300 Hour Vinyasa Teacher Training
Announcing our 300 Hour Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher Training!
Curated and led by Sheri Celentano in partnership with YO BK, alongside some incredibly steeped and experienced leaders of the yoga community, this program is for yoga teachers who are already 200 hour certified looking to go further in their yogic studies and to enhance their teaching.
Our program broken up into 25 hour modules that can be taken over the course of 2025. You have the option to take these modules separately or to complete the entire 300 hours. At the completion of this program you will be 500 hour certified.
There are not currently many in-person continuing education trainings offered in NYC. We hope to be a resource for teachers throughout the East Coast to hone their skills in a community that supports wherever they practice and teach in the spirit of collaboration instead of competition!
Investment:
300 hour certification (must complete within 2 years) - $4800
25 hour modules (a la carte) - $500
We will award one 50% scholarship for LGBTQ+/BIPOC applicants in the complete 300 hour training and one 50% scholarship per individual training module
To participate in the entire 300 hour training, please select the application below.
*For individual 25 hour programs, please click on the program of your choice to learn more and apply.
Upcoming Dates and Programs:
Sequencing through the Chakras January 17-19 with Sheri Celentano and Ali Cramer
90 minute Master Classes open to the public on Saturday and Sunday at 10am
Advanced Anatomy February 14-16 with Sheri Celentano and Dorian Shorts
Restorative Yoga (Online) March 14-16 with Ali Cramer, Nikki Costello and Sheri Celentano
Bhagavad Gita & Standing Poses April 4-6 with Sheri Celentano, Manorama and Nick Potenzieri
Intro to Warrior Within, Bhagavad Gita Workshop open to all at 10am - 2:30pm on Saturday, April 5
Meditation & Pranayama May 2-4 with Sheri Celentano and Nikki Costello
Open to yoga teachers and dedicated yoga students
Fly: Inversions and Arm Balances June 6-8 with Sheri Celentano, Nick Potenzieri and Dorian Shorts
90 minute Master Classes open to the public on Saturday and Sunday at 10am
Yin July 11-13 with Kelly Kamm and Camille Sallette
The Art of Assists August 1-3 with Sheri Celentano and Dorian Shorts
The Business of Yoga Yoga Teaching Paths: September 12-14 with Sheri Celentano and Kate Durand
Sutras & Mythology October 3-5 with Nikki Costello
Open to yoga teachers and dedicated yoga students
Trauma Informed Yoga & Social Equity November 7-9 with Dorian Shorts
Advanced Sequencing December 5-7 with Sheri Celentano
90 minute Master Classes open to the public on Saturday and Sunday at 10am
Sheri Celentano
Director of Education
Brooklyn born and raised in Brooklyn, Sheri began teaching movement in 1989 and never looked back. From public schools to yoga centers, creating curriculum to mentorship, Sheri puts her heart and soul into sharing the practices that can serve to uplift, strengthen and connect us to ourselves and each other. Sheri has taught Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2009, creating trainings and guiding teachers at all levels and places in their studies and careers. She has taught basic to advanced, restorative to fly as well as prenatal yoga and love all of it! She believes the practice is available to all people at all stages of life.
Ali Cramer
Creative Sequencing through the Chakras, Ayurveda, Restorative Training
Ali Cramer is a Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic Practitioner, and Author who has been working in her fields since 2003. Ali feels blessed to continue to share her passion for these Practices of transformation with her students, clients and readers throughout the world with retreats, teacher trainings, workshops and classes. Her first book, “Modern Ayurveda: Rituals, Recipes, and Remedies for Balance”, was released by Althea Press in September, 2019. She created four seasons of “The Ayurveda Show” and writes blogs for Yogaanytime.com.
Dorian Shorts
Assists: The Art of Hands On, Teacher’s Practice
Dorian Shorts (E-RYT 500 YACEP) has been serving communities in the NYC area since 2015. His love of vinyasa and restorative styles stems from a lifelong pursuit of mental and physical balance and his goal as a teacher has been to expand the limits of possibility within his students, creating a deeper awareness of agency over ones personal health.
Kate Durand
Teacher’s Practice Weekend, Business of Yoga
Kate is the founder of YO BK and is certified in just about everything we offer: Bikram Yoga, Power Vinyasa, Yin and even Inferno Pilates! She loves bringing people together in a space that feels like home and her favorite work is in education. Kate is honored to co-lead our 200 Hour Power Vinyasa Teacher Training and has trained and mentored hundreds of teachers over the years.
