Developing a personal SADHANA Practice
and continuing the Journey
Advanced Self-Transformation Training
With
peaceful world yoga
What are Advanced Study Modules?
Peaceful World Yoga
300-Hour Advanced Self-Transformation Training
300 Hour Modules 2019 Dates
Empower Your Personal Practice - January 18-20, 2019
Integrating Ayurveda - March 22-24, 2019
The Heart of Teaching Yoga - May 17 - 19, 2019
Unpacking the Yoga Sutra- September 27-29, 2019
Embedded Mentorship - October 25-27, 2019
Visit the module/workshop page to see module details and to register for individual modules.
Integrating Ayurveda - March 22-24, 2019
The Heart of Teaching Yoga - May 17 - 19, 2019
Unpacking the Yoga Sutra- September 27-29, 2019
Embedded Mentorship - October 25-27, 2019
Visit the module/workshop page to see module details and to register for individual modules.
Expand your Teaching Practice
RYT 300-Hour Self-Transformation Training
RYT 300-Hour Self-Transformation Training
Taking the initiative to become a 300 RYT demonstrates you have made a deeper commitment toward self-growth and self-transformation and shows your true dedication to higher learning and consciousness. Peaceful World Yoga offers a Modular Advanced Studies Program to give you the opportunity to make choices in what inspires you and makes you come alive. With the model we've created, you will have flexibility in scheduling your course work.
Our 300-Hour Self-Transformation Program helps you to deepen your personal practice, advance your teaching skills, share your knowledge, and grow as a human being and if desired, a more connected Yoga educator.
Below you will find many of our mini modules as well as our five required modules. New offerings are being created and offered on a regular basis, so please check back often or get on our mailing list to receive featured workshops and classes, discounts and advanced pricing and information.
Our 300-Hour Self-Transformation Program helps you to deepen your personal practice, advance your teaching skills, share your knowledge, and grow as a human being and if desired, a more connected Yoga educator.
Below you will find many of our mini modules as well as our five required modules. New offerings are being created and offered on a regular basis, so please check back often or get on our mailing list to receive featured workshops and classes, discounts and advanced pricing and information.
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featured SPECIALTY teachers
Melissa Spencer - Founder/Owner of PWY
Owner/Founder and Eight Limbs of Yoga Educator
Melissa's lifelong passion has been teaching and guiding others to discover their true Self through Self-Transformation and looking through the lens of Yoga and Mindfulness to help heal the mind and body. Melissa's passions led her to become an elementary school teacher and after working for many years in the public school system she retired and decided to make a life-changing shift to become a certified Yoga educator. Melissa's interests in trauma led her to create a Mindful-Based program called, Peaceful Minds Curriculum for Educators that is easily implemented into the school curriculum.
Melissa took a leap of faith and decided to be formally trained in Yoga in 2013, after practicing yoga and meditation since childhood. Melissa found a Yoga Home through the Himalayan Institute.when she discovered Yoga was more than poses. During a three-week intensive training, Melissa found her next niche and decided to go out into the world of Yoga and began teaching classes in yoga studios and fitness centers. From there, Melissa took another leap and decided to build a home yoga space and create Peaceful World Yoga.
Melissa is currently a 500-Hour Yoga Certified Educator, Mindfulness Coach certified through Mindful Schools and UMASS and through Peaceful World Yoga, offers a variety of adult and children-friendly classes and workshops. Melissa has three Registered Schools; 200-Hour Self Transformation Program (also known as 200 YTT), and 300-Hour Advanced Self-Transformation Program (300 YTT) and a Registered Children's Yoga Teacher Training. Melissa also holds private classes where she works through Healing Modalities such a Natural Healing through Energy and is a Reiki Master in the Mikao Usui Tradition.
Other areas of passion: Camping, gardening, photography, her dog Morrison, biking and just being outdoors as much as possible.
