Yoga Studies and Yoga Teacher Training Certificate
For those interested in the YTT program, please submit an interest form.
Certificate Learning Outcomes
- Memorize, apply, and generate skillful techniques for optimizing physical yoga postures both while practicing and teaching.
- Interpret and communicate central principles of yoga philosophy and psychology including applicability to the well-being of self and others.
- Create and implement a personalized approach to teaching yoga while employing interdisciplinary methods, techniques, and rationale.
- Synthesize a broad and integrated understanding of self and the world in mutual dependence through introspection and contemplative reflection.
Tier 1
13 credits
Core Practice Courses
- PAC 199: Yoga Nidra, or PAC 201: Relaxation, or PAC 202: Meditation
- PAC 294: Yoga 1
- PAC 295: Yoga 2
Foundational Teacher Training Courses
- PAC 208: Yoga Workshops (offered Fall)
- PAC 299: Foundations of Yoga Instruction I (offered Fall)
- PAC 203: Observation & Assistant Instructional Practice (offered Winter)
- PAC 204: Lead Instructional Practice (offered Spring)
- PAC 299: Foundations of Yoga Instruction II (offered Spring)
Required Academic Course (choose 1)
- REL 432: Yoga and Tantric Traditions
- REL 433: Theory and Practice of Modern Yoga
- REL 434: Spirituality and Ecology: Green Yoga
- PSY 486: Yoga and Mental Health
- PSY 495: Psychology of Meditation
The Program Provides
200 hour Yoga Alliance Approved Teacher Training Program.
Experiential learning through Yoga
Elective credit towards your degree
Leadership Experience
Instructors
Tiffany Bailey
E-RYT 500
Tiffany E-RYT-500 embarked on her mind-body journey at Swarthmore College, where early experiences with stillness ignited 30+ years of spiritual exploration. Her yoga path began with BKS Iyengar’s hatha system, later expanding into vinyasa, anusara, viniyoga, shadow yoga, and ashtanga. She blends these traditions to create accessible multilevel classes.
Currently, Tiffany enjoys guiding a variety of yoga and contemplative courses and co-coordinates the Yoga Teacher Training 200 HR Leadership Certificate. Whether teaching beginners or advanced practitioners, she believes that uniting mind and body, even briefly, always helps!
Rua Blount, PhD
E-RYT 500, YACEP
Rua (they/them) is a professional counseling associate, outdoor educator, yoga instructor, and adventurer. They are the advisor and a lead instructor for the Yoga Studies and Teacher Training Certificate, Leader in the PAC mind/body program, and Adventure Leadership Institute instructor.
Rua seeks to blend outdoor adventure, mental health care, and contemplative practices as a path toward cultivating curiosity, compassion, and wellness.
Rua completed yoga training programs with Love Yoga Studios, Yoga Medicine, Willamette Valley Power Yoga, Jason Crandell, and Mindful Strength.
Sarah Brown
E-RYT 500, YACEP
Sarah (she/her) is a yoga instructor, cat mom and a firm believer in making yoga accesible to everybody and every body. She is the coordinator and lead instructor for the Yoga Studies and Teacher Training Certificate.
Sarah is a E-500 RYT, YACEP and has her bachelors in sociology & criminology. She has completed yoga teacher trainings with Muddy Feet Yoga, Hothouse Yoga, Wild Abundant Life, and Yoga Medicine.
When Sarah isn't teaching you can find her exploring the outdoors, working in her garden or reading a good book.
Priscilla Saldívar Maldonado, PhD
Priscilla is a doctor in Clinic and Health Psychology specialized in hypnotherapy and certified yoga instructor with 15 years of teaching experience.
Naomi Tuinstra
E-RYT 200
Naomi has moved through her life in an otherly-abled body and approaches yoga and mindfulness from this place - encouraging adaptations of the shapes and practices. She is passionate about creating space for students to slow down and listen to what their body, mind, and spirit might be saying.
For program details see the YTT FAQ.
Questions? contact Tiffany Bailey or Sarah Brown.