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RISEilience Method

200 Hour Immersive Program in Movement, Nervous System, and Applied Yoga

A Training Designed for the Modern Human and the Evolving Practitioner

A Training Built for Real Life and Real Change

structured for working professionals and parents
immersive without being overwhelming
grounded in both traditional yoga and modern understanding
designed to translate outside the studio

You are not stepping out of your life to do this.

You are learning how to live differently within it.

Many people spend thousands on a week away to feel better.

They return home and nothing has changed.

This is different.

Over six months, you build something that stays with you.

Not an escape from your life.

A way back into it.

This training is built for people reconnecting to themselves and those ready to hold space for others.

It is designed for those who feel the need for something deeper. Not just movement, but understanding. Not just practice, but integration.

Over six months, you will build a foundation in movement, breath, anatomy, and philosophy while developing awareness of your nervous system, your patterns, and how you move through the world.

Your Path Begins January 2027

What’s Your Path?

Teacher Path
For those ready to guide others. You will learn how to lead classes, develop your voice, and gain real-world teaching experience with practical application.

Whole Being Path
For those focused on personal transformation. You will deepen your understanding of your nervous system, build sustainable practices, and integrate yoga into your daily life.

In the first four months, all students move through a shared foundation. You will learn how to move with intention, regulate your nervous system, understand the body, and begin to hold space with clarity and responsibility.

In the final phase, your chosen path shapes how you apply and deepen the work.

You will not just learn poses.

You will learn how to understand yourself, work skillfully with others, and engage with yoga as a practice that extends beyond the mat into how you live, relate, and respond.

This training meets you where you are and requires you to choose how you want to grow.

For People Reconnecting to Themselves and Those Ready to Hold Space for Others

Come RISE with us.

The Journey

Most Training Weekends:

Fridays run from 5:30 to 9:00 PM, Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Sundays from 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM. These blocks allow for immersive practice without requiring you to take time off work.

Each week includes a 2 to 2.5 hour virtual session in the evening. This keeps you connected, supported, and learning consistently while reducing in-person hours and making the program manageable for working professionals and parents.

This tier covers the complete 200 hour RISEilience Method Training curriculum, one wilderness retreat, all required books, a printed training manual, ten complimentary yoga classes. 32 hours of training in your chosen path.
Teacher Path: 10 community class teaching opportunities to build your resume and find your voice, 3 headshots, a resume, branding and coaching. everything needed to become a competent, confident teacher.
Whole Being: focus on nervous system awareness, mindfulness, breathwork, and lifestyle integration so you can regulate stress, reconnect to your body, and create sustainable change. This is not about learning more, it is about living differently. Reiki 1 Certified.
This tier includes everything in the Essential package plus 18 weeks of unlimited yoga at RISEilience and 12 café beverages for training weekends. It is designed for students who want a more immersive studio experience, consistent practice between sessions, and integrated support for physical, mental, and energetic growth throughout the training. Over $1,000 extra value
The Phoenix Tier includes all components of the Essential and Whole Being paths, along with expanded access designed for full integration into the RISEilience experience.
This tier is built for students who want a fully immersive journey, combining training, consistent practice, and dedicated recovery support.
Includes over $1,400 in added value, including unlimited yoga during the training, a 12-drink café card, 18 infrared sauna sessions, and 18 salt room sessions.
Expert Instruction
Your investment supports our lead teachers, guest faculty, curriculum development, mentorship, and all supervised teaching labs. This is the core cost of delivering a credible, high-quality training.
Studio and Salt Sanctuary Access
Tuition covers the use of our heated and unheated studios, the Salt Sanctuary for breathwork and meditation modules, and the operational costs that make the environment safe and immersive.
Retreat Experiences
One guided wilderness retreats are included. Your tuition supports planning, facilitation, and materials that create a true immersion experience.
Books and Training Materials
You receive required books, a printed manual and workbook, and full access to our Google Classroom learning platform.
Mentorship and Teaching Opportunities
This includes personalized feedback, trauma-informed training, and the opportunity to teach community classes as part of your practicum.
Specialty Modules
Your tuition provides access to Reiki, sound, meditation, anatomy, philosophy, and trauma-informed sessions taught by experts.
What You’re Investing In
A rigorous, supportive, transformative training designed to prepare you to teach confidently and understand yoga on a deeper level.
BOTH WEEKENDS (everyone attends)
- Jan 15–17
- Jan 29–31
- Feb 12–14
- Feb 27–28
- Mar 12–14
- Mar 27–28
- Apr 9
- Apr 11
- May 8 (Final + Graduation)
TEACHING PROGRAM WEEKENDS
(Both + Teacher)
- Jan 15–17
- Jan 29–31
- Feb 12–14
- Feb 27–28
- Mar 12–14
- Mar 27–28
- Apr 9
- Apr 10 (Teacher-specific begins)
- Apr 11
- Apr 20 (Tuesday – portfolio)
- May 1 (Advanced Teaching)
- May 2 (Practicum Intensive)
- May 8 (Final Teaching + Graduation)
Whole Being Program Weekends
(Both + Being)
- Jan 15–17
- Jan 29–31
- Feb 12–14
- Feb 27–28
- Mar 12–14
- Mar 27–28
- Apr 9
- Apr 10 (Reiki Certification)
- Apr 11
- Apr 23–25 (Being-heavy weekend)
- Apr 30 (Being integration + breathwork)
- Apr 25 (Nature-based work)
- May 8 (Final + Graduation)

