2025 - 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training

REFINE | IGNITE | EMPOWER

Transform Your Teaching, Transform Your Life

Program begins January 25th, 2025

Hey Yoga Teacher! Are you ready to strengthen your confidence in teaching and take it to the next level? Our intimate 300-hour advanced training is designed for passionate 200-hour certified instructors like YOU who crave a deeper dive into the practice and the art of transformative teaching.

This isn't just another training. It's a transformation.

  • Refine your craft: Master advanced asana, anatomy, sequencing, and adjustments with expert guidance. Learn to confidently guide students of all levels.

  • Ignite your inner wisdom: Delve deeper into the rich philosophy and history of yoga. Explore yogic tools for a more fulfilling and integrated life.

  • Become an empowered teacher: Develop your unique voice and teaching style. Discover techniques to inspire and empower your students.

Imagine: Confidently leading advanced classes, guiding students with deeper understanding, and witnessing their own transformations. This is the power you'll cultivate in our program.

Space is limited, as we prioritize a supportive learning environment!

OUR PRIMARY FOCUS:

  • Refine your personal teaching style by developing class themes and applying them to a “3-Wave Sequencing Model” that encourages progression and sustainability.

  • Deepen your understanding of energy through the study of pranayama, chakras, prana vayus, mantra, the power of sound, and meditation.

  • Learn how to apply the wisdom of Ayurveda to establish a daily routine, to understand the balancing qualities of nature, and to use this to create practices for specific seasons and common modern conditions such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia.  

  • Learn to infuse deeper levels of self-care by integrating the concepts of the kosha model of well-being as presented in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Taittiriya Upanishad.

  • Explore how to integrate the philosophy of the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita to modern life.

  • Develop a resilient business model to be able to thrive as a yoga teacher, and feel confident in your ability to host workshops, retreats, and higher-priced offerings.

INCLUDED IN THE COST OF THIS TRAINING

  • 14 Months of immersive training with experienced, 500 Hr-Registered Yoga Alliance Yoga Teachers.

    • 300 Hours of valuable training content with perpetual access to all recorded content and resources once training is concluded

  • 8 in-studio Classes at South River Yoga/month for the duration of the training (VALUE ~ $1200) (option to upgrade to unlimited)

  • Weekend Overnight Retreat, located in Millstadt, IL, August 29th - 31st, 2025 (Value $729)

  • Bhakti Yoga Weekend Immersion with Luna Ray (Value $500)

  • Teacher Training Manual

  • Private Yoga Teacher Training Facebook Group

  • 60 Minute Individual Coaching Session

2025 DATES - January 25th, 2025 through February 22nd, 2026

    • January 25/26, 2025

    • February 22/23, 2025

    • March 22/23, 2025

    • April 12/13, 2025

    • May 17/18, 2025

    • June 21/22, 2025

    • July 19/20, 2025

    • August 29/30/31, 2025 - Overnight retreat weekend

    • September 20/21, 2025

    • October 25/26, 2025

    • November 7/8/9 - Bhakti Yoga Immersion Weekend with Luna Ray

    • December 13/14, 2025

    • January 10/11, 2026

    • February 21/22, 2026

    • February 4th, 2025

    • February 18th, 2025

    • March 4th, 2025

    • March 18th, 2025

    • April 1st, 2025

    • April 15th, 2025

    • May 6th, 2025

    • May 20th, 2025

    • June 3rd, 2025

    • June 17th, 2025

    • July 1st, 2025

    • July 15th, 2025

    • August 5th, 2025

    • August 19th, 2025

    • September 2nd, 2025

    • September 16th, 2025

    • October 7th, 2025

    • October 21st, 2025

    • November 4th, 2025

    • November 18th, 2025

    • December 2nd, 2025

    • December 16th, 2025

    • January 6th, 2026

    • January 20th, 2026

    • February 3rd, 2026

    • February 17th, 2026

*Schedule subject to change due to any unforeseen circumstances.

