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2027 Teacher Training

January 8 – December 17
In-Person Sessions:
2 Fridays per Month, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Early bird rate until December 1st.

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The question every teacher should ask before teaching a class: What is the purpose of this practice?

Teaching with intention means that every element of the class serves a specific purpose.

Teaching with intention means guiding students toward growth rather than simply leading them through movement.

A successful class teaches students it’s not where they go; it’s how they go.

That is the work of teaching.

And that is the responsibility of the intentional yoga teacher.

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Intentional teaching looks like:

-Teaching skills rather than shapes
Teaching with intention shifts the focus from achieving shapes to developing skills.
Intentional teachers recognize that poses are simply expressions of underlying skills.
When students learn the underlying skill, that skill transfers to numerous other poses and movement patterns.

-Sequencing for progress
Intentional teachers sequence with purpose, not novelty.
While creativity has value, student development depends more on consistency and progressive learning than on constant variation.
Instead of viewing the class as a series of poses, the intentional teacher sees it as a progression of learning experiences.

-Teaching  beyond the physical practice
Teaching with intention is not limited to physical skills. The physical practice becomes a vehicle for exploring philosophical concepts. Philosophy is not merely discussed; it is experienced. The intentional teacher offers tangible tools students can use in day-to-day life to not only be their best selves but also contribute positively to society.

-Building practitioners, not poses
Intentional teaching creates direction and progression. Students begin to understand how today’s practice connects to future growth. They can see how foundational work supports more challenging postures and how repeated practice develops capacity over time.

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Your lead trainer, Lyn Gerfin (Kehoe) E-RYT 500, has 30 years teaching experience and has been training and mentoring teachers since 2008. There are many local studios who currently employ teachers how have trained with Lyn.
View testimonials and a list of local studios here: TESTIMONIALS.
What is power yoga exactly? Read about it HERE.

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Prerequisite:
You are not required to practice what would be considered more advanced poses.
However, your practice should be consistent enough that you have some basic knowledge of the most common yoga poses. Discipline and commitment to practice and study are required.

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TOPICS OF STUDY

1 – Teaching Yoga for Strength & Skill
Teaching with intention shifts the focus from achieving shapes to developing skills. Intentional teachers recognize that poses are simply expressions of underlying skills. When students learn the underlying skill, that skill transfers to numerous other poses and movement patterns.

You will learn:

-The meaning of foundation in modern yoga practice

-Foundations are not “basic”; they are advanced work

-The difference between teaching movement patterns vs. shapes

-The 10 key movement patterns in yoga

-How to teach foundational poses as skill-builders, not just shapes

-Progress comes from learning ‘how’ to move

-Cues for strength, control, and long-term growth

-How to design a skill-building sequence

-Why slower is better in transitions, and repetition builds intelligence in the body

-Why over-creativity can actually hold students back

-The difference between modifications, progressions, and regressions

-Intelligent progressions and regressions for foundational poses

-How to help your students develop transferable skills across poses and practices

2 – Sequencing for Progress
Intentional teachers sequence with purpose, not novelty. Creativity has value, but student development depends more on consistency and progressive learning than on constant variation. Instead of viewing the class as a series of poses, the intentional teacher sees it as a progression of learning experiences.

You will learn:

-Why all effective sequences begin with the internal process

-The power of having a sequence blueprint

-Why the arc-style sequencing formula supports strength and skill development

-The IYT sequence blueprint and how to build on it

-The basic alignment for the 50 postures in the blueprint sequence

-Complex pose progressions and where to integrate them into class

-How to lead a 90-minute power yoga class that includes a well-rounded arc-style sequence with a philosophical focus

-How to give clear and precise cues with proper voice tone and projection

-The 5 foundational principles of power yoga and how to apply them directly into class

-How to lead students through a meditative practice by using verbal skills that support cultivating interoceptive awareness and self-reflection.

-How to create a space of inclusivity and non-competition

3 – The Teacher Must Practice the Practice
Teaching philosophical principles means practicing them yourself. These principles are difficult to teach authentically if they exist only as concepts you have studied, memorized, or read about. To guide students toward self-awareness, you must be willing to develop your own. To ask students to examine their patterns, reactions, choices, and behaviors, you must also be willing to examine yours. For this reason, self-study and reflection are an important part of this course. Throughout the course, you will be asked not only to consider how you might teach each principle, but also how that principle is showing up, or not showing up, in your own life and teaching.

You will:

-Practice before you teach by exploring the 10 ethical principles of yoga through your own experience

-Engage in self-study (svadhyaya) by examining your habits, reactions, assumptions, expectations, and patterns as both a practitioner and a teacher

-Use reflection as a teaching tool

-Notice the gap between what you teach and what you practice

-Teach from experience rather than memorization: when you have personally wrestled with a principle, practiced it, questioned it, and observed it in your own life, your teaching becomes less about explaining philosophy and more about helping students discover it for themselves

4 – The Mental Movement Patterns of Yoga
Teaching with intention is not limited to physical skills. The physical practice becomes a vehicle for exploring philosophical concepts. Philosophy is not merely discussed; it is experienced. The intentional teacher offers tangible tools students can use in day-to-day life to be their best selves and contribute positively to society.

You will learn:

-How to move beyond traditional class theming

-How to teach philosophy without turning it into a lecture

-How to use asana as a tool for transformation

-The 8 mental movement patterns of yoga

-How to integrate philosophical concepts into the actual structure and experience of the physical practice rather than adding philosophy around it

-How to teach students to observe their patterns and use their practice

to develop self-awareness

-How to connect philosophy to the choices students make on the mat

-To connect the mat practice with day-to-day life

5 – Study requirements also include:

-30 hours of functional yoga anatomy
-20+ hours immersed in the study of yoga history and philosophy, including Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
-50 hours of on-the-mat practice

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