Southern Maine Yoga School
RYS 200 HR Teacher Training
2025
January - July
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Is Yoga Teacher Training Your Next Step?
Open a whole new world of opportunities to share yoga through this Yoga Alliance Certified 200 Hour Yoga Training! Graduates from this program have gone on to further their own practice, and to share yoga with friends, family, and colleagues. Our graduates have also stepped into teaching yoga in classes with their communities. This includes specializing in yoga for athletes, young people with developmental disabilities, and families who have children with special needs, among other private and group sessions. Whether your goal is to step into the role of teacher and share your gifts with other, or if it is deepen your own personal growth through a deeper connection to yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and breathwork, we provide a balanced training that prepares you to feel confident sharing the practice of yoga with others. With that intention, we mentor you and help you lean into your own natural strength and abilities to travel the path that fits you! We'll support you as you discover all the ways that you'll make a difference not only in your own life, but in the lives of others. Through this deep study, you'll feel more connected to a deep understanding of the physical, emotional and energetic aspects of the yoga practice. Vision:
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2025 Location, Dates & HoursTraining will be offered January into July 2025. Sessions will be held both at Scarborough Yoga 433 US Rt. 1 Scarborough, Maine and with some online sessions according to Yoga Alliance standards and recommendations.
Days of the Week
Dates: January - July 2025 Weekend 1 - In Person 1/11/2025 Saturday 1/12/2025 Sunday Online Session 1 1/22/2025 Wednesday Weekend 2 - In Person 1/25/2025 Saturday 1/26/2025 Sunday Weekend 3 - In Person 2/8/2025 Saturday 2/9/2025 Sunday Online Session 2 2/19/2025 Wednesday Weekend 4 - In Person 3/1/2025 Saturday 3/2/2025 Sunday Online Session 3 3/12/2025 Wednesday Weekend 5 - In Person 3/22/2025 Saturday 3/23/2025 Sunday Online Session 4 4/9/2025 Wednesday Weekend 6 - In Person 4/12/2025 Saturday 4/13/2025 Sunday Online Session 5 4/30/2025 Wednesday Weekend 7 - In Person 5/10/2025 Saturday 5/11/2025 Sunday Online Session 6 5/21/2025 Wednesday Weekend 8 - In Person 6/7/2025 Saturday 6/8/2025 Sunday Online Session 7 6/18/2025 Wednesday Weekend 9 - In Person 6/28/2025 Saturday 6/29/2025 Sunday Online Session 8 7/2/2025 Wednesday Weekend 10 - In Person 7/12/2025 Saturday 7/13/2025 Sunday Note: July 12-13 is scheduled to be a lighter weekend as it is graduation time! It may also double as a makeup weekend in case of a weather event earlier in the schedule. During the program, additional schedule changes may be made if needed and will be communicated in advance. |
PROGRAM DETAILS
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Our Comprehensive Study Includes:
Our Commitment To You We are committed to supporting you on your journey of learning and evolving in order to bring yoga into the world in the way that you choose with confident, centered, and well rounded abilities. 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. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to Chris & Andrea! |
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] Foundational Student Expectations
Required Reading Includes: Yoga of the Subtle Body by Tias Little Yoga Anatomy Coloring Book, Kelly Solloway The Essential Yoga Sutra by Geshe Michael Roach and Christie McNally Accessible Yoga by Jivana Heyman Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga by Jivana Heyman We'll reference other books, podcasts, articles, and more as we move through the training! |
Applications are Currently OPEN!!
To apply review the application that includes the Scheduled Dates, Foundational Student Expectations, and Tuition information. Fill in answers to the application questions and we will follow up with you!
To apply review the application that includes the Scheduled Dates, Foundational Student Expectations, and Tuition information. Fill in answers to the application questions and we will follow up with you!
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 and practitioners. 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! We are committed to constantly learning and evolving in order to train confident, centered, well rounded yoga teachers and practitioners. 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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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] 
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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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Chris is an E-RYT 500 Yoga Teacher & Continuing Education Provider with Yoga Alliance. He is an Accessible Yoga® Ambassador, a Balanced Athlete® Coach, and a Functional Movement Screen® provider. He has trained in Vinyasa, Restorative yoga, Yin yoga, functional movement, mindfulness, and meditation with teachers Jacqui Bonwell, Sagel Urlacher, Johnny Gillespie, and with the Accessible Yoga Association, Center for Trauma & Embodiment at JRI, Prison Yoga Project, and Functional Movement Systems.
Chris is a fierce advocate for classes that embrace all bodies, abilities, life experiences, and circumstances. Rooted in his own experience how the practices of yoga, mindfulness, and meditation have supported his own experience with depression and sobriety. He believes that 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. Chris lives in Biddeford with his wife Noreen. When not immersed in work or teaching, he finds great joy in his wonderfully mediocre running ability. He also delights in a regular practice of walking meditations at sunrise and sharing time and space with loved ones, especially his cats. |
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.” |
