Surround yourself with water. Find your flow.
Immerse into a deeper practice.

Dive into 200-hr Kunga Yoga Teacher Training on the northern tip of North Carolina’s eastern-most and nationally-acclaimed strand of islands surrounded by history and small town coastal charm. Join the experienced Wilmington Yoga Center founder and director Kristin Cooper, along with guest teachers Jess Moody and Katie Kennis of Village Yoga in Duck, NC in this unique opportunity for transformative experiences while you delve deeper into your yoga practice.

While you train and earn your 200-hr Kunga Yoga Teacher Training certificate with us you’ll…

• Develop your personal practice on and off the mat
• Gain tools to serve your community
• Find out how to prevent injuries while gaining flexibility and strength
• Learn from dedicated teachers with decades of experience
• Experience a variety of yoga methodologies within one training
• Create enriching personal relationships for your journey to come!

Special Kunga Yoga Lifestyle & Teacher Training in OBX!

Wake with the water. Feel it’s ebb and flow. Find your inner drishti, your calling.

Immerse yourself on an island. Surrounded by water, you’ll find this teacher training an experience like no other. Drift in and out, like the easy ocean air, from personal practice and meditation to asana practicum. Make time for the breeze. Feel it rock you gently back and forth while you nestle in the hammock during your afternoon break. Explore the tallest lighthouse in the US or the highest sand dune on the East Coast. Look beyond your feet and gaze at the more than 400 species of birds that seek refuge here—in the same skies where the Wright brothers flew the first motorized plane.

Take flight with this incredible learning opportunity as we immerse ourselves into the practice of Kunga Yoga on the OBX beaches in North Carolina. While in this island destination, experience the great teachings of nature as you seek to integrate mind, body and spirit through creative, strong, vinyasa flow practices and delve into the pursuit of our voice and finding your seat as teachers.

Students going through the program for personal enrichment will be challenged in a way that is safe, strong, and deeply transformative. Teacher Trainees will learn how to create and offer efficient and effectively sequenced classes using anatomical principles and vinyasa krama theory. You will also receive a detailed manual with sample class sequences and content guiding you through the entire process for becoming a strong, effective, and impactful teacher.

We’ll also give you time throughout the weekend to spend enjoying the OBX. Saturdays–Vacation Days–are a great time to invite your family to join you on the beach!

Click here to find out more view our accommodations!

Schedule

Teacher Training- May 2015  *Arrive on TBD

Check out our Daily Schedule to the left for a typical day-in-the-life view of our teacher training Monday-Friday!

*Schedule subject to change.

Saturday
Off! Vacation Time!

Sunday
Half Day!
1:00-8:00pm

*Please bring change of clothes, snacks, and eat lightly each day

Dates

May (TBD)*

**Arrive on May (TBD) at 3pm**
On our first evening together we’ll…
4pm-6pm-Welcome/Introductions
6pm-7:30pm-Group Ceremonial Dinner
7:30pm-10pm-Partner Thai Massage & Restorative Yoga 

Teacher Training Package Costs

*Contact our Programs Coordinator for room details. Limited availability for men’s stay.

** $200 rush fee if payment made after closing date for registration. Non-refundable tuition payment is due in full by the date noted.

Are you a local Outer Banks resident that would like to participate in the training? Contact our Programs Coordinator.

About Kristin Cooper, ERYT500

The Founder & Director of the Kunga Yoga 200/500hour Teacher Training School, Kristin’s teaching background includes teaching full time since 1999 and training hundreds of yoga teachers nationally and internationally since 2003. She has worked with children, seniors, and students living with cancer and HIV, and is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). Kristin has worked privately with celebrity clients Katie Holmes, Ashley Judd and Cheryl Hines, and is founder and training director of the Wilmington Yoga Center and Kunga Yoga School. She travels as a teacher trainer and percussionist for Shiva Rea, working as a mentor for Shiva’s Prana Flow 500hr Teacher Training. Kristin is also a guest presenter for various teacher trainings in the U.S and has assisted the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health Teacher Trainings.

About Guest Teachers

Jess Moody, RYT200
In 2011 Jess completed Wilmington Yoga Center’s 220-hour Kunga Yoga Lifestyle and Teacher Training with Kristin Cooper and has dedicated herself to teaching ever since. Over the years, yoga has fueled Jess’ desire for constant discovery of the unknown and taught her to live true to her heart. Since 2009 she has taken her practice around the world and lived seasonally on the Outer Banks where she eventually reconnected with her long time friend, Katie,and co-founded Village Yoga in Duck, NC. Jess is infinitely grateful to her teachers Kristin Cooper, for teaching her the power of non-violent communication and to move in a way that makes her soul dance; Noelle Cavenaugh for always reminding her to laugh on the mat; and Larry Hobbs, for introducing her to such a sacred practice and for being an authentic connection to the Ashtanga lineage, which will always be at her roots.