TRAINING COSTS

Full Training Cost = $4,500

  • $500 Deposit Required to hold your spot (deposit will be applied to tuition)

  • Payment due by January 15th, 2025

  • Payment Plans Available for $4000 balance:

    • 2 Payments of $2,000 each: First payment due by January 15th, 2025; Second payment automatically charged 4 months after 1st payment

    • 4 payments of $1,000 each: First payment due by January 15th, 2025; subsequent payments automatically charged every 2 months until complete.

NOTE: We must have a minimum of 10 participants in order to hold the training. If 10 people are not registered by January 1st, 2025, we will postpone the start date of the training.

READY TO APPLY? Follow these steps:

  1. CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION

  2. After your application has been received, you will be contacted within 48 hours to set up an interview.

  3. Once you have completed the interview process and are accepted into the program, you will receive our financial agreement where you will choose a payment plan. A $500 non-refundable deposit is due in order to hold your space in the training. Deposit will be applied to tuition costs.

    NOTE: We must have a minimum of 10 participants in order to hold the training.

Meet the Teaching Team

  • Annie Geile

    Studio Owner/Lead Teacher

  • Jami Marsoun

    Lead Teacher

  • Jen Jones

  • Cindy Kostecki

  • More Guest Teachers Being Added Soon

Book Lists (Click to expand):

    • Functional Anatomy of Yoga. A Guide for Practitioners and Teachers by David Keil

    • Light on Life by BKS Iyengar

    • Teaching Yoga with Intention by Judith Lasater

    • Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers & Students by Siva Raakhi Mohan

    • The Bhagavad Gita translated by Barbara Stoler Miller

    • Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith

    • Mudras for Healing and Transformation by Joseph and Lillian Lepage

    • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Translation and Commentary by Sri Swami Satchidananda

    • The Yoga of Breath by Richard Rosen

    • The Kleshas, Exploring the Elusiveness of Happiness by Deborah Adele

    • Accessible Yoga by Jivana Heyman

    • Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief by Julie Lusk

    • The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope

    • Yoga and The Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope

    • Insight Yoga by Sarah Powers

    • Healing Mantras by Thomas Ashley Farrand

    • Secret Power of Yoga by Nischala Joy Devi

    • Restorative Yoga by Caren Baginski

    • Yoga for Healthy Aging by Baxter Bell

    • Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson

    • Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar

*Note: It is assumed you have read The Yamas & Niyamas by Deborah Adele in your 200 Hr YTT, if not, please read that prior to the training beginning.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • Although we HIGHLY recommend that you attend every weekend in person, as there is not substitute for learning the content first hand, we understanding that things happen in life. If you have to miss a weekend (or partial) weekend, you will be given the opportunity to make up the missed hours in various forms depending on what lessons are missed. It could mean that you watch pre-recorded content, or attend other classes, workshops, or trainings. Each absence is handled on a case-by-case basis.

  • At South River Yoga, we have a strong reputation for having a high quality training program that produces high caliber Yoga Teachers. We want to uphold our standards and ensure that only people who take the program highly serious, and are dedicated to put in the work needed to succeed.

  • Yes, South River Yoga is a registered YA school in good standings.

  • Included in the tuition is your training manual and all printed materials throughout the program. Books are NOT included in the cost of tuition, but we do sell most of the books at our the studio. We find that many yoga teachers already have purchased many of the required books!

  • Any application fees and the $500 deposit are non-refundable.

    The student can cancel the registration without penalty by emailing info@southriveryoga.com
    within 3 business days of the signing of the Payment Agreement. If cancellation notification is received within 3 business days, full refund of any payments will be made to the student within 14 days of receipt of the cancellation notification.

  • We estimate that you will spend a few hours each week outside of scheduled times working on reading and homework assignments. Also part of the 300 Hr YTT is planning and conducting a community (donation based) yoga class.

  • There is a $500 non-refundable deposit for this training. There are no tuition refunds after 50% of the program is completed. If the student withdraws prior to 50% of the program being completed, a 50% tuition refund will be given.
    If there are circumstances that prevent you from finishing, we try to work with each student to apply credit toward future teacher trainings