Welcome to I Love Yoga School
Namaste Yoga Lover,
We are excited that you are embarking on your journey to continue growing and evolving as a yoga teacher.
It is a great time to teach yoga, this sacred and ancient practice has become more known and recommended by many wellness practitioners. More people from all cultures, backgrounds and demographics are practicing asana and meditation than ever before. Although this is absolutely amazing, practitioners are not always sure which type of practice best suits their needs. Often modern yoga teachers rely on asana as their main teaching tool, eliminating other profound practices to offer their students. In addition to, we (teachers) may get comfortable teaching only from the perspective of our personal practice and may not have the knowledge or confidence to adapt teachings to the needs of the student.
Studying in an Advance Teacher Training will prepare you to teach students of all-levels, learning styles and body types.
I have personally designed a course that is comprehensive, a course that I wish was offered to me. This course will prepare you to teach for a lifetime. You will be encouraged to never stop learning, practicing and teaching. Throughout this course and beyond, you will be supported, having a Sacred Space to return to whenever needed.
I look forward to meeting you!
Bree Morena de Santos
E-RYT® 500, RCYT®, RPYT®, YACEP®
RYS® 300 YOGA ALLIANCE REGISTERED YOGA SCHOOL
Curriculum
- A MESSAGE TO THE COHORTS
- YOGA GRAD SCHOOL INFO SESSION (1.25 HR)
- 2024-25 COURSE REVIEW MEETING 12/30/24 (1.5 HR)
- 2025 COURSE REQUIREMENTS LIVE RECORDING 1/27/25 (1.5 HR)
- AUDIO: COHORT 1 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (UPDATED 2/5/25)
- GRADUATION HOURS CHECKIST - PRINTABLE (UPDATED 3/10/2025)
- SUBMISSION: SEQUENCE CREATION ASSIGNMENTS
- FINAL PROJECT: SEVA
- FINAL EXAM
- REGISTERING WITH YOGA ALLIANCE AS A RYT® 500 CERTIFIED TEACHER
- TOTAL RECORDED HOURS = 280 AS OF 2/27/25
- WHAT IS ADAPTIVE YOGA (2 HR)
- YOGA FOR ANXIETY: LESSON 1 (1 HR)
- YOGA FOR ANXIETY: LESSON 2 (1 HR)
- YOGA FOR ANXIETY: LESSON 3 (1 HR)
- YOGA FOR ANXIETY: LESSON 4 (1 HR)
- YOGA FOR RECOVERY: LESSON 1 (1 HR)
- YOGA FOR RECOVERY: LESSON 2 (1 HR)
- YOGA FOR RECOVERY: LESSON 3 (1 HR)
- YOGA FOR RECOVERY: LESSON 4 (1 HR)
- CASE STUDY & LAB #1 & PADA, MULA BANDHA SEQUENCING (1.5 HR)
- CASE STUDY & LAB #2 & EXPLORATION 0F ENERGY LOCKS + PRACTICE (1.5 HR)
- CASE STUDY & LAB #3 & BRAHMANA & LANGHANA (1.5 HR)
- CASE STUDY & LAB & SOMATIC YOGA (1.5 HR)
- CASE STUDIES, TEACHING PRIVATE SESSIONS & THE GUNAS AS A TEACHING TOOL (1.5 HR)
- SLIDES: CASE STUDIES & LABS
- BIOLOGY OF YOGA: LESSON 1 (1 HR)
- BIOLOGY OF YOGA: LESSON 2 (1 HR)
- BIOLOGY OF YOGA: LESSON 3 (1 HR)
- BIOLOGY OF YOGA: LESSON 4 (1 HR)
- PSYCHOLOGY OF YOGA: LESSON 1 (1 HR)
- PSYCHOLOGY OF YOGA: LESSON 2 (1 HR)
- PSYCHOLOGY OF YOGA: LESSON 3 (1 HR)
- PSYCHOLOGY OF YOGA: LESSON 4 (1 HR)
- EXPLORATION OF THE BANDHAS & KRIYAS (2 HR)
- INTRO TO ADJUSTMENTS & ASSISTS: SESSION 1 (2.5 HR)
- INTRO TO ADJUSTMENTS & ASSISTS: SESSION 2 (2.5 HR)
- TEACHER-STUDENT CONNECTION & FOUNDATIONS OF DRISHTI (2 HR)
- INTRO TO TEACHING THROUGH THE SUTRAS & ADVANCED SEQUENCING (2.5 HR)
- ADVANCED TEACHING WITH PIES THEMES (1.5 HR)
