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- [Sound Healing for Yoga Teachers](https://soulofyoga.com/sound-healing-for-yoga-teachers/): In the three-hour online training Sound Healing for Yoga Teachers, we will look at why sound complements yoga and how to use it in different class formats. We will also cover practical theories for how sound may work, accessible instruments, musicality, tuning, and ways to create an experience that is pleasant and supportive of the nervous system.
- [500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training](https://soulofyoga.com/500-hour-yoga-teacher-training/): A 500-hour yoga teacher training deepens your knowledge of asana, anatomy, philosophy, pranayama, meditation, sequencing, ethics, and teaching methodology. This guide explains training pathways, online and in-person formats, Yoga Alliance registration, curriculum expectations, career possibilities, and how to choose a program that supports meaningful growth as a skilled, confident teacher.
- [Cosmic Weather For August 2026](https://soulofyoga.com/cosmic-weather-august-2026/): August shows up with a lot of movement overhead, but it’s asking you to slow down before you speed up. This is a month that is filled with a lot of qualities and I want to offer insight so when you start picking up on things, you can connect the dots. Please keep in mind these forecasts aren't meant to be dogmatic; they're meant to help you understand the landscape you may notice so you can feel prepared and work with it in your own way.
- [The Difference Between 200, 300, and 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training-credentials/): 200-hour, 300-hour, or 500-hour yoga teacher training: which should you pay for? You can reach the 500-hour level two ways: one integrated 500-hour training, or a 200-hour plus a separate 300-hour. This guide breaks down what each level teaches, costs, and can earn.
- [Can You Do Yoga Therapy Training Online?](https://soulofyoga.com/online-yoga-therapy-training/): Yes, you can complete yoga therapy training online through IAYT-accredited programs. Understanding how accreditation standards apply to virtual delivery, how practicum hours work remotely, and what separates a rigorous online program from a low-quality one will help you invest wisely.
- [Karma! Coming To You LIVE in July!](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-astrology-july-2026/): There are seasons when life brings us to thresholds of change. This might just come from the feeling inside that the old way of moving can no longer carry us forward. The convenient shortcuts stop working while the distractions become more exhausting. We may notice relationships built on one-sided giving, hidden motives, or fear begin to feel different in the body. The work we do, how we earn, the way we speak, how we connect with others, and even where we belong all can come under review.
- [The Stolen Light](https://soulofyoga.com/stolen-light/): As with all Sanskrit words, there is a precision in the original meaning of the word guru. The syllables break down like this: gu means darkness, and ru means remover. A guru is literally one who removes darkness, specifically the inner confusion that causes a person to mistake their constructed, conditioned self for who they actually are. That is the entire job description, and it contains within it the full ethical weight of the role. 
- [Trauma-Informed vs. Resilience-Building:  Do We Need Both?](https://soulofyoga.com/trauma-informed/): Trauma-informed practice has reshaped yoga, meditation, therapy, education, healthcare, and wellness by helping people recognize how past harm can affect the body, mind, emotions, and relationships. Yet an important question is emerging now: how do we honor trauma without accidentally teaching people that they are too fragile for life?
- [Why Every Yoga Practitioner Needs a Personal Practice](https://soulofyoga.com/your-personal-practice/): Many yoga students love the teachings yet secretly struggle to maintain a consistent personal practice. Life becomes busy, energy feels scattered, and without a guru, temple, or formal spiritual structure, sadhana can begin to feel abstract or difficult to sustain. Yet traditionally, yoga was never learned through information alone but learned through lived experience over time.
- [What Is Yoga Therapy (IAYT)?](https://soulofyoga.com/what-is-yoga-therapy/): This blog explores how a yoga therapist works, what makes this a holistic approach, and how it can complement care from a healthcare provider. 
- [Engage in life in a more conscious and embodied way](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-june-2026/): There’s an unfolding from June through October that is asking us to wholly participate in life rather than to wait and see what’s next. In other words, the next four months want us to actively engage in life in a more conscious and embodied way. Because of this, you might feel the pull of life awaking within you in new ways. 
