Earn your Yoga Teacher Certification in Greensboro, NC at Dancing Dogs Yoga Greensboro. As a 200 Hour and 300 Hour Yoga Alliance approved school, DDY offers world class training in a supportive learning environment. This inspirational and life-changing program will give you the tools, confidence and skill to teach an effective and inspiring power vinyasa yoga class in the tradition of Baron Baptiste.
This training takes place over 4 extended weekends and all modules are required:
Week 1: Journey Into Power. Asana + Philosophy. March 5-8, 2020
Week 2: Alignment, Anatomy and Hands On Assisting. April 16-19, 2020
Week 3: Subtle Energy + Svadyaya- Self-Study. May 14-17, 2020
Week 4: Expandsion + Triumph. May 28- June 1, 2020
As a teacher graduate, you will learn the physical, energetic, and spiritual implications of yoga, as well as the importance of your way of being— how to live an authentic, essential life. Led by Certified Baptiste teacher Shelley Lowther and other DDY Senior Teachers, this program is appropriate for practitioners of every level. This is a physically, mentally and emotionally challenging training that is a must for anyone wanting to share the practice of yoga, as well as those who simply wish to deepen their own understanding of the practice.
The DDY training is designed to prepare you to be a confident, effective yoga instructor. Each session covers a different unit of study and includes asana, lecture, group discussion, and small-group exercises.
The aim of this program is to create exceptional teachers, Not only will you leave our program prepared to teach, you will also be able to stand in front of a room of people and share openly and authentically. You will gain invaluable insight into your own way of being. At DDY, we believe that the best yoga teachers are those who connect with their students, who speak authentically and from the heart, and who are comfortable in their own skin, regardless of who or what is around them. Through the practices and techniques of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga, you will learn to identify the obstacles in your life and gain the tools to become your most powerful self, both in and out of the yoga studio.
DDY has a strict attendance policy and attendance is required at all Teacher Training sessions. Every group class that is missed must be made up in the studio within 7 calendar days. For every 1-4 hours missed you will need to schedule a one hour private, at a rate of $150. For every 4-8 hours missed, you will need to schedule a 2 hour private, at a rate of $250. Workshops can be made up at other locations when available. We're happy to work with you on this to ensure that you can get all of the information that is missed. The maximum amount of days missed can be no more than 2 days. No refunds are available in case of chronic absences.
Refund/Cancellation Policy
Participants in this teacher training must:
From time to time, adjunct faculty will join the group to share specific expertise and offer insight.
Dancing Dogs Yoga is an accredited Yoga Alliance Teacher Training School. Students who successfully complete our training can register with Yoga Alliance as either a 200-hour or 300-hour certified teacher.
Years of knowledge and practice have been condensed into an amazing keepsake yoga teacher certification manual.
Start off your training with an opening ceremony complete with intention setting
Study anatomy with our very own PhD and learn how anatomy specifically applies to yoga practice and teaching
Understand the physiology and yoga and body mechanics
You will start teaching yoga the VERY first weekend of training. Discover your voice!
Learn to assist every pose in the sequence and feel confident giving your students hands-on instruction
Study Yoga Philosophy with skilled and heart-centered teachers and find your own understanding of important texts
Grow your own yoga asana practice so that you can help others
Learn to meditate and learn to teach meditation. Develop or expand your existing practice.
Dive deep and discover your own true inner power!
Learn to teach Journey Into Power as instructed by Baron Baptiste and understand the intelligence of sequencing. What you teach next matters-- we will teach you the WHY.
All yoga and meditation classes on the scheduled weekends are included in your training.
Asana workshops include Alignment, Backbends, Hips, Inversions, Assisting, Yin Yoga and more!
Dive deep into the Four Agreements with Shelley Lowther and June Stewart
Warrior Goddess facilitator Shelley Lowther will lead you through a full day of transformation, exploration and joy!
Dive Deep Into your meditation practice-- or start one!
Explore the yoga sutras, the Bhagavad Gita and much more
Explore kirtan, chakras, crystals, cacao, reiki and many other modalities of healing and yoga.
Blocks, blankets and straps are available at no cost. Mats and towels are available to rent.
Please contact us for a list of available, additional housing.
Books may be purchased as an add on.
Meals are not included
Mats and towels are available for rent or purchase in the studio.
In the first extended weekend, you will learn the ins and out of Journey Into Power as a Sequence, and begin to understand the philosophy, methodology and sequencing of a Baptiste Yoga Practice.
Expect heavy asana, fun practice teaching sessions, and workshops on alignment and meditation. You will learn the Baptiste Journey Into Power sequence and practice teach to your peers and facilitators and gain a deeper understanding pf methodology.
Sample Schedule:
Thursday 2pm-8pm
Friday: 8am-7pm
Saturday: 8am-7pm
Sunday: 9am-6pm
This is our famous hands on assisting weekend! Learn to give and receive assists for every pose in the Baptiste Yoga Sequence and experience two valuable workshops on yoga anatomy.
Schedule:
Thursday 2-8pm
Friday: 8am-7pm
Saturday: 8am-7pm
Sunday: 8am-6pm
Start diving into the more subtle energies of yoga with workshops designed to help you explore chakras and more. With every passing weekend, get deeper into the personal work and developing our voice as a teacher.
Schedule:
Thursday 2-8pm
Friday: 8am-7pm
Saturday: 8am-7pm
Sunday: 8am-6pm
Expand from the inside out. You are almost there! Start drawing the parallels between your personal work and the art of teaching. You will teach your own class!!!! Get ready to SHINE.
Thursday 2-7pm
Friday 8am-7pm
Saturday: 8am-7pm
Sunday: 9am-3pm