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Yoga Jane Training is a 200 Hour Yoga Alliance Registered School.

Yoga Jane Training offers 2 tracks that you can choose from.


Track One Consists Of 6 Modules and will take 6 to 12 months to complete:

4 Weekend Modules Consisting of:

Thursday night: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Friday night: 6:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Saturday all day: 9:30 - 5:30

Sunday all day: 9:30 - 5:30

2 Week Long Modules
 Consisting of:

Monday - Sunday 9:30 - 5:30


Track Two Consists of 9 Weekend Modules and will take 18 to 24 months to complete:

9 Weekend Modules

Thursday night: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Friday night: 6:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Saturday all day: 9:30 - 5:30

Sunday all day: 9:30 - 5:30





Week Long # 1


Required Books:

Yoga as Medicine by McCall

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by Coulter

Yoga Self-Taught by Andre Lysebeth

Key Poses of Hatha Yoga Volumes 1 and 2 by Ray Long

Guided Relaxation and Savasana Scripts for Yoga Teachers: Volume 1 by Jane Foody


What you will learn:

- Intro to Program/Sangha

- Breaking down warm ups

- Branches of Yoga (Karma, Bhakti, Jnana, Hatha, Raja) vs. styles of Hatha Yoga

- Qualities of a Yoga Teacher/Sadhana

- Tapas

- Pranayama

- Respiration

- Intro to nutrition and Yogic lifestyle

- Teaching forward bends

- Chakras

- Twisting anatomy

- Teaching twists properly

- Introduction to Ayurveda

- Teaching inversions safely

- Teaching practice

- Yoga Sutras - intro to Yamas and Niyamas

- “The Big Picture” part of Paul Grilley video on anatomy

- 3 Gunas

- 8 limbed Path

- Teaching Backbends

- Teaching Practice

- Proper Sequencing

- How to market yourself and build your yoga business

- Anatomy - compression vs. tension

- Deep Relaxation Techniques

- Teaching Practice


Week Long # 2:


Required Books:

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by Coulter

Wheels of Life by Anodea Judith

The Sivananda Companion to Yoga by Sivananda Center

Structural Yoga Therapy by Mukunda Stiles

Yoga as Medicine by McCall

Key Poses of Hatha Yoga Volumes 1 and 2 by Ray Long


What you will learn:

- Orientation of Poses and gravity

- How to teach Pranayama

- Pranayama and contraindications

- Exploring your energy combining Pranayama, Mudras and Bhandas

- Experiencing your anatomy and physiology experientially through poses

- How yoga can cause injuries and how to prevent them from happening to you or your students

- 7 points of compression

- Anatomy of the joint

- Muscle- joint interactions

- ROM for different bodies

- Using goniometer for ROM

- Physiology and kinesiology of Yoga

- Body reading

- Yoga for back pain


Weekend #1


Required Books:

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Mukunda Stiles

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by Coulter

The Key Poses of Hatha Yoga Volumes 1 and 2 by Ray Long


What you will learn:

- How to Teach Relaxation

- What are Kriyas?

- 5 Koshas

- Anatomy of Backbends

- Meditation

- Chanting

- Art of Teaching Discussions

- Pranayama

- Anatomy/Physiology of Breathing

- Yoga Sutra’s Discussions


Weekend # 2


Required Books:

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by Coulter

The Bhagavad Gita (Any Translation)


What you will learn:

- Teaching your truth

- Karma and Dharma

- Jnana Yoga-Bhgavadgita

- Samskaras

- Yoga effects on nervous system

- How your heart works and Yoga’s effect on your heart

- Mudras

- Power of Aum

- Gayatri Mantra Practice


Weekend # 3


Required Books:

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by Coulter

The Upanishads (Penguin Translation)

Inner Wisdom by Louise Hay


What you will learn:

- Bhanda’s

- Practicing Bhanda’s

- Principles of Teaching Meditation

- Blood flow/circulation in different poses

- Japa

- Upanishads discussion

- Yoga for stress relief

- Spinal movements

- Yoga for arthritis


Weekend # 4


Required Books:

Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by Coulter

The Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Any Translation)


What you will learn:

- How to teach chair yoga

- Qualities of the breath (Puraka, Rechaka, Kumbhaka)

- Partner Yoga

- Teaching Yoga to children

- Hatha Pradipika

- Yoga and emotions

- Self-knowledge and awareness (Svadhyaya)

- Teaching pre-natal Yoga