Kate loves the freedom of sequencing a Vinyasa class, from intentionality to peak poses to story telling. In university, she majored in Classical Studies and wrote her thesis on the similarities between Greek and Hindu Mythology. She is excited to share space with you!
Nikki Costello
Align + Flow: Iyengar Principles
Nikki Costello is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) and a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). For 30 years, her teaching has been influenced by annual trips to India including eight visits to RIMYI (Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune), the study of philosophical and scriptural texts and a daily practice of meditation. In 2013, Nikki was a contributing editor at Yoga Journal, writing the magazine’s “Basics Column'' and in 2016 she was named one of the 100 Most Influential Yoga Teachers in America. Nikki is recognized as a thought leader in the global Yoga community and shares her wisdom and expertise in Yoga and meditation retreats around the world.
Nick Potenzieri
Align + Flow: Iyengar Principles, FLY: Inversions and Arm Balances
Nick began the study of yoga in 2001 and has been fascinated by the practice and its teachings ever since. Nick began teaching Hatha and Vinyasa in 2005 and in 2019 completed the Teacher Education program at the Iyengar Institute of New York. Being an avid practitioner of Iyengar Yoga, Nick’s teaching has shifted to explore the commonalities between the richness of Iyengar method and the greater yoga community.
Nick's positive energy, creativity and attention to form has helped him work with people of all capabilities, capacities, and walks of life. He continues to work with the goal of inspiring others to develop a deeper understanding of how these practices can lead to more fulfillment in their lives and peace in their hearts.
Manorama
Bhagavad Gita & Standing Poses
As a Sanskrit, Meditation and Yoga Philosophy teacher for over 30 years, my mission is grounded in making this Tradition accessible, approachable, and fun, while honoring the richness of its vast wisdom.
My formative studies began as an immersive study with my Guru, Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, in Sanskrit, Meditation and Yoga philosophy. Later, I continued my work in Sanskrit at Columbia University with the esteemed Dr. Ram Karan Sharma. The combination of these uniquely vibrant experiences honed my understanding of the Sanskrit language and gave me the confidence to delve deeper into how Sanskrit relates with the primary principles of Yoga, as well as to explore its connection with modern life.
Website: sanskritstudies.org
Dirk Bennewitz
Yin & Nidra
Dirk has led and participates in Teacher Trainings, Conferences & Workshops in Europe, Canada and the US. He is the Owner & Director of Power Yoga Institute with three locations in Hamburg, Germany. Dirk is a member of the Fascia Research Team at ULM University, a Technical Fitness Consultant for GAIAM, a Registered E-RYT 500h with Yoga Alliance Teacher and the father of twins!
Dirk is the author of the books & DVDs:
Meditation for your Life, Yoga for your Life, Fascia Yoga, Fascia Training with Yin Yoga, Yoga for Men. He is a contributing editor for Yoga Journal and Yoga Aktuell.
Camille Sallette
Yin & Nidra
Camille is one of our extraordinary studio managers and is certified in just about everything we offer at the studios. Her Sunday Yin class in Greenpoint is an institution and the #1 class that students drag their partners to — you’re welcome.
Camille began practicing yoga in 2010 and has been teaching for 10 years in Southern Virginia and Brooklyn. She teaches Power Vinyasa, Traditional Hot Yoga and Inferno Hot Pilates Levels 1 & 2. While co-leading a retreat in 2017, Camille taught Yin in a yurt on a farm in Upstate NY. Soon after, she began teaching Yin at YO BK and is responsible for birthing this program.
Camille is Yang and Yin incarnate; a constant dance of spicy and sweet. She loves holding supportive space for students to rest and unwind from the city chaos.
Kenny Frisby
FLY: Inversions and Arm Balances, Sequencing and Mythology
I'm Kenny and I've been teaching Yoga for the last 10 years. Over the years, I've had the great opportunity to share these practices and my passion for the FLY life in multiple advanced trainings, workshops and classes. For me, it's only "advanced" when we contemplate the deeper meaning or mythology of the poses we practice. Within the FLY practice, specifically arm balances, we're invited into the mystical world of wise sages, majestic birds, and more. Beyond the physical benefits, the poses offer up beautiful (and practical!) spiritual wisdom to inspire, expand, and elevate our lives.