300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
300 HOUR
ADVANCED
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
INSTRUCTORS
Devon Sweeney
Jeremy Wolf
Hosted by Prana
Vinyasa Denver
Our 300 hour advanced teacher training program is an inclusive community of unique and creative teachers and students of living yoga. Moving beyond the basics of the 200 hour curriculum, this creative program lets you pace yourself. We will learn to teach and practice the integrative embodied pathways of energy-based yoga practices, with core modules inspired by Hatha Yoga + the Prana Vinyasa methodology that has evolved from Shiva Rea’s interpretation and teaching of the Krishnamacharyan perspective, modern somatics, tantra, Bhakti, and Ayurveda.
Our program teaches energetic alignment and a connection to the breath, mental posture, and the physical body to enable sustainable and evolutionary embodiment of asana + sadhana in your body on the yoga mat and in the body of your life. This program integrates the wisdom of natural rhythm inside and outside of the body to awaken a connection to sacred inner flow while cultivating presence in the macrocosm of our lives. Each teacher is encouraged to build their ideal full spectrum of education combining core modules and short electives spanning many modalities approved by your trainers including Iyengar Yoga, Ayurveda, Tantra, Classical Yogic Philosophy, Yin Yoga and more.
How It Works
*You must hold a 200 hour certification from a Yoga Alliance RYS to register for this 300 hour certification program.
- Apply for our 300 Hour program (Click Here or Below)
- Connect with your studio team and receive welcome materials and have an orientation call.
- Choose your pathways of study and register individually for each module: Complete at least 4 Core Modules within 2 years. Required Core Modules include: Embodying Prana Vinyasa + Elemental Vinyasa
- Accumulate 270 training hours and 30 practice hours at YCD within 2 years at your pace using electives and core modules – track your hours with the studio team.
- Complete your training with final assignments and teaching demo!
Required Assistant Weekend: All 300 hour students are required to apprentice/assist a 200 hour weekend. You will sign up for one of the weekends in our Spring or Fall 200 hour weekends with Devon and Jeremy. Depending on the weekend, this will fulfill 14 or 21 hours of your elective credits. You may assist up to 2 weekends. The cost of assisting 1 weekend is $150 for 2 days (14 elective Hours) & $225 for 3 days (21 elective hours). Prior to your assist weekend, you will receive instructions for your weekend of assisting, mentorship, and immersive study with your teacher trainers.
Glow and show your gifts with a teaching demo! You'll Complete your training with final assignments and show the world what you've learned
TIMELINE
CORE MODULES
Trainees must complete 2 Required Core Modules* and 2 additional Core Modules of their choice – ALL STUDENTS MUST TAKE MINIMUM 4 CORE MODULES IN THE 2 YEAR PERIOD.
Required Core Modules for our 300Hr YTT include:
- Embodying Prana Vinyasa + Elemental Vinyasa
- We will host these 2 Required Core Modules Every Year
Other Core Modules: Advanced Subtle Body, Movement Alchemy
Embodying Prana Vinyasa*
80 Hours
Mar 10, 11+12
Mar 24, 25+26
April 7, 8+9
April 21, 22+23
Friday nights 7-9:30pm
Saturdays 10:00am-6:30pm
Sundays 10:00am-6:30pm (includes Devon’s 10am Sunday class)
$1,008 Early Bird till Feb 5, 2023
$1,108 Full Module
Teaching vinyasa is an art that requires a teacher to develop related tools using their voice, hands-on assists, observation and energetic awareness to provide guidance that facilitates the state of flow of a class. Learn the art of teaching Prana Vinyasa in this empowering and evolutionary vinyasa training. You will embody the energetic flow of yoga on and off the mat, deepen your practice, and learn to share vinyasa for all levels.
You will explore the many dimensions of creating a soul-inspiring class; guiding the microcosm of your students to experience healing connection to the whole. This approach to teaching encourages an evolutionary journey into living yoga as we begin to heal the body of our life through the empowerment of a full spectrum practice. We will emphasize teaching from a flow-state to translate this integrative practice to our students.
Energetic Alignment
Vinyasa Krama
Prana Flow Three-Part Vinyasa
Wave Sequencing for the Mandala of 108 Asanas
10 Namaskaram + 10 Solar/Lunar Sequences as the starting point for teaching vinyasa in a full energetic spectrum.
Movement alchemy that balances the elemental body and a deep understanding of asanas within the Mandala of Asanas
Energetic alignment will be emphasized to begin to cultivate the balancing of the five elements and full spectrum embodiment of the organizing intelligence of our life-force through the movements of Prana.
Elemental Vinyasa*
Elemental Vinyasa: Embodying the Power of Nature
with Devon + Zaidy Charrón
40 Hours
May 19, 20+21
June 2, 3+4
Friday nights | 5:00-9:30pm
Saturdays | 10:00am-6:30pm
Sundays | 10:00am-6:30pm
$800 Full Module
$750 Early Bird til March 21, 2023
Yoga is a way to embody the flow of our elemental body and invigorate our primary connection with nature from within. In a mandala of five elemental perspectives, namaskars, and meditations for our sacred center, we will journey into how to cultivate a cellular experience of our “elemental body” for fertilization of our practice, teaching and life.
We will honor the intersections of elemental teachings within yoga, Ayurveda, tantra and indigenous wisdom and focus on embodiment of earth wisdom for healing modern disconnection and cultivating balance through movement alchemy.
Awakening and deepening the principles of Elemental vinyasa as movement meditation – movement alchemy as we focus on poetry, rhythm, breath and movement pattern.
