Together

Tracy Vacura, Laura Reese + Courtney Dingman provide the stable structure of the program as Core Teachers.  Each training session is facilitated by one of your Core Teachers, and many sessions will have all three of us there.  This creates a steady container for your learning as many teachers, texts and experiences flow in and out. Core Teachers will be present to help you get clear answers about the assignments, administrative needs or the previous sessions. 

Core teachers also hold space for Faculty Trainers — Shelley Pagitt, Marjorie Grevious, Krista Lindgren, Vanashree Belgamwar, Julia Britzius, Erin Pruitt and Nicole Warner. Our faculty + guest trainers share their specific expertise and varied experiences so that you can connect with a wide range of voices and topics. Some of our sessions with faculty + guest trainers include Ayurveda topics with Vanashree, and the 8 Limbs of Yoga with Marjorie. We experience Forest Bathing and Yoga Nidra with Krista, and Teaching Holistic Kids Yoga with Julia + Shelley. We dive into truly Accessible Yoga practices with Nicole, then discuss obstacles and chant mantras with Erin, We will also have brief visits from other voices to invite discussion around obstacles to personal practice, with topics such as physical injuries, mental health, and systemic oppression.

One unique aspect of our program is that you will be practicing yoga for free outside of our designated training hours with our team of teachers.  You can pick any Yoga Sanctuary class that is led by HYTT-320 faculty and design the schedule or style that suits you best.   We have included 32 free classes at Yoga Sanctuary as part of our Personal Practice Assignment because we want to support you to build a constant and sustainable practice throughout the year, hopefully attending class about once a week.