Wondering whether a yoga teacher training is the right move for you?
Here are 7 signs that NOW is the time to do your YTT!
1. YOGI GEEK
During downward dog you find yourself saying, “are my palms pressed into the mat? Shoulders back? Fingers spread wide? Basically, you can’t stop thinking about the intricacies of each pose the effect of making small adjustments excites you. At YTT, you will learn about the physiology of asana. You’ll get to know alignment and anatomy and you couldn’t be more pumped.
2. community
You are ready to expand your yoga community. You can’t wait to be surrounded by like-minded people in a trusted circle. You want to meet others who share your yoga joy and who want to partake in a huge experience. Added benefit of an international YTT — new friends from all over the world! <3
3. spread the love
The way yoga has influenced your life is undeniably amazing and you want to spread the love. Maybe you dream of being an international yoga teacher, headlining at major festivals. Maybe the idea of teaching big classes isn’t your thing, but you want to help others. You could teach family members and friends simple poses to help an injury or relieve some stress.
4. More Savasana
One month. 2 savasanas at minimum per day. Um duh. Why not?! Talk about bliss. At yoga teacher training you will savasana- a lot. Learning how to relax the body and mind isn’t easy. BUT after a month of multiple savasanas a day, there’s no doubt you can teach your body and mind to be wonderfully calm!
5. know yourself better
Know thyself- socrates said that. Yoga says swadyaya (self study) we say, give yourself the opportunity to get away for one month. Spend time with yourself meditating on the beach. Have the opportunity to look objectively at your life. Personal self-reflection is a big part of YTT. You will learn so much!
6. massive expansion
So you’ve been practicing for a few years. You have a really good grip on most poses. Now though, you are ready to expand beyond your mat. You want to learn more about yogi lifestyle. How can you bring more compassion in to your life? How can you open your heart? How can this help off the mat?
7. new adventure
You are ready for a leap in to the unknown! You are ready to take a new adventure! You want to travel but maybe are afraid to go alone. You want to try something totally different because NOW is the time to start living a life of passion.
We know that if it is your time to do your yoga teacher training, you might have no reasons or you might have a zillion of them. When you know you know. If you are reading this, you are probably already feeling the calling that it is time to get up, get out and make a big change in your life. You’re buzzing with that excitement of readiness, you’ve started the google searches and you are already on your way!!
Taking place on the spectacular cliffs of Maderas Beach, this 200hr Yoga-Alliance Registered Teacher Training is the perfect foundation for becoming a professional yoga teacher.
this training is designed for yoga teachers and elementary teachers who want to add Kids yoga to their teaching tool-kit. This training also counts toward your 500hr YTT.
This 60hr program is a complete and wholistic training on its own. It is also one of the elective modules that makes up our advanced 500hr yoga teaching certification. After completing this training you will be a certified Chakra-Vinyasa yoga teacher and complete part of your 500hr YTT.
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Yoga Academy International Faculty:
Lauren Rudick
Lauren Rudick
Lead teacher and founder of Yoga Academy International, Lauren is a globally celebrated yoga instructor. She has been teaching yoga for over a decade and comes from a variety of lineages and traditions. Lauren has lead yoga retreats and workshops in over 2-dozen countries and continues to study with world-class instructors whenever possible. She has been featured in Women's health Magazine, YogiTimes, Optymyz and get out there to name a few as well as on countless podcasts and newspaper articles. Lauren has solid roots in Iyengar based Hatha yoga with continued studies in Vinyasa flow, Anusara, Ashtanga, Restorative, Bhakti and Yin Yoga. She is inspired by teachers who tell stories. She has studied under Seane Corn, Chris Chavez, MC Yogi, Susan Cohen, Mercy Ananda, Nancy Goodfellow and many others. Lauren is passionate about sharing yoga from an authentic and soulful point of view. She believes that yoga practice can help uncover the veils that hide us from achieving our full potential.
Lauren is E-RYT 500 registered with Yoga Alliance.
Will Peters
Will Peters
Making yoga accessible and enjoyable, regardless of who you are and how strong or flexible you are, is his priority. With a passion for all things health and wellbeing, Will’s aim is to inspire anyone and everyone to step on the mat to gain the physical and mental benefits that yoga can provide.Born in the UK, Will is a qualified and registered yoga teacher with over 250 hours of training. Will places an emphasis on alignment and safety. Outside of teaching, Will is an enthusiastic yoga student, constantly pushing his body and mind to new limits. Whether it’s learning to handstand, progressing towards the splits or practicing mindfulness exercises, Will loves to learn new things and grow. This provides continuous evolution to Will’s teaching as he brings new-found energy and knowledge from my personal practice into class.
