www.sarahjoyyoga.com

Becoming A Yoga Professional:
300hr Advanced Teacher Training Level

The next level for Yoga Teacher Training with the Yoga Alliance can also be your first step toward your IAYT Yoga Therapy Certification! This course is accredited with both organizations. At the completion of this training you will receive your 500hr RYT from the Yoga Alliance and you will have completed nearly half of our module hours for the 800hr IAYT Yoga Therapy Certification training.

FACULTY	300hr Advanced Yoga Training	Yoga School A	Yoga School B	Yoga School C
Primary Teacher	Sarahjoy Marsh, MA, C-IAYT, 500hr E-RYT	500hr RYT	E-RYT 500	E-RYT 500
Trainer	Leading 200hr YA training since 2001	Leading 200hr YA training since 2015	Leading 200hr YA training since 2015	Leading 200hr YA training since 2014
Trainer	Leading 800hr IAYT Yoga Therapy Trainings since 2020	NO	NO	NO
Practicing + Teaching	Practicing 33 years Teaching 31 years	Practicing 15 years	Practicing + Teaching 20 years	Practicing + Teaching 22 years
Founder	Founder of prison yoga programs	NO	NO	NO
Activist	Teaching yoga in prisons since 1998	NO	NO	NO
Teacher	Leading Retreats since 1996	NO	NO	NO
Therapist	Private Yoga Therapy since 2002	NO	NO	NO
Trainer	Leading 300hr YA Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2012	NO	NO	NO
Author	Author of Hunger, Hope & Healing: A Yoga Approach to Reclaiming Your Relationship with Your Body and Food, 2015	NO	NO	NO
Guest Faculty from India	Sarahjoy's teachers from India: Pandit Deobrat Mishra, Saraswathi Vasudevan, Acharya	NO	NO	NO
Co-Facilitators	500hr YA & 800hr IAYT Certified Teachers	Not Stated	500hr RYT	500hr YA & 800hr IAYT Certified Teachers
Assistant Teachers	500hr YA Certified Teachers	Not Stated	200hr RYT	Not Stated
Yoga Alliance Board Member	Sarahjoy has been a board member for the Yoga Alliance since 2018.	NO	NO	NO

Yoga Curriculum:
300hr Advanced Teacher Training Level

This training builds upon your 200hr level training. We go deeper into the neurology and physiology of the body to give you an understanding the powerful influence that yoga can have with your students' health and well-being. In PHASE ONE, we focus on the physical medicine components of yoga: asana, pranayama, chanting, meditation, as well as myofacial release, strength conditioning, and restorative practices. While a 200hr level teacher may lead group classes, we want to prepare you as a 300hr level teacher to be able to offer targeted workshops, specialized yoga series, and individual yoga session tailored to meet the needs of yoga students. As such, this training includes a focus on medically-sensitive yoga and adaptive yoga practices to prepare you to teach in a full range of settings with a diversity of students' needs.

YOGA CURRICULUM	300hr Advanced Yoga Training	Yoga School A	Yoga School B	Yoga School C
Full Range of Asana	✓	✓	✓	✓
Intermediate Pranayama	✓	✓	✓	✓
24 Forms of Mindfulness	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
12 Breath-Based Interventions	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Tailoring Mindfulness to the Doshas	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Tailoring Pranayama to the Doshas	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Sequencing based on the Vayus to bring balance to the Doshas	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Adaptive Yoga for Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders	✓	✓	Ø	Ø
Adaptive Yoga for Seniors and those with limited mobility, such as spinal cord injuries	✓	Ø	Ø	✓
Yoga Approaches for students with Joint Replacements	✓	✓	Ø	Ø
Yoga Approaches for students with Mastectomies	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Ayurvedic Restorative Yoga tailored to the doshas and the imbalances seen in the doshas	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø

The Necessary Skills for Teaching Yoga:
300hr Advanced Teacher Training Level

When you lead a group yoga class, you are relying on your foundational level skill set. While it will prepare you for leading targeted workshops, specialized series and individual yoga lessons, those foundational skills need to be built upon.

