Let’s vibe up together!
Our aim is to break barriers between yoga systems and unite them. Our teaching incorporates many styles of yoga into one experience, creating a sustainable system of transformation. Learn more about us!
What we can offer to your community:
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Being authentic and owning your leader voice & guiding humans in owning their personal journey via their bodies in yoga asana.
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Taking risks and saying yes to opportunities, even if you feel scared at the prospect, because you trust that growing in any facet of your life takes action and getting outside of your comfort zone on a regular basis.
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Feeling prepared to face any situation, physical position, sentimental experience, and relating authentically to other humans.
Training Dates
Fall 2023
Module Niyata: Meditation, Methodology, and Techniques for Teaching
Winter 2023
Module Vinyasa: Meditation, Methodology, and Techniques for Teaching
Who is this for?
Students who are ready to explore a different layer of their yoga/asana practice and are ready to be guided through more complicated postures.
Students who want to explore the possibility of teaching and guiding students successfully through asana sequences.
Students who are seeking self discovery and embracing the yoga path in their daily living.
How can I benefit from advanced training?
What’s included?
PRACTICE & TRAINING
Learn key principles of asana and learn functional alignment, as well as foundational principles of yoga practice.
Interactive posture workshops will develop your understanding of alignment, correcting, modifying, and the physical and energetic benefits of postures.
Learn how to use props and how to perform hands-on adjustments.
CLASS COMPOSITION AND TEACHING TOOLS
Understand the therapeutic vision – the reasoning behind sequencing Gain awareness of the elements of a class that make it inspiring Learn the Hot Yoga, Vinyasa, and Core systems. Practice and Training Asana & Teaching Experience.
ANATOMY AND MOVEMENT PRINCIPLES
Gain knowledge of alignment principles to keep students safe. Understand the importance of the myofascial lines of the body. Learn practical anatomy and physiology that is relevant not just on the blackboard, but in the yoga studio with real bodies.
Learn anatomy that is applicable and valuable to your teaching and your understanding of your students’ bodies. Become skilled and proficient at understanding and reading bodies – anatomically and energetically - which is an essential skill in being an inspirational yoga teacher that can adapt their teaching to suit all types of students.
PRANAYAMA & MEDITATION
- Learn the importance of breath and how it affects our energy and how to use it as a gauge in each pose.
- Learn how to direct your breath and energy in your practice and to use it as a tool to influence your state
- Learn how to affect the breathing of your students and how to effectively teach them how to connect with this powerful yogic tool
- Begin a foundation meditation practice and learn different ways to awaken this powerful practice in your life
- Learn to use meditation as a tool to clear your mind to make space for growth, sensitivity, and awareness.
VOICE, PRESENCE, AND INFLUENCE
Develop techniques to motivate, calm & influence your students on a deep & meaningful level.
Practice techniques and develop skills that will develop your confidence, presence, and ability to influence individuals and groups in both a heartfelt and effective way. Voice and Delivery.
PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Understand the System of Transformation – a path to liberation. Learn the tools to develop emotional intelligence. Learn the Law of Attraction and Intention and how to apply it in daily living.
HEALTH SKILLS
Learn the connection between food, our bodies, and our environment. Discover the true power of water. Learn the best way to nourish your body to sustain a joyful living.
Learn how to answer the health and fitness questions your students will ask you and build support of information and knowledge for the main student questions including injuries, difficulties, physical symptoms of purification, when to alert their doctor, and when to modify their poses.
PRACTICUM
Shadow classes and become an apprentice by the completion of your 2nd weekend. If ready, start teaching by the end of your 4th weekend. It’s up to you when you want to start teaching to build stronger tools that will develop your teaching style and solidify your learning.
Love from past graduates
“Check them out !!”
I spent an entire Summer exploring all the yoga studios in Charlottesville. The Elements has by far the most compassionate and skilled instructors. They meet each student exactly where they are and at the same time challenge and encourage their development.
Liz Forney
“Monica and Kendall are very knowledgeable to help to make the connections between the physical and internal aspects of yoga”
The Elements was an amazing program and community! I always felt supported both in my practice and my personal life. I highly recommend the Elements both as a studio and a yoga teacher school.
