Fall 2023/2024
Join us for 9 heart-filled weekends of learning, laughter and connection with like-minded people. Dive deep into the traditions of yoga, experience your own transformation and become part of a tribe of yogis. This training will empower you to SHINE as the best version of yourself both ON and OFF the mat!
Live What You Love, Love What You Do
Team leader Linda Fenelon (E-RYT 500, Board Certified Health Coach) and a full team of dedicated teachers are committed to empowering leaders in our yoga community. We LOVE WHAT WE DO! and cannot wait to share it with you.
Tribe, mentorship, coaching and feedback are the heart and soul of this training.
NuPowerYoga’s School is registered RYS by Yoga Alliance.
In this training you’ll learn…
Sequencing – using NuPowerYoga’s ChakraFlow™ you will learn how to teach a solid effective sequence for all levels
Alignment – with modifications, variations and the proper use of props
Physical Anatomy
Asana – learn the safe way to create poses
Working with different body types
Working with injuries and limitations
Subtle Body Anatomy
Hands-on assists
Practice teaching – LOTS! with 1:1 mentoring from love
Pranayama – breathing techniques
Sanskrit names of poses
The History and Philosophy of Yoga
The Business of Yoga
TRAINING DATES
August 11-13
September 15-17
October 20-
November 17-19
December 8-10
January 12-14, 2024
February 9-11
March 8-10
April 6-7, Graduation
Investment • $3350
Space is very limited. We are committed to providing 1:1 mentorship and coaching so you will graduate ready to SHINE
Early Yogi Discount • pay in full by July 15 and save $300
Payment plans • 7 monthly payments of $407 July - January
$500 deposit due at time of acceptance – applies to total tuition.
Email hello@nupoweryogabarre.com for more information.
SCHOLARSHIP 2023 IS CLOSED
We have one BIPOC spot reserved in our Spring Training at no cost. Books and Supplies will be applicant’s responsibility.
One scholarship available per season
Please complete the Addendum application
Priority will be given to applicants who actively participate in our community. Our dharma statement is To Be A Space Of Healing And Connection. Please attend classes workshops and events to connect and get to know us if you intend to apply for this scholarship.
BONUS TRAININGS
This year we are adding to our 200-hour training the option to ADD ON advanced training during your YTT experience. These modalities will be meet on our OFF weekends and are completely optional. Each training will be 35 hours in total: Saturdays 8-6p Sunday 8:00-6p (20 hours), Required Reading (5 hours) and Practice Teaching (10 hours). Each unit is an additional fee - payable upfront before August 15 for $300 or as an add-on during your training for $350.
TRAUMA SENSITIVE YOGA TRAINING • November 11.2023
REQUIRED READING:
The Body keeps the Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Body Remembers by Babette Rothschild
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy by David Emerson
YIN TRAINING • December 2, 2023
REQUIRED READING:
The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga, Bernie Clark
Insight Yoga, Sarah Powers
RESTORATIVE YOGA TRAINING • TBD
REQUIRED READING: 30 Essential Yoga Poses, Judith Lasater
MEMBERSHIP:
Classes during training weekends are INCLUDED in your Training fee.
YTT students can add an unlimited membership to practice for $50 a month.
The Yaya’s 2020
The Lunas 2019
The Fireflies 2021
Love Notes…
“What began as a simple means to an end, to become a yoga instructor, turned out to be something far greater. It’s true that much of teacher training involves learning the technicalities of the practice. And, while these things are important, the real jewel in the lotus for me was not so much learning how to call chair pose in Sanskrit, or becoming an Instagram worthy body contortionist, but rather learning to see what may have been hiding in plain sight all along. Teacher training has not radically changed my path. I have not moved to a new city or left an existing job, and I am not entirely a new person either. But it has been the catalyst for discovering who I am truly am.”
