These select intensives from our 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings provide opportunities for:
- Dedicated practitioners to dive into personal practice more deeply without the commitment of a full teacher training
- Healthcare, integrated health, mental health and education professionals to learn more for integrating into their current professions
- Continuing education for yoga teachers who want to learn more
- Aspiring teachers to take the program in modules
All intensives include lecture handouts, access to the archive of practices in audio or video format and print versions and 1 individual mentoring session on personal practice or teaching.
Any aspiring practitioner who takes an intensive and enrolls in a future yoga teacher training will have that fee subtracted from their total tuition.
Any intensive can be taken as continuing education for yoga teachers for credit with Yoga Alliance.
Level 1 or 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Intensives
Asana Intensive for Yoga Practitioners for Personal Study – 80 hours
A study of asana in the Viniyoga lineage, including breath-centered movement, categories of postures, most commonly used postures, repetition/stay patterns, sequencing, adaptation, yoga anatomy, adapting for common conditions, use of props, life stage approach to yoga, and vinyasa krama. This self-paced intensive includes self-paced lectures and practices, in-person or online mentoring on practice of postures, sequencing, adaptation, and anatomy assignments to help you integrate principles learned. This program can credited to the 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training if you wish to participate in further study. Available as a continuing education program for yoga teachers.
Fee: $1600 lump sum payment or Payment plan of $285 X 6 months
Contact Mary Hilliker at mary@5koshasyoga.com for more information or to get a payment plan link if needed.
Asana Intensive + Teaching Practicum + Business of Yoga + Ethics Intensive – Level 1 – 120 hours
A study of asana in the Viniyoga lineage, including breath-centered movement, categories of postures, most commonly used postures, repetition/stay patterns, sequencing, adaptation, yoga anatomy, adapting for common conditions, use of props, life stage approach to yoga, and vinyasa krama. Includes study of teaching methodology for breath-centered movement, teaching postures, weaving from posture to posture, vinyasa krama, savasana, guided relaxation, breath awareness, beginning and ending class, and vinyasa krama. The ethics of teaching, professional development, and business of yoga are included. This self-paced intensive includes self-paced lectures and practices, in-person or online mentoring on practice of postures, sequencing, adaptation, and anatomy assignments to help you integrate principles learned. Five different teaching practicum sessions are included. A total of 23 mentoring hours are included in this intensive. A final project includes at least 4 hours of community teaching. This is a self-paced program with in-person or online mentoring and teaching practicum sessions scheduled at your convenience. Contact Mary Hilliker at mary@5koshasyoga.com for more information.
Fees:
$100 application fee (non-refundable) | $2400 lump sum payment or payment plan of $315 for 8 months
Contact Mary Hilliker at mary@5koshasyoga.com for more information or to get a payment plan link if needed.
Yoga Philosophy, Sutra-s + Chanting Intensive For Yoga Practitioners or Teachers – Level 1 – 35 hours
Learn key lineage chants including Ganapati, Patanjali, Sa Ha Na, Santipatah, Pancavayu, Chant for health, Panca maya and Atma Hrdaye. Understand basic Sanskrit chanting terms and how they are applied including: varna, svara, matra, balam, sama, and santana. Chant and discuss the relevance of key sutras from the Yoga Sutra-s of Patanjali including themes of: What is Yoga, Fluctuations of the Mind, Practice and Non-Attachment, Obstacles to Practice, 8 Limbs of Yoga, Yamas and Niyamas, Kriya Yoga and Seeds of Suffering and Overcoming the Seeds of Suffering, Meditation. Self-paced program that includes chanting tutorial and mentoring.
Fee: $700 lump sum payment or payment plan of $245 per month for 3 months
Contact Mary Hilliker at mary@5koshasyoga.com for more information or to get a payment plan link if needed.
Pranayama Intensive for Yoga Practitioners or Teachers – Level 1 – 31 hours
Biomechanics of ventilation, physiology of breathing, human energetics in yoga practice, developmental steps in pranayama practice, developing practices for specific energetic effects, developing practices for simple ratio breath practices, pranayama techniques and yoga stress reduction. Self-paced program with mentoring and a sequence assignment.
Fee: $620 lump sum payment or Payment plan of $217 per month for 3 months
Contact Mary Hilliker at mary@5koshasyoga.com for more information and to get a payment plan link if needed.
Meditation + Cakra-s Intensive for Yoga Practitioners or Teachers – Level 1 – 31 hours
Introduction to meditation including what is meditation, why meditate, challenges, major methods of meditation, application, how to use asana, pranayama and chanting to prepare for meditation, relevant source texts. Includes an introduction to the cakra model, teachings on each cakra and practices for each cakra. Self-paced program with journaling and mentoring.
