300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Free Webinar 9/14: Advance Your Teaching With Joya’s 300-Hour Training
join the next webinarTake your teaching to the next level with our immersive 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training, designed for certified yoga instructors ready to expand their knowledge, refine their voice, and dive deeper into the heart of yoga. This advanced training is offered in accessible weekend modules—just one weekend a month—making it easy to integrate into your life while building a strong, supportive community of fellow teachers.
What You’ll Learn:
🧘♀️ Advanced Sequencing Techniques
Craft intelligent, purposeful sequences that support a variety of student needs—from dynamic vinyasa to mindful slow flow. Explore the art of thematic classes and develop sequences that inspire and transform.
📖 Myth & Asana: Embodying Stories on the Mat
Dive into the rich mythology of yoga and discover how ancient stories can bring depth and soul to your teaching. Learn how to weave myth and symbolism into your classes to create experiences that resonate beyond the physical.
🌙 Restorative Yoga & the Art of Stillness
Gain a comprehensive understanding of Restorative Yoga—its principles, postures, and prop use. Learn to guide students into deep states of rest and healing, cultivating balance in both body and mind.
🌿 Subtle Body & Energetics
Explore the unseen layers of yoga through the chakras, nadis, prana vayus, and koshas. Learn how these subtle energies inform movement, breath, and emotional experience—and how to incorporate this wisdom into your teaching.
💪🏽 Anatomy & Functional Movement
Go beyond textbook anatomy with a functional, embodied approach to movement. Understand how the body moves in real life and how to support safe, accessible, and empowering practices for a wide range of students.
🎾 Rolling for Myofascial Release
Learn techniques for self-myofascial release using therapy balls and props. Discover how to integrate rolling into your classes to enhance mobility, relieve tension, and support nervous system regulation.
🤲 Hands-On Assisting
Develop the skills to confidently and respectfully offer physical adjustments that enhance alignment, deepen postures, and create a supportive connection with your students. Learn safe, effective techniques for a variety of class styles, and understand when verbal cues may be more appropriate.
♿️ Accessible Yoga
Embrace inclusivity by learning to adapt yoga for diverse bodies, abilities, and life stages. Explore adapting traditional asanas, creative use of props, and mindset shifts that create welcoming spaces for all.
Program Highlights:
- Modular format: Flexible weekend intensives for work-life balance
- Experienced, passionate faculty
- Personalized mentorship and feedback
- Emphasis on integration, authenticity, and sustainable teaching
This training goes beyond technique—it's a journey of personal evolution, sacred storytelling, and embodied wisdom. Whether you're looking to expand your class offerings, serve a broader community, or simply deepen your own relationship with yoga, this program will empower you to lead from a place of clarity, compassion, and confidence.
Modules and Dates (1 Weekend a Month)
Fridays: 5:00–9:30pm
Saturdays: 9:00am–6:30pm
Sundays: 9:00am–6:00pm
- Anatomy: Feet, Legs, and Hips — January 9–11, 2026
- Anatomy: Spine and Core — February 6–8, 2026
- Anatomy: Shoulders — March 6–8, 2026
- Sequencing — April 17–19, 2026
- Assisting — May 1–3, 2026
- Restorative 1 — June 12–13, 2026
- Restorative 2 — July 10–12, 2026
- Yoga for Every Body — July 31-August 2, 2026
- Rolling for Release — September 4–6, 2026
- Subtle Body — October 2–4, 2026
- Myths and Asanas 1 — November 13–15, 2026
- Myths and Asanas 2 — December 4–6, 2026
- Graduation Weekend — January 8–10, 2027
For more details or for info on individal modules email: Alison@joyayoga.com
Audrey: E-RYT® 500, YACEP®. Audrey has practiced and studied yoga since 1996. Her training and practice are rooted in the Ashtanga tradition of yoga and her teaching style is a culmination of the many styles that she has studied over the years. She has taught yoga in the San Ramon area since 2003, yoga teacher training since 2008, and is co-owner of The Yoga Company. Audrey sees the practice of yoga as a way to connect with, learn about and honor the self, with the result being a more balanced state of mind and body. She is grateful to, and inspired by the many teachers she has had over the years and continues to integrate their wisdom into her teaching.
Alison: E-RYT® 500, YACEP®. Alison has been practicing yoga for several decades and teaching yoga for over a decade. She is passionate about movement, exploration, and fun... all while helping members take lessons off the mat. Alison co-facilitates the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training and leads the Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Program at Joya. When not teaching yoga, you can find Alison outside, reading her book or traveling the world.
Lisa: E-RYT® 500, AFAA, Somatic Trauma Therapy certified. Lisa has been teaching group fitness and yoga since 2001. Fast forward a few years and Lisa's journey has evolved to be a continuous inquiry on interception, anatomy, embryology, movement, fitness and Chinese energy healing. Lisa co-facilitates the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training and leads the Yin Yoga Teacher Training program at Joya. When she's not teaching, Lisa enjoys face-planting in fun arm balances, falling out of tree pose and doing mostly the yin practice.
Melissa: ERYT® 500, YACEP®. Melissa is a passionate and dedicated yoga teacher who loves to share the wisdom of this ancient practice. With a deep commitment to her students, she has been teaching since 2014 and remains forever a student, continually advancing her training and practice in the Vinyasa tradition. Melissa believes true yoga isn't just a physical work out, but rather a journey of self-discovery that goes beyond the mat. In addition to yoga, she cherishes cooking, traveling, and being surrounded by friends and family. She holds multiple certifications in, yin yoga, assisting techniques, trauma informed yoga and accessible yoga. Melissa is committed to helping others feel empowered through their own unique journey of consciousness.
