340 Hour (RYT 500) Devanadi Yoga Teacher Training and Intensive

Transformative and geared towards true positive growth, development and self-mastery, our training aims to help bring out the best qualities in YOU. Devanadi’s 340 hour yoga teacher training and intensive teaches a synthesis of yoga styles with an emphasis on asana, bandha, mudra, pranayama, and meditation, as well as a rich study of yoga philosophy, history and lineage. The faculty and guest teachers have studied in the traditions of Tantric Hatha Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Ayurveda, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, Iyengar, and energy medicine, as well as a variety of meditation styles.

When one finds balance within through time-tested yoga, tantric and Ayurvedic approaches and techniques, your teaching and your character flow effortlessly as we step into our lives with Kriya Shakti, or the power of perfect action, thought and speech – spontaneously doing, thinking and saying the right thing at the right time. We love yoga!

Prerequisite: Must have 200 hour program certificate, or equivalent, from either Devanadi Yoga OR another approved program.

The program is a longer, richer, & deeper study of topics you may have been introduced to in your initial 200 hour program, and includes these programs:

• Dharma Shakti: The Song of the Soul Training
• Sequencing Shakti: Yoga + Ayurveda in the Classroom Training
• Tantra Vidya: Part 1 – Foundations of Tantric Hatha Yoga
• Tantra Vidya: Part 2 – Tantric Yoga and the Sacred Fire
• Chair Yoga Training with Jes Rosenberg
• Guest Teacher Weekend TBD

Topics Covered

• Learn an advanced curriculum of asana practice, technique, and sequencing to create a vast variety of classes based on the style of teaching appropriate to you and your students
• Dharma Shakti Training:  Get your personal codes for Life: Sankalpa (your year-long intention), Vikalpa (what undermines your purpose) and Dharma Map (your life’s mission statement) development
• Sequencing Shakti: Yoga & Ayurveda in the Classroom: Learn an advanced curriculum of asana practice, technique, and sequencing to create a vast variety of classes based on the style of teaching appropriate to you and your students
• Tantra Vidya Part 1: Understand the foundation of Tantric Hatha Yoga using prana as the main tool to calm, balance, strengthen, expand and shine
  • Deeper study of the bandhas, mudras, pranayamas and meditations
  • Prana Vidya – the science of prana
  • Agni Vidya – the science of transformational fire
• Tantra Vidya Part 2: Study the 10 Maha Vidyas, or Wisdom Goddesses, to help understand the role of mind, energy, empowerment, overcoming obstacles and more
  • Shakta lineage of Sri Vidya and other wisdom traditions
  • The 5 Shaktis
  • Learn how to connect the sacred with the mundane in your yoga practices, classes, and day-to-day activities
  • Develop and/or strengthen your own personal connection to Source
• Guest Teacher Weekend
• Chair Yoga Training with Jess Rosenberg
• Yoga as Skill in Action: Social justice and yoga as activism, community service, karma yoga and the role yoga can play in improving our world and social communities
• Classical vs. Tantric Hatha Yoga philosophy
• Yoga philosophy and practice including a deeper look at the Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita
• Trauma informed teaching
• Ayurveda for the classroom, one-on-one and for yourself – doshas, vayus, gunas and more
• Ayurvedic nutrition and cooking
• The study of Energy Medicine including energetic anatomy, gunas, chakras, nadis, koshas, biofield as well as intermediate healing techniques
• The study of the use of Thai Yoga Bodywork in adjustments for yoga postures, as well as therapeutic healing
• Meditation & Pranayama – Learning a variety of techniques to use in practice and in teaching
• Yoga Nidra practices & sequencing
• Shat Kriyas practice and theory
• Mantra, chanting, invocation and japa practice
• Viniyoga – therapeutic approaches to yoga for all ages, shapes and sizes plus mental/emotional conditions
• Yoga Therapy – working one-on-one with individuals based on their needs – case study assignment
• Sanskrit
• Developing Sankalpa Shakti – the power of intention!
• Community service and karma yoga
• Teaching methodology and philosophy
• Developing your ability to teach and guide in a spiritual tradition
• The ethics of yoga – personal and professional
• The business of yoga including marketing and branding yourself as a yoga teacher
• Teaching yoga in the digital age – using technology as an asset
• Mentoring on ways to apply the fruits of their personal practice to committed social action
• Yantra or Mandala including the design, creation and painting
• Plus much, much more!

+ BONUS ESSENTIALS:

• Choose an Elective – Please register and pay for this requirement separately
• Peer Learning Communities for sangha and support
• Complimentary monthly classes & office hours with Devanadi Faculty teachers

Certification & Accreditation

This program is a Registered School (RYS 200 & 300) with Yoga Alliance and preps you for the requirements needed for students to register with Yoga Alliance as a 500 hour Yoga Alliance instructor (RYT 500). Upon completion of the program students will be certified as a 500hr level yoga teacher through Devanadi, and receive a Certificate of Completion. If you also want to become a registered member of Yoga Alliance, you will be able to join immediately if you like once you have taught at least 100 hours upon completing your RYT 200. Check with Yoga Alliance for all details as they are an independent organization outside of Devanadi.

Disclosure Statement: MN STATUTE 141.28: Sub. 1.

Thai Yoga Bodywork dba Devanadi Yoga is licensed as a private career school with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 136A.821 to 136A.832. Licensure is not an endorsement of the institution. Credits earned at the institution may not transfer to all other institutions.

Cost Info

Save $300 off the Regular Price if you enroll by our early bird dates listed below.
For Payments In Full:
Early Bird*: $4400; pay your $500 deposit to hold your spot, then pay in full by the start date of the program
Regular Price: $4700; pay your $500 deposit to hold your spot, then pay in full by the start date of the program
+ For all pricing options: ADD the cost of your chosen Elective (price varies)

Payment Plan Prices:
Early Bird*: $4700 if you apply by JULY 31, 2022 and pay your $500 deposit to hold your spot, then 8 payments of $500 due 1st of the month Nov-June + 1 payment of $200 due July
Regular Price: $5000 if you apply after JULY 31, 2022 and pay your $500 deposit to hold your spot, then 9 payments of $500 due 1st of the month Nov-July
+ For all pricing options: ADD the cost of your chosen Elective (price varies)

The following additional costs are for required training materials and are not included in tuition:

• Required textbooks – contact us for Student Catalog with all details
• Any recommended Yoga Props

Discounts**

*Early Bird Discount: Receive this pricing if you apply by the early bird date noted in each program option.
2023 Fall Monday Program: Aug 1, 2023
2024 Winter Weekend Program: Nov 15, 2023

Training Assistant (TA) Discounts: We are also in need of TAs for all of our upcoming programs. If you have admin, tech, and/or organizational skills, you may apply for a discount ($250-500 off tuition) in exchange for TA duties.

Full Time Student Discount: Also if you are a full time student or have graduated within 6 months of the start of the program you are applying for, submit a transcript with you app, and you will automatically get $500 off tuition.

Devanadi 235hr TT Discount: Grads from our program receive an automatic $200 off!

UNITY Scholarship: A limited number of partial scholarships are designated for each training for up to $250-500 off. These scholarships are intended to increase access to yoga by populations often underrepresented in the yoga community, including: BIPOC, LGBTQAI+ individuals, individuals with a demonstrated financial barrier, and others. Apply Here

**All discount info is listed in detail in our Student Catalog. Fill out the form below to receive our application materials.

QUESTIONS?

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