Yoga Teacher Training
“What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” -Alfred Mercier
A Path of Self-Inquiry
The primary reason students attend our training program is to deepen their own understanding of themselves through Transformation.
200hr Registered Yoga Teacher Training
The richness of learning through the Jane’s House Studio 200hr program, comes from the joy and lightness that balances the depth and intensity of the Ancient Yoga Tradition.
It is our desire to share the teachings and cultivate an environment where each student can awaken to a belief in themselves and inspire curiosity and a willingness to discover knowledge from within.
Inspired by Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, our approach to practice is with steadiness and ease, versus straining, struggling, and shutting down the body, mind and energy. The way we practice and teach, removes striving and performance and welcomes you inward to restore and recapture the peace which is your essential nature. This approach creates strength at every level and supports integration, balance, and joy. As these attitudes become grounded in you through your practice, you not only create a new, positive habit, you literally change your body, nervous system, and brain and discover a newly emerging you, who is increasingly strong, balanced and naturally more at ease.
Foundational Training
Jane’s House 200 hour Teacher Training is the foundational training for aspiring Yoga Teachers as well as a deeply enriched experience for serious students who have a desire for a greater understanding of the 8-limbed path of Yoga. The program is designed to give teachers the necessary knowledge, experience, and technical tools to teach a yoga practice that meets the demands of today's practitioners.
We teach you what is foundational to all of the styles of yoga you may encounter or have an interest in teaching, which means a thorough grounding in the five techniques of Hatha Yoga: stillness (asana), rhythm (vinyasa), breath (pranayama), integration (bandha) and presence (drushti). You will learn how to arrange them and establish a dominant focus which moves them into the direction of "styles" like restorative, vinyasa flow or alignment-based practice.
You will learn how to language and sequence these techniques through experience and understand through continuous creativity on your part. Most importantly students are taught that Yoga is practiced as self - inquiry, and surrender.
The training is structured around several key elements:
Technical training (particularly in posture practice, core actions, sequencing -vinyasa karma, pranayama and meditation).
History and philosophy (particularly with reference to the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali and the Baghavad Gita).
Anatomy and physiology as applied to the practice.
Training Year
A total of seven modules will be conducted within seven months. These courses form the base hours of the mandatory core curriculum of the Basic RYT teacher requirements. In addition, hours are completed through class observation, practice, teaching a minimum of one community yoga class and home-study. There is also a required reading list of books that must be completed prior to certification.
To be recommended to the Yoga Alliance as a yoga teacher certified by Jane's House Studio, it is necessary to attend all of the training intensives, complete 200 hours, pass a comprehensive final examination, meet the financial obligation and must, in the opinion of the teacher training instructors, be able to competently and compassionately teach a basic yoga class.
While there is no time limitation for the completion of Yoga teacher training, the trainee is expected to attend training sessions on a regular basis, and it is suggested that the training be completed within a year. If the teacher trainee does not attend training sessions for a period of one year, his or her application will be considered dormant, and he or she will have to reapply for the program.
Each teacher training attendee receives a beautifully produced manual containing illustrations and professionally photographed asanas.
2023 Training Dates - Length of Program: 7 months
Training Days and Hours: Fridays 5-8p, Saturdays 7a-6p, Sundays 7a-6p
Weekend Dates TBA SOON!
Asana 1: October 4-6, 2024
Asana 2: November 1-3, 2024
Pranayama 1: December 6-8, 2024
Pranayama 2: January 3-5, 2025
Meditation 1: February 7-9, 2025
Meditation 2: March 7-9, 2025
Test Out: April 4-6, 2025
Accreditation
The program excels in the arena of education, which challenges students who desire to share yoga with others. This program offers a two hundred hour registration that exceeds the certification standards set by the national Yoga Alliance's Yoga Teacher Registry. The Yoga Alliance's minimum standards for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT) are available on their website: www.yogaalliance.org
Jane's House Basic Teacher Training Program, being one of the first Registered Schools in the St. Louis region, is directed by Robin Buck and Reena Nagrani. The 200hr Training is led by Danielle Greenwood, with training team, Christy Wetzel, Bird Shea and Joe Marquez. The curriculum is refined each year. It is informed by living and is reflective of the embodied teachings of the trainers. The lineage of our school branches from Patanjali, Krishnamacharya, Godfrey Dev, Matthew and Holly Krepps, and Gurudeva.
200hr Course Fees
The YTT200 program tuition is $2500. There is a one-time $25 non-refundable application fee. Once your application has been accepted, a $300 deposit is due with your signed enrollment agreement.
Tuition covers the 7 mandatory intensives. Once training begins the teacher trainees are available to purchase a discounted month pass for in-studio and online classes, throughout the length of the program. Additional costs may include books for required reading list. See payment options below.
Tuition payments options:
In full: $2,200 after enrollment - due two weeks prior to the start date.
Payment plan option is available
Six payments of: $400 after enrollment - first payment due two weeks prior to start date, followed by one payment per module.
Program Prerequisites
Prospective candidates must:
be at least 18 years of age
have at least one year of yoga practice which can include asana (posture), pranayama, and/or meditation, although more experience is highly encouraged. If you have been practicing yoga for less time and still feel called to apply, please reach out to us directly to explain why you think an exception should be made.
have a current, regular yoga practice of at least once a week.
be available to commit to and attend the full course schedule.
submit the $25 application fee.
Application and Admissions Process
Step 1: Submit your application.
You will be contacted within one week of your submission to set up an in-person meeting where you will have the opportunity to meet your trainers and ask any additional questions.
Step 2: Admission
You will be notified via email of admission into the program within one week of your in-person meeting. Admission is based on observable commitment to yoga practice, sincere interest in learning about all aspects of yoga, and clear understanding of program requirements and expectations.
Step 3: Enrollment
Upon acceptance, you will receive the Enrollment Agreement to formally register for the course. To confirm your enrollment in the program, a $300 deposit fee is required by the deadline indicated.
If you have any questions about the application process, please email the program director, Robin Buck: robin@janeshousestudio.com
Application Process
Enrollment
How does the application process unfold?
STEP ONE: Please follow the link to complete the application.
STEP TWO: Once you submit, it will take you to the payment link to pay a $25 non-refundable fee. This step is what sends the application in for review.
STEP THREE: You will be contacted by the school administrator within one week of receiving your application.
“Life was meant to be lived Joyously”
— Gurudeva