Roots of Liberation Training
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Roots of Yoga
200-Hour Teacher Training
Looking for a yoga training that is anti-racist, trauma and equity informed, transformational, and lineage based? Then Roots of Yoga is for you!
Roots of Liberation
200-Hour Training
Roots of Liberation is a six-month cohort immersion program to gain tools of liberation for people of the global majority.
About Roots of Liberation
Self & Community Care
The first goal of this program is to empower the learner with the tools to embody radical self-awareness and the ability to self-regulate their minds and nervous systems. The second goal is to transform the “learner” into a “leader” with the ability to facilitate healing, growth and positive change in their communities.
Equity & Re-Indiginization
This training is created with an equity lens. It is open to all with the understanding that we will center the lived experiences for people of the global majority and other marginalized groups.
Upon Completion
At the completion of the 6-month cohort you will have more knowledge of self, your purpose, passion, and gifts. You will gather tools for nervous system regulation and liberation. You will be in a position to ripple out your learnings to your family, friends and colleagues. And you will receive a certification upon completion of this course.
Training Topics Include:
- Ancestral Healing
- African-Based Somatic Experiencing
- Neurophysio Biology
- Anatomy
- Animism
- Eight Limbs of Yoga
- Alchemy/Energy
- Geomancy
- Rest & Healing
Meet the Cohort Director
Kama Tai Mitchell
Kama is a mama of two young men, a yogi of over 25 years, a certified doula, an African diasporic dancer, ancestral healing practitioner, and cultural healing arts innovator. Kama is the founder and CEO of Rootead Enrichment Center in Kalamazoo, MI.
We will be inviting you to learn and listen from instructors from the community here and the liberation community at large.
Tuition & Schedule
Weekend Dates
- 2024: January 12-14, February 9-11, March 15-17, April 12-14, May 17-19, June 21-23
Immersion Training Format
- Friday: Virtual, 5pm-8pm
- Saturday: In-Person, 10am-5pm
- Sunday: In-Person, 10am-3pm
- Additional self-led work in between sessions
Tuition
Course Value: $3,000
Grant Funding:
We are a grassroots organization committed to access and reducing barriers to liberation, yet we still need to keep the lights on. To make the course more accessible to our community, we offer payment plans and scholarships.
Payment Schedule
- Application fee: $300 – (submit with application)
- Payment plans and scholarships are available for the remaining $2,700.
Attendance Policies
To receive a certificate of completion and be eligible for registration with the Yoga Alliance, one must complete all contact and non-contact training hours.
Absences due to illness will be accommodated to the best of the instructors abilities.
Missed classroom hours that cannot be made up outside of classroom attendance may delay certification.
Delayed certification will require make up attendance in the next training (which may only run every other year.)
Those seeking personal development, (not certification) are still encouraged to attend all sessions.
Cancellation & Refund Policies
- All tuition and fees paid by the applicant shall be refunded if by the unlikely chance the applicant is not accepted to the program.
- Application Fees are non-refundable. The school offers an option of transferring the application and will retain it for one year.
- Any tuition pre-paid by the applicant shall be refunded if requested before the start date of the training.
- Tuition is non-refundable after the start of the training. If a participant drops out of the training, the tuition will be retained for one year and the participant can finish the training with the next section.
- Refunds will be processed within 30 days of request.
Tuition & Schedule
200-Hour Training Format
- Eight In-Person Weekends (dates below)
- Friday – Sunday: 9am-5pm (lunch break from 12-1pm)
- 30 additional non-classroom hours
Live Weekend Dates
- 2022: October 14-16, November 18-20, December 9-11
- 2023: January 6-8, January 27-29, February 24-26, March 17-19, April 7-9
Tuition
Fulfillment Tuition: $4200
for those who can afford to pay the full value of this training.
Support Tuition: $3500
for anyone needing a little financial support.
Upliftment Tuition: $2100
for those who can only afford to attend at a 50% scholarship price.
Grant Funding:
for our marginalized community members (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Folks with Disabilities). Fully funded scholarship recipients only have to pay is the $250 Application Fee. (Must also complete the Training Application below)
Payment Schedule
- Application fee: $250 – (submit with application)
- Balance or payment arrangements are due on or before the start date of 10/14/22
- Fulfillment = $3950
- Support = $3250
- Upliftment = $1850
Attendance Policies
To receive a certificate of completion and be eligible for registration with the Yoga Alliance, one must complete all contact and non-contact training hours.
Absences due to illness will be accommodated to the best of the instructors abilities.
Missed classroom hours that cannot be made up outside of classroom attendance may delay certification.
Delayed certification will require make up attendance in the next training (which may only run every other year.)
Those seeking personal development, (not certification) are still encouraged to attend all sessions.
Cancellation & Refund Policies
- All tuition and fees paid by the applicant shall be refunded if by the unlikely chance the applicant is not accepted to the program.
- Application Fees are non-refundable. The school offers an option of transferring the application and will retain it for one year.
- Any tuition pre-paid by the applicant shall be refunded if requested before the start date of the training.
- Tuition is non-refundable after the start of the training. If a participant drops out of the training, the tuition will be retained for one year and the participant can finish the training with the next section.
- Refunds will be processed within 30 days of request.
