Mindfulness Connection’s

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

A TRAUMA INFORMED MINDFULNESS-BASED YOGA TEACHER TRAINING LED THROUGH A SOCIAL JUSTICE LENS.
2025 Dates TBD

Flexible Self-Paced and Live Training Schedule

Applications open Summer 2024
Maximum of 15 participants

Who Should Enroll?

Certified yoga teachers of any professional background who want to teach and lead trauma informed yoga programs within their community with a social justice lens.

Those who want to bring trauma informed yoga to behavioral health, women’s health, school teacher/administration, human resources, and public administration.

Train with confidence through a personalized schedule, relative topics, and expert lead trainer.

2025 Dates TBD

Live Sessions:

  • Weekends: typically hosted 9a-6p Sat and Sun

  • Weeknight: typically hosted Wednesday twice a month 6p-8p

  • 200 hours self-paced

Weekend sessions will be hosted live in Arkansas and may be attended through live streaming or in-person. Weekend sessions will be live streamed via the website or other virtual platform. Wednesday sessions will be live streamed via the website or other virtual platform.

Schedule

Traditional and Modern Education Focus

  • Chakras and subtle energy

  • Yoga philosophy and history

  • Advanced anatomy and physiology

  • Yoga and mental health

  • Sequencing for special populations

  • 1:1 yoga sessions

  • Workshop and program development

  • Inclusive facilitation skills

  • The business of yoga

  • Mentored practicum

Topics of Study

Wendy Cook

Wendy is a Yoga Alliance registered E500RYT with three certifications in varying styles of yoga and two decades of teaching experience.

Lead Trainer

She has held registered 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings with Yoga Alliance since 2014. Wendy has a passion for teaching the deeper aspects of yoga through the consistency of a yoga teacher training. Find Wendy’s teaching bio here and professional bio here.

Available Summer 2024

Fee-Based Tuition

Full Enrollment: $2800

Early Enrollment: $2200

Early discounted enrollment must be paid in full. Full enrollment may be paid in full or through a deposit & payment plan with an option to host donation based classes to fund your monthly recurring payment.

Enrollment

Scholarships

Full BIPOC Scholarship: 5 fully funded BIPOC scholarships available

Half BIPOC Scholarship: 5 half funded BIPOC scholarships for BRY 200-hour certified
BIPOC yoga teachers

Additional Costs

  • Books estimated at a maximum of $170 new or less used. All trainees, including scholarship recipients, are responsible for purchasing books.

  • Yoga mat, bolster, block, blanket, and pen/notebook

    *MC is actively seeking donations to assist with the purchase of training supplies for trainees with a needs basis. Please do not let these costs prevent you from applying.

Scholarship Guidelines

  • 5 fully funded tuition scholarships are available to BIPOC individuals of any gender, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin.

  • 5 half funded tuition scholarships are available for applicants who received a fully funded scholarship for the 200-hour training. Option to pay remaining half include:

    • pay $1400 in full

    • pay $525 deposit and $125 per month July-January on the 1st of each month. *MC will work with you to create a monthly donation class in your community to fundraise towards your monthly payment. All funds raised in excess of the discounted $1400 tuition will be designated to an ongoing MC yoga project of your choice.

  • Applications will be accepted beginning the summer of 2024. All scholarships will be awarded to qualified applicants on a rolling basis on the 15th of each month.

Required: Tablet or computer with access to Wifi.

What makes us unique?

Lead Trainer, Wendy Cook
Nairobi, Kenya

Our curriculum has been developed and refined for over a decade by a yoga teacher with 20 years of mindfulness practice and a masters in social change leadership. In addition, our curriculum is aligned with our social justice mission to close the gap between trauma and thriving communities. The 300 hour training relies heavily on Wendy’s curriculum on the business of yoga, program development, private client sessions, and in-depth knowledge of the Chakra system.

Get ready for a deep dive!

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Mindfulness-based vinyasas flow and restorative yoga with a trauma-informed focus.

  • The program begins on August 19, 2023 and ends on April 21, 2024. Each month has self-paced content and live streamed sessions. Registered students have 12 months to complete all course content, module quizzes, and the final test.

  • Your commitment to participate and invest reserves a limited number of training spaces, therefore all payments are non-refundable. No transfer of payments may be made to other persons.

Lead Trainer, Wendy Cook
Umbria, Italy Retreat

Now accepting applications
for scholarships!

Complete the application below for more information and to sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop on future happenings.

We’re so excited to meet you!

Questions? Send a message to Wendy.

Mindfulness Connection 300 Hour Scholarship Application