We are thrilled to offer a Foundational 200-hour yoga teacher training. We value community, creativity, inclusivity, empowerment, and growing compassion and love in the world. Our intention is to provide a cohesive training, honoring and learning the lineages and philosophy/ethics of this vast yoga tradition, to strengthen our foundations, integrate and create from what resonates most with us, to share through our unique voices and vessels, and to continue evolving with this life-affirming practice.

Solid Gold Yogi 200-hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training

9 weekends:

  • Jan: 10/11/12, 24/25/26 

  • Feb: 7/8/9, 21/22/23

  • Feb/March: 28/1/2

  • March 21/22/23, 28/29/30

  • April 25/26/27

  • May 2/3/4

In-person Hours:

  • Fridays 7:30 - 9:30pm

  • Saturdays 1:30 - 6:30pm

  • Sundays 1:30 - 6:15pm

We gather our years of experience, research, practices and approaches to deliver an inspired, integrative foundational yoga teacher training of the Vinyasa Flow Style of yoga. Through the training we will trace our lineage, studying the traditional flow practices and follow paths of in-depth exploration of ethics, asana, pranayama, meditation, embodied anatomy, creative sequencing, restorative yoga, and more. This immersion, held over 9 weekends, will provide trainees with a comprehensive toolbox to deepen and enrich their own practice, open portals for further study. Each will gain everything they need to deliver an intelligently sequenced flow class.

We are so grateful for this opportunity to learn and grow together in community, and to be part of this vital tradition that continues to offer a way for us to move through our days and in the world with more steadiness and ease, compassion and interconnection.

While developing a consistent asana and meditation practice in community, the training will expand our understanding of and include: 

  • Lineage, History, and Philosophy of Yoga

  • Foundational asana

  • Applied /embodiment of Anatomy and Physiology

  • Pranayama

  • Bandhas and other Subtle Practices

  • Koshas, Kleshas, Chakras

  • Meditation, Mudra, Mantra

  • Basic Sanskrit

  • Creative, intelligent, and safe sequencing

  • Precise alignment instruction and cueing

  • Effective assists and consent

  • Approaches to teaching both beginner and intermediate/advanced students

  • Rhythmic pacing of vinyasa with the breath

  • Finding/fostering your unique voice

  • Restorative yoga

  • Yin yoga + meridian yoga therapy introduction

  • Yoga Nidra  

  • Prenatal and postnatal

  • Yoga and Social Justice

  • Trauma-informed yoga

  • Somatic therapy techniques

LEAD TRAINERS + MENTORS

Leslie Graves, Paula Reyes, Holly Ledbetter, Jess Reidy, Nami Soga, Patrick Millard, Addie Tacadena, Shieri Yamafuji + Special Guests Nina Rao, Shamina Rao, Dr. Claudia Welch, Gerald Mitchell and more.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Daily Meditation and journaling

  • 3 classes per week (in person or online)

  • Class observations

  • Teach a 60-minute Open Flow class to the Solid Gold Yogi Community as a final project

TUITION

Tuition includes: A Yoga Alliance certified 200-hour training, digital manual, an unlimited yoga membership in person + online for the duration of the training

  • $3000 for the training. A $300 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your spot

  • Flexible payment plans available; after the initial deposit, if enabling payment plan, the default setting is 6 payments of $450

Please email leslie@solidgoldyogi.com with any questions

 

Testimonials

“I am so grateful for my experience in the Yoga Teacher Training program at Solid Gold Yogi. Their authentic, gentle, and down-to-earth approach to yoga feels so special, and made my teaching journey all the more meaningful.
I completed the training while working towards my masters in social work, seeking to deepen my understanding of the mind-body connection and explore how yoga can serve as a trauma-informed tool for safe embodiment. Since completing the training, I have been fortunate to offer regular yoga sessions while interning at a LGBTQ homeless shelter for young adults in Manhattan. It has been immensely gratifying to develop my skills as a leader and to share this transformative practice with the shelter residents. Providing them with a tool that has helped me connect with my own body and regulate my nervous system has been a profound experience, and I feel honored to now be in a place where I can facilitate this opening for others.
The teachers at Solid Gold Yogi are not only brilliant but also compassionate and humble, creating a nurturing environment for growth. The beautiful studio space became a comforting community haven during the winter training, allowing me to connect deeply with others and myself during the darkest months of the year. I wholeheartedly recommend this training to anyone seeking a meaningful and supportive yoga education.” - JH

“I’ve taken classes at Solid Gold Yogi for a few years, and have come to regard this studio as a sacred spot tucked away in the neighborhood. After working in fitness media for many years and being a student of yoga for over a decade, I’ve experienced much of the “business” and “mainstream” side of yoga, and was wary of larger institutions in the fitness space. In choosing take my take my 200hr training at Solid Gold Yogi, I specifically sought out an education that was local, personal, and reverent for the roots of the practice. I couldn’t be happier with the training I received at Solid Gold—the instructors all offer a unique perspective to the practice, the fellow students I trained with created a thoughtful and encouraging environment, and the curriculum was equal parts practice and theory. Leslie (and all those at Solid Gold) really go above and beyond to provide an education that goes beyond the pose, and offers inroads to the way Yoga is a part of our everyday existence.” - MA

“Solid Gold Yogi cultivated a safe and open community space for us to explore deeper themes, aspects and foundations of yoga. Everything I learned and practiced has ultimately helped me to develop more compassion for myself and others. I left with a greater understanding and appreciation of yoga as an instrument to reach moments of clarity, and a feeling of oneness. I felt encouraged to channel my creativity and love of yoga into sequencing a class that felt right in my own body. I am incredibly grateful I chose to sign up for this teacher training.” - MF

“I went into the teacher training with the intention of only doing it for myself, for my own practice. But what I experienced was an environment that opened me up to deeper levels of myself and desire to connect and share with others. Regardless of what brought me there, I had no idea how much every aspect of what we practiced and learned resonated with me. I found a deeper connection with myself, others, and the program re-awakened my love for community, sharing, and receiving.” - LK

“I absolutely loved every part of this training! Leslie, the teachers, and all the other trainees were so kind, welcoming, and nurturing through the experience. I learned so much about myself and was able to really digest and learn from the variety of content in readings, lecture, and practice.” - AF