Yoga Teacher Training

Curriculum

Rooted in tradition, guided by science, and embodied through practice, this training shapes conscious teachers.

Our Curriculum

This comprehensive Yoga Teacher Training weaves together philosophy, meditation, anatomy, and embodied practices to offer a grounded and holistic understanding of yoga as both a discipline and a way of life.

Students explore sacred texts, subtle energy systems, breath control, movement traditions, and modern sciences like physiology and Ayurveda, which help cultivate a stable personal practice alongside safe, skillful teaching methods.

The curriculum also supports yoga as a sustainable livelihood, integrating ethics, self-inquiry, and practical business tools to prepare teachers for life on and off the mat.

  • Woman practicing a headstand yoga pose indoors, with arms crossed behind her head, in a bright living room with plants and decorative elements.

    Philosophy:

    Learn an overview of the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, explores the mythology of Śakti and the cakras, traces the historical origins of yoga, and highlights the key influencers who shaped its philosophical and spiritual development.

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  • Jen Rae smiling, wearing a colorful patterned blouse, making a prayer gesture with hands pressed together, standing in front of a carved wooden decorative background.

    Meditation:

    Study Vedic chanting of māntras and ślokas for mental clarity, Japa meditations, Yoga Nidrā, visualization and other techniques.

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  • Marichyasana C posture from Ashtnaga Yoga showing alignment and anatomy.

    Anatomy:

    We study Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics, Controlled Articular Rotations (CARs), Spine, Connective Tissue, Nerves, Muscles, Fascia, and Skeletal System. We learn how to use our bodies to mitigate injury.

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  • Woman practicing yoga in a home setting, sitting cross-legged on the floor with hands resting on knees. Decor includes plants, a Buddha statue, and home furnishings.

    Prāṇāyāma:

    Learn all about vital breath techniques, respiratory & nervous system regulation from the use of bandhas and body tension, dhyāna and māntras.

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  • Two women practicing yoga together on a black yoga mat indoors; one woman is in a plank position, and the other is assisting her by holding her shoulder and smiling.

    Āsana:

    Alignment and Mechanics, Hands-on Assisting, Postures in Sanskrit, Progressions and Regressions, Verbal and Visual Teaching Cues

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  • A woman with dark hair sitting cross-legged on a wooden floor, writing on a piece of paper with a pen, appearing focused or concerned.

    Yoga as a livelihood

    Understand the Business of Yoga: insurance, marketing, diversity, employment considerations, credentials, and software apps.

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Philosophy

Yoga Philosophy

  • Introduction to understanding the links between yoga postures, mythology, rituals, and energy forces specific to spiritual life lessons and daily self-improvement. (Guest Speaker: Dr. Raj Balkaran, Indian Wisdom School - Toronto)

Origins of Yoga

  • Learn about the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali, yoga limbs, history of Mother India, influencers, sacred rituals, texts, terminology, and lineages still active today

  • Understand the connections between Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and more specific to yoga ethics and common philosophy

Stable Sādhanā

  • Develop a stable sādhanā: daily practice inclusive of your rituals/routines to develop, sustain, and nourish your physical, mental and social well-being

Subtle Energetic Bodies

  • Understand cakras, nadis, vayus, koshas, yoga nidrā, and more

Advanced Program: Śāstra

  • Explore Sacred Texts (Śāstra): such as Bhagavad Gīta, Haṭha Yoga Pradipika, Upaniṣads, and other texts.

Meditation

Vedic Chanting

  • Introduction to Vedic Chanting (māntras and ślokas): understand the guidelines of chanting, learn basic Sanskrit pronunciation, and the impact it has on your brain, memory, emotional body, and how māntras enhance your cognitive functions and concentration skills

Yoga Nidrā

  • Yoga Nidrā, or "yogic sleep," is a guided meditation technique inducing a state between waking and sleeping for deep relaxation, reducing stress, and calming the nervous system

Japa Meditations

  • Japa meditation is a spiritual practice that uses the rhythmic repetition of a mantra (a sacred sound, word, or phrase) to focus the mind, calm the nervous system, and cultivate concentration and spiritual awareness

Anatomy

Applied Anatomy

  • Introduction the foundations of anatomy specific to awareness of how the body moves and adapts, supporting safe, informed, and sustainable movement specific to:

    • Functional movements and adaptability

    • Biomechanics

    • Time under tension (TUT)

    • Controlled articular rotation (CARs)

    • Hands-on assisting & mitigating injury

    • Bone, body, and organ systems

    • Advanced Program: deeper dive to above items with skills and drills

 Āyurveda

  • Introduction to Āyurveda (sister science of yoga) on how we fuel our bodies with proper nutrition, eating with alignment of the seasons, understand the “clock” of proper fueling for energetic balancing, social relationships, and practical hygiene methods for cleansing and detoxification. (Guest Speaker: Shannon Sabol from Grateful Life Health)

Physiology

  • Introduction to Physiology: understanding nervous system regulation, stress responses, hormone balancing, the role vitamins and nutrition plays on our stress management, sleep hygiene, and overall well being and happiness. (Guest Speaker: Gretchen Spetz, Registered Dietitian)

Prāṇāyāma

Prāṇāyāma

  • Learn the six primary breath control techniques for vitality, general principles and contradictions, activation, and nervous system regulation

Bandhas

  • Bandhas (Sanskrit for "lock" or "bind") are yogic techniques involving muscular contractions to seal and direct vital energy (prāṇā) within the body, stimulating cakras, toning organs, and enhancing your physical and energetic well-being

Dhyāna

  • Cultivate inner calm and self-awareness by focusing on objects such as the breath, internal images, mantras, concepts, or deities, allowing the practitioner to move beyond thought into direct experience

Advanced:

  • Deeper dive into advanced prāṇāyāma and yoga nidrā

Āsana

Yoga Styles & Training

  • In-depth study of various yoga styles: Haṭha, Ashtanga Vinyasa (Half Primary), Jivamukti, Yin, and Iyengar specific to sun salutations, moon salutation, standing, balance, seated postures, twists, inversions, backbends, and relaxation based postures

  • Advanced Program: Ashtanga Vinyasa (Primary Series) & Jivamukti Yoga: learn the Magic 10 sequence, āsana sequencing, basic chanting invocations, and meditation components

Teaching Skills

  • Learn how to teach all-levels from beginner to intermediate by understanding and feeling unique progressions and advanced drills

  • Learn how to offer hands-on assists with proper intent and safety combined with direct, clear verbal cues, and biomechanics for mitigating injury and offering connection

Yoga as a Livelihood

Business of Yoga

  • Understand the Business of Yoga: insurance, marketing, taxes, diversity, employment considerations, credentials, software apps, etc. (Guest Speaker: Colleen Alber)

Yogic Ethics

  • Introduction to Yogic Ethics: build healthy habits and revisit our conditional programming of values “on and off the mat”, with daily self-reflection, behavioral audits, and other unique feedback systems