Nourishing Heart Yoga 300 Hour Advanced Training
Next Program Begins January 2026
300 Hour Advanced
Nourishing Heart
Yoga Teacher Training
Restorative | Yin | Vinyasa | Philosophy | Ayurveda
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OUR ADVANCED YOGA TEACHER TRAINING IS OPEN TO EVERYONE AND IS YOGA ALLIANCE APPROVED
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Class size is limited to ensure you direct and personalized attention throughout the course.
The Nourishing Heart 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training is for yoga teachers who have completed a 200 hour program and who wish to expand their yoga education, knowledge and skill in multiple disciplines. We also welcome any student who wishes to deepen in their own personal exploration of yoga without the intent to teach.
This diverse and comprehensive program provides specialized tools for professional growth and personal transformation, while working with esteemed mentors and like-minded colleagues in a non-dogmatic, inspirational environment.
The Advanced program focuses on developing and refining the primary elements of excellent yoga teaching. The “advanced” quality is not so much about learning advanced variations of asanas. Rather, it refers to the depth of understanding we embody regarding how we live and teach the practices of yoga.
You will develop a broader set of skills and insights into your own ongoing personal growth and development as a conscious, compassionate human being and teacher.
How It Works
- The program runs January through December. We meet one Saturday and Sunday per month. Sessions are in person at Nourishing Heart Yoga Studio, Bloomington, Indiana.
- Sessions, assignments and homework will be clearly organized and easily accessible through a thorough training manual.
- Students are required to complete all course hours, Mentorship and Evidence Informed Seva Yoga Project (EISYP). Once complete, students are eligible to register as an RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance.
Registration Requirements
- Must have a 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training certification or join the Audit Only Track for non-certification.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Apply and gain acceptance in the NHY 300 Hour program.
- Pay the $750 non-refundable deposit upon acceptance.
Graduation Requirements
- Complete all Coursework, Mentorship and perform a presentation of your EISYP findings.
We will study, with considerably greater depth, the primary elements of excellent yoga teaching: effectively teaching asana with a wide range of modifications for students at any level, opportunity to cultivate a deeper relationship to meditation and pranayama while learning how to instruct from personal experience, use of effective hands on assists, intelligent sequencing, ways to infuse the wisdom of yoga philosophy into your yoga classes, and more.
This program is designed to be accessible, and allows you to deepen your knowledge in varied areas of study.
One Year Program: Coursework
Our Coursework consists of 12 weekends, once per month for a year. Additional time is required to complete the 100 Hour Evidence Informed Seva Yoga Project and the 20 Hour Mentorship. These will be scheduled seperately.
Students are required to attend every session included in the Coursework. We understand that students have important commitments outside of the classroom. Should extenuating circumstances impact attendance, students are permitted to miss a class. It is the responsibility of the student to pick up any missed learning material by coordinating with a cohort to record and/or take notes during class. If you foresee having to miss over 3 weekends of the Coursework, we suggest waiting until the next program offering to register.
Embodying Your Practice
Sequencing 1
Embodying Yoga Philosophy
Embodying Bhakti: The Yoga of Devotion
Hands On Assists in Yoga
Restorative Yoga
Embodying Meditation + Ayurveda
Yin Yoga
Yoga Career
Sequencing 2
Embodying Leadership
Embodying Your Teaching Practice & Graduation
Meet Our Instructors
Mentorship Program
20 Hours with Matece and Cohort
included in the One Year Program
What It Is
Mentorships are a valuable way of growing as a teacher, gaining unique insider access to a senior teacher’s methodology, and accumulating a significant amount of contact hours towards your certificate. Over the course of 12 weeks, you will receive (and learn to offer) personalized, actionable feedback on the art of teaching yoga. You will practice, study, and complete homework assignments to help you cultivate and consistently offer your best, most authentic self. You’ll learn the skills of collaboration and leadership within your Cohort and as an honored part of the Nourishing Heart Yoga community.
Becoming a great teacher requires talent and it requires training. But it also takes dedication, reflection, and lots of experience. Our program focuses directly on these important and oft-neglected elements of learning. Through observation, peer feedback, and personalized coaching, you’ll discover your strengths and challenges, develop strategies to evolve your instruction, and take decisive action.
How It Works
- The mentorship includes 2 one-hour private sessions with Matece, at the beginning of the mentorship to determine your particular focus and again at the end of the mentorship for additional refinement and an action plan moving forward.
- Mentees will teach, participate in or observe a 60 minute yoga class at Nourishing Heart Yoga with the Cohort every week. Ideally, each student teacher will have 2 – 3 opportunities to teach and receive constructive feedback from Matece and the Cohort.
- Attend 1 hour Cohort Discussion Meeting online once per month. This will be an opportunity for the Cohort to come together with Matece each month for check in, feedback, assignments, etc.
- Meet with your fellow student Accountability Partner for a total of 1 hour each month to support each other in the Mentorship. For each of the three months of the Mentorship, you will have a new Accountability Partner. These will be assigned to you. More detailed information regarding the role of the Accountability Partner will be provided to students.
Evidence Informed Seva Yoga Program
100 Hours
included as part of the One Year Program
What It Is
The Evidence Informed Seva Yoga Program brings together the practice of Seva, or selfless service, while teaching students the principles of evidence-based yoga research. Students explore ways to use the knowledge generated through this science to inform personal yoga practice and teaching. This program is guided by Matece Skow and supports students in aligning the spirit and heart of yoga with scientific research to create and apply evidence-based yoga curriculums for use with a target condition or student population. This program begins in January and students will work consistently on the project throughout the year.
How It Works
- Students will select and define the population they wish to work with and the setting for their project. Past students have chosen to work such vulnerable populations as the elderly, trauma survivors, the incarcerated, high school sports teams, minorities, youth, etc.
- Review relevant research literature about your population, setting and/or target outcome in which you’re interested.
- Collect data from students on your determined outcome and design a yoga curriculum to support student growth on your target outcome.
- Implement the program with your chosen group and evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
- Complete the program with a professional write up about your experience and share your findings in a presentation.