TEACHER TRAINING
2024/2025 Session begins October 26, limited space available.
Practice, Theory, Community and Discovery!
A dream team of Union teachers bring the structure, flow and soul to this foundational yoga training program. Their shared love of the practice, varied backgrounds, and deep expertise provides a rich backdrop for exploring the practices of yoga.
Each day will include intensive practice, posture labs, lectures and experiential learning as you discover the richness of the practice, and the power of your voice! You will get your questions answered, and be lovingly challenged to take the next steps in your practice and your life!
The Boston Yoga Union Teacher Training sets the standard for excellence for trainings in Boston and beyond.
Graduates of our program are teaching all over the Greater Boston area, and the country. They have opened their own studios, filmed for national brands, and spearheaded yoga programs for the causes they support.
There is no better Program to embark on this life changing journey!
Boston Yoga Union is a Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga School and awards graduates with the Yoga Alliance, Registered Yoga Teacher / RYT certification.
What You’ll Learn
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Learn the structure for all major poses, along with alignment and modifications. Explore more advanced postures in your practice and teaching along with therapeutics.
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Refine your teaching perspective, define your voice, and work on classroom management. Gain experience working with newer teachers, and develop the leadership skills to host trainings of your own.
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Learn Pranayama, Restorative Practices and the Subtle Body. Become familiar with the practice of slowing down.
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Learn reliable, repeatable methods for creating classes that will challenge and inspire your students.
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How did we get from meditative practices in ancient India to Hot Power Flow in Boston in 2022 and how do we honor the roots of the practices while bringing awareness to cultural appropriation?
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Study the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita with both classical and modern lenses. Dive deeply into the philosophy and practice weaving dharma into your teaching
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Learn to build your brand and raise your digital profile. Develop workshops and content offerings to find the right mix of revenue streams and succeed in a competitive marketplace.
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Explore how yoga philosophy and social justice are inexorably linked, Conceptualize and complete a social justice and community focused Seva (Service) project.
Tuition and Registration
A $500 deposit is required to hold your spot. Payment in full by the discount date is required to maintain early bird pricing. Payment plans are available— please contact hello@backbayyogaunion.com to arrange one that works for you!
Tuition includes a 10-class card for Back Bay Yoga Union to support your practice.
BIPOC SCHOLARSHIPS
Back Bay Yoga Union is committed to increasing representation of BIPOC teachers and students in yoga spaces. We encourage diverse students with an interest in teaching to apply for a studio-sponsored scholarship to defray teacher training tuition.
Scholarships are granted on a rolling basis, and are tiered levels of cost sharing as a percentage of the training. We have modeled our program this way in order to grant as many students as possible support for the training.
~ For 2024/2025, scholarship applications are now closed ~
Teacher Training Faculty
Dive into the rich field of yoga with a devoted staff of highly experienced teachers who have collectively led more than 40 trainings.
All training hours will be spent with main faculty, and you will get the benefit of their varied perspectives, insights and expertise in the practice and the business of yoga.
2024/2025 Teacher Training Schedule
FORMAT:
200-hour training takes place from October 2024 to February 2025.
We host a weekend format, and all trainees attend 11:00am - 6:00pm on select Saturday + Sundays, with four Friday-evening sessions 7:15pm - 9:00pm throughout the program.
DATES:
Oct 26th/27th
Nov 8th/9th/10th
Nov 23rd/24th
Dec 6th/7th/8th
Dec 21th/22nd
Jan 10th/11th/12th
Jan 18th/19th
Feb 8th/9th
March 1st/2nd
March 15th/16th
THE 200-HOUR REQUIREMENT:
Please note that nearly everyone enrolled has a need to miss a day or a weekend during the training, we can work with you to make up hours.
