Advanced 500-Hour Certification

Module One: Core Studies

PREREQUISITES	CERTIFICATION	HOURS	GET STARTED
Yoga Tree Basic Certification or 200 RYT Membership with Yoga Alliance	Yoga Tree Advanced Teacher Training and Yoga Alliance 500 RYT	300 Hours	Register: Module One

Schedule – Click on Module to Register

October 21, 2013MODULE ONE: 50-HOUR ADVANCED TRAINING (1-Week Intensive) with Yoga Tree Staff at Mission
April 21, 2014MODULE ONE: 50-HOUR ADVANCED TRAINING (1-Week Intensive) with Yoga Tree Staff at Mission
October 21, 2014MODULE ONE: 50-HOUR ADVANCED TRAINING (1-Week Intensive) with Yoga Tree Staff at Mission

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Please contact teachertraining@yogatreesf.com or call 415-800-8582 Monday-Friday, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm if you have any questions.

Module One: Core Studies – 50 Hours

Our advanced program begins by strengthening the foundation that you developed in your basic certification. Whether you received your 200-hour certification at Yoga Tree or another Yoga Alliance compliant school, our Module One: Core Studies program is designed to take your existing knowledge and skills to the next level. Advanced poses and teaching techniques will be covered in more detail as well methods for addressing a wider range of special needs. Whether you want to work with advanced students, teach with more confidence or specialize your skills for working with specific populations, this program is the first step in realizing your potential as a teacher.

Prerequisite: 200 RYT certification through Yoga Alliance or completion in Yoga Tree’s Level One Teacher Training

Taught by some of Yoga Tree’s most senior teachers, this program offers advanced teaching skills in alignment, assisting, sequencing, philosophy and anatomy. This program is offered twice per year e as a one-week intensive.

Discounted Yoga

You will receive a special discounted rate at Yoga Tree for a full year after your enrollment. This will allow you to be able to go deeper in to your personal practice as well.

Schedule

One-Week Intensive
Monday-Saturday, 7:00 AM- 5:00 PM

Please note, this is a typical schedule and there may be some variations and deviations. A schedule will be provided at your first class.

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Module Two: Electives
Module Two: Electives (250 Hours)

No two teachers are the same. Some will want to work with a special needs population while others will want to teach more advanced vinyasa or restorative classes. To help you develop in to the unique teacher that you are striving to become, we allow you to pick and choose courses from our Continuing Education program, mentor with one of our senior teacher or volunteer in a karma yoga project so that you can hone the skills you need to become a more specialized teacher.

Continuing Education/Intensives

The continuing education courses and intensives are as diverse and wide-ranging as the teachers at Yoga Tree. You will have the freedom to pick and choose from our ever expanding selection of trainings taught by the Yoga Tree Senior teachers as well as by world class teachers from around the globe. In fact, we have so many amazing intensives to choose from your biggest problem may be deciding which ones are best for you. Click here to view all electives.

Mentoring
- In ancient India, yoga was not taught in a classroom. It was learned by developing a personal relationship with a teacher (guru). In this way the practice and all of the issues that arise from it could be addressed in a way that is unique to each student. Our mentoring program is a reflection of that ancient student teacher relationship.
  
  You should develop a relationship with the teacher you want to mentor with and contact them directly to discuss their availability. Over the course of 6 months you will work with them closely by doing the following:
  - Take your mentor’s classes at least once a week (includes free yoga with your mentor)
  - Assist your mentor at least once a week
  - Meet with them on a monthly basis for counseling
  - Keep a journal of your reflections and insights
  If you have questions about the mentoring process please email teachertraining@yogatreesf.com.
- - Amanda Moran
  - Brenna Geehan
  - Britt Fohrman
  - Chrisandra Fox
  - Darcy Lyon
  - Darren Main
  - Deborah Lee
  - Dina Amsterdam
  - Elise Collins
  - Elise Lorimer
  - Janet Stone
  - Jill Abelson
  - Karl Erb
  - Kerri Kelly
  - Les Leventhal
  - Lauren Slater
  - Pete Guinosso
  - Sean Haleen
  - Stacey Rosenberg
  - Tara Dale
  If you have questions about the mentoring process please email teachertraining@yogatreesf.com.
- Assisting: We have found that the best way to learn is to assist. When you are assisting a senior teacher, you will have the opportunity to watch them in action as they address the endless array of needs of a diverse group of students. You can study their sequencing, learn advanced assisting techniques, and even learn how to work with injured students or those with special needs.
  
  Counseling : Once per month you will be meeting one-on-one with your mentor so that you can ask questions, get feedback and gain important guidance with regard to your work as a teacher. Your mentor will bring specific topics to discuss to each session, however you will always have an opportunity to bring up your own questions, concerns, as well as to discuss the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual issues that surround being a yoga teacher.
  
  Journaling: During the course of your six-month internship, you will be required to keep a journal filled with reflections from your experience as well as observations you make while assisting. While you won’t be required to share the content of your journal with you mentor, you will be asked to bring it to counseling sessions so that you can reflect more thoughtfully on your process.
  
  Long Distance Relationship: Many people who study in our Advanced Teacher Training program come from the far corners of the world and mentoring for six months is not practical. For individuals who live outside of the San Francisco Bay Area, we offer a remote mentoring program in which you will use technologies such as Skype to conference with your mentor. In addition, he or she will assign homework and teaching exercise, which will provide practical real world experience.
  
  Advanced Mentoring: If you want to continue your mentoring experience beyond the six months required for certification, you can do an additional six months and apply fifty hours toward your Module Three elective requirements.
  
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  $700 [Apply Online
  
  If you have questions about the mentoring process please email teachertraining@yogatreesf.com.
Karma Yoga Project

If you have a passion for working in a particular field and would like to volunteer your time as a teacher, we will allow you to plan and teach classes in special needs and underserved communities and count 50 of those hours as electives. Below are links to several amazing organizations that might interest you, but you are not confined by this list. If you have another idea that you think would further your training and offer yoga to a community in need, we will consider your proposal.

Karma Yoga Organizations

Off the Mat, Into the World
Yoga Africa Project
The Prison Dharma Network
The Mother Miracle School

TUITION	SIGN-UP
$700	[Apply Online

As teachers, it is essential that we never forget that we are, first and foremost students. Continuing your education as a yoga teacher is essential for both you and your students growth as yogis. To support you in this process we have created The Yoga Tree Advanced Certification Program, which will provide you with the advanced skills you need to really flourish as a teacher while at the same time qualifying you for membership in the Yoga Alliance at the 500 RYT level.

To help you grow into a uniquely skilled teacher, the Yoga Tree Advanced Certification is broken down into two modules totaling more than 300 hours of hands on training.

Breakdown of 500 Hour Certification

MODULE	HOURS	NOTES
Basic Certification (Prerequisite)	200 Hours	At Yoga Tree or another approved school
Module One: Core Studies	50 Hours	Available in a 3-month weekend or 2 week intensive format. Register: Module One
Module Two: Electives	250 Hours	Intensives, Mentoring and Karma yoga
Total Hours:	500 Hours