CARE ONLINE 200 HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Sundays 12pm-4pm PST, no holidays
What is self-care? This training is focused on the discovery and navigation of this question.
What does it truly mean to take care of our bodies, minds, emotions, energy and spirit?
What does it mean to take care of one another?
CARE online yoga teacher training stands for Compassion, Awareness, Right Action, and Empathy.
This starts with ourselves and ripples out into the world.
Become a yoga teacher who can carry the light of integrity, honesty and authenticity into every classroom, interaction and relationship.
Women as Leaders
This program is unique in many ways including being led by women. It is Amber’s belief that more minority voices need to be in the seat of leadership. Women who collaborate and lift each other up are more powerful. With a smaller number of trainees you will receive personal connection and guidance. With the guidance of truly being heard your authentic voice will be developed and strengthened. One on one mentorship will allow you to ask questions that come up and practice teaching with real time feedback. In this longer training you will have time to learn in depth about yoga and developing your skills as a teacher. This program is not affiliated with a yoga studio or any governing yoga organizations that would receive a profit. We will thoroughly cover all the basic requirements of the nationally recognized certification program from teaching methodology to techniques, training and practice but more importantly we will set new standards in content and quality. Therefore, making a choice to not be affiliated to any certification program that gets to choose for all how it should be done. Let’s raise the bar together.
Ayurveda and Hormonal Health centered around the female experience
Anatomy for longevity of movement
Subtle anatomy in the framework of the chakra system where the psychological and physical body intersect
Honoring cultural blueprints
Philosophy through the feminine lens including The Yoga Sutras, The Yamas and Niyamas and The Goddesses
Psychologically sensitive yoga
Power and relationship dynamics when it comes to race, identities, and systematic conditioning in and out of the yoga space
Breathing and meditation for intuition
Holistic recovery
Yoga activism and social justice
Sequencing, theming and teaching Hatha/Vinyasa, Slow Flow, Restorative, Meditation and Breathing
Conscious business and the non-profit
One on one mentorship
Career development
MEET YOUR TEACHERS
I am looking forward to this journey with you.
A yoga teacher of almost 12 years, Amber has led 12 teacher trainings over the last 7 years. She feels passionate and committed to helping others become more sensitive, aware, and responsible yoga teachers. She feels equally drawn to help people see their personal gifts and beauty through doing the work of self inquiry, honesty and forgiveness. When we move through the hard stuff instead of bypassing or ignoring it we realize that many of our gifts are right there. We are also able to see more clearly what the right action is from our intuition.
I have gathered together some of the most brilliant women I know to lead this teacher training. It feels important in this time in history to raise the bar in every area including how yoga teacher trainings have been structured. This is why I am focusing this training on the feminine, identities, intersections, power dynamics, systemic conditioning, holistic health, and movement for longevity among many other things.
Anatomy
We'll learn the basics of anatomy and movement as it relates to yoga, while being mindful of the sustainability of our body and our practice. Since every body is special, we'll build our own awareness within, in hopes of building compassion in teaching others.
As a true believer in self-growth, I've have been dedicated to my yoga practice for almost 10 years. It has brought me closer to my truest and best version of myself, which will always continue to evolve, ebb + flow. My hope is to give back to the community and to share yogic paths with one another through compassion and positivity.
Harmonizing Yourself with Nature
Ayurvedic Health Coach, Panchakarma Technician and Bodyworker based in Carmel California. She completed 3 years of formal training at Mount Madonna Institute, College of Ayurveda earning diplomas as an AHC (Ayurvedic Health Counselor) and CAP (Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner). She is certified by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA).
Identities, Intersections & Our Practice
(PhD, RYT-200)
From 2011-2016, she practiced and worked at Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago. Under the guidance of strong, loving and knowledgeable teachers, she has practiced Restorative, Vinyasa Flow and Ashtanga yoga, among other styles. She completed her 200-hour certification at Karuna Yoga School with Amber Cook, for whom she apprenticed. In 2016, she founded Yoga for Black Lives to support resistance to state-sanctioned violence against Black life by giving people the opportunity to take part in a life-affirming and life-sustaining practice.
