THE ART OF TEACHING YOGA I: THREE BOONS 180+HR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
If you feel a strong connection to the teachings of yoga and you want to explore this in more depth, while also learning how to share with others what you feel in your heart, then our Three Boons Yoga Teacher Training will support you on your quest.
The Three Boons 180+hour Yoga Teacher Training is especially for you:
if you have sincere connection to the teachings of yoga and you want to explore them more deeply
if you want to be able to share what you feel in your heart with others, by teaching yoga
if you want to immerse yourself deeply in teaching yoga and/or refresh your teaching skills by
deepening your own practice
studying yoga philosophy and Sanskrit
learning to create meaningful yoga class sequences that are serving the purpose of yoga
developing clear communication skills that support the ultimate goal of the yoga practices
working intensely on yoga assists
WHAT ARE THE PREREQUISITES TO TAKE PART?
You should be passionate about your yoga practice and you should have practiced yoga regularly for quite some time before the start of your teacher training at Three Boons Yoga. During the training, you should be able and willing to have a daily yoga practice at Three Boons Yoga Berlin (on-site or online) and take part attentively in all the sessions of the training.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT FROM THE TRAINING?
Taking a yoga training like ours, will take your own yoga practice and your yoga experience to the next level. Yoga foremost is an experiential science, so this training, along with your regular practice of yoga, will eventually enable you to share your passion for yoga with others, be it by teaching yoga classes or by being more skilled to deal with life and all its multiple situations.
Our intention with the Three Boons 180+hour Yoga Teacher Training - The Art of Teaching Yoga I is for participants to:
create a strong and deeply rooted foundation in the depth of your own Being; by continually working on integrating the teachings of yoga in your own life
establish a solid foundation for becoming the best possible yogi and yoga teacher
study and understand the core yoga philosophy and Sanskrit teachings essential for this goal
be able to teach effectively and safely assist a 75 minutes set sequence yoga class
understand the asanas and key yoga class sequencing principles, thus building a foundation for potentially creating your own classes/sequences
learn about the key yoga anatomy foundations of the asanas and sequencing of yoga classes
receive a signed official certificate confirming you successfully completed 180 hours of Yoga Teacher Training at Three Boons Yoga Berlin.
HOW LONG IS THE 3BY 180+HR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING?
The 180+hour yoga teacher training “The Art of Teaching Yoga I” at Three Boons Yoga Berlin will spread over a period of two consecutive months/8weeks. The upcoming Spring 2025 180+hr Training will take place in April and May 2025.
HOW OFTEN ARE WE MEETING?
We will come together in a group setting on 5 weekends and 8 Wednesdays during this period. There will be approximately 3 hours of homework after each weekend and 2 hours preparation time for the assignments. This will set up a strong foundation for the sessions we will be spending together as a group. Weekend sessions are Saturday and Sunday from 08:00 to 18:00 and on Friday evening (except for the first weekend) from 16:00 to 19:00.
Our Wednesday sessions are from 18:00 to 20:00. There are “Catch-up Wednesdays” which are the ones that precede the weekends on which we meet. They are designed for everyone to catch up on the training material and will include a Q&A session. The homework of the week before will be corrected. We will also talk about the upcoming schedule and mentally prepare ourselves for the upcoming weekend intensive. These meetings also serve for the facilitator to assess the progress you are making and to ensure that you are well prepared for the upcoming weekend.
The Wednesday in the other weeks is our "Work&Study Group Wednesday". Here we deepen and cover assists which we have covered on the TT weekend and we also work on material that we have covered on the TT weekends that needs to be repeated. Both Wednesdays will be at the school, but you could also join via Live-or Flex-stream, always keeping in mind that being with us in person at the school is always better for your training results. The Wednesday meetings are equally as important as the weekends . Right afterwards, you could have your daily practice at the school in our Three Boons The Razor's Edge class from 20:15-21:30.
Practicing asana regularly (5 times a week) at Three Boons Yoga Berlin (on site or through the live-stream classes with your camera on) is required throughout the entire duration of the training (April and May 2025).
