An Extraordinary Advanced 300/500 YTT Program focused on mentoring:
We are now offering a YTT program that is focused on mentoring! Our mentoring program includes small group weekly 2-hour mentoring plus email mentoring, weekend/one-day workshops, and online programming series.
We encourage (but not require) Trainees that are mostly attending online to “graduate” with a one week intensive to experience the magic of in-person transformative group dynamic, as well. Picture to the left was taken at one of these intensives.
Mentoring for 2024-25 is offered either Mondays or Fridays 12-2 PST (Monday seems to work for most interested people, so far. However, if there is enough interest, I may do two groups Monday and Friday). You can attend either in-person in-studio or live online for a master class and then a lesson.The majority of the weeks you will need to attend “live” (but if you need to miss an average of one live session a month, you can make it up via recording). You choose: either Online or In-Studio. There will be 1-2 hours of homework each week, as well, which will include a weekly quiz. To further the experience, our group will, also, be reviewing the SAYF Training simultaneously along with the mentoring hours. You will graduate with two credentials: RYT 500 AND SAYF.
What will we be doing?
Our mentoring time focus will always include philosophy, pranayama, meditation and sometimes mantra. We will also be really refining and upleveling our language (including inclusive and trauma-informed language), pose options and deeper understanding of human movement mechanics so that every pose can be both practiced and/or taught progressively for all bodies, and so much more. In addition to our scheduled 2 hours, you will will have access to the SAYF Training while you are mentoring, and will have email access to me during this mentoring time, as well. As we get further along, there will also be practice teaching options where I will give feedback to improve your teaching.
Your time commitment
3-4 hours/week (includes both SAYF study and email access, as well). And you will earn 15 hours/month toward CEs or 300/500 RYT. Your monthly cost will be $199 via autopay until we feel you have satisfied all requirements, or you choose to cancel.
How to register/purchase?
$199/month autopay:
https://www.sayfyoga.com/purchase
WE RECOMMEND STARTING EITHER SEPTEMBER 1 or JANUARY 1. We take a break over Summer. So, there are two modules: September-December and January-June.
RYT 300/500:
This mentoring program is customized to go toward an extraordinarily in-depth and personalized 300/500 hours. Fabulous, experienced and devoted guest trainers will be collaborating with Stephanie for this new programming. Inspirational trainers who have invested in their education, training and experience and have A LOT to offer. This program will be customized for each of you attending, and you can also earn hours from any of the programs listed below (new programming is in bold):
Online/hybrid series:
~ 10-Week Yama/Niyamas Course - January - March 2025 - applying yoga to your life
~ 3-Week Pranayama Course - the OG breathwork - April 2025
~ 7-Week "Energy Yoga” Course: Chakras, Koshas, Kundalini - New - Sept 2025
Weekend One Day Workshops:
Yoga Nidra & Restorative Yoga - Online option available now
12 Traditional Yoga Meditation Practices & Mindfulness - New
Kids/Teen Yoga & Mindfulness - Updated
Prenatal Yoga - New
Mantra - Supported by Online Program - New
Learning Sanskrit for Yoga - Supported by Online Program - New
Trauma Sensitive Yoga - Supported by Online Program - New
Creating Connection Through Touch (providing personal guidance while teaching)
SAYF Movement - A New 10-hour SAYF program - more depth on how to modify/progress/options for major joints
Advaita Vedanta with Swami Omkarananda - New
Destination learning (continuing education or YTT in-person on retreat) options upcoming soon:
~Radical Restoration (restorative, Yoga Nidra, and meditative practices)
Offered: Breitenbush, Nov 2-4, 2024 & Society Resort, Bingen, WA Spring 2025
~Wildview, Algarve, Portugal April 26-May 3, 2025
~BodhiTree, Nosara, Costa Rica, November 22-29, 2025
Come along…join us...retreat to expand...and connect with nature, community and self.
