Yoga Teacher Training
“Alex (21st Century Yoga on the Mat) does an amazing job providing his students with massive amounts of content, available through books, videos, and other suggested reading during and after you have completed your training. This provided me not only the foundation, but the ability to grow as I develop as a teacher. He brings context to difficult topics, allowing for open discussion, demonstrations, and examples. As a new teacher, he allows his students to understand better and the wide range of tools in our toolbox. Alex also provided us with various teachers to gain additional knowledge and approaches to our yoga centered life. He does present a safe container for all his students to learn even through this difficult time of COVID-19. I so appreciated his ability to adapt in these times.”
Online Yoga Teacher Training
October 13, 2021 - April 28, 2022
21st Century Yoga on the Mat will run a Live Immersion Training in Summer of 2022 if COVID Conditions Fade…. but also, they might not. Future Training Schedules will be determined by Safety and COVID Conditions. In the meantime, all trainings will be online. Completion of an online training will give you the option to attend the live version of your training when it becomes available. (Seven Weekends or Multi Week Immersion).
Updates as Conditions Unfold.
But this means that there are unique opportunities now for Yoga Teacher Training. You can do your training now and still get the live component later at no extra cost. This hopefully helps us go for the best of both worlds. Do something now. Still participate live when it is time (and you don’t have to, the online training will give you full certification).
If you are not located in Southern Wisconsin, this may be your last opportunity to receive a fully recognized Certification (via Yoga Alliance temporary COVID provisions) from 21st Century Yoga on the Mat since future trainings will need to be attended in person (once COVID provisions lift). If you are located in Southern Wisconsin and want to start your training now, you will always be able to retake this material in future live trainings. Effectively, you get to attend your training twice! Once online and once in person. You Get: Two Trainings in One if you Will. If you have any questions, feel welcome to contact us.
In the meantime….
We will be offering online yoga teacher training. This yoga teacher training program is not a cookie cutter approach. You will develop a full toolbox of fundamentals—postures, breath work, meditation, anatomy, sequencing, philosophy, history, adjustments, and the business of yoga. But as important, you’ll go deep, discovering your own essence…that which makes you a unique force in this world. You’ll find and develop your voice. You’ll learn to be fully present in a classroom. Because this is what will touch and inspire your students. Knowledge combined with authenticity, honesty, presence. A teacher with the heart of a teacher. This training is for those who wish to become teachers and those who simply desire the profound, transformative experience the program offers. Existing teachers who want to deepen their practice and teaching are also warmly welcome.
This program is NOT for students who are only interested in a quick certification or (when live training runs) a spa-like vacation. We’re interested in working with students who have a genuine desire to grow, teach and/or take their physical practice and lives to a deeper place. These students will possess a sense of grace, humility, respect and love for the art of yoga. Join us? Apply for the training here.
Training Highlights
200 hour Yoga Alliance Approved (if completed by end of April)
Comprehensive Digital Manual (.pdf slide) guides which you may Download & Print.
Access to 135 hours of high-quality streaming classes and lectures, which you may watch and digest on your own schedule and/or attend live.
Unlimited and Lifetime access to the training’s videos and written resources.
Live Interaction from the 21CYM Home Base Yoga Studio.
Yoga Models Demo All Live Classes so that your teacher may focus on you and your practice.
Ticket to Attend All Like Material Live and in Person when Live Trainings Resume. (May include all or any of training modular weekends (7) or Immersion).
“My classroom time was an excellent experience. I learned more than I ever could have imagined. Alex is an excellent, compassionate teacher. His knowledge of Yoga is incredible! The Madison community is lucky to have Alex’s school here and I am blessed to have been certified as a Yoga teacher by him.”
What You Will Learn
Experiential practices of postural yoga (asana), breathwork (pranayama), meditation (dharana/dhyana), contemplation and self-study (svadhyaya) as Foundation
This means gaining an understanding of fundamental yoga elements such that everything you learn in the future, beyond this training fits into the context of an overall picture of yoga.
How to structure (creative sequencing) and deliver (cue) powerful and intuitive yoga classes.
How to design practice (for yourself or others) to maximally impact the life experience of the individual.
How to work with challenges, injuries, and limitations in yoga poses.
The purpose of yoga props, how they change the landscape, and how and when to use them to bring maximum thriving to your body.
Applied Biology (Anatomy, Physiology) as the key to lasting impact on the body & mind, including study of the Muscles, Bones, and Nervous System.
A Brief History of Yoga as a Living Tradition.
A Comparative Study of Various Yogic Eras & where Yoga is Going in the 21st Century.
How to make a yoga that is inclusive without sacrificing depth.
How to continue to grow as a yoga teacher once your training is finished.
School Catalog
As a yoga school located in the state of Wisconsin, we provide this catalog as the legal document via the state of Wisconsin Educational Approval Program between you as the student and us as the school. Please Read it over. If you have any questions, feel welcome to contact us.
Cost of the Training
For our September 29th - April 28th Yoga Teacher Training, you will receive 8.5 hours of training per week (minus holidays as rest / catch up, see schedule). We would also like to offer you a few bonuses:
Full Access to our community forums of trainees past & present
A Ticket to Future Live Training to get the Live Training Experience. It’s like a second, additional training.
Opportunity to teach extra practice classes while training to get additional feedback (ask instructor).
Post Graduation Bonus Module: Your choice of Kundalini Tantra, Chakras, or Music for the Yoga Journey (teacher how-to). ($279 value).
For the full training, plus the above bonuses (including lifetime access to all online materials):
$ 2900 : Early Bird (September 7th)
$ 3100 : Online Training Deadline ( Oct 5 )
$ 490 : per month “Pay as You Go” option. Payment Deadline is the last day of the month starting with September 30th ( 7 total payments ).