Vital Heart Yoga Teacher Training
In this Advanced 300-Hour Yoga Alliance Approved Teacher Training, you’ll learn to:
- Practice a yogic lifestyle – on and off the mat
- Create well-designed advanced yoga classes for students of all levels
- Explore and refine advanced yoga teaching skills that help students develop a heart-centered practice
- Understand yoga philosophy and the history of the great literature of India’s Rishis and Sages
- Understand advanced physiology and anatomy of a vital heart and vital heart yoga
- Prompt and cue the benefits, contraindications and modifications for each posture
- Teach advanced breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation practices
- Teach advanced yoga to special groups, with modifications based upon faculty specializations
- Develop successful yoga business practices
- Refine an advanced personal practice and develop teaching skills in a positive, fun, and supportive environment
The program includes:
• An Overview of Yoga History, Philosophy, and the Yoga Sutras
• Teaching and Practicing Sun Salutations & Advanced Standing, Seated, and Prone poses
• Teaching and Practicing Advanced Twists, Arm Balances and Inversions
• Yoga Sequencing for Beginner, Practiced and Advanced Classes
• Advanced Pranayama and Bandha Practices
• Advanced Meditation Techniques
• Teaching and Practicing Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra
• Advanced Anatomy of the Heart and Hatha Yoga
• Cuing, Adjustments, and Student Safety for Challenging Forms
• Teaching Yoga to Specific Groups (with Modifications)
• Sanskrit Pronunciation and Vocabulary for Yoga Teachers
• Advanced Chakra Practices and the Science of Ayurveda
• The Business of Yoga and Ethics for Yoga Teachers
2026 Spring and Fall Training Dates:
2026 Program – Weekends:
- January 9-11, & 23-25, 2026 (Introduction & weekend intensives)
- February 6-8, 20-22, 2026
- March 13-15, 27-29, 2026
- April 3-12, 24-26, 2026 (two weekend intensives)
- May 1-3, 15-17, 2026
- Practicum/May Graduation!
- June TBD (Introduction, setting intentions, Yoga for Healthy Aging, core curriculum)
- July TBD 2026
- August TBD 2026
- September TBD 2026 (Awakening the Spirit – Yoga for Recovery Intensive)
- September TBD 2026 (including on-line session)
- October TBD 2026 (Yoga for Healthy Aging Practicum)
- October TBD 2026 – Graduation
Investment
Please Note: Pricing does not include accommodations.
- A $500 deposit will hold your space for both options
- Early Bird Pricing for the Training: $3000 paid in full before December 30, 2024 (includes deposit)
- Regular Pricing: $3500 paid in full by the start of the program. The $500 Deposit will hold your space in this training, with the remaining $3000 due by the start of the program.
and agree to pay the remaining $3000 later.
( $3500 total )
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