Owner/Founder and Eight Limbs of Yoga Educator
Melissa's lifelong passion has been teaching and guiding others to discover their true Self through Self-Transformation and looking through the lens of Yoga and Mindfulness to help heal the mind and body. Melissa's passions led her to become an elementary school teacher and after working for many years in the public school system she retired and decided to make a life-changing shift to become a certified Yoga educator. Melissa's interests in trauma led her to create a Mindful-Based program called, Peaceful Minds Curriculum for Educators that is easily implemented into the school curriculum.
Melissa took a leap of faith and decided to be formally trained in Yoga in 2013, after practicing yoga and meditation since childhood. Melissa found a Yoga Home through the Himalayan Institute.when she discovered Yoga was more than poses. During a three-week intensive training, Melissa found her next niche and decided to go out into the world of Yoga and began teaching classes in yoga studios and fitness centers. From there, Melissa took another leap and decided to build a home yoga space and create Peaceful World Yoga.
Melissa is currently a 500-Hour Yoga Certified Educator, Mindfulness Coach certified through Mindful Schools and UMASS and through Peaceful World Yoga, offers a variety of adult and children-friendly classes and workshops. Melissa has three Registered Schools; 200-Hour Self Transformation Program (also known as 200 YTT), and 300-Hour Advanced Self-Transformation Program (300 YTT) and a Registered Children's Yoga Teacher Training. Melissa also holds private classes where she works through Healing Modalities such a Natural Healing through Energy and is a Reiki Master in the Mikao Usui Tradition.
Other areas of passion: Camping, gardening, photography, her dog Morrison, biking and just being outdoors as much as possible.
Jeremy Wolf - Lead
Jeremy will be Peaceful World Yoga's Lead Teacher and will be providing instruction in a variety of our modules.
Jeremy's interest in mind and body began at a young age whereby he became a teacher and second-degree black belt of Taekwondo and years later a student and teacher of Capoeira. Meditation was his doorway into yoga and he began his formal study in 1998. In 2006 he received his 200hr teaching certification in Nasik, India in Classical Yoga and in 2013 his 300hr certification with Rod Stryker's school of ParaYoga. Certified and trained in the Satyananda, Swami Rama, and Amrit Methods of Yoga Nidra, and based in Denver CO, he teaches locally and internationally for classes, workshops/immersions and in multiple 200 and 300hr teacher-training programs.
Also a reiki master in the Mikao Usui Tradition, studying since 2001, and a lover of music, he is a producer and a label DJ for both France's Ultimae Records and Chile/USA's Ovnimoon Records. His electronic and tribal-influenced DJ sets can be heard at local and international festivals, ecstatic dances, and yoga classes. In the form of a contemplative and grounding style of yoga, his classes and teachings seek to embody the ancient lineage of yoga as a deeply transformational and holistic spiritual practice.
Jeremy will be Peaceful World Yoga's Lead Teacher and will be providing instruction in a variety of our modules.
Jeremy's interest in mind and body began at a young age whereby he became a teacher and second-degree black belt of Taekwondo and years later a student and teacher of Capoeira. Meditation was his doorway into yoga and he began his formal study in 1998. In 2006 he received his 200hr teaching certification in Nasik, India in Classical Yoga and in 2013 his 300hr certification with Rod Stryker's school of ParaYoga. Certified and trained in the Satyananda, Swami Rama, and Amrit Methods of Yoga Nidra, and based in Denver CO, he teaches locally and internationally for classes, workshops/immersions and in multiple 200 and 300hr teacher-training programs.
Also a reiki master in the Mikao Usui Tradition, studying since 2001, and a lover of music, he is a producer and a label DJ for both France's Ultimae Records and Chile/USA's Ovnimoon Records. His electronic and tribal-influenced DJ sets can be heard at local and international festivals, ecstatic dances, and yoga classes. In the form of a contemplative and grounding style of yoga, his classes and teachings seek to embody the ancient lineage of yoga as a deeply transformational and holistic spiritual practice.