Finally, for those working toward 300/500 hours or just wanting to advance their yoga practice, I have been inspired to offer a Yearlong Mentoring Course where we meet for one hour satsang on Yoga Theory & Philosophy called Yoga for Life. We will meet every week for a year to discuss a different focus related to yoga as a life practice (yes, there are more than 52 themes!), as well. Not sure when this will start but within the next year or two for sure, and these hours will apply to those in the 300/500 hour program.
WE RECOMMEND STARTING EITHER SEPTEMBER 1 or JANUARY 1. We take a break over Summer. So, there are two modules: September-December and January-June.
We hope life is sweet, meaningful, and/or joyful for you today.
If you haven yet taken this FREE 5 hour course The Transformative Power of Accessible Yoga, I’d love for you to take it and lmk what you think:
https://www.sayfyoga.com/assignments
We are now offering a YTT program that is focused on mentoring! Our mentoring program includes small group weekly 2-hour mentoring plus email mentoring, weekend/one-day workshops, and online programming series.
We encourage (but not require) Trainees that are mostly attending online to “graduate” with a one week intensive to experience the magic of in-person transformative group dynamic, as well. Picture to the left was taken at one of these intensives.
Mentoring for 2024-25 is offered either Mondays or Fridays 12-2 PST (Monday seems to work for most interested people, so far. However, if there is enough interest, I may do two groups Monday and Friday). You can attend either in-person in-studio or live online for a master class and then a lesson.The majority of the weeks you will need to attend “live” (but if you need to miss an average of one live session a month, you can make it up via recording). You choose: either Online or In-Studio. There will be 1-2 hours of homework each week, as well, which will include a weekly quiz. To further the experience, our group will, also, be reviewing the SAYF Training simultaneously along with the mentoring hours. You will graduate with two credentials: RYT 500 AND SAYF.
What will we be doing?
Our mentoring time focus will always include philosophy, pranayama, meditation and sometimes mantra. We will also be really refining and upleveling our language (including inclusive and trauma-informed language), pose options and deeper understanding of human movement mechanics so that every pose can be both practiced and/or taught progressively for all bodies, and so much more. In addition to our scheduled 2 hours, you will will have access to the SAYF Training while you are mentoring, and will have email access to me during this mentoring time, as well. As we get further along, there will also be practice teaching options where I will give feedback to improve your teaching.
Your time commitment
3-4 hours/week (includes both SAYF study and email access, as well). And you will earn 15 hours/month toward CEs or 300/500 RYT. Your monthly cost will be $199 via autopay until we feel you have satisfied all requirements, or you choose to cancel.
How to register/purchase?
$199/month autopay:
https://www.sayfyoga.com/purchase
WE RECOMMEND STARTING EITHER SEPTEMBER 1 or JANUARY 1. We take a break over Summer. So, there are two modules: September-December and January-June.
RYT 300/500:
This mentoring program is customized to go toward an extraordinarily in-depth and personalized 300/500 hours. Fabulous, experienced and devoted guest trainers will be collaborating with Stephanie for this new programming. Inspirational trainers who have invested in their education, training and experience and have A LOT to offer. This program will be customized for each of you attending, and you can also earn hours from any of the programs listed below (new programming is in bold):
Online/hybrid series:
~ 10-Week Yama/Niyamas Course - January - March 2025 - applying yoga to your life
~ 3-Week Pranayama Course - the OG breathwork - April 2025
~ 7-Week "Energy Yoga” Course: Chakras, Koshas, Kundalini - New - Sept 2025
Weekend One Day Workshops:
Yoga Nidra & Restorative Yoga - Online option available now
12 Traditional Yoga Meditation Practices & Mindfulness - New
Kids/Teen Yoga & Mindfulness - Updated
Prenatal Yoga - New
Mantra - Supported by Online Program - New
Learning Sanskrit for Yoga - Supported by Online Program - New
Trauma Sensitive Yoga - Supported by Online Program - New
Creating Connection Through Touch (providing personal guidance while teaching)
SAYF Movement - A New 10-hour SAYF program - more depth on how to modify/progress/options for major joints
Advaita Vedanta with Swami Omkarananda - New
Destination learning (continuing education or YTT in-person on retreat) options upcoming soon:
~Radical Restoration (restorative, Yoga Nidra, and meditative practices)
Offered: Breitenbush, Nov 2-4, 2024 & Society Resort, Bingen, WA Spring 2025
~Wildview, Algarve, Portugal April 26-May 3, 2025
~BodhiTree, Nosara, Costa Rica, November 22-29, 2025
Come along…join us...retreat to expand...and connect with nature, community and self.
