TAKE THE FIRST STEP ON YOUR TEACHING Journey TODAY
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Are you ready to take your practice to the next level - advancing your postures, transitions, and breathwork?
Do you stay awake at night wondering how to live a balanced life?
Or maybe you leave class with this nagging sense that you're meant to teach this practice too?
You're probably ready for a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training!
This fall, join Hillary Acer, E-RYT 500, for an in-depth 200-Hour training in partnership with YogaSource Palo Alto.
what you need to know
Yoga Teacher Training Overview
This training, accredited by Yoga Alliance, is designed to give students a comprehensive foundation of Yoga - including philosophy, history, pranayama, meditation, and asana.
We provide students with tools and practices to develop their own equanimity, sense of self, and authentic voice.
On that foundation, students will begin to explore the vast pedagogy of yoga, build skills think critically about the practices of yoga, and teach others using a simple, methodical approach.
Students will practice advanced alignment-based asana each morning and dive into discussions, lectures, and hands-on skills labs each afternoon.
They will also complete take-home work and submit assignments to prepare them to lead a public class by the end of the training.
Our Story
Our Instructors
Our experienced and certified instructors are passionate about sharing the practice of yoga with others. They meet you where you are in your training and provide personalized attention and support to ensure that every student can effectively participate in our training.
This fall, your lead facilitator and trainer is Hillary Acer, E-RYT 500. Hillary has been teaching yoga since 2012 and has studied with some of the best instructors in the world, including Annie Carpenter (Creator of SmarFLOW) and Jason Crandell. Her teaching is informed by both Iyengar and Ashtanga lineages, marrying flow and precise alignment in a perfectly blended practice and training.
Hillary is also the creator and director of the LELA Yoga & YogaSource 200-Hour Teacher Training Program and has been leading trainings since 2015.
Our Curriculum
We have carefully curated an approachable and comprehensive training to give you the best foundation to start your teaching journey. Our training integrates evidence-based learning science and covers a wide variety of topics:
Example Topics:
- Advanced asana, pranayama, and meditation practices
- Functional anatomy and physiology,
- Injury prevention and recovery for teachers and students
- Smart, logical, and purposeful sequencing
- Subtle body anatomy and traditional eastern healing systems
- Finding your voice as a teacher and developing clear, concise cues
- Detailed alignment of commonly taught postures, as well as modifications and benefits
- Pedagogy of yoga, how to instruct through inquiry and empower your students
- Teaching skills, including how to use hands-on adjustments and keep students safe
- History of yoga, key figures, and the evolution of modern yogic practices
- Philosophy of yoga including the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and Vedic Texts
- Modern application of yoga and teaching to special populations
Our Standards & Requirements
Our training is accredited with and approved by the Yoga Alliance. We cover the required Yoga Alliance Standards & Competencies and we have added a bit more to ensure you are a successful instructor:
Foundational Requirements:
- 75 hours techniques, training, practice
- asana, pranayama, meditation, subtle body
- 30 hours anatomy and physiology
- anatomy, physiology, biomechanics
- 30 hours yoga humanities
- history, philosophy, ethics
- 50 hours professional essentials
- teaching methodology, professional development, teaching practicum
Requirements for Graduation & Certification:
- 90% Attendance and Completion of Assignments
- Completed quizzes to check for understanding
- Completion of personal project & presentation
- 4+ Hours of Seva (Service Work)
- Completion of Teaching Practicum
- Final Exam
- Teach a live community class