Elevate Yoga & Meditation School
50-hr Aerial Yoga TeacherTraining
March 2 - 8, 2025
Dive into Our Aerial Yoga Teacher Training:
Strengthen your body, align your mind, and elevate your spirit
through this joyful and transformative practice.
Elevate your practice, inspire, become certified.
The Aerial Yoga Teacher Training with Elevate Yoga & Meditation School is a comprehensive, immersive 50-hour intensive designed to empower you with the skills and confidence to teach Aerial Yoga with compassion, safety, and integrity. This training is perfect for those looking to deepen their practice, enhance their teaching repertoire, and explore the transformative power of Aerial Yoga.
Our mission is to provide each student with a solid foundation to teach skillfully, while honoring their unique voice and style. You’ll learn to integrate the hammock as a prop into your existing yoga or fitness practice, developing a new relationship with gravity, deepening your understanding of alignment, and enhancing Pranic flow throughout the body.
What You'll Gain:
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Skillful Teaching: Learn to guide your students with mindfulness and spiritual awareness.
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Creative Sequencing: Develop inventive transitions and sequences that challenge and inspire.
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Safety & Integrity: Master safety techniques for rigging and hands-on adjustments.
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Community: Join a vibrant, conscious community of Aerial Yoga instructors.
Upon graduation, you will emerge ready to lead dynamic, fulfilling classes that are as fun as they are transformative. You'll step into the world of teaching with the confidence and versatility that defines your unique journey, equipped to inspire and guide your students through their own aerial yoga experiences.
Explore our training located in the heart of Trinidad on the beautiful California coast, within walking distance to secluded beaches and ancient redwoods. Immerse yourself in the tranquil surroundings, providing the perfect setting for your transformative journey
Curriculum at a glance
Yoga Alliance Certificated to Teach Aerial Yoga
Inversions: Dive deep into the world of inversions.
Warm-Ups: Opening sequences to prepare the body.
Restorative Postures: Techniques to relax and rejuvenate.
Creative Sequencing: Design unique and effective Aerial Yoga classes.
Conditioning: Strengthening exercises for upper body and core.
Inventive Transitions: Explore innovative ways to move between poses.
Spiritual & Emotional Growth: Use Aerial Yoga as a tool for deeper connection and growth.
Student Assessment: Learn to 'read' your students for optimal guidance.
Practice Teaching: Ample opportunities to teach and refine your skills.
Hands-On Adjustments: Techniques to enhance student experience.
Safety Techniques: Essential knowledge for secure rigging and practice.
*With only 7 spaces available, this intimate training ensures personalized attention and a supportive learning environment.
This teacher training program is approved by Yoga Alliance (Y.A.), and graduates can use this training for Continuing Education hours with Yoga Alliance, further supporting your professional development.
Meet your Teacher
Monique Riofrio
YACEP, RYT 500, E-RYT 200
As a Certified Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider and a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level, She is also recognized as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level. Serving as the lead trainer for Elevate Yoga & Meditation School, which she founded in 2024, bringing her wealth of experience and expertise
to the teachings. She discovered Aerial Yoga in 2014, and it has been a transformative journey ever since. This practice has helped her gain strength and confidence in her body, reduce back pain, and release tension in a safe, fun, and effective way. Her love for this form of yoga grows every time she see her students light up as they experience their own transformations through Aerial Yoga.
Monique is thrilled to bring this training to the Trinidad, CA area, where she can share the joy, strength, and healing that Aerial Yoga has brought into her own life. Watching students build confidence, reduce pain, and embrace the practice with enthusiasm is truly a gift, and she is excited to guide others on this path.