Finally, for those working toward 300/500 hours or just wanting to advance their yoga practice, I have been inspired to offer a Yearlong Mentoring Course where we meet for one hour satsang on Yoga Theory & Philosophy called Yoga for Life. We will meet every week for a year to discuss a different focus related to yoga as a life practice (yes, there are more than 52 themes!), as well. Not sure when this will start but within the next year or two for sure, and these hours will apply to those in the 300/500 hour program.
WE RECOMMEND STARTING EITHER SEPTEMBER 1 or JANUARY 1. We take a break over Summer. So, there are two modules: September-December and January-June.
We hope life is sweet, meaningful, and/or joyful for you today.
If you haven yet taken this FREE 5 hour course The Transformative Power of Accessible Yoga, I’d love for you to take it and lmk what you think:
https://www.sayfyoga.com/assignments
Learn more about how yoga can transform your life.
In this interview on the Into Healing Podcast and Show, Stephanie shares her journey about the power of yoga to support growth, heal trauma, live life, and to reclaim joy, and how yoga teacher training can be a part of that expansion:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/bIW2CxkzJso
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../into.../id1727792586...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2a3rbQRZZXa5yOfoaeATXi...
Once you’ve completed an RYT 200 Teacher Training, you have the opportunity to continue your training at the 500-hour level. This requires an additional 300 hours of training through a Yoga Alliance-approved Registered Yoga School (RYS). Jaya Yoga Teacher Training has been an RYS with Yoga Alliance since .
We created a mentoring-focused, module-style program that can be completed within a customizable time frame that works for you; completing an RYT 300/500 within 1-3 years or over ten years. Each year, we offer week-long intensives both domestically and internationally that can be applied towards your RYT 300/500 as you feel inspired to learn and grow as a practitioner and teacher. There are also some shorter (1, 2 and 3 day) trainings at our studio, and around the Northwest that also support your learning and growth.
The One-Week Intensive format has proven to be an amazing opportunity for growth, connection, and transformation. Taking some real time away from everyday life to create a “pattern interrupt” creates the space to discover the essence of who you truly are. Community and travel to sacred locations are also a great benefit of our RYT 500 Program.
As a prerequisite, attendees must have a foundational yoga teacher training completed (RYT 200 or equivalent training) AND you will be required to be enrolled in the SAYF Certification as a prerequisite for your attendance in our Advanced Training so there will be consistency in terms of biomechanical terms and understanding, as well as, accessibility options for asana (these hours count toward your overall 300 hours). This insures that you have a solid understanding of our style of teaching regarding sacred energy flow, bandhas and aligning the body from a human movement perspective to help prevent yoga injury.
