Foundational Yoga Teacher Training
A 200-hour Teacher Training
A Circle Yoga Shala Program — Hosted by Empowered Spaces in St. Louis, Missouri
Four intensive weekends. Three master teachers. A lineage-rooted training that prepares you to teach any style with confidence, intelligence, and authentic voice.
FORMAT — 4 Intensive Weekends
Intensive 1: April 1 - 4, 2027
Intensive 2: May 27 - 30, 2027
Intensive 3: July 22 - 25, 2027
Intensive 4: Sep 30 - Oct 3, 2027
The Approach
Not a style. A Foundation
Most yoga teacher trainings teach you one style. This training teaches you what is foundational to all styles — so you can teach any of them with confidence, intelligence, and authenticity.
The CYS Foundational Yoga Teacher Training is grounded in the five techniques of Hatha Yoga: stillness (asana), rhythm (vinyasa), breath (pranayama), integration (bandha), and presence (drushti). These are not five separate subjects. They are five dimensions of a single, unified practice — and learning to work with all of them simultaneously is what makes a great teacher.
You will learn how to language and sequence these techniques in ways that continuously reveal their wholeness and invite infinite creativity. How you arrange them moves them toward any "style" you choose to teach — restorative, vinyasa flow, alignment-based, or something entirely your own.
Want to experience the Circle Yoga Shala approach before committing to the full training? Join us for The Whole of Yoga: A Foundational and Experiential Weekend in January. Three stand-alone sessions offer an opportunity to experience the teaching, practice, and philosophy of Circle Yoga Shala. You don't need to be planning to teach yoga to attend, and attending doesn't commit you to the full training.
Health and Safety Precautions
We value community care and showing up for one another. Currently: Masks are optional. Please stay home if you have symptoms, test positive, or were exposed to someone with COVID-19. We use a HEPA air purifier in the studio. If anyone would like to participate and would only feel comfortable if everyone is masked, please email Kelly kkcaul@yahoo.com.
Accessibility
The Empowered Spaces studio is located on the ground floor. There is a 12-car parking lot adjacent to the studio & additional free parking on neighborhood streets. Restroom is wheelchair-accessible and ramp-accessible in the main building. Please reach out to Kelly kkcaul@yahoo.com if there is anything more we can do to make our offerings more accessible. Empowered Spaces is committed to accessibility, and strives to be accessible and inclusive of all abilities and all individuals.
Questions?
Contact Kelly kelly@empoweredspaces.net