GO DEEPER

“The Advanced Teacher Training Program at World Peace Yoga was a dynamic program that provided an opportunity to become a more knowledgeable, well-rounded, and confident yoga instructor. I attended workshops on trauma yoga, yoga nidra, yoga as a business, anatomy, public speaking, and the positive impact of plant-based eating, all of which provided a wealth of knowledge. I had the opportunity to practice and learn from renowned yoga practitioners including Doug Swenson and Julie Kirkpatrick, and from all the incredible people that attended teacher training with me. The training creates a beautifully supportive space to learn, grow, practice, question, and reveal inner strengths and abilities.” –Lexi Sheets

About the Program

Participate in this program whether you are near or far! Join us in person at the studio or remotely via online live stream.

This program offers a path to deepen and evolve your spiritual growth. Whether having taught yoga for a number of years or a having recently graduated from a yoga training, one may realize that they are still in the early stages of inculcating the vast amount of new information and experiences that were presented in their first training experience. Here is where this “Go Deeper” training comes in. It accelerates that assimilation in width, breadth and depth, enhancing both the teachers’ own yoga knowledge and personal practice as well as their ability to guide others. This program is structured in a way that one’s practice continues to spiritualize every aspect of their life leading to the realization of the goals of yoga: such as more compassion, deeper intuition, and liberation.

The “Go Deeper” training assists with more wholly integrating the full spectrum of yoga into the practitioners’ daily life, thus enhancing one’s ability to teach postures, breathwork, meditation, and philosophy in a more natural, organic way.  The fabulous local and guest presenters, self-directed assignments, and teacher community are highly instrumental in the learning process.

Come together as One Student, One Teacher, and One Community. Unite and deepen in spiritual community, satsang amongst great yogis with the courage to take the practices of yoga to another level. This is a very special opportunity to connect more deeply with your intuition, deepen the multi-faceted aspects of your spiritual lifestyle, and refine your abilities to listen, communicate, share, teach, envision and more deeply experience touch, taste, and smell. Embark on this conscious spiritual evolution on a journey to deep ahimsa (non-violence) and peace.

The World Peace Yoga Part II:  Go Deeper Teacher Training is designed for those who have completed a program that meets or exceeds 200 hours of training.  This training provides an additional 300 hours of training to deepen personal practice and advance teaching skills.

The World Peace Yoga Teacher Training programs qualify you to teach in the U.S. and all over the world as a Certified Yoga Teacher or CYT.

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This Heart and Soul of Part II Includes

• Refine and deepen your daily yoga practice with continuity and sustainability plus practical tips on balancing teaching and personal practice while avoiding “burnout”
• Refine and deepen your teaching of postures, breathwork, meditation, and philosophy; i.e. voice, cues, and intentional language use
• Beginner’s Mind in Relationship to Postures: Basics is Advanced
• Practice and Teaching of Low, Medium, and High Intensity Vinyasa Yoga 
• Practice and Teaching of Yin-Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra
• Posture Succession Sequencing based on the Chakras
• Have fun. Create intrinsic themes for classes with inspiring tools such as music playlists, poetry, and affirmations
• Guided Class Instruction, Posture Assists, and Teaching Methodology
• Learn how to create and facilitate workshops 
• Anatomy and Physiology, as it relates to posture and breath, proactive care, functional movements, injuries, and aligning specific body parts
• Subtle Body, Yoga as an Energetic Practice
• Healing Modalities: Why Yoga is Therapeutic
• Yoga philosophy as it relates to liberation and decolonizing yoga
• Refine and deepen your understanding of spiritual nutrition/food and plant-sourced living
• Be in a consistent structured community (satsang) immersion, one the most important aspects of yoga today  
• Connect with fabulous teachers that offer a variety of perspectives
• Yoga as a Business, The Yogi Entrepreneur
• Self-directed practicum to broaden and enhance your teaching skills and facilitation of classes/workshops
• Become qualified to teach at World Peace Yoga 
• Become qualified to teach in a World Peace Yoga Teacher Training 
• Become qualified to teach in any setting of choice, be it yoga studio, fitness center, church, school, etc.
• World Peace Yoga Digital Book
• 300-hour Advanced Certificate

The World Peace Yoga certification is dedicated to passing on the yoga tradition of peace, oneness, and understanding our interconnectedness. We encourage and assist students to achieve “living yoga” through our many educational and hands-on techniques.

