be who you are, teach what you love
The Yoga is Us 200-Hour Teacher Training was created to disrupt the yoga industry and create a home for yoga outside of the boutique fitness scene. In response to the widespread lack of access and representation in the western world of wellness, we designed a scholarship-funded, trauma-informed, and justice-inspired training to challenge our notions of what yoga is and who it is for. The curriculum is place-based and timely, with a training team as diverse as the people we reach.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Our 200-hr, Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training is an intergenerational and interdisciplinary journey from yoga’s roots to modern day. 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, cross cultural team.
curriculum:
Philosophy & Foundations
Overview of the Times
Yoga Philosophy: Inter-being & Interconnection
The Myth of Separation
Connecting Across Lines of Difference
History, Culture, & Colonization
Kemetic Yoga & Ancient Egyptian Wisdom
Yoga History, Appropriation & Honoring Yoga’s Roots
Adaptation without Appropriation: Place-Based Practice
Mass Media, Mind Control, & Meditation in the Modern World
Anatomy, Energy & Trauma-Informed Practice
Asana, Pranayama, Mudra & Bandha
Western & Yogic Anatomy & Physiology
Polyvagal Theory & the Social Nervous System
The Impact of Personal & Systemic Trauma
Liberation, Identity and Voice
Yoga & Equity: Representation vs. Diversity & Inclusion
Mantra & The Power of Sound
Spoken Word & Finding Your Authentic Voice
Leadership, Ethics, & the Path Forward
The Business of Yoga
Cooperative + Grassroots Economics
Professional Ethics
Yoga as Liberation
TRAINING TEAm (Scroll)
Our training team is as diverse as the people and places we reach. Join our masterful and cross-cultural team on a journey designed to explore ethics, embodiment and interrelation.
8-week fall training dates
In-Person Weekends:
*Fri, 6-9pm; Sat + Sun, 8am - 4pm
Sept 19-21
Sept 26-28
Oct 10-12
Oct 24-26
Nov 7-9
Nov 14-16
Dec 5-7
Dec 12-14
Virtual Sessions:
*Sept 22 - Dec 1, no practice Thanksgiving week
Monday Mornings 9-10:15am
Weds Evenings 6-8pm
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 full scholarships to students and recent graduates at our partner schools and partial scholarships for BIPOC community members in need of financial assistance. Our goal is to diversify our teaching community while removing the financial barrier to access.
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:
Community Rate: $3000
CCSD Staff, Teacher + BIPOC 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
Payment Plans Available upon request.
“Yoga is Us has given me tools to use to uplift and inspire my Gullah Geechee community by way of Yoga. I am so grateful to everyone who made this journey possible for me and my community. I send more vibration of love, joy peace and justice for all.”
“To sit in the midst of opposition creates the heat necessary for change, and helps us engage with the energy of the moment rather than with our storytelling.”
