Empowered Being. Empowered Flow.

Continuing Education &

300hr / 500hr Certified Yoga Teacher Training

All students are welcome to join us in expanding your practice & teaching skills in these Continuing Education Trainings (CET). They can be taken on their own or can be taken collectively to obtain your 500-hour Yoga Teacher Certification.

 
 

If you are seeking a 500-hour certification, you must complete all 6, 30-hour CET’s listed below and then a 120-hour mentorship program with one of the lead trainers. You also must have already completed a 200-hour teacher training program.

Click on each CET from the list below to see a description and exact dates and times. You are welcome to join each training in-person at our studio or virtually on zoom :)

Note: Regular tuition for each continuing education module is $399, early bird (up to 2 weeks before CET start date) is a 15% discount, and Graduates from The Tree’s 200hr YTT receive a 20% discount (this can NOT be combined with early bird discount).

All Six Modules Are Listed Below

Alignment & Adjustments

What is alignment? In this training, you will explore greater depths of embodying alignment for yourself. You will tap more into your alignment in asana practice, in daily “off the mat” posture and movement, and alignment in consciousness. You will also explore how adjustments support our alignment, learning about self adjustments, cueing/verbal adjustments, and hands-on adjustments. Alignment and adjustments show up physically in our asana practice, as well as mentally and emotionally in our perceptions and feelings.

Philosophy & Decolonization of the Mind

Self Transformation happens through the self discovery. We cover yogic texts such as The Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads and the Yoga Sutras in a real world application. These philosophies are presented in a decolonized context and connected to your modern day yoga practice and life. Our practice is meant not only to benefit ourselves and our individual spiritual journeys, but to benefit all beings. The course includes reading, discussion, meditation & asana practice.

Professional Development & Inner Awakening

In this training module we will highlight ways to share and amplify your voice as a teacher — the voice from the inner teacher; and we will explore what teaching looks like within and beyond existing systems or networks. We will discuss ways to conduct your business as yoga teacher. We will also begin to explore the practices of Kundalini yoga — the yoga of awareness — which will help balance and fortify our nervous system; clarifying how we show up as our most authentic, radiant Selves.

Advancing Asana

In this module we will use our asana practice to more deeply explore the chakra system as well as the system of the Three Gunas, and the Five Koshas. We will work from a structural place to learn how to approach more challenging postures, as well as how to teach these postures safely and effectively. This will include workshopping specific postures, and learning how to incorporate these postures into your personal practice or instruction as desired.

Sequencing, Cueing, & Holding Space

Dive deeper into developing your own sense of intuition, intelligence, and integrity when it comes to sequencing, cueing, and holding yogic space. Enhance your capacity to facilitate a yoga space with greater confidence, ease, purpose, and joy!

The Subtle Body and Conscious Creation

Become more aware of your own subtle body and practices that enhance your Self awareness. You will become more aware of yourself through the lens of the Five Koshas, the Seven Chakras, and the Three main Nadis. as you focus / contemplate upon your own Creative power & True nature.


This 300hr program is a transformative training designed for you to more deeply embody yogic practices & methods. Our intention is to further awaken our personal empowerment as students, teachers, and connected / conscious human beings.

About The Teachers

Ja Cole

Ja began is practice of yoga in 2006. After experiencing the benefits of a dedicated practice of Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga, Iyengar and meditation, Ja took his first 200HR Training and received his certification with the Yogaden Health Spa under Leeza Villagomez in 2011. They took more extensive trainings with Just Yoga under Lisa Salners and Damien McVey. In 2019 J began his 300hr Training under world renowned instructor and teachers teacher Annie Carpenter’s SmartFlow Yoga Program and received his 500HR RYT.

In 2013 Ja began his commitment to spreading the benefits of yoga and meditation to the community he was born and raised in, South Central Los Angeles. He moved his popular Soul Flow class started in 2011 at The Yoga Den to a new studio/non-profit called Green Tree and became President of the Board. In 2017 Ja became co-lead of the Teacher Training he helped develop back in 2014 with Raja Michelle.

Today J is a registered 500HR E-RYT yoga instructor, trainer and lecturer with 12 years of teaching experience. They work to spread the knowledge of yoga, meditation and mindfulness from a decolonized perspective. Ja’s mission is to empower more BIPOC individuals through the practice of yoga as seen through the ancient teachings of the first civilizations found in Kemet/Egypt, Indus Valley/India and Toltec/Central and South America. Empowerment starts with learning the spiritual practices of our ancestors. You will learn that yoga is the foundation of all our ancient civilizations.

Rebecca Watson

Yoga found Rebecca in 2003, when she stumbled into a hot yoga studio on a cold New Years Day. After those first 90 minutes, she knew she needed more yoga (or whatever it was that just happened) in her life. She spent the next 3 years sampling styles, and ultimately was called to share the practice of Vinyasa. What initially began as a means to heal her old athlete’s body, transformed into a healing of heart and mind as well.