- [Vinyasa Yoga That Meets You Where You Are](https://soulofyoga.com/vinyasa-yoga-that-meets-you-where-you-are/): Somewhere along the way, vinyasa yoga earned a reputation for being a fixed shape. Step here. Inhale up. Exhale down. Chaturanga, no matter what. If you couldn't keep pace, you were the problem.
- [The Backlash to Over-Optimization in Wellness](https://soulofyoga.com/trendy-wellness/): In today’s wellness world, over-optimization, cold plunges, wearables, biohacking, and constant tracking can pull us away from body wisdom, nervous system balance, and intuitive health. This blog explores how to pause, clear mental and emotional noise, and make empowered wellness choices rooted in sovereignty rather than trend culture.
- [What Is the Difference Between a Yoga Instructor and a Yoga Therapist?](https://soulofyoga.com/difference-between-yoga-instructor-and-yoga-therapist/): At first glance, a yoga teacher and a yoga therapist can seem like they do the same work. Both use yoga techniques to support well-being. But their training, role, and purpose are not the same. This guide breaks down the differences so you can choose the support that truly fits your needs.
- [Polyvagal Theory Under Fire](https://soulofyoga.com/polyvagal/): Trauma-informed practitioners are facing a pivotal shift as Polyvagal Theory comes under growing scientific criticism. This blog explores what that means for the nervous system, body-based healing, social engagement, co-regulation, and trauma-informed practice, while offering a steadier framework for making sense of lived human experience.
- [The Breath & Our Current Health Crisis](https://soulofyoga.com/breath-and-health/): There is a seemingly invisible crisis unfolding in modern life that few people ever think about because breathing feels automatic. We assume that if we are alive, if air is moving in and out of the body, then everything must be working as it should. There was a time I thought this too. Reading the book, “Breath” by James Nestor, completely changed the way I understood health, energy, stress, sleep, and even the shape of the human body itself. Although a lifelong student, I found the science, research and Mr. Nestor’s well documented personal experience to be refreshing and groundbreaking. 
- [Portal of Abundance and Major Changes](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-may-2026/): This month’s reading is a little different because we are standing together at the edge of a rare and potent movement in the sky, one that brings real expansion and change through your home, your loved ones, your material life, and your emotional world. Even though the timing of this unfolds from June through October, there is something important available to us right now. May gives us a doorway to prepare by becoming more present with how we are living.
- [How to Become a Certified Yoga Therapist](https://soulofyoga.com/how-to-become-a-certified-yoga-therapist/): If you have tried researching how to become a certified yoga therapist, you have probably noticed how quickly it gets confusing. Between 200-hour training, 800-hour programs, Yoga Alliance, and IAYT, most search results are selling something. This guide walks you through the process, costs, credentials, and career path in simple terms.
- [Meditation paths and where to begin](https://soulofyoga.com/meditation-paths/): Meditation is not a single technique but a wide landscape of approaches, each offering a different doorway into awareness. Some practices invite quiet focus, others welcome the full spectrum of experience, and still others cultivate compassion or deep rest. Understanding these differences can help you choose a path that feels supportive rather than overwhelming, especially if you are wondering where to begin or how to deepen what you already practice.
- [Yoga for Addiction Recovery](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-for-addiction-recovery/): Yoga can support addiction recovery by helping regulate the nervous system, reduce cravings, and rebuild the capacity to stay present with discomfort. When used alongside evidence-based treatment, yoga offers a grounded path for healing, self-awareness, and resilience, meeting the deeper patterns that drive substance use and the recovery process.
- [Restorative Yoga](https://soulofyoga.com/restorative-yoga-blog/): Restorative yoga sequence invites your breath and your mind to move into a slower cadence, even when life rushes you forward. What if deep rest could fit inside a real schedule? Here you’ll find practical pathways to unwind fully, with sequences that meet you where time allows.
- [April Jyotish 2026](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-april-2026/): From early March through April 2026, we begin to feel life change in ways we may not immediately notice. What once felt delayed or heavy starts to reorganize, gradually taking on a shape that makes more sense and offers a clearer sense of direction. There’s a feeling that something is finally moving in a reliable way that we can begin to trust. It’s not likely to be dramatic so trust this inner knowing if you feel the pulse of new life. 
