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Introducing…
Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Courses
These new courses are intended for yoga teachers who want to dive deeper into subjects that interest them and to become better and more highly specialized teachers. These 30-hour and 50-hour courses count as continuing education and also count towards our 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training.
Yoga in Context: Tradition, Transformation, and Teaching Today
A 30-Hour Continuing Education Immersion for Yoga Teachers
Schedule:
Friday, November 6th 5:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday, November 7th 9:00am-3:00pm
Sunday, November 8th 9:00am-3:00pm
16 hours in-person
14 hours online learning, including recorded lectures, assignments, reflection work, and mentorship integration.
Total: 30 Continuing Education Hours
All in-person sessions will be recorded. Participants unable to attend live may complete the course through recorded content and required coursework.
Price:
$455 early bird (sign up by 10/2/26)
$595 regular (after 10/2/26)
Teaching Team:
Laurie LeCompte & Megh Zahrndt
Course Description:
This immersive continuing education course explores yoga through historical, philosophical, and cultural lenses, helping teachers understand how yoga has evolved across time, geography, and modern practice. Together, we’ll examine yoga’s roots, its transformations, and the responsibilities of teaching within a living tradition today.
Blending lecture, discussion, embodied practice, reflection, and mentorship, this course invites teachers to deepen both intellectual understanding and personal relationship to yoga.
Rather than memorizing philosophy concepts, participants will explore how history, ethics, and cultural awareness actively shape contemporary teaching.
Course Topics Include:
Origins, Philosophy & Sacred Texts
The Vedas and early spiritual traditions of South Asia
Sāṃkhya philosophy and key metaphysical ideas
The emergence of meditation traditions
Early yoga concepts before postural practice
Myth, Symbolism & Storytelling in Yoga
Hindu mythology and symbolic narratives connected to yoga traditions
Deities, archetypes, and philosophical themes behind commonly named postures
How myth functioned historically as teaching technology
Responsible and contextual use of stories in modern yoga spaces
Moving beyond simplified “pose mythology”
Buddhism & Cross-Cultural Influence
Shared philosophical roots and divergences
Meditation, suffering, liberation, and awareness practices
How Buddhist thought influenced yogic development
Classical → Modern Yoga
The Yoga Sūtras in historical context
Tantra and medieval yoga developments
Colonial India and the reinvention of modern postural yoga
Lineages, globalization, and the rise of studio yoga
Ethics, Language & Cultural Responsibility
Teaching ethically in contemporary yoga spaces
Cultural appreciation vs. appropriation
Sanskrit: use, misuse, and meaningful engagement
The New Age movement and Western reinterpretations of yoga
Power dynamics, authority, and modern teacher responsibility
Learning Format:
This course combines multiple modes of learning:
Interactive lectures
Guided discussion
Practice sessions
Reflection + journaling
Teaching integration exercises
Mentorship and guided application
Learning objective:
Students will develop historical literacy and practical skills for thoughtfully integrating yoga philosophy into contemporary teaching environments.
Suggested Reading:
Provided upon registration.
PAST COURSES:
Rest & Stretch: An Exploration of Somatics, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, and Stretching
This course takes place April 22nd through 27th, and can fit around most work schedules. The course meets Monday-Friday 5pm-9pm, and Saturday 8am-6pm, and includes 30 hours together in the studio and 20 hours of online content and interaction where students will further their knowledge with their community and teacher through study, observation, practice, and mentorship. Through this blend of lecture, practice, discussion, research and presentation, students will achieve mastery of these concepts. This course is suited to multiple learning styles and its content is divided into easily digestible chunks of information so that students remain alert and process the new knowledge effectively.
Course Breakdown
Schedule:
April 22nd-27th 2024
Monday-Friday 5pm-9pm
Saturday 8am-6pm
The online hours that follow the in-person training are flexible and will be finished in the 30 days following the course.
Topics:
Somatics - theories and practice
Restorative Yoga - purpose, practice, sequencing, adjustments
Yin Yoga - history, philosophy, modern interpretations, practice, sequencing
Stretching - research findings, anatomy, application in yoga
Meditation - implementation in gentle and still yoga practices
Sequencing for Injury and Specific Target Areas
Learning Objective:
Students will seamlessly sequence and lead thoughtful yoga practices including gentle and still yoga methodologies.
Price:
Early Bird Price (sign up before or on March 22nd): $749
Regular Price: $999
Teaching Team:
Laurie LeCompte, Abbey Brooks, Megh Zahrndt, Helene Trager-Kusman
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Other Upcoming Courses:
Flow Yoga: History, Sequencing, Style, and the Body
Yoga of the Mind and Yoga Ethics: Philosophy, Business, and Meditation
Bridge Course: The Foundations for Advanced Study