“NuPower Yoga is by far the best yoga studio in Nashville to do a Yoga Teacher Training. We learned so much more than most programs offered, had many special guests, field trips, and had so many educational and life changing experiences. Our instructor was extremely caring and loving and made sure we were completely ready. I can’t recommend this program enough. If you’re even considering taking yoga teacher training at NuPower, do it!”
“ It has challenged me and changed me more than I expected.
I think teacher training has helped me become a better person, wife, daughter, and friend. I am grateful for this experience and can’t wait to see how it changes my future.
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“YTT is a time commitment, an emotional commitment and a physical commitment that drains you but simultaneously fills you right back up! I now have a tribe of life-long friends whom I shared this experience with that if not for teacher training, I am sure I would never have met. As cliche as it sounds, something has been cracked open and stirred awake inside me that I am unwilling to package back up and bury away as I have done in the past. I want and need to keep this feeling alive because I’m just now beginning to feel like ME, to see ME and the potential that lies within. It’s truly hard to describe how transformative this process is and I completely understand why everyone always just told me it was life changing and I needed to do it. Because it is LIFE CHANGING and you NEED TO DO IT. ”
“NuPowerYoga’s teacher training has truly transformed me and my life. There is an awesome combination of learning how to teach, sequence, and assist a class, lots of practice teaching time (LOTS!!), and self-work to reflect on what I bring to my mat and what others might bring to their mats. We had a small, tight-knit training group and I cannot imagine having done my 200-hour training anywhere else. So grateful.”
“YTT brought me deeper into the practice:
learning about the history, anatomy, principles, and techniques. It
also brought me deeper into myself. I had to do my own work to find my
way off the mat. I had to challenge all my notions about belonging,
yoga, teaching, and my own practices. I showed up to do the work when
I was tired and terrified, and realized that I was in fact not alone
and the teacher in me was always there.”
Our Guest Teachers
Raquel Bueno
Liberation Yoga
Liberty Bain
Nourish
Kim WHiteman
RYT 500
Carrie Rogers
RYT 500
BROOKE LOVELACE
Shalom Yoga
dana taft
Dana Taft Yoga
Corrine Champigny
The Ivy House
BHARATI GHOKALE
Symbiotic Wellness
Some of our mentors…
Our program is unique in that each participant gets both a Mentor for 1:1 practice and guidance AND a Buddy to go through training with. Many many lifelong friendships have been built in our 200-hour program!
Jourdan Parenteau RYT 500
Jamie Redfearn
Ashlea Davis
Carol Buttenham
Lindsey Walker RYT 500
Tiff Montgomery
Jade Parente
Alexis Hill
Mandy Herring RYT 200
Mary Jo Shankle
Lorraine Downing RYT 200
Anna Lopez
Lunas
She Wolves
“I discovered Yoga fairly late in life at age 50. After three years of classes at NuPower Yoga and Barre, I decided to take my practice to the next level. I enrolled in 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training not so much out of a desire to teach, as a desire to learn. My practice and this training experience has enhanced my life far beyond all expectation. YTT at NuPower is a completely immersive experience and the results for me have been an absolute physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation.There is no doubt that YTT in the time of Covid19 has been a pioneering venture. There have been all the challenges one would expect a pandemic creates: having to distance from one another, people having to quarantine and zoom in for the weekends, no assisting, no hugging, and rarely seeing each other’s smiles because of masks. However the gift of these circumstances has been a more acute awareness of and much greater appreciation for all the things that we have been able to accomplish. I encourage anyone, regardless of age or level of experience, to stop wavering and take the plunge. Make no mistake, YTT is hard, hard, hard. The commitment is demanding of your time, your body, your heart, and your mind. You will have to show up on your mat, and even more so, off of your mat. You will pack in a lot of work, and you will unpack a lot of baggage. You will meet incrediblehumans, and even more importantly, you will meet yourself. It is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done. BKS Iyengar said it best...”yogadoes not just change the way we see things; it transforms the person who sees”. That is undoubtedly true for me, and can be for you also.”
