This training is full and registration is closed to the general public.

If you are an AM Alum you are still welcome. Please contact us at [email protected] for access to payment options.

2 – month

Advanced Intensive

Yoga Alliance Registered

uniquely formatted 300HR (500 track) training that lets you work at your own pace each week, and then connect LIVE with the community each weekend!

Sequencing

Inversions

Anatomy

Assists

Creative Restorative

Strength & Conditioning

This training has been moved and molded from our in-person advanced trainings. Additional content has been added and curriculum formatted for on-demand weekday work and weekend touch-points. The 300HR, two month advanced intensive is overall the most in-depth training currently offered by the Authentic Movements team and is the perfect setting for those wishing to continue and expand upon their yoga journey, both from a teaching standpoint and a personal practice perspective.

It is meant for those who already have a base 200HR from any school, Yoga Alliance Registered or not, and who want to continue the educational path to become 500HR teachers.

Weekends

Saturday

Live (Required)

Vinyasa Classes

Interactive Lectures

Restorative Class

Sunday

Live (Optional)

Vinyasa Class

Q&A Session

Connect with the Community

YOGA ALLIANCE DISCLAIMER

Authentic Movements is a 200/300 Registered School

Yoga Alliance (yogaalliance.org) is an optional registration system for teachers and schools that aims to uphold certain standards within the yoga community. Authentic Movements is a highly rated Yoga Alliance Registered school at the 200HR (base) & 300HR (advanced) level. Click HERE to check out our school page and read reviews. All previous Authentic Movements trainings (200&300) have been Yoga Alliance Registered.

In the past, Yoga Alliance did not allow 100% online trainings. Due to COVID-19, they have CURRENTLY  extended the online allowance through 2021. Since this training is taking place in April + May of 2021, that means that it CURRENTLY QUALIFIES FOR YOGA ALLIANCE REGISTRATION. If you currently have a 200HR from a registered school, and you complete this training + earn out certificate, you will have the optional opportunity to register as a 500HR instructor with Yoga Alliance.  

Don’t care about Yoga Alliance? That’s perfectly fine. We ask attendees to consider WHY they are pursuing continued education in the first place (for the content or letters after your name), and also to explore the myriad of mixed reviews concerning Yoga Alliance and their follow through and accountability on content and other matters. In a world saturated with quick start YTTs and weekend crash courses, Authentic Movements prides itself on over-delivering thorough, organized, and digestible content that you can put into use for personal practice and teaching. 

 PRICE

PAID IN FULL

$1800 USD (credit card or Paypal)

PAYMENT PLAN

$2100 USD – $500 USD deposit, balance due by June 1st, 2020

Pre-sale ends  January 15th

AM200 ALUMS (in-person or Virtual)

$1000 USD – paid in full OR payment plan <3

Payment plans are flexible, and attendees can make payments of $50 or more (after deposit) whenever it is convenient for them.

All deposits are non-refundable/non-transferable. If paying in full, $500 USD becomes the nonrefundable/nontransferable deposit. See below for the full cancellation policy.  Lock in your low rate now before slots fill and/or the price increases. 

Authentic Movements hopes to combine the best of both world’s for today’s busy teachers and movement explorers. Get the convenience and quality of pre-recorded, on-demand work during the workweek, and the community + connection of Live Zoom sessions on Saturdays.

All with personalized feedback to help you succeed on your deep dive into creative sequencing, biomechanics, manual assists, and more. Receive weekly packages through our LearnDash platform and then join the community on Saturdays to apply the skills from the week prior.

Sunday sessions include a Live 90 minute Vinyasa followed by a 90 minute optional Q&A session and “office hours.” Sunday sessions can be attended live or you can practice with the class recording during your work week.

Keep scrolling for more details or email us at [email protected].

Saturday Live (Zoom) Schedule

10:00am – 1:00pm EDT

Introspection + Creative Vinyasa + Sequence Analysis

2:00pm – 5:00pm EDT

Lecture, Discussion, Hands-on Application

6:00pm – 8:00pm EDT: Creative Restorative + Sequence Analysis

Attendees are required to attend Saturday sessions live. While the occasional missed class or lecture can be made up via recording, if excessive Saturdays are missed, completion certificates cannot be granted. We apologize to our international students as we know these times may be a challenge for you. 

Practicum + Certificate

This is a training, not a retreat. While we are not requiring an application process, we trust that all those who purchase entrance will first consider if they meet the requirements:

• Regular practice for at least 1 year
• 200HR base training (registered or not) from any school
• an interest in inversions (no need to be able to do them)

Certificates are earned, not bought, and Authentic Movements has no responsibility to present certificates to those who do not complete the program, all homework, and showcase an understanding of the skills taught through the final practicum.

Practicum consists of a 90 minute workshop (details provided) that is live taught to other attendees. This class is recorded (Zoom), along with the corresponding feedback from attendees and sent to instructors for final feedback and any needed correction. 

The active course ends on June 1st but you will have until June 30th to submit your final practicum video.

WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?

