With over  100 5-Star reviews on Yoga Alliance, MelMarie Yoga's Adaptive Trainings are devoted to career success, integrative nourishment and professional development of student trainees and teachers. This 5 Month 200 Hour Adaptive Teacher Training is a comprehensive and inspirational program that will transform your practice while deepening your understanding of yoga. Mel has been leading trainings for over a decade and holds a deep passion in supporting students to awaken their gifts, innovate their mission and serve their community. 

Learn to teach yoga that is inclusive, adaptive, and meaningful...

Yoga that is anatomically sound and therapeutically grounded. By participating in this profound learning experience, you will experience a transformational process of self connection while enhancing your capabilities as a wellness practitioner that prepares you in serving others, professional innovation, and showing up in your authentic alignment. 

Perfect for both aspiring teachers and curious practitioners, this training is open to those looking to enhance professional growth, personal connection, nervous system regulation, and bridge ancient wisdom with practical real-world application. Participate in the evolving conversation of yoga in health care, this training incorporates innovative research in biomechanics and neuroscience while emphasizing the skill in creatively adapting sequences to the student population that you feel called to serve. 

This program is designed to compliment approaches already being used in client and patient centered professions with a focus on mind body medicine, mindfulness and yogic interventions. With a special focus on mental health, a wide range of styles and fostering the craft of yoga, our training uniquely prepares students to deliver yoga in dynamic settings and embrace your own expression as a teacher. (The integrative components of this training are based on the program being authored and led by a certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists with speciality training in functional yoga and the holistic application of yoga as a complimentary medicine; not derived from our status as a RYS with Yoga Alliance Registry.) 

Learn more on our comprehensive FAQ page here. 

Over the past few years, we are so excited to see the efficacy and impact that we originally worried would be lost online in 2020 but evolved into an powerful training experience making this work more accessible and personalized for students going through the programs. Those with unpredictable schedules or looking for flexibility were now able to enjoy a personalized training experience and attain their certification. With feedback from our community we wanted to blend the best of both worlds: In Person AND the Module Format. We intend this hybrid program to be a way to continue making this work more accessible AND providing the highest quality of person-centered training where students receive ample 1:1 support and spaciousness to grow in a schedule that works for them in addition to our in person weekend dates.

PERSON-CENTERED 

Our training programs provide access to 1:1 mentoring throughout the training calendar to ensure students receive relevant application, transformational tools, therapeutic process, and empowered career development that edifies the trainee from within. All of our training  provides self reflection, inquiry and awareness into elevating how students can stand in their authentic voice as a teacher while sourcing wisdom directly from the philosophical and psychological framework of Yoga. Because MelMarie Yoga holds a profession-forward vision for our students, we believe that well-trained teachers strengthen the expansion and access to yoga for communities as a whole. We equip students to carve their own path in the yoga industry with a focus on real-world application and professional progression taking experiences beyond just teaching a class for a studio but embodying the innovation and leadership as a practitioner. 

FLEXIBILITY

Our program provides a flexible learning environment that can be adaptable with the trainee's personal schedules and needs. Our courses are available also through live stream on zoom making accessibility and make up available. After over a decade of leading trainings- we have learned that delivering education in digestible ways is imperative to application and developing their craft as practitioners. 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Our programs are designed to equip you in applying adaptive yoga into career fields or as adjunct into many professions including medical, military, corporate, mental health, education, hospitality and more. Unlike traditional training models that can unintentionally create barriers to entry or limit opportunities, we operate from a philosophy of innovation, collaboration and embracing personal goals around a students professional ambitions. We actively support our graduates in stepping into the field with confidence, clarity, and the skills needed to grow.

By training with MelMarie Yoga, you’re stepping into a professional ecosystem that values your evolution and expansion.

Our graduates go on to teach in studios and private settings, work in health care, academia, support aging populations, work with the military and veteran populations, build online or independent yoga businesses and partner collaboratively with organizations, mental health professionals and nonprofits. For a peak, follow @melmariestudio as we feature our grads and continue supporting our community beyond graduation. 

COMMUNITY

Our programs provide access to resources and communities around the world to inspire, nourish and support your personal and professional goals. MelMarie Yoga nourishes students into deeper ways to serve communities and opportunities that provide our graduates unique ways to apply their training. We also offer post-graduate communities and resources and prioritize our graduates in filling community requests and jobs. 

OUT OF STATE STUDENTS

Students training from out of state have the opportunity to train through our livestream and virtual access. Our in person trainings are currently located in San Antonio, Texas and the Charlotte Metro, North Carolina areas. We especially serve military spouse communities and are able to support those going through PCSs, moves and transitions that may make normal training formats difficult to access. If you are a military spouse, you may be eligible for a full scholarship for tuition. Email mel@melmarieyoga.com for more information. 

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"MelMarie Yoga Academy has been the biggest blessing in my life to date. I have been wanting to earn my RYT for quite some time, but, since I am Active Duty military, I could not attend a standard school with a set schedule. Melissa, a military spouse, understood my job and equally my passion and worked with me to accomplish my goals. Not only was her understanding a blessing, but the content of her course was as well. Since adaptive yoga is different from a traditional practice, so is Melissa's course material. Yes, of course you will learn yogic history, poses, ect., but the scientific, evidence based information on the benefits of yoga and meditation was invaluable to me as a health practitioner. Melissa knows her stuff and is more than willing to not only share, but engage in intellectual discussions that I will cherish for years to come. Her passion for yoga and investment in the wellness of others is unequaled in my experience and I look forward to learning more from her." - Megan Brown