Our Yoga Alliance certified RYT 200 yoga teacher training is:
- FLEXIBLE (open enrollment)
- THOROUGH (668 hours = 3x industry standard)
- CONFIDENT (teach 40+ classes onsite with feedback!)
- SUPPORTED (mentorship weekly)
Yoga Teacher Training
Ask every place you are considering for yoga teacher training: (our answers)
Can I visit your training before I commit? (Yes)
How many teaching practicum classes (live, with a mentor) will I have with my peers at your school? (50)
Will you attend live classes that I teach and give me feedback on my teaching? (Yes)
Will you hire me once I graduate? (Yes)
3) steps to becoming a yoga teacher
1) Practice: love yoga
Yoga is experiential learning. Having developed a personal practice is essential prior to teaching. But those of you new to yoga and excited can start teacher training now, and grow into our teaching practicum later.
2) Tools Development: learn skills to share your love of Yoga
Teaching requires sharing information with others. Reaching students of different backgrounds requires different toolsets. Our workshops include:
bodywork, to work physically with others
ayurveda, to learn "for whom and when" a practice of yoga is beneficial; to adapt practices to different ages, body types, conditions
communication and conduct, to lead by example; to navigate teacher-student relationships
sanskrit yoga philosophy, to establish the intellectual framework from which the teachings of yoga have grown and been preserved.
individual 1-on-1 assessment skills, to adapt the tools of yoga to individuals' needs
teaching lab, to practice teaching in small increments in a group format, to have weekly community with other trainees
3) Teaching Practicum: practice sharing your love of Yoga, with on-the-job training
includes on-site mentorship at 4 stages of teaching:
Silent class: learn to share your love of the practice with even timing + pacing, while holding space for others to practice
Talk teach: without demonstrating
See the room: learn to work with individuals in a group setting while keeping the above stages intact
Physical adjustments: learn safe, effective hands-on skills to align, modify, assist and enhance the practice while maintaining the above
In our teacher training, you receive the rare opportunity to actually practice these 4 stages, with mentorship, onsite at our studio in live classes. You will graduate with confidence, and after graduation be able to teach an incredible, foundation, all-levels yoga class to students anywhere in the world - even if the students don't speak your language.
“स तु दीर्घकालनैरन्तर्यसत्कारासेवितो दृढभूमिः sa tu dīrgha-kāla-nairantarya-satkār-āsevito dṛdha-bhūmiḥ A practice which brings one to Truth becomes firmly-grounded when attended with devotion, for a long time, without interruption.”
