Yoga Teacher Training & Mentorship

Ready for certified 200 hour yoga teacher study?

Teaching yourself happens before teaching others. How has your yoga practice been this past year?

Isolation experience has kindled our next Yoga Teacher Training, currently accepting applications.

Our last yoga teacher training was lecture 3-4 hours/week for 30 weeks, plus weekly reading (1 hour / week), and group or private yoga class (twice/week). The balance of training hours depends on the student's own interests, for example : independent study, or community reach out, or studio volunteer efforts. While teacher training has a chronological week to week schedule, it is possible to extend it or choose a more intensive schedule.
We offer a diploma for a 200 hour yoga teacher certification. Yoga teacher training combines medical knowledge, awareness practice, and compassion with the nuts and bolts of teaching. Our yoga philosophy comes from ancient times going back to The Yoga Sutras.

Learn spinal anatomy and movement precautions. Clinical attention is given to the prevention of injury. Learn postures- the incremental alignments to build a pose, to transition between poses, how to teach mindful posture. Physiology informs postures (what happens in inversions) and anatomy instructs general knowledge (the heart is actually divided in half to bookend our breath). Learn how to approach chronic pathologies such as arthritis, back pain and old injuries; how to modify postures for limitations, to assist not hamper rehab. By the program's end we grasp postural workings of muscles and bones, organs and different body systems (i.e. nervous, respiratory) working together.

Our Yoga Teacher Training- Deepen your practice, share your gift. Apply to our small group training. BIPOC scholarships eligible for yogis with existing yoga practice, or prior dance, or competitive sports, or meditation, or nursing experience.

. Fit the training into your schedule. Our training has a fluid approach that aligns with a variety of classes that our yoga teacher trainers lead during each week. Options for virtual classes.

Our yoga teachers practice a variety of breath instruction (pranayama), and meditation with different mindfulness techniques.

Study how yoga is understood in western society and the eastern roots of yoga. We teach about the different kinds of yoga, the various styles of hatha yoga, and yoga for specific populations, i.e. during pregnancy, kids yoga, chair yoga. We discuss not only the physical body but also the energy body’s system of pathways and chakras, and yoga’s spiritual practice to connect beyond ourselves.

Students get real world practice in teaching posture sequences and leading classes. We address teaching styles, hands on practice in leading group and individual classes. Guest teachers will offer insights and knowledge.

This 200 hour teaching certification and yoga mentorship qualifies the participant for yoga teaching in Virginia and nationally, as well as internationally. The diploma enables you to lead yoga classes with safety, and provides an understanding of yoga principals. We know being a yoga teacher is a life choice that continues learning.

This is a 200 hour certification with a diploma, but inspiration and learning come from our teacher mentorship.

Yoga teacher training can be prohibitively expensive. Our studio offers a unique approach at a lower cost to the student. It is mentorship typical of traditional yoga training. Teacher training is open to working with student and teacher schedules. It needs to be kind, understanding of where we all are at this moment. Teachers and students help determine the best format, whether virtual or in-person. Yoga Teacher Training is $1,750 and by BIPOC scholarship. There are community internship opportunities for teacher training students as well as novice teachers. Payment arrangements are available. Certification offers ongoing support beyond completion and the potential for teaching at our locations. Everyone brings their own talents to yoga teaching. We bring out individual strengths and interests. Teacher training includes homework requirements (home posture practice, reading & study), and regular attendance at a choice of group yoga classes. Each part is integral to our lecture classes. A lot will be covered, embarking on this exciting journey.

We also award a 100 hour Chair Yoga teaching certificate.

Our mind-body movement study benefits anyone wanting to deepen their practice, interested in understanding how mind, body and spirit fit together. Yoga teacher certification is not only for individuals following a calling to teach. Last year, needing yoga more than ever, we couldn't get together. Today is in a different place and feels different.

We look forward to practicing with you. Interested students can contact mmycville@mindfulmountainyogacville.org