Trauma-Informed 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

Begins September 20th, 2023

Community Information Sessions on Zoom

  • Saturday, Aug 12th, 2023

    10:00 am

  • Friday, Aug 25th, 2023

    6: 00 pm

  • Wednesday, Sept 13th, 2023

    6:00 pm

September 2023

  • 9/20 Week 1 Discussion: Our Yoga Journey - Healing is Not Linear

  • 9/22 Week 1 Discussion: A History of Yoga, A Solution to Suffering

  • 9/23 Week 1 Integration: Your Yoga Body: Foundations of Anatomy

  • 9/27 Week 2 Discussion: The Yoga Sūtras, Abridged

  • 9/29 Week 2 Discussion: The 8 Limbed Path of Yoga: Begin with the Yamas and Niyamas

  • 9/30 Week 2 Integration: The Prāṇa-Agni-Mala Model; Practicing Śauca with Ṣaṭkarma

October 2023

  • 10/4 Week 3 Discussion: The 8 Limbed Path of Yoga: Asana & Beyond

  • 10/6 Week 3 Discussion: Your Yoga Body: Anatomy of the Breath

  • 10/7 Week 3: Practicing & Teaching Prāṇayāma

  • 10/11 Week 4 Discussion: Our Capacity to Heal - The Brain, the Nervous System, & Polyvagal Theory

  • 10/13 Week 4 Discussion: Your Yoga Body: Anatomy of the Spine

  • 10/14 Week 4 Integration: Teaching Forward Folds, Abdominal Stabilizers, Backbends, & Twists

  • 10/18 Week 5 Discussion: Meditation

  • 10/20 Week 5 Discussion: Your Yoga Body: Anatomy of the Feet & Lower Legs

  • 10/21 Week 5 Integration: Teaching Standing + Balancing Poses

  • 10/25 Week 6 Discussion: Considerations for Teaching and Understanding Trauma-Informed Yoga

  • 10/27 Week 6 Discussion: Your Yoga Body: Anatomy of the Upper Legs & Hips

  • 10/28 Week 6 Integration: Teaching Externally Rotated Hip Poses

November 2023

  • 11/1 Week 7 Discussion: Mudras and Mantras

  • 11/3 Week 7 Discussion: Your Yoga Body: Anatomy of the Neck, Shoulders, Arms, and Hands

  • 11/4 Week 7 Integration: Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

  • 11/8 Week 8 Discussion: Midway Review - Kṣema of Concepts

  • 11/10 Week 8 Discussion: Understanding Yoga Therapy Models

  • 11/11 Week 8 Integration: Sūrya Namaskāra: Sun Salutations & Vinyasa Flow

  • 11/15 Week 9 Discussion: The Sister Science of Yoga: Āyurveda

  • 11/17 Week 9 Discussion: Yoga As a Social Justice Lens

  • 11/18 Week 9 Integration: Yoga for All Bodies - Safe & Creative Sequencing

  • 11/22 - 11/25 Break for Native American Heritage Day

  • 11/29 Discussion: Inclusive Sequencing - Inversions & Arm Balances

December 2023

  • 12/1 Week 10 Discussion: Inclusive Sequencing - The Power of Prenatal Yoga

    12/2 Week 10 Discussion: Yoga Philosophy & Modern Psychology

    12/6 Week 11 Discussion: Journey Through the C̣akras: 1-3

    12/8 Week 11 Discussion: Journey Through the C̣akras: 4-7

    12/9 Week 11 Integration: Review - Kṣema of Concepts & Sound Healing

    12/13 Week 12 Discussion: Living Your Dharma - Build Your Base

    12/15 Week 12 Discussion: Applying the 8 Limbs as a Teacher

    12/16 Week 12 Written Test, Class Finale, & Celebration

For Wednesday and Friday classes, trainees meet from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Zoom

with a 20 minute snack break around 7:00 pm.

For Saturday classes, trainees meet from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm on Zoom

with a 30 minute meal break around 12:30 pm.