When she’s not on the mat, Stephanie can be found teaching in the University of Michigan's Program on Intergroup Relations, where she’s a faculty member.
Hormonal Health
Learn how to listen to your body when you connect your hormonal cycles and check in with your gut health. Learn how bio-individuality plays a huge part in finding out what works for you and what doesn’t. I will help you learn how to uncover and decipher what foods to eat to help your body thrive, and how to figure out what working and what’s not. We will talk about how to nourish the body in a way that’s right for you and how to help prevent future disease. We will talk about how food effects emotions and why. We will talk about the gut micro biome, pms, irregular periods, hormonal acne, and estrogen dominance. We will look at toxic beauty products and how that effects our hormones. We will talk about patience and self forgiveness in the area of woman health.
Holistic Recovery & Conscious Business
Tara Moreno-Wallen, M.A., ADS, holds a master’s degree in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s in Telecommunications from Michigan State University. Moreno worked as a news reporter for four years before becoming the founder and executive director of Serenity House in 2015. Moreno’s inspiration came from her own recovery journey. She trained in recovery coaching through Genesee Health Systems in 2016 and is a member of the Genesee County Prevention Coalition. She also sits on Genesee County’s Family Against Narcotics advisory board. Other networks also include Faces & Voices for Recovery and Mobilize Recovery, national organizations geared at eradicating addiction stigma and unifying people in recovery. Moreno is also a certified Reiki master teacher, developer of Recovery Reiki, and is a certified Acudetox Specialist.
Activism
Yoga is a deeply personal practice, yet we all know it ripples outside of our individual selves. You are powerful. Your actions are powerful. When we are faced with injustice, what we do or don't do has an effect. What is the difference between action and reaction? In this section, we will explore multiple layers of transformation from the personal to the community and into systems. We will explore power dynamics and how they shape relationships and organizational structures. And we will learn to use mindfulness tools to cultivate collective leadership and community care. How does mindfulness and connection to self translate into social change and creating a more just world? At what point in our personal practice do we take the tools and skills into the world?
Psychologically -Sensitive Yoga
During this training session, we'll explore the basics of psychologically sensitive yoga, which include three principles: (1) Inclusive + Adaptable: Commitment to function over form + relentless pursuit to make yoga accessible to everyone who can breathe. (2) Psychological Theming: Educates teachers on the psychological and philosophical teachings in a way that makes them real, relevant + applicable. (3) Acknowledges the Reality of Mental Health: Commitment to educating teachers on how to teach in a trauma-sensitive, empowering manner that creates psychological safety. Acknowledges the scope of practice of yoga teachers as a way of incorporating yoga into a holistic wellness plan. How can we weave these threads together to create a sensitive, relevant class? How can we blend the teachings of yoga with current, evidenced-based psychological principles to create mindful experience for students? How does trauma show up in the yoga classroom and what are some practical strategies we can use to make our classes more useful to survivors?
The Relationship
Susan Pieters is the Adult Education Coordinator with Between Friends Chicago, a non-profit organization in Chicago that provides domestic violence prevention programing and direct service to domestic violence survivors. Susan has been working with domestic violence survivors and their children since 2003. She has worked in the court system, in shelters and walk-in centers, and in the medical setting as an assault response advocate in the Detroit area and at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. She is an Illinois Certified Domestic Violence Professional, has a Master’s Degree in Women and Gender Studies, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with a Concentration in Social Work.
Individuality and Honoring Cultural Blueprints
Her purpose is to help others live an awake and aware life, and with yoga service, maximize the effectiveness, sustainability, and impact of those working to make yoga and meditation accessible and educational to all.
Rajni’s deeper influences stem from living in India for several years. She blends Eastern tradition and Western ethos together, and with over 5,000 hours of teaching woven with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy practices, Rajni’s experience with diverse communities and multi-generational populations includes the understanding of the complexities of individuality, while honoring cultural blueprints.
Serving as Board Chair of the Chicago Women's Health Center and Member of the Board of Directors for the American Women's Medical Association - Chicago, Rajni actively promotes and helps facilitate all avenues of mental wellness and emotional health in her community.