LIVFREE YOGA SCHOOL
100h YTT | Fall 2025
LivFree Power® The Next Level
Are you already a 200 hour certified yoga teacher? Are you interested in joining our team? We built this training FOR YOU!
This 100 hour training is designed to take your teaching to the next level! Take what you already know, enhance your presentation and connection skills with our proven methodology. ALL IN JUST 3 IMMERSIVE WEEKENDS!
Completion of this training, including demonstrating the ability to teach a LivFree® branded class by teaching a FREE LivFree® Yoga Class to our community, qualifies you to be considered for a teaching position at The Yoga Shop.
STUDIES INCLUDE:
- Yoga assistant training
- Presentation skills
- Class structure
- Video taping and feedback
PROGRAM TUITION:
- $1000, if paid in full
- $1250, payment plan ($500 due upon acceptance)
- *Unlimited yoga included for duration of training*
WEEKEND DATES:
- September 27-28
- October 18-19
MODULE TIMES:
- Saturday 8am-4pm
- Sunday 9am-3pm
TRAINING LOCATION:
The Yoga Shop Shoreline
200h YTT | Fall 2025
Our 200 hour yoga program is a great launch into teaching or an amazing way to deepen your personal practice! In four concentrated months you will be immersed in yoga and will come out a certified yoga teacher! The Shop’s Teacher Training is designed for serious students interested in becoming teachers, teachers wishing to refine and develop their craft, and students wishing to expand their knowledge and physical practice.
PROGRAM TUITION:
- $3000, if paid in full
- $3500: $1300 due upon acceptance, $1300 due before training begins, and $900 due one month before graduation. (+ CT sales tax on tuition charged with final payment)
TUITION INCLUDES:
- All in-class instruction -Unlimited Yoga classes at The Shop from 9/13-12/7 (unlimited passes will be put on hold for the duration of the training)
- Teachers Manual
- *Other expenses to include additional books*
STUDIES INCLUDE:
- Asana (Power, All levels & Basics)
- Teaching Techniques
- Assistant Training (teaching with your hands!)
- Anatomy & Physiology
- Yoga Philosophy
- Pranayama
- Sanskrit
- Chakras & Meditation
TRAINING LOCATION:
The Yoga Shop Shoreline
200h YTT | Fall 2025
September 13-14 + 27-28
October 4-5 + 18-19
November 1-2 + 15-16 + 22-23
December 6-7
300h YTT | 2025
Includes:
- The Baseline Weekend: The Bhagavad Gita teaches: “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” To teach yoga authentically, we must first dig into ourselves. This weekend will be a reintroduction to self, and the start of your teaching growth and the introspective work that happens throughout the year. You will build relationships with the facilitators, each other, and your own inner yogi.
- Teacher’s Toolbox: This weekend, we focus on practical tools to support and refine the delivery of your teaching. You already hold the knowledge, now we ask: How do you present it in a way that is clear, engaging, and deeply connected? It’s about teaching not just from your mind, but from your whole self in a way that is soulful, understandable, and includes your own unique charm.
- Creative Sequencing: Every pose can connect to any other pose! Sometimes it gets messy, and there is joy to be found there. Explore how seemingly different poses can flow together if you are willing to show up present in it all. When we let go of our scripts and expectations, what comes next?
- Advanced Assisting: Physical touch can be powerfully healing and helps a student bring their mind back into their body. Learn how to give physical assists in ways that are deep, kind, and remind students that they aren’t alone on this journey into self.Meditation: Meditation is a direction of attention inward and awareness of yourself in the present moment. Once you are aware of where you are, you can decide where you want to go. This weekend will include multiple meditation traditions, and strategies on how to lead others through them as well.
- The 8 Limbs of Yoga: We know that yoga is more than just Asana. This weekend we will dive deep into all 8 Limbs of Yoga, not just to understand them, but to bring each one into our teaching every class. We will do this in a way that is informed by ancient teachings and is also authentic and genuine to each teacher.