“I feel very grateful for the World Peace Yoga Advanced Teacher Training. I also experienced the WPY Foundational Teacher Training, which was amazing and transformational and gave me a beautiful start to my yoga journey. The advanced teacher training, however, has allowed me to expand my knowledge, understanding and practice in both depth and breadth. Both my spiritual practice and my teaching have been greatly enhanced by the self directed assignments and all the inspiring, heart-centered, experienced teachers.  Thank you!” –Betsi Heithaus

What is World Peace Yoga?

World Peace Yoga is a holistic, courageous and practical approach to yoga that incorporates practices both on and off the mat, from philosophy and ethics, to physical postures, breathing techniques and meditation, to kitchenasana.  World Peace Yoga as a Hatha Yoga style is a practice where we focus on the ancient yogic tradition of ahimsa. Ahimsa is Sanskrit for “non harming” and implies practicing kindness to one’s self, to others, to all living beings, and to the earth. From practicing yoga asana (the postures, which is what many people see as “yoga”), meditation, satsang (gathering in spiritual community) and pranayama (breathing exercises), we have a healthier life with less stress, anxiety, and tension. We encourage the greater development of intuition to make healthier and wiser choices in life.  World Peace Yoga is a practice that incorporates physical wellness with spiritual living. It is a style of yoga that touches more than just one aspect of life and motivates a positive transformation in individual and collective lives.

Seven Aspects of a World Peace Yoga Practice:

1. Intention: having sincere intention to connect with your authentic self
2. Connect to Earth: asana is a pose, seat, or connection to the earth
3. Conscious Breathing: the regulation of life force energy through pranayama
4. Intuition: connecting with one’s innate intelligence or sixth sense
5. Compassion: cultivate love for one’s self and all beings
6. Service: being of service to one’s self so one may be of better service to the world
7. Meditation: peace of mind

World Peace Yoga asana classes are taught in three main formats, Yoga Basics, Vinyasa Yoga, and Yin-Restorative Yoga.  Sequencing is designed to harmonize the chakras, while incorporating the six other aspects in some way, shape, or form.

“Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of ones being, from bodily health to self realization.” – B.K.S. Iyengar“…which is all great if one is self-motivated and consistent in the practice. Alone is tough, and so that’s where community comes in. My time spent in World Peace Yoga Advanced Teacher Training has and continues to feed my soul, my practice, and my evolution. The more I teach and practice, the more I feel I have to learn, and that’s why I choose to be at World Peace Yoga. To be challenged in the practice, to be nurtured toward loving all beings and self, to be inspired to create peace on all levels…let’s just say my time well spent.” –Mary Geibel

The three main World Peace Yoga asana formats defined:

Yoga Basics
Learn the foundational yoga postures typically practiced in a yoga-asana sequence learning precise alignment.  There are 5 different class structures you will learn for Basics.  This is a wonderful practice for those new to yoga or for those that are established in their practice & want to refine their alignment. Learn the basics of asana (posture) alignment, breath, intention, and relaxation.

Vinyasa Yoga
A vinyasa practice links breath with movement and intention.  There are two basic class structures you will learn for the vinyasa practice: beginner and intermediate/advanced with focus on a variety of posture themes.  In both practices you will flow through a balanced stream of postures including sun salutations, standing postures, backbends, forward bends, twists, inversions, relaxation and more.  These are active practices that encourage focused intention, meditation, relaxation and spiritual growth through asana.

Yin-Restorative Yoga
This class is designed to progress from small movements like an infant on the floor to holding passive yin postures and restorative postures with props against the wall and on the floor. Great for balance, flexibility and circulation; relief of stress, stiff muscles and aching joints. This is a safe and slow moving class fit for beginner students new to physical activity, senior citizens and for those recovering from injury or illness. This is also a great class for those that are really active and would like to restore their body.

Course Prerequisites

Completion of a Yoga Certification program that meets or exceeds 200 hours of training.

