Advanced Yoga Teacher Training ΰ₯ Yoga Alliance RYT 300 creating RYT 500
500+ hours over 10-36 months (flexible)
Here is the application
Our advanced yoga training prepares you to confidently work in natural health care:
Choose from several styles - hot yoga, athletic yoga, inner practices, restorative practices, Ayurveda inspired Yoga
We emphasize strong daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal routines with yoga, breathing, and self care practices.
Receive 1 on 1 mentorship from us, as well as community support, as you blossom into a more confident version of your Self.
Gain confidence in customizing yoga 1 on 1 privates, group classes, and workshops - keys to financial success as a yoga teacher
Learn excellent hands-on posture assists
Explore the rich traditions of Ayurveda and Yoga as taught in the ancient sanskrit texts.
Includes a group weekend meditation retreat
Includes a facilitated Ayurveda home detox (panchakarma)
For students who transfer into our program, you will be required to make up any education gaps to match our foundation level 1 training. This can be done concurrently with your advanced program. See our transfer page.
Mentorship and instruction from master teachers
Kathy Busto Mickel has over 20 years of management and coaching experience to add to her love of yoga and natural health care. She is a dedicated follower of Paramahansa Yogananda and Self-Realization Fellowship. Kathy also loves bringing people to Hawaii, for retreats, and to study with her brother, a licensed acupuncturist
Shiela Dimof has over 20 years in yoga ashram life. She is a certified E-RYT 500 yoga teacher trainer and a certified Ayurveda Panchakarma Therapist, trained in India by Dr. Vasant Lad.
Pierre Couvillion mentors each of our advanced teacher trainees, offering personal feedback from a deep and broad background in natural health care, including Ayurveda Practitioner, E-RYT500 Yoga Trainer, and NCBTMB massage teacher. This personal mentorship is our guarantee that you will have the support required to become an accomplished, confident professional.
PRICING
Refunds: deposits and installment payments are non-refundable; upfront in full is partially refundable. See our refund policy here.
SCHEDULE
How do I start? You can apply today. Once you are accepted, you can pay a deposit and begin any make-up work required. You can even come observe our training before you commit.
How long does it take? RYT 300 is a flexible program, taking anywhere from 10 to 36 months to complete.
What are the dates? (following schedule is subject to change)
WEEKLY CLASSES
weekly class(es) with a trainer: Sunday 845a-1045a +/or Wed 545-745p
Transfer students are required to attend Wed 545-745 RYT200 TT until acclimated to our school
your teaching class (of your style choice, for which you will receive feedback over the year)
SEMI-MONTHLY WEEKENDS (6 weekends / year)
intro teacher trainings are Friday evening - Sunday afternoon. You lead to learn these.
each includes yoga philosophy, sanskrit, bodywork skills (thai massage, ayurveda oil, acupressure, shiatsu), and Ayurveda
1 other Sunday for advanced teacher training toolset (so 6 additional Sundays a year)
5 main emphases of our advanced teacher training:
1) Inner development: advancement in yoga is most importantly in the nervous system; therefore we emphasize the practice and teaching of breathing techniques and meditation
2) Strengthen a broad skill set, including teaching workshops: it takes a variety of skills to teach others: touch (bodywork, anatomy), communication (NVC), understanding (yoga sutras, sanskrit) and assessment (yoga for individual needs). Become confident teaching workshops by doing them onsite, with feedback.
3) Develop one-on-one teaching skills: for whom and when is a yoga tool indicated?, how do I design a realistic home/office practice for someone? How do I work with pain, or special needs?
4) Develop a new group class format build from our accessible yoga 1 class to a next format (more athletic, more restorative, inner techniques, hot yoga, etc) of your own inclination with a practicum that includes feedback and supervision.
5) Ayurveda teaches for whom and when something is indicated. This βscience of lifeβ is the superset of yoga, the medical system that instructs how to adapt postures and breathing techniques to individual needs. Some topics include
5 elements, 3 organizations and 20 qualities of human gardening
dinacarya - daily routine
prakrti - body types
vikrti - signs and symptoms of disorders
staying healthy with seasons, age, time of day
female healthy monthly routine
shad-rasa - 6 tastes and how they affect body types
agni and aama - digestive fire and signs of stagnation
abhyanga (oil massage and dry brushing by body type)
subtle anatomy (cakra, nadi, bija mantra)
5 subtypes of vata (5 ways stuff moves inside me)
5 subtypes of pitta (5 types of inner transformation)
5 subtypes of kapha (5 types of lubrication+building)
dhaatus (7 body tissues), upadhaatus (secondary tissues) and malas (byproducts)
cooking and food preparation
diet for body types and healthy vegetarian cooking
neti pot, nasya (sinus and throat care)
karna purana + hair treatments (ear and head care)
facial wash + beauty treatments
external bastis (oil baths for painful areas)
shirodhara (nervous system oil application to the head)
pulse, tongue, eye diagnosis
sweat chambers
marma points (acupressure or energy points)
panchakarma - deep cleanse (at home version)
We evaluate your current teaching skills
We have regular, weekly, teaching lab classes where trainees learn on-the-job, in a live classroom setting. You attend this live training class and ask questions during the feedback session that follows. Once you are ready to teach a weekly class, your teaching skills will be evaluated at that class. If you need to work on a few things (verbal cues, physical adjustments, for example), you can work on gaining confidence, over time, at your weekly class.
APPLICATION + QUESTIONS
Contact us at santosha.school@gmail.com, or use the form at bottom of page for any questions
Ready to apply? Here is the application
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