Yoga Teacher Training Annual Calendar
Spring 2021: April 2 - July 18
Online Schedule: Friday: 9 - 11 am; 11:30 am - 1 pm; 2:30 - 5:30 pm, 7 - 8:30 pm Saturday: 7 - 8am; 10 am - 1 pm; 2:30 - 6 pm; Sunday: 7 - 8am; 10 am - 1 pm; 2:30 - 6 pm Spring 2021 Dates April 2 - 4; May 14 - 16; June 4 - 6; July 16 - 18 Click here for more information! Fall 2021: Sept 17 - Dec 5
Online Schedule: Friday: 9 - 11 am; 11:30 am - 1 pm; 2:30 - 5:30 pm, 7 - 8:30 pm Saturday: 7 - 8am; 10 am - 1 pm; 2:30 - 6 pm; Sunday: 7 - 8am; 10 am - 1 pm; 2:30 - 6 pm Module 2 includes Monday, Oct 11: 7 - 8am; 10 am - 1 pm, 2:30 - 4:30 pm FALL 2021 DATES: September 17 - 19; October 8 - 11 October 29 - October 31; December 3 - 5 Click here for more information! |
Fall: 2020 - Winter 2021
Oct 19, 2020 - Dec 9, 2021 PART ONE: Mid-Week Modules: Oct 19 - 22, Nov 16 – 19, Jan 18 – 21, Feb 15 – 18 Mid-week Schedule: Mon-Tues-Wed-Thurs: 7:30 am - 9 am; 10 am - 12 pm; 12 - 1 pm; 3:30 - 6:30 pm (this schedule has been adapted to balance screen time, family time, and pacing for your training) PART TWO: Weekend Modules: March 12 - 14, April 9 -11, April 30 - May 2, May 28 - 30, June 25 - 27, July 23 - 25, Sept 17 - 19, Oct 22 - 24 Weekend Schedule: Fri: 6 - 8:30 pm, Sat: 9 am - 12 pm; 2 - 5:30 pm; Sun: 10 am - 12 pm; 2:30 - 5:30 pm Final Immersion Mid-Week: December 6 - 9, 2021 Schedule TBD for screen time and time zones of participants. Click here for more information! |
Spring 2021 - Winter 2021
March 12 - Dec 9, 2021 Eight Weekend Modules: March 12 - 14, April 9 -11, April 30 - May 2, May 28 - 30, June 25 - 27, July 23 - 25, Sept 17 - 19, Oct 22 - 24 Weekend Module Daily Schedule: Friday: 6 - 8:30 pm; Saturday: 10 am - 5:30 pm; Sunday: 10 am - 5:30 pm Final Immersion Mid-Week: December 6 - 9, 2021 Monday - Thursday Immersion Module |
Summer 2020 - 2021 Program
June 12, 2020 - June 20, 2021 Weekend and Mid-Week Modules The highest level of training available in yoga schools internationally. The International Association of Yoga Therapists accredits training schools that meet their rigorous criteria. Our 800-hr training is comprised of our 300-hour Yoga Alliance Training program, 150-hours of Mentored Practicum, and 350-hours of IAYT Yoga Therapy Training. Click here for more information and to see the schedule! |
New Certification Course Format
To support the growing numbers of yoga teachers who have participated in 200-hr yoga teacher trainings (from any school) and who seek to understand and implement yoga from a social justice lens, we are preparing a Certification Course as an adjunct to your 200-hr training program. Curriculum, applications, and information will be posted soon. |
amrita yoga teacher training is a 200-hour program preparing teachers to teach ayurvedically-influenced, vinyasa yoga.
Yoga Psychology Training is a 140-hour certificate program in yoga psychology, mindfulness, and interpersonal neurobiology
Yogajoy Professional Training is a 300-hour program preparing teachers provide individual and small group yoga programs and preparing Allied Health Professionals to integrate yoga tools into their private practice or public service roles.
Yogajoy Yoga Therapy IAYT Certification Training is an 800-hour program which incorporates the 300hr Professional Training and builds into full certification as a yoga therapist with the eligibility to register with the IAYT.
