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Whether you are looking for a month-long all intensive immersion into yoga, or a weekend course while you work your day job, there are many amazing yoga teacher trainings around the US.
Kripalu, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
Kripalu is one of the largest yoga retreat centers in the US, with world-renowned guest teachers such as Rodney Yee, Jack Kornfield, and Sharon Salzberg. Kripalu teacher training covers the traditions that influenced Kripalu the most, Vedanta, Sankhya, Tantra, and Tantric Hatha Yoga.
Kripalu has a month-long immersion option, two 12 day immersion options, and a weekend option, so students can study here no matter what their schedules look like. This course is best for students looking for a therapeutic approach to yoga and it’s the ability to heal beyond the physical asana practice.
- Price: $2,675 + accommodations prices (vary)
- Duration: 21 Days
- Website: www.kripalu.org
- Style: Hatha Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Tantra
7 Centers Yoga Arts, Sedona, Arizona, USA
7 Centers Yoga Arts are located in one of the spiritual meccas of the world, in the energy vortex of Sedona, Arizona. As one of the first yoga schools in Sedona, they were ahead of the pack by offering a 200 hour Hatha yoga teacher training as well as a 200-hour Kundalini yoga teacher training.
This ashram style living arrangement allows practitioners to fully immerse into the yogic lifestyle. The site includes all ayurvedic meals and courses, Vedic astrology, and shatkarma cleansing techniques. The belief here is that one needs to understand the self to teach others from a place of love and self-knowledge.
This course is best for those looking for a fully immersive approach to creating their sadhana. This course is one month all intensive, offered three times a year.
- Price: $3295, 2 meals per day, not including accommodation
- Duration: 25 Days
- Website: www.7centers-yoga.com
- Style: Hatha, Kundalini
Sewall House, Island Falls, Maine
Sewall House is a historic house turned yoga center in the rolling hills of Maine. The headteacher and owner, Donna, has maintained her family’s home to keep the 20th-century charm. Teacher training here are twice a year, one month long, and cap at 8 students. Donna teaches Hatha and Kundalini yoga, with influences from Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Yoga Nidra styles.
The teacher training here not only focuses on yoga but teaches its students to enjoy the present moment and enjoy their surroundings, which is hard not to do in the beautiful hills of Island Falls, Maine. This training is best for those looking for an immersive approach with an emphasis on personal attention.
- Price: training is $2400, with food and accommodation is $4500
- Duration: 1 Month
- Website: www.sewallhouse.com
- Style: Hatha, Kundalini
ISHTA, New York, NY
ISHTA stands for Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda, and is also a Sanskrit word meaning “that which resonates with the individual spirit.” Personal instruction from Alan Finger, who is one of the most renowned Western Tantra teachers, means students can dive deeply into the science of yoga. ISHTA offers weekend courses as well as a summer month-long immersion course, and there is a work-study option for those who are on a budget. The Summer course is 32 nights, all intensive!
- Price: $3200 Early Bird Price, $3450 after
- Duration: 33 Days
- Website: ishtayoga.com
- Style: Hatha, Tantra, Vinyasa
Strala Yoga, New York City/International
Strala yoga is one of the most renowned yoga studios in the world. Backed by Deepak Chopra and Harvard Neurologist Dr Rudolph Tanzi, this 200-hour ready-to-lead training teaches the student how to heal themselves, how to guide the room, and the connection between mind, movement, and breath.
Strala emphasizes the healing power of yoga to resolve stress, and its ability to allow the practitioner to truly get to know themselves. As well, they have 200-hour trainings around the world, as well as in their NYC location. The courses are two week-long intensives. If you are interested in travel and holistic health and wellness, this is the course for you.
- Price: $3,400
- Duration: 13 Days
- Website: stralayoga.com
- Style: Traditional Yoga, emphasis on yoga therapy
White Lotus Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
White Lotus Foundation is the perfect place to take your 200 hours of teacher training in the States! Located in the hills of Santa Barbara, this 16-day course is yoga alliance certified, and all intensive, as it is a bit shorter than other courses.
Perfect for the yogi that can only take 2 weeks off from work, Ganga White and Tracey Rich lead students into a hatha, vinyasa, and restorative based training, with roots in the Acharya Degree. As one of the oldest schools in America, White Lotus Foundation opened its doors in 1967, giving it 50 years to create the name it has today. If you are looking for a way to immerse in traditional yoga without leaving the states or taking too much time from work, this is the place for you!
- Price: $4200 with food and accommodation, $2450 tuition only
- Duration: 16 Days
- Website: www.whitelotus.org
- Style: Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative
Shakti Yoga, Nashville, TN
Shakti Yoga is a small school run by two sisters in Nashville, Tennessee, under the style of Baron Baptiste’s power vinyasa flow. This course is for those who really enjoy the more physical aspect of asana. As well, this course is offered over the course of 8 weeks, on Friday evenings, all day Saturday and all day Sundays.
- Price: Early Bird is $2,750, after is $3,250
- Duration: 8 weeks
- Website: www.shaktiyoganashville.com
- Style: Power Vinyasa
YogaWorks, Nationally around the USA
YogaWorks is the quintessential yoga teacher training in the US. This training is world renowned and covers an in-depth approach to asana practice and the way to a healthier lifestyle. Their style focuses on building you as a teacher, through increased confidence and your own personal practice.
For those looking to get a leg in the American Yoga Industry, this is the course for you! Courses last 4 weeks as a month-long intensive or over the course of 3 months as a weekend intensive, and are available internationally as well as around the USA.
- Price: $3,700
- Duration: 3 Months weekend intensive
- Website: www.yogaworks.com/teacher-training
- Style: Vinyasa
Golden Bridge Yoga, NYC and LA, USA
Run by Gurumukh, a direct disciple of Yogi Bhajan, this is the school to attend if you are interested in deepening your kundalini practice. Kundalini yoga has an emphasis on pranayama and increasing the energy within each of the 7 chakras, making it a healing practice. If this sounds like your journey with yoga, look no further! Teacher training courses are over the weekend, over the course of 3 months, or as a month-long immersion.
- Price: $4,500
- Duration: 3-month weekend intensive
- Website: goldenbridgeyoga.com
- Style: Kundalini
Shoshoni Yoga Retreat, Rollingsville, Colorado
Shoshoni yoga center offers an ashram-like 21 day 200-hour teacher training in the mountains of Colorado. This hatha yoga training is perfect for yogis who want to adopt the yogic lifestyle away from the hustle and bustle of working life.
- Price: $2650- $5250, depending on your accommodation choice
- Duration: 1 month (students can also choose to split the month into two modules, completing each two-week session over the course of 12 months)
- Website: www.shoshoni.org
- Style: Hatha
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