FOUNDATIONAL 200 HOUR PROGRAM
Advance your practice by cultivating strength,
flexibility, and the mind-body connection.
*All trainings are Yoga Alliance certified
This program is designed for serious students as well as aspiring teachers.
Develop a complete understanding of alignment and muscular engagement to flow safely through a deeper practice. Delve daily into the architecture of asanas to connect anatomy to movement. Discover custom modifications for different bodies. Build confidence with multiple hands-on approaches. Acquire a practiced knowledge of cues and sequencing. Gain an overview into the modern business landscape of yoga.
Leave with all the skills to teach and build your business. Or join us to simply discover yourself through a deeper practice and to find lifelong friends.
2021 | Koh Samui, Thailand
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our immersive training has been postponed. Please note that we will announce new training dates when it is safe for our students to join us in person.
Experience
Our 200-hr training is a dedicated, immersive experience in Koh Samui, Thailand. Set aside the time to deepen your connection to yourself, your purpose, and your passion.
Certification
Graduates receive Yoga Alliance RYT 200 qualification, the international standard for teaching. Alumni also receive a 25% discount off future trainings and continued access to our community.
Prerequisites
This program is designed for serious students as well as aspiring teachers. We recommend that trainees have at least six months of consistent yoga practice.
Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns at all, we are here to help. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We look forward to connecting with you!
Program Overview
Our 200-hour curriculum is composed of five key threads: The Practice, The Asana, The Mind, The Tradition, and The Business. Expect multiple daily practices and lectures, running from 7am-7pm. We typically schedule one day off per week.
The Practice
Morning Practice (Alternating Teachers)
Our daily morning practices focus on strong vinyasa flows to advance your practice from foundations towards arm balances and inversions. Heighten the mind-body connection, deepen the breath, and find balance between strength and flexibility. Expect to sweat profusely while cultivating a spirit of lighthearted play through pranayama, creative sequencing, arm balances, and inversions.
Evening Practice (Alternating Teachers)
Enjoy evening practices varying between strong vinyasa flows, inversion and arm balance clinics, acro yoga, Thai massage, adjustment clinics, and practice teaching.
Inversion and Arm Balance Clinics (Alternating Teachers)
Inversions and arm balances challenge us both physically and mentally. Build the tools from any level of practice to understand the journey towards these advanced postures. Learn interactive strength and flexibility exercises, partner inversion work, and independent wall and prop use. Cultivate confidence in guiding yourself and your future students into these postures through creative sequencing, safe spotting, hands-on adjustments, and efficient verbal cues.
Acrovinyasa™️ (Led by Claudine and Honza)
Acrovinyasa and partner yoga are great ways to cultivate community, build trust, and strengthen communication. Apply this practice to break the ice, warm the mind-body connection, and generate quick camaraderie.
The Asana
Alignment (Led by Bri)
The yoga world is filled with alignment cues and belief systems which often contradict one another. Demystify the reasons behind the cues. In our asana and alignment lectures, dive deeply into individual postures, learn common misalignments, study the functions of the muscles, discuss key contraindications, and practice effective cueing.
Assists and Adjustments (Alternating Teachers)
Adjustments are a valuable instrument of communication for teachers and a key way for students to learn correct engagement, yet many teachers fear providing adjustments. Gain knowledge and build confidence. Practice safe and effective assists, hands-on adjustments, modification tools tailored to different bodies, and injury prevention. Learn the right customizations to approach adjustments with knowledge, respect, and confidence.
Anatomy (Led by Adam)
We teach anatomy focused on functional biomechanics in relation to asanas and common misalignments. Grow a solid understanding of the human body to enhance your knowledge and teaching abilities. Learn anatomy in conjunction with alignment to help you teach your students how to flow safely.
Sequencing (Alternating Teachers)
Practice many branches of modern Vinyasa-based flow, including peak pose sequencing, wave sequencing, and ladder flows. Learn a foundational sequence that is accessible, challenging, and easily tailored to different class lengths and levels. Expect daily sequencing lectures breaking down morning practices together in detail. Discuss sequence thinking and construction. Build creative modifications in your own voice as you gain teaching expertise. Practice teaching your own creative sequences.
