Yoga School
Fall 2024 Dates Coming Soon
The Bellingham Yoga Collective yoga school offers education and immersion as a way for passionate students to dive deeper into the traditions, teachings and practices of yoga, whether the intent is to teach or not!
Yoga School gathers for 14 weeks of curriculum and builds progressively from subject to subject to culminate meeting the Yoga Alliance Requirements for a registered teacher at the 200 hour level. The program offers two types of curriculum: lifestyle practices/ tools of the yoga tradition and technical teaching skills and methodologies. Classes oscillate between the more personal and immersive ‘lifestyle of a yogi’ content and the teaching methodologies and skillsets needed to teach the tools learned.
*Note: It is possible to join the program for half the cost of tuition to participate in lifestyle practices and tools alone as a way to dive deeper into the yoga teachings, forgoing obtaining teaching credentials necessary to teach as a certified yoga instructor.
Claire Stetina (E-RYT500, YACEP, LMT, Owner) began to develop this program while teaching full time in San Francisco. The program launched in Seattle where she graduated dozens of teacher trainees and refined the curriculum and content. Now the program lives at BYC.
Join Jacque Sweet, Liza Higbee-Robinson, and Kelly Villarreal, as well as visiting guest teachers for specialty subjects.
Fall 2023 Schedule
OCTOBER 27, 2023 - FEBRUARY 24, 2023
(no classes TBD)
Schedule:
Fridays 6-9pm | Saturdays 11-6pm | Sundays oscillating 11-4pm | 12:30-6pm
Curriculum: Lifestyle Practices + Tools of the Yoga Tradition
Yoga is not just a physical practice of poses. Yoga is a set of practices and tools that has evolved for thousands of years as a system to help us wake up in our lives. Yoga is a lifestyle and an anchor to which we can navigate in relationship with everything around us. Roughly half of BYC Yoga School curriculum is designed to deliver the tools to commit to the lifestyle of a yogi. This immersion also focuses on functional body mechanics and alignment of poses and building a safe, sustainable progressing yoga practice.
*Note: It is possible to join the program for half the cost of tuition to participate in lifestyle practices and tools alone (~50%) as a way to dive deeper into the yoga teachings, forgoing obtaining teaching credentials necessary to teach as a certified yoga instructor.
CURRICULUM INCLUDES:
CURRICULUM INCLUDES:
Meditation practices | Pranayama (Breath work) classes | Ayurveda Immersion
Philosophy Classes | History of Yoga | Bhakti Immersion (Yoga of The Heart)
Yoga for Self Care | Asana Labs: How To Do Poses Properly | Mantra | Restorative and Yin Yoga Mini Immersions
Curriculum: Technical Teaching Skills + Methodology
Roughly half of BYC Yoga School curriculum is designed for you to gain the technical skills to be able to effectively step into the role of a yoga teacher. Each class involves workshop style, hands on curriculum building the skills necessary to teach yoga. This program aims to prepare students to teach Vinyasa Flow classes and Hatha Alignment classes (class styles found at The Bellingham Yoga Collective) This immersion will culminate in trainees teaching live classes to friends, family, and the public.
CURRICULUM INCLUDES:
Anatomy | Alignment |Sequencing
Assisting | Theming | Asana Labs: How To Do Poses Properly
Practice Teaching | Common Injuries/Remedies | Finding Your Unique Voice Skill shop & more!
Ready to Enroll?
Secure your space with a $500 non refundable deposit. Payment Plans Available!
email: bellinghamyogacollective@gmail.com
Total Tuition $3,000
Perks: During immersion you will receive a free yoga membership. Upon successful completion of 200 hours you will be eligible to teach 'community classes' at the studio.
REFUND POLICY:
Please be sure you can commit to this program before you enroll. All payments are non refundable, but are transferrable toward other BYC events/ classes and teacher trainings prior to training start. Once the program begins, payments are non refundable and non transferrable. Thank you for your understanding with this policy as so much time and heart go into creating these programs. Due to COVID19 this spring program payments are refundable only if we have to change the dates of training program due to safety considerations.
Faculty
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JACQUE SWEET
DIRECTOR
Jacque Sweet is an RYT-500 yoga teacher, yoga educator and a teacher mentor for BYC. Her teachings stem from her extensive study of the Anusara Yoga Methodology, a Hatha style of yoga with strong emphasis on alignment starting in the foundation of a pose, a deep connection with our breath and upholding quality of the heart while meditatively moving.
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LIZA HIGBEE ROBINSON
Liza Higbee-Robinson (MA, RYT-500, E-RYT200, YACEP) is a Pacific Northwest-grown yoga teacher who lives and teaches in Bellingham, WA. She experiences yoga as a creative, generative, and healing practice that opens the channels for us to live from a place of connection and wholeness.
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KELLY VILLARREAL
Kelly strives to be a space holder for students to discover the possibilities that lie just beyond the edges of our comfort zones, and in the courage to continually know ourselves better and through a clearer lens.
What People Are Saying
"The YTT program at Bellingham Yoga Collective was incredibly transformational. Beyond the physical asana practice, we learned about the other limbs of the yoga tradition, meditation, Sanskrit, and more. What's more is the community of people learning alongside each other, of which I've been gifted some lifelong friendships! I'm thrilled to be working as a yoga instructor now while still feeling supported by BYC's continued mentorship opportunity."
— Felicia 2021 Graduate
2023 Scholarships
BYC is proud to offer two scholarships for the Fall 2023 teacher training program:
Lynn Heimsoth Memorial Scholarship: Lynn Heimosth was a beloved member of BYC and the Principal of Sunnyland Elementary in Bellingham. She dedicated her life to the education of youth and she was devoted to her mindfulness practice. She visited BYC 3-5 times a week and she is dearly missed within our walls. Lynn's life was taken from her early and this scholarship is available for someone currently working in the Bellingham School District who would like to use a yoga teacher training certificate and skills to integrate the tools of mindfulness into the education industry. This scholarship will be awarded to one person as 50% off tuition of yoga teacher training.
BIPOC Scholarship: BYC is committed to increasing the visibility and voice of black, indigenous and peoples of color in the yoga industry. This is a recurring scholarship offered to one person each fall and spring program. The recipient of this scholarship will be offered 50% off tuition of yoga teacher training.