Yoga South School of Yoga :: A Yoga Alliance Registered School

Marcia Hoffheins,
Director and Lead Teacher

200-Hour Comprehensive Teacher Training and Certification Program

Join in a group experience with aspiring teachers and dedicated students to cultivate, learn and grow in and with your yoga practice. If you've never experienced a yoga teacher training program, it's difficult to describe the physical and emotional journey that you experience but it is one that we believe everyone who has a passion for yoga should undertake - regardless of your aspirations for teaching or not. Aspiring teachers, teachers with years of experience and students alike will benefit from this inclusive and multidimensional program.

Through this comprehensive training program, you will learn the following from different instructor perspectives:
  • Create and teach various styles of vinyasa classes
  • Different styles of yoga and how to incorporate techniques of those styles into your classes (such as kundalini yoga, ashtanga, anusara, hot, restorative and yoga nidra)
  • Anatomy and physiology for safely instructing all levels of practioners
  • Breakdown, alignment, modifications, and sequencing of postures
  • Energetics of the body and how to incorporate these techniques into your teaching
  • About Ayurveda, the sister science to Yoga
  • How to assist, evaluate bodies physically and emotionally and prevent injuries
  • Pranayama breathing techniques, chanting and meditation
  • Yoga's roots and beginnings and compare/contrast Eastern and Western practices
  • About Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga and Restorative yoga to round out your repitoire
  • Ethical considerations for yoga teachers
  • Effective presentation and communication skills to teach to different levels
  • Business of yoga and how to run your own studio

The Program

Whether you are interested in deepening your own practice or you feel the call to teach, the Yoga South School of Yoga program is committed to the personal success of each participant. Students are encouraged to engage in “svadhyaya” – the Sanskrit term for self-inquiry – and use the program as a significant part of their continuing journey on the road to self-knowledge. Students will acquire the confidence to communicate the practice of yoga to others with the highest level of skill while honoring their own unique voice and style. This program will broaden your perspective of yoga – culminating in an experience that is transformational on every level: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

Topics covered in this 200 hour program meet or exceed all the required standards set forth by Yoga Alliance in the areas of:
  • Techniques – the guided practice of, and analytical training in traditional yoga techniques, including yoga asana, pranayama, chanting, mantra, and meditation.
  • Teaching Methodology – principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, and business aspects of teaching yoga.
  • Anatomy and Physiology – both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, bones, muscles, organs, etc.) as well as energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.)
  • Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers
  • Practicum – actual practice teaching, giving and receiving feedback and observing others teaching.
180 Contact Hours
  • Eight weekend intensives, Friday through Sunday
  • Yoga South yoga classes
40 Non-Contact Hours
  • Reading, writing assignments, essays, and evaluations

Final dates and times coming soon!
Tentative dates:
  • January 2-4
  • January 16-18
  • January 30-February 1
  • February 13-15
  • February 27-March 1
  • March 6-8
  • March 20-21
  • Make up weekend: TBD
Tentative meeting times:
  • Friday, 5:30-9:00 p.m.
  • Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Tuition and Registration

Tuition includes 180 classroom hours, required reading materials, a free yoga package and discounts on boutique purchases. There is no fee for required classroom observations. Yoga South School of Yoga programs are a serious commitment for participants and teachers. Space is limited, $500 deposit is required to hold your space for a session. To reserve your place in the training you must submit your application with signed enrollment agreement along with a minimum $500 deposit. Payments received in full 3 weeks prior to event start date receive a 10% discount off tuition costs.

Registration Form (Word format; use when e-mailing your application)

Registration Form (PDF; use when mailing your application by U.S. mail)

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