image

Integrative Dynamic Yoga(TM) Certification
Honor ~ Serve ~ Guide ~ Inspire


"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.
I will meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase 'each other' doesn't make any sense." - Rumi

The Northern California Yoga Institute is a nationally recognized Registered Yoga School that offers several training programs including a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher program and 85-hour Prenatal Yoga and Childbirth Education training with Yoga Alliance. The Northern California Yoga Institute also provides IDY-Affiliated and IDY-Certified Instructor programs that exceed industry standards for Yoga Teacher Trainings.

The IDY-Affiliated and IDY-Certified Instructor programs are in addition to the 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training. Upon completion of the 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training, students who successfully meet all of the requirements will be able to become Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance and promote themselves as an IDY-Inspired Yoga Instructor. To become and IDY-Affiliated or IDY-Certified Instructor, participants must be 200-hour certified (or equivalent). If participants have not completed the Fundamentals of IDY 200-hour Training, they must complete the Refinements of Alignment and Anatomy of Yoga and Functional Movement Workshops in order to participate in the Advanced Studies Programs.

Integrative Dynamic Yoga (IDY) is an emerging yoga style. IDY creator, Kamie Loeser, E-RYT acknowledges that no idea is an original thought but a refinement and expansion of something that already exists. Therefore, IDY is based upon Kamie's experience and knowledge in yoga, physical and functional muscular conditioning, bodywork, biomechanics, somatics, fitness and group exercise, personal training, and other contemporary health and fitness practices. With commitment, dedication, and compassion, it is Kamie's intention to guide and assist each student with cultivating mind/body-centered awareness, self-realization and authentic self-expression, while at the same time discovering optimal health, fitness, personal well-being, and spiritual awareness.

The IDY-Affiliated and IDY-Certified Instructor programs have been developed based on some of the most professional and demanding yoga certification programs in the yoga teaching industry. This ensures that IDY instructors are qualified to teach Integrative Dynamic Yoga-IDY. IDY Instructors will have completed several years of study, including hundreds of contact hours with Kamie. IDY-Affiliated Teachers will have completed several and Advanced Studies Immersion Programs and have taught professionally for at least two years, before formally completing the IDY-Certified process.

Earning the IDY-Affiliated and IDY-Certified designations acknowledges that the instructor has done a great deal of inner-study and practice in the methods of IDY, exercise and health science, philosophy, and the art of teaching yoga. The IDY-Affiliated and IDY-Certified programs have been designed to be a process of physical, mental, emotional, and personal self-discovery. The IDY-Affiliated and IDY-Certified designations are not a contract that forces the instructor to follow any dogma or limit the teacher's individual and authentic teaching style, but rather provides instructors a solid foundation upon which to add and blend their particular area of expertise and interest as they continue to study other yoga traditions and health, wellness and fitness modalities and spiritual practices.

Once teachers fulfill all the requirements of the IDY-Affiliated and IDY-Certified requirements, sign the IDY licensing agreement, continue to regularly study and practice IDY, teachers earn the legal right to promote themself as an IDY-Certified Instructor.

We invite you to join us and build the future of IDY together!

IDY-Affiliated Instructor Program

The Northern California Yoga Institute offers a series of Advanced Studies Training Programs that when completed together meet the IDY-Affiliated Instructor requirements. Combined the Training Programs total 500 hours of study, with Kamie Loeser, E-RYT and NCYI faculty. The IDY-Affiliated Program includes the following components:

  • 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training (if using a 200-hour training other than one obtained from NCYI, then participants must complete the Refinements in Alignment and Anatomy of Yoga and Functional Movement Workshops and one additional 75-hr Advanced Studies Immersion Program)
  • Advanced Studies Immersion Programs totalling 225 hours of study (participants choose from the following Programs):
    • IDY Therapy - Restorative Functional Movement (75-hrs)
    • IDY-LiFE: Lifestyle and Fitness Education (75-hrs)
    • IDY Wellness (75-hrs)
    • IDY Joyful Birth Prenatal Yoga (75-hrs)
    • IDY Fit Yoga Fusion (37.5 hrs)
    • IDY Athletics (37.5 hrs)
    • IDY Strong (37.5 hrs)
    • IDY Bliss (37.5 hrs)
  • Independent Study (75-hrs)

Independent Study Program
75-hour Independent Study Programs

There are two components to the Independent Study Program: 1) create a Pilot Program and teach a series of 8 classes to a focus group and 2) conduct a series one-to-one yoga sessions. Instructors working toward the IDY-Affiliated and IDY-Certified designations can begin the Independent Study Program at any time once you have obtained your "Certificate of Completion" from the Northern California Yoga Institute's 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training Program. The IDY-Affiliated Independent Study Program is in addition to the Internship requirements for the Registered Yoga Teacher Training.

