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200 Hour EMBODYOGA® |In-Depth Study and Teacher Training Program in Amherst, MA and Newington, CT

Our EMBODYOGA® programs are well-rounded, in-depth studies of yoga with an emphasis on personal embodiment as the basis for becoming an excellent teacher.

  • Increase self-knowledge, acceptance and love through embodied-inquiry™ in asana, pranayama, meditation, and philosophical study.
  • Gain deep knowledge of alignment from the inside out.
  • Discover “whole–body–support” templates for strong, comfortable, injury free asana practice.
  • Learn to weave postures, breath, and movement into progressive depths of experience. 
  • Develop a depth and beauty in your yoga practice that remains constant when you step off the mat.
  • Learn to share this experience with others through teaching.

200 HOUR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM | MODULES 1—4

MODULE 1
• Blueprint for Optimal Movement 1: Cellular Breathing to Navel Radiation
• Principle of a Calm and Mobile Spine
• Discriminating Core & Periphery - Finding Union
• Standing Postures 1–Our Foundation: Pelvis, Legs, & Feet
• Yield and Push of the Legs
• Surya Namaskar: Sun Salutations & Vinyasa
• Inversions 1: Shoulderstand & Handstand
• Pranayama 1: Navel-Flooding Breath & Ujjayi
• Yoga Nidra: Tantric Technique for Deep Rest
MODULE 2
• Standing Postures 2 – Dynamics & Alignment, Integrating Upper & Lower Body
• Ribs, Shoulder Girdle, Arms, Wrists, and Hands: Alignment & Integrated Movement
• Yield and Push of the Arms
• Lower Back Fundamentals: Sacroiliac & Lumbar Health
• Standing and Supine Forward Bends
• Lungs, Conchas of the Nose, & Breathing Diaphragm
• Embodying Organs & Glands
• Breath in Asana Practice
• Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga
• Cultivating a Rewarding Personal Practice
• Meditation 1
MODULE 3
• Principles of Backbends 1: Organ & Glandular Support
• Arm Balances 1
• Twists and Hip Openers 1
• Inversions 2: Headstand & Shoulderstand Cycle
• Savasana
• Pranayama 2: Viloma, Prana Vayus
• Bandhas – Integrating Core
• The Kosas: Spiralic Sheaths of Awareness
• The Systems of Yoga
• Meditation 2

MODULE 4
• Blueprint for Optimal Movement 2: Spinal Patterns
• Integrated Whole Body Movement in Yoga Practice
• Precision Vinyasa — Flow and Hold
• Balancing Sympathetic & Parasympathetic Nervous Systems
• Temporomandibular Joint, the Skull and Soft Palate
• Backbends 2
• Twists, Hips, and Arm Balances 2
• Pranayama 3: Nadi Shodhana and Kumbhaka
• Restorative Yoga
• Chakras, Nadis and Kundalini
• Tantra Yoga: The Expression of Life Lived in Fullness

TEACHING PRINCIPLES INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM
• Principles of Observation, Instruction, Demonstration, & Touch
• Art and Science of Sequencing
• Planning and Teaching Classes
• Extensive Practice Teaching
• Principles of Teaching
• Philosophy and Ethics of Teaching
• Teaching as a Profession 

All modules must be taken together and in order.
No partial attendance. No refunds after the start of the program.
Our 200-hour embodyoga® teacher training program is registered with the National Yoga Alliance.