiential aspects of yoga, our 200-hour course is designed to provide students with a well-rounded, comprehensive training, giving you the tools, techniques, and confidence that allow you to begin teaching at a professional level.

Believing that the ability to ‘lead from the heart’ is inherent in everyone, we’ll have you begin ‘practice teaching’ right away, tuning you into your natural gifts from the start. You’ll first work in pairs and then in small groups—developing your style and poise—before moving on, towards the end of the training, to lead the entire class through a sequence of your own creation.

Our twice-daily asana classes (taught in the Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, and Yin Yoga traditions by veteran instructors) include both pranayama and meditation practice, and our ‘Posture Clinics’ provide greater insight into specific asanas by exploring and studying them in depth. Areas of focus include: proper alignment; anatomy, physiology and kinesiology; health benefits; symbolism; Sanskrit/common names; as well as modifications and variations.

DAILY TALKS AND DISCUSSION PERIODS MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS:

History of Yoga
Yoga: Styles, Systems, and Approaches
Ayurveda: The Science of Life
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (Classical/Raja Yoga)
Hatha Yoga
Pranayama and Breathing: Methods and Effects
Meditation: Styles and Techniques
Anatomy, Physiology, and Kinesiology
Sequencing (Vinyasa Krama)
Principles of Alignment and Injury Prevention
Energetic Anatomy
Bandhas and Mudras
Tantra
Nutrition
Pre-Natal Yoga
Nature-based Practices
Fasting, Cleansing, and Detox
Adjusting and The Dynamics of Touch
Teaching Methodology
Yoga, Ethics, and Business

Workshops: Instructors whose expertise lies in specific areas of practice facilitate the sizeable ‘workshop’ portion of our course. Subjects such as Ayurveda, Pre- and Post-Natal Yoga, Sanskrit, Honoring the Divine Feminine, ‘Working with the Energetic Body’, and Advanced Yin Yoga are explored during these modules, which vary in length between one half-day and three days, depending on the subject.

Special Guests and Events: We invite practitioners and teachers of other natural health and wellness systems to share their knowledge, wisdom and experience with us, as we can incorporate many of these complementary healing practices into our yoga (which is in itself a healing art). Many of these practitioners are also available for private sessions, providing support, care and insight during your journey.

Often, we include ecstatic dance, chanting, kirtan, pujas, and homas (fire ceremonies) and other rituals to assist us in deepening our experience and to facilitate our personal transformation.

Our Philosophy: Woven throughout the core curriculum, the spiritual dimensions of the practice are by far the most important. It is our awakening to the symbolic nature of the cosmos, the patterns reflected in nature, and our essential unity with ‘all that is’ that allows us to truly shine as yogis and teachers.

As we attune to such universal truths on the mat, we are increasingly able to experience them in other dimensions of our lives as well. In learning to align with ‘the way of things’ through our yoga practice, we not only purify ourselves, we become more effective guides for others as they travel their own, unique karmic paths.

As all authentic wisdom traditions the world over lead to the same place, we will often refer to them—in addition to the more ‘classical’ yoga lineages and approaches—so as not to become fixated on one frame of reference.

In the end, it is all about love, freedom, and self-realization, not which teacher we follow or what path of awakening we choose. While we are your guides, doing all that we can to comfort you and help you grow, it is ultimately up to you to determine your own route ‘home’. We look forward to sharing some of that sacred journey with you.

Always reverent of the concept of ‘Lila’ (Sanskrit for the ‘divine play’ which creates the universe), we encourage the lighter side of the practice. Gratitude and delight blossom within us all as we gather to share, creating trainings that are deep, meaningful, transformational…and lots of fun!

Students are awarded a ‘Certificate of Achievement’ upon graduation; in addition to certifying you as a qualified instructor, this grants you the ability to register with the globally recognized Yoga Alliance USA as an ‘RYT-200′ (a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200 hour level).

We are committed to creating inclusive spaces in yoga where people of all beliefs, backgrounds and cultures are welcome. We recognize and value the diversity that exists in this world and seek to ensure that all individuals have access to the transformational power of yoga.