Continuing Education
a Toolkit for Yoga Teachers
Professional Development Workshops For Teachers
Are you ready for new inspiration, want to grow your skills and expand your teaching? Try one of our workshops tailored specifically to Yoga Teachers. Continuing education credits are available for these courses!
Professional Development Workshops For Teachers
It is a Yoga Alliance Requirement that in order to maintain your status as a registered yoga teacher, you are required to do a minimum of 30 hours of Continuing Education every three years. Our courses are designed to help you build your teaching skills, allow you to dive deeper into topics you are passionate about, and to support you in your development as you further grow and refine your skills.
DYNAMIC, EFFECTIVE, AFFORDABLE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS BY SOME OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED TEACHERS IN THE SOUTH SOUND!
It is our goal to be able to provide opportunities each month for teachers to improve their teaching, connect with other teachers and earn continuing education credits with teachers that are E-RYT certified through Yoga Alliance.
- Workshops will be shorter and more economical. Most workshops will be offered on a sliding scale.
- Offerings will be monthly with E-RYT Yoga Alliance certified instructor (YACEP).
- We will be offering partial scholarships and trades for those in need of additional financial assistance. For financial assistance, please apply HERE.
Kids Yoga Teacher Training – JANUARY
Join us for two days of hands on instruction and learning which will certify you as a Kidding Around Yoga teacher (Yoga Alliance recognized). You do NOT need prior yoga teacher training to attend a KAY training. Kidding Around Yoga is designed for anyone who loves to work with kids.
Gig Harbor WAKristi Fischer
YIN AND RESTORATIVE JANUARY
Learn the principles of Yin and Restorative Yoga and the differences between the two. You will also learn how to build sequences for each style of class and the various ways to use props to enhance the experience. Attending Safe and Dynamic Sequencing I is helpful but not required
Lynda Savidge, ERYT500
Tacoma Studio,
The Sacred Art of Assisting – June
with Devon Watson, E-RYT500
Tacoma Studio, 12-5pm
Sliding Scale Cost: $50, $60, $75
Assisting provides a wonderful opportunity to support your students, facilitate attunement to the wisdom of their own bodies, and affirm their efforts. A posture is never inherently bad or wrong. A teacher is there to support the student’s exploration into her/his own body and how it works and feels. In this module we will explore
- Creating an empowering, confident approach to assisting students in their practice
- Establishing safe, effective & appropriate touch
- Different types of assisting – when, why & how to use them
- Learn key physical assists for all major asana groups: Sun Salutations, Standing, Forward Folding, Back bending, Twisting, Inversions & Savasana
- Direct experience of physical assists in a classroom setting
- The skillful use of props for modification and advancement of postures
- Sign up for Assisting and Prop your teaching and recieve a discount!
Prop your Teaching! June
with Story Gilmore, ERYT200
Tacoma Studio, 12-3:30pm
Cost: $25, $35 or $45
All teachers need this workshop! Learn to skillfully use props to make your teaching more inclusive and to challenge students to use props to grow in their practice. This workshop will cover modifications using props, as well as how to teach more advanced poses utilizing props.
- Sign up for The Sacred Art of Assisting and Prop your teaching and receive a discount!
BUILDING SAFE AND DYNAMIC CLASSES – Part I – September
September with Story
Tacoma Studio, 12-5pm
Sliding Scale Cost: $50, $60, $75
Putting postures together in a cohesive, balanced way that cultivates a particular outcome is perhaps the most important skill we can foster as teachers. This module, broken into two weekends, will include how to build safe and dynamic sequences to enhance your teaching. Planning and intentional sequencing can keep you inspired and reduce burnout by reconnecting to your purpose and intentions as a teacher.
In this workshop, you will come away with a sequencing framework that will organize your creativity and build a sustainable curriculum that will help your students progress in their practice. Learn how to create balanced classes rooted in solid principles of alignment and with consideration of the needs of the modern body. Improve the efficacy of your verbal cues and communication skills.
Ayurveda I & II – October
Dates: 9/30 & 10/1 with Story Gilmore E-RYT200 and Asmita Runge
Tacoma Studio: Saturday Level 1, Sunday Level 2, 12-5pm
Cost: $75 each, Days can be purchased separately, if signing up for both days, you will receive a 10% off discount.
Understanding Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga, is essential to effective teaching. In this two-day workshop, participants will explore Ayurveda, the sibling science to yoga, and how to incorporate Ayurveda into their Yoga classes. We will learn to identify the different energetic qualities of Doshas, meet students where they are, and gently but intelligently move them to a more balanced state so they can leave your classes feeling more at ease. We will cover class design, theme integration, and how to use Ayurvedic content to enhance your students’ experience and understanding of Yoga. This workshop is designed to support and inspire current Yoga teachers and advanced practitioners looking for more clarity and direction for their personal practice. Come ready to move and learn! Comfortable clothing, note taking materials, and your preferred equipment for physical practice will set you up for success in this workshop.
BUILDING SAFE AND DYNAMIC CLASSES – Part 2 -November
Saturday November from 12-5pm with Kathleen Brooks, ERYT500
Tacoma Studio
Sliding Scale Cost: $50, $60, $75
Take your Sequencing to a new level. Putting postures together in a dynamic , balanced and challenging way that cultivates a particular outcome is perhaps the most important skill we can foster as teachers. Planning and intentional sequencing can keep you inspired and reduce burnout by reconnecting to your purpose and intentions as a teacher.
In this workshop, you will come away with a sequencing framework that will organize your creativity and build a sustainable curriculum that will help your students progress in their practice. Learn how to create balanced classes rooted in solid principles of alignment and with consideration of the needs of the modern body. Improve the efficacy of your verbal cues and communication skills.
ADVANCED TEACHER MENTORSHIP
You’ve graduated from your 200 hour yoga teacher training… Now What? Want to grow or expand your experience as teacher and add more depth to your teaching? Want to build a business around teaching yoga? Want to know more about the craft you love? This development and mentorship program is for you! This program will help you refine your skills, build depth of knowledge, and help you grow!
The Details:
- 6 Workshop Intensives including special mentorship and personalized feedback on your teaching (does not include Kids YTT training)
- 6 hours of mentorship with an E-RYT500 Teacher
- Cost: $997
- Learning materials are included in the cost.
- Classes attended are not included in the cost as you will not be required to practice at our studio.
