Meet the Teachers
Learn more about the teachers and this powerful training program in this recent information session.
Program Dates: May 2024 – June 2025
All retreats are held in-person at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Retreat 1: May 31 – June 6, 2024 (residential)
Retreat 2: January 11 – 15, 2025 (hybrid non-residential; on-land & online)
Retreat 3: June 5 – 12, 2025 (residential)
For both residential retreats:
Arrival Time: 2:30-4:00pm PT on opening/first day
Departure Time: 11:00am PT on closing/last day
Meals included.
For the hybrid non-residential retreat:
Daily Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm PT
Daily Morning Sit: 8:00-8:30am PT
Meals not included.
Program Prerequisite:
The training is open to everyone, but is designed for more experienced practitioners from either mindfulness or Yoga traditions who aspire to integrate Dharma and Yoga in their practice. Special focus will be placed on integrating mindfulness into Yoga āsana practice and teaching.
Description
This yearlong Dharma and Yoga certificate program integrates Buddhist wisdom teachings and meditation practice with āsana, prāṇāyāma, and somatic movement. In the teaching of Yoga and embodied meditation, Dharma and Yoga are interwoven as one path to awakening. The training includes silent retreat, community connection, and structured support for deepening your personal practice. Our approach is centered on accessible and trauma-informed practices that nourish belonging and provide systematic grounding in the essential practices of these two great traditions.
This program offers 175 CEUs for Yoga teachers through Yoga Alliance. There is no additional cost.
Important Note: The program does not certify Yoga teachers to lead Insight Meditation courses, daylongs, or retreats, which require further training.
Participants will:
- Gain skills and understanding in the foundational teachings and practices of Dharma and Insight Meditation
- Advance personal practice and teaching skills in Yoga āsana
- Learn practice and teaching methods that support a loving connection to embodiment, honoring of boundaries, and a sense of belonging
- Refine techniques to support all bodies in āsana
- Gain understanding of how trauma impacts embodied experience
Program Includes
- 3 retreats (two residential, one non-residential hybrid)
- Optional affinity groups
- Small groups
- Written assignments/reflections
- Daily meditation practice
- Dharma and yoga study and practice sessions with teaching team (online, every other month)
Commitment to Belonging and Saṇgha Building
We are committed to creating a DYMT community of practitioners from diverse backgrounds and cultures—a mix of gender identities, ethnicities, socio-economic status, sexual orientations, ages, and abilities—who will support each other’s Dharma and Yoga practice(s). We invite participants who are dedicated to creating communities of belonging and spiritual friendship.
Program Components & Requirements
- Full attendance at both 6-night in-person residential retreats as well as the 5-day non-residential, hybrid retreat (participants can attend the hybrid retreat in-person or online)
- Attendance for and completion of the curriculum offered online between retreats. This will include study, practice, and connection with peers in small groups
IMPORTANT! If you are unable to make this Participation Commitment at this time, please wait and join us for a future iteration.
Participation Agreements
To get the most out of this training and to support both the Sangha and the container, we ask that you commit to the following:
- Full attendance at both 6-night in-person residential retreats, as well as the 5-day non-residential hybrid retreat (participants can attend the hybrid retreat in-person or online)
- Completion of the curriculum offered online between retreats: 3-5 hr/month recommended
- Maintain a consistent Yoga and meditation practice during the training to integrate the concepts and teachings: 20-30 min/day recommended
- Dharma & yoga study and practice sessions: 75 minutes every other month live (online) via Zoom (highly recommended but not required, and will be recorded)
- Honor the needs of your body during our in-person and online movement sessions and communicate with the teaching team if further support is needed
- Maintain a willingness and capacity to interact and engage respectfully with people with different histories, stories, backgrounds, and views than your own
Tuition
Program fees do not include additional support for the teachers. There will be an opportunity to practice dāna (generosity) to support program teachers following each retreat.
Standard Sliding Scale:
$11,500 – Supporter (guaranteed single room for both residential retreats)
$9,050 – Benefactor
$6,750 – Sustainer
$4,500 – Basic
Scholarship Rates:
$4,050 – Scholarship Rate 1 (open to M/K and BIPOC) – SOLD OUT
$3,000 – Mudita/Karuna Scholarship Rate – SOLD OUT
$3,000 – BIPOC Scholarship Rate – SOLD OUT
Commuter Option: (please read details below)
$3,000 – Sustainer-Commuter Rate DTP
$2,250 – Basic-Commuter Rate DTP
IMPORTANT PREREQUISITE for Commuters: The training is open to everyone, but it is designed for more experienced practitioners from either mindfulness or Yoga traditions who aspire to integrate Dharma and Yoga in their practice. Commuters participate in the full retreat, attending all daily sessions, including all meals for the duration of the residential retreat; but are not provided overnight accommodations. A resting area is provided during the day while on campus.
Tuition does NOT include:
- Teacher support (dana); which is typically offered after each retreat
- Transportation costs to/from your home to Spirit Rock
- For Commuter Rates: does not include overnight accommodations for the residential retreats
Financial Details and Assistance
Participating in DYMT will require your commitment of both time and financial resources. Payment plans are available for all levels of the sliding scale. Scholarships are limited and reserved for those truly experiencing financial hardship. If you need to withdraw from the program, the following fee structure will apply.
ALL participants have the option of paying in full, or a 30% deposit, at the time of registration. Installments can only be set up on credit cards; and will be automatically set up using the same card you used to pay your deposit. The installment dates will be set up on the same date of each month that you made your initial deposit. Monthly installments are available until the second retreat whereby all program fees must be paid in full unless you have made alternate arrangements with the Registration Department. Please reach out to us at: registration@spiritrock.org.
Cancellation Policy
$150 non-refundable, flat fee for all applicants on or before Jan 1, 2024
15% fee = Jan 2 – Mar 2, 2024
30% fee = Mar 3 – May 3, 2024
50% fee = May 4 – May 30, 2024
NO REFUNDS = On or after May 31, 2024
Cancellation fee is a percentage of the total amount agreed to pay. These fees apply to all participants. Late cancellations do not allow us time to fill a vacated spot in the program.
