Alchemical Yoga Training

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Are you ready to deepen and transform your yoga practice and learn the skills necessary to become a yoga teacher? Our 200-hour yoga training program will be an initiation into the vast lineage of yoga and prepare you for the role of Yoga Teacher, if desired. Our mission is to provide a physically interesting, emotionally balancing, and spiritually oriented program that prepares students to become well-rounded teachers by deepening their relationship with Self and teaching the skills needed to facilitate transformational yoga classes. Prerequisite: one year of consistent personal practice.

⭐️ Our program is 7 months long with 11 weekend intensives. During the weekend intensives, classes will be held Friday’s 6-9pm, Saturday’s 9-6pm, and Sunday’s 1-6pm. The 2025 weekend intensives dates are: 1/10, 1/31, 2/21, 3/14, 4/4, 4/25, 5/16, 6/6, 6/27, 7/18, and 8/8. There will be 9 practicum classes from 6:00-7:00 pm on the following dates*: 6/5, 12, 19, and 26; 7/10, 17, 24, and 31; 8/7. *Dates are subject to change.

⭐️ The 200-hour program consists of the following hours of training:

- Direct classroom training hours (176 hours)

- Practicum (9 hours)

- Electives/workshops (15 hours) *not included in your tuition

**You must attend all sessions; only one excused absence will be permitted. You must complete at least 169 of direct classroom contact hours to be eligible for certification. You are financially responsible to pay for make-up hours.

⭐️ Course Overview:

Asana, pranayama, subtle body, meditation, anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, history, philosophy, ethics, teaching methodology, professional development, and practicum.

⭐️ The cost of the program is $3,500. Cash or check is accepted. All payments will be made to “Black Creek Arts.” Discounts will be offered, if the tuition is paid in full by the following dates:

- $3,000 if paid 12-weeks before registration deadline on 10/18/2024

- $3,250 if paid 8-weeks before registration deadline on 11/15/2024

- **If you have taken this training before, the cost is $2,000

Tuition does not include:

- Additional textbooks

- Journaling book

- Workshops

- Props (mat, strap, & blocks)

⭐️ All weekend intensives will be held at Our Sacred Space Yoga inside Black Creek Arts at 116 W. College Avenue, Hartsville, South Carolina.

⭐️ IMPORTANT: Only 8 spots are available in this program. To reserve your spot, you will need to submit an application and a $250 non-refundable deposit. Email Jamie Martell for more information at oursacredspaceyoga@gmail.com

ABOUT THE TEACHERS:

JAMIE MARTELL

JAMIE MARTELL BELIEVES IN THE MAGIC OF YOGA, THE ULTIMATE IN SHIFTING PERCEPTION WITHIN YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, AND THE COMMUNITY. AFTER OVER 18 YEARS OF PERSONAL PRACTICE AND ALMOST 5,000 HOURS OF TEACHING, SHE IS STILL ENCHANTED WITH THE PRACTICE OF YOGA AND HOW IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS A PRACTICE, LIFESTYLE, AND SPIRITUAL PATH. JAMIE BELIEVES THE KEY TO PRACTICING YOGA IS TO TAKE IT OFF THE MAT AND INTO YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

JAMIE TEACHES ACCESSIBLE, MODERN YOGA THAT IS STEEPED IN TRADITIONAL YOGIC VALUES AND PHILOSOPHY WHICH INVOLVES A SYSTEM THAT MOVES BEYOND JUST THE POSTURES. JAMIE IS A 500-HOUR CERTIFIED TEACHER OF THE KAIVALYA YOGA METHOD (TKYM). THE PRIMARY PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF TKYM ARE RITUAL, ALCHEMY, MYTHOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND JOURNEY OF THE HERO. JAMIE IS THE OWNER OF OUR SACRED SPACE YOGA IN HARTSVILLE, SC, ART EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT BLACK CREEK ARTS, AND DESIGNER OF MALAS BY JAMIE. JAMIE HOLDS A MASTER OF ARTS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND IS AN ORDAINED MINISTER.

DUSTIN MARTELL

AFTER YEARS OF PLAYING SPORTS AND HEAVY WEIGHT LIFTING IN THE GYM, DUSTIN FOUND TRUE STRENGTH, FORTITUDE, AND A WELCOMED MINDFULNESS THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF YOGA. IN RECENT YEARS, THE YOGA PRACTICE HAS HELPED SHAPE DUSTIN INTO A TRUE STUDENT OF GOD AND THE UNIVERSE. DUSTIN MARTELL HAS BEEN PRACTICING YOGA SINCE 2010, BUT HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING MOVEMENT, MINDFULNESS, AND MEDITATION HIS ENTIRE LIFE. DUSTIN’S GURU, OR TEACHER, IS HIS 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, DEYLA. WHILE HIS WIFE, JAMIE MARTELL, HAS BEEN HIS PRIMARY YOGA TEACHER. HOWEVER, DUSTIN IS INSPIRED BY THE YOGA TEACHINGS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF ALEXANDRIA CROW, DYLAN WERNER, KATHRYN BUDIG AND HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI LAMA, JUST TO NAME A FEW. DUSTIN HAS STUDIED WITH ALEXANDRIA CROW, KATHRYN BUDIG, AND JAMIE MARTELL AND CONTINUES TO EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE FOR YOGA BY PARTICIPATING IN YOGA FESTIVALS AND WORKSHOPS AROUND THE COUNTRY. DUSTIN ENJOYS TEACHING STRENGTH-BASED MOVEMENT, PRINCIPLES OF ALIGNMENT, AND PHILOSOPHY. HE IS A CERTIFIED YOGA TEACHER AT THE 200-HOUR LEVEL. HE COMPLETED HIS YOGA TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM AT OUR SACRED SPACE SCHOOL OF YOGA IN DECEMBER 2017.

DUSTIN MARTELL TEACHES AN INTRIGUING MIX OF STRENGTH, IN BOTH BODY AND MIND. THERE IS A HEAVY FOCUS ON PHYSICAL POWER WHILE EXPLORING THE EXCITING ASPECTS OF MINDFULNESS AND PHILOSOPHY AS IT APPLIES TO BODY MOVEMENT AND BREATH. DUSTIN’S CLASSES WILL CHALLENGE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS AS WELL AS YOUR PHYSICAL BODY IN BOTH ALIGNMENT PRINCIPLES AND STRENGTH-BASED POSTURES AND ASANA. DUSTIN MARTELL TEACHES YOGA TO SHARE WHAT HE LOVES WITH THOSE THAT HE LOVES. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. DUSTIN HAS ALSO BEEN PRACTICING REFLEXOLOGY FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND IS AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE HEALING SESSIONS.