💪 Build or strengthen personal practice with 5x week practice requirement

💪 Build up to the entire primary series of Ashtanga which increases strength and flexibility quickly

🦴 Learn basic anatomy, physiology, biomechanics of the body

🦴 Learn anatomical or medical contraindications and benefits of yoga asana

🦴 Ashtanga-based alignment & sequencing

🧠 Build a regular meditation & breathwork practice

🧠 Learn the 9 stages of meditation and key meditation and breathwork concepts

🧠 Learn to guide meditation & breathwork

🌬️ Learn the origin of the Sanskrit language & its relationship to yoga

🌬️ Memorize the Sanskrit alphabet

🌬️ Learn how to appropriately pronounce Sanskrit names of yoga poses, and chants

📜 Study the Buddhist interpretation of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

📜 Learn and explore how the subtle energy, mind, world, and body are interconnected

📜 Learn and teach basic Buddhist philosophy on how yoga is a path to total liberation

📜 Memorize and recite portions of famous yogic texts so that teachings are appropriately internalized

🪢 Learn and teach subtle body anatomy: the chakras & channels

🪢 Learn how sound and mantra affect the subtle body

🪢 Learn & practice a 1,000 year old approach to subtle body in Lady Niguma’s yoga sequence

🪢 Learn the history of the lineage of subtle body work in Niguma’s yoga

❤️ Learn the ethics that make a yogi: the yamas and niyamas

❤️ Begin to practice ethics that make a yogi in community

❤️ Track practice progress, including states of mind, and development of compassion and wisdom in ancient journaling practice

🧑‍🎓 Practice teaching with regular feedback from peers and trainers

🧑‍🎓Develop your voice and brand as a yoga teacher through social media requirement

🧑‍🎓Learn how to sequence a class & elements of the Three Jewels class

Rachel Webb is the Executive Director of Three Jewels NYC, a 501c3 non-profit Enlightenment Studio that specializes in the preservation and dissemination of authentic Buddhist teachings in a modern and approachable way. Rachel has trained simultaneously in yoga and mental health services for the past decade. Rachel completed her certification in 18 Buddhist Sutra courses in 2019 with the Asian Classics Institute, and is accredited as a Master Teacher. Rachel has been teaching yoga and meditation classes since 2017 and leads yoga trainings at Three Jewels, specific to the Tibetan Buddhist lineage, and the teachings of Lady Niguma.

Sachi Pettit is a Yoga & Meditation Teacher and the Programming Director of Three Jewels. She’s spent the past decade exploring the power of yoga and meditation to turn obstacles into opportunities. She’s seen the results of using these anicent tools to transform everything—from her corporate consulting career to her closest relationships. In her classes, she invites students to challenge their self-limiting beliefs through a sense of play, insight, and devotion to their own infinite potential. Her greatest joy is mentoring up-and-coming teachers and witnessing them step into their power to become guides for others. Sachi completed her study of the 18 Foundational Buddhist Courses through the Asian Classics Institute, and became a certified philosophy teacher in 2022.

Dr. Rose Erin Vaughan, DAc, is an experienced Acupuncturist, Trigger Point Therapist, and founder of SOS Meridian Yoga.  She has published 4 books on the topic of Meridian Yoga. She holds a Doctorate in Acupuncture, a BS in Biology and additional graduate studies in Human Anatomy.  Her training includes over 1000 hours with Sri Dharma Mittra and additional hours with teachers in the lineage of Pattabhi Jois and Bikram.   For over 20 years she has worked to understand and address the physical and emotional ailments of modern culture.  Originally a distance runner and weight lifter studying Cell Biology, she integrates her knowledge of science with her devotion to yoga, embodied anatomy, and Chinese medicine.

Michael Johnson ERYT-500 YACEP is a life-long student and practitioner of Yoga. He has been a full-time instructor for over 23 years, a teacher trainer since 2003, an advanced teacher trainer since 2007, and currently teaches Sanskrit and Yoga Philosophy for Dr. Vasant Lad's Āyurvedic Institute.

Michael is also the founder of Clearlightyoga.com that offers a 195-day challenge twice a year (Jan 1st and June 20th). He also offers a variety of on-line courses for continuing education on Yoga Philosophy, Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, Meditation, Sanskrit, Vinyāsa, Mantra, Anatomy, Alignment, History, as well as a 200-hour Yoga Philosophy Teacher Training program. 

Hector Marcel has been studying and practicing Tibetan Buddhism for over 25 years. He is a passionate organizational change management consultant helping executives drive transformational change in their organizations through an emphasis on culture, people, and service. He is a master teacher of meditation and Eastern philosophy, linking ancient Asian ideas to modern western systems for individuals and teams.

Hector serves on the board of the Asian Classics Institute, he is the director of the 108 Lives Project and is the president of Three Jewels. He believes that meditation opens the door to every personal achievement. Hector is treasured by his students for his immense kindness, humor, and generous wisdom.

Beginners are welcome to participate in this training. Practice requirements, community involvement and home study will link the weekends together, giving students the opportunity to apply lessons to real life throughout the training. Students will be required to complete written homework and required reading of ancient and modern texts through the training. It is expected that students will maintain a regular yoga practice and a daily meditation journal. Students are responsible for purchasing books and supplies.

Upon completion of the training, you will receive a 200-hour certificate from Three Jewels. This training is certified by the Yoga Alliance. We do not guarantee employment upon graduating.

Training tuition is $3,500

Payment plan options are available:
Option 1: $500 non-refundable, non-transferrable deposit and 2 payments of $1500.
Option 2: $500 non-refundable, non-transferrable deposit and 8 payments of $375. Deposit will be counted towards full tuition upon acceptance into the training.

If you would like to enroll with a payment plan, please contact trainings@threejewels.org.

Once tuition is submitted, you will be contacted to submit an application and complete an interview. Tuition is non-refundable unless your application to the training is not accepted.

Full payment is due February 14.