Best Yoga Teacher Trainings In Toronto

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If you were looking to complete your 200-hour yoga teacher training in Toronto, you are browsing at the right place. Go ahead and read the below article of our collection of the best training in town. Let us know which one you chose!!

YOGA SPACE TEACHER TRAINING

This first pick is more a holistic center than a regular yoga studio; their approach is therapeutic and their priority is the student as a potential yoga guide.

In this grounding space, they are offering two different 200h TTC options; four-week summer intensives or 10-weekend fall or winter programs.

The course is designed to explore every posture in-depth, going through the sensations and breakthroughs to experience with awareness and comprehension, making you competent to create and apply modifications for every and each case.

The Yoga space strongly believe the student commitment to the personal practice and growth is the foundation for its success, therefore, in their course, 100% attendance is mandatory in order to obtain certification so they can ensure that graduated new teachers are physically and mentally graceful and can begin their teaching with determination.

All programs include a 4-month complimentary drop-in class pass started upon registration. Check out their discounts on retail products, sauna and wellness treatments!

• Price: From $1650 +HST
• Duration:  4 weeks intensive or 10-week flexible program
• Website: http://www.yogaspace.net/home/
• Style: Hatha-vinyasa

KULA 200 Hour Teacher Training

Kula’s 200H TTC is reviewed as one of the most complete teacher training in Toronto. Established more than 8 years ago, has been carefully designed and refined for years by passionate professionals on the subject of Yoga and Tantra.

Learning through their unique teacher training manual will ensure you in-depth biomechanical knowledge of 27 asanas, learning to deconstruct them from an anatomical perspective and apply modifications to benefit individual needs.

Intensive self-practice is necessary to expand your own sadhana, and for this reason, you will be given unlimited classes at the school (you are expected to attend at least 1 class a week).

Over the course you’ll develop a solid foundation in energy flows and breath integration for at the end of the course you will accomplish such a level of sequencing, creating classes adapted to the student’s needs (beginners, intermediate, with props, restorative) that you will be completely capable to generate a spark of magic in your classes.

To break the ice for the first time, you should assist in 3 classes at Kula, after previously observing the method of other Kula teachers. The overview of this course is the practice of compassion, service to the community, and facing life with a non-resistance philosophy, one breath at a time.

The course is super flexible and gives you more than enough time to integrate the knowledge- You can attend their informative session as an attempt to meet the faculty teachers and learn about the curriculum, the perfect meeting to grasp the essence of the course to see if it suits you.

• Price: From $3,300. Payment plans are available! ($466.70+HST per month). $500 non-refundable deposit required
• Duration: Over 6 months
• Website: https://mykula.org/
• Style: Hatha

YOGA TREE TORONTO YTT

This clan of yoga studios offers variety in locations and environments in the heart of Toronto. Catering three different studios in the city; Bay & Dundas, Richmond and Spadina and Yonge and Eglinton, this community is more than capable to make you feel like home with their cosy corners; airy and spacious rooms, tea lounges, sauna,… they have built an oasis in the middle of the concrete jungle! And in consequence, they’ve gathered the most awesome community!

Wherever you’re starting this transformative process, the main goal is to focus on the NOW and embrace the magic of change. Expect to move your body, your emotions, and your blockages! Letting go of old patterns and traumas, and breaking through them to release your own light. Each day you will hit different subjects and meet guest teachers sharing specific knowledge.

During the training period you will manage to meet three different disciplinary lineages; classical Hatha, Ashtanga, and Hot Yoga, developing an insight of them all and also gain familiarity with other styles such as restorative and yin, hopefully becoming passionate towards one in particular, or, what is better, developing your own teaching style.

• Price: $3,500 (Early birds get discount)
• Duration: 1 month full-time, or 12 weekends of training part-time
• Website: http://www.yogatree.ca/
  
• Style: Hatha, Ashtanga and Hot yoga

AWAKEN LOVE BELLWOODS YTT

This studio next to Trinity Bellwoods park it’s a space of yoga, meditation, and sound healing; the perfect dose of high vibrations you need to help your inner light shine bright. The place has been recently renovated and has lots of natural light coming through the windows which makes the practice even more enlightening! 

