4 Modules • 4 Weekends/Module
(16 weekends over 2 years)

Increase self-knowledge, acceptance and love through advanced studies in “embodied-inquiry”, asana, pranayama, meditation and philosophy.

Our embodyoga® programs are well-rounded, in-depth studies of yoga with an emphasis on deepening personal embodiment as the basis for developing depth and power as a teacher.

Learn to teach the embodied-inquiry practices of embodyoga® and share the depth of this experience with your students through Precision Alignment and Vinyasa Yoga.

Program director Patty Townsend synthesizes more than 35 years of experience, including 2 decades of training teachers, into these highly educational and inspiring programs. Patty’s early study includes a decade with Ana Forrest, serious practice of Ashtanga with Richard Freeman, and 20 years of intensive study in the Iyengar tradition.

Our embodyoga® programs provide a deep knowledge of alignment, profoundly influenced by the innovative approach to full embodiment and consciousness presented by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen of the School for Body–Mind Centering®

Patty is a teacher of Tantric and Transcendental Meditation. She has obtained certificates in Embodied Anatomy™ and Embodied Developmental Movement™ in the teaching of yoga. Her teaching includes an invaluable perspective and insight into the crucial process of refining and evolving practices for individuals based on life’s cycles. She brings a strong understanding of all aspects of yoga practice and philosophy to this rich curriculum for training teachers.

Advanced Studies Program

Serious yoga students are invited to attend individual modules of this training for the purposes of advanced study.

500 Hour Certificate

This program builds on the foundation of the 200-Hour Teacher Training Program providing an additional 300 hours of study. All 4 Modules constitute a complete 500-Hour Certificate Program. The Certificate Program is open to yoga teachers with a 200-Hour Certificate from any Nationally Registered Yoga School.

This is a highly rewarding study for serious yoga practitioners and teachers alike.

The embodyoga® 500 hour Teacher Training program is Yoga Alliance Registered for 500 hour teacher training.