Yoga Club, RYS, IAYT

Yoga Club offers both a  200 Hour and  500 Hour Yoga Alliance registered teacher training program.  Additionally, we offer a  Therapeutic Yoga Certification at both the 200 Hour and 500 Hour levels, as a member school with the International Association of Yoga Therapists.  We also offer specialized certification programs in Yoga for Seniors,Pre-Natal Yoga, and Yoga for Kids. Our programs are open to those pursuing their certification, in addition to serious students looking to deepen their understanding of yoga and their personal practice.

Yoga Club’s teacher training programs are uniquely designed to provide you both the depth and breadth of knowledge necessary to teach many different styles of yoga, or create your own unique style of yoga.  Additionally, both our 200 & 500 hour programs are on-going, providing you flexibility as you choose the weekends of interest to complete your educational requirements within as little as 6 months up to 3 years.

Our 200 hour teacher training program is designed to provide you with the skills necessary to teach yoga, no matter which style you choose to teach. Through this program, we’ll show you how to implement skills to deepen your practice, teach a variety of styles of asana practice, and develop a keen eye to help students properly grow their practice.  Click to view more details on our 200 Hour Training Program.

Our 500 hour teacher training program is designed to deepen this knowledge base allowing you to further your skills as a yoga instructor.  By allowing you to select from among a variety of teacher training immersions, this program also allows you the flexibility to tailor your training towards your specific advanced education desires. Click to view more details on our 500 Hour Training Program.

Within each program, weekend immersions will be led by many of the regions and nations best instructors, each teaching within their respective area of expertise allowing you access to the their wealth and depth of knowledge.  No other teacher training program offers this unique opportunity, introducing instructors to the influences of so many different styles of and approaches to yoga through experts in each field, and at a very affordable price. "It's not just your average teacher training program!"^TM   For more information about either our 200 Hour Training Program or  500 Hour Training Program please click on the links above.  Click to view pictures of our past teacher training programs or to learn more about our referral program and how you can earn credits towards our workshops and immersions.

Therapeutic Yoga Certifications

Yoga Club also offers an advanced Therapeutic Yoga Training Program at both the 200 hour and 500 hour levels.  Our 200 Hour Therapeutic Yoga Program is designed for the practicing health care professional with an established yoga practice of at least one year.  This program offers a 200 Hour Yoga Certification with a concentration in Yoga Therapy.  Our 500 hour Therapeutic Yoga program is designed for anyone wishing to pursue a Therapeutic Yoga Certification.  In order to participate in our 500 hour program you must either currently hold or be pursuing a 200 hour certification with Yoga Club or another Yoga Alliance registered school. Our Therapeutic Yoga Certification program is registered with the International Association of Yoga Therapists as a member school.  More information about our Therapeutic Yoga Certification.

Yoga Club is registered as both a 200 Hour and 500 Hour Yoga School with Yoga Alliance such that you can receive your RYT status at the appropriate level post graduation.  To find out more about our program please contactinfo@yogaclub.us  Registration information is available at the above links.  Yoga Club is also a member school with the International Association of Yoga Therapists. 

Continuing Education Credits ("CEC's)

Each of the weekends included in this program are led by an E-RYT (or an Experienced Registered Yoga Instructor) or documented expert in their filed of study.  As such, each weekend training is eligible for CEC's with Yoga Alliance.  For more information about CEC's please visit the Yoga Alliance website athttp://www.yogaalliance.org/content/continuing-education-units-requirements  or for detailed instructions about how to list your earned CEC's with Yoga Alliance please visit our Continuing Education Credits page.

What Instructors are Saying About Our Program?

"Taking the Charlotte Yoga Club's teacher training was one of the best decisions I could have made. I learned the details and the importance of yoga by studying all different kinds of styles from kids yoga to prenatal to anusara, to vinyasa...and the list goes on. It has truly been an amazing experience. Not only have I met a wonderful group of people I now call my good friends, but I have also gained a considerable amount of knowledge about life, and yoga that I can carry with me forever! I can't wait to sign up for the 500 hr training."  ~Michelle Arndt, RYT

"After a weekend packed with 24 hour of Yoga With Yoga Club Charlotte in this summers 200 hour teacher training certification, I can now say I know I found the perfect course. My eyes have been opened little by little with bits of knowledge letting me see the light of the world we live in." ~Joseph Snider

"Allow me to congratulate you on the excellent caliber of training in your Yoga Teacher Training Course. People don't believe it when I tell them how fantastic it is to be learning at 6:55 pm on a Sunday evening, after a long weekend of yoga. Every phase of the course has been A+++ (off of the charts!), and that's from someone who has trained several massage teachers. Great job!"  ~Lenny Martineau PhD, LMBT

 

Yoga Club Teacher Training ~ A Wide Angle View

 

Yoga is not a static, dogmatic practice - it is a living, evolving art that has room to welcome all types of teachers and practitioners. This is one of the reasons why the Yoga Club Teacher Training program prepares us in such a comprehensive way - to give students a wide angle view on the various ways yoga can be taught, to best be able to serve their specific community of students. For instance, the styles of Ashtanga, and Iyengar ~ two very different yoga practices, actually originated from the same teacher - Krishnamacharya. Krishnamacharya met Patthabi Jois when Patthabi was 13 years old. Given his age and level of energy, Krishnamacharya gave Patthabi Jois a vigorous practice, possibly to tire him out enough to be able to meditate! Thus the creation of the traditional Ashtanga practice generally considered a very vigorous and challenging style of yoga. The same teacher, Krishnamacharya, met B.K.S. Iyengar when Iyengar was in rather poor health. As such, Krishnamacharya created for him a slow, mindful practice with a great focus on alignment, in addition to many props and bolsters. For Iyengar, Krishnamacharya had to offer him peace of body (given his ailments) in order to offer him peace of mind. This is one of many examples of the ways in which yoga is a flexible system of therapy, unique in its application, focusing on the needs of each student at a particular time in their life. It takes an intuitive, well-trained, and dedicated teacher to really use their yoga skills to get the best out of each student ~ rather than apply a system by rote or routine. Through Yoga Club’s Teacher Training, we offer a wide and open angle to the art and soul of yoga.