BREATHE BODY & MIND MAIN STUDIO
6350 Rolling Mill Place, Suite 103
West Springfield, VA 22152
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We’re excited to announce our first 200-HR Yoga and Ayurveda Teacher Training program in partnership with Beloved Yoga and their renowned and respected Yoga Teacher Training School. This program will offer a comprehensive experience drawing from Beloved’s excellence in teaching methodology based in classical yoga influenced by Sri Krishnamacharya and Svastha Yoga. which includes an inclusive mentoring program. Expect a safe, nurturing, and creative environment which will allow you to grow and deepen your practice. It is from this place of deep personal practice/sadhana that you become a teacher. Participants can opt to do just module one or the full two-module program. To obtain a 200-HR RYT, one must complete both modules and fulfill all the requirements of the program including reflective homework and mentorship.
Here’s what to expect:
The first 100 hours of the program are open to all yoga practitioners interested in learning more about yoga. In this module, you will:
- Meet a supportive community of like-minded practitioners
- Be Introduced to the Yoga lifestyle & Ayurvedic practices supporting daily breath, meditation and asana practice to support well-being, or svastha
- Find your unique alignment in the most common yoga postures and understand their benefits
- Dive into the foundational philosophy behind the practice of yoga, including the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita
- Learn about the history of yoga and its various paths
- Cultivate deeper levels of awareness in your mind and body
- Explore energetic and subtle body anatomy
- Learn functional biomechanical anatomy
- Dive into the fundamentals of Ayurveda and daily lifestyle habits
Module 2: 100 Hours - The Seat of the Teacher
If interested in becoming a certified yoga teacher, you will continue for an additional 100 hours where you will learn:
- How to incorporate the Ayurvedic lens into teaching methodology: elemental body
- How to incorporate the energetic framework of the chakras and the gunas into teaching methodology
- Teaching methodology (learning to teach online and in-person classes)
- How to sequence a well-rounded yoga class that can be adapted for multiple populations
- Discuss considerations for trauma sensitivity in group yoga classes
- Professional development
- Ethics and how to expand your path as a teacher
In addition to our scheduled classes, lectures, and practicum, we offer a unique mentoring model for those interested in cultivating their seat as teachers. The program includes up to 20 hours of one-on-one mentorship with your assigned mentor from the Breathe teaching team. Each trainee will also receive one mentoring session with Ileana Gonzalez, a board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner, and one mentoring session with our pranayama mentor, Susan Knoblauch.
Upon completion of the live weekend hours, a final 1-hour class, completion of your 30-class pass, homework assignments, final project, self-examination and mentorship, you will be eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as a 200HR yoga teacher.
Trauma-Informed Training Beloved Yoga School/Breathe recognizes the necessity of sensitivity in creating safe and accessible spaces in a group setting. The Beloved Yoga Trauma-Informed Toolkit is intrinsic to our teacher training program. You will develop skills in languaging, cultivating safe spaces, assisting, and learning the tools to respect individual exploration and expression. Teaching Team Maryam Ovissi, E-RYT 500, RPYT, RCYT, C-IAYT Ileana Gonzalez, board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner, 200hr YT, https://apurvawellness.com/ Teaching & Mentoring Team: Karin Landrum, Rebecca Oliveria, Susan Knoblauch, Dante Baker, Lynne Maloney and others TBA Schedule
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Module 1 only: $1300 (Includes a manual and a 10-class pass and mentoring)
Payment plans are available. Please speak with Lynne after your acceptance into the training about setting up a plan.
Completion Requirements
Fill out the online application and pay the non-refundable $30 application fee. The fee will be applied to your balance. We will follow up within two to three days to set up a time to connect and discuss the training. Feel free to reach out to Lynne at Breathe (lynne@breathebodymind.com) with further questions.
The following 4 books are required reading as part of the Beloved Yoga 200HR Yoga & Ayurveda Teacher Training program: