Advanced Studies
Testimonials
I highly recommend the Aloha Yoga Kula Teacher’s Training/Advanced Studies Program to anyone who desires to deepen their understanding and practice of yoga and meditation.
What makes this program so incredibly special is the instructors and the space they hold for you to learn and grow—both physically and spiritually. Brigitte, Martin, and Heidi, as well as their extended community of guest teachers, are completely devoted to their practice and their students.
From the moment you begin the program, you feel their warmth and encouragement. At the same time, they will absolutely guide you to your edge—but always with loving support. The atmosphere they create allows you to work to your fullest potential and then put all of that wonderful learning into practice. By the end of the course, you will be ready to teach. You may feel nervous, but you’ll be ready.
The course is incredibly comprehensive. They break down each asana, as well as the manual adjustments. But then they beautifully weave in classes on yogic philosophy, anatomy, physiology, nutrition, ethics, the chakras, pranayama, business practices, and meditation. In addition, you will participate in classes on Yin Yoga, Yoga for Seniors, Children’s Yoga, and Prenatal Yoga.
The training you get, the friends you make, the lessons you learn, the growth and transformation you experience are priceless. Make the time. Make the commitment. You will love it!
-S.G. 2015
As a physician (MD) and graduate of the 2015 Advanced Studies Yoga teacher training – I would like to encourage you to become a part of the yoga world — sign up for Aloha Kula Yoga teacher training and truly transform your life. My world has been transformed by the training. You will find each training session exceptional, with expert advise on nutrition, anatomical alignment, injury prevention, yoga asana sequences, spiritual growth and more. Now as a certified teacher, I feel confident, more self aware and I am able to give back to the world. My patients compliment me on my attentiveness and deep sense of connection — all a part of what Aloha Kula Yoga teacher training is all about! Open your world to love and become a trained yoga teacher with Aloha Kula Yoga.
-P.A., MD, MPH 2015
Yoga found me when I was broken. I felt a shadow of myself. I spent my days feeling alone, isolated and wondering how I got there. I was fortunate that my path led me to the open doors and open arms of the Kula and I devoted myself to learning and developing my practice. As my fog began to lift, I saw the invitation for the Teacher Training and spent a great deal of time envisioning myself going through the training but also allowing my ego to creep in and question if I was “ready.” With the love and kind support of several people close to me, I chose to follow my heart and dive in. And I really never looked back. I cannot sufficiently describe the full experience. I can tell you I have never felt so immersed in love, reflection and well being. I learned so very much but I mostly learned that my path had not just led me to the Kula but it had led me back to where I never really had left. I was profoundly changed by the time I invested in the training. I am and will be eternally grateful to Brigitte, Martin and Heidi and the extraordinary beings who gave of themselves during my training.
If you think you want to dive in, talk to someone about it. It’s okay to have questions or be curious or to even worry that you won’t be able to do it for some reason. The more you embrace yoga, the less fear and doubt will creep in. Just don’t talk yourself out of it.
-K.R. 2015
After attending once-a-week yoga classes at AYK for almost 8 months I had inquired about Teacher Training. Yoga had started to change my meditation practice, diet, and emotional state. My intent was not to teach yoga. I wanted to find out why I was being affected by this practice. The Teacher Training helped to deepen my appreciation of yoga and everything else in my life.
Teaching Training at Aloha Kula Yoga is blessed with teachers that speak to your physical, psychological, and emotional self. Even that desciption does not fully capture the impact they have had on my life. I learned about the philosophical background, the asanas, adjustments, physiology, anatomy, alignment, nutrition, different modes of movement. I found an emotional, spiritual, and physical connection in each.
The schedule of two, ten-day intensives helped to be immersed in the practice, and to be in the company of practioners working toward a common goal. We were blessed with a cadre of mixed ages, backgrounds, and life experiences. I feel so blessed with our continuing friendship after the training.
If you want to be a yoga teacher, or deepen your understanding of the practice, and become transformed, this is training program for you. I now appreciate the Japanese word “kokoro” which translates to heart, mind, spirit. They are not separate, but one. As are we.
-D.K. 2015
“You can only travel as far as your teacher has travelled.”
The defining attribute that sets Aloha Yoga Kula’s Teacher Training Program apart is the depth of experience the teachers who lead this training share.
Brigitte Snyder, Martin Doluz, and Heidi Hopkins, as well as a diverse range of guest teachers, have taken their understanding of yoga and the body to such depths that those who take the training will be prepared to transform into conscious, compassionate, and confident yoga practitioners and teachers.
As someone who had already completed a 200-hour level yoga teacher training program, I gained so much more understanding of individual yoga poses, putting together technical sequences, the art of hands on assists, how to teach authentically, and an understanding and practice of meditation. Each day of the training was uplifting and inspiring and altered the way I think about and live each moment of my life.
I recommend this training to current yoga teachers, students who may someday want to share yoga, and beginner yogis venturing into the vast ocean of yoga—in all its forms.
-M.C. 2015
The Aloha Yoga Kula teacher training program far surpassed my expectations in many ways. I had attended classes at the Kula for several years prior to the advanced studies program and always had a sense that an intensive study with the kula teachers would be extraordinary, but my experience ended up being much deeper and more profound than I could have imagined.
There is a deep well of love, expertise, and creativity that Brigitte, Martin, Heidi, and the guest teachers brought into the program each day. In addition to the focus on anatomy and asana alignment, the teachers shared valuable and fascinating sessions on nutrition, Ayurveda, pranayama, yogic energy systems, and so on. And most importantly, the training held space for meditation, through which one gets to know and experience the love and light that exists in us all.
-H.D. 2015
Attending Aloha Yoga Kula’s Advanced Studies Program changed my life. The wealth of knowledge and experience the teachers and guest speakers shared was incredible, and the energy from which they shared was even more profound. I am truly grateful for this experience and how it’s deepened my appreciation and love for yoga. -A.P. 2015
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