Liv Townsend
Liv townsend
Despite being ‘self-taught’ in the early days, Liv took her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in London in 2016, an additional 200hr Rocket & Vinyasa Training in 2020 and completed her 500hr training with Jason Crandell in 2021. Liv takes a lot of inspiration for the mechanics and science of movement from other disciplines such as martial arts, gymnastics, calisthenics and resistance training. Her favourite teaching style is a combination of Vinyasa and Hatha yoga which a friend of mine so perfectly suggested it be called VinHatha! There’s not a great deal of chaturanga-updog-downdogs, but instead we challenge the body in more unique ways, manipulating our body weight to find both length and strength in the entire body.
Teresa Edmilao
Teresa Edmilao
Teresa has been practicing massage therapy since 2006. She has a 3000hr diploma in Massage Therapy from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in Vancouver, BC. Teresa has a passion for helping people connect with their bodies. She lives by example, inspiring people to lead an active and healthy lifestyle. Teresa spent 7 years practicing massage therapy in Canada to people from all walks of life; students, athletes, desk workers, labourers, youth, elderly, dancers, and accident victims. Teresa is also a fire dancer and hula hoop dancer. She has experienced numerous injuries has personally been through the rehabilitation process many times. It was these experiences that have lead her to delve deeply into the study and application of anatomy and movement. Teresa offers anatomy classes at Yoga Academy International. Her teachings are thorough, meticulous but fun, drawing on every day life experience to help yogis understand their bodies better.
Nancy Goodfellow
Nancy Goodfellow
Yoga director and co-owner of Pranamar Villas and Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica, Nancy is extremely well known for her inspiring and creative daily classes, workshops,and retreats, with students both locally and internationally. Her twenty years of committed practice, thousands of hours of trainings, and continual curiosity towards life’s most mysterious aspects are all part of why she has so many devoted students. She began her Yogic studies in the Ashtanga Vinyasa tradition under the guidance of her first teachers, Dominic Corigliano, Tim Miller and Pattabhi Jois. Nancy has completed over 500 hours of Yoga Alliance teacher trainings and began teaching in 1998. Nancy dedicated many years of study to the Anusara method with its amazing principles of alignment, Tantric philosophy and Bhakti filled practice. She completed over 500 hours of certified Anusara teachings and traditional non-dualistic Tantra studies.
Perrine Marais
Lauren Rudick
Known in Quebec for her empowering and effective teaching, Perrine has completed over 1400hours of trainings. After her 200hr certification in Costa Rica, she wanted to deepen her knowledge and practice from a more traditional approach. So Perrine travelled to India where she accumulated overr 1000 hours of Hatha yoga training at the Patanjali International Yoga Foundation. Before joining the Yoga Academy International team, Perrine joined her teachers and lead 5 trainings in India. Constantly yearning to expand her education, Perrine has taken 2 yin yoga teacher trainings, a Sup Yoga teacher training, Thai Yoga Massage and Myofacial release. In teaching she hopes to share her love of yoga with others as a way to secure their confidence with exploration and movement of the functional body but also tap in to the deep energetic intelligence within.
She is registered with yoga alliance as E-RYT 500.
Charlotte Mason
Charlotte Mason
Chef Charlotte Mason hails from Boston where she used work in high end restaurant kitchens and then later opened up her own catering company. Burnt out and needing a break, Charlotte went on a surf vacation to Nicaragua and 3 weeks later moved cross continents and has been there ever since. Charlotte's love of sourcing locally, creating exceptional plant-based dishes and combining flavours makes her food loved by everyone. Charlotte is passionate about health and wellness and is also a certified yoga instructor. Giving back not only with flavours, Charlotte frequently teaches yoga classes in Spanish for local women and helps empower local women to follow their dreams and speak their minds. In joining Yoga Academy International, Charlotte has added so much to the experience by creating comfort and family feelings found only when gathering around a table to share delicious meals together. When not on Yoga Academy International's trainings, Charlotte creates gourmet pop up dinners around Nicaragua and chefs at yoga retreats around the world.
Sanne Hofman
Sanne Hofman
Sanne is a ray of sunshine! Before joining the Yoga Academy International team, Sanne was a neuropsychologist in Holland. On her path, she felt that her chosen field was not quite the right fit. So Sanne set off on a journey through Central America to get to know herself better. Along the way she met her partner Toby in Panama. Together they worked and traveled through Central America eventually finding their way to Maderas Beach, Nicaragua. They loved the spot so much that they decided to move there and eventually got jobs managing a boutique hotel. Wanting to expand her offerings at the hotel, Sanne took Yoga Academy International's 200hr teacher training in 2018. She then furthered her studies in the Chakra-Vinyasa Training and went back to Europe to take Thai Yoga Massage training. Sanne is compassionate, loving and kind. She is an example of how to live yoga ethics while still being true to who you are. Sanne offers YAI students endless encouragement and love as well as unwavering support on their journeys. She can always be counted on for a listening ear, a compassionate friend, a glowing smile or a warm hug when you need it most.
