Dynamic Gentle Yoga™ Teacher Training

Learn to Lead Accessible, Inclusive and Empowering Yoga

Learn the subtleties, science and skills needed to teach the fastest growing segment of yoga practitioners (50 years old and up) as well as the legions of those suffering from depression, anxiety, trauma, low flexibility and different ability.

This online training will set you apart as a dedicated specialist with advanced training in the methods that will meet the needs and expectations of students looking for a slow, kind, and clearly-instructed practice that empowers them to receive all the benefits of yoga while keeping them safe and supported. Learn to guide yoga using a chair for seated postures or as an empowering prop for postures and movements done in a standing position.

Completion of the Dynamic Gentle Teacher Training qualifies you for Yoga Alliance or American Yoga Council Continuing Education hours and provides you the option of continued support through participation in the Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teacher’s Circle and a discounted membership in The Thread Yoga Collective.

The Dynamic Gentle Yoga™ Teacher Certification is led by Rudy Peirce, Master Yoga Teacher Trainer with 1,000 hour certification and Legacy Faculty member of The Kripalu School of Yoga. Rudy’s passion for over four decades has been teaching empowering gentle yoga classes and workshops as well as training yoga teachers to lead excellent gentle yoga classes.

If you are in a community space with The Thread Yoga Collective or you are a graduate of DGYTT, please contact Joyce for your special registration link.

The program is a masterpiece! A work of art! Everything was 'just right.' The content is the best around. I learned so much. And I feel so good – so relaxed, so cared for, so ready to teach! Thank you! Thank you!

Tom Gunning, Yoga Teacher, Brookline, Massachusetts

Tentative launch date Jan 2027
Registration will open in Sept 2026

Four-month timeframe
4 modules online (hours TBA)
3 projects (hours TBA)
Total hours TBA

Modules

1

Dynamic Gentle

Accessible, Inclusive, Empowering

January

2

Energy

Stimulate and Integrate Prana

February

3

Empowerment

Meditative Yoga

March

4

Mastery

Smooth Transitions

April

Curriculum

In this unique Certification Program spanning four months, you will learn to:

Make your class work for just about anybody, regardless of challenges with balance, strength and/or flexibility
Create a deliciously slow pace while still making the class riveting
Maintain a meditative quality in your classes
Ensure that your classes are transformational while including only the postures that are safe and most beneficial in a gentle yoga practice
Respond to the variety of conditions your students may have
Teach students how to meet their own body where it is and avoid going too far by exploring subtleties and options
Refine your use of encouraging and empowering language
Update your repertoire of clear and efficient alignment cues
Develop and teach your own 20, 30 and 40-minute class sequences so you are prepared to create classes of any length that work for your students

Online Training

Four modules online
Live online Q & A sessions with Rudy and other trainees

Reading, Projects and Mentoring

Reading assignments from the training manual
Open book learning reviews to help Rudy assess how you are integrating the material
Planning and recording yourself teaching sessions of varying lengths (20 min, 30 min, 40 in)
And option to engage with a mentor (additional fees) to receive kind feedback to support your learning and growth

Included with your enrollment:

Unlimited access to recordings of Rudy’s past yoga classes in the Gentle Yogis video library through the duration of the training
Special discounted membership in The Thread Yoga Collective including a free trial
Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teacher’s Manual–this will be a Google Doc you can access any time online or you can request a downloadable PDF by email

Please Note:

The prerequisite for this training is 200-hour YTT certification from a Yoga Alliance registered Yoga School

Support Following Certification

After your program concludes, you have options:

Continued access to the training resources and recordings of all sessions for you to review in your own time for a full year following your training
Quarterly DGY Teachers Circle sessions on Zoom with Rudy
- Connect with other Dynamic Gentle Yoga Teachers
- Ask questions, problem-solve and share ideas
- An opportunity, if desired, to practice teaching to your peers in a supportive environment
Continued membership in The Thread Yoga Collective for a discounted rate following your free three-month trial

This training has taught me the beauty and value of slowing down and how guiding a gentle class can be not only relaxing, but also energizing and strengthening for the student, while being accessible and meeting students where they are. This training and Rudy’s teaching has made me even more curious, inquisitive and excited to continue learning.

Rudy's presence is as steady as stone. His language is precise and welcoming. It's a privilege to have a chance to study the craft of teaching yoga from someone with the knowledge and experience to be one of Kripalu's master teachers. Rudy imparts vast wisdom and knowledge, showing us how yogic philosophy translates into practical action.

"Accessible, inclusive, empowering" is right on. We really need to care for our aging population and have tools to help them in yoga. This will REALLY help broaden your tool kit as a yoga teacher, open your mind, help your empathic skills, slow YOU down in a very positive way. Rudy is so kind and clear.

This training is not a check-the-box-to-add-credentials training. It is equally about cultivating skills to accommodate students of varying abilities as well as us teachers growing as human beings into authenticity, tenderness, empathy and compassion.

Each module offered new skills and new insight that allowed me to feel more steady, more centered and more confident in trusting myself. Such tremendous gifts. Rudy's professionalism, kindness and generous willingness to share his knowledge were exactly what I needed, and I am eternally grateful.

All the refinements, cues and pacing using the unique DGY methods have tremendously helped me. This training has not only changed my teaching for the better but reaches into my life.

NOTE: If you are in a community space with The Thread Yoga Collective or you are a graduate of DGYTT, please contact Joyce for your special registration link.

I enjoyed the whole program. I now truly feel more confident teaching this style of yoga! So healing. Thank you.

Cristal Lidwell, Yoga Teacher, Altoona, Pennsylvania

Our Dynamic Gentle Yoga teacher training with Rudy Peirce was amazing! I enjoyed and greatly benefited from your teacher training. I am very inspired. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom with us.

Andrea Lake Meharg, Yoga Teacher, Litchfield, Connecticut

Dynamic Gentle Yoga™ Teacher Training

Learn to Lead Accessible, Inclusive and Empowering Yoga

Tentative launch date Jan 2027
Registration will open in Sept 2026

Four-month timeframe
4 modules online (hours TBA)
3 projects (hours TBA)
Total hours TBA

Modules