“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
DO YOU WANT TO Deepen your understanding of yoga’s transformative potential? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN gaining the EXPERIENCE needed to PRACTICE AND SHARE YOGA IN WAYS THAT FOSTER AWARENESS, HONESTY, AND LOVE?
Our accredited 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training is designed to guide you through a process of self-discovery and empower you to skillfully guide others. This educational opportunity encourages you to question and become curious about the ways you live in your body-mind and the world. Through a curriculum rooted in timeless, immutable yogic principles and mindfully adapted to serve the present, you have the opportunity to dive deeper into what it means to “practice yoga” on and off the mat, and to develop greater intimacy with the whole of experience - with Life itself - in ways that feel freeing.
What MAKES THIS TRAINING DIFFERENT?
This is NOT a skim-the-surface kind of yoga teacher training limited to postural practice, sequencing, and alignment. It’s more than an education in exercise and physical flexibility. This is a transformative learning experience that weaves together the study of yoga history, philosophy, language, art, and science with the practice of yoga techniques, ethics, and service. It includes a refined approach to postural practice as a gateway to the core practice of yoga. This yoga teacher training is designed to help you develop a rich personal practice that will naturally inform your sharing of yoga with others. You’ll learn to integrate energy attunement, mindfulness, and meditation with postural practice in order to optimize energetic sensitivity, mental clarity, and emotional balance. You’ll learn the ancient philosophy at the core of the transformative and self-revelatory power of yoga and be part of how these practices evolve and serve our modern world.
WhO ARE THE TEACHERS?
Inga Buchbinder, Allison Hagen Kennedy, Tobias Moyneur, Cherie Robinson, and Kristin Varner facilitate the yoga teacher trainings. They also serve as the Board of Directors for Community Yoga Center. They are guided by what bell hooks describes as a love ethic - heart values that embrace all the dimensions of love - including kindness, compassion, joy, and trust. They recognize the grace that yoga is and prioritize sharing yoga wisely and respectfully for the benefit of all.
WHAT’S INVOLVED?
The 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training is a nine-month in-person experience centered around 12 touchpoints essential to the practice and sharing of yoga. Orientation happens in September and the curriculum is organized in eight monthly modules beginning in October and ending in May. Each module is grounded in immersive weekend learnshops emphasizing a perennial aspect of yoga through a variety of learning modalities, including educational presentations, hands-on demonstrations, large-group discussions, small-group collaboration, experiential yoga practice, and creative art-making. Each monthly module also includes a mentor group meeting, self-paced readings and study guides, an optional on-line study session, self-reflective journaling, and regular opportunities to practice yoga in community.
Learnshops
Mentor Group Meetings
Self-Paced Readings & STUDY GUIDES
OPTIONAL on-LINE Study Sessions
Self-Reflective Journaling
REGULAR Practice Opportunities
COMPREHENSIVE GUIDEBOOK
Who should aPPLY?
Anyone who loves yoga, is dedicated to an honest and loving yoga practice, is willing to co-create conscious community, and is commitment to participate fully in the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training course is invited to apply for admission to this learning opportunity.
What’s required to complete thE TRAINING?
The nine-month program culminates in your instruction of an in-class practicum (asana and pranayama focused), creation and sharing of a yantra (it’s like a yoga art project!), and completion of a take-home final exam. At the conclusion of the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training, you’ll receive a certification letter and diploma evidencing your completion of the course.
After graduation, you will also be eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as a 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher.
To receive your certification letter and diploma from Community Yoga Center, 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training candidates are required to:
Attend at least 80% of the learnshops and mentor group meetings
Instruct an in-clAss practicum
Create and share a yantra
Complete a take-home final exam
WhEN are the training dates FOR THE 2026 COHORT?
Orientation happens in September and the curriculum is organized in eight monthly modules beginning in October and ending in May. These are the training dates for the 2026 Cohort:
Orientation
Saturday, September 13th from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Module 1 Learnshops
Friday, October 10th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, October 11th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Module 2 Learnshops
Friday, November 7th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, November 8th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Module 3 Learnshops
Friday, December 12th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, December 13th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Module 4 Learnshops
Friday, January 9th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, January 10th from 10:00am to 4:00pm + Saturday, January 24th from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Module 5 Learnshops
Friday, February 13th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, February 14th from 10:00am to 4:00pm + Saturday, February 28th from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Module 6 Learnshops
Friday, March 13th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, March 14th from 10:00am to 4:00pm + Saturday, March 28th from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Module 7 Learnshops
Friday, April 10th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, April 11th from 10:00am to 4:00pm + Saturday, April 25th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Module 8 Learnshops
Friday, May 8th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, May 9th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
GRADUATION
Saturday, May 16th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
HOW MUCH DOES THE TRAINING COST?
We offer three tiers of tuition for the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training. If you choose the supporter or benefactor option, a tax-deductible donation is included ($300 donation for supporters and $900 donation for benefactors).
Community $1,350
Supporter $1,650
Benefactor $2,250
As a gesture of sincere commitment to attend the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training, we ask applicants to offer a $200 non-refundable deposit by July 1, 2025.
For folks experiencing constrained finances, we offer a limited number of scholarships based on economic need and the likelihood of applying the knowledge and skills learned in service to others. Tuition is due at or before Orientation on September 13th. Personalized payment plans are also available. Please don't let cost be a reason you don't consider training. We are always open to consider all possibilities. If you’re concerned about the cost of yoga teacher training tuition, please reach out to Kristin to talk more.
