Yoga Teacher Training & Mentorship

Ready for 200 hour yoga certification/study?

Teaching yourself happens before teaching others. How has your yoga practice been this past year?

Isolation experience has kindled our next Yoga Teacher Training, currently accepting applications.

Register for our study of teaching and deeper practice! Live, Zoom and virtual attendance.

Our last yoga teacher training was lecture 3 hrs/week for 30 weeks, plus weekly reading (minimum 1 hour/week), and group or private yoga class (twice/week). The balance of training hours depends on the student's own interests, for example : independent study, or community reach out, or studio volunteer efforts. While teacher training has a chronological week to week schedule, it is possible to extend it to account for absences, or choose a more intensive schedule.
Live training is at our studio in Amherst County. Other in-person training is planned for Charlottesville. We offer a diploma for a 200 hour yoga teacher certification. Yoga teacher training combines medical knowledge, awareness practice, and compassion with the nuts and bolts of teaching. It's philosophy comes from ancient times going back to The Yoga Sutras.

Learn spinal anatomy and movement precautions. Clinical attention is given to the prevention of injury. Learn postures- the incremental alignments to build a pose, to transition between poses, how to teach mindful posture. Physiology informs postures (what happens in inversions) and anatomy instructs general knowledge (the heart is actually divided in half to bookend our breath). Learn how to approach chronic pathologies such as arthritis, back pain and old injuries; how to modify postures for limitations, to assist not hamper rehab. By the program's end we grasp postural workings of muscles and bones, organs and different body systems (i.e. nervous, respiratory) working together.

Our next Yoga Teacher Training- Deepen your practice, share your gift. Apply to our small group interested in starting this summer. Fit the training into your schedule. Our next training has a fluid approach, with virtual class options. It adjusts to student & teacher schedules.

Our yoga teachers practice a variety of breath instruction (pranayama), and meditation with different mindfulness techniques. Study how yoga is understood in western society and the eastern roots of yoga. We teach about the different kinds of yoga, the various styles of hatha yoga, and yoga for specific populations, i.e. during pregnancy, kids yoga, chair yoga. We discuss not only the physical body but also the energy body’s system of pathways and chakras, and yoga’s spiritual practice to connect beyond ourselves.

Students get real world practice in teaching posture sequences and leading classes. We address teaching styles, hands on practice in leading group and individual classes. Guest teachers will offer insights and knowledge.

This 30+ week, 200 hour teaching certification and yoga mentorship qualifies the participant for yoga teaching in Virginia, 34 other states, as well as internationally. The diploma enables you to lead yoga classes with safety, and provides an understanding of yoga principals. We know being a yoga teacher is a life choice that continues learning. Although this is a 200 hour certification, my own original inspiration and learning came from individual teachers who had mentored me for several years in the 1990's. It's how new teachers were created back in the day, before there was a nationalized standard for new yoga teachers.
Last year, needing yoga more than ever, we couldn't get together. Today is in a different place, and it feels different. Yoga teacher training can be prohibitively expensive. Our studio offers a unique approach at a lower cost to the student. It is mentorship more typical of traditional yoga training. Teacher training is open to working with student and teacher schedules. It needs to be kind, understanding of where we all are at this moment. Teachers and students help determine the best format, whether virtual or in-person. Yoga Teacher Training is $1,500, Payment arrangements are available. Contact the studio- john@mindfulmountainyoga.com. Certification offers ongoing support beyond completion and the potential for teaching at our studio. Everyone brings their own talents to yoga teaching. We bring out individual strengths and interests. We will cover a lot, embarking on this exciting journey.

Tuition is $2,000, or can be paid in 2 installments of $1,100. There are limited internship opportunities for teacher training students as well as novice teachers. Teacher training includes homework requirements (at home posture practice, reading & study), and regular attendance at group yoga classes. Each part is integral to the lecture discussions.

Our mind-body movement study benefits anyone wanting to deepen their practice, interested in understanding of how mind, body and spirit fit together. Yoga teacher certification is not only for individuals following a calling to teach.

We look forward to practicing with you. Interested students can contact our studio at john@mindfulmountainyoga.com.