200-hr yoga teacher training
Starting September 2025 — Registration Open
Program overview
Our 200-hr, Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training is an intergenerational and interdisciplinary journey through yoga’s roots. In this place-based and trauma-informed program, we learn the fundamentals of yoga and explore movement as liberation practice. Throughout this 200-hr journey, you will participate in live-training with our masterful and cross cultural team.
curriculum overview:
Yoga Philosophy: Interbeing + Interconnection
Overview of the Times
The Myth of Separation
Connecting Across Lines of Difference
Yoga History: Appropriation + Honoring Yoga’s Roots
Mass Media, Mind Control + Meditation
Adaptation without Appropriation: Place-Based Practice
Kemetic Yoga +Ancient Egypt
Asana, Pranayama, Mudra + Bandha
Yogic Anatomy + Physiology
Western Anatomy + Physiology
Polyvagal Theory + the Social Nervous System
Physiological and Psycho-spiritual Impact of Trauma
Yoga and Equity: Representation vs. Diversity + Inclusion
Mantra + The Power of Sound
Spoken Word: Finding Your Authentic Voice
Business of Yoga
Professional Ethics
Yoga as Liberation
TRAINING TEAm (Scroll)
training dates open: september - december 2025
We graduated our first generation teachers in June 2023.
Registration for our 2025 cohort is now open.
required reading
YIU Teacher Training Manual, *provided
Yoga for A World Out of Balance, by Michael Stone
The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, by Ray Long MD
Embracing Yoga’s Roots, by Susanna Barkataki
Recommended Reading
The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran
My Grandmother’s Hands, by Resmaa Menakem
The Politics of Trauma, by Staci Haines
The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
tiered tuition, registration + scholarship structure
One of the primary gaps we are working to fill is that of access and representation. For that reason, we’re offering this program on a scholarship-funded, pay-what-you-can basis to students, staff, and families of our partner schools. Scholarships will be made available to general community members on a need-based basis. We encourage all participants to pay what you can, ensuring that we can continue to train the next generation of teachers with zero financial barrier to entry.
Interested students must fill out an application before registering for this course. Once you submit your application, we will schedule a brief phone interview to discuss further details.
Once accepted, you will receive a confirmation letter and link to pay what you can.
Tiered Tuition:
True Cost Community Rate: $3000
CCSD Staff, Teacher + Nonprofit Rate: $1500
Students + Young Adult Graduates of Partner Schools: $0 - Fully Funded
*Full and partial-scholarships available to qualifying community members
*Priority given to students, staff and families of our partner schools, including Mitchell, Memminger, Sanders Clyde, James Simons, Simmons Pinckney, Liberty Hill Academy, and Burke High School
