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Yoga Teacher Training

Learn to Share SRY with Others.  

“I wanted to drop you a note to let you know how amazing your program is!! The content, the delivery....excellent. I don't want to be critical of my 200 hour program, but it pales in comparison to what you have going on. You are amazing" - Yoga Teacher + Ayurveda Student

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Program
Be a Yoga Alliance Certified 200 Hour Teacher in SRY!

Make your whole life sacred, with a transformative journey and healing training. Then help others with the profound, effective tools that have touched you deeply. 
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For students of yoga looking for a training that will offer depth of experience and wisdom.
For students of Spinal Release Yoga who want to go deeper or to share with others. 
For teachers of other styles who want to train to teach gently, wisely, authentically and therapeutically. 
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Components of This Program
  • SRY Experiential Classes
  • SRY Teaching Techniques
  • Intro to SRY Hands On Assists
  • Deep Restorative Shavasana
  • Yoga Nidra and Intro to Meditation
  • Key Allopathic Anatomical Principles for Yogis
  • Sacred Subtle Body Teachings 
  • Yoga Philosophy and Ancient Texts
  • Intro to Sanskrit: The Language of Yoga
  • Intro to Ayurveda and Yogic Self-Care
  • Intro to Vedic Psychology
  • *Local students will have the opportunity to apprentice with Kaya in classes and sessions. ​

Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to confidently teach group and private classes in SRY. 

Module 1 - Spring-Summer 2018

YTT Module 1

Schedule Overview, Module 1

140 hours
Topics Include: SRY Fundamental Poses | Vedanta Philosophy | Yoga Philosophy | Dynamic Āsana | Principles of the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine | Sacred Anatomy | Intro to Sanskrit | Yoga Nidra | Anatomy Part 1 | 
  • Saturday March 3, ​9am-5pm
​Sacred Anatomy + Philosophy, SomaSpace, Portland OR
  • Sunday March 4, 9am-5pm
Sacred Anatomy + Philosophy, SomaSpace, Portland OR
  • Saturday March 31, 2pm-6pm
Anatomy Overview - Key Structures, Systems and the Spine, with Yvette, Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Sunday April 1, 9am-6pm {note this is Easter Sunday}
Fundamental Pose Practicum with Meredith, Emeryville Yoga Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Saturday April 14, 9am-5:30pm 
Fundamental Pose Practicum with Kaya, Emeryville Yoga Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Sunday April 15, 9:30am-12pm
Fundamental Pose Practicum with Kaya, Emeryville Yoga Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Saturday May 5, 9:30am-5:30pm
​Agni + Soma, Pose and Philosophy Practicum, with Kaya and Michael Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Sunday May 6, 9:30am-5:30pm
​Agni + Soma, Pose and Philosophy Practicum, with Kaya and Michael Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Monday May 7, 9:30am-5pm
​Agni + Soma, Pose and Philosophy Practicum, with Kaya and Michael Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Saturday May 26, 1-6pm                
​​Intro to Sanskrit and Yoga Philosophy Center for Vital Living, Cotati CA
  • Sunday May 27, 9am-5pm
​Shavasana and Yoga Nidra, Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Sunday June 24, 9am-5:30pm
Upper Spinal Release, Deep Spinal Twist, Intro to How to Touch, Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Saturday July 21, 1:30-4:30pm
Sequencing, Asana Review, Teaching Skills, Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville CA
  • Sunday ​July 22, 11am-5pm
Philosophy for Yogic Living Center for Vital Living, Cotati CA 

Primary Teacher: Kaya Mindlin
​Guest Teachers: Yvette Racines, Meredith Hart and Michael Manzella


Plus Home Study, Apprenticeship and Mentoring Components



Schedule Overview Module 2

Module 2
100 hours 

Topics Include: One on one and hands-on tools | Ayurveda - yogic Self Care | Yogic Philosophy | Advanced Āsana | Pose Practicums | Intro to Hands On Yoga Therapy | Anatomy Part 2 | Yoga Ethics | Ayurveda | Doctrine of Karma | Vedic Vision of God 
  • Sat-Sun March 23-24, 9:30am-6pm                
Mastering Release: Intro to One on One SRY Yoga Therapy, Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville Yoga
  • Sat-Mon April 20-22, 9:30am-6pm                
Practical Protocols: Anatomy, Yogic Ethics + Ethics of Teaching, Pose Practicums, Emeryville Yoga
  • Fri-Sun May 17-19, 2019, 9:30am-6pm 
​Mastering Transformation: Advanced Āsana, Emeryville Yoga Center, Emeryville Yoga

Additional Course Material will be presented online. 
Primary Teacher: Kaya Mindlin
​Guest Teachers: Yvette Racines and Michael Manzella

Tuition

YTT Module 2
  • Module 1: $1722
  • Module 2: $1722​

​Total Training is 350 hours. 