Practice Teaching (Alternating Teachers)
Practice teaching is a core part of our curriculum. Expect many hands-on opportunities to practice teach cues, sequencing, teaching aids, and adjustments with fellow trainees. Lead teachers will provide individualized feedback on regular assignments.
The Mind
Pranamaya (Led by Adam)
Begin each day with group pranayama. Hone breathing techniques to energize the body while calming the mind.
Kirtan (Led by Adam)
Follow group pranayama each morning with kirtan. Build unison in song to greet the sun.
Meditation (Led by Honza)
Learn meditation and mind-stilling techniques. Cultivate a twenty-minute, twice daily meditation practice.
Yoga Psychology (Led by Honza)
Apply the practices of contemplation to self-reflection and understanding the inner workings of the psyche. Practice methods of reshaping habitual behavior which no longer serve. Establish an equanimity of the mind to improve wellbeing.
The Tradition
History and Scripture (Led by Honza)
Yoga tradition spans far beyond the physical. Cover key aspects of history and ancient texts including the Veda, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita. Learn basic Sanskrit relating to key concepts and asana.
Philosophy (Led by Honza)
Discover accessible ways to integrate tradition and philosophy into daily practical use. Learn methods of mindfully introducing concepts to your students. Live your dharma.
Myths of the Asanas (Led by Claudine)
Discover the storied history behind the physical poses. Feel the flow of these tales through the mind and soul as we embody the shapes in our practice.
The Business
Business Foundations (Led by Bri)
Yoga as a business and industry has grown exponentially over the past ten years. What was once an industry with limited outreach now has opportunities for yoga teachers to grow as entrepreneurs, clothing designers, management consultants, online personalities, healers, therapists, world travelers, and more. Gain a modern understanding of the global landscape. Explore the many avenues of opportunity. Clarify your passion, discover your path, and create a plan to do what you love and to love what you do.
Branding Your Passion (Led by Bri)
In this world of many voices, it is key to find your own. Learn the importance of branding and how to find your how, what, and why. Dedicated topics cover social media usage and statistics, finding your voice, content creation, branding your strengths, and organizational tools.
Accelerating Your Career (Led by Bri)
Advance your career to the next level. Topics include studio classes, private classes, corporate classes, workshops, travel teaching, retreats, owning and operating a studio, creating yoga products, and producing online content. Exercises are designed to clarify your strengths and help you position yourself as an expert.
Growing Your Network
Learn just as much from your teachers as from your fellow trainees from all over the world. Past trainees have included studio owners, event organizers, resort managers, content media experts, podcast hosts, doctorate candidates of yoga philosophy, and more.
Advanced 300-hour program
Join our 300-hour program to build strength in technique, hone your voice, diversify your practice, grow new opportunity, and cultivate community. Discover your truth as a teacher and entrepreneur. Leave with the tools to embody it.
Our Promise
Our promise is to help you discover yourself as both a practitioner and as a teacher more deeply. We promise you the adventure is beautiful, challenging, exciting, and worth the while. Whether you are a teacher or a serious student, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your yoga path and trusting us to be your guides.
If you have any questions or concerns at all, we are here to help. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We look forward to connecting with you!
Payment
Tuition and Deposits
A nominal deposit is required to reserve your spot with each registration. We also offer early-bird specials for a significant discount from overall tuition.
Easy Payments
We offer personalized payment schedules based on your needs. All costs must be paid in full three months prior to course start date. Payments may be made via TransferWise, credit card, PayPal, and wire transfer. Please note that processing fees may vary drastically across different locales and must be covered by trainees.
We are happy to advise and work with you directly on the most convenient and cost-efficient method of payment for you.
Refund Policy
Deposits are not refundable for any reason. Aside from the deposit, your remaining payments are 100% refundable, for any reason, until sixty days prior to course start date. Within sixty days prior to course start date, all fees become 100% non-refundable. In special cases, some or all of your fees may be transferable to a future course. To initiate a refund, please contact us directly.
Certification
Under no circumstances does payment ensure certification. All certifications are merit-based only and students must meet all requirements for graduation. We do not sell certifications.
Tax Deductions
Check with your local tax advisor to learn whether professional yoga training may be deducted as a business expense in your jurisdiction. This may aid in a considerably lower overall total. If you need an official tax invoice, just ask. We’re happy to help!