We also ask participants to have a daily meditation practice and write a meditation journal over the course of the two months that the training takes place.
For your planning, these are our group meeting dates and times of our upcoming Spring 2025 180+hour teacher training “The Art of Teaching Yoga I”:
WHERE ARE WE MEETING?
The training will take place physically at Three Boons Yoga Berlin in Berlin-Mitte, Brunnenstr. 29. For interested participants coming from outside Berlin, we offer the option to take the training online via Zoom. You will need to decide before the start of the course if you want to take part in person in Berlin or online via Zoom.
In important instances (like illness or unavoidable travels) the online option will also be available to in-person teacher trainees as a backup alternative to missing sessions. Vice-versa, online teacher trainees are welcome to visit us in person for parts of the training (prior notification to the program director is required).
The training requires your time and presence at all scheduled class times, i.e. even if you are taking the training on-line you should be present with your camera on when the training is actually happening. Replays of recordings of the training are offered to trainees for re-cap or to cover unavoidable circumstances.
WHY 180+HOURS?
From our long-time experience with teacher trainings and newly certified yoga teachers, the ideal foundation to become a solid yoga teacher are 300+ combined hours of foundational training complemented by a close mentorship period with a mentor yoga teacher (for a total combined certification of around 1,000 hours).
It is often said that it takes 10,000 hours of intensive practice to begin to master complex skills and materials. This definitely also applies to the path of becoming an accomplished yoga teacher. With combined approx. 1,000 hours of guided training, we feel new teachers will have a solid foundation to deepen their further path mainly through their own personal efforts, commitment and dedication.
As every yogi and aspirational yoga teacher follows his/her own path, we offer two volumes of small-group training (a.k.a. The Art of Teaching Yoga I and II) for a combined foundational 335+hour teacher training and, in addition, a one-on-one 630+hour mentorship program (a.k.a. The Art of Teaching Yoga III). This three step approach allows you to create your own mix-and-match path on your way to achieve the best training as a yogi and a yoga teacher:
180+HOUR CERTIFICATION: Our The Art of Teaching Yoga I training is a 180+hour training that is aimed at enabling you to teach the Three Boons The Razor’s Edge 75 minute yoga class. You will receive a 180+hour certificate of completion if you actively took part in all sessions of the training.
200+HOUR CERTIFICATION: An option to teach a test class in front of members of the 3BY teacher training faculty is offered to all 180+hour Three Boons teacher training participants after completion of The Art of Teaching Yoga I and 20 hours of additional self-study, practicals and preparation. This includes trial teaching sessions to your fellow trainees or other friends, producing and sending in a recording of yourself teaching the Three Boons The Razor’s Edge75 yoga class to a fellow trainee/friend as a pre-requisite to be admitted to holding the in-person test class exam. Upon passing the test class exam, you will receive a 200+hour certificate from Three Boons Yoga Berlin that authorizes you to teach. The exam fee for the first test class is already included in the 180+hour tuition.
350+HOUR CERTIFICATION: The Art of Teaching Yoga II is a second teacher training offering in the form of a 153+hour yoga teacher training that will enable you to deepen your studies and understanding of yoga and, combined with our 180+hour training, achieve a 333+hours certification.
980+HOUR CERTIFICATION: The Three Boons Yoga 630+hour Mentoring Program can be endeavored by you after having taken a Three Boons (The Art of Teaching Yoga I or II) or a Jivamukti Yoga training and upon acceptance by a mentor teacher at our yoga school. (more information can be found on the 630+ hour Mentoring Program section of our website).
COMBINATION WITH OTHER TRAININGS: If you already took other trainings before or are planning to do so later, you could choose to pick our 180+hour training or our 153+hour training as an continuing education or a foundational training. Both trainings are a great way to dive deeper into how we teach at Three Boons Yoga Berlin, to continue your education as a yoga teacher and to qualify you to take part in our 630+hours mentoring program. The Art of Teaching Yoga II is also very well suited to be combined with 75-hour foundational trainings, especially ones that are Jivamukti/Vinyasa Yoga based, in order to achieve a combined 200+hour certification.
