300-Hour Professional Program: Education to Enhance your Evolution
September 2024 – February 2025 currently in session: Contact us for more details regarding our next course
- • 13 Weekends – Approximately 2 weekends per month. All holiday weekends off.
- • Includes unlimited yoga during the course ($834 value) and opportunities to assist in Yoga One classes.
- • Includes supplemental online learning resources in anatomy and philosophy/history which you can begin utilizing as soon as enrolled.
- • For those who hold a 200-hour teaching certificate.
- • 300-Hour Yoga One graduates may elect to register with Yoga Alliance at the 500-Hour level (RYT-500).
- • Registered with MyCAA.
- • Reserve your space for our next course with a $500 deposit
We are excited to further empower you, and grateful to help expand your skills, knowledge, confidence and inspiration in sharing the joys and benefits of yoga with others. Yoga One has been training instructors to teach yoga since 2007. All of our trainings blend yogic philosophy and mindfulness practices with modern asana and teaching techniques within a supportive, friendly, inclusive community.
Our graduates have gone on to own or manage their own yoga studios (four right here in San Diego), lead yoga teacher trainings and retreats, as well as teaching in top yoga studios, gyms, corporations and with private clients.
All of Yoga One’s Teacher Trainings are affiliated with Yoga Alliance and MyCAA. We hope you will join us!
“Completing my 300 Hour Training with Yoga One is the best decision I’ve ever made!” – L.S.
Course topics include:
Teaching Methodology & Practicum for a Variety of Styles & Levels (Vinyasa, Flow, Gentle, Restorative, Privates)
Refine the art of teaching through experiential learning: effective, creative and inspiring lesson planning, sequencing, clear and inclusive language, hands-on assisting, optional use of Sanskrit, and more.
Delve into areas of specialization based on your unique interests and present final projects to the group. Benefit from peer-to-peer learning.
Asanas (Postures):
Engage with detail and nuance to move beyond yes or no answers. High-level professionals can view the same set of data and arrive at different conclusions; often the answer is, “It depends.” Grow your practice and expand your ability to share from your personal experience and understanding.
Accessibility and Trauma Sensitivity:
Learn tools and adaptations to increase accessibility, support equity and empower people. Explore trauma-sensitivity and inclusive options / language.
Functional Anatomy:
Gain practical knowledge, confidence and ease in tailoring your instruction. Expand your understanding of anatomy as it relates to yoga, including prevention of common yoga injuries. Refine teaching strategies to effectively help both individual students and groups. Led by a practicing Physical Therapist and yoga teacher.
History, Philosophy and Modern Applications:
Dive into yoga philosophy / history including but not limited to Chakras, Koshas, Pranayama, historical and modern contexts both on and beyond the mat. The assigned readings, online supplement and in-class discussions aim to communicate the ancient teachings of Yoga as reliably and respectfully as possible.
Business of Yoga:
Learn how to create a successful, ethical, and impactful business in the yoga/wellness space. We will discuss structural foundations of business, core values, marketing, avenues of income, and more.
Community:
Support and motivate one another to be authentic and committed students of yoga so that we can most effectively and responsibly share the joys and benefits of yoga with others.
Classes at Yoga One:
Enjoy attending, evaluating and assisting in classes as part of your tuition (classes expire on last day of course). Existing memberships can be frozen.
300 Hour Certificate:
Upon successful course completion, students will receive a 300 Hour Certificate and be eligible to register with Yoga Alliance at the RYT-500 level.
“You are all phenomenal! I’m so inspired…I learned so much and gained a community of students, teachers and friends, and worked through a lot of my own fears. It’s an amazing experience for anyone on their journey as a yogi and teacher.” ~ G.K.
Your Investment: $3,950: Enroll and let the learning begin!
No refunds. Payment plans can be arranged. Click here to complete an application. Or, Contact Us for more details.
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Instructors:
Missy DiDonato – Lead: Asana and Teaching Refinement including Accessibility, Adjustments (verbal and hands-on), Trauma Sensitivity, Gentle and Restorative Yoga, Chakras and more.
Missy, E-RYT 500, began practicing yoga in 1997 by following along to a VHS tape in her living room. As her body awareness improved and she noticed how calm she felt, she started to practice yoga consistently by taking classes at a local studio.
In 2010, Missy completed a 200-hour Teacher Training at UCSD and jumped into giving classes, eager to share her passion and knowledge with others. In 2012, she continued her education at Yoga One, attending their 200-hour Teacher Training. Missy’s love of knowledge and self-growth inspired her to complete Yoga One’s 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training. She has certifications in Trauma-Informed yoga, Prenatal, Restorative and Yoga for Backs. Missy is also a Reiki Master trained under Olivia Hughes.
