300 HOUR ADVANCED STUDIES
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Join Tam Burke, Taylor Johnson and guest teachers on a journey into the practice of yoga.
Training Overview
Our 300 hour module-based Teacher Training program is designed for teachers and dedicated practitioners to take the next step in their training and expand further upon their yoga journey. Get ready to dive deep into the art of advanced teaching, sequencing & assisting, in-depth pranayama & meditation, energy work, yogic texts, integrated yoga anatomy, and so much more. This training is a guide to help you step into your power, find your voice, connect with your higher self, and feel empowered as a leader and teacher.
Within our modular system, there are required core modules that are offered over 6-weekends throughout the year. Outside of these modules you have the autonomy to choose your own path of education to complete your training hours based on what inspires you most. Selecting at minimum one elective from elements of Fire, Earth, Water, and Air you will have ample opportunity to balance your practice, and finish our program at your pace.
The elective modules of this training are to be completed within two years from the start date. If this isn’t possible with your schedule, please reach out to our YTT staff at YTT@sol19yoga.com.
Upon completion of training, students with 200HR certification through Yoga Alliance will be eligible to register as 500HR RYT.
At SOL we firmly believe in providing the highest quality education possible for our teachers and students. Our training is facilitated by highly trained and experienced yoga teachers, and professionals within their respective field of work and study. Tam and Tay are the lead facilitators of our 300 hour program. They are joined by a team of guest teachers, all of which are masters in their field, E-RYT 500, or have doctorate degrees.
REQUIRED MODULES FOR CERTIFICATION:
Advanced Teaching Skills: 50 Hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit. This training is split into two 25 Hour modules.
Intelligent sequencing and advanced assisting is an artform that will allow you to tap into your strength as a teacher, and help you to guide students safely and effectively. This two-part training is for yoga teachers looking to further develop their understanding of intelligent sequencing and gain more experience with hands-on adjustments in a safe and respectful way.
CURRICULUM:
- Teaching methodology: concise verbal cues, demonstrating safely and effectively, offering variations and modifications, and the art of assisting and adjusting while teaching
- Hands-on experience with in-depth adjustments beyond the foundations to help build confidence and understanding of what you’re doing, and knowing the “why” behind it
- Information and discussion on what it means to honor students’ boundaries and asking for consent
- Different qualities of touch: energetic assists, grounding for strength and ease, and safely supporting students in advanced postures and transitions such as arm balances, inversions, and postures rooted in deep flexibility
- How to intelligently sequence by prepping the body for peak postures and incorporating key energetic actions
- Using progressive sequencing to create accessibility to more challenging postures
- How to incorporate theming within your teaching to inspire students to connect their physical practice with their internal evolution of self
- Teaching with Sanskrit to inspire more confidence in your teaching, and to help students connect with traditional yogic roots
- Learn the subtle art of feedback and its importance for your development as a teacher, and those in your community
Tam and Taylor will lead a daily vinyasa practice that will offer a wide variety of sequencing styles, variations, and peak postures. After practices, we will break down the elements of each class and lead discussion on what we did and why.
SCHEDULE:
Weekend 1 Dates:
January 27th-29th 2023
Friday 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
Weekend 2 Dates:
May 5th-7th 2023
Friday 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
Spirit Weekend - 25 hours
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
Join Tam, Matt, Tay, and Dr. Ben Williams for a weekend of breath, yogic philosophy, exploration of yogic texts, and bhakti practice.
