Do you aspire to deepen your yoga practice, begin teaching yoga or further advance your yoga teaching career? Invest in our Vinyasa Advanced Studies & 200-hour Teacher Training program to transform your passion for yoga into something greater. This program will not only teach you how to be an instructor of yoga, it will help you get to the heart of who you are, what motivates you, and how you can break through into your own personal brilliance. Participants will leave with a vocational certificate to teach yoga anywhere. This 11-month program is as comprehensive as it is intense. Students will work hard and be held to very high standards of participation, conduct and timeliness. Each weekend students will teach and practice yoga, be challenged to take healthy risks in teaching and life, be asked to question what they know, pushed to consider new perspectives and knowledge, be assigned outside classwork, and be awarded a vocational certification at the end of the course! Upon completion of this 11-month program, graduating students will receive a certificate of vocation recognized by the Yoga Alliance and is considered a 200-hour program.
Each training weekend (8am-5pm), you will:
Our 200-hour teacher training curriculum includes:
- Advanced study of asana (proper alignment, benefits and potential risks, sanskrit names of postures)
- Principles of anatomy (physical and subtle)
- Science and art of sequencing a class
- Hands-on adjustments
- How to observe bodies
- Informed use of props to improve or modify a posture
- Cultivating your teaching voice
- Confidence-building through practice teaching
- Yoga history and philosophy
- Meditation
- The Business of Yoga
Each training weekend (8am-5pm), you will:
- Teach & practice yoga daily (even on day one)
- Be challenged to take healthy risks in your teaching and your life
- Be asked to question what you already know and practice healthy skepticism
- Be asked to consider new perspectives & knowledge/stay in beginner’s mind
- Be asked to complete outside homework assignments/study during training
- Learn how to teach every class to the students in front of you (no auto-pilot)
- Teach a full one-hour class as part of your practicum
Fulfillment of this Training Program leaves you with:
- A Yoga Alliance Certification: You will earn a Certificate of Completion of a 200hr Yoga Teacher Training Program and be able to register with Yoga Alliance as a 200RYT. Our program meets the new credentialing requirements of the Yoga Alliance as of March 2020.
- A Wealth of Knowledge: You will leave with a deep understanding of the philosophy of yoga, asana, pranayama and meditation.
- Full Embodiment: You will solidify and own your life, your yoga and faith practice experiences.
- Authenticity: You’ll learn how to authentically live your yoga on and off your mat.
- A Tool Box of Intelligent Class Designs: You will have learned the art and science of designing and delivering a safe, dynamic Vinyasa yoga class. You and your classmates will design classes with a specific purpose, giving you a notebook of ready to teach classes to start your yoga teaching career.
- Skills to Truly Teach: Our program isn't about memorizing and reciting sequences. Instead, an emphasis is placed on teaching principles for clearly instructing the bodies in front of you while bringing those bodies and minds into physical and energetic alignment.
- The Gift of Finding Yourself: This program will give you the space and opportunity to find your practice of transformation as well as develop/refine your own teaching style.
- Post Grad On-going Support: Support for graduates includes free repeat attendance at future 200-hour trainings & life-time access to Trish &/or Kate for guidance & questions as your yoga teaching journey unfolds. They will come alongside you as a teacher as well as if owning a studio is in your future. It is a fantastic partnership for creating change in the world and continued encouragement for you to shine as brilliantly as possible!
- Sept 16/17
- Oct 21/22
- Nov 18/19
- Dec 16/17
- Jan 13/14
- Feb 3/4
- Mar 2/3
- April 6/7
- May 4/5
- June 1/2
- June 29/30
Classes will be held at Soleil Lune Yoga Center, 203 East Wisconsin Ave, #210 Oconomowoc
Application Process:
- Prospective students will pre-register below
- Once we receive your pre-registration, students will receive an email from the instructors with the next steps in the process and a link to the course application.
- Applications
need to be received two weeks prior to the start of the program along with a
nonrefundable $100 application fee. This
application fee will be applied to your total tuition cost.
- Once
your application is received an interview may be scheduled with Trish Washburn,
School Director. Please understand that application to the program does not
guarantee acceptance.
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by e-mail.
Once we receive and approve your application, you will need to place a $400 nonrefundable deposit to reserve your spot in this year's teacher training program. This deposit is also applied to your tuition cost.
Our program’s tuition is $3,500. Your application fee of $100 and your deposit of $400 will be applied to this total cost.
Payment Plans
We have two tuition payment options you can choose for your remaining $3,000 tuition balance.
- Pay In Full: The remaining $3000 balance of your tuition can be paid in full before our first session
- Four Payments Option: You may choose to spread out the tuition balance over the course of 4 payments of $875.00 made every two months. A one-time processing fee of $200 which brings your tuition grand total to $3700.