Dynamic Gentle Yoga™ Teacher Training–Chair-Supported Practice

Learn to Lead Accessible, Inclusive and Empowering Yoga

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.

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 live stream certification 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 Chair Yoga Teacher Training qualifies you for 75 Yoga Alliance 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

To help you decide or prepare for this training…

Rudy guided six free live online chair yoga classes only for Yoga Teachers this Fall. You can still view these as replays when you set up your free account on The Thread.

Four-month timeframe
4 weekends live online (54 hours)
3 projects (21 hours)
Total 75 hours

Weekend Modules

1

Dynamic Gentle

Accessible, Inclusive, Empowering

Jan 10-12, 2025

2

Energy

Stimulate and Integrate Prana

Feb 7-9, 2025

3

Empowerment

Meditative Yoga

March 7-9, 2025

4

Mastery

Smooth Transitions

April 4-6, 2025

*All session are taught live on Zoom. Sessions will be video recorded for your reference during the training and for one year after the training ends.

Schedule for each weekend:

Friday

6:00-8:30pm

Saturday

9:00am-12:00pm &
1:30-4:00pm

Sunday

9:00am-12:00pm &
1:30-4:00pm

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 chair-supported 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 (54 hours):

Four live online weekends (13 ½ hours each, including Friday evenings plus morning and afternoon sessions on Saturdays & Sundays)
No pre-recorded videos to watch, but all sessions will be recorded so you can review them after the training at your leisure

Reading, Projects and Mentoring (21 hours):

Reading assignments from the training manual
Open book learning reviews to help Rudy assess how the material is being integrated by the group
Planning and recording yourself teaching sessions of varying lengths (20 min, 30 min, 40 in) with a partner to put into practice what you are learning (tech support will be available as needed)
Engaging with a mentor to receive kind feedback to support your learning and growth

Included with your enrollment:

Empowering and kind feedback and tips from trained mentors
Peer support and private messaging within this training community
Unlimited access to recordings of Rudy’s past chair yoga classes in the Gentle Yogis video library starting Dec 7 through the duration of the training
Special discounted membership in The Thread Yoga Collective including a three-month free-trial starting January 13.
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
Option of a four-month complimentary Breath Practice membership in the Gentle Yogis online studio when you sign up at full price ($1295). Membership will begin December 7, a month before your training begins, through April 7..

Please Note:

Live attendance at all sessions is required. See the FAQ page for more info under “What if I have to miss a session?”
The prerequisite for this training is 200-hour YTT certification from a Yoga Alliance registered Yoga School
Payment plan option–contact us to request the option to pay in three installments at no additional cost (first payment $400, second payment Jan 10 and the third on Feb 15)
After successful completion of all requirements, you will be eligible for 75 total YA CEs for an administrative fee of $25 payable at the end of the training

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.

$ 1295

Dynamic Gentle Chair Yoga Teacher Training

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$ 1295

Dynamic Gentle Chair Yoga Teacher Training

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Still not sure if this training is right for you?

We invite you to use replays of Rudy’s recent FREE live online chair classes offered only for Yoga Teachers. These classes are compliments of The Thread Yoga Collective. Set up your free account to access the community space for these classes and select Class Replays. Recordings are available through December.

Learn from our grads about their experiences training in Dynamic Gentle Yoga online with Rudy.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns.

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–Chair-Supported Practice

Learn to Lead Accessible, Inclusive and Empowering Yoga

To help you decide or prepare for this training…

Four-month timeframe
4 weekends live online (54 hours)
3 projects (21 hours)
Total 75 hours

Weekend Modules