As a human and teacher, Missy is warm and friendly. She grounds students in an ongoing awareness of breath while guiding them through poses with clear directions, modelling, and hands-on adjustments. Gently spiritual in her approach, she provides a physical practice that meets each student where they are. She is also Yoga One’s Studio Manager, come say hi to her at the studio or in one of her classes!
A few things students are saying about Missy’s studio classes: “I love taking Missy’s class! I like how she creates a healing space, leads intuitively, and builds community through her offerings.” “Missy is authentic, intentional, and fully present with a wide variety of students in the class.”
Jenn Chang – Functional Anatomy / Movement Education
Jenn’s passion for movement started in dance and gymnastics, spending 22 years studying ballet and a variety of other dance styles. She has a BA in Dance and a BS in Biology from UC San Diego. Jenn was first introduced to yoga through her dance studies and discovered yoga’s amazing dynamic and restorative benefits for the body, breath and mind.
After working in a biology lab for a year, Jenn decided to pursue her passion to help people and obtain her doctorate in physical therapy. From there, Jenn studied and trained extensively with Rachel Krentzman to learn how to combine her physical therapy knowledge with therapeutic yoga techniques to help patients recover from injury and manage chronic conditions. Additionally, Jenn has been advancing her functional manual therapy capabilities through The Institute of Physical Art and has spent a great deal of time studying with Judith Lasater, Shauna MacKay, Gerhard Gessner and Roger Cole. Jenn has teaching certifications in Yoga Wall, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga for a Happy Back and yoga therapeutics. In 2020, Jenn started her own physical therapy practice, The Movement Mechanic PT to combine these diverse skill sets to help clients rehab their injuries and improve their overall well being through mindful movement.
In the San Diego community, Jenn teaches weekly therapy-based yoga classes utilizing The Great Yoga Wall. She strives to honor and support each student’s individual needs, using her deep understanding of anatomy and physiology to help them find their optimal version of each asana. Jenn also teaches functional yoga anatomy lectures for yoga teacher trainings at various studios in San Diego as well as yoga therapy workshops for teachers and practitioners. When Jenn is not working with clients, she enjoys dancing and exploring San Diego with her two children.
Nazli (Takesh) Boshell – Vinyasa/Sequencing, Koshas, Breathwork, and Business of Yoga
Nazli E-RYT 500, has spent over a decade teaching yoga, training yoga teachers, and leading retreats around the world. Holistic wellness is a lifelong love of hers, and her passions lie in creative movement, sound healing, and breathwork. Her teachings focus on empowerment, education, and connection to Self, community, and the Earth.
When she is not leading a wellness experience, you can find her spending time in nature, being active, cooking plant-based meals, traveling, and deepening her own practice of mindful living.
Amy Caldwell – Practice Teaching, Asana & Sequencing Refinement (5 Alignment Steps, Multi-Level Stages, Theming), Philosophy Discussions
Amy, Yoga One Co-founder and Head Teacher, E-RYT- 500, leads classes that are an artful blend of movement and stillness, strength and flexibility, breath and awareness. Each unique class inspires students to bring together body, mind and heart in the present moment, enhancing well-being on and off the mat. Amy has dedicated herself to the practice, study and teaching of yoga since discovering its joys and benefits in 1997 while backpacking throughout Asia, Australia, and parts of Europe. Her studies have included Anusara, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Sivananda and Vipassana meditation. She also draws inspiration from everyday life with Michael (husband and Yoga One co-founder) and their two children, dancing, reading and time at the beach and with friends.
Amy has twice been featured on the cover of Yoga Journal including their 30th anniversary issue, as well as appearing inside for the “Home Practice” section. She collaborated with 3D4Medical in creating iYoga Premium for iPad and iPhone which reached the number one spot for best-selling health and fitness applications worldwide on Apple store with over 15,000 downloads in the first month. She co-taught a class for City of Hope on the outfield of Padres’ Petco Park which raised over $80,000 to fight and treat cancer as well as leading the first ever yoga class on the USS Midway to 1,000 yogis in conjunction with the Downtown Partnership and Scripps Health. Amy leads Yoga One’s 200 Hour Teacher Trainings, which attract students from all over the world. She co-wrote the 200 Hour Manual and wrote the 300 Hour Manual. She loves teaching at Yoga One, Rancho La Puerta and for various corporate wellness programs both in person and online.