- [Meditation Tips and Script Download](https://soulofyoga.com/meditation-script/): There is a way of meditating that does not require you to clear the mind or strive for a particular state, but instead invites you to rest in simple awareness and meet each moment with quiet curiosity. This orientation lies at the heart of Yoga Nidra, a practice that allows the body and mind to unwind naturally while you remain gently aware of your experience.
- [Breathing Techniques for Mental Clarity](https://soulofyoga.com/mental-clarity/): The mind works hard to keep pace with the world around as thoughts come quickly, decisions press forward, and attention scatters in the many directions we are often pulled. When clarity fades, it becomes difficult to hear ourselves fully. Fortunately, the breath is a pathway back. It brings the whole system into ease, clears inner fog, and strengthens the light of awareness.
- [Why Become a Yoga Teacher](https://soulofyoga.com/why-become-a-yoga-teacher/): Most articles about becoming a yoga teacher focus on passion and freedom, while very few speak honestly about money, market realities, or true readiness for this path. This guide offers a fuller picture that honors yoga’s depth and the mind body soul connection while addressing income, schedules, geography, and life stage. Below you will read about the things I wish I knew before my yoga teacher training. 
- [Traveling Through Eclipse Season](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-march-2026/): Eclipse season is a threshold as it arrives like weather moving through the subtle body, quietly shifting the atmosphere within and around us. Many people notice an increase in inner pressure, changes in sleep, or a subtle sense that something is stirring beneath the surface of daily life. The mind may begin searching for what is wrong, while the heart senses that something is ready to change, even if you can’t put your finger on it or understand it.
- [Yoga for Heart Disease](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-for-heart-disease/): Yoga therapy tailored for heart health offers a supportive, evidence-informed path forward. By combining gentle movement, mindful breathing, and nervous-system regulation practices that help the body shift out of chronic stress, yoga for heart disease supports both physical and emotional wellbeing. The result is improved cardiovascular function, greater emotional resilience, and a renewed sense of confidence in one’s own body.
- [Navigating Modern Medicine With a Yogic Nervous System](https://soulofyoga.com/modern-medicine-and-yoga/): For many people in the yoga community, the medical system can feel both necessary and incomplete. It can be lifesaving in crisis, brilliant at diagnostics, and essential for certain conditions—yet it often isn’t built to address the lived experience of stress, meaning, embodiment, and spiritual resilience. 
- [What Is Gentle Hatha Yoga?](https://soulofyoga.com/gentle-and-hatha-yoga/): Gentle Hatha Yoga is for everyone and every body. It is especially for people who think, “Yoga is not for me,” or “I can’t do that.” In this style, movements are slow and mindful, and every shape is supported with breath and awareness. No special ability is required. Curiosity is enough.
- [How To Walk This Mars Portal With Power](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-february-2026/): When Life Asks, “Is This Real?” Jyotish Astrology July 2026 There are seasons when life brings us to thresholds of change. This might just come from the feeling inside that the old way of
- [Why Is Kundalini Yoga Dangerous? A Teacher’s Honest Guide](https://soulofyoga.com/why-is-kundalini-yoga-dangerous/): Kundalini yoga carries real risks when practiced carelessly, but whether it becomes “dangerous” depends largely on your own constitution and the competency of your teacher.
- [What Yoga Teacher Training Actually Costs (And What Nobody Tells You)](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training-costs/): Here you are, thinking about a yoga teacher training. You might feel called to teach or you might simply want a deeper practice, people feel called to do trainings for a variety of reasons. You have probably looked up what yoga teacher training costs and found everything from $99 all the way to $11,000. The cost part can feel very confusing, so we wanted to share what all of the numbers mean so it’s easier to choose the training that is best for you. 
- [2026: A Year of Awakening, Alignment, and Honest Becoming](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-january-2026/): When Life Asks, “Is This Real?” Jyotish Astrology July 2026 There are seasons when life brings us to thresholds of change. This might just come from the feeling inside that the old way of
- [How To Become A Reiki Master](https://soulofyoga.com/reiki-master/): The price of a Reiki training does not necessarily indicate that the teacher is better or not as skilled. Be mindful of trainings that are drawn out and have a high price tag. Reiki is a very intuitive practice and everyone is capable of learning this trade because it is already inherent in our bodies. 
