Looking for change in your life? Be the change.
Enroll in teacher training at The Yoga Lounge.
Learn to teach yoga to others and develop a better understanding of different yoga techniques through guided asana practice, discussion and practical analysis. Find out how to design and clearly instruct a safe and well-planned class in a variety of styles and sequence them appropriately.
Learn how to teach an integrated style of yoga and start a new chapter in your life! Deepen and strengthen your own practice, learn safe alignment and sequencing for yourself and your students, and develop a greater understanding of yoga and its philosophy.
Join Lead Instructor, Cara Chang Mutert E-RYT-500, along with our senior faculty Denise Yager, Jon Uidl and Nancy Loessl. Special Guest Instructors include Gabirel Halpern, Lori Gaspar, Linda Troutman and Tricia Fiske.
Topics covered will include anatomy, sequencing, pranayama, meditation, alignment-based classes, vinyasa with awareness, yoga with props, adaptations, therapeutics, restorative, yin yoga, chair yoga, ethics, lifestyle and the business of yoga.
Teacher trainings will emphasize correct alignment, demonstration principals, cueing and key actions, hands on adjustments, corrections and assists, modifications, special populations, adaptations, therapeutics, effective communication, and balancing of business and yoga ethics.
Refine your teaching skills and deepen your understanding of the subtler sides of the practice, including yoga philosophy, energetics, and the importance of self-study and the more introspective aspects of practice.
Other topics covered will delve more deeply into, but will not be limited to, the following:
Inversions
Modifications
Contraindications
Injury prevention
Special Populations
Yin Yoga
Restorative
Home Practice
Chakras
Doshas & Lifestyle
Mudras and Bandhas
Koshas
Ethics & Service
Therapeutics
History and Styles of Yoga
Alignment Fundamentals
Philosophy
Meditation
Yamas and Niyamas
Pranayama
Advanced Anatomy & Physiology
Teaching Vinyasa
Sequencing
Demonstration Principals
Cueing & Key Actions
Hands on Adjustments
Backbends
Adaptaions
Cara Chang Mutert, E-RYT 500, Director of The Yoga Lounge leads our comprehensive curriculum
Assisting in the program are senior 500-hour Yoga Lounge instructors Denise Yager, Jon Uidl and Nancy Loessl.
Special guest, Master Yoga Instructor Gabriel Halpern.
Meet the Faculty
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Cara Chang Mutert
LEAD TRAINER, 500 E-RYT, CYEP
Cara is owner/director of The Yoga Lounge, which she founded in 2004. Cara’s teaching style is Iyengar alignment based, gentle, meditative, flowing and therapeutic in nature. After more than 30 years of study, practice, and training, she has earned two 500-hour advanced certifications. Her first in 2010 from Prairie Yoga, studying with Lori Gaspar, and her second more recently from Prajna Yoga, as a result of her continued studies with Tias Little. She earned her original 200-hr. certification with Kim Schwartz through the Temple of Kriya Yoga, Chicago.
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Jon Uidl
500-CYT
Jon is a 500-hour yoga instructor who trained at Moksha Yoga Center, Chicago with Daren Friesen, Kim Wilcox and Rich Logan, and at Prajna Yoga, Santa Fe, NM with Tias Little. He continues to study with master teachers Gabriel Halpern and Tias Little.
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Denise Yager
Advanced Anatomy 500-RYT
Denise has been teaching since 2004 and completed her 500 hour certification at Prairie Yoga. and her 200-hour training at Kalitrea . Her interest in making yoga accessible has led her to teach classes for everyone from young children to senior citizens. The teachers who continue to have the biggest influence on her teaching style include Jill Thomas, Gabriel Halpern, Paul Grilley, Rolf Gates, and Susi Hately.
Cost for our 200 hour training program: $3295. SAVE $200 if tuition is paid in full one month prior to start of the training. Books, required special guest workshops and weekly practice classes are not included, however one free 10-class card is offered as part of the program. $300 non-refundable deposit required to hold your spot. $200 Early Bird Discount if tuition is paid in full 1 month prior to training. Payment plans are available for an additional fee.
Additional training workshops offered at The Yoga Lounge along with regular attendance to weekly classes, home study assignments, karma yoga and thesis project will also be required to fulfill Yoga Alliance certification requirements. As Yoga Alliance approved Yoga Schools, Prairie Yoga and The Yoga Lounge will only award certification upon 100% satisfactory completion of the training.
Prerequisites: 200 hour applicants must have a minimum of 1 year of consistent asana practice or recommendation from your yoga instructor.
$300 non-refundable deposit to hold your spot. Deposits and payments can be made using this link: paypal.me/TheYogaLounge
All payments made to The Yoga Lounge are non-refundable.
$200 Early Bird Discount if tuition is paid in full 1 month prior to training.
For more information and to apply, please email cara@woodstockyogalounge.com
Minimum 6 students to run program. Maximum 12 students.
Next 200 Hour Training begins in September 2025. Next 500 Hour Training begins January 2026
Tentative 200 Hour Dates are as follows:
Sept. 26-28
Oct. 24-26
Nov. 21-23
Dec, 12-14
Jan. 23-25
Feb. 20-22
Mar. 20-22
April 17-19
May 15-17
June 12-14
2026 Advanced 500 Hour Training Dates TBA.
Advanced Training Guest Faculty
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Lori Gaspar
C-IAYT, 500 E-RYT, YACEP
Lori is founder and director of Prairie Yoga and is known as a "teacher of teachers" – she developed the yoga teacher training curriculums that have trained over 700 yoga teachers in the Midwest. Her current teaching integrates natural movement to bring more strength and stability into the yoga practice. Lori is a certified yoga therapist, writes for a number of yoga publications, served on Yoga Alliance’s Ethics and Standards Advisory committees and was named by Yoga Chicago as an outstanding woman leader in Chicago’s yoga community.
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Linda Troutman
BS, C-IAYT, 500 E-RYT, YACEP
Linda has practiced yoga for over 30 years and taught for 18 years. Linda is a C-IAYT yoga therapist with a 1000 hour yoga therapy certification from Yoga North and International Soma Yoga Institute. She is primary faculty for the 250 and 500 hour teacher trainings at Prairie Yoga. Linda has earned a Certificate for Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors Professional Training from Duke Integrative Medicine; is certified 500 hour by Prairie Yoga; is a Certified YogaKids® teacher; and certified Yoga for Healthy Aging teacher through Baxter Bell, MD.
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Tricia Fiske
500 E-RYT, YACEP
Tricia has been a teacher since 1999. She is primary faculty for Prairie Yoga’s Teacher Training programs. She has been studying with ParaYoga founder Rod Stryker since 2000 and is one of the first level 3 certified teachers in the ParaYoga tradition. ParaYoga’s mission is to touch as many lives as possible with the power and wisdom of yoga. It recognizes Yoga as an ancient tradition, capable of enriching all aspects of modern life.
