Nova Yoga 200 hour Teacher Training
October 21st, 2022 - April 23rd, 2023
10 weekends over 6 months
This certification is recognized all over the world and will allow you to teach locally and even globally.
$500 Earlybird discount deadline is August 1st. Apply now.
Nova Yoga Teacher Training is a comprehensive overview of yoga that goes far beyond the poses. We leave no stone unturned all the way back to yoga’s ancient roots, You will get a high-level view of all that you will continue to learn in a lifetime of practice.
This teacher training is for those who want to teach others and for those who wish to simply deepen their own practice.
During this Multi-Style training we will cover:
Principles of Yoga
Philosophy & history of yoga
Physical asana (all foundational postures + more)
Pranayama (breathing exercises)
Methodology (styles, sequencing, & assisting)
The art of teaching
Meditation
Mantras
Chakras
& much more!
You will be provided a professional manual with everything you need to know which you can reference for years to come.
Our program will empower you to to show up in the world with the tools we provide you for yourself, or if you choose, to share this wisdom with your students in yoga classes. You will have at least 5 hours of lead teaching time before graduation.
All of your teachers are E-RYT 500 certified instructors, which is the highest accreditation given by the Yoga Alliance.
They come from different walks of life to provide you a unique and transformative experience that you won’t forget.
limited space
Please Apply on the form below to be considered. We will contact you.
Hawah Kasat
Hawah, is a certified Yoga Instructor, who was trained and certified in Sivananda Yoga at the Yoga Vidya Gurukul, a world-renowned teacher training college in India. He holds a second certification in the Jivamukti Yoga School, and also holds a certificate from The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in trauma relief and healing. Hawah maintains a Vipassana Meditation practice, most recently sitting a 20-day silent meditation retreat, and practices Kung Fu (specifically training in Shaolin, Baguazhang, and Tai-chi styles). He has worked with all types of students from diverse demographics, teaching yoga at the Washington Post, law firms, award-winning yoga studios, festivals, conferences, youth recreation centers, and prisons.
Over the years, Hawah has authored 4 books, produced 4 documentary films, and released 2 music albums. He is the creator/editor of “The Poetry of Yoga” book anthology (published by White Cloud Press) that features Grammy award-winning musicians and master yoga teachers. His latest collaborative documentary film project, “Fly By Light,” received wide acclaim and awards, while touring international film festivals.
Diala Hamed
Raleigh native, Diala Hamed RDN E-RYT 500, began her studies of yoga under Adi Shakti in Vinyasa and traditional Hatha yoga in Costa Rica. After years of travel and teaching yoga, she ventured off to India to earn her 500 hr certification through Akhanda Yoga School in Rishikesh. She has since taught and participated in yoga across the globe in over 10 countries, across Europe, Asia, and Australia.
As a Vipassana meditator she values the quiet space that yoga creates and enjoys sharing her learnings on and off the mat in Yoga Teacher Training and retreats around the world. Yoga has taught Diala to ride the waves of life instead of trying to fight them. She believes wherever you are in your practice is always enough, but when you’re ready she’ll give you the extra push you need to pass your expectations.
Jot Anant
Jot Anant is an E-RYT 500 & YACEP who draws upon her diverse education in Intuitive Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed Yoga, Yoga for PTSD & TBI, Kirtan, Yoga Philosophy, Pranayama, and Thai Yoga Bodywork to create a safe space in which students can explore the depth of their being, create a stronger relationship with Self, drop deeper into gratitude, and use their own intuition to support expansion and transformation.
By artfully weaving together science and sacred, she invites deep inquiry and tapping into your own innate wisdom to empower students to decondition their minds by reawakening to the incredible power that resides within their hearts. It is this deep introspection that has the capacity to bring about healing and transformation in the World, one practitioner at a time.
She shares her love, compassion, playfulness, and joy through a holistic and balanced approach taught to her by her teacher, Himalayan Yoga Master Yogrishi Vishvketu, founder of Akhanda Yoga.
As a devoted karma and bhakti yogini, Jot Anant is humbled by the opportunity to support students in their individual journey, and to shine a light on the importance of bringing mindfulness into action, taking what we learn from our time on the mat out into the unique ways that we interact with each other and the world.
Sandra Litke
Sandra, E-RYT 500, YACEP, leads classes that are at once strong and soulful. Viewing your body as the most direct doorway to the present moment, Sandra weaves wisdom from the Yog-Vedantic tradition into joyful flow classes that will challenge and uplift you.
Sandra loves yoga for the sense of wholeness and vitality it brings to her life. She seeks to hold classes infused with wisdom, space, and play, always guiding students to the potential of yoga as a lifelong practice of self-mastery.
Sandra started yoga for the physical benefits and immersed herself in the culture of hot power yoga for several years, earning her teaching stripes early in her career at DC-based Down Dog Yoga. Her curiosity later led her to discover Himalayan Tantra Yoga and to deepen her studies with the Sattva Yoga Academy in Rishikesh, India at the 300-hour level in 2017 and as a master teacher in 2022.
Sandra lives in Five Points with her husband and golden retriever. She’s a self-professed outdoor kid, music lover, and initiator of deep conversations over coffee.
Application
Program Dates
2022-2023:
10 weekends over 6 months
Saturdays & Sundays from 8 - 5pm
October 21-22th
November 5-6th
December 3-4th
December 17-18th
January 14-15th
February 4-5th
February 25-26th
March 18th-19th
April 1 - April 2
April 21-23rd Graduation (overnight retreat)
Sessions will be held near downtown Raleigh in the Mission Valley Shopping Center.
2109 Avent Ferry Rd Suite 152, Raleigh, NC 27606
(Location subject to change, but will still be within downtown Raleigh)
If you miss a day or entire weekend we will have make up work and virtual offerings to make up for it.
Note: you may only miss one weekend, and we encourage that is only if it is absolutely necessary.
Tuition: $3,000
Earlybird $2,500 until August 1st.
Payment plans are available, just ask!
For every 10 registrants we enroll one scholarship space to someone in need.
Let us know if you have any questions regarding this training.
We would love to hear from you!
Required Books:
1.) Bhagavad Gita, Ranchor Prime. Talks between the soul and god.
2.) The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Edwin F. Bryant
3.) Light on Life, B.K.S Iyengar
4.) Yamas & Niyamas, Deborah Adele
5.) The Key Poses of Yoga Vol 2, Ray Long
6.) Yoga body by Judith Lasater