Beginner Yoga Teacher Training: Foundations for Teaching New Students
This 10-hour YACEP-certified training is designed to help you confidently teach and inspire beginner yoga students. Over two 5-hour days, you’ll gain practical skills and insights to elevate your teaching, including:
Anatomy of a New Yoga Student: Understand the physical and mental challenges unique to beginners.
Precise Cueing & Sequencing: Develop clear instructions and beginner-friendly flows to support success.
Accessible Language: Create an inclusive environment with language that resonates with all abilities.
Crafting and Marketing a Beginner Series: Learn to design engaging beginner programs and promote them effectively.
Practice Teaching & Feedback: Teach in small groups, refine your skills, and learn modifications to set students up for success.
Setting Students Up for Success: Explore techniques to empower and encourage students from day one.
Perfect for yoga teachers, sculpt teachers, barre instructors, and anyone looking to hone their teaching skills, this training will help you create impactful, transformative experiences for new students.
The training will take place over 2 days: Saturday
February 1st, 2025 - 1:00-6:30 PM (5 hours with a break) at Green Street, and Sunday
February 2nd, 2025 - 12:30-6:00 PM (5 hours with a break) at Parrish Street
Investment: $150 for both dates
Led by Erick DuPree
Location: Lumos Yoga & Barre
Erick DuPree is a cultural anthropologist, award-winning author, and experienced yoga educator (E-RYT 500). He has trained yoga teachers at the 200- and 300-hour levels, as well as many of Philadelphia’s restorative yoga teachers.
He received his foundational training in Anusara-inspired Hatha Yoga at DIG Yoga and completed his 300-hour advanced certification at Laughing Lotus NYC. He trained extensively with mentor Jillian Pransky and is certified in Therapeutic Restorative Yoga (200 hours) and Yin Yoga (100 hours). Erick is one of the few Judith Lasater trained Relax & Renew Level II teachers in the region. He is also a graduate of The Oasis Institute’s Mindfulness Teacher Trainer program.
In 2015, Erick opened Three Queens with founder Mariel Freeman. As the business development partner, he curates transformative programming, fosters brand partnerships, and oversees financial operations in addition to teaching and training.
Erick earned his PhD at Queens University his ongoing research can be accessed here. He is the author of several books, including his latest, Awaken to Mindfulness Cultivating Daily Practice and Wellbeing, which has received praise for its clear, grounded approach to cultivating awareness and inner peace.
Our Workshop Cancellation Policy is as follows:
In order to cancel and receive either a credit to your MindBody account or a credit card refund, you will need to cancel more than 72 hour prior to the event. Any cancellations within 72 hours of the event will be considered a late cancel and will result in forfeiture of workshop fee paid. In the event that a workshop is full and waitlisted, if we fill your spot with another paying student, we will credit your Mindbody account for the amount you paid.
Our Teacher Training & Workshop Series Cancellation Policy is as follows:
Teacher Trainings and Workshop Series (spanning multiple days) are non-refundable and non-transferable. If a payment plan pricing option is enabled and selected by a registrant, the studio will contact the registrant to determine dates of payment for the plan, with the final balance of the training/series paid 48 hours prior to the start of the training/series. In the unlikely event that the training or series is cancelled or postponed, we will refund 100% of your payment or offer an alternative placement in the postponed dates. Any cancellation of the training or series will be considered a late cancel and will result in forfeiture of the fee paid, no exceptions will be made. Please contact info@lumosfitness.com with any questions or concerns.