200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training (In Person)
Vinyasa Flow with Alignment, Restorative, and Therapeutic Elements
COMING TO YOU THIS SPRING, 2022
Deepen Your Practice and Connect with Your Community
Ignite your passion, awaken creativity, transform fears & immerse yourself in a positive and nurturing environment
that supports growth, vibrant health, break-through and transformation.
“I took a yoga teacher training with Jess, and I can truly say her energy, wisdom and presence has forever changed me. She was not only my instructor, she became a mentor and guru. I came from a personal training background and am a lifting enthusiast. I was amazed how learning from her not only improved my business but my own personal journey. She is a great light in the yoga industry, and I am so grateful to share her invaluable knowledge.”
Do you wish to make a stronger commitment to practice or feel called to begin sharing it with others?
Our Yoga Teacher Training offers you the first step toward a deeper practice and yogic lifestyle through a supportive immersion program.
This is for you if you are ready to:
Deepen your yoga practice and transform your life through Yoga
Fine tune your asana through a deeper understanding of bio-mechanical alignment principles
Explore breath work, mantra and meditation as tools to create vibrant health and well being
Learn to share the practices with others in a safe and powerful way
Connect with a supportive community
Build self-confidence and tap into your amazing potential in a supportive environment
Get certified to teach yoga and receive your Yoga Alliance Approved 200 Hour Certificate (about 50% of the students come just to deepen their practice and 50% come knowing they want to teach.)
All levels and all body types are invited to participate, you will truly LOVE our adaptive approach that makes yoga accessible for all.
What are students saying about this Yoga Teacher Training?
One of Liz’s recent graduates from writes:
My life is forever changed. The level of instruction and mentoring I received is unparalleled. Thank you for supporting me throughout this journey. I am forever grateful to you and eternally changed by the past few months. I feel like I just woke up, or someone turned my switch on. It’s a whole new view, a completely new way of living and being. As far as my confidence as a teacher; I feel 100% confident that I can keep students aligned, safe and breathing to the best of their ability. I can’t imagine my life without the knowledge and tools I am walking away from this experience with. – Rondi Spurling
Curriculum Includes
Techniques/ Training/ Practice
Vinyasa flow techniques for beginners and all level classes
Anatomy informed alignment techniques to create safety and sustainability in practice
Restorative Yoga
Benefits & contraindications of yoga asana, pranayama & meditation
Pranayama, breath awareness, relaxation, and a variety of meditation techniques
Chanting, mantra & mudra practices
Teaching Methodology
Creative art of sequencing
Principles of demonstration & observation.
Assisting and Adjusting
How to teach all levels & populations.
Finding one’s unique teaching style and authentic voice.
Learning the business of yoga & how to build your yoga community.
Anatomy and Physiology
Human physical anatomy and physiology made relevant to yoga asana
Energy anatomy and physiology (chakra system, nadis, & vayus)
Common injuries & misalignments in the body and modifications for practice
Yoga Philosophy and Lifestyle
History of Yoga
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras & The Myths of Yoga
Basic Sanskrit – Learn the pose names
Ayurveda & Making healthy lifestyle choices.
Practicum
Techniques for building confidence & self-empowerment
Taking the seat of the teacher
Art of language
Specialty Focus
How to target & teach special populations; pre/post-natal, yoga for seniors, yoga for beginners
Benefits & contraindications for specialty focus populations including trauma informed
Supportive Kula
Learn to create and appreciate a community in our training that celebrates our own and each others unique strengths & skills.
Ignite passion, awaken creativity, transform fears & immerse yourself in a positive and nurturing environment that supports growth, break-through and transformation.
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INVEST 6 MONTHS to IMMERSE & TRANSFORM
Dedicate 6 months to deepen your practice and immerse in the yogic lifestyle with a supported group of like-minded yogis.
You will have the opportunity to learn from an expertly coordinated faculty of experienced and diverse Yoga teachers with over 100 years combined teaching experience.
200 Hour Yoga Alliance Approved Program
Full Certifying Program Includes:
200 Hours of Education offered in person
Individual one-on-one mentoring with lead instructors
Yoga asana classes with lead instructors
Participation in a loving, supportive yoga community
Certificate of Completion and eligibility to register with the Yoga Alliance as an RYT-200
Full Program is $2497 Full Price Tuition/$2197 for Early Bird deposit ($500) by January 15 and pay in full by program start date. Payment plans available.
Program Dates:
TBD Spring 2022
Thursdays 5:30 - 8:30pm . Approximately 3 times per month the Yoga Teacher Training group will meet on Thursdays from 5:30pm-6:45pm for a Yoga Asana Class plus from 7:00-8:30pm for a Yoga Teacher Training discussion.
Twice monthly: Saturdays 1:00pm-5:00pm & Sundays 1:00pm-5:00pm. These sessions will be offered in workshop format, expect yoga asana class, meditation, pranayama, lecture, practice teach and pose study. Each weekend will be designed around a specific theme.
Scholarships and Payment Plans are Available
We are currently accepting deposits for the In-Person 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training.
We Go Together….
Draw on a supportive group of mentors, peers and faculty and make connections that lift you up.
“I am very grateful for this experience, for our teachers, the yoga family we created and the growth I have experienced within. The group atmosphere was safe; everybody, every level was welcome.”