Yoga Psychology Training is a 140-hour certificate program in yoga psychology, mindfulness, and interpersonal neurobiology
Yogajoy Professional Training is a 300-hour program preparing teachers provide individual and small group yoga programs and preparing Allied Health Professionals to integrate yoga tools into their private practice or public service roles.
Yogajoy Yoga Therapy IAYT Certification Training is an 800-hour program which incorporates the 300hr Professional Training and builds into full certification as a yoga therapist with the eligibility to register with the IAYT.
Comparing our amrita yoga and Yoga & Social Justice 200-hour trainings:
Similarities:
Both programs will teach trainees about the philosophy and psychology of yoga as well as mindfulness tools, information on how the nervous system functions and why yoga teachers need to be informed about the aspects of nervous system that affect the students’ body and brain, and breathing practices to help students navigate their mind-body relationship.
Both trainings will teach trainees about how to use language skills to articulate the yoga poses, create demonstrations for students to learn about the poses, make observations about students’ poses and use verbal suggestions to support them to create better alignment in the poses, and how to use hands on support to facilitate a student’s learning.
Both programs will teach trainees about the philosophy and psychology of yoga as well as mindfulness tools, information on how the nervous system functions and why yoga teachers need to be informed about the aspects of nervous system that affect the students’ body and brain, and breathing practices to help students navigate their mind-body relationship.
Both trainings will teach trainees about how to use language skills to articulate the yoga poses, create demonstrations for students to learn about the poses, make observations about students’ poses and use verbal suggestions to support them to create better alignment in the poses, and how to use hands on support to facilitate a student’s learning.
Differences:
The amrita yoga training program helps trainees prepare to teach vinyasa (flow-based) yoga classes in yoga studios or in athletic clubs, etc. Students will also learn about Ayurveda – the medicine of yoga – which includes understanding that students (all of us) have core constitutions that tend to go out of balance (Ayurveda teaches us how to bring those imbalances back to balance) and understanding that nature also has certain cycles. In other words, how we practice yoga in spring is actually different than in the fall, based on what’s happening in nature.
Teachers in this training program will be able to work with a variety of students, though will likely work more with the average student of yoga – those who may need fewer adaptations and whose health is less vulnerable (mentally and physically) than a student with active PTSD, or one with a mental health challenge or suffering from active addiction. To be better prepared for students with vulnerabilities, PTSD, histories of trauma, or challenges with mental health, we recommend our Trauma-Informed, Brain-Sensitive Yoga Training.
Teachers in this training program will be able to work with a variety of students, though will likely work more with the average student of yoga – those who may need fewer adaptations and whose health is less vulnerable (mentally and physically) than a student with active PTSD, or one with a mental health challenge or suffering from active addiction. To be better prepared for students with vulnerabilities, PTSD, histories of trauma, or challenges with mental health, we recommend our Trauma-Informed, Brain-Sensitive Yoga Training.
The Yoga and Social Justice training program aims to help trainees become teachers who are prepared to teach students who have experienced adversity, marginalization, oppression, trauma, prejudice, or mental health challenges, and who may be seeking yoga as a resource to develop life skills to improve their health, both body and mind. These students may seek out yoga in settings other than yoga studios or athletic clubs, settings such as mental health centers, hospital clinics, treatment centers, or at yoga studios that focus on yoga therapy.
Teachers will be able to understand students who have experienced or who are experiencing chronic pain, anxiety, or depression, PTSD, active addiction and so on.
Our Yoga and Social Justice Program is moving to a 14-hour online certification program to serve as an adjunct to 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training Schools. Please email trainings@sarahjoyyoga.com to be included in updates for when this program is ready.
Our Trauma-Informed, Brain-Sensitive Yoga Training is also a pathway to deepen your skills and prepares you to work with students in variety of settings who have experienced trauma (acute, developmental or chronic).
Teachers will be able to understand students who have experienced or who are experiencing chronic pain, anxiety, or depression, PTSD, active addiction and so on.
Our Yoga and Social Justice Program is moving to a 14-hour online certification program to serve as an adjunct to 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training Schools. Please email trainings@sarahjoyyoga.com to be included in updates for when this program is ready.
Our Trauma-Informed, Brain-Sensitive Yoga Training is also a pathway to deepen your skills and prepares you to work with students in variety of settings who have experienced trauma (acute, developmental or chronic).