We will be training you in deeper observation skills, sensitivity to the neurological, physiological, and psychological uniqueness of your students, and facilitation skills that empower your students; elevate your listening, presence, compassion and intuition skills; and give you the confidence in YOGA to be the healing transmission that it is (so as to prevent you from burning out).

TEACHING SKILLS	300hr Advanced Yoga Training	Yoga School A	Yoga School B	Yoga School C
Skillfully teaching mindfulness and meditation	✓	✓	Ø	✓
Skillfully guiding intermediate pranayama practices	✓	✓	✓	✓
Incorporating yoga props into practices for greater efficacy and accessibility	✓	Ø	Ø	✓
Capacity to skillfully support a student for whom physical alignment and stabilization need the benefit of your assist	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Compassionate, Reflective Listening and Responding	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Ventral Vagal Warmth and Attunement	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Guiding Dinacharya and Sadhana in the Tapas phase of yoga	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Skillful choices regarding which yogic tools to use in sessions with students	✓	✓	✓	Ø
Guiding compassionate self-inquiry for students in the Svadhyaya phase of yoga	✓	Ø	Ø	✓
The Art of Skillful Interruption to engage the neocortex and keep students in the scope of yoga therapy	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø

Trauma-Informed Yoga Psychology:
300hr Advanced Teacher Training Level

Trauma-Informed yoga has become an essential aspect of teaching yoga. Not only is trauma-awareness on the rise, but social, ecological, and global traumas continue to happen. More people are turning to yoga - or being referred to yoga classes - for its ability to help with resilience, recovery, healing, and transformation, of all kinds.

Yoga Psychology with a trauma-informed lens is a profoundly helpful way to support your students' healing while also giving them the tools, knowledge and guidance to reach their potential.

TRAUMA EDUCATION	300hr Advanced Yoga Training	Yoga School A	Yoga School B	Yoga School C
The Impact of Trauma	✓	Ø	✓	Ø
Neuroscience of Yoga	✓	✓	Ø	Ø
Window of Tolerance	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Triune Brain	✓	Ø	✓	Ø
Polyvagal Theory	✓	Ø	Ø	✓
Left + Right Brain Hemispheres	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Trauma-Stewardship	✓	Ø	✓	Ø
Intersection of the Gunas + PolyVagal Theory	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Pranayama + Mindfulness Tailored for Trauma-Sensitivity	✓	Ø	✓	Ø
Session Leadership Skills for Difficult Situations	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Engaging the Whole Brain	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Creating Safety in Self + in Community	✓	✓	✓	✓
Discerning Between Yogic States + Trauma States	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Interpersonal Boundaries for Healthy Teacher-Student Relationships	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø

Ayurvedic Restorative Yoga:
300hr Advanced Teacher Training Level

Ayurveda is the sister science to Yoga. Our training school integrates Ayurveda into all levels of our trainings beginning at the 200-hr Level. Understanding Ayurveda will reveal to you the deeper beauty of the yogic systems as well as of your own inner body intelligence and grace.

AYURVEDA	300hr Advanced Yoga Training	Yoga School A	Yoga School B	Yoga School C
Science of Ayurveda	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gunas, Koshas, Doshas, Chakras, & Vayus	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sequencing for the Gunas, Doshas, or Vayus	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Dinacharya: Daily Routine	✓	✓	Ø	Ø
Surya + Chandra Practices	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Panchamaya Kosha Model for Trauma Healing	✓	Ø	✓	Ø
Creating Therapeutic Sequences for the imbalances of the doshas tailored to the individual	✓	Ø	✓	Ø
Creating Therapeutic Sequences for common Western health conditions based on the vayus, doshas, and the influence of lifestyle on one’s constitution	✓	Ø	Ø	Ø
Collaboration and Referral Skills in relationship with Western medicine	✓	Ø	✓	Ø

Training Format:
300hr Advanced Teacher Training Level

Yoga is traditionally taught from one teacher to one student. In person. Our contemporary lives include much more technology which brings both freedom and the need for discernment. Learning yoga primarily from videos is not recommended. Learning to teach yoga primarily from videos is also not recommended.