Recommended Companion Programs: 
  • Online Bhagavad Gita Essentials
  • Sharing SRY
  • Seasonal Sequencing
Attendance in the full program material is required for accomplishment of the Registered 200 Hour Certification as a Yoga Teacher. Hours missed must be made up by the student during the next round of the program, or privately with the teacher for an additional hourly fee. 

"I wanted to take a minute to say thank you from deep in my heart for your teachings this weekend. I walked away feeling so at ease and peaceful. The sattva {peace} theme really set in and was such a profound reminder to me that I need more of that in my life. Physically I felt amazing! From the beginning of the weekend I began to feel more clear, relaxed and zen. Even my husband and the kids noticed. I felt like I hit the ‘reset’ button. – Yvette Racines, Yoga Teacher and Studio Owner

About Kaya's Approach to Live Study
The Classical Way To Learn

Our precious time in one another’s presence is the classical way to learn healing techniques. As you delve into the direct experiences of profound yogic tools, you are emboldened to teach from a place of deep inner experience and integrity. Wonderfully, this means more healing and transformation for YOU on your path to learning to support others in their healing and transformation.  

Boutique In-Person Trainings with Kaya emphasize 4 key pillars –  
  1. Hands-On SRY tools – learn and practice hands-on therapeutic tools in the Spinal Release Yoga approach to releasing spinal tension
  2. Systematic and Holistic Pedagogy – engage in kinesthetic, tactile, auditory and visual learning capacities with a methodology for teaching teachers that allows you to successfully learn, digest and apply the material in the real world.
  3. Direct Experience – retreat-like immersion in the techniques heals YOU while you simultaneously learn to apply those tools to others
  4. Sharing Sangha – your community of supportive yogis grows and deepens as you spend several days learning, partner pairing and healing together.
*All studies with Kaya qualify as continuing education with the Yoga Alliance.
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“Kaya's knowledge is obviously vast and her communication is so clear, her presence so unencumbered by personal issues or needing validation from her students, that the teaching is extremely accessible. She's totally organized and calm, clearly in her element, and the pace is measured - never rushed but never lagging. She is aware of everyone as individuals and of the whole group at the same time. The whole experience allows for as easeful as possible a download of both the intellectual information and the energetics of the teaching that's coming through" - Susan L, SRY teacher in Training

Kaya is the founder of SRY™ which is based in the full spectrum of the Vedic yoga tradition. She has been teaching therapeutic restorative yoga therapy since 2001. Kaya's work is healing, transformative, deeply rejuvenating and empowers her student and clients with wisdom and inner experience. Her trained in the full spectrum of the Vedic Tradition includes Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Prenatal Yoga, Ayurveda, Women's Health, Eastern Anatomy, Sanskrit, Vedic Astrology and Vedanta Philosophy. She collaborates with her husband Michael Manzella, a Vedic Astrologer, to serve yoga students and teachers who are inclined toward depth of inner experience and knowledge.  MORE ON KAYA
  • About
  • SRY
    • Online Followup for Teachers
    • Online Followup for Teachers
    • Audio SRY Practice with Kaya
    • SRY Fundamentals Course
    • Sharing SRY
    • Agni and Soma Home Study
    • YTT in SRY
  • Ayurveda
    • Join Agni and Soma Nutrition
    • Tridoshic Food List
    • Ayurveda Application
    • Ayurveda Followup
    • Yogify
  • Māyurveda
    • Māyurveda Intake
    • Early Pregnancy
    • Mayurveda Conception Client Pages
    • Māyurveda Prenatal Client Pages
    • Mayurveda Postpartum Pages >
      • Kids Ayurveda
  • Work with Me
    • Retreat Intake
    • Training / Mentoring Intake
    • One on One Intake
  • Audio
    • Shavasana
    • Bhagavad Gita Essentials
  • Contact
    • Resources