Will I learn to teach mindfulness meditation?

- One initial teaching-video assessment

- A completed assessment rubric

- Written, audio or recorded feedback

- One resubmission and reassessment, if needed

- The assessment rubric

- A technical recording checklist

- A self-assessment

- Submission requirements

- An example or description of a certification-ready submission

If additional preparation is needed after the initial assessment and one included reassessment, the trainee enters a paid support process.

Includes:

- Review of previous feedback

- 30-minute remediation session

- Focused preparation plan

- Review of a new submission

- Updated assessment and feedback

Includes:

- Review of previous feedback

- 30-minute remediation session

- Focused preparation plan

- Review of a new comprehensive submission

- Updated assessment and feedback

HoopYogini™ Online Yoga Teacher Training is a 200-hour online hula hoop yoga certification preparing trainees to teach the proprietary HoopYogini™ method.

The curriculum integrates hoop-assisted yoga, hula hooping, breathwork, moving and still mindfulness meditation, movement sequencing, embodied leadership and group facilitation.

Yes. HoopYogini™ is a 200-hour online yoga and movement teacher training leading to certification in the proprietary HoopYogini™ method.

The curriculum includes hoop-assisted yoga, breathwork, mindfulness meditation, movement sequencing, teaching methodology and embodied facilitation.

Yes. Graduates who successfully demonstrate the required competencies earn certification to teach the HoopYogini™ method within the scope of their completed milestones.

The training includes on-body and off-body hooping, hoop-assisted yoga, breathwork, mindfulness and class facilitation.

HoopYogini™ integrates yoga with hula hooping, breathwork, mindfulness meditation, spinal mobility, dance, creative expression and embodied leadership.

The hoop is used as a yoga prop, massage tool, dance partner, medicine wheel and attention anchor. The method emphasizes practice, presence and facilitation rather than advanced asana performance.

You do not need to feel perfectly ready before beginning.

You are ready to start if you are willing to establish a consistent personal practice, engage with the curriculum, receive feedback and develop your skills with integrity.

Readiness is not a personality trait. It is something built through practice.

Yes. HoopYogini™ can serve as a first teacher-training pathway for students drawn to mindful movement, breathwork, hoop-assisted yoga and embodied facilitation.

Advanced asanas and performance-level hoop skills are not prerequisites. Trainees must be willing to establish a consistent practice, complete the curriculum and demonstrate the required teaching competencies.

No. Advanced flexibility and advanced asanas are not prerequisites.

HoopYogini™ emphasizes breath, spinal mobility, functional movement, mindfulness, adaptation and embodied awareness. Certification is based on your ability to understand, embody and teach the method—not on performing difficult postures.

Yes. You do not need advanced hoop tricks or performance experience.

You will develop your personal hoop practice as you progress through the curriculum. Consistency, willingness to learn and the ability to demonstrate the required foundational skills are more important than arriving as an advanced hooper.

No. You do not have to use a particular spiritual identity or arrive with an established yoga-teacher persona.

You need curiosity, integrity, willingness to practice and respect for the method.

Yes. HoopYogini™ trainees learn to facilitate seated, standing and moving mindfulness meditation for individuals and groups.

The curriculum explores breath, bodily sensation, focused attention, rhythm, repetition, movement and stillness as doorways into present-moment awareness.

Moving mindfulness meditation brings deliberate attention to breath, bodily sensation, rhythm and movement.

Instead of remaining completely still, the practitioner uses movement as the anchor for awareness. In HoopYogini™, the hoop may also serve as a visual, tactile and rhythmic point of focus.

Yes. The training explores how to guide mindfulness and movement experiences for individuals and groups.

Trainees develop skills in cueing, pacing, sequencing, invitational language, transitions, opening and closing a practice, and supporting integration after an embodied experience.

Yes. Trainees learn to consider pacing, breath, sensory awareness, transitions, intensity, choice and invitational language when leading movement experiences.

HoopYogini™ is an educational movement and facilitation method. It is not clinical therapy or a trauma-treatment certification.

Yes. HoopYogini™ Online Yoga Teacher Training is delivered online through instructional videos, manuals, reading, assignments, personal practice and teaching-video assessments.

SELF provides an independent pathway. MENTORED and MASTERY add the 16-week guided cohort, live instruction and additional feedback.

Your training begins immediately after enrollment.

You receive onboarding, required reading, daily-practice guidance and foundational curriculum access.

The 16-week guided cohort for MENTORED and MASTERY begins in January.

Enrolling early gives you more time to establish your practice, begin your reading, enter the curriculum, understand the certification process and prepare your body.