CURRICULUM
- Finding the Force within (pranayama & meditation)
- Shamanic Breath Journey
- Ancient insights (yogic texts)
- Kirtan & Chanting
- Principles of Peace (8 limb path & Yoga philosophy)
SCHEDULE:
Weekend Date:
April 21st-23rd 2023
Friday 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
SOL Alignment (Anatomy & Physiology) - 25 hours
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
CURRICULUM:
- Study and discuss Anatomy, Biomechanics and Physiology concepts as it applies to Yoga practice
- Explore the role and impact fascia has on internal and external yoga practice
- Recognize different body types and restrictions in your students and discuss appropriate variations to movements and postures
- Review common injuries and how to safely guide your students anatomically
- Describe how Yoga impacts the body’s systems: respiratory, nervous, lymphatic, circulatory, endocrine and digestive system
- Review the Chakra system and how it anatomically and spiritually correlates with Bandhas, meridians, and Soul Alignment
SCHEDULE:
Weekend Date:
July 28th - 30th 2023
Friday 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
Cosmic Weekend - 25 hours
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
CURRICULUM:
- Intro to Ayurveda
- Intro to Jyotish
- Kirtan & Chanting
SCHEDULE:
Weekend Date:
September 22nd-24th 2023
Friday 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9-6pm
Finals Weekend - 25 hours
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
CURRICULUM:
- Test outs
- Business of Yoga
- Assisting
SCHEDULE:
Weekend Date:
December 1st - 3rd
Friday 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
Required curriculum total hours: 150 hours
Required Module Dates and times
The 2023 training has begun. our next round of training dates for 2024 are tbd.
Required Module dates 2023
Advanced Teaching Skills 1 - 25 hours
Friday: 5-9pm
Sat & Sun: 9am-6pm
Spirit Weekend - 25 hours
Friday: 5-9pm
Sat & Sun: 9am-6pm
Advanced Teaching Skills 2 - 25 hours
Friday: 5-9pm
Sat & Sun: 9am-6pm
Anatomy - 25 hours
Friday: 5-9pm
Sat & Sun: 9am-6pm
Cosmic Weekend - 25 hours
Friday: 5-9pm
Sat & Sun: 9am-6pm
Finals Weekend - 25 hours
Friday: 5-9pm
Sat & Sun: 9am-6pm
OPTIONAL MODULES FOR CERTIFICATION:
Fire – 50-hour offerings:
Rocket Yoga: 50 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
CURRICULUM:
- Advanced Asana breakdown. Students will gain a deeper understanding of inversions, deep backbends, and balancing postures.
- Learn and practice the foundational sequences of Rocket 1,2, and 3
- Explore Pranayama and Meditation
- Gain skills to master 'floating and flying' through this vinyasa system.
- Develop an understanding of assisting ashtanga postures
- Learn how to safely demo poses and transitions while teaching
SCHEDULE:
Weekend #1
September 9th - 11th 2022
Friday 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 8-5pm
Weekend #2
September 16th - 18th 2022
Friday 5-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 8-5pm
PRICING:
$850 | Early Bird (paid in full by 7/29/22)
$950 | Standard tuition
Yoga Sculpt: 50 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
Take the opportunity to seize your power and reach new peaks of growth in your mental and physical practice.
CURRICULUM:
- Fundamentals of creating and teaching a Yoga Sculpt sequence
- Safety & alignment
- Weight Safety
- Anatomy of the body through yoga and fitness
- Personal development
- Musicality
- Deepening your personal practice
SCHEDULE:
Tuesdays 4:30pm-8:30pm
10/4 - 10/25 2022
Sundays 8:30am-5:30pm
10/9 & 10/23
PRICING:
$750 | Early Bird (paid in full by 8/23/22)
$850 | Standard tuition
Hot Yoga: 50 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
Deepen your understanding of SOL's HOT sequence and learn how to teach it. We will dive into Anatomy, Philosophy & History of HOT, the physical postures (Asana), breathwork (Pranayama), and so much more.
CURRICULUM:
- Introduction to Sanskrit
- Meditation and Pranayama
- Anatomy of the Body through Yoga
- Practice Teaching
- Adjusting (Verbal & Hands-on)
- Personal Development
2023 SCHEDULE:
Thursdays 5:30-8:30pm
2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23
2023
Sundays 9-6:30pm
2/12, 2/26
PRICING:
$750 | Early Bird (paid in full by 1/19/23)
$850 | Standard tuition
Earth offerings:
Yin Yoga: 25 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
Join Jesse Seymour for this Yin intensive.
