2024/2025 Yoga Teacher Training
Letter of Intent
Desert Power Yoga was founded with the intention of providing wellness classes to all, regardless of a student’s experience. We offer a variety of yoga styles as a means of providing yoga to fit the community’s diverse preferences. The school’s lineage is based primarily on Vinyasa Yoga.
The Yoga Teacher Training program will focus on building a well-rounded understanding of different styles of yoga, including: Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Hatha, Restorative, and Heated Yoga. The training will encourage students to have a strong grasp on the Hindu roots of yoga. Students will learn about Hinduism, Hindi deities, and Hinduism’s relationship to yoga. Most importantly, students will learn how to honor yoga’s roots without culturally appropriating the practice. We believe that a firm understanding to yoga’s roots is critical to each instructor and student. It is impossible to truly share knowledge of yoga without a deep grasp of its roots in the Indus Valley. Additionally, students will learn about the Buddha, his teachings, and the practice of Buddhism in everyday life. Buddhism and yoga are strongly related, as they both encourage a consistent mindfulness practice. Desert Power Yoga Yoga’s teacher training will also place emphasis on anatomy and proper alignment. Whether a student has a goal of instructing, or doing the training personal reasons, knowledge of the human body is essential. Professional ethics will be discussed in depth so that future instructors and practitioners alike will know how to conduct a yoga class properly and safely.
Students who complete a 200-hour yoga teacher training through Desert Power Yoga will leave the program feeling confident in their ability to continue their yoga path as a lifelong student of yoga. Each student will complete the training with a 200 Hour-YTT, Yoga Alliance Approved certification. This training will be led by Courtney Reese, Crystal Bunch and Sam Metzner,
Warmly,
Courtney Reese, Owner, Lead Trainer
FAQ’S
Pricing
Paid in Full
$2,800 early bird (before July 1, 2024) and cash payments.
$600 non-refundable down payment, that will be put toward the final cost (down payment and full payment due by July 1).
Paid in Full
$3,200, after early bird pricing ends (due by July 25).
$600 non-refundable down payment, that will be put toward the final cost (down payment due by July 1).
Payment Plan
$400 a month for 6.5 months ($3,400, total)
$800 non-refundable down payment. Down payment due upon registration, and will go towards the final cost. The first auto-payment will begin July 25), with auto-payment occurring on the 25th of every month. Students choosing the payment plan option must have a card on file for the auto payment to occur. Student’s will receive their 200 Hour YTT Completion Certificate when their account is paid in full. (down payment. due by July 1)
Dates & Hours
Fridays 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Saturdays 10:20 am - 9 pm
Sundays 12 - 430 pm
Mondays 6:30 - 9:45 pm
2024
August 9 - 12
September 13 - 16
October 11 - 14
November 8 - 11
December 13 - 16
2025
January 10 - 13
February 7 - 10
March 7 - 10
April 11 - 14
May 9 - 12
4 Student Minimum Requirement and 10 Student Maximum.
Our training has a student minimum requirement. If this minimum is not met by July 26, students will be offered a full refund.
Financial Reimbursement Options
Financial Reimbursement
You must apply for Custom Fit before paying for your Yoga Teacher Training.
“The Utah Legislature provides funds to custom fit each year to improve the skills of the Utah workforce. As a custom fit specialist, I identify and organize educational events according to the needs of local businesses. Other job-related training may qualify for partial reimbursements up to 50%.”
More information on Utah Custom Fit, click here.
To apply for this reimbursement option, start an LCC in the state of Utah. Information on how to start an LCC can be found here.
Information for getting an EIN for your business can be found here.
The LLC must then be registered as a business in the state of Utah. Information on registering a business in Utah can be found here.
Tuition & Refund Policy
Withdrawals
An applicant who withdraws from the program 14 days before the Start Date is entitled to a refund of all monies except for their non-refundable deposit.
A trainee who withdraws from the course within the first 20 classroom hours may be refunded up to 40% of the full program price.
After the first 20 classroom hours, there will be no refunds. If the applicant withdraws from the program for any reason, the applicant will be responsible for paying the full tuition, regardless of any partial payments that have been made to date.
Special Cases
In case a trainee needs to withdraw from the program due to illness, accident, death in the family, or other circumstances that make it impractical for the trainee to complete the course, the program will accommodate the student’s special situation by offering alternative hours, or offer the student space in a future training. A student may rejoin a future training where they left off in the curriculum.
Bad Conduct
No refunds will be given if the program removes a trainee from the program for bad conduct. Bad conduct is violation of the Code of Conduct, harassment, bullying, or any other behavior that is inappropriate or disruptive to the welfare of the program or to fellow trainees.
Anti-Harassment Policy
We do not permit harassment in our classroom or studios. Harassment is unwelcome verbal or non- verbal conduct that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward the person and has the purpose or effect of creating an environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating, hostile, or abusive. Harassment includes epithets, slurs, name calling, negative stereotyping, insults, intimidation, ridicule, threatening, intimidating or hostile acts, denigrating jokes, and display in the workplace of written or graphic material that denigrates or shows hostility or aversion toward an individual or group. Petty slights, annoyances, and isolated minor incidents may not rise to the level of harassment.
Sexual Harassment Policy
We do not tolerate sexual harassment in our classroom or studios. Sexual harassment refers to any unwelcome sexual attention, sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:
• Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for decisions affecting such individual, such as performance review;
The advances have already been explicitly declined;
Such conduct has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.
Examples of sexual harassment include unwanted and unnecessary physical contact; offensive remarks (including unwelcome comments about appearance); obscene jokes or other inappropriate use of sexually offensive language; and unwelcome sexual advances. Non-physical gesture, behavior, unnecessary physical contact, leering, verbal suggestion, or innuendo may constitute sexual harassment.
Required Readings:
Embrace Yoga’s Roots. Susanna Barkataki
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Sri Swami Satchidananda
The Untethered Soul. Michael A. Singer
The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys, Volume 1. Ray Long
Please Call or Email Us With Any Questions
Sign Up Now! After paying, please send an email to desertpoweryoga@gmail.com or call/text us at 303-905-0062 to let us know you registered!