- Power Down: Long holds in lizard and pigeon require power too. Poses like these require the strength of introspection and reducing the resistance to feeling what comes up without judgement. Learn how to focus the entire class on deep mind-body connection using the power of peace and ease.
- Storytelling: How do we as yoga teachers share ourselves in our classes in ways that are authentic, intuitive, and interesting without getting lost in our own narrative? This module dives into the necessary balance of showing up as our own human selves while also maintaining the priority of each student learning about their experience too.
- Advanced Anatomy: Take a deep dive into anatomy for yoga teachers with physical therapist and yoga teacher, Caitlyn Holik.
- Self of the Student: As teachers, we become very familiar with our yoga and the culture surrounding it. Put yourself back in the role of a beginner – what is it like to show up brand new?
- Mentoring: Feedback needs to be given in the context of who you are mentoring – where are they in their teaching? What are their expectations from you? Practice giving feedback that meets a student where they are in their teaching, rather than where you are in yours.
- Music as a Tool: Music isn’t background noise – use it as a tool to guide the emotional experience of your class. Create a dynamic class by bringing the energy up and down with your music in partnership with your teaching, rather than letting the music take a back seat.
100h YTT | LivFree®️ Teacher Training
Are you already a 200hr certified yoga teacher? This training is designed to take your teaching to the next level! Take what you already know, enhance your presentation and connection skills with our proven methodology. ALL IN JUST 3 IMMERSIVE WEEKENDS!
Completion of this training, including demonstrating the ability to teach a LivFree branded class by teaching a FREE LivFree Yoga Class to our community, qualifies you to be considered for a teaching position at The Yoga Shop.
The training will be led by Annie Q Simard and Lori Wallace at The Yoga Shop Shoreline.
Dates:
March 1-2, 8-9, 15-16
LivFree® PhD 500 YTT
This is an intensive training that will build on the work you have done thus far in every area of your teaching and your being. It is designed for you who are interested in continuing down the path of growth and development. The training consists of “drop-in” training modules (see below) and monthly group training days (one Saturday/month) with sacred circle, teaching feedback and techniques sessions led by Annie Q. The workload is spread over the course of 20 months. The 500 hours that you attain through this training will take you to 1000 hours, PHD status (at this time Yoga Alliance only recognizes up to 500 hours, but hours can be logged and maintained and you will be grandfathered in, if and when they offer the designation). This training is held in studio at The Yoga Shop EAST (our studio in Glastonbury).
Dates: TBA.
LivFree® Life Coaching
Has yoga inspired your life? Do you want to share that spark? Learn about coaching people for life betterment, health and wellness the LivFree® way. This course has translated the LivFree® approach to life into a coaching model that will teach and certify you as a wellness life coach. Dr. Julie Liefeld RN, LMFT, PhD, RYT 500-hour certified will lead this course. And all participants who pursue the certification will be mentored during their internships.
Dates: October 13-15. Internship: October 16-November 20.
Location: LivFree® Online.
LivFree® Chair Yoga Certification
Dates: TBA.
LivFree® Kids Yoga Certification
Are you interested in providing the guidance and support to kids to inspire their best selves? This fantastic training program is it! It’s a great opportunity for anyone who works with children (or is interested working with children) to bring valuable life skills and mindfulness practices into their routines. The focus on empowering kids through yoga, especially in today’s fast-paced and competitive environment, could have a huge impact on their well-being.
The 15 Continuing Education Hours and the certification for ages 3-13 makes this especially appealing to educators, parents, coaches, and yoga teachers. Caroline Hannon’s experience as a 500-hour certified instructor will add depth to the training.
This certification is inclusive and accessible to anyone, not just yoga teachers.
Dates: June 21 + 22, 2025, 9 am-4 pm
The training will be led by Caroline Hannon at The Yoga Shop EAST (Glastonbury).
