300-Hour Advanced Embodiment YTT in Somatic-Energetic Yoga Therapy - Begins Oct 2023

This advanced 300-Hour Training provides yoga teachers with their RYT500 or RY800 designation. Focused on somatic-energetic therapy, this training is one of four modules in the 800-hour Yoga Therapist program. Designed for yoga teachers, somatic therapists, counselors, coaches, and healers.

Immerse yourself in the study of Yoga Therapy that supports the Somatic Energetic health of the body, through the lens of the Pranamayakosha. This training includes certification in Ayurvedic studies and energy work, with the focus of this training on how we work with the trauma connection between the physical and energetic bodies through the myofascial tension patterns held within the body. Using somatic yoga as our tool, we thoroughly explore how to repattern the body and release held tension through static and dynamic movement, breath, meditation, mantra, and mudra. 

Training Modules Include:

Ayurvedic Psychology and Energywork (In-Person)

TCM and the Myofascial Meridians (Online)

Myofascial Tools and Skills for Yoga Therapists (Online)

Providing Somatic-Energetic Yoga Therapy, Part One (Online)

Providing Somatic-Energetic Yoga Therapy, Part Two (In-Person)

Two in-person training sessions:

This training is primarily a live online training that meets once per week through the months of October to June with two IN-PERSON modules that are held in Calgary, AB that is held at the beginning and end of your program. The two IN-PERSON modules are:

Ayurvedic Psychology and Energywork, held the week of October 3 - 6, 2023 at MYI, Calgary

Providing Somatic-Energetic Yoga Therapy, Part 2, held the week of June 17 - 20, 2024 at MYI, Calgary

The majority of this training occurs online between the months of October and June on Tuesday evenings. This year's training is best suited for those in time zones similar to Mountain Standard Time. In addition to online learning, students are provided with Mandorla's online learning platform that allows you to complete training hours on your own time. A strong internet connection and access to a personal computer are needed for completing this program.

This program includes an application interview. We encourage you to select the apply option when you begin your registration process. Should it be determined after the interview that we are not the best possible fit, any funds that have been dispersed will be fully refunded to you. Students have 14 days after the time of registration to withdraw from the program with a full refund. 

Tuition for this training is $3750, plus GST. Students may pay in full at the time of registration or may request to pay their tuition in two installments of $1875 plus GST. Mandorla Yoga Institute does not offer payment plans for programs that include online training, however, as an accredited school, you may utilize funds from RESP and RRSP accounts and your tuition is tax refundable at year-end. 

The 300-Hour Advanced Embodiment Yoga Teacher Training in Somatic-Energetic Yoga Therapy is one of four modules in the 800-Hour Embodiment Yoga Therapist Program. As a stand-alone training, graduates will earn a 300-hour certification in Advanced Embodiment Yoga; 200-Hour Yoga Teachers may take this training to build on to their existing training hours, providing them with the RYT500 designation, those already having a 500-Hour designation, earn their RYT800 with the Canadian Yoga Alliance. Graduates may only use the terms 'Yoga Therapist' or 'Embodiment Yoga Therapist' upon completion of the full Yoga Therapist training via the remaining 3 modules which are the 300-hour Advanced Embodiment YTT in Somatic-Emotional Yoga Therapy, the 100-hour Mentorship & Practicum for Embodiment Yoga Therapy for Individuals and the 100-hour Mentorship Practicum for Embodiment Yoga Therapy for Groups. 

If your intention is to continue studies into the 800-hour program, you can expect tuition of $3750 for the other 300-hour module and tuition of $1875 each for the two mentorship practicums. All funds are plus GST.