- [Why do a Yoga Teacher Training?](https://soulofyoga.com/why-do-a-yoga-teacher-training/): There comes a moment when the surface is not enough. You want a deeper bond with your breath, mind and body. You may feel called to share yoga. Is yoga teacher training worth it? Training is not poses and a badge it is a season of lineage and philosophy, practice with feedback, anatomy for safer movement, and pranayama and meditation that regulate stress, support sleep, and restore wholeness. Within mentorship you find your voice, learn safe sequencing, and roots you into community. What is yoga teacher training (YTT) like? It brings lost parts online, clears fog, returns confidence, and nourishes you to overflow to others.
- [Soft Power, Steady Breath – December’s Medicine](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-december-2025/): There are months when life feels like a storm and everything shifts beneath your feet while the inner world mirrors that turbulence. November carried that kind of energy for so many as they felt stretched, tested, and pulled into old patterns. For seekers and students, it was a month that demanded awareness and resilience.
- [Why Your Students Feel What You Feel: Coregulation in the Yoga Room](https://soulofyoga.com/coregulation-in-the-yoga-room/): By Alexandra D. Crosswell, PhD
- [Slow down, tell the truth, and build what lasts](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-november-2025/): This month is asking us to choose honesty, steadiness, and care in practical ways. We are being asked to let wisdom ripen in its own time instead of pushing for quick results that do not hold. Structure begins to matter when it exists to protect people and purpose rather than to control them, just as beauty begins to matter when it tells the truth about who we are and what we value. Power becomes medicine when we use it for repair, for real accountability, and for endings that are clean and kind. Because language sets the tone for everything that follows, it is worth speaking slowly, revising when needed, and letting our words match our actual commitments.
- [Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors ](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-for-breast-cancer-survivors/): October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time that reminds us to take our health seriously and prioritize regular screenings, whether that means a mammogram or other early detection tests. As the granddaughter of a breast cancer survivor, I can still see the image of my grandmother riding away in the car, my mother at the wheel with tears in her eyes, driving her to the hospital for surgery. I will always be grateful that she came through and that I was able to share so many more years with her.
- [What is Yin Yoga?](https://soulofyoga.com/yin-yoga-blog/): The Soul of Yoga has learned Yin Yoga from Joe Barnett, who travels from Tucson every year to share his teaching with us. Joe’s teacher, Paul Grilley, has a functional approach which is at the heart of how Joe teaches. Archetypes like Shoelace, Dragonfly, Caterpillar, Saddle, and Twists direct you toward target areas rather than perfect shapes. Every body is different, so students adapt the form to land sensation in the intended region without strain. This functional lens is what makes Yin accessible and transformative.
- [Breathwork Guide to Techniques, Benefits, and Safety](https://soulofyoga.com/breathwork-guide/): As I was putting together our Breathwork Certification, I found myself drawn into an exploration of all things breath. Even though I have been working with the breath for nearly two decades, I quickly realized that this is a field so vast and so rich that it can never truly be finished. Thousands of years of intentional practice are woven into the simple act of breathing. More than that, the breath is the great unifier. We all do it. We are all doing it at the same time. Think about this: no matter who you are or where you are, in this very moment you are breathing alongside billions of other people. The breath reminds us we are not separate.
- [September’s Eclipses Bring A Month of Revelation & Renewal](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-sept-2025/): When Life Asks, “Is This Real?” Jyotish Astrology July 2026 There are seasons when life brings us to thresholds of change. This might just come from the feeling inside that the old way of
- [Cosmic Lessons for Grounded Learning](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-august-2025/): This time period invites a return to the inner classroom. As Mercury retraces its steps through Cancer and Venus meets Jupiter in Gemini, we are offered the chance to study ourselves with both compassion and clarity. It’s a time for gentle rigor: to pause, to tend to emotional needs, and to strengthen both mind and nervous system.
- [July’s Firey Cosmic Forecast](https://soulofyoga.com/jyotish-july-2025/): Mars entered Leo on June 6 and will remain there until around July 27–28. This is a fiery placement that amplifies drive, boldness, and personal power. Adding to the intensity, Ketu is also transiting Leo. In Vedic astrology, Ketu carries a similar energy to Mars—fiery, impulsive, and action-oriented. Their exact conjunction on July 21–22 may feel like a pressure cooker of emotion, ambition, and internal tension.
