Yoga Teacher Training

Spring 2025

Program Overview

March - June 2025

Yoga Shanti & Zoom

The Essence of Yoga: Ancient Wisdom for our Modern Times is a deep immersive experience that will move you beyond the fundamentals of yoga into the realm of subtlety and increased wonder. The program can be taken either entirely online, entirely in-person, or a combination of both! This advanced yoga teacher training gives you extensive access to Colleen, Rodney and the program Mentors. Individual attention and mentorship is a unique and supportive aspect of this training. The community that develops is significant, supportive, fun, and long-lasting! Colleen and Rodney will guide you in establishing and refining a strong foundation for a life-long study and teaching of yoga. The curriculum will include a deeper look into your daily home practice of asana, pranayama, and meditation. Your teaching skills including sequencing, alignment and seeing and understanding bodies will be honed. Anatomy, philosophy, and chanting are important components included in the curriculum. There will be special guest appearances from some of the most renowned yoga teachers of our time.

Program Stucture

The training begins with a 4-day intensive to dive deeply into our advanced studies, which is then followed by seven training weekends and ends with a weekend of final evaluations. Please note that students are required to participate live at least 80% of the time. (Please communicate with us beforehand if you anticipate missing more than 20% of the actual program dates.)

Dates

March 28-30

April 11-13

April 25-27

May 2-4

May 16, 17 & 18 (full day schedules*)

May 30 – June 1

June 13-15

June 20, 21 & 22 (full day schedules*)

Times

Fridays: 6:00-8:00pm (ET)

Saturdays: 9:30am-5:00pm (ET)

Sundays: 9:30am-4:30pm (ET)

*Full days schedule is 9:30am-4:30pm

Weekly 1-hour Mentorship Calls

Tuesdays at 7:00pm (EST). These occur weekly throughout the duration of the training program.

Additional Required Classes

Students are required to take one class every week with Colleen or Rodney during training. These classes can be taken live or on-demand at any time within the week. Additionally,
+ Students must take 5 Beginner classes throughout the duration of training.
+ Students must complete 5 class observations throughout the duration of training.

Requirements

Reading List

Required (View Amazon List)

  • When Love Comes to Light by Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor

  • Yoga FAQ by Richard Rosen

  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Chip Hartranft

  • Yoga For Life by Colleen Saidman

  • Moving Toward Balance by Rodney Yee

  • The Muscles Premium application from the Visible Body anatomy series.

Recommended (View Amazon List)

  • Yoga Body by Mark Singleton

  • Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Suzuki Roshi

  • The Book of Joy by Dalia Lama and Desmond Tutu

  • Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health by Iyengar

Suggested Props for Home Practice

  • 1 Yoga mat

  • 2 Yoga bricks (foam or cork)

  • 3 Blankets

  • 1 Yoga belt or strap

  • 1 Sandbag (fill with 5 lb fish tank pebbles)

  • A chair

  • A yoga bolster (the 3 blankets can substitute)

Technical Requirements

  • A reliable internet connection and computer/device with a camera and microphone.

    The WhatsApp mobile application installed on your smartphone.

    A location in your home that you can set up as a yoga practice space.

    A setup so that instructors can review your practice virtually if you are practicing from home. Your space should be very well lit so that you are clearly visible on screen. It is important that instructors are able to see your full practice space.

Prerequisites

This teacher training is designed for students who have already completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training program. Serious practitioners looking to continue their personal studies in yoga are also welcome to apply. Admittance into the program is subject to approval on a case-by-case basis.

Tuition & Payment

Tuition for this program is $3900 and includes unlimited online classes and a 25 in-person classes to use for the duration of training (March 14-June 22).

Previous Yoga Shanti 200 and 300-YTT graduates receive a $600 discount. Registration requires an initial deposit of $1000 and 2, 3 and 4-month payment plans are available for the balance and incur a $100 fee.

To officially register, or if you have questions, please email training@yogashanti.com.

Diversity Scholarship

Yoga Shanti is dedicated to making yoga accessible to as many people as possible and to increasing diversity in the yoga community. As part of our commitment to this endeavor, we have established The Yoga Shanti Diversity Scholarship to encourage and assist people from under-represented groups to join our training program. The scholarship application deadline for this training is midnight on February 28th, 2025. Please forward this information to anyone you feel may benefit from this opportunity.

Withdrawal and Refund Policy

Students may withdraw from the training up until end-of-day on January 31st, 2025 for any reason for a refund of any tuition paid, less a completely non-refundable $300 administrative fee. After January 31st, 2025 no refunds will be given but the funds may be used towards another training should we schedule another 300-hr training within 18 months from the student's original registration date. (Another 300-hour training occurring within this time-frame is not guaranteed.) Students who are on payment plans who withdraw from the program for any reason are required to complete their tuition payments on the original schedule in order to be eligible to participate in another training within 18 months. In the event that we do not schedule another training, or the student does not complete the original payment plan, the entire sum will be non-refundable and non-transferable to any future training. In the event that a student is refused continuation of the program at any time for any reason, there will be no refunds made and the student will also be charged any remaining tuition balance.