Here are some of the workshops and trainings currently scheduled as part of our 300-hour program. You can choose to attend any, or all, of the following (we help you to customize your advanced training while still making sure that you achieve all requirements for Yoga Alliance):
Golden Autumn Equinox, Joshua Tree, CA - Fri-Weds, Sept 20-25 2024 - Soul'd Out
Wildview Retreat, Algarve, Portugal - April 26-May 3, 2025 - starting at $2000 shared - $2950 (single private)
Nosara, Costa Rica, Bodhi Tree Resort, Nov 22-29, 2025 - starting at $2000 (shared couple) - $2800 (single private)
Sunray Shire Summer Retreat - Clear Lake, WA ~ Summer each year (click the title for this year's dates)
Radical Restoration Weekends - March and November each year (click the title for this year's dates)
Return to the Source - India Pilgrimage - Two Week Intensive - November 2026
The Heart of Yoga - One-Week Intensive - Heartgate Sanctuary, Hood River, Oregon ~ Future Dates to Be Announced
Baja Retreat - One Week Intensive - El Pescadero (Todos Santos), Mexico ~ Future Dates to Be Announced
Limbs 1 & 2: Yamas, Niyamas, & the Bhagavad Gita - Online or Hybrid Course
Join us for a 10-Week deep dive into the first two limbs of yoga: the Yamas and Niyamas as taught from the teachings of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and The Bhagavad Gita. You will have the opportunity to join us for two FB Live teaching sessions each week featuring Steph and a guest master teacher each week. Additionally, this Course includes one Flow class each week live-streaming with Stephanie that integrates the teachings into a practice that focuses both on psychological and kinesthetic awareness. This course includes 3.5 hours of learning each week. Hours can be attended "live" or you can watch the recordings. This course is excellent for expanding your yoga practice into all aspects or your life, as well as, personal development and transformation. 35 hours devoted are also eligible to be applied to either 200/300/500 teacher training or CEs.
Included in Mentoring Program. $199/month autopay:
https://www.sayfyoga.com/purchase
Offered January each year. $299
If purchasing separate from Mentoring Program, You can register here:
https://www.flowhoodriver.com/event-calendar.html
Limb 4: Pranayama & Koshas - Online or Hybrid Course
Pranayama & Koshas delves into both the sacred traditions of breathwork and the subtle energy bodies (koshas) and also modern science (Breath book by James Nestor recommended).
You will have opportunity to join us for two Live online teaching sessions each week, featuring Stephanie and a guest master teacher each week. Additionally, this Course includes one Flow class each week live-streaming with Stephanie that integrates the teachings into a practice that focuses both on psychological and kinesthetic awareness. This course includes 3.5 hours of learning each week. Hours can be attended "live" or you can watch the recordings.
This course is excellent for expanding your yoga practice into all aspects or your life, as well as, personal development and transformation. 10.5 hours devoted are also eligible to be applied to either 200/300/500 teacher training or CEs.
Offered April each year. $99
Included in Mentoring Program. $199/month autopay:
https://www.sayfyoga.com/purchase
If purchasing separate from Mentoring Program, You can register here:
https://www.flowhoodriver.com/event-calendar.html
Trauma-Informed Yoga
During our time together, we will learn more about how past traumas affect our current experience and how healing yoga and breath practices can be especially helpful when guided by someone who understands the long-term effects of trauma. This workshop is designed for movement teachers but could benefit anyone working with people. In this workshop you will learn simple, evidence-supported, and effective yoga and breathing tools for creating resiliency, as well as considerations for interacting, and teaching to, with those affected by trauma. The book Overcoming Trauma through Yoga by David Emerson is highly recommended as an accompaniment for this workshop. 4 CE hours
Next Dates Offered To Be Announced Soon
All courses are taught from hundreds of pages of manuals Stephanie has written from her lineages and experience, the books required, SAYF Training and manuals, as well as, reliance on both Patanjali's Yoga Sutras & Bhagavad Gita.
We customize our weeklong intensives for those who are attending (and we prioritize based on who is closest to finalizing their 300/500 to make sure they are satisfying all of the required Yoga Alliance standards for 300/500 RYT), here are some of the areas we can focus on.
Please choose your Top 5 and let Stephanie know where you want to start:
We created a mentoring-focused, module-style program that can be completed within a customizable time frame that works for you; completing an RYT 300/500 within 1-3 years or over ten years. Each year, we offer week-long intensives both domestically and internationally that can be applied towards your RYT 300/500 as you feel inspired to learn and grow as a practitioner and teacher. There are also some shorter (1, 2 and 3 day) trainings at our studio, and around the Northwest that also support your learning and growth.