- [Yoga of Recovery, Durga Leela’s Profound and Heartfelt Training](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-of-recovery/): The Soul of Yoga Institute was honored to have Durga Leela teach her 50 hour Yoga of Recovery course this past July. I was fortunate to be in attendance, and to be able to sit down and chat with Durga afterwards. Durga boasts an impressive number of initials after her name…BA, CAS, PKS, C-IAYT, RYT-500, and, NAMA member. However, it is clear that she is first and foremost a servant of healing whose training in Ayurveda and Vedanta first saved her life, and then became her Dharma path. She now devotes her life to helping others with addictive tendencies, and to training other healers.
- [A Journey to Leading One of the Most Successful and Diverse Yoga Training Programs](https://soulofyoga.com/monique-lonner/): Monique Lonner, Director of Advanced Training and of the Yoga Therapy Training Program at Soul of Yoga Institute, had a unique first experience with Yoga.
- [Your Sankalpa](https://soulofyoga.com/sankalpa/): For many people, New Year’s resolutions may start strong, but then either fizzle or die within months. And yet, there’s something kind of cool about the concept of a fresh start with a new year. Is it possible to find the perfect balance?
- [Benefits of Humming](https://soulofyoga.com/humming/): From the book The Humming Effect, by Jonathan and Andi Goldman
- [The Seven Chakras and Their Meanings](https://soulofyoga.com/the-seven-chakras/): Are we willing to “look” at ourselves and “undo” what has us trapped? Our chakra system is quite a miraculous way to do so. It gives us a glimpse into how we are operating. Do a quick assessment on yourself to see how you can refine your existence. Remember if the root chakra is blocked ALL of the chakras above it will be affected.
- [Addressing Trauma](https://soulofyoga.com/addressing-trauma/): As the Director of a trauma-informed yoga teacher training, I’m grateful that awareness about trauma is on the rise. There was a time when the general social attitude was that a person simply needed to “get over it” if they experienced a traumatic event or series of events, and many popular movies and shows toss out traumatic experiences on the regular, perhaps inadvertently normalizing them. But while we can turn off the video or show we are streaming, trauma is not a switch we can simply “decide” to switch off in our own bodies.
- [The Importance of Permissions in Yoga](https://soulofyoga.com/permissions/): In the Kundalini Yoga lineage, it is said that there are three statements we might consider avoiding:
- [What’s your limiting yoga belief?](https://soulofyoga.com/limiting-beliefs/): And of course, we were both wrong. Or rather, our minds made up stories that did not reflect reality. My first Vinyasa class back, I made a few mistakes (“wait, woah, which leg where, now?”) and modified here and there until I found my comfort level, but now, in addition to my daily Kundalini Yoga practice, I practice Vinyasa a couple of times a week and look forward to it. I’m SO GLAD I did not stay in my small story.
- [How do you develop your intuition?](https://soulofyoga.com/wah-yantee/): How do you develop your intuition? And how might you use it pick the best yoga teacher training for you, or, really, to make any sort of decision of significance?
There’s a whole story around how I picked my first training. However, the boil down answer for me was: something about it simply felt right. Not to my head, of course, which wanted to spend the money in other ways, maybe go a different place, maybe not train at all . . .  . My intuition is what said, “this one,” and as I had done over a decade’s work on honing my intuition at that point, I felt good about this feeling, recognized it. So, to pick the right training or help yourself feel good about other decisions you need or want to make, work on developing your intuition! And then, importantly, develop the strength to trust it. Ready to practice? Try practicing your intuition with food. It’s a small decision, typically without earth-shattering consequences, that you can make several times a day, and after you have finished your snack or meal, you’ll likely have a sense as to whether it was an impulsive or an intuitive choice, by noticing how you feel.