CURRICULUM:
- Explore the foundations of yin yoga
- Explore the anatomy of the body’s connective tissue (tendons, ligaments, fascia), the energetic system
- How to incorporate meditation in Yin practices
- The major poses of Yin Yoga.
- We will cover modifications for less flexible bodies or injuries, and how to practice safely without over-stretching.
- We will be explored the therapeutic applications of Yin Yoga
- how to design classes that address ailments, seasonal strategies, and energy imbalances through the meridians
2022 SCHEDULE:
November 11th - 13th
Friday 5:30-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
PRICING:
$350 | Early Bird (paid in full by 9/23/22)
$450 | Standard tuition
Ashtanga Vinyasa: 25 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
This practice intensive will view Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga through traditional and non-traditional lenses.
CURRICULUM:
- Learn counted sequence of Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, including Sanskrit names and numbers
- Explore a posture by posture breakdown of primary series
- Gain an introduction to pranayama
- Study history and theory of Ashtanga yoga and Hatha yoga
- Read and discuss Yoga Sutras and other texts
- Review and expand upon basic anatomy and physiology in yoga
Over the course of our immersion, students will develop proficiency in a full or modified format of the primary series of Ashtanga vinyasa yoga. We will follow our weekend ‘intensive’ with one week of daily “Mysore style” self practice at the studio, where students can refine their personal practice in a one on one manner with their teacher.
SCHEDULE:
August 2023 - TBD
PRICING:
$350 | Early Bird (paid in full by 5/15/23)
$450 | Standard tuition
Water offerings:
Advanced Backbending - 3 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
Join Taylor Johnson for an advanced exploration of deep backbends. Learn how to train and teach these in-depth poses in your own classes.
CURRICULUM:
- Learn about the Bandhas and how they influence deep backbends
- Anatomy, safety, and alignment in backbends
- Learn different methods, techniques, and drills to safely move through deep backbending practices
- Application of these concepts through physical practice
2023 SCHEDULE:
August 26th - 27th
Saturday & Sunday 12-4pm
PRICING
$110 early bird (paid in full 7/15/22)
$150 Standard tuition
10% off early bird and/or full tuition for those enrolled in 300 hour YTT
Prenatal Yoga: 25 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
Join Keri Wenzel in a weekend of exploring the fundamental anatomy, modifications, assists, and adjustments of prenatal yoga.
CURRICULUM:
- The pregnant body: changes in anatomy, hormones, and experience
- Prenatal practicing
- Modifications and adjustments for prenatal bodies
- How to create inclusive classes
- Sequencing for prenatal yoga
- Safety and Alignment
2023 SCHEDULE:
Weekend date:
June 16th - 18th
Friday 5:30-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
PRICING:
$350 | Early Bird (paid in full by 5/5/23)
$450 | Standard tuition
Air offerings:
Acro Yoga: 25 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
Get ready to take your practice from Earth to Air! In this training you will learn about the foundations of practicing and teaching Acrobatic yoga.
CURRICULUM:
- Advanced Asana breakdown. Students will gain a deeper understanding of inversions, deep backbends, and balancing postures.
- Introductory Acro Postures. We will cover the more active (Solar) introductory Acro postures, and the more restorative (Lunar) postures.
- Learn the dynamics of flying, basing, and spotting
- Understand the importance, and how to implement, Safety and Alignment
- The Art of Feedback
- Co-teaching & partner practicing
- Anatomy of the Body through Yoga
2023 SCHEDULE:
August 11th-13th
Friday 5:30-9pm
Saturday & Sunday 9am-6pm
PRICING:
$350 | Early Bird (paid in full by 6/30/23)
$450 | Standard tuition
10% off early bird and/or full tuition for those enrolled in 300 hour YTT
Yoga Nidra: 18 hour Continuing Education Training
This is a SOL 19 Yoga 300 hour advanced Teacher Training Module. You do not need to be enrolled in our 300-hour program to take this training. Full attendance required for 300-hour credit.
CURRICULUM:
- Gain comprehensive understanding of Yoga Nidra: what it is, why we do it and how it works.
- Recognize the different components of a well-rounded Yoga Nidra session.
