Become a skilled and inspired yoga teacher at SANGHA New Bedford
MASTER THE ART OF TEACHING YOGA
Yogaspirit® 200 Hour RYS at SANGHA New Bedford is about discovering the spirit behind the yoga asana. Be trained to guide students with precision and alignment, allowing for a safe and transformative mind-body practice.
Through inner breath work and meditative practices, experience emotional balance and spiritual awakening. Join our non-competitive environment, where you receive the support to explore energetic pathways that lead to inner grace and well-being.
LEARN MORE and meet your teaching team, faculty and yoga sangha!
Yogaspirit 200-hour YTT Certification
This Yoga Teacher Training Certification is a comprehensive yoga immersion that offers you professional and personal development as a yoga teacher and student of yoga.
Experience a supportive learning environment through our compassionate and knowledgeable faculty which creates the foundation for you to gain the self-awareness, self-actualization and credentials to share your love of yoga with others.
Through our carefully developed program, you will learn to guide individuals young and old, newcomers or seasoned, using our time-tested comprehensive methods. The Yogaspirit FORM, curriculum provides the foundation for learning our FLOW and POWER styles and what to watch for when teaching all our styles safely. The Yogaspirit FORM includes:
Yogaspirit’s 7 Characteristics of a beginner body methodology
13 unique Asana Techniques using “safety anchors” and key actions that unlock poses naturally
Important Biomechanical Functions in Asana
Anatomical Landmarks in Asana
Workbooks, audio programs, and flashcards that break down the Yogaspirit approach to our 36 Foundational Asana syllabus
Special Restorative Yoga postures
Become your own best teacher, and/or the best teacher you can be for others
Develop a keen eye for Asana refinement
Be introduced to the art of adjusting and modifying Asanas based on your and your student's specific needs from a point of safety in a trauma-informed manner
Develop a meditation home practice
Understand your Ayurvedic constitution
Study the yoga sutras and learn how to apply this wisdom to practical personal experience
Yogaspirit’s Sacred Life spiritual development course
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Course Begins October 17, 2024
Graduation Ceremony June 28, 2025
The program format consists of:
31 Thursday evenings 6-9pm
2 weekends 9am-6:30pm
11 Saturday-only sessions 9am-6:30pm
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$3610 - Paid in full
$3800 - Payment plan
Unlimited Members - Take $500 Off
Promotions cannot be combined
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Learn more, meet the team and get all your questions answered at this free Information Session on Thursday, September 26 at 6:30pm
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What the student teachers are saying!
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"I had no idea how powerful this training would be. I am so grateful to have been part of this sangha of wisdom, compassion, and light - such a gift!"
~ S. Williams
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"Words cannot describe how much the Yogaspirit teacher training meant to me. I couldn't ask for better training that thoroughly taught the asanas and dove deep into yoga philosophy."
~ M. Scicchitanto
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"I loved Yogaspirit's 200hr Teacher Training! The course content was both deep and wide. Kim Valeri and her team are a pleasure to work with."
~ M. McVey
MEET THE TRAINER
CAP CHW, AYT, C-IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist & Ayurveda Practitioner | Owner of Yogaspirit, Veda Vita and KV Institute
Kim Valeri Povey
The YOGAspirit teachings were developed after Kim turned to alternative medicine in the early 1980s. Through meditation, Kim has realized firsthand the power of healing and liberation from chronic pain, which opened the doorway to her mystical journey. Her transformation in overcoming serious near-death injury, illness, and life events has allowed her to learn to release pain and suffering within herself and, in turn, help others. Kim studied with Senior Iyengar Teacher Patricia Walden in Somerville, MA, In the late '80s, and in 1993, Kim took Patricia's first public Two Year Teacher Training program, which was completed in 1995. Kim highly respects the excellent education she received in the Iyengar Tradition, and much inspiration from that time in her life is rooted in her teaching today. Kim has been using yoga to help others and is a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Yoga Therapy Association (C-IAYT) and the National Ayurveda Medical Association (NAMA).
Kim is currently a 2024 candidate to become a Certified Ayurvedic Doctor through Kerala Ayurveda Academy. She is a Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner since 2018. In 1994 Kim became certified in Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. She continued to follow the path of inner contemplation and direct experience, which comes from a committed Sadhana. This led her to the path of Surat Shabda Yoga, where the innermost teachings of mystical yoga through contemplation of inner sound brought everything together for her teachings.
Ayurveda and all three paths: Iyengar, Kundalini, and Surat Shabda, have influenced Kim as part of Yogaspirit’s teaching. Over the decades, Yogaspirit spread from several locations and is conducted today throughout New England and in Washington State.
Meet the Team
Kim Rioux
Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher RYT-200 | Certified Ayurveda Health Counselor
Jeff Costa
Certified Professional Kripalu Yoga Teacher ERYT-500 | Owner of SANGHA New Bedford Yoga and Healing Arts
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“Kim Valeri, I believe is holding the key to many yoga instructors' doorways to teaching yoga. With the support of Kim Valeri and her assistant teachers, you shall find the training, support and mentoring to develop your yoga practice, teaching credentials and community.” ~ S. Weir
The YOGAspirit 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training is a hybrid training program with online hours taught via Zoom coupled with in-person hours taught at SANGHA New Bedford, located at 693 Purchase Street at the corner of Spring Street in historic downtown New Bedford, 02740.