Our Intentional Schedule

This training is built to fit real life. In the early months, we meet for two weekends each month because the weather is colder, social schedules are lighter, and it is the easiest time of year for most people to commit to deeper study. As spring moves into summer, the schedule shifts to one weekend per month, giving you more space for travel, family time, and personal commitments while still maintaining strong momentum.

One Wilderness Retreat
You will step outside the studio and into nature. This local retreat gives you time to reset, explore breathwork and meditation, and practice yoga without distraction. They anchor the training in lived experience, not theory.

Training in the RISEilience Salt Sanctuary
Throughout the program, you’ll receive dedicated breathwork and meditation instruction inside our Salt Sanctuary. This environment sharpens awareness, supports the nervous system, and makes these practices experiential rather than abstract

Being Part of the First Graduating Class
You aren’t joining something prepackaged. You’re shaping the first cohort. You’re creating the culture that future Phoenix Rising teachers will inherit. This carries meaning, expectation, and pride.

Meet the Team

Ariel

Lead Instructor, RYT 500, Certified Sound Healer, Trauma Informed, Licensed Mental Health Counselor & CEO of Golden Hour Counseling
Primary Focus:
Asana, alignment, and movement systems
Sequencing and class design
Teaching methodology and communication
Nervous system and trauma-informed approach
Practicum and real-time feedback
Role:
Leads the structure and progression of the training
Bridges technical skill with teaching application
Sets the standard for class delivery and leadership
brings 15 years as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, School Adjustment Counselor, and Registered Yoga Teacher. She is also a 500-hour yoga teacher with extensive expertise in trauma-informed approaches, inclusive teaching, and life-changing yogic philosophy.
Krystle

CEO RISEilience, 200 RYT, & Reiki 1, Certified in Breathwork, Meditation, & Mindfulness
Primary Focus:
Program structure and integration
Meditation foundations and breathwork
Personal practice development
Professional development and business insight
Role:
Holds the overall container of the program
Connects all components into a cohesive experience
Supports students in applying the work beyond training
combines sixteen years of professional experience in human resources, communication, psychology, and community leadership with her yoga background and the lived reality of building RISEilience.
Priscilla

Wellness Operations Manager, RYT 200, Reiki I, Prenatal Yoga Certified
Primary Focus:
Functional movement and deep stretch methodology
Yoga history and lived practice
Application of yoga in everyday life
Role:
Grounds the practice in accessibility and real-world use
Supports understanding of how yoga shows up beyond the mat

Priscilla’s yoga journey began with recovery. After two ACL injuries as a collegiate lacrosse player, she turned to yoga for strength, pain relief, and mindful connection. She completed her 200 hour training in Thailand during a seven month solo backpacking trip and now focuses on supporting women’s physical, mental, and hormonal wellbeing. Her classes empower students to build strength, mobility, and inner calm through accessible, intentional movement.
Caitlin

Primary Focus:
Anatomy and injury prevention
Musculoskeletal system
Role:
Provides clinical and structural understanding of the body
Ensures safe and informed movement practices
Caitlin is a North Shore–based yoga teacher, clinical massage therapist, and strength and conditioning coach devoted to movement as medicine.
Keya

Nature-Based Practices 1000HR RYT
Primary Focus:
Subtle body practices (bandhas, mudras, kriyas)
Breathwork and energetic systems
Nature-based practices
Role:
Expands students’ awareness beyond physical practice
Introduces energetic and experiential dimensions of yoga
is a cultural educator, community herbalist, and somatic practitioner whose work integrates plant medicine, movement traditions, chant, and botanical adornment as embodied pathways of healing and ecological relationship. With formal graduate training in Indigenous policy and cultural diplomacy (M.A., George Washington University) and choreography and dance therapy (M.F.A., UCLA), she brings academic rigor, lineage-based practice, and over two decades of global field experience to her teaching. Her work bridges Hawaiian hula, lei as medicine, herbal formulation, hydrosol distillation, yoga, and cross-cultural ritual practice, offering retreat participants both intellectual depth and lived, sensory experience.
Lavender

Reiki Master, 200HR RYT
Primary Focus:
Reiki and energy work
Role:
Introduces hands-on and energetic healing practices
Supports students in understanding subtle body work

an Usui Reiki Master with two master certificates, guides you in Reiki, sound, breathwork, and meditation inside the salt room.
Gigi

