500-Level Teacher Training
Upcoming Training Dates
Starts October 10th, 2025.
This advanced 300-hour yoga teacher training builds on your existing knowledge and is designed to polish your teaching to the next level of brilliance.
Our 300-Hour Yoga Alliance Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training builds on your 200 hour foundational training and will provide you with expert level education and teaching skills in Vinyasa yoga, Hatha Yoga and Yoga Therapy.
Includes online study materials in anatomy & physiology, asana technique, and philosophy for you to learn at your own pace. In between our in-person sessions we will have weekly practices & Q&As over zoom with Michele to build consistent community and check in.
This program is rooted in the lineage of Krishnamacharya, blending the Vinyasa flow, internal form, and intelligent progression found in the Ashtanga system, the precise alignment instructions and supported poses of the Iyengar system, and the modifications to the individual that Desikachar emphasized. It is also informed by all the teachings of the Buddha and the Yogis!
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This course will be available both in-person and via livestream. Register before September 15th for Early Bird pricing. Payment plans available.
About the Program
Classes will be taught by Michele in Portland, OR (location TBA) and available via Livestream
Weekend 1: October 10-12th. Foundations of the Middle Path; Standing Poses, technique, assists, therapeutics, and Surya Namaskar; Philosophy-Upanishads; Meditation; Basic Sanskrit & chanting.
Weekend 2: October 23-26. Yoga Nidra 4 day intensvie. Thursday/Friday online; Saturday & Sunday In-Person. Philosophy Yoga Sutras; forward folds, pranayama, meditation.
Weekend 3 : November 13-16. Yoga Nidra 4 day intensive. Thursday/Friday online; Saturday & Sunday In-Person. Philosophy Yoga Sutras; forward folds, pranayama, meditation.
Weekend 4: December 13-14 . Back-bending technique and Therapeutics; Pranayama; meditation; Philosophy B. Gita; Yoga Nidra; The middle path of love.
Weekend 5: December 18-21st. (w/ Michele New York @ Menla or livestream) Clearlight Yoga Nidra 4 day intensive; Philosophy, meditation, Sleep Yoga.
Weekend 6: January Online Only with weekly practices, philosophy and dharma talks, and check ins.
Weekend 7: February 20-22nd -Handstands, Sirsasana & Sarvangasana; Finishing Poses; Gita, Therapeutics
Weekend 8: March 6-8. Hips & twists, philosophy-Gita, meditation
Weekend 9: April 4-5. Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Therapeutics; Philosophy- Vijnana Bhairava; & Pranayama;
Weekend 10: April 11-12. Inversions & Arm Balancing; philosophy-Hatha Pradipika; pranayama; meditation
Weekend 11: May 9-10. Arm Balancing, Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Therapeutics; Hatha Pradipika
Weekend 12: May. Hands on assists review; Hatha Pradipika, Therapeutics
Week 13: May 28- June 4th. (Michele at Menla NY w/ Robert Svoboda, Krishna Das, Robert Thurman, Nina Rao). Closing Week is included in your normal tuition and live-streamed from NY. Recordings available. In-person retreat possible for separate tuition. This is a week of Bhakti, Philosophy, Chanting, Asana, & Ayurveda.
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Training Staff
Michele Loew is the owner of The Yoga Space and is an international yoga teacher & practitioner of Hatha & Tibetan Yogas. She is also the founding director of the Vajra Yoga School of Comparative Buddhist & Indic Yogic studies she co-teaches with Professor Robert A.F. Thurman for Tibet House US. She has taught, practiced, & studied avidly since 1998, and is known for her ability to see each student and address their individual needs both therapeutically and energetically. She is a master at hands on assists, alignment, and greatly enjoys teaching spirituality and philosophy that provides a path to happiness for all.
Michele teaches regular classes and 200 & 500 YA trainings in Yoga & Yoga Nidra in Portland & New York, as well as retreats and workshops internationally.
