Journey Out300 Hour Teacher Training

Yoga Alliance Certified

February 2024 - January 2025

"The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be." - Henri Nouwen

Become a 500 Hour* Certified Yoga Teacher!

* Required prerequisite: 200-hour certification

Our Promise:

This training is your chance to become a masterful and impactful yoga teacher & leader. You will learn how to confidently deliver the pratice in a way that makes a difference for people and leaves them transformed. You will learn how to lead on and off the mat in alignment with what is most important to you; all sourced from your fullest, most authentic expression. You will create deep community with each other & beyond, and together have a meaningful impact in our world.

The Program at a glance:

The eleven weekends will include (and are not limited to):

  • How to masterfully lead an inspired power yoga class - in-person and online
  • How to theme a class
  • How to deliver your message and personal experiences in a way that leaves people inspired
  • How to lead Meditation and how to lead Inquiry
  • How to powerfully lead a workshop or event from start to finish
  • How to shape your audience’s listening when leading
  • 300-level anatomy, alignment, and modifications to make the practice accessible to anybody
  • Individual coaching and feedback
  • How to assist verbally & non-verbally
  • The art of music - how to theme & choreograph
  • The business of yoga (2020 & beyond) including online yoga
  • Yoga for: trauma, special needs, kids/teens, prenatal/postnatal, athletes
  • The impact of yoga on the brain and mental health
  • Breath training and advanced breath techniques

When:

  • 1. February 23-25
  • 2. March 8-10
  • 3. April 26-28
  • 4. May 3-5
  • 5. June 7-9
  • 6. July 12-14
  • 7. September 20-22
  • 8. October 18-20
  • 9. November 15-17
  • 10. December 6-8
  • 11. January 10-11
  • Friday: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Saturday & Sunday: 7:30am - 4:30pm

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Facilitators:

Liz Snyder, Katie Tierney

Liz Snyder and Katie Tierney are sisters & co-owners of HOME power yoga Cranford and Summit. They also created a non-profit, Project HOME Power Yoga, a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded to bring yoga to communities in need or people who would not have access otherwise.

This will be the seventh teacher training they have led together at HOME.

Liz Snyder (E-RYT 500 hr) is a co-owner of HOME power yoga Cranford & Summit in New Jersey, founder of Project HOME Power Yoga, a 501(c)(3) organization, and a lululemon ambassador. She is a 1,200 Hour Tier 3 Baptiste Certified Teacher.

She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 2013 as a Business and Psychology major, captain of the Women's Basketball, and administrative assistant for the Men's Lacrosse Team. Although first introduced to yoga in high school by her mother, she started doing yoga really consistently her freshman year to support her sports career & busy school-work schedule. The first summer out of college, she did her first Baptiste Yoga training and fell in love with teaching.

She completed Baron Baptiste's level 1, level 2, & level 3 week-long trainings, as well as Art of Assisting and Advanced Art of Assisting. She graduated from the Baptiste Fit to Lead year-long training program held in Utah, a training that is designed to teach teachers how to lead Baptiste inspired trainings & is led by Baron Baptiste. She assisted Baptiste week-long trainings led by both Paige Elenson & Baron Baptiste. She also taught and trained at the only Baptiste affiliate in NYC, Lyons Den Power Yoga.

She is passionate about service and the effort to make yoga accessible for all people. In March 2016, she traveled to Kenya, where she volunteered to assist a Baptiste teacher training to benefit Africa Yoga Project. Africa Yoga Project (AYP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to training yoga teachers in Africa to teach free yoga classes throughout the country. She has raised and personally donated thousands of dollars to AYP, and spent over a year with them, mentoring a yoga teacher from Sierra Leone. It was this experience that sparked her first non-profit, Project HOME Power Yoga, which she founded in 2020.

She teaches a challenging and accessible power flow, focused on increasing strength, flexibility, and possibility. Her mission is to use yoga as a vehicle to serve people & the world.

Katie Tierney (E-RYT 500 hr), LCSW is the co-owner of HOME power yoga Cranford & Summit in New Jersey and co-founder of Project HOME Power Yoga, a 501(c)(3) organization.

Katie earned her BA in Psychology/ BS In Elementary Education from Bucknell University and her Masters in Social Work with a specialization in Mental Health from the University of Michigan. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and certified School Social Worker and Elementary School Teacher.

Katie began practicing yoga consistently in 2009 as a way to nourish her body after the birth of her first daughter and quickly connected with the yoga philosophy and the spiritual and emotional benefits of the practice. She completed her first teacher training in 2014 and has been teaching yoga ever since.

After experiencing the tremendous benefits of yoga during the pregnancies and births of her daughters, Katie completed a Holistic Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training and a Holistic Postpartum/ Baby and Me Teacher Training. She currently leads Mindfulness- based Childbirth Preparation courses.

Katie strongly believes in the power of yoga to promote mental well-being and is very interested in the impact of yoga on the field of mental health. Katie completed Intensive Trauma-Informed Yoga training to learn how to best use yoga to build resilience and self-regulation in order to manage and resolve symptoms of trauma. She also completed a Yin Yoga Teacher Training at the Integral Yoga Institute in NYC.

Katie and her husband both grew up in Cranford and now live in town with their three daughters who serve as her best teachers and biggest sources of inspiration for lessons in patience and love. She believes in the power of healing through yoga and is honored to serve and share her teaching with members of the HOME community.

Where:

HOME Power Yoga - Cranford & Summit locations

Pricing:

  • **SPECIAL** $4699 - this is $300 off regular tuition if you apply by July 30 (Application due by July 30th, and payment due in full on or before Aug. 30)
  • Early Bird: $4899 (Application and full tuition due on or before Dec 30)
  • Time of Registration: $4999 (Application and full tuition due on or before Jan 30)
  • Payment Plan: $5199 (Application due by Jan. 30, and 4 equal payments of $1299.75 due on Jan. 30, May 1, Aug. 1, Nov 1.)

Investment Includes:

  • 20% off all Home power yoga logo retail during training.
  • HOME 300 Hour Teacher Training Manual
  • Opportunities for additional training and development as an assistant or teacher at HOME power yoga.

* A deposit of $500 in cash or credit card (additional 3% will be added for credit card processing) is due at the time your application is accepted. At time of acceptance into the program, the deposit will be applied to the total cost of the program. All fees are non-refundable.

Click HERE to download the application. Then email the completed application to teachertraining@homepoweryoganj.com to reserve your spot.

Please email us at teachertraining@homepoweryoganj.com for any questions or concerns. - XO Katie & Liz