Irene Landers - Assistant Lead
Irene will be teaching advanced philosophy and specialty courses such as Senior Chair and Senior Mat Yoga. Irene’s classes are fun, motivating, have great energy and will leave you awakened to your own body and mind connection. She invokes practical wisdom with her deep understanding of the wisdom of Yoga. She is a Yoga Alliance registered Yoga instructor with a conscious study of Senior Yoga, Silver Sneaker Yoga and Gentle Yoga and Meditation. Meditation was her doorway into yoga. She began her formal study of meditation in the modality of Transcendental Meditation in 1976. She continues studying all manners of meditation and offers those numerous modalities in her meditation courses. Foremost is her dedication to serve students in a way that supports the experience of gentle transformation from stress held within the body and mind to deep sense of well-being and insight. Her vast experience of life and teaching make her methods potently effective to people of all backgrounds. 
Amanda Oberbroeckling - Assistant Lead
Amanda will be teaching hands-on Anatomy and Asana sequencing and cueing Even before birth, Amanda was introduced to yoga as her mother, Melissa, Peaceful World Yoga founder, practiced asana throughout her entire pregnancy. As a child, Amanda was drawn to dance as a form of expression and exercise, and she trained as a dancer until she was eighteen. It was during this time that Amanda developed her interest in anatomy and physiology, and she began to learn how to tune into her own body, using this information to strengthen her dancing and avoid injury. Amanda’s yoga practice began to grow deeper, moving beyond physical practice, as she pursued her college degree. Learning to manage and overcome the stresses of a very challenging engineering program allowed her to realize the power of a well-rounded Yoga practice, and she has been integrating Yoga into her everyday life ever since! Amanda has been involved with Peaceful World Yoga from the beginning, helping in any way she could to promote and support her mother’s vision of building an inclusive Yoga community. 
April Prescott - Trauma Informed Lead
April will be teaching the Trauma Informed Instruction April is an educator, leader, and mentor with over 15 years of experience in the classroom. Her work has been focused on reducing suffering for children with special needs or who have been affected by trauma. She has completed training with multiple organizations, all with the aim to help children and their families navigate difficult situations and events with compassion. Her goal is to bring mindfulness and a trauma-informed practice to light across all disciplines. April graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Language and Literacy. She is conversationally fluent in American Sign Language as part of her work with the Connect Society in Edmonton, Alberta. She is now the Individual Program Plan and Special Needs Coordinator for Aboriginal Head Start in Edmonton, where she oversees the programming of over 70 children, as well as mentors a team of educators. April is also a part-time instructor with Norquest College’s Early Learning and Child Care course. April has completed the Year-Long Mindfulness Educator program through Mindful Schools and is a 200 hour certified Yoga Teacher. She has also completed training in the Neurosequential Model for Educators through the Child Trauma Academy and Dr. Bruce Perry, as well as the Circle of Security Parenting Program. She is also trained in the Neurorelational Framework towards supporting behavior in children. In her free time, April is bringing mindfulness to her community through yoga and meditation classes, riding horses, practicing yoga, cycling, and playing Dungeons and Dragons. Her passion is learning and sharing knowledge with others. Advanced Self-Transformation Training
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Advanced Self-Transformation Training
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course Content:
I. Deepen and Refine Your Personal Practice and Teach from that Space
II. Deepen Your Personal Practice to Teach Pranayama, Pratyahara, and Meditation
III. Deepening the Study of and Applying Yoga Psychology and Philosophy
IV. Refine and Deepen Your Personal Practice & Teaching Style
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course Content:
I. Deepen and Refine Your Personal Practice and Teach from that Space
- Diving deeper into structural alignment
- Principles of energetic alignment
- Anatomy and physiology for yoga teachers
- Myofascial release practices and techniques
- Yoga models of the subtle body (chakras, koshas, nadis)
- Structuring and sequencing classes that are dynamic and fun
- Practice teaching in small and large groups
