200 HR Teacher Training

With Bristol Maryott, David Vendetti + Liz Guardia

LIBERATION YOGA SCHOOL 200 HOUR TRAINING

WITH PILGRIMAGE TO INDia

MARCH 2025-October 2025

Want to be a 200 hour yoga teacher AND immerse yourself in the vibrant culture of India? Join Liz Guardia and Bristol Maryott in March 2025 for this sacred journey to the source of yogic knowledge. This training is a hybrid training which means it includes:

  • A 14 or 10 Day Retreat in India

  • 2 In person weekends at Jala Yoga & Art in Providence, RI or Savage Yoga Studios in Palm Harbor, FL

  • Virtual zoom meetings on Thursday evenings from 6-8PM

Our training is coupled with a retreat to India March 15- April 3rd 2025. You can choose to attend the entire retreat or just come from March 24-April 3rd. From March 15th we will enjoy visiting Krishna’s birthplace in Vrindavan, following in the footsteps of Buddha in Bodhgaya and exploring the holy ghats of Varanasi- this portion of the trip is optional towards the training, but is highly suggested. On March 24th we will arrive in the land of Shiva, Rishikesh, and the teacher training will begin in earnest. In Rishikesh we will focus on yoga philosophy, history of yoga, Indian mythology, meditation, Sanskrit and assisting. While many 200 + 300 hour trainings gloss over these essential basics, our training will have a special resonance because you will enjoy a full immersion in Indian culture.

We will stay in Rishikesh through April 3rd 2025 (100 hours — 10 days x 10 hrs per day). Upon our arrival back home, you will begin your once to twice a month zoom meetings as well as sharing teaching practicums online with your classmates (everyone will teach & record three classes, plus watching each other’s and giving feedback 50 hours). Two in person weekend that will cover anatomy, chanting, assisting practicums and in-person feedback (50 Hours). At the end of our 200 hours together, you will have a strong understanding of traditional yoga as well as the skillfulness to hold the seat of the teacher in a modern, Western yoga environment.

Investment:

Full 15 Day Retreat with Training: $5600 (plus flights to India)

10 day Rishikesh-only Portion of Retreat with Training: $4400 (plus flights to India)

Schedule:

March 15th or March 24th-April 3rd, 2025- In India (100 hours towards training)

Full weekends 2025: May 9, 10, 11 + October 10, 11, 12 - In person training weekends

Friday 4-9

Saturday 8-6

Sunday 8-6

Zoom meetings 5:30-8PM Thursday evenings:

April 24

May 15

June 12

July 17

August 21

September 1

October 16

In Person Graduation in Florida or Rhode Island October 26, 2025 4-6PM


The training includes 200 hours that cover:

  • The History of Yoga from Vedic times to today

  • The Teachings of Yoga (Dharma):

    • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

    • Bhagavad Gita

    • Hatha Yoga Pradipika

  • Asanas for beginners to advanced

  • Sequencing

  • Sanskrit

  • Anatomy and Physiology with David Vendetti

  • Subtle Body

  • Meditation and Sadhana

  • Inclusion + Diversity with David Vendetti

  • Mantra, Chanting, Kirtan (Bhakti Yoga)

  • Pranayama

  • Bhakti with Shubha Govinda Das

  • Ayurveda with Dr. Manjulali Priya

  • The Business of Yoga

  • Practicum (student teaching) with feedback

Testimonials:

Liberation Yoga at Jala Studio provided an incredible experience. The depth of instruction from Liz and Bristol is second to none. The materials (manual and separate assist manual) were comprehensive, interwoven throughout the training, and practical. Drawing from their deep fund of knowledge and expertise our teachers taught authentically and comprehensively. We were privileged to meet an amazing array of guest speakers and go on trips that immersed us in the rich culture of yoga. The video recordings and subsequent feedback brought about significant improvement, and was one of many of the innovative cutting edge aspects to this training. This training carries my highest recommendation and is worthy of your most favorable consideration. - T.M.

Fantastic training! Three major things stand out to me: The teachers, Liz and Bristol, honor the lineage and carefully present the important sacred text in their original form, followed by digestible discussion. I greatly appreciated the amount of time and emphasis on treating the words and message of the texts as sacred teachings. We dived into both Hinduism and Buddhism traditions at great depths, which was unique for a teacher training. For me, this was one of things I was seeking in a training and was pleased with how well it was presented here. Both teachers spoke to their strengths, for which they were knowledgeable and passionate. It gave for a positive dynamic that kept the training fresh every month and left room for students to explore their interests. Students were encouraged to explore and grow into our personal style of teaching (as opposed to becoming a mimic of the teachers). Feedback on students' teaching was constructive and a large component of homework assignments. I really appreciated that we had reading, teaching, and writing assignments between training weekends. Overall I felt challenged (which a 300hr should be!) and had eminence growth as a practitioner and provider of yoga. I have learned a breathe of knowledge, yet am humbled by how much more there still is to learn. Liz and Bristol are experienced, adept, and knowledgeable teachers, yet share the teachings humbly. Perhaps this is one of the greatest lessons from them of all! I couldn't more highly recommend this training! - C.C.