- ADVANCED TEACHING WITH PURVANGA & PRATIKRIYA & KRAMA YOGA (2 HR)
- ADVANCED TEACHING WITH HATHA YOGA (2 HR)
- INTRO TO ADVANCED PRANAYAMA: LESSON 1 (2 HR)
- INTRO TO ADVANCED PRANAYAMA: LESSON 2 (2 HR)
- INTRO TO ADVANCED PRANAYAMA: LESSON 3 (2 HR)
- INTRO TO ADVANCED PRANAYAMA: LESSON 4 (2 HR)
- ADVANCED PRANAYAMA: LESSON 1 (1.15 HR)
- ADVANCED PRANAYAMA: LESSON 2 (1.75 HR)
- ADVANCED PRANAYAMA: LESSON 3 (1.5 HR)
- INTRO TO YOGA PHILOSOPHY: FOUNDATIONS - LESSON 1 (1.25 HR)
- INTRO TO YOGA PHILOSOPHY: FOUNDATIONS - LESSON 2 (1 HR)
- THE FOUR VEDAS THE PRINCIPLE OF KARMA PT I (1.25 HR)
- KARMA & DHARMA PT II (0.5 HR)
- INTRO TO ADVANCED MEDITATION: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL DRISHTI (0.75 HR)
- PATANJALI’S 5 STATES OF MIND (1 HR)
- 4 PATHS OF YOGA: BHAKTI, JNANA (1 HR)
- 4 PATHS OF YOGA: BHAKTI PT II (0.75 MIN)
- 4 PATHS OF YOGA: BHAKTI PT II (0.75 MIN)
- 4 PATHS OF YOGA: RAJA YOGA (1.25 HR)
- INTRO TO ADVANCED MEDITATION: MUDRAS, CHAKRA BALANCING (1.15 HR)
- INTRO TO ADVANCED MEDITATION: ANJA CHAKRA AWAKENING (1.25 HR)
- THE SCIENCE OF MEDITATION: THE BRAIN (1.25 HR)
- KRIYA YOGA: A POWERFUL WAY TO MEDITATION (1 HR)
- WHAT IS MEDITATION? PART I (1.15 HR)
- WHAT IS MEDITATION? PART II (1 HR)
- WHAT IS MEDITATION? PART III (1 HR)
- INTRO TO TANTRA YOGA: LESSON 1 (1 HR)
- INTRO TO TANTRA YOGA: LESSON 2 (1.25 HR)
- INTRO TO TANTRA YOGA: LESSON 3 (1 HR)
- INTRO TO TANTRA YOGA: LESSON 4 (.75 MIN)
- INTRO INTO MANTRA & YANTRA (0.5 HR)
- EXPLORING THE 8TH CHAKRA: BINDU CHAKRA (0.5 HR)
- SADHANA, A SPIRTUAL PRACTICE (1.5 HR)
- PRACTICES THAT CULTIVATE SURYA (1.25 HR)
- AGNI, THE FIRE ACCORDING TO THE VEDAS (1.15 HR)
- THE 5 DHARMAS (0.5 MIN)
- TANTRIC RITUALS & KUNDALINI YOGA (1.15 HR)
- THE DEEPER MEANING OF SUYRA & CHANDRA (1.5 HR)
- A DEEP DIVE INTO THE YOGA SUTRAS WORKBOOK: PADA I-II (1.5 HR)
- A DEEP DIVE INTO THE YOGA SUTRAS WORKBOOK: PADA II-IV (2 HR)
- PASSIVE VS ACTIVE ABILITIES & VERBAL ADJUSTMENTS VS CUES (2.75 HR)
- INTRO INTO ADVANCED TEACHING: MANDALA SEQUENCING (2.75 HR)
- ADVANCED SEQUENCING: MANDALA & LADDER FLOW TECHNIQUE (3 HR)
- INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY: THE ELEMENTS OF MUDRA CREATION (3 HR)
- INTRO TO ADVANCED MEDITATION: 3RD EYE CHAKRA ACTIVATION (3 HR)
- ENERGETIC CONNECTION PRACTICE & THE UNDERSTANDING OF MEDITATION AS A PRACTITIONER (2.25 HR)
- TRADITIONAL HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA (2.75 HR)
- THE PRACTICE OF SADHANA AND THE MEANING OF SURYA (2.75 HR)
- CO2 BREATHING EVALUATION, PHILOSOPHY & YIN YOGA (2.75 HR)
- YOGA ANATOMY TEACHER TRAINING
- YOGA ANATOMY WORKBOOK
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 1: ANATOMICAL POSITION (30 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 2: TERMS OF MOVEMENT (30 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 3: COMMON ASANAS (15 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 4: TERMS OF POSITION (5 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 5: JOINTS, CONNECTIVE TISSUES, BONE, CARTILEGE (45 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 6: MUSCLES (30 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 7: RANGE OF MOTION & BALANCE (45 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 8: THE FOOT (1.5 HR)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 