Why Take a YTT if You Don't Want to Teach Yoga?

“I don’t want to be a Yoga teacher, so why would I take a Yoga Teacher Training?”

We’ve been running trainings for 15 years now, and we hear this one A LOT. Spoiler alert: you don’t have to want to be a Yoga teacher in order to participate in our trainings. In fact, while we have trained hundreds of incredible Yoga teachers (if we do say so ourselves), that is far from the point of what we do here.

So, what do we do in a 200-hour Training? First and foremost, we give students a foundation for the lifelong personal practice & study of Yoga. This includes lots of asana instruction, it’s true, but we don’t teach asana with a demand for perfection, nor do we take the position that there’s a single “right” way to practice. The intention of this program is to offer you the tools, techniques, opportunity, and community that allow you to find your unique approach to practice, and, if you choose, to share it with the world. Whether you decide to teach in a formal setting or not, we believe that anyone who truly lives the teachings of Yoga on & off the mat will share it in their every interaction with the world.

Our 200hr training moves beyond the traditional standards of Yoga Teacher Trainings and into the mystical realms of Yoga as a Life Practice. This course is an opportunity for students to become familiar with and enrich their own unique perspective through the lens of Yoga. We do not promote our school as a belief system or as a substitute for religion, but rather encourage every student to weave what they learn in our programs into their world views, spiritual practices, religious systems, and lives. Through integrating these teachings into your life, you will recognize your individual purpose and passion, and step boldly into your truth and power.

In this training, we experience the life practice & study of Yoga with a community of seekers creating profound and lasting change in themselves and in our world. We invite our students into a community of peers with the desire to walk this path together- folks from all walks of life, and all corners of the country. After over a year of running our programs solely online, one thing has been made abundantly clear-- we can facilitate deep connection and community anywhere, and we do it really well in an online space. What’s more - this community doesn’t leave you when your training is over. In fact, it grows exponentially! We LOVE our graduates, and that’s why we offer continuing support, mentorship, and teaching opportunities to VBY alumni.

If you’ve sensed that there is more to Yoga than what you get in a 90-minute studio class, this training will crack you wide open. This 6-month, fully-online, live, & interactive course provides students with the foundations of asana, alignment, and anatomy, with a focus on Tantric Yoga philosophy, energetic anatomy, personal practice, service, and the understanding that Yoga is not just something that we do, but who we are at our core. We emphasize individuality, embodiment, and service over conformity, performance, or some higher state of “enlightenment.” Through our time-tested methods and exceptional faculty, we teach our students how to engage with Yoga as it was intended- as a path to self-discovery.

If you’re curious to learn more, we now offer a FREE mini-course to give you a taste of our 200-hour training. Curated from our online modules and live sessions from previous trainings, this course provides a series of short lectures & practices, & insight into who we are and how we teach. Click here to learn more.