Evolve Method®
200 Hour Self-Paced Online Yoga Teacher Training
Life-time Access Work at Your Own Pace
COMPLETE YOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING ON YOUR TERMS
Join yoga scholar and movement professional Selena Garefino and Dr. Paula Sauer for this immersive, online, foundational 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training.
Learn to teach both Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga, grow your personal practice, receive personal development tools to better navigate your inner landscape, and so much more.
The online content is yours indefinitely and includes access to monthly live sessions & 3 months of unlimited live stream yoga classes, a growing on-demand library and more. Students will also be added to a private community forum where they can interact with other graduates, students, and with Selena.
Course Curriculum
This transformational Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga training focuses on the foundations of yoga and is comprised of modules in theory, practice, and embodiment.
Meet Your Lead Instructor
Writer, speaker, South-Asian Anthropologist, and personal development coach, Selena has been teaching yoga and movement since 2006.
Her classes offer yoga and meditation as a mechanism to shift the way we offer ourselves in all aspects of our lives and as a tool for granting profound healing in our bodies, our hearts, and ultimately our relationships. She is deeply committed to raising up a generation of innovative, knowledgeable teachers. Her programs offer students and practitioners tools and methods to truly take yoga off of the mat and into the fabric of their lives so that they can show up more effectively in the world.
Selena holds a MPH from Boston University, a MA in Cultural Anthropology, and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Montana. She is a two -time Cornell University Nepali Language Fellow, and 2017 Fulbright Research awardee.
She is currently completing her dissertation research on yoga and spiritualism in the West at the University of Montana.
Selena is a certified yoga, Pilates, Barre, FRC Mobility, Kinstretch®, Katonah Yoga®, Mobility, and Flow Instructor as well as a certified personal trainer.
You will also learn from Riley Stevens, Dr. Paula Sauer, and guest instructors.
Meet Your Anatomy Teacher
Dr. Paula Sauer is a licensed physical therapist and trainer for the Evolve Method™, Noah Mazé Method, and Yoga Circle Berlin. She earned her doctoral degree in Physical Therapy from Mount St. Mary’s College, and has been working in the outpatient orthopedic setting for over 11 years. Dr. Sauer holds additional certifications and trainings in Redcord®, Graston Technique, Yoga, Pilates, Core Align, Cranial Sacral and Visceral Manipulation, as well as post-doctorate biokinesiology training. Dr. Sauer’s yoga bio includes studying and teaching yoga under the direction of Noah Maze for many years. She holds her 500 hour yoga certification through The Mazé Method and is a certified Mazé Method teacher. Dr. Sauer is the founder of Align Physical Therapy in Los Angeles. She presently resides in Switzerland with her family.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does it work?
This training is a mixed media training and contains pre-recorded audio and video, and a full color downloadable manual. Most of the videos are intentionally snack sized bites ranging in length from 5-25 minutes so that students can plug their learning into their day in an easeful way.
Students will have access to live session with Selena once a month for 3 months to ask questions and interact in live community. Additionally all students have 3 month access to Evolve Me™ an online yoga subscription service. The platform gives you access to numerous live stream classes per week, an on-demand library, and more.
Additionally students have access to a private online community forum for sharing practice teaching videos, asking questions, and connecting in their community and with Selena.
Students may renew their live access and Evolve Me™ membership at a special rate upon completion of their 3 month live access. The prerecorded content is YOURS INDEFINITELY.
Who is this for?
This program is for anyone wishing to deepen their practice whether you wish to pursue a career in teaching or simply wish to anchor your practice in theory and philosophy and go beyond the fitness-based yoga that has gained popularity. This is yoga for your life, your heart, and your community.
Online learning requires discipline, ritual, and a commitment to yourself.
Self-paced study requires that you are able to set deadlines for yourself and to put your studying time into your calendar in a way that fits your life.
In the personal development module of this training you will find a suggested study guide that will allow you to complete the FULL course in just 12 weeks. Need 6 months? Simply spread out the study plan!!!
What can I expect?
We believe in excellence in education. This program is academic, college-level material and yet it is accessible to all. The material is dense and complex and yet digestible in time. All learning happens IN TIME. And that is why you have indefinite access to the course. So that once you've gotten the basics down you can dive in and go deeper. Yoga is like reading a fairy tale, there's the surface story and the moral of the story and all of the symbolism underneath what is obvious.
This course contains a decade of teaching that you can return to again and again.
The course covers history of yoga, applied anatomy, the foundations of yoga's philosophical system, the origins of Patanjali's yoga, modern mobility practices, yoga posture break downs, and so much more.
This course goes far beyond what is offered in a standard 200 hour training and will you fuel your journey for years to come.