If more than a yoga teacher, you are aiming to learn transformational arts becoming moreover, a meditation, love, and breath guide, this program will give you all the spiritual tools you need to master yourself and inspire others.

Fusing the more tangible aspect of yoga, asana – observing anatomy beyond the physical aspects understanding chakras, nadis, vayus, and kundalini energy- with alchemy and reiki;  besides becoming a certified yoga teacher, you are going to get certified in Reiki level I too.

You will also get training in business and marketing, including guidance in building your own brand, finding your unique voice and achieve a way to share with the world what you have to offer.

Align with love and make your mind flexible in this intense program and you will experience how the body follows.

• Price:  From $3300
• Duration: 11 weekends over a 7 month period
• Website: http://www.awakenloveytt.com/
  
• Style: Hatha / Vinyasa / Kundalini

CENTER FOR NATURAL LIVING & YOGA

What makes this center special?  Mainly, what made us pick up this place is their beautiful locations across the globe. Center for Natural Living invites you to embody yoga from the very bottom and the source; nature.

Surrounded by mother nature it’s an effortless task to realize yourself as a part of infinite and majestuous beauty, speeding up the process of healing from old samskaras. Choose your training location in Toronto or a combination of half the training in Toronto and half in Nicaragua or Costa Rica.

Personally, we thought this is a formidable deal (considering the price!) The lead teachers are all students from the Himalayan Institute, rated ERYT 500. The curriculum includes focusing in more than 30 asanas and their transitions, adjustments and modifications, along with pranayama, meditation, the anatomy of energy bodies, prana vayus and practicum; designing and teaching classes.

• Price:  Half Online / Half Costa Rica (does not include airfare). *$2325 for a private room with attached bathroom. *$2175 for a shared room with shared bathroom. 
• Duration:  4 weekends online + 10 days in Costa Rica. 
• Website: https://www.centerfornaturalliving.com/
  
• Style: Hatha

SANKALPA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

​The Sankalpa Institute is dedicated to cultivating a space where students can grow, explore and deepen their yoga practice in a “boutique-style” yoga teacher training program – hands-on attention, geared towards individuals who are interested in spending their precious free time with like-minded individuals who prioritize optimal physical, mental and emotional health. Our goal is to provide the support and knowledge needed to become a confident and effective yoga instructor. This course will offer a consistent approach that is conducive to depth, rather than a survey of different approaches. You can also take this journey if you want to deepen your own personal yoga knowledge and practice. You can also also take this journey if you want to make some new lifelong friends and be part of a kick-ass community. Who doesn’t want that?!

​In addition to successfully completing your 200 hour YTT training, your experience will be blended with a comprehensive, personalized wellness program, bi-weekly check-ins with a certified holistic nutritionist, and daily motivational e-mails to keep you on track and excited about your journey.

• Price: From $4,550
• Duration: Over 4 months
• Website:http://www.sankalpayogateachers.com/
  
• Style: Hatha and Power Vinyasa

YOGA VIDA TEACHER TRAINING (AFTER GLOW STUDIO)

YOGA VIDA— Yoga for Life in our Modern World

• Uniquely designed for those looking to deepen their practice and/or learning to teach. Choose to complete the first 80 hour component of YogaVida or complete the full 200 hour training. Feel free to add the final 120 of Learn to Teach after completing your 80 hours of Deepen Your Practice.

  Part 1: Immerse yourself in the life-changing practice of yoga philosophy and the traditions of yoga. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra’s, Ayurveda, Pranayama, the subtle body, and more. You will learn how to deepen your own physical practice through asana, breath work and mediation.

  Part 2: Dive deeper into the asanas, sequencing, anatomy and physiology in this component of our YTT. A big part of becoming a teacher is the practice you get in a safe, instructional environment, and YogaVida offers many hours of instruction on the Business of Yoga, The Art of Teaching, Sequencing to a pose and more.

  Price: From $3,500* Payment plans available. *Early birds discount! Eligible for a Tax credit.

• Duration: Over 7 month (weekends)
• Website: https://www.afterglowstudio.ca/
  
• Price: $3500
• Style: Vinyasa