Art of Namaskar Workbook with the Five Elemental Namaskars – Bhumi (earth) Namaskar, Jala (water) Namaskar, Agni (fire) Namaskar, Hridaya (air) Namaskar, Akash (space) Namaskar
Experience the integration of elemental meditation, mudra, mantra and bhavana (contemplation through the heart) and Tantric Yogic Philosophy of 36 Tattwas
An introduction to the prana vinyasa movement alchemy system and how to teach from a wide range of energetics with a “practice palette”
Write your own Movement Alchemy and lifestyle practices to create life balance and flow
Caring for the Elemental Body through Ayurvedic Dinacharya and Lifestyle (Daily and Seasonal) Rhythms
Ayurveda and Yoga
DATES/TIMES
July 21-23
Friday | 6:30-9:00pm
Saturday | 12:00pm-5:00pm
Sunday | 10:00-3:30pm
15 hours/Ceus
INVESTMENT
$175 by July 3
$200 Full Price
Join Zaidy for an in-depth exploration of Ayurveda for yoga teachers and practitioners to enhance your offerings and personal practice. Ayurveda is a system of medicine and wellness practices from India with roots of over 5000 years, known as the sister science of yoga. A yoga practice informed by Ayurveda has the power to restore balance and cultivate vitality. We will explore many foundational concepts of ayurveda, including it’s roots, theory, and application to the practice of yoga and daily life. Zaidy is an ayurvedic practitioner based in Denver, CO continuing her Ayurvedic studies at Alandi Ayurveda Gurukula in Boulder CO to become a NAMA recognized Ayurvedic Doctor. She has over 3000 hours of educational and clinical experience. She is an E-RYT 500hr Prana Vinyasa teacher and teacher trainer.
– Intro to Ayurveda – History and Background
– Samkhya Philosophy
– Elemental & Dosha theory
– Gunas – 20 opposites
– Upa-doshas
– Seasonal Rhythm – Rtucharya
– Daily Rhythm – Dinacharya
– Concept of alchemy in Ayurveda
– Planning classes with Ayurveda
– Agni Types
– Agni & Polyvagal Theory
– Prana, Tejas & Ojas
– Applied Marma & theory
– Yoga, meditation and pranayama
Movement Alchemy
Movement Alchemy – Somatics, Anatomy, and Embodied Philosophy
with Devon Sweeney
40 Hours
Sept 15, 16+17
Sept 29, 30 +
Sunday Oct 1
Friday nights | 7-9:30pm
Saturdays | 10:30am-7:00pm
Sundays | 10:30am-7:00pm
$560 Early Bird til August 16
$600 Full Module
Join Devon Sweeney, E-RYT 500 for a comprehensive exploration into the transformational power of movement and embodiment through yoga. This 40 hour immersion will develop the
many dimensions of embodiment as a tool for learning to feel when we are in the right place. Alignment takes on a new meaning when we learn to live and practice through the lens of movement alchemy,we can apply balancing or supportive practices to our bodies and the bodies of our lives to cultivate new behaviors, new emotional pathways, and remember our innate capacity to support ourselves. This teacher training encompasses theories of bodily awareness in the context of somatics, how to facilitate embodiment in all bodies, and a deep emphasis on the transformative power of knowing thyself at all levels, from the physical to the subtle body. This is a one of a kind module informed by Devon’s direct apprenticeship with Shiva Rea since 2008, Shaiva Tantra studies, and religious and her career as a bodywork therapist over the last decade.
Embodiment and Somatics in the context of Yoga and Tantra
Anatomy + Physiology of Stress and movement patterns that support down regulation vs. activating the stress response
Neuroscience of Stress, Transformation, and Polyvagal Theory
Advanced Sequencing + Movement Alchemy- Using Prana Vinyasa and beyond to Change your Inner State
The Subtle Body and The Nervous System
The intersection of modern understanding of the body’s intelligence and the Tantric Body
Developing Inner Authority – Embodiment as a tool for mental and emotional well-being
Solar and Lunar Movement + Meditation Practices to support the nervous system
Self Regulation and Resilience in the context of yoga
Styles/Schools of Yoga and their effect on the mind-body
Advanced Asanas: Skills and Techniques to create access to strength and receptivity
Lunar Arts Immersion:Yin and Yoga Nidra Teacher Training
Lunar Arts Immersion: Yin and Yoga Nidra Teacher Training with Devon and Jeremy
SAVE THE DATES!
60 Hours
Oct 28+29
Nov 11+12
Nov 18+19
$800 Full Module TBD
$750 TBD
ELECTIVE MODULES
Electives are training programs and Continuing Ed workshops approved by Lead Trainers and YCD and uphold high standards for 300 hour education.
Accessible Vinyasa
Accessible Vinyasa: Facilitating Flow for Every Body
15 Hours
February 18-19
Saturday | 12-7:30pm
Sunday | 1:30-8:00pm
Accessible Vinyasa is a continuing education program for teachers both new and experienced. This weekend offers techniques and resources to make Vinyasa yoga accessible to a wide range of skill levels and body types.
Many Vinyasa Yoga teacher trainings and techniques focus upon guiding practitioners whose strength and mobility are without limitation. It requires a unique skill set to craft a ‘gentle’ or ‘accessible’ vinyasa sequence to allow beginners and limited mobility practitioners to move with fluidity and calm. Intelligent sequencing and a focus on progressive ‘stages’ of postures (Vinyasa Krama) helps teachers structure asana practices to meet each student where they are. Teachers will learn how to support students to feel empowered through flow regardless of body, age, or skill.
Teaching yoga safely requires supporting all students including and especially those with common physical limitations, injuries, joint replacements, misalignments, low kinesthetic awareness, and general challenges with flexibility or strength. Teachers will complete Accessible Vinyasa feeling prepared to empower a wide range of populations using techniques specific to each.