This 200 hour yoga teacher training will not only equip you to teach yoga asana in a variety of settings with confidence and ease, but it will instill within you the values and principles of yoga culture that can help enhance your personal life in deep and transformative ways.
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FALL 2023 Yoga Teacher Training
200 HOUR YOGA ALLIANCE CERTIFIED
presenters – Brinda Kumari (Susan Hu) & Jamuna Jaya
dates – october 20th – may 19th (8 weekends: 1 weekend per month for 8 months)
- october 20-22
- november 10-12
- december 15-17
- january 19-21
- february 23-25
- march 22-24
- april 19-21
- may 17-19
time –
- 9:00am – 5:00pm (saturdays and sundays)
- ONLINE 6:00pm – 9:00pm EST (fridays)
location – Bhakti Center / 5E Yoga Studio
admission – $3,300 (regular price)
For any questions, please write to us at info@bhakticenter.org
* In addition to the above schedule, students will be required to take 10 yoga classes per month, practice teaching, and do other homework outside of class
Overview
Physical asana is one part of the vast landscape of personal development that is yoga. This training highlights the spiritual culture of yoga as a means for personal transformation. Over the course of 8 months, you will be immersed in yoga philosophy, lifestyle, culture, meditation practices, holistic health and wellness, and personal spiritual connection to self and others.
Together, we will explore yoga’s timeless teachings and how they apply to your life today. As you apply these teachings regularly, in a supportive community, you will notice yourself transform from the inside out. This course is not just about gaining textbook knowledge, but about applying the teachings and living the lifestyle of a yogi, leading to a profound and deep experience of what yoga has to offer.
As a graduate, you will head into the world confident and ready to lead grounded, safe, and inspired yoga classes. You’ll also learn how to offer modifications, posture options, clarification of contraindications, and how to create classes with progressive levels of difficulty. More than that, you’ll have the tools and knowledge to instill life-changing principles into your classes.
Provided that you have completed all assignments, upon graduation, you will receive a 200 hour yoga teacher training certificate and have the option to register as a RYT 200 via Yoga Alliance.
What to Expect
- be a part of a supportive community
- learn from experienced and adept teachers
- explore and experience variations of yogic techniques
- gain skills to lead a yoga class
- deep study of yoga philosophy
- unlimited yoga membership included throughout the training
Curriculum
- SANKALPA: A discipline for empowered change
- HISTORY OF YOGA: understanding the origin of yoga
- ASANAS: Beginner to intermediate postures
- MEDITATION: What is meditation + basic meditation techniques
- YOGA ANATOMY: Understanding how the body moves and functions while performing yoga
- SEQUENCING: How to structure various types of yoga classes
- MANTRAS: Science of establishing change through sacred frequency / attunement for healing, wisdom, purification, and spiritual evolution.
- BHAGAVAD GITA AND YOGA PHILOSOPHY: Living our yoga practice and taking our teachings off the mat
- PRANAYAMA: Control of the life energy
- YOGA NIDRA: Art of conscious relaxation
- RESTORATIVE YOGA: Yoga as a means of relaxation and healing
- AYURVEDA: Intro to Ayurveda, the sister science of yoga
- BANDHAS: Gain control and intentionally lock energy in specific areas of the body
- ETHICS OF TEACHING YOGA: Servant leadership and leading by example
- BUSINESS OF YOGA: Developing your yoga career
- ADJUSTMENTS: How to properly assist students
- BHAKTI: The yoga of devotion
Interested in taking one of Brinda or Jamuna’s classes before registering for the training? Check out our Yoga Class Schedule and sign up today!
Cancellation Policy
- $1,000 Non-refundable deposit due upon acceptance
- Full Tuition is due ONE week prior to school start date
- $1,000 deposit is forfeited upon cancellation
- Refund window closes 3 weeks prior to school start date; all monies forfeited thereafter
Needs-based scholarships are available on a case by case basis. Please complete the Scholarship Application if you would like to be consider for a partial scholarship.
Brinda Kumari (Susan Hu) is an E-RYT® 500, YACEP®, and founder of an RYS® 200 based in NYC. Born and raised in Shanghai, she has always been searching for the deeper meaning and purpose of life beyond the body and the mind. After obtaining two master’s degrees in Media and Journalism and working in marketing/communications for over seven years, she listened to her inner calling to share the teaching of yoga and became a yoga and meditation teacher. Brinda believes when you take the time to care for yourself with genuine self-love and live an aligned life, you have the power to heal yourself and the world around you. She has been assisting Yogi Charu and teaching in over 30 yoga and meditation teacher trainings. Brinda was initiated into the Brahma Madhava Gaudiya Sampradaya as a disciple of HH Radhanath Swami.
With over 2,000 training hours, Brinda’s teaching style is very nourishing, grounding and uplifting with a focus on breathing and the relationship with Self. As a senior lead teacher at the Bhakti Center, she offers different styles of yoga classes, workshops, and trainings both one on one and in group settings. Her style includes Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Yoga Nidra, Prana Nidra, Pranayama, Prana Vidya Healing, Chakra Meditation and other yoga and meditation techniques. Brinda also leads local and international retreats and offers Ayurveda self-care treatment and consultation.
Jamuna Jaya Devi Dasi is a 500-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher who, after the first five minutes of her first yoga class, distinctly remembers thinking, “Oh, I soooooooooooo get this yoga stuff!” As a former professional dancer, and a life-long spiritual seeker, the synthesis of movement and contemplation on The Divine Spirit spoke to her immediately! She took her 200-hour YTT with Carrie Parker and Jillian Pransky’s Bright Spirit Teacher Training in NJ, and was lucky enough to join the apprentice program, and eventually staff at Devotion Yoga in Hoboken, NJ.
During her 300-Hour Advanced Teacher Training at Yogamaya, under Stacey Brass Russell and Bryn Chrisman, she found the path of Bhakti, and became an initiated student of HH Dhanudhara Swami. She loves combining precise alignment, and spiritual focus to give a complete experience of yoga. Currently, she teaches at The Bhakti Center, Yogamaya, for the online training Yoga Renew, as well as guest teaching at studios like StoneWave Yoga and Three Birds.
When not on her mat, Jamuna performs as a clown in hospitals for children for Healthy Humor, as her “alter ego” Dr. Ima Confused, and is a professional storyteller bringing folktales to audiences of all ages everywhere from schools, libraries, and even prisons.