We prioritize synchronous learning with additional training from asynchronous content.

Yoga is an interpersonal experience between the teacher and the student; between individuals and the community in which they are practicing. Learning to teach yoga needs to include these interpersonal experiences and nuances so that teachers can develop the skills they will need to be in relationship with their students, in real time. As a student's journey unfolds they will need different levels of direction, inspiration, and support from their teacher. If teachers have not received this support themselves, they will be unprepared to provide it to their students.

FORMAT	300hr Advanced Yoga Training	Yoga School A	Yoga School B	Yoga School C
Synchronous Learning Modules Online + In Person	6 Immersion Weekends	Ø	Ø	Ø
Small Group Dyad and Triad Activities for skill-building	In every live module, we have a live practicum. You’ll be implementing skills right away.	Ø	Ø	Ø
Online Learning	Comments + Questions are encouraged!	✓	✓	✓
Weekly Mentoring	Mentoring skills for yoga therapists, case studies, and practicum.	✓	Ø	✓
Asynchronous Learning Portion	Online Learning Management System has everything organized for you!	✓	✓	✓
Anatomy	More in-depth anatomy lessons for therapeutics and orthopedics.	Ø	Ø	✓
Yoga Philosophy & Psychology Online Assessments	You can check your own learning!	Not Stated	Not Stated	Ø
Neuroscience Online Assessments	You can check your own learning!	Ø	Ø	Ø
Training Manual	350 pages	600 Pages	Not Stated	NO Manual
Total Synchronous Learning Hours	180 hours	48 hours	None	80 hours
Neuroscience Online Assessments	-	-	-	-

Investment Levels:
300hr Advanced Teacher Training Level

We want to build the field of yoga teachers who are grounded in the holistic, integrative methodology of yoga and who are steeped in trauma-informed skills for bringing yoga to settings in need of yoga for healing and resilience.

Our investment structure incentives early registration with a 90-day Advance Early Bird Rate, a 60-day Intermediate Early Bird Rate, and a 30-day Early Bird Rate. Our intention is to get you into your coursework right away and help you to be prepared before our live synchronous learning modules!

INVESTMENT LEVELS	300hr Advanced Yoga Training	Yoga School A	Yoga School B	Yoga School C
1	$3700 Advanced Early Bird Rate (90-days prior)	$4897	$447	$3000
2	$4600 Intermediate Early Bird Rate (60-days prior)	$4897	$447	$3000
3	$5100 Regular Early Bird Rate (30-days prior)	$4897	$447	$3000
4	$5500 Full Cost (no Early Bird Rate)	$4897	$447	$3000
Payment Plans Available	Tailored payment plans	6 payments $817/month	6 payments $75/month	NOT Stated
Scholarships	30% of our students receive scholarships	NOT Stated	NOT Stated	YES

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.

BIPOC SCHOLARSHIPS	300hr Advanced Yoga Training	Yoga School A	Yoga School B	Yoga School C
Equity, Diversity + Inclusivity Scholarships	✓	Not Stated	Not Stated	✓

Scholarship Request Form

Our Guiding Teachers

Teachers whose teachings and books we integrate into our 200hr amrita yoga teacher training:
A More Ardent Fire by Eknath Easwaran, The Sacred Tradition of Yoga by Dr. Shankaranarayana Jois,
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron, The Way to Love by Anthony DeMello

Eknath Easwaran

Dr. Shankaranarayana Jois

Pema Chodron

Anthony De Mello

In our 300hr Yoga Teacher Training, we integrate the teachings Western therapeutic modalities of Gabor Mate, Compassionate Inquiry Approach, Bonnie Badenoch: Being A Brain-Wise Therapist, Dick Schwartz: Internal Family Systems, Diane Poole Heller: Healing Shame + Attachment Wounds, Janina Fisher: Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment, Dan Siegel: Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Thich Nhat Hanh: The 4 Abodes, all of whom Sarahjoy has studied with directly. We have an extensive book list for your home library.