“When I participated in the World Peace Yoga Foundational Yoga Teacher Training, I was still really a beginner in many ways in what I knew about yoga. With teacher training, everything felt new and wonderful. And the knowledge learned in the program, I have shared teaching others. While I have taught yoga for a number of years, I was intuitively aware that I needed to learn more about the deeper paths of the practice of yoga. Advanced Teacher Training (ATT) built on what I studied in foundational training and took me to a more mindful level of practice and with stronger teaching skills. The knowledge I now share in greater peace and confidence bringing a kinder practice to others and inner calm to me. Whether your initial teacher training was with World Peace Yoga or another studio, you may share a deeper sense of goodness for all and expand your “yoga mind” through the World Peace Yoga ATT.” -Lori Reidel

Program Tuition

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The program tuition is $4140. An $900 deposit must be paid to reserve your spot in the training prior to the first scheduled date. There are no refunds issued for this program. All tuition payments are non-refundable. If you decide to discontinue the training at any time, the course fees will not be refunded and, if on a payment plan, you will be billed for the remaining course fees and expected to pay the balance in full. This training begins when you sign up. You receive unlimited classes and are invited to join special events from the time you sign up through the end of the course.

Tuition includes, and is not limited to; all hours associated with the training, unlimited classes on our weekly class schedule, a manual and binder used for journaling and coursework, food preparation and cooking classes, and a World Peace Yoga Certificate.

Click here to make $900 deposit for tuition and reserve your spot today + receive unlimited yoga classes upon making your deposit.

Dates for upcoming program offered IN STUDIO + ONLINE LIVE STREAM:

Required Materials

There are approximately 11 books required for this course on a variety of subjects. A World Peace Yoga digital book will be provided, along with a list of the required materials. 

Course Intentions

1. To provide each practitioner with an in-depth experience of World Peace Yoga, deepening the personal consciousness and inner self-awareness the yoga practice fosters.
2. To grow, share, learn, and unite as one yoga teacher community. Since we are the living, breathing role models for the yogic lifestyle, it is imperative that we come together to join hands, hearts, and teachings.
3. Share teaching strategies, tips, and commonly asked student questions.
4. To emphasize safe, effective, and inspiring teaching methods.
5. To give instruction on the practice and teaching of low, medium, and high intensity postures.
6. To offer excellent training in teaching skills, organizational skills, communication skills, planning, presentation, evaluation, structure, and incorporation of a theme into a posture-based class or workshop.
7. To share how to facilitate group discussion and workshops.
8. To offer instruction and knowledge in how to live the yogic lifestyle, enhancing spiritual health and centeredness through yoga.
9. To show how our lifestyle affects the planet and how we are able preserve the environment and nature for future generations through the ancient wisdom of yoga.
10. To give a solid foundation in the philosophies of World Peace Yoga and their application to daily life.
11. To provide a non-competitive environment to practice and learn from each other.
12. To provide the skills to to live a healthy plant-sourced lifestyle.
13. To embrace peace in action and the ahimsic, non-violent lifestyle.
14. To give guidance on how to establish your profession as a yoga teacher and increase prosperity (yoga as a business).
15. To step out of your comfort zone, open to new experiences and into a deeper place of union.

Coursework and Review

To benefit and enhance your teaching skills, this training requires a series of assignments to be completed. These assignments include, yet are not limited to; reading books, watching videos, writing out essays, scripts and charts, journaling, oral presentations, book reports, practice teaching and so on. All coursework must be submitted for review before certification is received. A CPR course is recommended if you plan on teaching yoga full time, but is not required for certification. Prior to certification we require two reviews (written and practical) to be taken.

Makeup Hours

This training requires attendance for all scheduled hours. Two days may be made up by attending another teacher training group’s class at World Peach Yoga.  Anything beyond two days, there is a charge of $135 per day for makeup.  In the event there is not an available teacher training day for make up, you may arrange a private lesson at a price of $75 per hour missed. It is your responsibility to keep track of makeup hours by documenting the date, length of time, and teacher with whom you worked with.

Time Limit

You have 18 months from the start date of the program to complete these requirements. Extensions will be given at an additional charge of $20 per month. Additional assignments may be given as seen necessary (extra time will be allowed to complete these assignments without penalty).

Final Certification Details

Once all hours are completed, coursework is turned in, and all tuition associated with the training is paid, you will receive your certificate. Extra copies of your certificate may be purchased at an additional cost of $18.00 per certificate. Upon Certification you receive:

• An Advanced World Peace Yoga 300-hour Certificate stating your ability to teach multiple styles of Hatha Yoga, pranayama, meditation, and philosophy.
• The ability to use the class titles such as World Peace Yoga and other aspects of yoga when teaching

Click here to download an application.