We welcome those currently teaching, interested in teaching, and practitioners simply looking to deepen their personal movement practice. Due to the intense physical demands, at least one year of yoga or a similar movement modality is recommended. While students are not required to practice advanced asana such as arm balances and inversions to attend this training, they can expect to leave with a more complete understanding of strength building progressions and how to incorporate unique and complex movements into an efficient yoga flow. We firmly encourage attendees to respect their physical limitations during these long two months together, but do require that all hours are attended, even if there is not physical participation.

Those who complete the program in its entirety and meet all requirements will receive a certificate from AM that dictates a 300HR Advanced Yoga Teacher Training. If attendees previously held a 200HR Certificate from any school (registered or un-registered), they can consider themselves a 500HR teacher. Not sure if you’re the right fit? Email us! [email protected]

Taught in Steph, Erin, and Bianca’s signature style, the Authentic Movements 300HR training will offer a safe community space to explore personal and professional growth, both on and off the mat. Expect high-level alignment breakdowns on hundreds of postures and intense focus on the transitions and space between asanas in order to cultivate a graceful strength for a fluid flow. This is much less about RIGHT vs WRONG, and much more about understanding the WHY behind the WAY.

A balance between flow and form, Authentic Movements asks us to first learn the nitty gritty details so that we can then break free and mold them to our own needs or the needs of our students.Training offerings will be packed with complex, but efficient and effective practices, sequencing breakdowns to analyze the creative vinyasa flow, demonstrative lectures to apply the information, and restorative or cross-training work to keep the body supple and strong. Our Strength and Conditioning coach will be providing low prop strength and conditioning circuits that vary by week to encourage stability, postural awareness, and bringing the weight room onto the yoga mat in creative ways for a more well-rounded practice. He may be available for limited, heavily discounted sessions and breath-work practices if individuals are looking to take their S&C work even further.

Whether you’re looking to deepen your personal practice or further expand your teaching toolbox, this training will give you a chance to develop and hone your personal creative language on the yoga mat.

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TRAINING FOCAL POINTS

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Explorations in Logical Creativity:

Sequencing is an art that can take so many forms on the mat. Attendees of the Authentic Movements Advanced 300HR Training will delve into creatively and effectively sequencing in a variety of methods and for a variety of purposes. Learn to build and teach highly intricate sequences that help students better prepare for peak postures, open up specific areas of the body, add more stability or mobility to their practice, and MORE. The focus at AM is never on the right or wrong way of doing things, but instead on the most efficient and effective method for a particular situation. Prepare to get a little weird, push the boundaries of modern yoga by incorporating outside modalities, do some self exploratory work to craft creative transitions, and then learn to cue the complex movements through pose mimics and modifications that make even the most challenging postures more accessible. 

In-depth Inversion Immersions:

In case it isn’t obvious, we love to get upside down. And so do lots of people including you or your students. Inversions can bring a great deal of joy to your practice, but also a lot of frustration if there isn’t a well-outlined path or immersive toolbox you can draw from. This two month-long intensive will dive deep into the playful art-form that is life upside down including many arm balances, headstands and variations, forearm stands and variations, handstands and variations, and pressing. Learn to teach, spot, modify, and sequence in a way that makes inverting about bringing out your inner child, strengthening proprioceptive qualities, and just building better balance overall. 

Applied Anatomy in Practice: 

Authentic Movements is all about the WHY behind the WAY. Or maybe it’s better to say “A” way, instead of “THE” way since we don’t really believe movement or yoga in general is a one-size-fits-all practice. A great deal of the WHY or the intent in a posture, alignment cue, or entire sequence boils down to understanding the basics of anatomy, biomechanics, postural tendencies, compensations, and more. Attendees of the 300HR Intensive receive access to the AM 15HR Anatomy and Sequencing course to ensure that no matter your background or previous trainings, you arrive with a solid foundation. Anatomy is sprinkled daily into the training through review segments and sequencing lectures, and near the midpoint, we are graced with a visiting expert for multiple lectures, movement sessions, and a Q/A to dive in even deeper and explore application of that knowledge in action and how it specifically relates to yoga sequencing.

Confidence in Manual Assists: 

Manual Assisting can take many forms, and it is our goal during the AM300 to showcase and practice many of these so that you can feel confident using your hands to assist students when needed. From talks about trauma and the responsibilities of touching to assisting beginners to advanced yogis, we’ve got you covered! Learn teacher-passive assists that encourage the students to find activation in their own bodies, deepening assists to safely help practitioners progress, inversion spots, feel-good assists, and MORE. While we 100% respect that manual assisting is not for everyone, and also respect your right to pass on any specific assist that does not feel or seem right for your body/practice/teaching, we do ask that you only consider this training if you’re interested in trying some of the manual assisting work since it is a large portion of the curriculum and an important player in the accumulation of your hours. Since the training is remote/on-line, having the occasional friend or family member you can practice with is important, especially during the second half of the training.

