Yess Yoga’s 200 RYT Certified Teacher Training
Starts November 2024 / email: [email protected] / payment plan
After completing Yess Yoga’s 200 RYT, you will confidently know
- the roots of yoga
- your personal practice
- a deep connection to your intuitive side
- how to teach with authenticity
- how to teach three different styles of yoga (vinyasa, yin, and restorative)
We value equity, inclusive communities, and authenticity. If those qualities are important to you, this is your teacher training. This is a certified RYT training with a variety of teaching styles (restorative, yin, and vinyasa) and teacher support (Lucia, Elisabeth, Anna and Victoria).
Email lucia@yessyogastudio for more information about the unique five sections. If you are currently a teacher and want to go through any of these training modules you are welcome to join! Open to all people.
The 5 Modules for Yess’ 200 RYT
Intuition and Authenticity: November 15-17th
Yin: December 6-8th
Vinyasa: 4 Weekends in January/February
Restorative: February 28-March 2nd
Personal Yogic: March 21st-23rd
Yoga Theory and Yoga Nidra w/ Elisabeth and Michele
Friday, Oct. 11th from 4-8 pm & Sat/Sun, Oct. 12-13th | 9-5 pm | $500
Join Michele Anderson and Elisabeth Pletcher for this weekend long training. Michele will explore the first 4 chapters of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras shedding light on the intellectual framework for yoga, the practical presentation of yoga and the mechanics through which it works. With this knowledge you may come away from this training with a better understanding of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, and likely, a deeper curiosity for your own practice, allowing you to teach from a place of improved clarity and confidence.
Firefly Training in Trauma-Informed Yoga with Annie Kiel with Firefly Yoga International
September 27-29th / 9-5:30 pm / $500-early bird pricing
Sold Out: email lucia@yessyogastudio to join the waitlist.
The Firefly Training introduces the foundations of teaching trauma-informed yoga to yoga teachers, therapists, medical professionals, educators, and other social service providers who incorporate yoga or body-based practices into their work with clients and patients. The training consists of a robust, evidence-supported, 30-hour curriculum delivered through six modules. Firefly views trauma through a public health lens while applying an interdisciplinary approach drawing from various fields, including: neuroscience, trauma theory, traumatology, and positive psychology. The Firefly Training has equipped more than 500 professionals (in 26 states and 5 countries) on the principles and practice of trauma-informed yoga. In an effort to accommodate diverse learning styles, the training combines lecture, small and large group discussions, group activities, partner practice teaching, independent study, and experiential learning. The Firefly Training will be led by Annie Kiel, MPH, MA, E-RYT 200.
Training Objectives
The 30-hour trauma-informed yoga teacher training* is delivered through six modules. In that time the Level 1 Firefly Training:
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Defines trauma and what it means to be trauma-informed
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Provides foundational knowledge to integrating a trauma-informed approach
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Educates on the neuroscience of trauma and its impacts on brains, bodies, and behaviors
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Discusses how trauma-informed yoga can serve as a complementary intervention for those who have experienced trauma
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Addresses indications of vicarious or secondary trauma, and innovative approaches to cultivating resilience, and self- and collective-care
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Explores the intersectionality of trauma, privilege, and social justice to understand how historical or current systems of oppression (and/or intergenerational trauma) may impact survivors
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Equips participants with practical application of concrete skills and techniques to effectively create physically and psychologically safer yoga spaces
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Provides two full instructor-led trauma-informed yoga practices and multiple opportunities for practice teaching by participants
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Connects participants with a community of empowered and embodied trauma-informed yoga teachers through the Firefly Network
*All participants receive a printed training manual.