Early enrollees also receive access to the longest available payment plan and the Early Start Practice Circle.

The guided cohort for MENTORED and MASTERY spans 16 weeks from January through April.

SELF trainees progress independently.

Certification timing ultimately depends on curriculum completion, personal practice, assignments and successful demonstration of the required competencies.

Begin with a sustainable 15–20-minute daily practice.

Additional time is needed for instructional videos, reading, assignments, study and teaching preparation.

You receive lifetime access to the core curriculum.

Live cohort sessions, mentor support and other time-bound experiences occur during the designated training period.

Every trainee receives personal onboarding, community access and professional certification feedback.

MENTORED and MASTERY also receive:

- An assigned mentor

- Four personal mentor touchpoints

- The 16-week guided cohort

- Live teaching laboratories

- Four milestone sessions with Jocelyn

MASTERY adds four intimate Creator’s Circles with Jocelyn.

All three pathways work toward the same certification standards.

SELF is an independent certification pathway.

MENTORED adds an assigned mentor, four individual mentor sessions and the 16-week guided cohort.

MASTERY includes everything in MENTORED plus four additional Creator’s Circles and more direct development with Jocelyn Gordon.

MENTORED and MASTERY trainees receive an assigned mentor or Master Trainer.

SELF trainees receive personal onboarding and professional assessment feedback but do not receive four ongoing mentor sessions.

Yes, subject to capacity.

Your paid tuition may be applied toward a higher pathway. MENTORED and MASTERY upgrades depend on mentor availability and remaining Mastery places.

Certification is competency-based.

Trainees complete the required coursework, reading, assignments and personal practice, then submit teaching videos at two milestones:

1. Spinal Awakening Series
2. Final comprehensive teaching assessment

Certification is awarded after the required competencies are demonstrated.

Tuition includes one initial assessment and one reassessment at each certification milestone.

If additional preparation is needed after those reviews, the trainee may purchase personalized Certification Support + Reassessment.

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Eligible trainees may begin teaching the Spinal Awakening Series after completing its requirements and successfully earning that milestone.

Teaching the complete integrated HoopYogini™ method requires successful completion of the comprehensive certification.

After demonstrating the required competencies, graduates may teach HoopYogini™ classes and experiences within the scope of their certification.

These may include hoop-assisted yoga, the Spinal Awakening Series, breathwork, seated and moving meditation, on-body and off-body hoop practices, and Alchemy & Flow experiences.

HoopYogini™ can provide experienced yoga teachers with an additional method integrating hoop-assisted movement, breathwork, mindfulness meditation, creative sequencing and embodied facilitation.

It can help yoga teachers expand their use of props, play, moving meditation and expressive movement.

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HoopYogini™ is an integrated method rather than a collection of separate hooping techniques.

Existing yoga training may strengthen your foundation, but certification requires completion of the HoopYogini™ curriculum and successful demonstration of its specific competencies.

Yes, We are an approved Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider. This means that upon completion, you can submit your certificate to Yoga Alliance for credit hours. You can also present your certification to AFAA, ACE and other fitness, dance and yoga therapeutic organizations for continuing education units and proof of ongoing education. The training is being reviewed by Yoga Alliance for their full accreditation. 

Our training is deep and comprehensive and teaches you how to lead hatha yoga postures and experiences with the hoop as a prop. You also learn how to lead guided meditation with and without the hoop. 

This is an online course.

HoopYogini™ is an independent proprietary 200-hour yoga and movement certification. It is not a Yoga Alliance RYT-200 credential.

Eligible yoga teachers may apply designated HoopYogini™ hours toward Yoga Alliance continuing education. [INSERT NUMBER AND TERMS.]

HoopYogini™ is offered through a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School. Eligible graduates may apply for RYT-200 registration after satisfying all requirements.

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A hoop is required for the complete practice and certification.

Some breath, meditation, spinal and off-body practices can begin without a full-sized adult hoop. A sizing guide and equipment recommendations are provided.

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- Recommended diameter

- Recommended tubing

- Beginner considerations

- On-body versus off-body options

- Approved or preferred vendors

- International sourcing considerations

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Live-session replays are available to enrolled MENTORED and MASTERY trainees for the duration specified in the training portal.

Participation in live practice and teaching laboratories is encouraged whenever possible.

Yes. Extended payment plans are available during early enrollment.

The number of available payments decreases as the January guided cohort approaches. Payment-plan tuition includes a modest financing premium.

The payment plan includes a modest financing premium because tuition is distributed across multiple months.

Paying in full provides the lowest total investment.

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HoopYogini™ en Español is being developed as a separate training experience with its own schedule, pricing and support structure.

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