About Bristol:

Eighteen years of teaching experience & a deep devotion to yogic study.

Bristol Maryott is thrilled to be the owner of Jala Studio: Yoga & Art in Providence, RI. Bristol is an Advanced-Certified Jivamukti, KPJAY Level 1 Authorized and prenatal yoga instructor with over seventeen years of experience teaching yoga. Bristol’s practice and teaching is informed by the light and grace of her dear teachers. She is grateful for the tutelage of Jivamukti founders, Sharon Gannon and David Life, as well as senior Jivamukti teachers Lady Ruth & Yogeswari. Bristol also travels to India regularly where she loves to practice with Saraswathi Jois in Mysore. She also has completed an Ashtanga second series intensive with Manju Jois.

Bristol holds an MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London UK and graduated from Yale with a BA in English. She has worked at Sotheby’s in London and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bristol believes that art and yoga are complimentary disciplines exploring consciousness. Bristol wanted to create a space where yoga practitioners could both inspire and be inspired by art.

Find out more about Bristol here.

ABOUT DAVID

David began his research as a dancer, artist, and biologist. His studies brought fascinating enrichment in fitness, art, massage therapy, gymnastics, yoga, social justice, trauma informed yoga, retreats and travels worldwide. He wanted to make a difference and to help others see how incredible they are. David has always been a champion of the underdog, the different and those who think in new ways.

David currently teaches his own style of yoga which you could call "fun and smart stretching with a little conditioning, done in a room full of excellent people." David is also a bodyworker, a Structural Integrator and his work centers around shifting people out of pain and into alignment.

David’s hope is through both of these disciplines to help each individual find a way to walk freely, breath deeply and enjoy a strong, supple and well balanced body.

Find out more about David here.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

REQUIREMENTS

  • Participants must be at least 18 years of age.

  • Complete application for admission along with phone, or in person interview. Application to the program does not guarantee acceptance (interviews are to evaluate character, intention, motivation and ability to manage workload and financial requirements).

ATTENDANCE

100% attendance is strongly encouraged. I understand that life happens and emergencies can sadly happen as well, therefore participants are able to miss up to 12 hours during the course of the training with fair justification.

Trainees will need to make up any assignments that they miss in order to graduate. Missed hours must be made up before graduation weekend, if this is delayed, award of certification will be delayed as well. If I must spend extra time outside of the regularly scheduled training for make up sessions- the fee is $35 per hour due at the time of the make-up.

If it is necessary to take a leave of absence for financial or medical reasons, it will be your responsibility to inform me with proper notice and documentation. Arrangements will be made to reschedule training to the next training session or work out a refund plan if needed.



YOGA ALLIANCE CODE OF CONDUCT

Yoga Alliance’s Code of Conduct is a declaration of acceptable ethical and professional behavior to which all registrants agree with respect to conducting the teaching and/or business of yoga. It is not intended to supersede the ethics of any school or tradition but is intended to be a basis for yoga principles.

Yoga Alliance members—Registered Yoga Teachers (RYTs), Continuing Education Providers (YACEPs), or representatives of Registered Yoga Schools (RYSs)—agree to uphold the following ethical principles:

  • Conduct themselves in a professional and conscientious manner. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring that they live up to any commitments they make to their students or to the public, and ensuring that their practices and behaviors conform to the representations they make about themselves in holding themselves as yoga practitioners who adhere to certain precepts.

  • Acknowledge the limitations of their skills and scopes of practice and where appropriate, referring students to seek alternative instruction, advice, treatment, or direction.

  • Create and maintain safe, clean, and comfortable environments for the practice of yoga.

  • Encourage diversity by respecting all students regardless of age, physical limitations, race, creed, gender, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.

  • Respect the rights, dignity, and privacy of all students.

  • Avoid words and actions that constitute sexual harassment or harassment based on other legal protected characteristics.

  • Adhere to the traditional yoga principles as written in the yamas and niyamas.

  • Follow all local government and national laws that pertain to their yoga teaching and business.

Yoga Alliance reserves the right to immediately suspend any member’s credentials and registration for the duration of any pending law enforcement investigation, criminal or civil legal proceedings, or an internal investigation.

Separately, Yoga Alliance may also impose final sanctions on a member’s credentials and registration for cause, including failure to uphold any aspect of the Code of Conduct. For these purposes, prior to imposing final sanctions on the member, Yoga Alliance will provide notice of the basis for the potential final sanction and an opportunity to respond. After review of the evidence, Yoga Alliance will issue a decision as to whether to impose final sanctions, based on its reasonable judgment of the evidence before it. All members agree to hold Yoga Alliance harmless for any losses or damage that they may incur because of the revocation of credentials.