Specialized Program (37.5 hours of Independent Study)

IDY-Affiliated Instructors are encouraged to create and teach a series of 8 specialized yoga classes to a focus group, such as school teachers or corporate yoga, or under-served populations, such as children/teens, abused women, elderly, people with special needs, etc. The Independent Study Program includes market research, program development and curriculum documentation, and analytical findings. Kamie will work closely with Instructors to develop their program, offering marketing assistance, program guidance and feedback as well as program review and oversight. Instructors will also write a paper/article to be posted on the NCYI website.

One-to-One IDY Sessions (37.5-hours of Independent Study)

As part of the Independent Study Program, IDY-Affiliated Instructors will conduct 2 series of 4 one-to-one sessions to clients with therapeutic or special needs, such as those recovering from injury, suffering from chronic pain, experiencing a neuromuscular disorder, facing health challenges, or living with a disability (i.e., scoliosis, autism, etc.). The Independent Study Program includes market research, one-to-one program development and session documentation, and analytical findings and summary. Kamie will work closely with Instructors to develop their sessions' program, offering program guidance and feedback as well as program review and oversight. Instructors will also write a paper/article to be posted on the NCYI website.



IDY-Certified Instructor Program

The Northern California Yoga Institute offers a 500-hour IDY-Certified Instructor Program that when completed together with the 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training and IDY Certified requirements, totals over 950-hours of IDY study, including 725-contact hours with Kamie Loeser, E-RYT. Participants must complete all of the following for IDY Certified status:

  • 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training (if using a 200-hour training other than one obtained from NCYI, then participants must complete the 1. Refinements in Alignment and Anatomy of Yoga and Movement Workshops and 2. one additional 75-hr Advanced Studies Immersion Program)
  • Advanced Studies Immersion Programs totalling 450 hours of study (participants choose from the following Programs):
    • IDY Therapy - Restorative Functional Movement (75-hrs)
    • IDY-LiFE: Lifestyle and Fitness Education (75-hrs)
    • IDY Wellness (75-hrs)
    • IDY Fit Yoga Fusion (37.5 hrs)
    • IDY Athletics (37.5 hrs)
    • IDY Strong (37.5 hrs)
    • IDY Philosophy - The Path of Bliss (37.5 hrs)
  • Elective Studies (choose 1 of the following for 75-hrs)
    • IDY Joyful Birth Prenatal Yoga (85-hrs)
    • Repeat one of the 75-hr Advanced Studies Immersion including either IDY Therapy, IDY-LiFE, or IDY Wellness.
    • Refinements in Alignment and Anatomy of Yoga and Functional Movement Workshops (75-hours total)
  • Independent Study (75-hrs)
  • 150-hour IDY Practicum

150-hour IDY Practicum - The Seven Principles of Synergy(TM)

In the 200-hour IDY Practicum Program, iInstructors will be applying, teaching and practicing the methods of IDY directly under the mentorship and guidance of Kamie Loeser, E-RYT and NCYI faculty. Instructors will demonstrate their comprehensive knowledge of IDY's Seven Principles of Synergy applied in group classes, as well as in the small group and one-to-one IDY sessions. As part of the 150-hour IDY Practicum, instructors will develop workshop programs to add to their teaching practice.

Once IDY-Certified Instructors qualify as an E-RYT (per Yoga Alliance standards*), Instructors will also be invited to join the NCYI IDY Teacher Training staff, offering Yoga Teacher Training Programs in their area.

**Yoga Alliance requires 1,000 hours of teaching yoga classes to qualify as an E-RYT; however, NCYI requires 1,750 hours of teaching to qualify as an E-RYT and instruct IDY Teacher Training Programs. NCYI exceeds the industry standards because we believe that teaching yoga is more than teaching a class.