- Principles of partner and community yoga
II. Deepen Your Personal Practice to Teach Pranayama, Pratyahara, and Meditation
- Advanced pranayama practices
- Breathing for Compassion and Kindness
- Breathing for Gratitude
- Breathing to Heal Yourself and Others
- Deeper practices of Pranayama, Pratyahara, and Meditation
- Systematic breath training for self-care and developing a daily routine
- Pranayama practice and teaching in individualized settings based on student populations
- Relaxation techniques and guided imagery training and teaching
- Yoga Nidra introduction (if you did not have this in your 200 YTT) and working through developing a personal Nidra practice
- Theory and practice of meditation
III. Deepening the Study of and Applying Yoga Psychology and Philosophy
- Study of a variety of Ancient Texts - we will focus on one per module
- Dive Deep into the Study of the Yoga Sutra - woven through the entire 300 YTT training, including the electives
- Study of the Bhagavad Gita
- Ayurveda and Yoga for Self-Healing and Self-Realization
- Develop and deepen the understanding of the yogic model and functions of the mind
- Deepening your personal practice and understanding of the Sanskrit language, learning chants for a purpose, and using mantras f0r personal growth and transformation
- Overview of history of yoga tradition
IV. Refine and Deepen Your Personal Practice & Teaching Style
- Chair Yoga/Adaptive Yoga
- Teach a one-hour accessible chair yoga class
- How to teach chair yoga in senior centers, fitness facilities, schools and studios
- How to adapt chair yoga for people with physical, emotional and mental challenges and needs
- Choose appropriate postures and breathing techniques according to individual needs
- Discern levels of flexibility and identify precautions and contraindications
- Use light weights in chair poses to build bone and muscle mass
- Understand anatomy and alignment for chair asanas
- Incorporate meditation, relaxation, and breathing techniques to improve health and well-being.
Certification to Teach
Participants who complete Peaceful World Yoga 300-Hour YTT program receive a 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification from Peaceful World Yoga and are eligible to apply for the 500-hour level of registration (RYT) with Yoga Alliance once Peaceful World Yoga has passed the review process. This training is an exceptional training for people seeking to deepen their personal practice, for educators, corporate leaders, as well as yoga teachers and practitioners.
Certification requirements include: Full attendance in the training intensive, required reading, knowledge assessment, and two written assignments to be completed after the training intensive. The written requirements include a meditation journal, a self-evaluation of your teaching experience of 12 hours taught, a peer review and a final written assessment. Each month participants will build upon their knowledge-base by taking an oral or written assessment on the content presented. One-on-one feedback and additional instruction is provided to ensure full comprehension. Everyone can pass if they attend classes and study material presented. Instructors teach with the intention for participants to learn!
All participants must complete certification requirements within one year in order to receive certification. Peaceful World Yoga hires from our pool of graduates and helps place instructors into schools, rec centers, shelters, senior centers and other community venues.
Peaceful World Yoga is a certified Yoga School through Yoga Alliance.
Certification requirements include: Full attendance in the training intensive, required reading, knowledge assessment, and two written assignments to be completed after the training intensive. The written requirements include a meditation journal, a self-evaluation of your teaching experience of 12 hours taught, a peer review and a final written assessment. Each month participants will build upon their knowledge-base by taking an oral or written assessment on the content presented. One-on-one feedback and additional instruction is provided to ensure full comprehension. Everyone can pass if they attend classes and study material presented. Instructors teach with the intention for participants to learn!
All participants must complete certification requirements within one year in order to receive certification. Peaceful World Yoga hires from our pool of graduates and helps place instructors into schools, rec centers, shelters, senior centers and other community venues.
Peaceful World Yoga is a certified Yoga School through Yoga Alliance.
Accreditation:
Accreditation Peaceful World Yoga is fully accredited by Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga School.
