Seattle Yoga Arts’ year-long 200-hour year-long Teacher Training Certification is a 12-month course of study consisting of one weekend per month, January – December 2021.

We are now accepting applications for our 2021 200-hour Teacher Training!

While we hope to offer our 2021 teacher training in-person, we are preparing for a virtual program if necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Please read on for full details our yoga teacher training! Send any questions you have to training@seattleyogaarts.com.

Upcoming Info Sessions for our 2021 program:

✓ Monday, September 21st @7-8:15pm | Hosted by Ellie Rose
✓ Sunday, October 25th @1-2:15pm | Hosted by Claudette Evans
✓ Thursday, November 12th @12-1pm | Hosted by Claudette Evans
✓ Saturday, December 12th @1-2:15pm | Hosted by Ellie Rose

Students should be prepared to practice some asana along with receiving info on the training and will receive a free class for attending the training. RSVP to training@seattleyogaarts.com

Why Study with Us?

Seattle Yoga Arts is renowned as a studio of depth and excellence in teaching. Since we began our Teacher Training program in 1998, we have trained some of the most beloved teachers in Seattle and beyond. We have had the time and experience to refine our program, and we continually refresh our training with current and vital concepts that enhance your potency as a yogi and as a teacher.

Our core faculty members were trained in Anusara yoga and understand that method deeply. We also honor and source the best from the fields of kinesiology, neuroscience, Ayurveda, therapeutics, etc. We have a commitment to including the stream of Tantric teaching in our philosophy, while also continually revisiting the root texts of the yoga tradition.

We believe that being a yoga teacher is an honor, a privilege and a never-ending path of growth and service. We have seen over and over that yoga changes lives and know that being part of that evolution is sacred.

200-hour Teacher Training Curriculum

Establish the Daily Habits of a Yogi
✓ Establish a daily meditation practice: sourcing the great well
✓ Create a steady home asana practice
✓ Refine your poses: personal guidance on your practice
✓ Contemplate: source great teachings and your own insight for life wisdom
✓ Explore introductions to pranayama and Ayurveda

Foundations of the Yogic Path
✓ Two great texts of yoga: The Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
✓ History of yoga, where the poses come from, the evolution of yoga in the West
✓ Introduction to Sanskrit

Dwell in the Body Vessel
✓ Fundamental anatomy
✓ Cultivate receptivity as a student and a teacher
✓ Embody and teach the elements of earth, water, fire, air, spirit
✓ Access your own creative fire
✓ What to practice, and when: Teach for different times, seasons, life transitions

Subtle Body Knowledge
✓ Introduction to the chakras – the seven energy centers as a model for awakening
✓ Layers of being: the koshas
✓ Rivers of life: nadis and kundalini

Take the Seat of Teaching
✓ Learn a refined, logical system of body alignment for asana and teaching
✓ How to teach all categories of poses safely and effectively: standing poses, backbends, forward bends, twists, inversions, restoratives
✓ The art of verbal and manual adjustments
✓ Peer teaching with feedback
✓ Build a wave: the craft of sequencing
✓ Observation and seeing beauty in the student
✓ Teach with a theme: how to teach a meaningful, contextualized yoga class

And More
✓ The Ethics of the Student/Teacher Relationship
✓ The Business of Yoga
✓ Teaching Private Sessions
✓ Find your inspiration
✓ Clarify your unique contribution
✓ Study and practice groups
✓ Keep a sadhana (practice) and insight journal

Prerequisites

✓ At least one year taking weekly (or so) public yoga classes
✓ At least two (2) classes at Seattle Yoga Arts
✓ A burning desire to learn more about yoga
✓ Support network of family and friends for the duration of your training
✓ Clarity about your schedule, capacities, and other commitments so that you are sure you can make space for this training in your life

Dates: Jan. 8th – Dec. 3rd, 2021

Cost: $3,645

About the lead instructors: Claudette Evans & Ellie Rose

What to expect in Claudette’s classes: Claudette has a genuine passion for meeting students where they are, helping guide them toward an experience of greater strength and freedom, while allowing them to discover the wisdom that lies within their own bodies. You’ll find Claudette’s classes infused with her warm, integrative, and creative spirit, along with explorations in mantra and vibration. Her enthusiasm and curiosity are catching, and it’s clear that her teaching draws on her own love of physicality and mental engagement. Through a deft weaving of precise alignment, thoughtful insight, and a great sense of humor, Claudette’s classes create space for self-expression, clarity of focus, and the sheer joy of movement.
Main Influences/Styles/Traditions: Anusara, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Sanskrit. She also has been strongly influenced by Douglas Brooks, Christopher Hareesh Wallis, Christina Sell, Sianna Sherman, Amy Ippoliti, Ross Rayburn, Jason Crandell, and Meghan Currie.

Ellen, MFA, E-RYT 500 has been delving into the practices and teachings of yoga for over 30 years. A professional teaching-artist she is currently an Associate Professor at Cornish College of the Arts where she teaches Physical Technique in the theater department and yoga to all departments. She is also a founding member of Operating Theater Company which opens its rehearsals and process to the student actors at Cornish integrating professional practices into the academic setting. She has been blessed on her yogic journey to study with many wonderful teachers including Gary Kraftsow, Robin Rothenberg, Kathleen Hunt, Denise Benetiz, Sonya Nelson and Martin Kirk. In 2015, to deepen her understanding of the sister sciences of yoga, she completed a 500 hour Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor Certification with Kerala Ayurveda Academy and is available for yoga therapy and private wellness counseling using the tools of Ayurveda. Ellen integrates the practice of mindfulness into her classes to calm the mind and allow a deep and direct experience of the present moment. With a deep bow of gratitude for the many gifts yoga continues to bring to her experience of life, Ellen offers her teaching from a place of compassion and playfulness desiring that all beings everywhere be happy and free. Website: ayurbody.com.