Yoga Space • 2025 Summer Immersion
With Michele Loew & Ian LeMasters
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
This foundational training is ideal for serious students of yoga wishing to profoundly deepen their practice and aspiring teachers alike.
Summer Intensive in Portland begins Friday, June 27th, 2025
Course completion qualifies you for an RYT-200 designation by Yoga Alliance
Tuition costs: $2000 or 3 payments of $700
About The Program
Our program is rooted in the lineage of Krishnamacharya, blending the Vinyasa flow, internal form, and intelligent progression found in the Ashtanga system, the precise alignment instructions and supported poses of the Iyengar system, and the modifications to the individual that Desikachar emphasized.
We Will Focus On
The Theory & Practice of Yoga
intensive asana, philosophy, pranayama and meditation study
Therapeutic Applications
learn to teach alignment based yoga as you gain a strong understanding of anatomy & physiology as applied to yoga asana.
Art of Teaching
gain the confidence and tools to be an effective teacher using voice, body language, gentle assists, & the art of sequencing, as you practice teaching.
Yoga Philosophy
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, The Bhagavad Gita
Training Schedule
This training will occur over 8 weekends from June 27- August 30th, 2025
Fridays from 6pm - 8:30pm PT
Saturdays from 11am - 1:30pm, 2:30pm - 5:30pm PT
Sundays from 9am - 10:30am; 11-1:30pm, 2:30pm - 5:30pm PT
All material is recorded and can be studied and replayed if a session is missed live.
Full Curriculum
Weekend 1: June 27-29
Standing poses; Yoga Sutras; Applied Anatomy, Principles of Teaching.
Weekend 2: July 11-13
Surya Namaskar & Down Dog; Forward folds Yoga Sutras; Practicum
Weekend 3: July 18-20
Hips & Twists; Yoga Sutras, Teaching Practicum.
Weekend 4: July 25-27
Handstands & Arm Balancing; Sequencing; Teaching Practicum
Weekend 5: August 1-3
Backbends; Teaching Practicum; Bhagavad Gita
Weekend 6: August 15-17
Art of sequencing a flow based class; Shoulderstand, Headstand; Bhagavad Gita, Teaching Practicum.
Weekend 7: August 22-24
Hands-on Assists, & asana Review;
Weekend 8: August 29-30
Closing Weekend, Pranayama, taking seat of teacher, business of yoga
Your Teachers
Michele Loew is the owner of The Yoga Space and is an international yoga teacher & practitioner of Hatha & Tibetan Yogas.
She is also the founding director of the Vajra Yoga School of Comparative Buddhist & Indic Yogic studies she co-teaches with Professor Robert A.F. Thurman for Tibet House US.
Her forthcoming book, co-authored with H. E. Kalu Rinpoche, will be released on August 5, 2025
She has taught, practiced, & studied avidly since 1998, and is known for her ability to see each student and address their individual needs both therapeutically and energetically. She is a master at hands on assists, alignment, and greatly enjoys teaching spirituality and philosophy that provides a path to happiness for all.
Michele teaches regular classes and 200 & 500 YA trainings in Yoga & Yoga Nidra in Portland & New York, as well as retreats and workshops internationally.
Ian LeMasters has curated our online Anatomy course and will be in-person for a few weekends of this year’s course as he returns to Portland on Summer break from his Medical school studies. We are gifted to study his brilliant anatomy program in-person & online which includes interactive quizzes and videos created by Ian.
Ian discovered the practice of Yoga in 2011 and taught for the Yoga Space for 10 years. He is an honored yogi emeritus beloved on the yoga space staff.
I’m excited for you to participate in our Yoga Space 200 Hour Teacher Certification Course!
Practice with an amazing community of friends, yogis, teachers, and gain strength, flexibility, and a balanced state of being.