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Om Shala Yoga 2021 YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
LEAD FACULTY & GUEST INSTRUCTORS
JESS TRUDEAU lead trainer
Jess celebrates letting the beauty you love be what you do. She is a traveler, adventurer, and creative soul who finds poetry in moving between a celebration of the fine arts and yoga. Her biggest spark of passion lies in teaching others and spreading the vast and complex wisdom of yoga in relatable and comprehensive ways. She enjoys guiding her students toward authentic living, awareness of the intuitive body, and a deep sense of belonging. Her classes and trainings are soaked in yoga’s rich philosophy and paletted history, mindful alignment and thoughtful sequencing, and lit up by her own never ending search for play and creativity.
She uses yoga as a gateway to better understand ourselves, accept and even celebrate our humanness, and seek out joy in the cracks where the light tries to find us. She reminds us that until we give adequately to ourselves, shedding light into our own souls, can we give with true intention, exist alongside, and inspire others.
Jess carries 900 hours of advanced certifications from Yogaworks, Laughing Lotus, Heartwood Institute and Blissology. She is Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 certified with experience leading 300 hour teacher trainings, and leads adventure yoga retreats worldwide. She first began teaching yoga in remote villages in Mongolia 15 years ago and was amazed at yoga‘s universal ability to inspire and heal.
She joyfully invites you to step into the flow with her
LIZ HEFFERNAN lead trainer
Liz Heffernan, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT is an international yoga teacher and Integrative Yoga Therapist.
She draws from over two decades of personal yoga practice, 24 years of teaching and extensive training in the Hatha yoga systems of Kripalu, Ashtanga and Anusara. She currently directs and leads Yoga teacher trainings and workshops in worldwide locations, provides unique one-to-one mentoring for yoga teachers wishing to improve their skills and delivery, instructs daily yoga classes and offers private therapeutic sessions. Additionally, Liz serves as a mentor-faculty member for the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy 1000 hour program. Her personal journey with yoga began as a young teenager when through a random, yet auspicious opportunity she took a Yoga course at a nearby college. Here, in Savasana, she experienced a sense of peace and wellbeing, a feeling that was in profound contrast to her daily expression of herself. It took fifteen years for the seed that was planted then to germinate into a dedicated practice. Now, after 25 years of daily Yoga, Liz is humbly grateful to this life-affirming path that consistently realigns her physical body, thoughts and innermost intentions with more joy and a greater vibrancy.
Liz's dynamic teaching style is influenced by many, many wonderful yoga teachers. These include Ashtanga Yoga’s Shri K. Pattabhi Jois, Tim Miller, Nancy Gilgoff and Bhavani Maki; Anusara Yoga’s Desiree Rumbaugh, Jenny Otto, Noah Maze, and Jim & Ruthie Bernaert; Integrative Yoga Therapy’s Joseph Le Page; and yoga philosophers Ram Das, Douglas Brooks, and Carlos Pomeda.
Liz is known is for her ability to bridge the gap between the ancient perspectives of yoga and contemporary daily life. Her teaching weaves together philosophy, creative sequencing, clear alignment, mindful breathing, and compassionate self-inquiry to form a tapestry that reflects her heartfelt commitment to this transformative path.
Liz is not only a highly experienced yoga teacher, she is an instructor who has lived the teaching, and has the maturity of a senior practitioner. For this I was truly grateful. She has a balanced awareness of the physical body and alignment principles and the deeper experiences in her own life, of the spiritual principles of yoga. I am deeply grateful I took her teacher training program. - Tarini, California
JOEY PAZ E-RYT 500
Joey has been a devout practitioner of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga since 2008. Practicing daily for many years with Andrew Eppler, Bryce Delbridge, and Jennifer Engleman at Ashtanga Yoga Studio in Oklahoma, he began to travel regularly to India in 2013 to initiate ongoing study of Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Mantra, and Yoga philosophy with Sri BNS Iyengar, a direct student of T. Krishnamacharya and the world's elder living master in the Ashtanga lineage.
In addition to his E-RYT 500 certification from Andrew Eppler at AYS and the Himalayan Yoga Association of Rishikesh, India; Joey has studied in-depth with a wide array of old school Ashtangis including David Williams, Nancy Gilgoff, Danny Paradise, David Garrigues, Gilad and Miriam Harouvi, Baptiste Marceau, Dominic & Stephanie Corigliano, & David Swenson.
Beyond asana, he has studied Yogic chanting with Dr. M.A. Jayashree and Narasimhan of Ananta Research Foundation in Mysore & Kanchen Mala of Krishnamacharr Yoga Shala in Mysore; Yoga history & Sanskrit phonology/pronunciation with Seth Powell of Yogic Studies; and Yoga Darshana with Dr. M.A. Alwar of Maharaja Sanskrit College in Mysore and his father Dr. Lakshmi Tatachar, founder of the Samskrti Foundation in Melukote, India.
In addition to his devoted practice and study, Joey is co-producer of the film “Mysore Yoga Traditions," a groundbreaking documentary that provides an in-depth look at the fabric of Yoga culture in Mysore; and currently co-hosts the annual Mysore Yoga Traditions Retreat and Conference held every year in Mysore- the birthplace of modern yoga.
Currently, he is the lead instructor and manager of the Ashtanga/Mysore program at Om Shala, and leads several international retreats. Read more at www.joeypazyoga.com