Fee: $620 lump sum payment or Payment plan of $217 per month for 3 months
Contact Mary Hilliker at mary@5koshasyoga.com for more information.
Level 2 or 300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Intensives
Any of the following intensives can be taken as continuing education for Yoga Alliance. This can build hours for a 300 hr. certification as well.
Asana Intensive: Adaptive & Specialty Classes, Targeting Areas of the Body, Sequencing, Adaptation, Class & Series Development, Teaching Practicum
Annamaya Layer (Physical): Demonstrate ability to develop and teach adaptation in asana practice to serve a particular group or for a specific intention, including fitness-oriented classes, adaptive classes, and specialty classes. Learn observation skills, adaptation, and sequencing to impact different areas of the body including low back, sacrum and hips, knees, ankles and feet, upper back, neck, shoulders, and jaws. Adapting for specific needs will be emphasized for working with individual clients.
90 hours
Self-Paced Program or Contact Mary at mary@5koshasyoga.com for the next cohort.
Pranayama Intensive: Human Energetics, Ratio, Technique, Class & Series Development, Teaching Practicum
Pranamaya Layer (Vital): Demonstrate ability to develop and teach pranayama ratios and techniques in yoga practice including how to tailor asana, breath adaptation in asana, ratio, and technique for specific class intentions or the needs of an individual.
60 hours
Self-Paced or Contact Mary at mary@5koshasyoga.com for the next cohort
Teaching Practicum & The Business of Yoga Intensive: Refining Teaching Skills, Developing New Products & Programs, Teaching Privates, Retreats & Workshops
Be the lead teacher or conduct private sessions for at least 6 hours during the training through experiential sessions and teaching demonstrations as you refine teaching skills, practice skills for teaching privates, learn how to create a variety of yoga products for your business, plan a workshop or retreat, practice teaching adaptation of asana, pranayama, meditation, sound, and integrated practices.
70 hours
Self-Paced or contact Mary at mary@5koshasyoga.com for the next cohort.
Sound, Meditation & Integrated Practices Intensive: Using Sound, Meditation, Nyasa, Mudra, Bhavana, Symbolism & Ritual, Class & Series Development, Teaching Practicum
Vijnanamaya Layer (Inner Wisdom): Demonstrate how to choose meditation approaches, sequence for meditation practice, and teach meditation for personal practice, individuals, or groups, including use of the cakra model.
Anandamaya Layer (Heart): Demonstrate how to choose practice tools, sequence, and teach integrated practices including the use of asana, pranayama, sound, meditation, nyasa, mudra, bhavana, sankalpa and ritual for individuals or groups.
60 hours
Self-Paced or contact Mary at mary@5koshasyoga.com for the next cohort.
Yoga Philosophy & Chanting Intensive: States of Mind & Consciousness, Purusa/Prakriti, Essential Methods, Negotiating Obstacles, the Gunas in Yoga Practice, Working with the Klesha-s, Working with Ourselves & Others through the Yamas & Niyamas, Transformation, Guarding the Senses, Moving Beyond Suffering
Manomaya Layer (Mind): Chant and discuss the meaning of some of the most significant yoga sutra-s in Chapter 1, 2 and 3 especially as the teachings relate to the mind, meditation, and habitual patterns.
35 hours
Self-Paced or contact Mary at mary@5koshasyoga.com for the next cohort.
TESTIMONIALS
“I finished my 300-hour training with Mary Hilliker from 5 Koshas during the COVID pandemic. Mary led us through a challenging time with excellent leadership. The training gave me confidence to work with new yoga students that I wouldn’t have had the courage to teach before the training. Her patience and dedication to giving us all the tools we needed to exceed with our teaching was spot on.
After the course I applied for a position as a yoga teacher with my local Human Services department in their Comprehensive Community Services program. The job was to work with chronically mental ill clients and offer yoga as a part of their treatment program. Mary talked with me about the position and what how I should prepare. She sent a reference letter recommending me for the position. I got the job. I worked with many different people who had different illnesses. The training I received from Mary gave me confidence and a set of tools to use as I worked with the clients. I would never have applied for this job without that training. It was a very rewarding experience.
I am still working one on one with students and have expanded my teaching to online. Now I work with students from all over the United States teaching them yoga from my studio in Medford Wisconsin.
Mary Hilliker’s 300-hour teacher training program was the best thing I did for my business. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to expand their knowledge of yoga. Mary continues to help me with any questions or help I need.” – Pam Peterson RYT 500, Mind Body Spirit Yoga LLC