The One-Week Intensive format has proven to be an amazing opportunity for growth, connection, and transformation. Taking some real time away from everyday life to create a “pattern interrupt” creates the space to discover the essence of who you truly are. Community and travel to sacred locations are also a great benefit of our RYT 500 Program.
As a prerequisite, attendees must have a foundational yoga teacher training completed (RYT 200 or equivalent training) AND you will be required to be enrolled in the SAYF Certification as a prerequisite for your attendance in our Advanced Training so there will be consistency in terms of biomechanical terms and understanding, as well as, accessibility options for asana (these hours count toward your overall 300 hours). This insures that you have a solid understanding of our style of teaching regarding sacred energy flow, bandhas and aligning the body from a human movement perspective to help prevent yoga injury.
Here are some of the workshops and trainings currently scheduled as part of our 300-hour program. You can choose to attend any, or all, of the following (we help you to customize your advanced training while still making sure that you achieve all requirements for Yoga Alliance):
Golden Autumn Equinox, Joshua Tree, CA - Fri-Weds, Sept 20-25 2024 - Soul'd Out
Wildview Retreat, Algarve, Portugal - April 26-May 3, 2025 - starting at $2000 shared - $2950 (single private)
Nosara, Costa Rica, Bodhi Tree Resort, Nov 22-29, 2025 - starting at $2000 (shared couple) - $2800 (single private)
Sunray Shire Summer Retreat - Clear Lake, WA ~ Summer each year (click the title for this year's dates)
Radical Restoration Weekends - March and November each year (click the title for this year's dates)
Return to the Source - India Pilgrimage - Two Week Intensive - November 2026
The Heart of Yoga - One-Week Intensive - Heartgate Sanctuary, Hood River, Oregon ~ Future Dates to Be Announced
Baja Retreat - One Week Intensive - El Pescadero (Todos Santos), Mexico ~ Future Dates to Be Announced
Limbs 1 & 2: Yamas, Niyamas, & the Bhagavad Gita - Online or Hybrid Course
Join us for a 10-Week deep dive into the first two limbs of yoga: the Yamas and Niyamas as taught from the teachings of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and The Bhagavad Gita. You will have the opportunity to join us for two FB Live teaching sessions each week featuring Steph and a guest master teacher each week. Additionally, this Course includes one Flow class each week live-streaming with Stephanie that integrates the teachings into a practice that focuses both on psychological and kinesthetic awareness. This course includes 3.5 hours of learning each week. Hours can be attended "live" or you can watch the recordings. This course is excellent for expanding your yoga practice into all aspects or your life, as well as, personal development and transformation. 35 hours devoted are also eligible to be applied to either 200/300/500 teacher training or CEs.
Included in Mentoring Program. $199/month autopay:
https://www.sayfyoga.com/purchase
Offered January each year. $299
If purchasing separate from Mentoring Program, You can register here:
https://www.flowhoodriver.com/event-calendar.html
Limb 4: Pranayama & Koshas - Online or Hybrid Course
Pranayama & Koshas delves into both the sacred traditions of breathwork and the subtle energy bodies (koshas) and also modern science (Breath book by James Nestor recommended).
You will have opportunity to join us for two Live online teaching sessions each week, featuring Stephanie and a guest master teacher each week. Additionally, this Course includes one Flow class each week live-streaming with Stephanie that integrates the teachings into a practice that focuses both on psychological and kinesthetic awareness. This course includes 3.5 hours of learning each week. Hours can be attended "live" or you can watch the recordings.
This course is excellent for expanding your yoga practice into all aspects or your life, as well as, personal development and transformation. 10.5 hours devoted are also eligible to be applied to either 200/300/500 teacher training or CEs.
