Southern Maine Yoga School
​RYS 200 HR Teacher Training
​2025
January - July

​Is Yoga Teacher Training Your Next Step? 
​Open a whole new world of opportunities to share yoga by becoming a Yoga Alliance 200 Hour certified instructor! Our 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
We are 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  
• The Chakras and Yoga of the Subtle Body
• Yoga Philosophy and Yoga Sutra Studies 
• Ethics for Yoga Teachers 
• The Business of Yoga 
• Effective Teaching Practices
• Teaching All Levels Classes
• Finding your Authentic Voice
• Community Class Teaching Experience
• Unlimited yoga pass at Scarborough Yoga throughout your training

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2025 Schedule, Location, Dates & Hours
Training will be offered January into July 2025.  Sessions will be held at Scarborough Yoga 433 US Rt. 1 Scarborough, Maine and online according to Yoga Alliance standards and recommendations.
​Days of the Week

• Wednesday's Online  2.5 hours 6p-8:30pm
• Saturday's at SY 9 hours 9a-6pm
• Sunday's at SY 8.5 hours 9a-5:30pm

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Dates:  January - July 2025
Weekend 1
1/11/2025 Saturday 
1/12/2025 Sunday 
Online 1
1/22/2025 Wednesday  
Weekend 2
1/25/2025 Saturday
1/26/2025 Sunday
Weekend 3
2/8/2025 Saturday
2/9/2025 Sunday
Online 2
2/19/2025 Wednesday
Weekend 4
3/1/2025 Saturday
3/2/2025 Sunday
Online 3
3/12/2025 Wednesday
Weekend 5
3/22/2025 Saturday
3/23/2025 Sunday
Online 4
4/9/2025 Wednesday
Weekend 6
4/19/2025 Saturday
4/20/2025 Sunday
Online 5
4/30/2025 Wednesday
Weekend 7
5/10/2025 Saturday
5/11/2025 Sunday
Online 6
5/21/2025 Wednesday
Weekend 8
6/7/2025 Saturday
6/8/2025 Sunday
Online 7
6/18/2025 Wednesday
Weekend 9
6/28/2025 Saturday
6/29/2025 Sunday
Online 8
7/2/2025 Wednesday
Weekend 10
7/12/2025 Saturday
7/13/2025 Sunday

Meet the Teachers:
Learn from professionals with experience, credentials and heart! ​We are 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. ​

Chris Byrne (he/him/his)
E-500 RYT, Accessible Yoga Ambassador, 
Functional Movement Screener, Balanced Athlete Coach,
Trauma Informed Yoga Instructor
Sea Change Yoga Board Member
www,cbyogame.com
[email protected]

Andrea Brown Gleason, (she/her/hers)
Owner Scarborough Yoga, ERYT 500, YACEP, Reiki Master, USAT Level 1 Coach, NASM Behavioral Change Specialist
iPEC Certified Professional COR.E Energy Coach, ELI Master Practioner
[email protected]
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The practice of Yoga offers a system of living a life of generosity, community, equanimity, justice, equality, shared connection, and social responsibility. It is a practice that guides your sacred inner self to align with the balance of the universe, connected to the miracle of existing in each moment. There is peace that lives inside the you. Through breath, movement, meditation you can nurture that peace in this moment. Through regular practice you support your body, mind, and heart for a long life of sustainable movement and living.
From the outset of my teaching, my mission was to focus on accessibility and community. To welcome anyone who felt like they couldn’t participate, were priced out, or maybe intimidated by the idea of doing a group class because they didn’t “look like that” or “my body can’t do that” or “I don’t belong”.
While there may have been changes in where I teach or how I can offer classes, what has never ever wavered even a tiny bit is my commitment to putting the practice of yoga into action through service to the community. 
I strive to support and honor individuals that arrive from and live in all backgrounds, life experiences, and abilities.
You are a brilliant shining light, a limitless heart, and the gift of your presence is always honored and welcome.

Owner of Scarborough Yoga, Co-Founder of sheJAMs, LLC, (an all-women’s triathlon club), RYT 500 Yoga Teacher ~ Jacqui Bonwell’s Sacred Seed 2012, USAT Certified Coach Level 1, 2006, Master Reiki Practitioner, Usui Lineage ~ Laura Sheldon.  2 Yin Teacher Trainings with Josh Summers, Restorative Yoga and Aerial Yoga Teacher Training with Robin Ivy Payton, Sequencing with Amy Ippoliti, Meditation & Pranayama with Shiva Shakti.

Andrea grew up in Portland and lives in South Portland.  She 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 a new journey and her love for the practice of yoga. 

Andrea is trained in Vinyasa but focuses her teachings 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.”

Tuition
$3000 paid in full or in two payments by December 31, 2024
$2800 early bird rate in full by October 31, 2024
Payment arrangements will be made once your application is accepted.
Contact us with any questions about payments at [email protected]
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Applications are open. Here's how to apply:
​Copy and paste the questions below with your responses and send to Chris Byrne [email protected] and/or [email protected]
 
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 your thoughts on how you, through yoga can be an agent of change in our communities, in the state of Maine.
4. 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 Coloring Book, Kelly Solloway
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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Chris & Andrea