300-Hour The Inner Architecture of Yoga: Refining How We Practice, Perceive & Teach

Established 2026

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School Yoga Institute

Pioneer Rd, Oregon, USA

Marion County, OR

Program Instances

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Oct 7 – Jan 30, 2027

116 days • 300 hours • TBD

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Led by

Keri Nelson Pennell

CYT-L3

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Purpose

We explore not just what our system does, but how it organizes, adapts, protects, opens, and restores. And alongside this, we begin to sense how breath shapes experience, how energy shifts state, and how presence influences the nervous system.

In this way, Yoga becomes something we experience, embody, and apply, an integrative process that feels alive and intuitive. From this place, teaching yoga becomes less about instructing form and more about guiding experiences, learning to see the person in front of us, to meet them where they are, and to offer practices that support both structure and subtlety.

This is where Yoga becomes practice, and practice becomes a way of listening, refining not only how we move, but how we teach, perceive, and hold space for transformation.

Our senior teachers bring over 30+ years of combined experience in yoga, education, and facilitation, offering a depth of knowledge and support throughout your training.

What to expect

Our Online 300-Hour YTT Curriculum

Ayurveda and how to cultivate a thriving system and lifestyle.
Energy-based Asana teaching; how movement influences our lived experience.
Yoga for Stress & Anxiety – practical life practice.
How to motivate and move Prana for optimum health.
Yoga Sutras: what is Yoga and why are we having this experience called life?
Meditation; the means to peace and clarity.
Yoga History, Philosophy & Cultural Appreciation; understand what we’re teaching and respecting the land it comes from and learning from teachers dedicated and connected to the land from which Yoga comes.
The power of Mantra & Chanting.
The Sacred Sound of Sanskrit and why pronunciation is important.
Anatomy with an emphasis on the ancient wisdom of our bodies.
Mudras and their potency.
The Social Justice of birthright and wholeness.
Pranayama and our vitality and potentiality.
Communication – Understanding compassionate Nonviolent ways of Interaction.

Ayurvedic Nutrition – the importance of Immunity.
Beauty – is more than skin deep, an Ayurvedic perspective
Sacred Ceremonies – connection to our hearts.
Teaching restorative classes
Teaching workshops
Prenatal/postnatal teaching

Style/Lineage

This approach invites us into a living, breathing relationship with the body, one where we learn to listen, to sense, and to respond with care and curiosity. Rather than isolating parts, we begin to understand the body and mind as an intelligent, interconnected whole, one that is always communicating.

As we deepen, we include the layers of subtle anatomy, the movement of breath, energy, attention, and awareness, recognizing that what we feel is not only structural, but energetic and perceptual.

The physical body and the subtle body begin to speak to one another, informing how we practice, how we regulate, and how we relate.

Additional Information

Core competencies

By the end of this program, graduates will be able to…

Teaching Skills	Design a class sequence built around one energetic quality, formulating pose classifications and breath emphasis that support that quality throughout. Construct a short class plan targeting a specific dosha, formulating pose category choices suited to that constitution's needs. Develop a short teaching script that guides students from breath awareness toward deeper sensitivity, formulating cues that build this progression.
Lifestyle & Ethics	Evaluate a personal teaching habit for how closely it reflects the spirit of seva, assessing whether it comes from genuine offering or from performance. Assess a personal habit for the klesha or antarayah it most closely reflects, evaluating the reasoning behind the match. Construct a personal observance plan built around one yama and one niyama, formulating specific daily practices for each. Develop a set of container agreements for a group setting, formulating language that establishes permission, confidentiality, and balanced participation.
Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics	Evaluate a described practice for which layer of the pancamaya model it most directly addresses, justifying the choice with specific reasoning. Develop a themed practice built around a chakra and its associated prana vayu, formulating breath and movement choices that reflect both. Evaluate a proposed pose modification for its effect on a specific joint, justifying whether it respects that joint's natural range of motion. Design a short sequence that trains a specific muscle action pattern, formulating pose choices that build strength or awareness in that pattern. Develop a sequence aimed at supporting spinal health for a student with a described postural pattern, formulating pose choices that address the specific imbalance. Assess a facilitated stretching technique for proper sequencing, evaluating whether the contract-relax steps are being applied correctly.
Practice Skills	Develop a personal advanced pranayama sequence, formulating an order that moves safely from gentler to more advanced techniques. Construct a dosha-based practice plan for a stated constitution, formulating specific asana and pranayama choices suited to that dosha. Develop a short class segment built around one salutation series, formulating a lead-in and closing that support its energetic quality. Develop a personal mantra and japa routine, formulating a structure suited to a stated spiritual intention. Construct a personal meditation routine that draws on more than one technique, formulating a structure suited to ongoing practice.
Yoga History & Theory	Evaluate a personal practice against a concept drawn from the yoga sutras, assessing how closely it reflects that teaching. Assess a personal practice against the eight-limbed path, evaluating which limbs are well developed and which are underdeveloped. Evaluate which of the four paths of yoga best matches a described personality or life situation, justifying the match with specific reasoning. Develop a personal daily and seasonal routine grounded in ayurvedic philosophy, formulating specific practices suited to a stated constitution.