“Imagine a greenhouse. This greenhouse carefully holds plants of all shapes and sizes, different origins, and many different stages of life. When the plants first arrive in the greenhouse, they are first adored just as they are. Before they can move to the next stage of life, they must hang at the greenhouse for a little while. During the time at the greenhouse, they shed. They are admired. They are revived a couple of times. They receive love. They are cared for with precise tools. They are nourished. And, they BLOOM.
This greenhouse is 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at NuPower.
The experience of Yoga Teacher Training at NuPower is none other than magical. It is full of the hard HEART work that constantly pushes you to discover the beautiful parts of you that you didn’t even know existed. You will experience your own personal growth while simultaneously witnessing your fellow teachers in training discover their personal growth.The support, power, and magic you will gain from this training is unmatchable. From start to finish, this training is strategically curated to give you the tools to become the yoga teacher YOU are meant to be. From the weekends spent together, the off the mat homework, and relationships gained - you WILL undoubtedly leave this program the most powerful YOU that you could ever imagine.”
Required Reading
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Frequently Asked Questions
HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM?
You can now sign up online! Just fill out the Application and we will get back with you.
We will follow up within 48 hours of receiving your payment with your training welcome materials. A $500 deposit is due upon enrollment to hold your spot. For regular enrollment your first payment is due July 15. Final payment is due January 15 unless other arrangements are made with the team.
WHAT ARE THE 200-HOUR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS?
In order to graduate the program you must be paid in full and fulfill the following requirements:
• Attendance of in-class teacher training sessions
• Successful completion of homework, quizzes, and assignments
• Participation in a final in-class practice teaching practicum
• Completion of class taking requirement
HOW MUCH TIME SHOULD I EXPECT TO SPEND ON 200-HOUR HOMEWORK?
Expect to spend between 3-4 hours a week on homework. The readings and assignments are designed to support the material covered in class and help you integrate what is presented into your own practice and teaching.
WILL I BE QUALIFIED TO TEACH YOGA ONCE I COMPLETE THE 200-HOUR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM?
Absolutely! With the successful completion of all the requirements of the program, including contact hours, homework, and exam, you will receive your Letter of Completion and Certificate evidencing your training at the 200-Hour Level. You may also register with the Yoga Alliance (www.yogaalliance.org) at the RYT-200 level (Registered Yoga Teacher 200). New teachers usually begin teaching in many spaces including small studios, gyms, clubs, corporations and with private clientele (friends and family), etc. Many new teachers decide to continue their Teacher Training education and we highly support this. A great teacher is always a student first!
WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO BE A TEACHER?
Perfect! Our 200-hour training is ideal for those who want to delve deeper into the study of yoga, and to improve their personal practice. It’s also great for students who simply want to explore their growth edge and be a part of our Yoga Community.
WHAT IS THE YOGA ALLIANCE?
Yoga Alliance is an organization that was started in 1999 as a way to create nationally recognized standards for yoga teachers and yoga teacher trainings in the US. More and more yoga studios across the country are requiring their teachers to register with the Yoga Alliance, either at the 200-Hour or 500-Hour level. Yoga Alliance registration, however, is not a legal requirement for teaching yoga. Currently, there are no legal certification requirements to be a yoga teacher. The Nupower Yoga Trainings are approved at the Yoga Alliance 200-Hour level in the United States.
WHAT IS THE ATTENDANCE AND CLASS MAKE-UP POLICY?
There are times in our lives when ‘showing up’ is optional. This is NOT one of those times. This training will require 100% attendance to ALL sessions in order to earn your 200 hour certification.
Yoga Alliance requires that you complete all 200 hours of the teacher training. However, we understand that sometimes conflicts come up, and we have developed the make-up policy listed below.
Schedule a private make up session with the team at some point during the program. The cost of a private session is $150 per hour:
• 1 hour private session with staff for each four hour block missed.
Please note that according to Yoga Alliance if you miss over 27 hours, you will not pass the program and will be required to pay in full to retake the program.