Advanced Teacher Training
300-Hour Advanced Decolonized Yoga Teacher Training
A transformational advanced training for yoga teachers ready to deepen practice, refine discernment, and teach yoga as embodied liberation, cultural restoration, and service.
Dates
Sept. 12, 2026-May 16, 2027
Format
Hybrid: studio + live online + practicum
Location
Rosewolff Studio, Downtown Los Angeles
Eligibility
200-hour YTT graduate
Maat Yoga is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School (RYS 300). Led by Ja Cole, E-RYT 500 and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider.
Invitation
An Invitation Into Advanced Practice
This training is for teachers who know that yoga is more than sequencing, posture, or performance.
The Maat Wellness 300-Hour Advanced Decolonized Yoga Teacher Training is a space to become more skillful, more honest, more embodied, and more responsible in how you practice, teach, lead, and serve.
Rather than repeating the foundation of a 200-hour training, this advanced program asks: How do we apply the maps of yoga with discernment? How do we adapt practice to real bodies and real lives? How do we integrate philosophy, nervous system awareness, subtle-body teachings, cultural restoration, and community care?
Fit
This Training Is For You If
- You have completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training and are ready for deeper study.
- You want to move beyond memorized sequences into responsive teaching.
- You are drawn to Decolonized Yoga, Maat, mental yoga, cultural restoration, and community care.
- You want to deepen meditation, pranayama, subtle-body study, and philosophical inquiry.
- You want mentorship, practice teaching, feedback, and a capstone rooted in service.
- You are ready to examine your teaching voice, your relationship to power, and your responsibility as a guide.
What Makes It Different
Advanced Study With Maat Wellness Roots
Advanced Decolonized Yoga
Students examine yoga through practice, history, embodiment, cultural responsibility, and service.
Maat as Framework
Truth, balance, reciprocity, responsibility, and right relationship shape practice, teaching, leadership, and repair.
Upanishadic Inquiry
Meditation, awareness, self, mind, liberation, and the koshas are approached as tools for embodied self-inquiry.
Mental Yoga through the Gita
Students study the mind in the middle of life: grief, action, responsibility, attachment, discernment, and liberation.
Advanced Teaching Discernment
Teachers learn to apply, adapt, integrate, and teach classical maps responsibly and pedagogically.
Capstone and Legacy
The training culminates in supervised practicum and a capstone rooted in real community care.
Training Arc
The Transformation Arc
Six progressive modules build the teacher from the inside out. The complete 300HR pathway then extends Seba through supervised practicum, mentorship, capstone work, and the Advanced Teaching Residency.
1
15 CE hours | September 12-13
Maat / Teaching Presence & Embodied Leadership
Who am I when I teach? Develop presence, integrity, nervous-system awareness, ethical discernment, and the inner qualities that create trust in the classroom.
2
20 CE hours | October 10-11
Rekh / Mental Yoga Through the Bhagavad Gita
How do I transform myself before attempting to transform others? Apply dharma, discernment, responsibility, and the Gita’s wisdom to life, relationships, leadership, and teaching.
3
20 CE hours | November 14-15
Embodied Anatomy / Functional Anatomy & Intelligent Movement
How do I teach the body I see rather than the pose I imagine? Study anatomical variation, movement patterns, breath mechanics, regulation, assessment, and adaptive sequencing.
4
20 CE hours | December 12-13
Kaushalam / The Skilled Guide
How do I create transformational experiences rather than simply teach poses? Refine sequencing, cueing, observation, inclusive language, adaptation, and creative class design.
5
20 CE hours | January 9-10
Jnana / Classical Inquiry & Cultural Restoration
Why do we teach yoga, and how do we honor its roots? Explore classical texts, comparative wisdom, ethics, cultural context, and responsible philosophical teaching.
6
February-May | Full 300HR pathway
Seba Path / Advanced Teaching Residency
What legacy will I leave through my teaching? Integrate the work through mentorship, observation, practice teaching, leadership, business development, community teaching, capstone development, final presentation, and graduation.
Curriculum
What You Will Learn
- Advanced asana, pranayama, meditation, inquiry, and integration practices
- Functional anatomy, skeletal variation, movement assessment, nervous system awareness, and adaptation for real students
- Trauma-aware, culturally aware, and student-centered teaching methods
- Ethical boundaries, consent, group dynamics, and teacher-student relationships
- Upanishadic kosha inquiry and responsible subtle-body teaching
- Mental Yoga through the Bhagavad Gita
- Decolonized yoga frameworks, cultural restoration, and service
- Advanced Teaching Residency, observation, feedback, leadership, community teaching, and capstone development
Two Study Paths
Choose the full certification track or begin with a standalone module.
The Maat Wellness 300HR and the standalone YACEP module offerings are related, but they are not the same enrollment path. The full 300HR is the advanced certification journey. The standalone modules are continuing education offerings for teachers who want to study one area first.
Full 300HR Certification Track
For teachers ready to enter the full Advanced Decolonized Yoga journey from September 2026 through May 2027. This path includes all six modules, supervised practicum, capstone, graduation review, and the Maat Wellness certificate of completion.
YACEP Continuing Education
Standalone Module Track
For teachers who want to study one module at a time before committing to the full certification path. Completed standalone modules from this cohort are designed to count toward the Maat Wellness 300HR when a student chooses to continue and completes the remaining program requirements.
