Is This Training Right For You?
Our teacher training program is for those who wish to foster greater awareness and ease in their own body, become their own self-care expert through the cultivation of a sustainable yoga practice, and explore how combined with mindfulness and compassion, this can contribute to a more balanced and integrated life.
Our Curriculum
Balance Through Movement places an emphasis on Hatha Yoga as a living tradition to support students physically, emotionally & energetically. Our teaching honors and uses the vocabulary of the Hatha Yoga tradition and integrates cross-disciplinary tools to enhance and enrich the practice. Through the use of multi-modality movement, as well as, building student’s capacity to respond to their body’s natural intelligence we keep our coursework relevant and supportive of our modern lifestyles. In addition, our experiential Teaching Laboratory gives students real-life teaching experience within a supportive community and an opportunity to receive feedback from all-levels students, peers, and experienced teachers.
The Curriculum Includes, But Is Not Limited To:
- Intentional, mindful yoga asana designed around contemporary anatomical, biomechanical and physiological knowledge
- Restorative & Therapeutic yoga to nurture a healthy nervous system
- Physical therapy informed movement practices for joint pain, osteoporosis, injury, musculoskeletal problems
- Dynamic balance, strength & stabilization, and postural & muscular balance training
- Neuroanatomy: the role of the human brain as related to mindfulness, trauma, and pain science
- Exploration of energetic anatomy (the subtle body) and the role it plays in our wellbeing
- Breathwork as a tool to build awareness, energize the body, and calm the mind
- Effective use of props to compassionately support the body and minimize the risk of strain or injury
- The benefits of conscious rest
- Mind & body awareness practices
Learning Objectives
We use lecture, practicum, discussion, independent reading and research, embodied practice, small group exercises, and play to explore and integrate our comprehensive curriculum. Our curriculum supports you to:
- explore and define what ‘yoga' means to you
- become your own self-care expert as you learn about and develop a deeper, more respectful relationship with your own body through our dynamic human anatomy curriculum
- cultivate an open heart that includes compassion for your own body, mind, and spirit and how to extend that to others
- discover who you are as a confident teacher - your own voice, your own gifts, your own unique approach
- become part of a group of dedicated learners in an inclusive, supportive environment
- teach others how to listen to their own bodies in a mindful way, so they are able to recognize postures, movement patterns, or internal/external stress that impacts their physical and emotional well-being
- teach others to be able to respond to pain, discomfort, anxiety, and tension with specific movements, exercises, and practices that make them feel better
Yoga Alliance Registration
Graduates of the Lead With Compassion Yoga Teacher Training program are prepared to teach balanced, safe & transformative yoga classes and practices to the populations that they serve. The curriculum, group experience, and integrative approach of our training, however, will provide you with more than a certificate to teach - it will provide an opportunity for personal growth, reflection, and new skills to share with others.
Upon completion of our 7-month program, you will be eligible for the 200-hour level of registration (RYT) with Yoga Alliance.