Southern Maine Yoga School
RYS 200 hr Teacher Training
2023 / 2024
(NEXT TRAINING DATES TBD)
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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 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:
Location, Dates & Hours
Training will be offered October to April. Sessions will be held at Scarborough Yoga 433 US Rt. 1 Scarborough, Maine and Leaping Water Yoga at 146 Ocean Street, South Portland, ME/or online according to Yoga Alliance standards and recommendations.
2023 / 2024 Schedule:
Oct 21/22
Nov 17/19
Dec 1/3
Jan 5/6/7 & 26/27/28
Feb 10/11 & 24/25
Mar 23/24
April 5/6/7
Fridays 5:30-8 pm, Saturdays 11:30-7 pm, Sundays 10:30-6 pm
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 Macky Page
- The Chakras and Yoga of the Subtle Body
- Yoga Philosophy and Yoga Sutra Studies with Andrea Gleason
- Ethics for Yoga Teachers with Andrea Gleason
- The Business of Yoga with Andrea Gleason
- Effective Teaching Practices
- Teaching All Levels Classes
- Finding your Authentic Voice
- Community Class Teaching Experience
- Unlimited yoga pass at Scarborough Yoga throughout your training
Location, Dates & Hours
Training will be offered October to April. Sessions will be held at Scarborough Yoga 433 US Rt. 1 Scarborough, Maine and Leaping Water Yoga at 146 Ocean Street, South Portland, ME/or online according to Yoga Alliance standards and recommendations.
2023 / 2024 Schedule:
Oct 21/22
Nov 17/19
Dec 1/3
Jan 5/6/7 & 26/27/28
Feb 10/11 & 24/25
Mar 23/24
April 5/6/7
Fridays 5:30-8 pm, Saturdays 11:30-7 pm, Sundays 10:30-6 pm
Meet the Teachers:
Learn from professionals with experience, credentials and heart! 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.
Learn from professionals with experience, credentials and heart! 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.
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Robin Ivy Payton, ERYT 500, Owner Leaping Waters Yoga & Continuing Education Provider of
Teacher Trainings in Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga and other modalities. 
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Andrea Brown Gleason, Owner Maine YogaFest, Scarborough Yoga, RYT 500, ERYT 200, YACEP, Reiki Master, USAT Level 1 Coach
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Macky Page, RYT 200, LMT, CPT, Reiki Master, Structual Integration Manual Movement Therapist
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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.” |
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, Event Director of the Maine YogaFest, Master Reiki Practitioner, Usui Lineage ~ Laura Sheldon. 2 Yin Teacher Trainings with Josh Summers, Restorative Yoga Teacher Training with Robin Ivy Payton, Sequencing with Amy Ippoliti, Meditation & Pranayama with Shive 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.” |
With a dance-teacher mother and a mountaineer father it's no surprise that I ended up a mover and a groover. From dance, to mountain biking, yoga, weightlifting and hula hooping, I have always loved being in my body. In my early twenties I learned that I love to help other people find that feeling. Manual therapy always lent itself well to my busy structure and when the opportunity presented itself to go to massage school in 2011, I leapt at the chance. Since then, I've had an insatiable desire to learn, reflected in my latest endeavor with the Anatomy Trains Structural Integration program, from which I graduated and received a board certification in June of 2018.
The other place I found repose was on my yoga mat. After years of being a dedicated student I completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training in 2013. These days I'm solely teaching private yoga lessons and I couldn't be happier. They range from restorative yoga to perfecting arm balances and handstands, but most of my clients agree that my therapeutic sessions [a blend of yin, restorative, yoga nidra, Thai massage and reiki], are reportedly "magical". |
Tuition
$3000 paid in full or in two payments by September 15, 2023
$2800 early bird rate in full by August 1, 2022
Payment arrangements will be made once your application is accepted.
Contact us with any questions about payments at [email protected] or [email protected]
Applications are open. Here's how to apply:
Copy and paste the questions below with your responses and send to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Name
Address
Phone
Email address
Expectations for the 200-hour student include:
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,
Andrea, & Robin
$3000 paid in full or in two payments by September 15, 2023
$2800 early bird rate in full by August 1, 2022
Payment arrangements will be made once your application is accepted.
Contact us with any questions about payments at [email protected] or [email protected]
Applications are open. Here's how to apply:
Copy and paste the questions below with your responses and send to [email protected] and/or [email protected]
Name
Address
Phone
Email address
- 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.
- Why you are drawn to a 200-hour Yoga Teacher training. What are your hopes, goals or dreams.
- Share you thoughts on how you, through yoga can be an agent of change in our communities, in the state of Maine.
- Give us a personal reference. Include Name, Relationship to you, Email & Phone Number
- 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,
Andrea, & Robin