Try chanting the following mantra for 7 or 11 minutes a day, for 40 days (or more):  It’s called the Wah Yantee Mantra for Awakening the Intuition: Posture: Sit in easy pose or on a chair (hands in lap both feet comfortably on the ground.) Before chanting: tune in with Ong, Namo, Guru Dev, Namo (three times) to call on your highest consciousness to receive. Mantra: Wah Yantee, Kar Yantee, Jag Dut Patee, Aadak It Whaa-Haa, Brahmaaday, Trayshaa Guru, It Wahe Guru Translation: All that is creative through time, all that is the Great one. Three aspects of God: Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh. That is Wahe Guru. Eyes: Close your eyes and gaze at your 3rd eye point, or just relax with eyes closed. Time: 7 or 11 minutes This mantra is such a significant part of the tradition of Kundalini Yoga (as is developing intuition) that it is traditionally chanted for 7 minutes each morning without fail, along with several other mantras in what’s called “Aquarian Sadhana.” Sample from Jai-Jagdeesh 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njTJRGwaYIY
- [Divine Mother is Everywhere](https://soulofyoga.com/divine-mother/): The Vedas declare that Divine Mother is everywhere. This was taught thousands of years ago but now we live in a world dominated by a solar attitude that has lead us into many harsh and extreme ways of living, working and even our approaches to healing are performed with a promise of instant results. The dissemination of Vedic knowledge through the ancient Rishi tradition of India took millenniums to accomplish and was the greatest gift to humanity. Likewise attaining the goal of enlightenment takes time. It truly begins with learning how to live on this planet by cultivating a new relationship with our body that honors the gentle and restorative quality of the moon.
- [India, the birthplace of Yoga and Ayurveda](https://soulofyoga.com/india/): The land of India contains Bhu-Shakti, a sublime power derived from a culture permeated with devotion. Over the millennium's countless truth seekers have visited India not as tourists but as pilgrims, to discover the essence beneath the mystery of the soul. India has gifted humanity with epic scriptures (teachings) that provide various profound methods for attaining enlightenment, the cornerstone of all major spiritual movements. Most notably India has been recognized as having birthed the widely known and practiced Yoga system and its sister science Ayurveda.
- [The Sun, Moon, and Earth](https://soulofyoga.com/sun-moon-earth/): In teaching about the fascinating story of Yoga and Ayurveda, I begin with how these sciences are born of the movements of the sun, moon, and earth. These three planets reflect the trinity of life with the sun being linked to the soul, the moon with the mind, and earth with the body. Planets also share a binary relationship, which produces a similar effect for us living on earth in that relationships of all types are sacred to us. However, personal relationships are the most valued in that they can bring us great joy and ultimately provide us with our greatest lessons.
- [Winter Seasonal Practices](https://soulofyoga.com/winter-seasonal-practices/): Ayurveda, the sacred science of life or ayus, meaning longevity, gifts us an incredible cornucopia of powerful tools and practices that aid our paths in profound ways. As we learn how to apply Ayurveda to our lives we begin to take better care of ourselves, make better choices that truly serve our well-being in an integrated way, and we delve into a deeper awareness of nature and our relationship to it. It's winter and the harsh cold and dry qualities of these days and nights effect us all.
- [What can I do with my Ayurvedic Training?](https://soulofyoga.com/ayurvedic-training/): “What can’t you do!” Ayurveda, although deeply rooted in Indian culture, has proven to transcend time, culture, and language. Everything in the blessed universe can be seen through the Ayurvedic lens because its wisdom is bound to principles of Universal Truths. So you do YOU with your training! First you learn the fundamentals, then you begin to digest and incorporate the knowledge, soon you begin to experiment with it in your kitchen and daily routine, and then eventually you begin to share it with others in your unique way. Maybe that means you incorporate it into your yoga classes, or you start a counseling practice, or teach cooking workshops for retreats. Maybe you bring it into the corporate world, implementing Ayurvedic based wellness programs for the employees. The sky truly is the limit!
- [How do you become a yoga teacher?](https://soulofyoga.com/how-do-you-become-a-yoga-teacher/): Given that yoga classes in studios and fitness centers have become the most popular way to share yoga, yoga teacher training is often designed to prepare teachers for instructing in this format. My guess is that the majority of certified yoga teachers, educated by large commercial yoga studios, have been “trained” with this definition in mind. This means a huge focus on developing the teacher’s ability to verbally coordinate and physically demonstrate the postures and movements for a group of students. Teacher training designed for this purpose includes extensive instruction, disciplined practice, memorization of the postures, and drilled rehearsal in the instructor’s role. All of this is designed to produce teachers who are proficient in getting up in front of and leading large classes of people.
