Expand Your Teaching and Practice AND Earn your 500-Hour Certification
…in a viable weekend format.
Program Overview:
The West End Yoga Center 300-Hour Expansive Teacher Training Program is directed towards prior 200-hour certified Yoga teachers (not limited to WE graduates) who have a passion and curiosity about Yoga and all the many facets, paths and ways to practice. This eighteen-month training is perfect for practitioners and teachers who are looking to explore more Yoga and therefore deepen their personal practice and teaching repertoire in a shared community.The participants in this 300-hour training meet one weekend per month for an average of 10 hours. These information-rich weekends entail content-specific experiences lead or guided by knowledgeable and qualified teachers. These weekends build-up to a total of 4 Modules grouped by content and consist of an average of 5 months from start to end.
In addition to these monthly weekend sessions, participants meet one weekday evening for two hours per month, for the favored “WE colLABorate”. This is a free and open opportunity for the Yoga teacher community to meet and share ideas and questions and co-inspire one another on thoughtfully chosen topics.
This 300-Hour program gives the trainees the requirements, along with a previous 200-hour teacher training certification, to then apply as a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 500) with Yoga Alliance. The total 270 contact hours (time spent with qualified teachers according to the syllabus) is built into the 4 modules, as this is the total number of contact hours required by YA. The additional 30+ required non-contact hours consists of assigned reading and other “omwork” assigned along the journey. Many of the topics studied throughout the 300-hour training were most likely introduced in a 200-hour training program; however, these topics are now explored more deeply and richly in order to better apply and perhaps teach/share more of what is learned with confidence.
Contributing Teachers:
April Bland – RYT 500
Ellen Mosko – E-RYT 500
Erica McHughz – E-RYT 500
Kim Kneller – RYT 500
Laura Danner – RYT 500
Leah Naylor – E-RYT 500
Lisa Bryan – E-RYT 500
Merrilee Durwachter – RYT 500
Ravi Hari – MSW, LCSW
Beth Wernham – E-RYT 500
Jamie Laputka – E-RYT 200
Sheetal Contractor – RYT 500
Katrina Pelekanakis – Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher
Britt Tagg – E-RYT 200
Yogi Joe – E-RYT 500
Scheduled Weekends (subject to change):
January 27, 2019
February 9 – 10, 2019
March 8 – 10, 2019
April 13 – 14, 2019
April 27, 2019
May 19, 2019
June 1 – 2, 2019
August 10 – 11, 2019
September 6 – 8, 2019
September 22, 2019
October 5 – 6, 2019
November 2 – 3, 2019
December 14 – 15, 2019
January 11 – 12, 2020
February 8 – 9, 2020
March 6 – 8, 2020
April 4 – 5, 2020
May 2 – 3, 2020Required Texts (included in tuition):
The Upanishads (various versions and authors)
Wherever You Go There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Deeper Dimension of Yoga, by Georg Feuerstein
Tuition:
The price of tuition includes all three books and all binders/folders needed throughout the program,
as well as unlimited Yoga @ WE for the full eighteen months (Jan 2019-June 2020).Save 10% if paid in full upon registration = $3438
Or $3820 with any payment plan
Deposit of 10%, $382 is due upon signing up
Payments may be made monthly, or by modules
Balance paid by June 1, 2020 Pay online nowProgram Pre-requisite: All participants must have completed a 200-hour Yoga teacher training program.
Have questions? Please call 484-860-3044 or email weyoga@gmail.com for more information.
Ready to sign-up?
- Please fill out the form below. It will serve as your application to the upcoming 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training Class. Leah will contact you to confirm the application has been received. If for some reason you do not hear from Leah within 3 days of submitting the form, please let Leah know by calling 484-860-3044 or emailing weyoga@gmail.com.
- Then, if you wish to pay online, click register now.