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If you’re looking to start your journey of becoming a yoga teacher and you’re looking into options around San Francisco, you might want to read on! Whatever your time schedule is you’ll find training that fits you so you can immerse yourself in this vast science. Remember that higher prices don’t always mean better training! Check out your options below and let us know which one you went for!

Yoga Garden Teacher Training

Yoga Garden offers smaller, intimately-sized, Yoga Alliance registered teacher training programs in San Francisco, and places a high focus on ongoing mentorship and career advice well beyond program completion. You will begin to practice teaching early in the training so you will gain the confidence and ability to begin teaching yoga immediately upon graduation.

 

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The syllabus of Yoga Garden is based on the teachings of ancient teachers as well as modern teachers like B.K.S. Iyengar, giving you the opportunity to find the style that’s closest to you. You can do the course over 3 months – weekends and a few evenings, or you can do a one-month intensive course with only Mondays off.

The price of this course is fair in this area and there are payment plans available so everyone can find a good fit.

• Price: $2950-$3150 – payment plans available
• Duration: Either 3 months – Tue & Fri evenings and weekends, or 4 weeks – Tue to Sunday
• Website: https://folksf.com/
• Yoga Style: Hatha, Vinyasa, Ilyengar, Ashtanga

Purusha Yoga Teacher Training SF

The Purusha Yoga 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training has a strong emphasis on health education, mental well-being, physical fitness, and classic yoga that is applicable to the modern world. Their teacher training program has a strongly holistic view of the human body, yoga, and the experience of teaching itself.

Upon completion of this training, you will qualify to register with Yoga Alliance as a 200 Hour Yoga Teacher. Purusha Yoga has a special scholarship for those who can’t afford to pay the costs of training, they can offer their teaching services to underserved and/or at-risk populations. Details can be found on their website.

• Price: $2700-$3000
• Duration: 9 weekends over 4 months
• Website: https://www.purushayoga.org
• Yoga Style: Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin

Yoga Mayu Teacher Certification

Yoga Mayu’s Yoga Alliance registered program is based on giving you practical knowledge of postures, in-depth yoga anatomy training, pranayama (breathing) techniques, meditation, sequencing, yogic philosophy, and business skills.

Their yoga training offers hours of hands-on coaching in teaching methods and multiple opportunities to teach, observe, assist, and adjust in real-life situations. To join Yoga Mayu’s teacher training program you will be required to have at least one year of solid yoga experience.

In addition, you will be required to practice and observe classes as part of the commitment to our teacher training (a total of 20 hours). You will also be introduced to more holistic parts of yoga such as chanting and Ayurveda. It’s safe to say that Yoga Mayu’s got a very well-prepared course for a fair price.

• Price: $2800
• Duration: 3 months – Friday evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays
• Website: http://www.yogamayu.com
• Yoga Style: Ashtanga Vinyasa

Love Story SF Yoga Teacher Training

Love Story Yoga is a dynamic group of teachers with great backgrounds. They came together to create comprehensive training that includes daily practice and meditation, practical anatomy, philosophy, strategic sequencing, finding your voice, practice teaching, interpersonal work, and technical alignment principles. 

Throughout this program, you will dive into asana, learn basic breathing techniques, explore sacred texts such as the Yoga Sutras and Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and develop your authentic teaching voice. Love Story Yoga offers a short, 2 x 10-day intensive course and a one-month course that runs from Thursdays to Sundays.

These options are probably the shortest teacher training you can find in the area, so if you can’t dedicate months to the course, this might be the school for you.

• Price: $3600 – $3900
• Duration: 2 x 10 days OR 1 month – Thursdays till Sundays
• Website: http://www.lovestoryyoga.com
• Yoga Style: Hatha, Vinyasa

Integral Yoga Institute Training

The Integral Yoga Teacher Training program has been training Yoga teachers for over thirty-five years and offers a Yoga Alliance registered certification. This training prepares students to teach Hatha Yoga classes, providing the knowledge for Asanas (poses), guided relaxation (Savasana/Yoga Nidra), Pranayama (breathing practices), and seated silent meditation.

The founder of IYI is Sri Swami Satchidananda, a student of Sri Swami Sivananda, the great Indian Yoga master. In this training, you will find the focus on alignment and meditation. You can choose to complete your course over 5 months, dedicating only your Sundays to the course, or over 3 months, having 2 evenings per week apart from Sundays.

Both programs include a 3-day retreat in nature for you to deepen your own practice before qualifying.

• Price: $2800 – $3200, payment plans available
• Duration: 5 months – Sundays only OR 3 months – Tue & Thurs evenings and Sundays (all day)
• Website: http://integralyogasf.org/200-hour
• Yoga Style: Hatha

The Pad Studios Teacher Training

The 200-Hour Teacher Training at The Pad Studios offers a deeply spiritual journey for everyone who’s ready for this life-changing experience. You’ll explore the physical asana and methodology for teaching yoga but it also helps you to deepen your personal yoga practice, find a work/life balance, go beyond the physical, and follow your bliss.

They say this course will be a switch in your lifestyle rather than just a qualification. The course runs over 7 weekends and upon completion, you will receive a Yoga Alliance registered qualification of your basic yoga teacher certification.

• Price: $2970 – $3375, payment plans available
• Duration: 7 weekends – Fri evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays
• Website: https://thepadstudios.com/
• Yoga Style: Hatha

Yoga Works SF Teacher Training

Yoga Works is a Yoga Alliance 5-star rated accredited training school with more than 25 years of experience in training successful teachers. Since the start of their training school, YogaWorks alumni have gone on to become some of the world’s most renowned yoga leaders.

Throughout this course you’ll master the fundamentals, so completing the program will mark the beginning of a successful journey as a yoga teacher.  You will have to dedicate 12 weekends over 4 months to this course and as part of the training, you will have to attend 16 classes to experience different styles, levels, and methodologies.

All in all, you can expect a very professional experience at Yoga Works and as the reviews state, this training will change your life.

• Price: $3100 – $3600, payment plans available
• Duration: 12 weekends over 4 months
• Website: https://www.yogaworks.com/teacher-training/200-hour/
• Yoga Style:  Hatha

Lotusland 

Lotusland (formerly Laughing Lotus) has one of the earliest vinyasa training programs in the US, and their program is based on creative, dynamic, and devotional practice, merging body, breath, motion, and mindfulness. The teachers are highly knowledgeable with decades of experience in teaching yoga and training teachers.

You can choose to do the course over 3 weeks time with barely any time off, or you can sign up for a course that will last 14 weekends and you’ll only be busy Friday till Sunday every week. Payment options and early bird discounts are available for you to be able to choose the option best for you.

• Price: $3200 – payment plans available
• Duration: 3 weeks intense or 14 weekends (Fri-Sun)
• Website: Lotusland
• Yoga Style: Hatha, Vinyasa