200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

Fall 2024

 
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Bloom into your highest self.

Bloom Yoga invites you to apply for our certified Bloom Yoga School 200-hour Teacher Training! Immerse yourself in the deep practice of yoga as you build and learn to share yoga that is healing, inclusive, and empowering. In this program, trainers with deep and diverse yogic experience guide you through aligning a power vinyasa, yin, and gentle practice with a social justice ethos. Across 11 modules, you will learn how to breathe, move, and connect as you plant seeds that will help you root down and bloom into your highest self. Bloom Yoga is a registered yoga school with Yoga Alliance. 

This program is for you if you:

  • Are curious about the roots of the yoga practice

  • Seek to practice yoga from a place of connection and compassion

  • Want to approach yoga with a social justice lens

  • Are inspired by power vinyasa, yin, and/or gentle yoga

  • Want to learn alignment with particular attention to diverse bodies

  • Hope to do your part to make yoga more inclusive

  • Aspire to teach yoga that is holistic - not only focused on perfecting poses

  • Love and want to know more about pranayama, meditation, and energetics

  • Are ready to foster and maintain a holistic personal practice

 

Training Dates:

September 6 to 8

September 20 to 22

October 4 to 6

October 18 to 20

November 1 to 3

November 15 to 17

December 6 to 8

January 3 to 5

January 17 to 19

January 31 to Feb 2

February 14 to 16

Weekend Modules: Fridays 5:30 to 8:00 pm, Saturdays 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm; Sundays 11:30 am to 5:00 pm


Modules:

Module 1: Salute the Sun: Power Vinyasa Foundations 1: Begin aligning your practice from the ground up: learn the alignment breakdown of Sun Salutations and an introduction to power vinyasa yoga and its different formations, schools, and perspectives. 

Module 2: Root to Rise: Power Vinyasa Foundations 2: Meet the Bandhas and learn their importance for grounding and engagement. As we further explore power vinyasa, you’ll redefine what grounding means in and beyond a yoga practice. You’ll also learn the ins and outs of standing postures through thorough cueing practice.

Module 3: Open Hearts, Open Minds: Power Vinyasa Foundations 3: Discover where and how the body stores emotions and integrate heart opening into your yoga practice. We’ll begin examining the structure of a yoga class as you learn how to align backbending and hip opening postures. 

Module 4: Asana Alignment: Anatomy and Functional Movement: See your body in an entirely new way and improve the safety of your practice. You’ll learn the anatomical foundations to asana practice by exploring planes of movement, joint action, opposing muscle groups, and isotonic/isometric movement as they apply to the physical practice. 

Module 5: The Yogic Path: Yoga Philosophy: Reach the center of the yoga experience. We’ll read and discuss the foundational myths and themes that inspire and inform yoga, including core yoga philosophy concepts such as the eight limbs, karma, and brahman. 

Module 6: Beyond the Asanas: Chakas, Energetics, and Meditation: Connect the physical to the spiritual aspects of yoga. You’ll learn the history and practice of chakras, mudras, and pranayama as spiritual, energetic, and thematic focuses of a yoga practice. 

Module 7: Breath and Movement: Power Vinyasa Foundations 4: Explore the use of breath as a yogic tool as we draw together previous modules to structure sequences. Learn the alignment breakdown of inversions, arm balances, and seated postures and more deeply explore the practice of vinyasa yoga.

Module 8: Shift Your Gaze: Power Vinyasa Foundations 5: Experience yoga from an instructor’s perspective. Learn how to safely transition between poses, develop skills to safely plan a yoga class, and write your own vinyasa sequences and practice teaching them. 

Module 9: Embodied Wisdom: Yin Yoga Foundations: Balance your practice and expand your knowledge with another  form of yoga. Learn the philosophy, added history, and practice of yin yoga, including alignment of yin postures, energetics, and developing sequences.

Module 10: Vibrate the Cosmos: Social Justice and Yoga: Live yoga off the mat for a wholly aligned practice. You’ll reimagine teaching and practicing yoga through a social justice lens as we build a more ethical yoga practice. We will find the intersections between yoga and spiritual activism while addressing cultural appropriation in yoga culture to create a more inclusive, transformational space for all to practice.

Module 11: Understand through Compassion: Gentle and Inclusive Yoga: Cultivate a radically welcoming yoga space with an inclusive yoga practice. You’ll learn how to adapt to various ability levels by studying how yoga connects to the nervous system. You’ll apply your knowledge by creating gentle vinyasa sequences.

 

Trainers:

AnaLouise Keating, RYT-500, E-RYT-200, Lead Trainer

AnaLouise has been practicing yoga daily for almost a decade and teaching yoga since 2017. AnaLouise focuses on creating inclusive yoga spaces and practices that learn from and support social justice. She has completed trainings in a number of yoga traditions, including power and vinyasa, yin, restorative, and the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method. (Pronouns: she/they)

Angie Calcaterra, ERYT-200, Trainer, Vinyasa

Angie has been a dedicated yoga student since 2003 and teaching since 2014. She teaches vinyasa that weaves together asana (postures), chanting, meditation, breath work, and yogic philosophy, influenced by the Akhanda style developed by Yogrishi Vishvketu. She encourages students to explore their mind-body connection with surprising transitions, challenging flows, sound, and a range of breathing exercises.

Marti Lathrop, E-RYT-200, Trainer, Vinyasa

As part of more than 30 years practicing yoga, Marti joined the teaching team at Bloom Yoga Denton in 2017. Trained and certified in the Baptiste Journey into Power tradition, she appreciates the power and ease of the JIP sequence (53 poses divided into 11 intention-based series) and its use as a vehicle for progression in physical, emotional, and spiritual growth through yoga. She has also adapted the sequence to a lower-intensity gentle flow, combining a modified JIP sequence with the philosophy of Subtle® Yoga Revolution by Kristine Weber, a broadly applicable, person-centered approach that builds resilience through the powers of breath, meditation, and mindful movement. (Pronouns: she, her, hers)

Clint R. Buol, PT, DPT

Dr. Clinton R Buol, PT, DPT has his clinical doctorate in physical therapy studies and is an actively treating clinician licensed in the State of Texas. He has obtained his Board Certification as an Orthopedic Physical Therapy Specialist specializing in musculoskeletal conditions. He is also a Certified Manual Physical Therapist through the North American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT) and a Champion Performance Specialist. He is currently pursuing his Fellowship in Manual therapy with NAIOMT, which is the highest post-doctoral advanced certification in the physical therapy profession. He specializes in spinal dysfunction, overuse injuries, and using manual therapy (hands-on techniques). He has been an avid yoga enthusiast for more than five years.Pricing:

Tuition: $2800 (paid in full)

All trainees are offered a discounted membership, as well as a 10% discount for Bloom members.

Payment Plans: 

$250 deposit + 6 monthly payments of $430 

$250 deposit + 3 monthly payments of $855

$250 deposit + 2 monthly payments of $1280


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NOTE: All modules will take place in person, at our Denton studio.

Ready to commit? Make your deposit today.