2024 Summer Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training:
June 16 - July 6, 2024
Four Spaces Left!
2024 Fall Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training:
November 10 - November 30, 2024
2025 Winter Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training:
January 12 - February 1, 2025
2025 Spring Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training:
March 2 - March 22, 2025
Deepen your personal yoga practice and become a skillful and compassionate yoga teacher equipped to lead others on their own personal journey of yoga and transformation. We create a safe, sacred, and nurturing environment that enables everyone to grow and flourish as a yogi, a yoga teacher, and as a human being.
The curriculum that we follow draws inspiration from modern yoga scholarship and from the lived experience of our training participants. We believe that each group comes together to learn from one another and to take our place in evolving yoga for our time and circumstances. Each participant is a blessing to our program, contributing their own individual expression and creativity. Nexus graduates are uniquely qualified to share their own personal teaching styles upon graduation through yoga asana classes and their own developed spiritual wisdom.
Because of the unique perspective of each participant, our curriculum continues to evolve in service to our current global community. Our school, and the world, is enriched by the dedicated yoga explorers who we have the honor of hosting here at Nexus Institute.
Three Weeks at Nexus Institute
Our curriculum uses a scaffolding approach to assist students in transitioning into the role of teacher. The first week focuses on yoga history, individual postures, modifications, assists, basic breathing technique and anatomy. Participants have to opportunity to teach one another in pairs, working toward a very short ‘practice teach’ with 2-3 others. In the second week we layer in vinyasa sequencing and ‘energy anatomy’ including bandhas, breathing, and meditation, as well as a slightly longer ‘practice teach’ with 2-3 others. The third week focuses on defining and honing one's unique teaching style. Week three culminates in a one hour practice teach to a small group of other participants. The experience ends with a friday evening graduation celebration. Upon graduation you are fully authorized to teach hatha and vinyasa yoga in the US, and in the rest of the world. We are a U.S. Yoga Alliance School. The U.S. Yoga Alliance is recognized internationally.
Nexus Institute is a Registered Yoga School with the U.S. Yoga Alliance
Our three-week training results in certification to teach hatha and vinyasa yoga in North America and around the world. The Nexus 200-hour curriculum includes 200 contact and non-contact hours in the following categories:
Technique, Training, and Practice
Topics in this category include, but are not limited to: pratapana (warm-ups); asana (postures) with modifications, variations, and sequencing; pranayama (breath work); meditation and mantra. These hours are a mix between: 1) analytical training in how to teach and practice the techniques, and 2) guided practice of the techniques themselves.
Teaching Methodology
Topics in this category include: communication skills such as group dynamics, time management, and the establishment of priorities and boundaries; how to address the specific needs of individuals and special populations; principles of demonstration, observation, and assisting; teaching styles; qualities of a teacher; the learning process; business aspects of teaching yoga.
Anatomy and Physiology
Topics in this category include: applied human physical anatomy and physiology related to yoga posture variations and modifications; energy anatomy and physiology (an introduction to the subtle body through breath, meditation, bandhas, chakra, and kosha theory).
Yoga Philosophy/Lifestyle Ethics
Topics in this category include, but are not limited to: the study of yoga philosophies, traditional texts, the origins of yoga, the influence of colonial and post-colonial thought, and modern yoga scholarship; yoga lifestyle, such as diet and interpersonal relationship skills; ethics for yoga teachers, such as those involving teacher – student relationships and trauma informed practices.
Practicum
Topics in this category include: practice teaching with a partner and in small groups; receiving and giving feedback; experiential assisting; and yogic lifestyle practices in a residential shared learning environment.
Daily Schedule
7:30–9:00 Morning Yoga Practice
10:00–12:30 Morning Session
12:30–2:00 Catered Lunch
2:00–4:00 Afternoon Sessions
6:30–8:00 Some Evening Sessions
What's Included
Choice of 20 nights on-site accommodations or commuter option
Opening night welcome dinner
Graduation celebration dinner
Option for weekly catered Costa Rican lunch plan
Option for one-day early check-in
Comprehensive Training Manual
Daily yoga classes
Posture Technique Training
Personal Skill-building
Yoga Lifestyle Training
400 steps to miles of sandy beaches, tide pools, and surf breaks
300 steps to restaurants, organic markets, juice bars, and shops
200-hour Yoga Alliance Yoga Teaching Certificate
Friendships that will last a lifetime
Accommodations
Nexus Institute's private residence is located a few steps from the Pacific Ocean in beautiful Nosara, Costa Rica. Casa Nexus features an expansive canopy-level vaulted ceiling yoga studio, two kitchens, yoga library, and salt-water pool. You will be within easy walking distance to beaches, tidal pools, shops, markets, and restaurants. Orientation will include a tour of local dining and organic grocery options. Take part in our optional catered Costa Rican lunch; explore local restaurants; or build your own tropical meals in two well-equipped kitchens. Horace and Janel are present on site throughout the training.
Accommodations Options
Sunday-Saturday 20 Nights
Tuition-only Commuter $2,145
Tuition + Dorm Room $3,350
Tuition + Double Room $3,950
Tuition + Private Room $4,750
Tuition + Private Room w/ Bath $5,450
Optional Costa Rican Lunch Plan $335
This training is limited to 26 participants. It generally fills two months prior to the start date. Register early to ensure a place. A $500 deposit will hold your spot. We look forward to welcoming you to our yoga family!