Ayurveda Foundations & Dosha
Primary Focus:
Ayurveda and lifestyle
Role:
Connects yoga to daily habits, digestion, and seasonal alignment
Entrepreneur, author of The Gut Health Revival book, the creator of the MyGutGirl MethodTM, a certified Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, a gut health educator, and a Pilates/Yoga instructor with decades of lived wisdom around fitness, energy, and women’s wellness. Her warm, grounded teaching style blends: ✔ modern gut science ✔ ancient Ayurvedic principles ✔ simple nervous-system tools ✔ realistic lifestyle habits for modern women She has guided hundreds of women toward calmer bellies, steadier minds, and more energized lives — not through restriction, but through movement, warm food, breath, rhythm, and ease. Students describe her approach as relatable, uplifting, and truly life-changing. Author of The Gut Health Revival, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Certified Gong Practitioner, Certified Master Pilates Instructor, Certified Yoga Instructor, MBA
Renata

20+ Year Yoga Instructor
Primary Focus:
Hands-on adjustments
Integration practices (habit building, ritual, astrology)
Role:
Bridges physical practice with personal integration
Supports students in creating sustainable routines
I first encountered yoga as a teen via my well-traveled great aunt. She showed me a book of women in unfamiliar positions, but as a tomboy who preferred climbing trees to ballet, I wasn't interested. My path took a darker turn through a strict upbringing and anorexia; an unorthodox treatment caused a rapid 30-pound gain that crushed my weak spine, leading to scoliosis and a shattered body image. By my twenties, doctors offered only painkillers or surgery. I refused both. It wasn’t until my son was born that I sought a change of pace and found yoga again. It gave me the peace, calm, and strength my body craved, breaking down deep-rooted knots.
Stef

500-hour RYT trained in Baptiste Power Yoga
Primary Focus:
Advanced sequencing
Role:
Develops higher-level class design and peak sequencing skills
Tim

Joint Mobility, Recovery & Fascia
Dr. Tim's philosophy and treatment rationale is based on the body moving as a whole. Certain joints in the body are meant to be mobile, while others are meant to be stable. In his opinion, most injuries, pain, and limitations come from a disruption in this philosophy.
Christi

Primary Focus:
Tarot and intuitive practices
Role:
Introduces reflective and introspective tools for self-awareness
Amanda

Primary Focus:
Sound healing
Yoga Nidra
Restorative practices
Role:
Guides deep rest and nervous system down-regulation
Introduces non-movement-based healing modalities

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Yoga Alliance is a registry, not a governing body, and registration does not determine the quality of a training or your ability to teach.
Much of this training meets the structure outlined by Yoga Alliance.
We chose not to design it strictly around those standards.
Instead of optimizing for certification, this program is built around application. That includes real teaching experience, nervous system work, and practices that extend into daily life.
The program is intentionally built for working professionals and parents. All training hours are evenings and weekends, and virtual sessions reduce in-person load without reducing quality. Many graduates of similar schedules have full-time jobs and children.
No. You only need curiosity. The training will meet you exactly where you are and build skill, understanding, and confidence over time. If you are brand new to yoga, you may want a few months of consistent practice first. If you have a basic foundation and a desire to learn, you are ready.
This program includes a retreat, trauma informed instruction, Salt Sanctuary breathwork, and access to multiple teachers and disciplines. You will also have option for discounted unlimited yoga, all required books included, and the option to add Reiki certification.
Learning is designed for real life through a mix of in person training, virtual meetups, Google Classroom, and hands on practice.
Life happens. We provide structured makeup options, including virtual review, assignments, and recorded modules when appropriate, so you can stay on track.
This program is equally valuable for deepening your personal practice. Many students join for self-growth, philosophy, trauma-informed understanding, breathwork, meditation, and community. Teaching is optional.
You’ll be introduced to multiple styles. You will graduate able to teach an intelligent, safe, modern vinyasa class, with a strong foundation in alignment, pranayama, meditation, and trauma-informed principles. You will practice teach throughout the program, and you’ll have the opportunity to lead community classes at RISEilience after graduation.

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Developing Teachers Program

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For Teachers: Why Join the Developing Teachers Program?

The Phoenix teaches us that from every beginning comes transformation. At RISEilience, our Developing Teachers Program (Ignite → Rise) offers you more than just practice teaching it’s a pathway to confidence, community, and career.

Benefits include:

Teaching Practice: Lead real community classes in a supportive environment.
Mentorship: Receive guidance and feedback from experienced teachers.
Growth Membership: Discounted unlimited yoga to deepen your own practice.
Belonging: Connect with like-hearted teachers and students who celebrate your journey.
Career Pathway: A clear, step-by-step process to join the RISEilience schedule and grow as a teacher.

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about rising into your authentic teaching voice, supported by community every step of the way.

Eligibility: Recently Graduated 200HR Certified Yoga Teachers

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