Develop Your Inner Teacher

Teaching yoga is an art and a science.  It is a conversation, a dance, an interpersonal reciprocity between teacher and student.  ​Join Sarahjoy and her training team as you develop your knowledge and your skill set, as well as your personal artistry as a teacher. Beyond what other training programs offer, you'll learn specialized teaching skills such as:

• Trauma-informed, brain-sensitive yoga 
• Language skills, voice prosody, and inner confidence
  
• Interpersonal neurobiology in your classroom
• Brain-sensitive mindfulness for any setting
• Developing the mindful trance in yoga classes​

• ​Incorporating the subtle body in your teaching
• Integrating Ayurveda into your classes + sequences
• Capturing the Teachable Moments
• Inspiring lasting transformation in your students
• Trauma stewardship and polyvagal theory

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200hr Yoga Training Curriculum

WHAT IS AMRITA YOGA?

amrita yoga integrates vinyasa yoga, Ayurveda, neuroscience, yoga philosophy, psychology, pranayama, chanting, and mindfulness. amrita yoga emphasizes the bio-mechanics of alignment, anatomy, kinesiology, and rehabilitative processes. LEARN MORE

Yoga

Asana

Pranayama

Mindfulness

Chanting

Meditation

Self-Inquiry through Dharma

10 Yamas + 12 Niyamas

Yoga Sutras, Upanishads, ​& Bhagavad Gita

Teaching Skills

Language Skills

Cueing

Observation

Demonstration

Sequencing

Adjustments, Props, & Adaptations

The Teachable Moment

Anatomy, Bio-mechanics, & Physiology

Trauma-Informed Tools

The Impact of Trauma

Neuroscience of Yoga

Window of Tolerance

Triune Brain

Polyvagal Theory

Left + Right Brain Hemispheres

Trauma-Stewardship

Teaching in specialized settings

Trauma-Informed Tools

The Impact of Trauma

Neuroscience of Yoga

Window of Tolerance

Triune Brain

Polyvagal Theory

Left + Right Brain Hemispheres

Trauma-Stewardship

Teaching in specialized settings

Yoga	Teaching Skills	Trauma-Informed Tools	Ayurveda
Asana	Language Skills	The Impact of Trauma	The Doshas in Yoga
Pranayama	Cueing	Neuroscience of Yoga	Sequencing for the Doshas
Mindfulness	Observation	Window of Tolerance	Dinacharya: Daily Routine
Chanting	Demonstration	Triune Brain	Surya + Chandra
Meditation	Sequencing	Polyvagal Theory	Panchamaya Kosha Model
Self-Inquiry through Dharma	Adjustments, Props, & Adaptations	Left + Right Brain Hemispheres	Ayurveda Off The Mat ​Into Your Life
10 Yamas + 12 Niyamas	The Teachable Moment	Trauma-Stewardship	Yoga for All Bodies
Yoga Sutras, Upanishads, ​& Bhagavad Gita	Anatomy, Bio-mechanics, & Physiology	Teaching in specialized settings	Teaching multi-level, ​multi-dosha classes! ​

SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING STRUCTURE

Four immersion weekends Dharma Study Groups Daily Online Yoga Weekly Mentoring (Tuesdays 6 - 7 pm PST)

ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE​

Anatomy and asana training Assigned readings  Guided weekly asana and mindfulness practices Online forums for discussion with classmates

SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING STRUCTURE	ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE
Four immersion weekends Dharma Study Groups Daily Online Yoga Weekly Mentoring (Tuesdays 6 - 7 pm PST)	Anatomy and asana training Assigned readings  Guided weekly asana and mindfulness practices Online forums for discussion with classmates

Weekend Schedule	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
🙏	6 - 7 pm PST  Community	7 - 8 am Pranayama + Meditation	7 - 8 am Pranayama + Meditation
🔴	7 - 8:30 pm Dharma Study Group	10 - 11:30 am  Active Practice	10 - 11:30 am  Active Practice
🟠	**	11:45 am - 1 pm  Theory, Methodology	11:45 am - 1 pm  Theory, Methodology
🟡	**	2:30 - 4 pm  Practicum & Mentoring	2:30 - 4 pm  Practicum & Mentoring