Standalone module registration does not include the supervised practicum, capstone review, graduation, or 300HR certification by itself.
Standalone CE Module Pricing
Flexibility has value. Commitment has a clear reward.
The six standalone CE modules, including Seba, let teachers enter the work one area at a time. Individual module tuition is priced for that flexibility. Early Registration is reserved for students committing to the complete 300HR pathway.
Full 300HR Early Registration is open June 19-July 31, 2026. Full tuition begins August 1, 2026. Standalone CE modules use the fixed prices below.
Maat
Signature Foundation
15 CE Hours | $595
Flagship Mental Yoga Course
Rekh
Signature Transformation
20 CE Hours | $895
Embodied Anatomy
Advanced Technical Training
20 CE Hours | $695
Kaushalam
Advanced Teaching Methodology
20 CE Hours | $695
Jnana
Philosophy & Cultural Restoration
20 CE Hours | $695
Seba
Mentorship & Professional Integration
20 CE Hours | $695
Best Overall Value: Full 300HR Early Registration
$3,100 available June 19-July 31, 2026. Regular full-program tuition begins August 1, 2026. The six standalone modules total $4,270.
That is $1,170 less than purchasing the six CE modules individually, and it includes supervised practicum, mentorship, teaching review, the community leadership project, capstone, graduation, and certification. Standalone Seba study does not by itself complete those full-program requirements.
In-Person Location
Rosewolff Studio, Downtown Los Angeles
In-person training weekends meet inside a spacious Downtown Los Angeles studio with natural light, open floor space, rooftop access, and room for practice, teaching labs, reflection, and community building.
The studio gives the cohort space to practice, observe, teach, receive feedback, and build relationship in person. Studio sessions meet Saturday 12:00 PM-5:30 PM and Sunday 12:00 PM-6:30 PM unless otherwise noted.
Schedule
The In-Person Schedule
The Rosewolff Studio weekends remain exactly as contracted. Six progressive CE modules culminate in supervised practicum, the advanced teaching residency, and final capstone.
Live Online Integration
Wednesdays, 6:30 PM-10:00 PM Pacific: September 16, October 14, November 18, January 13, February 17, and March 17. Each Zoom session follows its core module weekend and supports integration, recovery, reflection, and practical application.
Additional Seba Path online mentoring, practicum, and capstone support is scheduled within the cohort.
| Month | Dates | Program Focus | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| September | Sept. 12-13, 2026 | Maat Teaching Presence & Embodied Leadership | Sat 12:00 PM-5:30 PM; Sun 11:00 AM-5:30 PM |
| October | Oct. 10-11, 2026 | Rekh Mental Yoga Through the Bhagavad Gita | Sat 12:00 PM-5:30 PM; Sun 11:00 AM-5:30 PM |
| November | Nov. 14-15, 2026 | Embodied Anatomy Functional Anatomy & Intelligent Movement | Sat 12:00 PM-5:30 PM; Sun 11:00 AM-5:30 PM |
| January | Jan. 9-10, 2027 | Kaushalam The Skilled Guide | Sat 12:00 PM-5:30 PM; Sun 11:00 AM-5:30 PM |
| February | Feb. 13-14, 2027 | Jnana Classical Inquiry & Cultural Restoration | Sat 12:00 PM-5:30 PM; Sun 11:00 AM-5:30 PM |
| March | Mar. 13-14, 2027 | Seba Wisdom, Mentorship & Liberated Teaching | Sat 12:00 PM-5:30 PM; Sun 11:00 AM-5:30 PM |
| April | Apr. 10, 2027 | Graduation & Teaching Showcase Capstone projects, reflection & celebration | Schedule provided to enrolled students |
Additional components include live online core seminars, recovery and integration labs, supervised practice, mentorship, capstone preparation, reading, reflection, and administrative hour verification.
Seba Path
Advanced Teaching Residency, Practicum, and Capstone
Knowledge becomes wisdom when it is embodied, demonstrated, and shared.
From February through May, students move from studying advanced teaching to living it. The Seba Path combines mentorship with observation, practice teaching, leadership, professional development, community work, and capstone integration.
- One-on-one mentorship and advanced teaching feedback
- Observation, assessment, and practice teaching
- Leadership and the business of yoga
- Community teaching and ethics in action
- Community leadership project
- Capstone proposal, development, and final presentation
- Final written reflection
- Graduation, competency review, and certification integration
Tuition
Tuition and Access
Maat Wellness is committed to keeping advanced yoga education accessible to Black, Brown, local, and need-based students while honoring the labor required to hold rigorous training, mentorship, administration, and review.
Full Tuition
$3,400
Tuition for the complete advanced training, residency, and certification pathway.
Early Registration
$3,100
Available June 19-July 31, 2026. Regular tuition begins August 1. The strongest overall value for students ready to commit to the complete 300HR pathway.
Deposit
$500
$400 for returning Maat graduates. A non-refundable deposit reserves your seat.
Payment Plan
$3,500
Includes a $100 administrative fee. Payment plans may be requested during registration.
Final tuition, refund, and payment-plan terms are governed by the current Maat Wellness tuition and refund policy provided during registration. The standalone YACEP module track has its own module pricing and packet.
Enrollment
Ready to Continue the Path?
If you are ready to refine your teaching, deepen your practice, and serve from a place of embodied discernment, choose the pathway that supports your goals and join the 2026-2027 cohort.