200 hour Yoga Teacher Training
Abundance Yoga Teacher Training focuses on providing instructors in training the tools to create equitable yoga for everyone. This vinyasa based training offers a deeper understanding of your own practice while giving you everything you need to lead yoga classes and become a 200 hour registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance.
Learn to help students find their own successful yoga practice that meets the needs of their daily life and give them space to feel home again in their own body.
This training is registered with and meets all the requirements of a 200 hour yoga school training program under the Yoga Alliance standards. You will receive an unlimited pass for any regular classes at Abundance Yoga for the length of the program.
Training times & dates:
Planned dates:
- January 13–15, 2023
- January 27–29
- February 10–12
- February 24–26
- March 10–12
- March 24–26
- April 14–16
- May 5–7
- May 26–28
- June 9–11
- June 23–25
- July 14–16
- August 4–6
- September 8–10
Planned Times
5 p.m. – 9 p.m. Friday evenings
12 p.m. – 6 p.m. Saturdays
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sundays
Required Reading and reference materials (hard copy):
Yoga for Everyone by Dianne Bondy
Yoga Anatomy, Third edition by Leslie Kaminoff
The Heart of Yoga by T K V Desikachar
Light on Pranayama by B K S Iyengar (free online PDF is available)
Required reading/listening materials (audio copies or hard copies):
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali — several translations are available
Yoga and Body Image by Melanie Klein & Anna Guest-Jelley
Required listening:
The Yoga History Podcast with Colin Hall
Let’s Talk Yoga with with Arudhati Baitmangalkar
Optional reference books:
Ashtanga Yoga Practice Manual by David Swenson
Anatomy Trains by Thomas Meyers
Optional reference books (may be audio versions):
The Eight Limbs of Yoga by Stuart Ray Sarbadu & Kevin Kimple
The Bhagavad Gita – several translations are available
Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea Judith
Cost and payment options:
$3,000
Deposit of $500 due by December 15, 2022 which will be applied to total tuition cost
Pay in full: by January 15, 2023
Installment Plan 1:
$1,500 by January 15, 2023
- $1,000 by March 13, 2023
Installment Plan 2:
$500 by January 15, 2023
- 5 payments of $500 due by the first of each month March through July
2 Scholarship opportunities available:
Please email abundanceyogabirmingham@gmail.com with need based requests and plans of action after completion of training. Preference provided to those in marginalized communities.
No refunds will be given after the start of the program. Tuition does not include reading materials but some materials may be available to borrow from the studio. Students are required to bring their own mat and any pertinent materials to training. Any missed training may be made up in private or small group sessions with instructors at the instructors private session rate. Small groups may split the cost.