Katie Kennis, RYT200
Katie first discovered the practice of Ashtanga yoga at the young age of 16 through the loving guidance of her yogini mother, Maggie. From then on she was hooked. While attending school at UNCW and maintaining a strong yoga practice, Katie was deeply influenced by the dynamic Vinyasa yoga classes held at the Wilmington Yoga Center. These classes quickly sparked her interest in completing a 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga certification on the beautiful beach of Playa Gigante, Nicaragua. Katie soon became a passionate full-time yoga teacher and co-founded Village Yoga in Duck, NC. She continues to draw playful inspiration for her classes from the fluidity of the ocean,freedom of her travel adventures, and above all the compassion of her most influential teacher, Mom. Katie is a certified Yoga Alliance teacher at the 200-hour level and has received a 5 Elements Vinyasa Flow certification from Kristen Cooper-Gulak at the Wilmington Yoga Center.

Have questions about registering? Ask our Programs Coordinator

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If you are a military spouse, you may qualify for the MyCAA program.  The MyCAA program is a career development and employment assistance program offered by the military for military personnel and their spouses. MyCAA provides a maximum educational benefit of $4,000.

*Non-refundable and non-transferable tuition payment is due in full by the date noted.
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About the 200-hr Kunga Yoga Teacher Training

The primary umbrella for Kunga Yoga is Hatha yoga physical practices, with an emphasis on Vinyasa and specialty classes. Instruction is provided in a “big picture” format of Hatha yoga, with a “smaller picture” introduction into the practice of athletic classes such as Vinyasa Flow, Power Flow, and Detox practices, as well as meditation senior yoga, prenatal, kids, therapeutic restorative and more. Yogic lifestyle, professional ethics, vegan living, anatomy and physiology, assisting and pranayama are covered in detail. For more specialized, in-depth study of these topics, you may continue your advanced studies with our Kunga Yoga 500 Hour Certification Program.

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Nationally Recognized

Kunga Yoga Trainings are registered as 200hr & 300hr certification with the Yoga Alliance. Yoga Alliance has established widely adopted rigorous standards for education and certification and is the only established national body of standards for yoga teachers & schools. As a Yoga Alliance registrant, you become a part of the global community of over 21,000 Registered Yoga Teachers & Schools. Registrants are recognized internationally for meeting recognized standards of training, experience & ongoing professional development.

Evolving since 2003, the Kunga Yoga 200-hour YLTT meets and exceeds all of Yoga Alliance’s requirements for 200 hour certification. The goal of the WYC Kunga Yoga 200hr Teacher Training Program is to provide the fundamental tools that potential teachers need to offer complete, safe, and eclectic hatha yoga classes. Students wishing to become yoga instructors or those just desiring to deepen their understanding of yoga will find this course diverse and comprehensive. All Kunga Yoga Faculty and presenters are Registered Teachers at the 200 & 500hour levels, and/or experienced professionals in their field of study.

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Community & Support

The heart of our training program is the development of community within the program itself. We’ve found that the highlight for most of our participants is the feeling of support and connection with others within the program. Our goal has always been to create a lighthearted community that is non-judgmental, where no one feels “intimidated” by yoga, and where people can meet, learn, laugh, and hopefully develop friendships for life. We have taken many steps to create a curriculum and space where students of all walks of life, age and ability can come to study the many facets of yoga. Our graduates often share that the training and community gives them personal fulfillment, fresh perspectives, personal EVOLUTION, and ultimately the drive to serve and support in the healing process for others.

Our community is full of students, teachers, volunteers, & administrative staff all coming together with like goals to create connections and valuable support systems for life. Senior Kunga Yoga Faculty lead and direct the trainings in a non-dogmatic, professional, and light-hearted way. Our curriculum is well-established, unique, and FUN! All bodies, ages, shapes and sizes are welcome and encouraged. We strive to create a friendly, non-intimidating, joyous community within our programs, as we feel that trust and comfort are the essential ingredients for absorption during the learning process.

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Service Project

Your Kunga Service Teaching Project is a valuable learning experience and a part of our outreach program providing yoga to underserved communities. Your Kunga Project may be spent working with local charities, fundraisers and community programs for special needs, such as volunteer teaching for at-risk youth, HIV, and domestic abuse victims. You may also choose to simply offer one-on-one lessons to a family member that needs yoga! All graduates teach 5 free Kunga Yoga classes in their communities.

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