Maine YogaFest School of Yoga

RYS 200 Hour Teacher Training

Jan 2022  Dates TBD 

Is Yoga Teacher Training Your Next Step? 
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Open a whole new world of opportunities to share yoga by becoming a Yoga Alliance 200 hour certified instructor! Our new graduates are teaching all levels classes and specializing in yoga for athletes, young people with developmental disabilities, and families with special needs children among other private and group sessions. We are committed to providing a balanced training that prepares you to go out and teach in the area or environment you're most interested in! With that intention, we listen to your dreams and goals, mentor you and help develop your strengths. As you are empowered with a deep understanding of the physical, emotional and energetic aspects of the yoga practice, you can then follow your dreams. The world changes one person, one practice at a time. Be a channel for that change. 

Vision:  

Empowering you with a deep understanding of the physical, emotional and energetic aspects of the Yoga Practice
Our team is committed to constantly learning and evolving in order to train confident, centered, well rounded yoga teachers. Upon completion of this 200-hour training, you will have the knowledge and confidence to teach yoga safely in a style that is authentic to you.

Comprehensive Teacher Training Includes:

• Understanding & Practice of Asana/Postures & Alignment
• Sequencing Balanced Vinyasa Classes
• Pranayama Techniques and Practices
• Meditation and Intro to Yoga Nidra
• Introduction to Yin and Restorative Yoga
• Anatomy Training with Dr. Carroll Coyle and Dr. Meg Pickering of Chiropractic Family Wellness
• The Chakras and Yoga of the Subtle Body
• Yoga Philosophy and Yoga Sutra Studies
• Ethics for Yoga Teachers with Andrea Gleason
• The Business of Yoga with Andrea Gleason, owner of Scarborough Yoga and Maine Yogafest
• Effective Teaching Practices
• Teaching All Levels Classes
• Finding your Authentic Voice
• Community Class Teaching Experience
• Unlimited yoga pass at Scarborough Yoga throughout your training

​Meet the Teachers:

Learn from professionals with experience, credentials and heart!
Andrea Gleason a RYT 500, E-RYT and YACEP with Yoga Alliance.  She is the owner of Scarborough Yoga and Maine Yogafest. She specializes in Yin Yoga and is a certified Triathlon Trainer and Reiki Master.
Robin Ivy Payton is a RYT 500, E-RYT 200 and YACEP with the Yoga Alliance. She also offers Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga and other continuing education for yoga teachers.
Kristine Keegan is an E-RYT 200 and Reiki Master who also offers Reiki 1, 2, and Master Certifications.
Dr Meg Pickering and Dr Carroll Coyle of Oasis are doctors of chiropractic, on site, and the teachers of our Anatomy and Physiology intensive. 

Our team is committed to constantly learning and evolving in order to train confident, centered, well rounded yoga teachers. Upon completion of this 200-hour training, you will have the knowledge and confidence to teach yoga safely in a style that is authentic to you. ​

Andrea Brown Gleason, Maine YogaFest, Scarborough Yoga Owner and RYT
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Owner of Scarborough Yoga, Co-Founder of sheJAMs, LLC, (an all-women’s triathlon club), USAT Certified Coach Level 1, 2006, Event Director of the Maine YogaFest, RYT 200 Yoga Teacher ~ Jacqui Bonwell’s Sacred Seed, Master Reiki Practitioner, Usui Lineage ~ Laura Sheldon.  She has also completed two Yin Teacher Trainings with Josh Summers, Restorative Yoga Teacher Training with Robin Ivy Payton, Sequencing with Amy Ippoliti and is currently enrolled in Jacqui Bonwell’s 500 Hour Teacher Training.
Andrea grew up in Portland, received her BS in Accounting from USM, worked as a CPA for several years before moving to Pro Search as the Director of Recruiting Services.  Andrea started practicing Yoga when she was training for a triathlon.  Chronically pulling a rib out of alignment during training, she treated with a chiropractor who told her she could do more for herself than he could do and told her to practice yoga.  Thus began the adventure of a brand new journey and her love for the practice. 
After 20 years at Pro Search, Andrea made the leap out of corporate into Yoga and Triathlon full time.  Andrea started out predominantly practicing vinyasa and gradually shifted to focus more on the quieter practice of Yin Yoga.   “Yin Yoga balances the Yang in my life, of which there is plenty!”, she says. “Practicing yoga creates breathing room.  Room to pause before I react and recover when I do react to life’s challenges.”

Robin Ivy Payton, Yoga Teacher & Continuing Education Provider  
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Robin graduated from the University of Virginia and enjoyed careers in radio broadcasting and education. An intermittent student of yoga and meditation for many years, she ultimately committed to her practice for more than 10 years before completing her 200-hour teacher training with Jacqui Bonwell/ Sacred Seeds Yoga School. Robin continued her studies through Pranakriya School of Yoga, The Lotus Pond in Tampa, Florida and with other specialists in the yoga and anatomy field, such as Grace Jull and Marlysa Sullivan. She received her Reiki 2 training and attunement through Kristine Keegan.
 
As a Yoga Alliance E-RYT and YACEP, Robin has been offering Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga teacher trainings since 2017. She brings her astrology centered yoga and other unique offerings to various festivals and studios in Maine and beyond. Robin lives in South Portland, Maine with her husband (who is also a yoga teacher) and their two dogs. “I find yoga to be endlessly creative in both teaching and practice. Since our bodies and minds are different every day and thrive on both familiarity and newness, I teach or practice according to the day’s energy, looking to the Moon, Sun, planets, seasons and cycles for intuitive guidance.”
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Location, Dates & Hours

Training will be offered late September to March. Sessions may be held at Scarborough Yoga 433 US Rt. 1 Scarborough, Maine and/or online according to Yoga Alliance standards and recommendations.

Jan - May 2022
Dates and Times TBD

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 Email us with any questions! training@maineyogafest.com 
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Snow make up date if necessary TBD or Virtual

​Tuition
 
$3000 paid in full or in two payments by January 15, 2022
$2800 early bird rate in full by November 15, 2021

Payment arrangements will be made once your application is accepted.
Contact us with any questions about payments at training@maineyogafest.com
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Applications are open. Here's how to apply!
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Copy and paste the questions below with your responses and send to training@maineyogafest.com.
 
Name
Address
Phone
Email address
 

1. Describe your yoga journey so far including when you started practicing, the kinds of classes or home practice you've been doing and the benefits you receive from your yoga practice.
2. Why you are drawn to a 200-hour Yoga Teacher training. What are your hopes, goals or dreams.
3. Share you thoughts on how you, through yoga can be an agent of change in our communities, in the state of Maine.
   
4. Give us a personal reference. Include Name, Relationship to you, Email & Phone Number
5. Please share anything else about yourself that you think is relevant. 

Expectations for the 200-hour student include:

• Attendance at all sessions
• Complete homework as assigned in the syllabus
• Complete reading on time as assigned in the syllabus
• Journaling throughout training 
• Meditation practice & related reflections throughout training
• Attend 5 classes of different styles and write a brief observation for each in addition to other consistent yoga practice throughout training. More details on observation in your syllabus.
• Maintain a strong code of personal and professional conduct.
• Be respectful of others in training. Treat personal information as sacred.  What is shared in training stays within our circle.

​Required Reading
 
Yoga of the Subtle Body by Tias Little (our training will be heavily based on this text)
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews
The Essential Yoga Sutra by Geshe Michael Roach and Christie McNally
 
Other books will be suggested for further exploration in specific areas of interest

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Namaste, 
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Andrea, Kristine and Robin