- Explore holding space as a facilitator of Yoga Nidra using voice, props, music and more.
- Learn to create your own Yoga Nidra script.
- Connect to Sankalpa, or intention & learn to help others connect with theirs.
- Practice specific Asana & Pranayama techniques to prepare the body for Yoga Nidra.
- Experience the power of Yoga Nidra to relax and recharge the subtle and physical body.
- Practice leading others through Yoga Nidra sessions.
2023 SCHEDULE:
Weekend Date:
November 18th-19th
Saturday & Sunday 9-6pm
PRICING:
$250 | Early Bird (paid in full by 10/7/23)
$300 | Standard Tuition
120 remaining hours are to be completed through your elective courses. Complete at least one module from each element found above, multiple electives may be taken from the same element.
FAQs
No.
No, to take the 300 hour program you will need previous yoga teacher training experience.
Tuition
As this is a modular 300 hour program total tuition pricing will vary. Total tuition will average at about $4,000 depending on the elective path you choose. 10% discounts are available for 300-hour trainees on all elective modules of Fire, Earth, Water, Air. Early Bird prices are applicable for this 10% discount, and will be the most cost effective approach to your tuition.
EARLY BIRD
$2,400 for Required Modules (paid in full by deadline).
300 hour trainees receive 10% off of all early bird pricing for elective modules.d
FULL TUITION
$2,750 for Required Modules, $500 deposit to reserve your spot. 300 hour trainees receive 10% off of the elective module pricing.
PAYMENT PLANS
Payment plans are available for this program & elective modules. 100% of tuition
payment must be received in full
prior to the last day of the month the training occurs.
Your Teaching Team


Tam Burke
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Tamara is a Co-Owner of SOL 19 and an E-RYT 500. Tamara completed training with Charlotte Yoga in Charlotte, NC and Sampoorna Yoga in Goa, India. Tamara has completed trainings in Power Vinyasa, Rocket, Ashtanga, Yin, Meditation and other modalities, collectively she has over 1000 hours of yoga related trainings to draw inspiration from.


Taylor Johnson
PROGRAM MANAGER
Taylor Johnson is the Yoga Quality and Programming Manager at SOL 19 and is an E-RYT 500. Taylor completed training with CorePower in Denver, CO and with Bodhi Yoga Academy under Irene Pappas and
Sam Vetrano in Costa Rica. Taylor is trained in Power Vinyasa, Acro Vinyasa, Rocket Yoga, Ashtanga, Buti Yoga, and Yin. Collectively she has over 1500 hours of yoga related trainings.


Keri Wenzel
PRENATAL YOGA
Keri Wenzel is an E-RYT 500. She studied under Tom Quinn, Quinn Kearny, Geri Bleier, and Claire Mark at Yoga view Chicago. Her trainings have focused on human anatomy, proper alignment, safe adjustments & assists, as well as yoga philosophy & meditation. Through continued training, and in becoming a mother herself, Keri has a deep love and passion for teaching prenatal yoga.


Dr. Ben Williams
YOGA STUDIES
Dr. Ben Williams is a scholar of Indian religions and an Assistant Professor of Yoga Studies and Hinduism at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. He has also received extensive training in Indian philosophy, literature, and aesthetics in Sanskrit sources. Ben completed his PhD in the Department of South Asian Studies at Harvard University. Since arriving at Naropa University, he has helped launch an MA program in Yoga Studies, and currently serves as the program lead.


Malia Eli
INTRO TO AYURVEDA & ADVANCED BACKBENDS
Malia has a Bachelors of Exercise Science with a concentration in Health Promotion. She is also an RYT 500 and discovered one of the oldest healthcare systems in the world, Ayurveda. Malia is a Women’s Ayurvedic Practitioner and Ayurvedic chef. Along with Ayurveda, she incorporates other modalities such as, Arvigo’s self-care, Mayan Abdominal Massage, doula work, and cacao ceremonies. Malia additionally has 30 hours in the Back-bending Method from LAAIC.