Yoga Teacher Training

200 hour initial training program

Next Start Date January 13, 2023 @ River Yoga in Anoka

I’m Dawn, the main teacher of this program. I have been practicing and studying yoga for more than 20 years and teaching hatha yoga classes for more than 10 years. My classes empower people to live more fully in their bodies, to show up for themselves and their lives.

In this, my 7th year teaching trainings, I would love to teach you how to become a wholehearted 8 limb yoga teacher, bringing the best of yourself to life, for you, your students, and the world.

WHAT YOU WILL EARN / LEARN

  • Students completing the program may choose to register with the Yoga Alliance for their 200 RYT

  • Thorough knowledge of yoga poses and their qualities

    • Why we do them, how we do them safely and effectively

    • How to observe others doing them

    • How to assist someone doing them

    • How to guide someone through them

  • How to sequence a class

    • To emphasize strength, flexibility, energetic qualities, etc.

  • History of yoga and important texts

    • For context and depth

  • Breath control, mantra, and techniques beyond poses

    • There is much more to yoga than just the poses, another 7 limbs in fact

  • Meditation and relaxation techniques

  • Teaching best practices

  • Strategies and approaches that work best in any teaching scenario

  • Ethics on and off the mat

  • Introduction to Ayurveda 

  • Teaching with trauma awareness

  • Introduction to Thai Yoga Bodywork with Michelle Aalbers

 

 

Schedule format

Most Fridays 6 - 9 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Plus one Saturday, January 14)

COST

The cost for this training is $3400.  

You have the option to pay 100% upon being accepted into the program.  Or to pay a $400 deposit, and $500 the first training day of each month of training, January - June.

Earlybird Discount

The cost for this training is $2900, if paid in full by December 1.

APPLY NOW

Here is a chance for you to tell me about your background and expectations.  It begins a dialogue, so that we can both be sure that the training is right for you and will meet your expectations.

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