10 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

10 Ways To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
We don’t have to turn far these days before seeing or hearing news on another extreme climate event. Extreme weather in the forms of flooding, tornadoes, heat waves, and abnormal storms like the snow and ice that broug... Read More

How to Expand Your Community and Promote Upcoming Retreats

How to Expand Your Community and Promote Upcoming Retreats
Do you ever feel like you find yourself in a dead end when it comes to promoting your next retreat? Do you feel like you’ve tried everything you’ve heard about marketing but are coming up empty handed, leaving you e... Read More

How to Choose the Right Yoga Retreat

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You have probably been thinking about leading a yoga retreat. You might already be leading yoga retreats. So what now? What:

HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT FAST: 15LBS IN 21 DAYS

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Weight loss is one of those subjects that everyone has an opinion on. It should be added to the list of ‘conversations to avoid at the dinner table.’ Politics, religion, money, and "How do you lose weight?" Everyone... Read More

Are Ready For Yoga Teacher Training? Find Out With These Three Questions!

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Thinking about taking a yoga teacher training but you're still on the fence?

Yoga meets a person where they are in life. Therefore, everyone finds themselves entering the practice of yoga in their own unique way. One may find themselves first drawn to Read More

The Story of a Paralyzed Yoga Teacher

THE STORY OF A PARALYZED YOGA TEACHER

After coming back from India, I became very attentive to the stories of others who became injured and healed quickly due to yoga. Many people thought I should stop yoga or assumed I would not be ... Read More

What Namaste Means and How You Can Use it To Improve Your Life

Woman holding her hands in prayer position with eyes closed in Blue Osa's yoga shala in Costa Rica.

If you've ever gone to a yoga class, you're probably familiar with the word Namaste. Yoga teachers often conclude cl... Read More

Why "Knowing Thyself" is the Path to Liberation and How to Achieve It

The aim of life is Self-realization. The saying, “Know Thyself,” was written on the temple of the oracle at Delphi in ancient Greece. This is where East and West meet and agree on this goal, ... Read More

Teaching methodology + practicum

  • Learn how to lead and market successful yoga retreats

  • Learn the principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, and instruction.

  • Learn different teaching styles.

  • You’ll learn specific techniques that will enable you to easily teach all levels

  • You’ll also learn how to sequence your asanas to create a natural, therapeutic and transformative arcs in your classes

  • Learn the qualities of effective teaching

  • Learn the business aspects of being a yoga teacher and gain the building blocks of how to build a thriving yoga career

Development of the Professional Essentials

History, Philosophy + Ethics

  • Identify your spiritual stance so you can step into it as a source of strength
  • Identify walls and develop strategies to take them down
  • Create a support network and support strategies and have them in place when you leave
  • Complete a physical and spiritual adventure challenge
  • Learn the business aspects of building a thriving yoga career
  • How to bring the practice of yoga into your everyday life and make it work for you
  • The science and application of mantra
  • An overview of the history of the yoga tradition
  • The ethical standards of teaching yoga

Yoga Humanities

Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™

  • Receive training in Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ training for Yoga Teachers
  • Go further in your anatomy training
  • Learn how to access muscle function
  • How to sequence transformational yoga classes
  • Learn the energetic and deeper sublime effects of asana
  • The science and application of Mantra
  • Design classes based on Ayurvedic principles
  • Knowledge of both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.).

Anatomy & Physiology

Techniques, Training and Practice

  • A breakdown in the anatomical and energetic categories of postures
  • Develop a daily meditation practice
  • Learn pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
  • How to sequence and structure transformational 60 and 90-minute classes
  • Practical experience teaching postures, classes, and meditation
  • Learn deep relaxation techniques
  • Yoga Nidra, as taught by the Himalayan tradition and Western tradition
  • Learn how to conduct and lead fire rituals
  • Kundalini Yoga techniques
  • Learn the subtle energetic aspects of yoga like the Koshas and chakras
  • Kriya Yoga and Laya Yoga

Advance Your Own Practice in Yoga

Techniques, Training and Practice

  • A breakdown in the anatomical and energetic categories of postures
  • Develop a daily meditation practice
  • Learn techniques in pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
  • How to structure and sequence transformational classes
  • Practical experience in teaching postures, sequencing, and meditation
  • Learn deep relaxation and meditation techniques that come from the Himalayan tradition

Develop a Rock Solid Practice in Yoga

Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™

  • Receive training in Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ training for Yoga Teachers
  • Develop an understanding of basic anatomy
  • Learn about muscle function and how to improve it (something you will not learn in any other YTT)
  • Knowledge of both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.)
  • The study of both the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns)
  • Skills to teach yoga classes suited to all levels of practice.

Anatomy & Physiology

History, Philosophy + Ethics

  • An in-depth study and application of the Yoga Sutra
  • How to bring the practice of yoga into your everyday life and make it work for you
  • The science and application of mantra
  • An overview of the history of the yoga tradition
  • The ethical standards of teaching yoga

Yoga Humanities

Teaching methodology + practicum

Get hands-on practice teaching so that you’ll be able to teach on day one after the training is finished. You will:

  • Practice teaching in small and large groups

  • Be ready to teach yoga as soon as you leave the yoga teacher training

  • Get hands-on experience teaching and give/receive feedback

  • Practice assisting students

  • Learn the principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting and instruction

  • Learn different teaching styles

  • Learn qualities of effective teaching and adjust to the student’s process of learning

  • Learn the business aspects of how to build a thriving yoga career

Development of the Professional Essentials