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200hr Yoga Training Cohort Dates

WINTER 2023 DATES

Module Dates: Jan 20 - 22  |  Feb 24 - 26|  Mar 24 - 26  |  Apr 28 - 30

SPRING 2023 DATES

Module Dates: May 5 - 7 |  June 2 - 4 |  July 7 - 9 |  Aug 4 - 6

FALL 2023 DATES

Module Dates: Sept 8 - 10 |  Oct 6 - 8 |  Nov 3 - 5 |  Dec 1 - 3

WINTER 2024 DATES

Module Dates: Jan 19 - 21  |  Feb 23 - 25 | Mar 22 - 24  | Apr 26 - 28

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Investment

Register early and be rewarded with our best investment level and early access to all of your online training materials including the development of your personal sadhana.

​Cohort Begins Jan 20 ​WINTER 2023	​Cohort Begins May 5 ​SPRING 2023	​Cohort Begins Sept 8 FALL 2023	Cohort Begins Jan 19 WINTER 2024
$2000 with registration ​by October 20	​$2000 with registration ​by February 5	​$2000 with registration ​by June 8	$2000 with registration by Oct 19
​$2500 with registration ​by November 20	​$2500 with registration ​by March 5	​$2500 with registration ​by July 8	​$2000 with registration by Nov 19
$3000 with registration by ​December 20	​$3000 with registration ​by April 5	$3000 with registration ​by August 8	$2000 with registration by Dec 19
​$3500 with registration  after December 20	​$3500 with registration  after April 5	​$3500 with registration ​after August 8	​$2000 with registration by Jan 19

DEPOSIT + PAYMENT PLANS

You can pay for the program in full, or via payment plans. $500 of your initial payment will be held as a non-refundable deposit.

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Scholarships
​We strive to make teacher trainings accessible for all. Therefore, we provide selective scholarship assistance.
To determine your eligibility for financial assistance, please FIRST complete the training AND scholarship applications.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity Statement + Scholarships

We are dedicated to celebrating diversity across cultures, race, ethnicities, belief systems, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, and body types.  There has been a lack of diverse representation in yoga in the West due to commercialism, colonialism, and appropriation. We are committed to doing our part. In addition to teaching yoga in prisons and other settings for people marginalized by the inequities in our society, we also provide scholarships for our training programs. We have been dedicated to extending the healing potential of yoga in communities of need and throughout marginalized populations since 1998. As a training institution, the best way we can commit to increasing diversity in yoga is to grow a community of students and teachers that is represented by people of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities. 

In support of diversifying yoga leadership, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color registering for our trainings are invited to apply for scholarships with our school.

We don’t assume that all who identify as BIPOC require or want financial support to access yoga. For those who do, we see this as step we can take towards offering reparations within a healthcare system that has predominantly failed communities of color.​

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Our Guiding Teachers

In our Teacher Trainings, join us to deepen your understanding and lived expression of the yogic teachings of Eknath Easwaran and Anthony de Mello. Transformational teachers and leaders in spiritual communities, in India and in the West, the teachings of each of these awakened beings are still relevant today. Specifically, we’ll draw on Easwaran’s Bhagavad Gita translations and commentaries. We’ll read their offerings, seeking to embody their wisdom in our practice and in our lives. These teachers forged frontiers that influenced generations of practitioners.

Eknath Easwaran

Dr. Shankaranarayana Jois

Pema Chodron

Anthony De Mello

We use the following books as a part of our yoga philosophy and dharma in this training:
The Way to Love by Anthony DeMello and A More Ardent Fire by Eknath Easwaran
We also recommend The Sacred Tradition of Yoga by Dr. Shankaranarayana Jois
and When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron. ​

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