Sarah Strong
“I had a wonderful experience”
The Elements ’s 200-hour teacher training prepares its trainees to begin teaching the principles and techniques of yoga safely and competently.
Caleigh Sturgeon
Take a peek into the modules
Vinyasa Weekend One
Law of Pure Potentiality | Law of Giving | Meditation | Principles of Class Composition | Asana Practice | Posture Clinic | Teaching Drills | The Problem According to Yoga | Kleshas
Vinyasa Weekend Two
Law of Karma | Law of Least Effort | The Solution According to Yoga | 8 Limb Path | Meditation | Posture Clinic | Asana Practice | Teaching Drills | Koshas
Vinyasa Weekend Three
Law of Detachment | Law of Dharma | Layers of Cueing | Pranayama | Alignment Principles Asana Practice | Verbal Assists | Meditation | Posture Clinic | Voice Drills | Teaching Drills
Grab your seat today, and elevate your life
Investment
$250 non-refundable deposit + $2,300 Paid in Full
Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM SPECIAL?
Our program is based on practical, hands-on, visual, and interactive workshops, designed with specific training drills that dramatically accelerate that learning process. Upon graduation, you’ll be able to confidently lead group classes through three classes with distinct purposes: stability, vinyasa, and conditioning.
Our goal is to not only teach you how to teach and peel the layers that no longer serve you, but we teach you the formula to create thousands of classes that are cohesive, intelligent, and wholehearted.
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES TO REGISTER?
We recommend at least 1 year of yoga practice in a yoga studio with teachers so that you have a good understanding and grasp of the practice of yoga, basic alignment principles and that this is an offering that truly speaks to you.
IS ADVANCED TRAINING FOR ME IF I CAN'T DO ADVANCED POSTURES?
No! Advanced Training is about deepening your understanding of your personal anatomy and how it is interconnected your personal psychology. The byproduct of this exploration is accessing postures that may be unimaginable to you before this training.
WHAT IF I HAVE A 100 or 200 hour CERTIFICATION ALREADY?
While 200 hour level trainings are standardized according to Yoga Alliance, each of them have their own flavour depending on the teacher and their unique style. While we are very proud to offer a training with a faculty that has over 8,000 hrs of teaching experience and excellence, there will be inevitable overlap of some of the topics that are standardized within a 200 hour training (basic anatomy, philosophy, teacher techniques, etc...). We recommend that you take classes with Monica & Kendall to meet us and to give you an opportunity to gauge whether this is a training that matches your needs.
We do recommend that if you already have a 200 hour yoga teacher training to embark upon the master 300 hour program that is formulated to expand and elevate the knowledge, skill set and your potential from a 200 hour level base. The 300 hour curriculum is meant to refresh some topics of the 200 hour and to take you much deeper into the study of yoga for your personal and professional needs.
CAN I ATTEND VIRTUALLY, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF I MISS A WEEKEND?
We understand that life happens and is full and sometimes complicated, and for that reason we offer a HYBRID format. Our training is housed in a Learning Platform that contains all the information and recorded videos from the live modules as well as Virtual/ZOOM access to the live classes.
Our corriculum requires pre-work/self-study before attending the session so that we can concentrate our time as the 200 hour is condensed into a smaller time frame on weekends.
There are assignments to turn in, and if hours in a weekend are missed, you can (within a year) return another weekend when that subject is offered, watch the prerecorded videos or one-on-one make up hours. One-on-one make up hours are $150 / hour (per person) and subject to time and availability of the teacher.
*Please note, certificates are withheld until the completion of these hours.
Monica & Kendall, your yoga guides
Kendall and Monica opened The Elements Studio in Charlottesville, VA in 2016 and together they have accumulated over 10,000 hours of multi-level classes, workshops, and teacher trainings. Kendall and Monica are both 500 hr graduates of Yax Yoga Concepts in VA Beach. In the Fall 2022 they closed their beloved studio to be with one of their daughters in Charlotte, NC, opening to the possibility to offer classes online and guest teach at different studios.
Their classes are sprinkled with wisdom teachings, raw life expression, and humor that reflect their life journey and passion for teaching.
