We are thrilled to offer a foundational 200-hour yoga teacher training. We value community, creativity, inclusivity, empowerment, and growing compassion and love in the world. Our intention is to provide a cohesive training, honoring and learning the lineage and philosophy/ethics of this expansive yoga tradition, to strengthen our foundations, integrate and create from what resonates most with us, to share through our unique voices and vessels, and to continue evolving with this life-affirming practice.

Solid Gold Yogi 200-hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training

9 weekends:

  • Oct: 25/26/27

  • Nov: 1/2/3 , 15/16/17 

  • Dec: 6/7/8, 13/14/15 

  • Jan: 10/11/12, 24/25/26 

  • Feb: 7/8/9, 21/22/23

In-person Hours:

  • Fridays 7:30 - 9:30pm

  • Saturdays 1:30 - 6:30pm

  • Sundays 1:30 - 6:15pm

We gather our years of experience, research, practices and approaches to deliver an inspired, integrative foundational yoga teacher training of the Vinyasa Flow Style of yoga, great-great-grandfathered by Krishnamacharya. Through the training we will trace our lineage, studying the traditional flow practices and follow paths of in-depth exploration of ethics, asana, pranayama, meditation, embodied anatomy, creative sequencing, restorative yoga, and more. This immersion, held over 9 weekends, will provide trainees with a comprehensive toolbox to deepen and enrich their own practice, open portals for further study. Each will gain everything they need to deliver an intelligently sequenced flow class.

We are so grateful for this opportunity to learn and grow together in community, and to be part of this vital tradition that continues to offer a way for us to move through our days and in the world with more steadiness and ease, compassion and interconnection.

While developing a consistent asana and meditation practice in community, the training will expand our understanding of and include: 

  • Lineage, History, and Philosophy of Yoga

  • Foundational asana

  • Applied /embodiment of Anatomy and Physiology

  • Pranayama

  • Bandhas and other Subtle Practices

  • Koshas, Kleshas, Chakras

  • Meditation, Mudra, Mantra

  • Basic Sanskrit

  • Creative, intelligent, and safe sequencing

  • Precise alignment instruction and cueing

  • Effective assists and consent

  • Approaches to teaching both beginner and intermediate/advanced students

  • Rhythmic pacing of vinyasa with the breath

  • Finding/fostering your unique voice

  • Restorative yoga

  • Yin yoga + meridian yoga therapy introduction

  • Yoga Nidra  

  • Prenatal and postnatal

  • Energetic Hygiene

  • Yoga and Social Justice

  • Trauma-informed yoga

  • Somatic therapy techniques

  • Embodied yoga and writing practice

LEAD TRAINERS + MENTORS

Solid Gold Yogi Teaching Staff + Special Guests

REQUIREMENTS

  • Meditation and journaling

  • 3 classes per week (in person or online)

  • Class observations

  • Teach a 60-minute Open Flow class to the Solid Gold Yogi Community as a final project

TUITION

Tuition includes: A Yoga Alliance certified 200-hour training, digital manual, an unlimited yoga membership in person + online for the duration of the training

  • Early Bird: $2700 full payment before July 1st

  • $3000 after July 1st. A $300 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your spot

  • Flexible payment plans available, after the initial deposit, if enabling payment plan, the default setting is 6 payments of $400 (or $450 after July 1)

Please email leslie@solidgoldyogi.com with any questions

 

Testimonials

“I’ve taken classes at Solid Gold Yogi for a few years, and have come to regard this studio as a sacred spot tucked away in the neighborhood. After working in fitness media for many years and being a student of yoga for over a decade, I’ve experienced much of the “business” and “mainstream” side of yoga, and was wary of larger institutions in the fitness space. In choosing take my take my 200hr training at Solid Gold Yogi, I specifically sought out an education that was local, personal, and reverent for the roots of the practice. I couldn’t be happier with the training I received at Solid Gold—the instructors all offer a unique perspective to the practice, the fellow students I trained with created a thoughtful and encouraging environment, and the curriculum was equal parts practice and theory. Leslie (and all those at Solid Gold) really go above and beyond to provide an education that goes beyond the pose, and offers inroads to the way Yoga is a part of our everyday existence.” - Mitch, Class of 2024

“Solid Gold Yogi cultivated a safe and open community space for us to explore deeper themes, aspects and foundations of yoga. Everything I learned and practiced has ultimately helped me to develop more compassion for myself and others. I left with a greater understanding and appreciation of yoga as an instrument to reach moments of clarity, and a feeling of oneness. I felt encouraged to channel my creativity and love of yoga into sequencing a class that felt right in my own body. I am incredibly grateful I chose to sign up for this teacher training.” - Mallory, Class of 2024