NEW 300 HOUR TRAINING BEGINS MARCH 9, 2024!

Anatomy of Ashtanga Yoga
300 Hour Teacher Training and
Yoga Alliance Certification

Why should I choose this Training?

With so many options available out there to learn how to teach and share the yoga you love, it's a challenge to find the perfect fit. So why is The Anatomy of Ashtanga Yoga such a great option? Here are some reasons...

This training is designed as a “bridge” program….for those who have achieved RYT200 with the Yoga Alliance. Upon completion of our 300 Hour Teacher Training, you will be able to apply for the RYT500 designation from Yoga Alliance
The primary focus of the 300 Hour Teacher Training is to learn how to safely and effectively teach the Intermediate Series (Nadi Shodana) of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Along with this, a thorough review of teaching the Primary Series (Yoga Chikitsa), leading Mysore Practice and much more.
We will cover many of the important aspects of the yoga journey…time will be spent with The Yoga Sutras, The Bhagavad Gita, exploring the Chakras and Energy centers in depth, pranayama, chanting and much more
We will look at the principles of Ayurveda as it pertains to teaching and daily life
This great course INCLUDES a Weekend Workshop with the amazing Ashtanga instructor, David Swenson, who will be visiting our studio in April, 2024. This weekend provides invaluable information for your teaching as well as your personal yoga journey.
You will be asked to create and implement a “Seva Project” to be completed during the year of training. This project will come from your own passion in support of whatever community you wish to serve by sharing the wonderful gifts of yoga.
Our schedule is one weekend of training a month from March, 2024 - February, 2025. This is just the right amount to keep you engaged and in the loop, and allow you life balance as well as time to assimilate the information as we move through the course.
You will be led by instructors with decades of experience in yoga philosophy, asana and body-conscious hands on adjusting practices
You will receive unlimited classes from our regular schedule as part of your course fee
This year-long course will take you on a personal journey of wonderful magnitude…you will come out at the end a more amazing version of yourself, and a greater contributor to the world around you!

300 Hour Teacher Training Curriculum 2024-2025

Review and New Insights into Teaching the Ashtanga Primary Series (Yoga Chikitsa)
Weekend Workshop with world-renown Ashtanga instructor David Swenson

Understanding and Safely Teaching The Intermediate Series (Nadi Shodana) including
learning Alignment and Adjustments
Learning how to effectively share the tradition of Mysore Practice with your students, including assisting Mysore sessions at Sun Dog Yoga
Practical Anatomy and Physiology
In-depth Study of the Chakras and Energy Fields Including Psycho-Emotional-Spiritual Dimensions
Meditation and Pranayama
Basic Sanskrit and Chanting
Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita
Ayurveda for Your Life and As it Applies to Teaching
How to Create Effective Yoga Workshops
Learning How to Share Intermediate Series through a Six Week Introductory Series
Seva Project - Creating a Project that Brings the Tools of Yoga in Service to Your Chosen Community
Assisting Shari in ongoing Mysore room sessions with the Sun Dog Yoga community

Requirements for the course

Attend all scheduled Weekend Workshop on the 300 Hour AYTT Schedule
Attend minimum 5 Ashtanga classes per month at the studio (outside of the weekend workshop commitments)
Assist designated Mysore classes with Shari throughout the Training
Teach designated Mysore classes at Sun Dog Yoga during the last 3rd of the Training
Create and complete an 8 week Seva Project during the year of Training
Teach an Intro to 2nd Series Community Class at Sun Dog Yoga with other Trainees
Practice yoga and meditation techniques 5-6 times per week between studio and home practice, along with assigned homework
Meet with Shari for Private One Hour Consults to address questions that come up in the Training, through practice and your life (6 sessions each over the course of the year - these will be a held at times outside of the scheduled weekends)

Course Schedule 2024 - 2025

Fridays, 5:30-8:30pm
Saturdays, 8-10am (Mysore) / 1:00-6:00pm
Sundays, 12:30-5:30pm

2024
March 8-10, April 19-22 (Swenson Weekend/Special hours), May 17-19, June 7-9, July 19-21, August 2-4, September 6-8, October 4-6, November 1-3, December 6-8
2025
January 10-12, February 7-9

Want to enroll? Fill out the Student Questionnaire below…

We will ask that you meet with Shari Simon along with your submitting your application to be considered for the Training. Once you are accepted, we will happily receive your tuition payment and bring you into the Training.

Anatomy of Ashtanga Yoga TT Student Questionnaire

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Let us know when you completed your 200 Hour Teacher Training and with whom, yoga style studied, etc.

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Do you have any issues/concerns that might impact your ability to complete the time requisites for this Training? It is important that you satisfy the in-person hours with Shari and the teaching staff.

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300 Hour Training Tuition

**Tuiton:**
$4,500.00 *credit card
$4,380.00 *check or cash

(Pay in full or use our installment plan…pay by check
or cash and save)
Your Tuition gives you FREE scheduled classes at Sun Dog Yoga for the entire year-long Training!
*Partial scholarships and work scholarships
available

There is a non-refundable deposit of $300 due upon our acceptance of your enrollment in the training (this is included in the full tuition fee) and will be due prior to the first day of the Training. You may pay the tuition in full or in 12 installments of $340 cash or check / $350 CC beginning the weekend of March 9, 2024 and ending the weekend of February 7, 2025 (payments due each monthly weekend session of the course). Your tuition will cover all of your trainings and materials for these trainings, with the exception of the cost of a small number of books which will be required reading, and includes the Weekend Workshop with David Swenson (Fri. night session, Saturday, Sunday all sessions / April 19-22, 2024).

Meet Our Instructors

Lead Instructor
Shari Simon, E-RYT500, YACEP

Shari’s yoga journey began thirty years ago with the practice of Iyengar yoga, which proved a peaceful haven in a period of years spent as a freelance art director in Chicago. Shari followed her heart into the field of bodywork therapy, and subsequently became a yoga instructor. She was first introduced to Ashtanga yoga by Manju Jois, eldest son of S.K. Pattabhi Jois, and a new yoga love was forged. Shari has studied extensively with David Swenson, Nancy Gilgoff, David Williams, to name a few…all senior roots of the Ashtanga family tree. Shari opened Sun Dog Yoga Studio 16 years ago in Doylestown. Shari developed her first Yoga Teacher Course in 1999, training many of our local yoga instructors. Since 2010 she has led numerous Teacher Trainings at Sun Dog Yoga at both the 200 Hour Level and 300 Hour Level of the Anatomy of Ashtanga Yoga (Yoga Alliance Certification) . Shari has been a practicing bodywork therapist for thirty years, and this path of understanding the body on many levels greatly informs her abilities as a yoga teacher. Shari is Registered with the Yoga Alliance at the highest level (E-RYT 500, YACEP) She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Notre Dame.

ANATOMY & ASANA, MEDITATION & PHILOSOPHY, AYRUVEDA & PRANAYAMA