WHAT CERTIFICATE DO I RECEIVE WITH THIS TRAINING?
180+HR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION: After successfully completing the training (which requires your presence and active participation during all parts of the training), you receive a signed official certificate of completion from us confirming you successfully completed 180+hours of Yoga Teacher Training at Three Boons Yoga Berlin.
200+HR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION: Optionally, after 20 hours of additional self-study, practicals and preparation, you can receive a 200+hour certificate from Three Boons Yoga Berlin that authorizes you to teach. These extra 20 hours include trial teaching sessions to your fellow trainees or other friends, producing and sending in a recording of yourself teaching the Three Boons The Razor’s Edge 75 minute yoga class to a fellow trainee/friend as a pre-requisite to be admitted to holding the in-person test class exam in front of Three Boons Teacher Training faculty members that you need to pass. The exam fee for the first test class is already included in the 180+hour tuition.
WHAT IS MY INVESTMENT?
Your investment in the Three Boons 180+hour training most importantly is 180+hours of your time and 2.700EUR (see below for 2 options to save and 2 payment plan options). I.e. we do ask for your full presence during all sessions of the training (options to take part via live- or flex-stream are offered in case you cannot be present physically).
As for the financial part of your investment, at the time you handing in your registration for the training, you are asked to pay a non-refundable down-payment of 450 EUR towards the training. The remainder of 2.250 EUR has to be paid within 2 weeks after receiving our confirmation in form of a formal acceptance to the training and an invoice for the training fee.
ARE THERE ANY OPTIONS TO HELP ME ON THE MONEY PART OF THE TRAINING?
We consciously priced our Three Boons Yoga teacher training offering to be one of the most affordable and best-value yoga teacher training paths out there, not even considering the very advanced and intense level of training and amount of knowledge conveyed. In addition, we do offer the following three options to make our trainings even more accessible from the money point of view:
PAYMENT PLANS : When you sign up, you can opt for a payment plan, under which you can first only pay the first down-payment of 450 EUR and then pay the remaining fee (including an deferred payment admin fee) later in two installments of 1,197 EUR each (so 450+1,197+1,197), or in three installments of 819 EUR each (so 450+819+819+819).
EARLY SIGN UP BENEFIT: From the moment you signed up for and paid (in case of a payment plan the first down-payment of) the tuition, you receive unlimited access to all regular classes at Three Boons Yoga Berlin (on-site, live-stream, flex-stream and 3Boons.tv) until the end of May 2025 at no extra cost. We do recommend that you sign up as early as possible and make use of this offer. We came up with this to give you (1) a super early bird deal, but most importantly to (2) encourage you to establish a regular yoga practice within our Jivamukti yoga lineage at 3YB from as early on as possible. This is because from our long-time experience with teacher trainings within our Jivamukti Yoga lineage, this will help you immensely during your TT by optimizing your TT learning curve. So the earlier you sign up, the more you save, potentially up to 9 months of yoga membership.
NB: If you already have made an investment in paying for daily classes at 3BY (like a contract with 3BY), this can be paused free of charge from the time you sign up for the training.
PRACTICE (and) STUDY (for free): If you sign up on a payment plan for the TT, your upcoming installments can be reduced to up to 0 EUR if you choose to practice in our 3 studios in front of our live-stream camera. For each time you do that, your next installment will be reduced by 11 EUR. So for instance, if you sign up now and pay in three installments and practice 75 times in front of the camera by the time your next installment of 819 EUR is due, you do not have to pay this installment at all. Or, if you only practiced 10 times in front of our live-stream camera, then your next installment will be reduced by 110 EUR . For further details on practicing in front of our live-stream camera, please check here.