Offered April each year. $99
Included in Mentoring Program. $199/month autopay:
https://www.sayfyoga.com/purchase
If purchasing separate from Mentoring Program, You can register here:
https://www.flowhoodriver.com/event-calendar.html
Trauma-Informed Yoga
During our time together, we will learn more about how past traumas affect our current experience and how healing yoga and breath practices can be especially helpful when guided by someone who understands the long-term effects of trauma. This workshop is designed for movement teachers but could benefit anyone working with people. In this workshop you will learn simple, evidence-supported, and effective yoga and breathing tools for creating resiliency, as well as considerations for interacting, and teaching to, with those affected by trauma. The book Overcoming Trauma through Yoga by David Emerson is highly recommended as an accompaniment for this workshop. 4 CE hours
Next Dates Offered To Be Announced Soon
All courses are taught from hundreds of pages of manuals Stephanie has written from her lineages and experience, the books required, SAYF Training and manuals, as well as, reliance on both Patanjali's Yoga Sutras & Bhagavad Gita.
We customize our weeklong intensives for those who are attending (and we prioritize based on who is closest to finalizing their 300/500 to make sure they are satisfying all of the required Yoga Alliance standards for 300/500 RYT), here are some of the areas we can focus on.
Please choose your Top 5 and let Stephanie know where you want to start:
- Restorative Yoga
- Yoga Nidra
- Yin Yoga
- Adjusting/assisting asana (physical “adjustments”)
- Trauma-Informed yoga classes
- Pranayama & bandhas - advanced techniques
- Chakras - a deeper understanding
- The Bhagavad Gita
- Vijnana Bhairava Tantra - The Radiance Sutras
- Advaita Vedanta
- Patanjali Yoga Sutras & the yoga of relationship
- The yamas/niyamas & building a life of trust
- Postural Analysis & Body Balancing Therapeutics
- Mantra/Mudra
- Making asana more Accessible (Seniors, Body Positive, & Chair Yoga)
- The Yoga of Sound/Japa Yoga
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Rishikesh IndiaEvery few years Steph leads a training at the birth place of Yoga - Rishikesh India. Join her for a 14 day Advanced Teacher Training Intensive and yoga experience. Meet some of her most inspired traditional teachers while exploring local ashrams, culture, food, and the beauty of India.
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We also love to hear feedback and suggestions for both domestic and international places you would like to train, or things you may want to focus on! Please contact us with your interests and we will do our best to incorporate this into our upcoming training plans.
Jaya Yoga Training Highlights
- At the 500 hour level we tailor the focus of our week-long intensives to those who are attending and
- we deeply study Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, including the essentials of Yoga philosophy, the 3-Step Plan, 8 Limbed System, and Yamas and Niyamas.
- We teach asana/postures/modifications/vinyasas (some unique to Jaya Yoga) from an alignment, kinesiology, and energetic perspective. We explore asana thoroughly to balance the muscles and prevent yoga injury, looking at asana together as standing poses, backbends, forward bends, twists, arm balances and inversions.
- Kinesiology is the study of movement, performance, and function by applying the sciences of biomechanics, anatomy, physiology, and psychology. From a yogic perspective, we look deeply into the poses and apply the ancient science of bandhas (energetic seals/locks) with modern functional strength/muscle balancing. Additionally, we take into consideration skeletal anatomy and develop an understanding of the physiology of stretching to "see" both the benefits and limitations of asana to balance the physical body.
- Discussion of common yoga injuries and how to prevent them through progression, modifications, and options.
- We develop an understanding of the subtle energy body: koshas, chakras, rasas and nadis, and understand the benefit of pranayama, kriya, mudra, and asana to connect with the inherent vital energy that we are.
- Energetically balancing our classes with hatha and vinyasa. The energetic and physical practices of mantra and mudra will be introduced and practiced, including practical ways you can incorporate them into classes. Meditation and pratyahara (sense withdrawal) will be daily practice using a variety of techniques, as will the other limbs of the 8-limbed system.
- Mindful Adjustments. Learning to connect individually and energetically with students first, and secondly, through visual, verbal, and touch. Physical adjustments are an advanced teaching technique that should be applied with experience once a teacher has become comfortable with teaching technique and creating connection.
