PRACTICE AND EVOLVE. 200 HOURS TO DIVE DEEP.

Schedule: Mar 26th to Jul 12th

6-9pm: Wednesdays (in the Yoga room at Gold's Gym Newburgh)

10-1: Thursdays on Zoom (all sessions recorded, complete anytime)

1-6pm: Saturdays (in the Yoga room at Gold's Gym Newburgh)

+24 hours of elective classes to complete your training

Find your Self faster. Become the light.

Our yoga training may be exactly what you need to take control of your life. Applicants must be committed to developing their Yoga practice through the various facets presented in this course, which will require regular attendance, active participation, and home study. Applicants of all skill levels are welcome, one year of continuous practice strongly encouraged to be considered for entry. Once completed, you will be able to register with the Yoga Alliance for your RYT-200 certification. Please note there is a $25 administrative fee to apply, which will be applied to your tuition upon acceptance into the program.

Our 200 Hour Training

INCLUDES:

  • Techniques and Teaching Practice. The theory and practice of asanas, pranayama, and meditation with focus on alignment and a thorough understanding of anatomical principles to ensure safe and effective practice and use of props.
  • Teaching Methodology.  Planning yoga classes, class management, and designing comprehensive sequences. Correct adjustment methods, contraindications for safe practice, lesson planning, sequencing, and clear verbal cues.
  • Anatomy, Biomechanics. Understanding key muscles, joint mechanics, primary skeletal structures, joint classifications, and load management in asanas. Examination of the nervous, cardiovascular, endocrine, digestive, and respiratory systems. Introduction to the chakra system and correlating psychic and earth elements.
  • Fundamentals of Yoga Philosophy.  Exploration of yoga philosophies and classical texts, including the Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Upanishads. Yoga lifestyle principles include non-harm (ahimsa) and the ideas of dharma and karma.
  • Principals of Self-Mastery. Constitutes a foundational training in the eight limbs of Yoga for living a balanced, disciplined life that will equip you with the inner resources to show up with integrity in all areas of your life (not just yoga classes).
  • Practice Teaching. Trainees lead classes under supervision, applying learned techniques and methodologies in order to refine their teaching skills, receive constructive feedback, and build confidence in a real-world setting.
  • Unlimited access to Yoga classes at Gold's Gym Newburgh for the duration of your training, to complete certification requirements in your own time.

PAYMENT OPTIONS

Please note there is a $25 fee to apply. Upon acceptance, you can choose from the following:

$580

6x for the 16 week duration of your training

$1100

3x for the 16 week duration of your training

$3200

When paid in full by Mar 24

30% off tuition for all staff of Gold's Gym Newburgh and Gold's Gym Middletown. What are you waiting for?

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Meet Shannon.

The founder of Beacon Yoga, a woman-centered business utilizing the classical teachings of Yoga for the liberation of women's health and wellbeing from all systems of oppression, Shannon dedicates herself to the re-enlightenment of the planet through spontaneous physiological birth and spiritual understanding. She became committed to the Yoga path in 2002 and has since practiced and studied with many of the great modern teachers including Swami Karunananda, Swami Ramananda, Swami Asokananda, and Sri Sonia Sumar Devi of the Integral Yoga Lineage founded by Master Sri Swami Satchidananda; Heart of Yoga's founder Mark Whitwell; Sri Dharma Mittra; Corina Benner; Biff Mithoefer founder of the Jamtse School of Yin Yoga; and Sonia Sumar, pioneer of Yoga for children with special needs. She has received certification in basic, intermediate, raja, meditation, yin, prenatal and perinatal yoga and children with special needs and teen yoga, and assisted countless yoga trainings including basic, intermediate and advanced trainings for the Integral Yoga Ashram in Virginia, Meditation Teacher Training with Swami Karunananda, and Yoga for Children with Special Needs with Sonia Sumar. She owned and operated Beacon Yoga Center in Beacon, NY from 2011-2022. However, it was not until the birth of her daughter Adelaide in 2021 that she found her current teacher in the mother, birth educator and spiritual activist Yolande Norris-Clark, with whom Shannon worked to heal birth related trauma in herself and her daughter after experiencing a highly medicalized birth. Shannon now teaches the hormonal blueprint of spontaneous physiological birth to women and families in her community and assists others in healing from birth related trauma. She lives with her husband Chris, daughter Adelaide, and dog Maple on a farm in Beacon, NY, where she sometimes paints too.

Meet Sara.

Sara Hart is grateful to have a lifestyle that supports her personal and professional creative and spiritual ideals. Teaching Yoga and Meditation since 2009, Sara's certifications include 500 hour Yoga teacher training, 100 hour Sound Healing from India Universal, 100 hour meditation training, 400 hour vinyasa teacher training, Reiki level I, II, III in Rishikesh, India, 300 hour Hatha Yoga Therapy, and she holds a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Parsons School of Design. She is the founder and fine artist at the iHART Lens - creating fine art photography and mixed media. Sara has opened a home studio offering workshops and immersions that explore yoga beyond asana, in collaboration with trusted wellness workers, as well as offering alternative hospitality for artists and healers with solo retreats focused on art, asana, and reiki.

Meet Michael.

Michael was blessed to be brought up in a yoga family and began practicing asanas with his parents at the age of five. After spending many holidays at yoga retreats in New York and the Bahamas, he took a deep dive into the Ashtanga Yoga method and did his teacher training in Southern Crete in 1994. Since then Michael has been the Director of Ashtanga Yoga of New Paltz, led dozens of yoga teacher training programs, and continues to lead workshops on Anatomy, Inversions, Yoga for Seniors, and Hands-on-Adjustments. He received his 300-Hour certification at Stone Wave Yoga in 2021. Nothing makes him happier than imparting his love of yoga to students. The understanding of the Musculoskeletal system brought Michael's practice to a new level by allowing him to heal himself from old injuries and create sequences for each unique body. His classes blend traditional Hatha Yoga with Vinyasa, Restorative, Pilates, and Meditation.