Liberation Yoga School

300 HR Teacher Training


Yoga philosophy is essential for teachers. Beyond asanas, it animates practice with wisdom that guides teachers and students.

Liberation Yoga uses philosophy to help teachers grow personally and professionally. Yoga goes beyond poses, uniting mind, body, and spirit. Our training mixes ancient teachings with modern practice so trainees can bring philosophy into their classes.

Through lectures, discussions, and workshops, trainees study the Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and ideas like karma and dharma. We cover the eight limbs of Ashtanga—ethics, postures, breathwork, sense withdrawal, concentration, meditation—and the goal of Samadhi.

This immersion helps trainees live and teach yoga off the mat, guiding students toward physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. Studying philosophy deepens self-connection, mindfulness, compassion, and respect in teaching. Trainees are encouraged to teach with authenticity and integrity, becoming agents of positive change.

Join Liberation Yoga to deepen your practice, study yoga’s wisdom, find community, and begin a journey of self-discovery. Ready to transform?

The training includes 300 contact hours that cover:

  • The History of Yoga

  • The Teachings of Yoga (Sanatana Dharma):

    • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

    • Bhagavad Gita

    • Mahabharata

    • Ramayana

    • Hatha Yoga Pradipika

    • Tibetan Buddhism

    • Bardo Thordol (Tibetan Book of the Dead)

    • Tantra

  • Level 1 & 2 Assisting

  • Level 1 & 2 Sequencing

  • Advanced Asana (with modifications and progressions)

  • Sanskrit

  • Advanced Yogic Anatomy and Physiology

  • Subtle Body

  • Meditation

  • Mantra, Chanting, Kirtan (Bhakti Yoga)

  • Introduction to Harmonium + Nada Yoga

  • Pranayama

  • Yoga Nidra

  • Field Trips (Hindu Temple of Florida and Ayurveda 1/2 day)

  • The Business of Yoga

  • How to Run Retreats and Workshops

  • Practicum (student teaching) with feedback

Schedule:

Live (250 Hours)

Friday 4-9 PM

Saturday 8-6 PM

Sunday 8-6 PM

Dates:

September 10-11-12

October 8-9-10

November 19-20-21

December 10-11-12

January 7-8-9

February 4-5-6

March 18-19-20

April 28-29-30

May 19-20-21

Graduation Weekend: June 2-3-4

Virtual (20 Hours)

Twice a month on Thursday’s 6-8:30PM for duration of training, virtual training dates below:

September 16 + 30

October 14 + 28

November 4 + 18

December 2 + 16

January 13 + 27

February 3 + 10

March 9 + 23

April 13 + 27

May 11

Outside Training Hours:

Trainees are required to complete 10 Seva Hours (community service) to their activity or program of choice.

Trainees are also required to complete 20 hours of outside work including required videos, articles, practice teaching, class observation and homework.

Tuition:

Early Bird Pricing: $4000 by 6/1/25

$4300 after 7/1/25 - $500 deposit required to secure space. 14 spaces available. Flexible payment plans.

A $500 non refundable deposit is required to hold your space.

Hosted by Savage Yoga Mindful Fitness

About Guest Teachers:

Kranti Kalipelly

Kranti has studied with Saraswathi Vasudevan in the Shri T. Krishnamacharya tradition since 2011. Her practice emphasizes attention and chanting to unite mind, body, and speech. She uses pranayama, asana, and Vedic chanting to calm the mind.

Nico Ligonnet

Nico began studying spirituality and meditation at 16. At 23 he practiced Hatha Yoga in India with Gandhar Mandlik, making yoga central to his life. He learned Ashtanga Vinyasa at Sattva Yoga in Chamonix from students of Pattabhi Jois and Krishnamacharya and taught there for six years. His classes are meditative and focused on mobility. He was initiated into Lahiri Mahasaya’s Kriya Yoga by Shailendra Sharma. Raised in the French Alps and Scandinavia, he loves nature, skiing, and climbing. He has a BA in Indian Language and Society, speaks Hindi, and knows Sanskrit, Ayurveda, and Vedic astrology.

Christina Calandro

In this lifetime, Christina has been practicing yoga for 22 years and teaching for 10 years. As a teacher, she acknowledges that every Soul has a different journey. She shares a yoga of synthesis and encourages you to tap into your inner teacher and honor what is right for you. She trained to be a Yoga Siromani (teacher of yoga) with the Sivananda lineage via the ancient Indian gurukula style of education, where the student lives and studies with their teacher at an ashram. Christina believes we can learn from all beings (each other, animals and plants, just to name a few!). Her studies continue today both formally and informally. 

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Bristol Maryott

Bristol owns Jala Yoga and Art in Providence, RI. She is an advanced-certified Jivamukti and prenatal yoga teacher with over 15 years’ experience. She is Level 1 authorized in Ashtanga Yoga by KPJAY and Saraswati Jois. Her teaching is guided by the care and wisdom of her teachers, including Jivamukti founders Sharon Gannon and David Life, senior Jivamukti teachers Lady Ruth and Yogeswari, and regular practice with Saraswathi Jois in Mysore. She completed an Ashtanga second-series intensive with Manju Jois.

To set up your application interview, please fill out the form below:

 

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.