9: THE KNEE (1 HR)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 10: THE HIP (1.5 HR)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 11: THE SPINE (1.5 HR)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 12: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (1.5 HR)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 13: THE SHOULDER (1.75 HR)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 14: THE ELBOW & FOREARM (25 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 15: THE WRIST & HAND (30 MIN)
- YOGA ANATOMY LESSON 16: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM (1 HR)
- OPTION TO PRACTICE EVERY SATURDAY = LIVE CREDIT
- PROPS
- STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY
- INVERSIONS
- FLOW GRACEFULLY
- HOLDING POSES
- FLOOR POSES
- SPINAL AWARENESS
- STANDING & BALANCING
- SEATED POSES
- TWISTS & GENTLE BANDHAS
- MUDRAS, MEDITATION & RESTORATIVE
- NADI SHODHANA PRANAYAMA
- MYOFASCIAL RELEASING WITH BREATH
- THE FIVE TIBETAN RITES
- BINDS & SUPPORTING TWISTS
- BHRAMARI PRANAYAMA FOR VAGAL TONING & THROAT CHAKRA ACTIVATION
- CORE ENGAGEMENT WITH PLANKS
- BREATHING INTO YOUR BACKBENDS
- HIP FLEXORS
- PASCHMA NAMASKAR VARIATIONS / REVERSE PRAYER MUDRA & SHOULDER RELEASES
- CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTING WITH ASANA
- INTROSPECTION TROUGH DRISHTI
- BRAHMANA & LANGHANA FLOW
- PRONE & SUPINE
- VINIYOGA SERIES: CERVICAL SPINE
- VINIYOGA SERIES: THORACIC SPINE
- VINIYOGA SERIES: PELVIS
- VINIYOGA SERIES: SHOULDERS
- VINIYOGA SERIES: HIPS
- VINIYOGA SERIES: KNEES & FEET
- INTRO TO VINYASA: CLASS 1 - DRISHTI, UJJAYI PRANAYAMA, BANDHAS
- INTRO TO VINYASA: CLASS 2 - STANDING POSES
- INTRO TO VINYASA: CLASS 3 - SEATED POSES & LOTUS
- INTRO TO MOVING MEDITATION
- MOVING MEDITATION + MINDFUL PRACTICE (ZAZEN MEDITATION)
- MOVING MEDITATION + GUIDED VISUALIZATION & BODY SCAN PRACTICE
- MOVING MEDITATION + YOGA NIDRA 30 MINUTE PRACTICE
- YANTRA YOGA (TIBETAN YOGA APPROACH)
- SUYRA & PINGLA NADI PRACTICE + SURYA BHEDANA PRANAYAMA
- CHANDRA & IDA NADI PRACTICE
- VINYASA / YIN (VIN/YIN) PRACTICE
- CHAKRAS, MANTRAS & TAPPING
- INTRO TO VINYASA FOR BEGINNERS (VIN/YIN): LESSON 1
- INTRO TO VINYASA, THE PRINCIPLES: LESSON 2
My name is Bree Morena de Santos, I am the Founder of I Love Yoga School a Not-For-Profit Organization dedicated to offering yoga services to populations underserved as well as trainings to teachers through grant-funded and sponsored scholarship programs.
I have been teaching yoga for over a decade and have been teaching and then leading yoga teacher training programs since 2020. It is absolutely my passion! I recently graduated with my doctorate in education, specializing in diverse learning curriculum. I began practicing asana to alleviate injuries from dance, I remember first learning about the philosophy of yoga and sadhana and my life completely changed. Teaching the discipline of yoga is my dharma and I have incorporated the many lessons into everything I do. I have spent the last several years educating others on the principles of yoga as a practitioner, student & teacher. I absolutely LOVE yoga, it is a brilliant roadmap to living a life of understanding.
I look forward to meeting you!
Bree Morena de Santos
E-RYT® 500, RCYT®, RPYT®, YACEP®