Rebecca considers herself blessed to have found teachers who connect the physical and spiritual planes within their teachings. In 2006, she obtained 200 Hour certification with Shiva Rea in Prana Vinyasa Yoga. Rebecca has since continued to study with numerous esteemed senior teachers. Her personal hatha practice is heavily influenced by the classical teachings of Dharma Mittra, and her beloved Kundalini Yoga mentor is Krishna Kaur Khalsa.

Yogic Education:

  • 200 Hours, Prana Vinyasa with Shiva Rea

  • Rocket Yoga 50 Hours, 100 Hours

  • Awakening Yoga Immersion with Patrick Beach & Carling Harps

  • RYT 200 Get Loved Up Vinyasa with Koya Webb

  • Level 1 Kundalini Yoga 220 Hours with Krishna Kaur

  • 2019 - Foundational AcroYoga with Jason Nemer

  • 2020 - 200 Hours, JM Vinyasa with Jared McCann

  • 2021 - 300/500 Hours with Erin Kelly, Steph Gongora, & Bianca Scalise

Jana Janelle Johnson

Jana Johnson is an enthusiastic yogi specializing in Meditation, Vinyasa, Yin, and Ganja Yoga styles of yoga practice in both english & spanish. Her classes tend to have a relaxing & rejuvenating feel as she sets the tone for authentically & intentionally connecting with oneself.

Jana is committed to bringing Presence, focus, intention, and value to every class she teaches. She also brings a lighthearted & friendly attitude, and a desire to harmoniously connect with students in ways that effectively enhance their personal practice. Her intention is for her students to allow the benefits garnered in the class to extend "off the mat" for positive influence in everyday life that go well beyond the formal practice.

In addition to co-leading the 300/500 hr program, Jana also co-leads The Tree’s 200-hr training and is a founding worker-owner of this cooperative.

Jana is a 500-RYT with Yoga Alliance

Yogic Education:

  • 200 hours, Green Tree Yoga & Meditation with Raja Michelle

  • 50 hours, Ganja Yoga with Dee Dussault

  • 300 hours, Melanin Yoga Project with Davina Davidson

  • 300 hours, SMARTflow with Annie Carpenter (current)

Tuition

Tuition payments are made by booking the respective training from the list above. Each CET is offered a la carte at the same tuition rate. We offer 2 discounts: early bird pricing is 15% off and graduates of The Tree’s 200-hr program receive 20% off.

Regular: $399

Early Bird: $340 (15% discount, $59 off)

200-hr YTT Tree Grads: $320 (20% discount. $79 off - can NOT be combined with early bird discount)

120-hr Mentorship Cost:

Full Tuition: $1499; Early Bird: $1270; 200-hr YTT Grads: $1199

Note: The mentorship will be a commitment of 120 hours taking classes, teaching classes, observing classes, and mentorship discussions. You will also create and execute your own yoga offering (something outside of a studio class such as a workshop, workshop series, training, retreat, etc.) with the support of your mentor.

Click the ‘PAY FULL TUITION’ button above If you would like to register for the full 500-hr Certification program up front (includes all 6 CETs and the mentorship).

FAQ

  1. How do I obtain a 500hr Yoga Teacher Certification? Complete a 200-hr program, take each of the 6 CETs listed above, and complete the 60-hr mentorship. You do not have to take the CETs consecutively or in any particular order and you can take as much time as you want/need in between each CET.

  2. Who are these trainings for? All students are welcome to join any of the continuing education trainings. If you wish to be 500-hr certified, you must have already completed a 200-hr program.

  3. Are these trainings virtual or in person? All of our 2022 trainings will be hybrid. This means you are welcome to join in person (Los Angeles area) or virtually on zoom.

  4. What is the timeline for the 500-hr certification? Each CET is generally offered twice a year and the mentorship is 3-6 months. Our expectation is that most students will complete all program requirements in 1.5-3 years, however it may take more time and that’s ok. You do not have to take the CETs consecutively or in any particular order and you can take as much time as you want/need in between each CET.

  5. Is the 300-hr training registered with Yoga Alliance? The Tree Yoga Cooperative is a Registered Yoga School at the 200-hr level and we are currently going through the certification process for our 300-hr program. All of the instructors for these trainings have over 500hours of Yoga Teacher Trainings and are all registered with Yoga Alliance. After completing each CET module, you have the ability to register those hours, 30 each, as Continuing Education units with Yoga Alliance.

  6. What is the tuition for each CET & for the 300-hr program? Please refer to the tuition breakdown above.

  7. If you have any other questions, feel free to email us here!

 

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