Re-working Restorative Yoga: 

Think restorative yoga is boring? Not sure of the difference between things like Yin & Slow-Flow? The AM300 hopes to re-work the idea of “restorative” yoga being limited to certain strict methods or tools. The same aspects of logical creativity, dynamic movement sequencing, and applied anatomy can utilized to craft a wide array of restorative style classes and workshops to meet the need of an ever-expanding audience. Join Bianca (and sometimes Steph + Erin) to delve into unique prop usage, myo-fascial release seminars, pranayama workshops, meditation clinics, and even peak pose restorative work to bring the spark back to your restorative practice and teaching. 

Strength & Conditioning on Your Mat: 

Authentic Movements is proud to offer a dedicated Strength and Conditioning coach for our 200 & 300HR trainings. Yoga is a wonderful movement and mindfulness practice, but we believe that incorporating some methods and practices from the lifting world can highly benefit the hyper-mobile crowd that tends to be drawn toward yoga. Our coach offers introduction to lifting circuits to help recruit pulling muscles and loaded leg strength, helps incorporate props into yoga classes for additional stability work, and leads lectures on position and breathing mechanics. He also offers limited, remote sessions for those looking to achieve a certain goal, re-frame an injury, or just explore what the world of strength can give you, both on and off the mat (heavily discounted, but additional charges may apply).

Additional Topics: 

Alignment Mechanics, Advanced Cueing, Props and Modifications, Introspective Practices (Journaling/Mantra/Pranayama/Mandala), Yoga Philosophy and Asana History, Myofascial & Meridian Work, Exploring Meditation Techniques, Breath Work Breakthroughs, Yoga for Athletes, Workshops/Retreat/Training/Festival Development, Integration of Other Movement Modalities, Business Development, Social Media Workshops, and MORE!

The course also includes

• 600+ pg Course Book w/ Syllabus
• Access to weekly Bonus Live Classes + Recordings 
• 35HR Online Pre-work course to prep you for anatomy & sequencing (ACCESS GRANTED UPON REGISTRATION)

“Numerous friends and family told me that I would be different when I came back from my advanced teacher training, that my month in Costa Rica would change me. I remember nodding and smiling, agreeing that my training with Authentic Movements would heighten my knowledge as a teacher and strengthen my personal yoga journey. Little did I realize that my month at Flo completely shifted and changed who I was, in more ways than I could possibly share. I could write about how Steph, Erin, Bianca, Anthony, Doc. Jen, Mr. Kim, and Dr. Ben House filled my mind with more information than I thought possible, challenged me to examine what I believed in and why, and reminded me just how physically strong I truly am. I could write about the incredible flows that were led everyday that challenged my body and inspired my mind to teach with such creativity and healthy mobility. I could write about the friendships I made with women I continue to talk to everyday. Friends I feel excited to share my most wonderful news and safe enough to share my darkest thoughts. I could even share about the moments of quiet, personal reflection that allowed me to reset from the frantic pace of my life. These countless lessons do not hold a flame to the most important value this training instilled in me; respect. 

Respect for my voice, my body, and my knowledge. The importance of surrounding yourself with people who not only respect you but also respect themselves. This training not only gave me the confidence to speak up, but the importance of being heard when you do so. Authentic Movements Advanced Teacher Training is so much more than just 300 hours of lectures and flows. It is a movement in itself. A community that will hold you accountable to be the healthiest, strongest, and truest version of yourself, and this is due to the character and values of those who created it.” – SAM GOODMAN (April 2019)

Ben House PhD, CISSN

Nutrition + “Goal” Setting

Ben House PhD, CISSN (@drbenhouse) has worked as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and Nutritionist since 2006. He is currently lifting, teaching, and researching after finishing his PhD and a multi-year metabolic health study within the Nutritional Sciences Department at UT-Austin. dr. House has numerous publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals such as The International Journal of Obesity, has presented his work at multiple international conferences, and his passion is researching, writing, and teaching. Ben offers multiple lectures throughout the 300HR training starting with the “Case for Muscle” and how yogis may need to incorporate some additional modalities if they want to keep doing yoga for the long haul with minimal risk factors. He also offers lectures on general nutrition, and goal setting/habit establishment.

www.broresearch.com

Kim House or “Mr.Kim”

Zazen Meditation Teacher

Kim House or “Mr.Kim” has been an ordained Zen Buddhist Teacher since 2008.  When not leading meditation and guiding students with their mindfulness practice, he works as an information technology consultant specializing in helping non-profits.  Kim lives in Wisconsin in the warmer months with his wife Amy Haines.  In the winter months Kim is often at his son and daughter-in-law’s retreat center (floretreatcenter.org) in Uvita, Costa Rica.  Kim helps with meditation at the many yoga and wellness retreats held at Flō and elsewhere. <3

***Once the program begins, there are no refunds of fees, no exceptions.***

Videography and Photo Release: There will be Photographs and video taken during training and used for promotional purposes. By signing up for this retreat, you are agreeing to allow any photographs taken of you to be used by Steph Gongora, Erin Kelly, Bianca Scalise, Casa Colibri,  and/or Authentic Movements.