YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Teaching yoga through a social justice framework.
YogaRoots On Location® Certified Raja Yoga Teacher Training is a collective liberation and anti-oppression training offered through the Yoga Alliance's 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) Certification.
In this 13-month training, each objective is rooted in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, which detail our Raja Yoga's 8-Limbed Path of study. Our training centers unconditional love, self-study, and communal care as antidotes to systems of oppression, such as racism, patriarchy, colonialism, able-ism, and capitalism.
All training sessions take place over Zoom to support access and accessibility.
This virtual training integrates systems-based and trauma-sensitive frameworks with the Raja Yoga practices of behavioral observances and restraints, movement, breath awareness, sensory awareness, concentration, meditation, and self-realized purpose.
Together, we build community so that we can courageously and vulnerably explore our hearts, histories, and actions through collective healing.
registration is open for the 2024 / 2025 season of Raja Yoga Teacher Training! orientation begins in August 2024.
Invitations to explore
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Sign up here for our 2024 Virtual Open House.
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Click here to watch the recording.
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Click here to view the slide deck.
About this year’s training
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Click here to read commonly asked questions about the training.
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We invite you to join our upcoming training!
Together, we will practice Collective Liberation through the 8-Limbed Path. Classes occur monthly to promote spaciousness, accessibility, and incorporation of practices into daily life. Fridays, 5-8 pm + Saturdays, 12-6 pm + Sundays, 12-6 pm.
Orientation: Aug 10, 2024
2024 Training Weekends:
Sept 20, 21, 22
Oct 18, 19, 20
Nov 15, 16, 17
Dec 13, 14, 15
2025 Training Weekends:
Feb 21, 22, 23
March 21, 22, 23
April 11, 12, 13
May 16, 17, 18
June 20, 21, 22
July 18, 19, 20
Aug 15, 16, 17
Sept 19, 20, 21
Nov 14, 15, 16
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Lead Trainer
Felicia Savage Friedman, BS, MED
Certified, Insured and RegisteredUrban Zen Integrative Therapist-Trainer
500 hr. RYT-Registered Yoga Instructo
200 hr. E-RYT-Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher
YogaRoots On Location, LLC ®200 hr. RYS-Registered Yoga School
Co-lead Trainers
Sheba Gittens
200 hr. E-RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher)
RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Instructor)
YACEP (Continuing Education Provider)
Maya Savage
200 hr. E-RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher)
YACEP (Continuing Education Provider)
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Our training is supported by voices, knowledge, and experiences from a broad and deep community of guest presenters, trainers, and affinity space facilitators.
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YogaRoots On Location believes that everyone deserves equal access to our community regardless of the amount one can give. We encourage you to practice the Niyama of self-study and the Yama of truthfulness to determine which tier is most appropriate for you.
$3,500 Individual Tier – I can afford this program at cost.
$5,000 Community Tier – I have more than enough resources and would like to supplement others’ participation.
$6,000 Collective Tier – I have more than enough resources and would like to supplement others’ participation.
$7,000 Sustainable Tier – I have abundant resources and would like to supplement others’ participation.
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We believe the path of Raja Yoga should be available to all and provide scholarship support to ensure access regardless of financial means.
If none of the above tuition tiers are accessible to you, we welcome you to reserve your spot in the training, and we’ll work with you to create a scholarship arrangement.
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You asked, we heard! Students from previous YTT cohorts are now invited to join select sessions in this year’s Yoga Teacher Training!
Click here to learn more.
felicia savage friedman, bs, MED
Lead Trainer
sheba gittens
Co-Lead Trainer
maya savage
Co-Lead Trainer