The practices range from restorative to powerful vinyasa flows with everything in between so that you can experience what this practice has to offer and in time learn to give that same gift to your community.
What will we do in the live calls?
You are invited to join 3 months of live calls with Selena. Sessions will be approximately 4 hours long depending on student needs. You will begin with a practice with Selena followed by a Q & A session to discuss reading materials, course content, teaching questions, and more.
What are the prerequisites for this program?
There are no prerequisites for this program; however, we strongly recommend having an existing yoga practice that is consistent and familiarity with common yoga postures.
How long do I have to finish the course?
The course is designed to be completed in your own times. However you will receive a calendar laying out how to finish the course in 12 weeks which is roughly 15 hours per week; however, you have access to the course indefinitely. Students may renew their access to live calls for a small fee after 3 months.
Is this course only for aspiring yoga teachers?
No. It's designed for anyone ready to grow their personal practice and interested in learning the ancient teachings of yoga as well as modern movement practices.
Is this course Yoga Alliance accredited?
Yes. Upon successful completion of the training you will be eligible to register with Yoga Alliance at the 200 Hour level.
Praise from Alumni
"I've had the privilege of being a student on Selena's 200hr Evolve Method Online training and would recommend it to anyone seeking a practical, flexible path to becoming a potent teacher or simply wishing to explore their own personal development or deepen their physical and spiritual practices and knowledge. It's no exaggeration to say that there is so much depth and scope to the content available to students - in such an accessible, convenient format - that it's hard to believe this training is not a 300 or 500hr program. A lot of 200hr yoga teacher trainings tend to emphasise or prioritise specific areas of study that reflect the teacher's knowledge and area of expertise. It is incredibly rare to find a teacher, like Selena Garefino, who possess such a profound understanding of functional mobility, yoga, breath work, and meditation - and her ability to transmit this knowledge to her students is unique. I know of very few teachers or 200hr teacher trainings around the world that can combine modern movement practices and scientific research-backed methods with such a profound, scholarly respect and exploration of ancient teachings and yoga philosophy to create an enriching educational experience for a student of any level. The fact that this depth of training is available in an online format, that is both convenient and rigorous , makes it an incredibly rare opportunity for students - and even qualified teachers - to develop potent new teaching and life skills, create new habits and feel encouraged and supported to realise their potential in sharing their unique medicine with the world. If you want a really solid grounding in philosophy, anatomy, movement, science and spirituality - and to be able to study in a way that works for you while feeling supported at all times, then I would recommend this training to you."
Dr Lee Watson
Founder of Fierce Calm
Yoga Saved My Life
I'M READY TO BEGIN MY JOURNEY
STUDY SCHEDULE
Course content will be delivered as a self-guided course with access to live sessions for three months. Students will receive a suggested course of study for those wishing to finish in 12 weeks.
Students receive 3 months of access to live sessions with Selena as well as 3 months of access to live streaming practices and an on-demand library.
Students may opt to join the live calls of future trainings to continue their studies for a fee.
The development of our inner landscape is a great act of altruism.
We evolve together. Welcome to your practice.
Christine
If you aren't ready to have your life changed, don't study with Selena. She has a rare gift of glimpsing her students' highest potential and constructing an environment to slowly draw it out. You will learn Anatomy and philosophy from someone who is deeply passionated about them and it shows. You WILL be inspired. You WILL leave equipped with the tools and insight to transform your life. You will also learn, inside and out and in every direction, an intricate, many-faceted and carefully considered perspective of the yoga tradition from an insanely experienced student herself. The whole idea of Selena's trainings are to integrate and assimilate the method because when one embodies yoga from the inside out, the teaching takes care of itself. Selena doesn't just teach yoga, she lives yoga, and at the end of your training with her, you can too.
Maggie
Selena will inspire, educate, and empower you to pursue and uncover your authentic self. She is not your teacher if you wish to be coddled or spoon fed. She will provoke fundamental questioning that invites you to strip away the self limiting stories, practices, and habits that hold you back from your greatest potential. Go to her class, shake the dust, and breathe life into your dry bones.
Bria
Selena is a truly wonderful teacher - I can’t imagine embarking on the 200hr YTT journey with anyone else. Her teaching style, both in her yoga classes and YTT modules is concise, energetic, challenging (come prepared to work!), and fun. Selena’s assignments and in class exercises can be difficult (some physically, some mentally) but build on one another, and are incredibly helpful in establishing a strong foundation in all of the subtleties that go into teaching safely, intelligently and successfully. Whether or not you are planning on teaching following training, you will leave with wealth of knowledge about yogic philosophy, much improved sanskrit pronunciation, an understanding of anatomy as it pertains to yoga, and a yoga practice that you LOVE.
