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If yoga teacher training in San Jose has been crossing your mind, then you came to the right place. Not only is San Jose considered a hot spot for science and tech, but it also holds some of the most transformative and healing yoga studios around.
Now that the pandemic restrictions have become a little more relaxed, joining a group of like-minded on their journey to learning about and becoming more yoga seems to be a great decision. Yoga is a healing tool that we, as practitioners and aspiring teachers, have the opportunity to experience and share it with the rest of the world. We basically have the power to change lives for the better, one breath at a time.
Whether you’re new to this profound practice or have already been exploring it for a while, taking teacher training is usually considered one of the best decisions you can make in your life. That’s how I and most of my other yoga trainer friends felt after taking our first 200hr yoga teacher training.
To help you in your decision-making process, we narrowed down some of the best yoga teacher training available in beautiful San Jose. We hope this helps!
Almaden Yoga
Almaden Yoga Studio encompasses a warm familial environment where any aspiring teacher or one looking to deepen their practice would feel welcomed. The owners are a sweet married couple, Anuja and Ron, that has a huge passion for changing lives through yoga.
Their 200hr yoga teacher training covers the essentials one needs to take their yoga to the next level. The training syllabus includes alignment, anatomy, meditation, pranayama, philosophy, teaching techniques, the business of yoga, and more. The school has a thing for tying in strength training with yoga, so you may get an idea of how to use weights to add some more fire to your flows.
The training pans out across 3 months, during 3 weekends a month. There’s so much to learn that you’ll also be required to study on your own during the “non-contact hours”. During the training, you’ll also get a few one and one sessions with Anuja, who is there to support you along your journey.
Another perk is you get unlimited access to their studio classes during the 3-month training. Unlimited yoga, woohoo!
- Price: $3190
- Duration: 3 weekends a month for 3 months
- Website: www.almadenyoga.com
- Yoga Style: Flow
CorePower Yoga
If you’re after a whole lot of yang, CorePower Yoga may be the place for you to experience the fiery side of yoga. Their mission is to show the world the incredible life-changing things that happen when you root an intensely physical workout in the mindfulness of yoga. This is exactly what the school has been doing over the past 20 years, with powerful classes and teacher training in San Jose and across other states.
The 200hr teacher training offered here teaches you what you need to know when it comes to teaching, anatomy, demos and assists, the philosophy of yoga, and more. You also get to choose a “major” from one of the few focuses offered, being CorePower Yoga, Hot Power Fusion, or Yoga Sculpt. Briefly, CorePower Yoga is essentially strong vinyasa yoga. Hot Power Fusion is power yoga in a hot yoga room setup, expect a lot of sweat. Yoga Sculpt integrates yoga, cardio, and strength with the use of light dumbbells to boost metabolism and build strength.
So, if you decide to take the CorePower training, you have the option to do it in person, online, or mix it up for the 12-week duration.
- Price: $3099
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Website: www.corepoweryoga.com
- Yoga Style: Power Yoga
Yoga Bharati
Yoga Bharati dedicates itself to serving the community with yoga as a holistic practice for self-growth and self-transformation. The school is a branch of the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation in Bangalore India – where they heavily focus on yoga as a therapy.
The organization offers a 200hr Yoga Alliance-approved teacher training for adults and youth 16 and over. Not only will you learn about yogic philosophy, asanas, and teaching skills, but you’ll also leave with a rich and in-depth knowledge of yoga’s powerful effect on the common issues we face in our lives. What you learn will be backed up by hard evidence and science, this is standard in Yoga Bharati’s approach to classes and training.
If this seems intriguing to you then why not give the school a look?
- Price: $1595
- Duration: 6-9 months, check in with the school to see their updated calendar
- Website: www.yogabharati.org
- Yoga Style: Hatha
Hot 8 Yoga
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Considered California’s hottest yoga and workout studio, Hot 8 Yoga is bound to leave your favorite yoga set soaked. Hot 8 Yoga has studios scattered around California, and each one has a passionate team of teachers and trainers ready to guide you on your path to transformation.
The studio has a few different pieces of training including Power Yoga, Hot Power Fusion as 200hr options, and Yoga Sculpt and Yoga Barre as 60hr options. Although this training is focused on powerful asana practice, it still takes you through the ancient teachings of yoga and how you can use the practice to become a better version of yourself through meditation practices, Ayurveda, posture benefits, and more.
- Price: $3000
- Duration: 10 weeks
- Website: https://www.hot8yoga.com/santanarow/
- Yoga Style: Power Yoga, Hot Power Fusion
Mount Madonna Institute
Mount Madonna has been established in 1978 and has been committed to offering teachings and training in holistic wellness and Ayurveda in this modern world.
The school has an authentic approach to how it teaches and a loyal teacher base that dedicates itself to supporting you as you experience hands-on healing practices brought by yoga.
The 200hr offered here can be taken online or in person, and each covers all the training you need to go out there and lead your first class. From asana and adjustments, and pranayama and meditation, to designing unique and safe practices, you’ll be pretty set!
The program’s daily schedule is detailed on their website in case you’d like to really picture yourself at this training.
Keep in mind the institute is located a little outside of San Jose but we really wanted to include it given its great reputation.
- Price: $2,420
- Duration: 6 months online, or 2 months intensive in person
- Yoga Style: Ashtanga, Hatha
Breathe Together Yoga
Breathe Together Yoga has been built with the pure intention of giving people the opportunity to have more access to health so that they can live fulfilling and joyful life. The studio has all sorts of classes like alignment-based flows, aerial yin, qi-gong, mobility, Mysore Ashtanga and so much more. When you step foot into the studio, you could feel the high quality of the teachers, their knowledge and experience, and the learnings that you and your family can apply to your everyday life. I say family precisely because they have family yoga where kids 6+ can join in!
Their 200hr training has two 100hr phases, foundations, and dynamics. In phase 1, foundations, you’ll learn about the history of yoga, varieties of the practice, pranayama, Sanskrit, and more. In phase 2, dynamics, you’ll get more technical with sequencing, pre and post-natal practices, ethics of teaching, and more. Each phase consists of 2 x 5-day intensives (totaling 4 x 5-day intensives).
- Price: A total of $3600 ($1800 per module)
- Duration: A total of 4 x 5-day intensives
- Website: https://breathetogetheryoga.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha, Ashtanga, Flow
Yoga Source / One Yoga
This studio has been awarded the best studio in Silicon Valley for years. It could be because of the superb teachers, their expertise in Yoga and hot Pilates, and maybe because of the friendly and down-to-earth environment they’ve built up since 2002.
Yoga Source offers 200hr teacher training in Flow Yoga, Gentle Yoga, and Hot Pilates if that’s something of interest to you. What I love is that the Flow Yoga training prepares you to be able to teach a few different styles, including Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Power. Gentle Yoga is also great in that it offers you gentle vinyasa, yoga for beginners, yin yoga, and restorative. What you choose really depends on what your intention or objective is with your upcoming teacher training. Any decision is the right decision, just feel it out.
Both 200hr pieces of training consist of two 100hr modules that can be taken in any order. You have 4 weekends of anatomy and kinesiology, and 4 weekends of methodology and philosophy. Once completed you’ll have to teach and pass your final class then proceed on your journey as a 200hr certified yoga instructor.
- Price: A total of $3398 ($1699 per module)
- Duration: A total of 8 weekends of modules
- Website: www.oneyogasource.com
- Yoga Style: Flow, Gentle
Good luck in your research and I’m sure you’ll find a training that is just calling your name. Happy learning!
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