In case you pay your TT upfront in full you can still save by practicing in our studios in front of our live-stream camera until the training starts: In this case we will extend your free unlimited classes beyond the end of your teacher training by one month for every 6 times you practiced in front our our live-stream camera (counted from the time you enrolled for TT until the end of the TT). Or, if you choose to go on the next step of the path with us and do the Advanced Teacher Training or the 630+hour Mentoring Program with us, your Advanced TT or mentoring fee will be discounted by 11 EUR for each time you practiced in front of the live-stream camera in our studio classes after you signed up for your 180+hour Teacher Training.
HOW DO I PREPARE FOR THE 180+HOUR TEACHER TRAINING?
Please make use of the unlimited yoga classes at Three Boons Yoga Berlin that you will receive after signing up for the training.
We also ask you to complete the following reading requirements and write the following essays and elaborations on your readings. This should be done before the beginning of the training. Please bring a print-out of your work to the first day of the training:
1. Read "Essence of the Upanishads" by Eknath Easwaran and write a review of the chapter of the book that inspired you the most.
2. Read Eknath Easwaran version of The Bhagavad Gita. Elaborate on three teachings that are given in the text that you find inspirational for your own spiritual practice.
3. Read "Jivamukti Yoga - Practices For Liberating Body and Soul" by Sharon Gannon and David Life. Write a short review of each chapter. In your reviews elaborate on two or three points from each chapter that you found especially interesting and inspiring.
4. Read "Yoga and Veganism: The Diet of Enlightenment" by Sharon Gannon and write a review of the chapter of the book that moved you the most.
Try to work on these assignments right from the moment you sign up so the material can settle in and you can incorporate it into your daily yoga practice well until the start of the training.
HOW DO I APPLY?
Please email us to register your interest in taking the training at info@threeboonsyoga.de
In your application email please tell us a little about yourself, include a current CV (OK to just use the last one you did for instance for a job-application), if possible also a photo of you, and elaborate with a few sentences on the following points that will help us to be of better guidance for you during the teacher training:
For how long have you practiced Yoga and where/which type of yoga?
Did you already take some other yoga training before?
Are you applying to take part on-site in Berlin or via Live-Stream?
What are your intentions/goals by taking the Three Boons Yoga Teacher Training?
What are you doing at the moment (studies, work, free-time)?
How do you see your life unfolding in the next months and years?
Describe your life-ethics: what is important to you as a human being? How would you like to see planet earth evolve in the future?
Please feel free to address us with any questions you might have about the training.
After receiving this application, we will get back to you with any questions we might have as well as the formal teacher training registration form for you to fill-in and sign.
WHO IS FACILITATING THE TRAINING?
The lead facilitator of the Three Boons 180+hour Yoga Teacher Training is Anja Kuehnel, Three Boons Yoga Berlin Director, Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher, long time Jivamukti teacher training facilitator and 13 years Jivamukti Yoga Berlin JTAP program director.
Anja will be assisted in all sessions by Three Boons Yoga managing teacher Annie Schwalm (800+hr Jivamukti Yoga teacher) who also serves as lead-mentor to the participants.
Parts of the training will be facilitated by the following senior Three Boons Yoga teachers:
Yoga Anatomy: Tara Sullivan (senior Alexander technique teacher - ACAT’98 - and long time advanced certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher with more than 20 years of experience, extensive private practice as well as teaching at diverse settings including universities, retreats, and teacher trainings, making her an expert on Anatomy & Physiology)
Patanjali Yoga Sutras: Rowena Johnson (Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher, 3BY mentoring program facilitator and Ashtanga teacher trainer)
Yoga & Veganism: Tara Sullivan (long time Advanced Jivamukti Yoga teacher, passionate cook and nutrionist and solo mother of a young feral boy, who she is raising vegan, anti-speciesist and punk rock)
WHICH LANGUAGE IS THE TRAINING HELD IN?
As our student base as Three Boons Yoga Berlin f.k.a. Jivamukti Yoga Berlin historically has been and still is very diverse and international as are our yoga classes, we offer this training in the English language. Usually, half of our teacher trainees are not native Germans so the English language gives us a better common ground for communicating and teaching this training. However, Anja and most other faculty also are native German speakers, so even if your English is not the best, you will be able to communicate in German during the training if needed.