- [Three simple yet effective tips to support yoga students who experience anxiety](https://soulofyoga.com/three-simple-yet-effective-tips-to-support-yoga-students-who-experience-anxiety/): Anxiety can potentially cause racing, uncontrollable thoughts as well as physical agitation. People who experience several types of anxiety may avoid yoga or meditation classes because their experience of anxiety feels magnified while they are in the company of people who are seemingly able to sit or lie still with their eyes closed and drift into Nirvana.
- [3 most simple and profound alignment cues for in person and on Zoom](https://soulofyoga.com/cues-for-zoom/): A large part of being a successful yoga professional is knowing how to cue in a way that clear, concise and meaningful. It was easier (although not simple) when people were in the room with us. Now that so many of our students may be on Zoom with their cameras off our job is even harder. How to keep everyone safe and sound is of concern, some teachers require that cameras be on, but even then looking at someone in a little box is still a challenge for body reading. And some students feel camera on requirements as a privacy intrusion.
- [Include these 3 practices in your yoga class to help your students feel calmer](https://soulofyoga.com/feel-calmer/): Almost every student that comes to my class lately tells me how stressed out they are! Indeed many people are feeling more stress and less balance in body, mind and spirit than they were in 2019. They are putting a lot of faith in their yoga teachers to help them feel better.
- [The Gift of Teaching Prenatal Yoga](https://soulofyoga.com/gift-teaching-prenatal-yoga/): I have been teaching prenatal yoga for over 15 years and training prenatal yoga teachers for 13 years. One might ask, “What keeps you so motivated after all this time?” While guiding pregnant women in a yoga practice is truly inspiring for me, it is so much more.
- [What Yoga Says When No One Shows](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-says-no-one-shows/): By Manvi Singh, RYT-500 September 2016
- [Is Yoga “Really” for Everyone?](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-really-everyone/): I did not start taking yoga classes because I wanted to. Instead, I started taking yoga classes because I was a bad ass, amped out athlete who had injured myself.
- [The Dangers of An Egoic Yoga Practice](https://soulofyoga.com/dangers-egoic-yoga-practice/): Today at the end of a yoga class, I had a conversation with a woman who was struggling with what she “should” be able to do and what she can actually do while trying not to hurt herself. How many times do we live by “should?”
- [Help! I’m addicted to social media!](https://soulofyoga.com/help-im-addicted-social-media/): Have you ever said "I just seem to have an addictive personality"?  Many of us have although that does not lead us to search out the nearest rehab - indeed most of us notice our addictive cycles around many things other than, or along with drugs and alcohol.  If you can’t stop checking your phone, eating cookies, or indulging in any other form of unfavorable behavior...then guess what? You’re completely human!
- [Are You the Bull or the Butterfly?](https://soulofyoga.com/are-you-the-bull-or-the-butterfly/): Contraction vs Expansion 
- [A Path of Healing and Yoga Discovery](https://soulofyoga.com/waleska/): “I was being worked up for kidney transplant when the doctors told me that I needed new lungs because I wasn’t passing my pulmonary function tests.  After a slight panic, I started pondering what to do to heal myself.  One thing led to another and I found myself in a yoga class.  The only one that I had any chance of being able to do: a class for seniors at the community center.”
- [What is Kundalini Energy?](https://soulofyoga.com/what-is-kundalini-energy/): Satnam,
- [The Perfect Stress of Yoga](https://soulofyoga.com/perfect-stress-yoga/): As yoga teachers and dedicated practitioners we know that yoga is good for us. We feel better, look better, and are less likely to fly off the handle in stressful situations.
- [Flosophy:  Are You Receiving A Wake Up Call?](https://soulofyoga.com/flosophy-receiving-wake-call/): There’s a part of every living thing that wants to become itself; the tadpole into the frog, the chrysalis into the butterfly, a damaged human being into a whole one. That is spirituality ~ Ellen Bass
- [3 Best Poses for Back pain](https://soulofyoga.com/3-best-poses-back-pain/): There are some things that you just can’t put on hold because of back pain like the night of your daughter’s school play, a big presentation at work, the day of your son’s wedding, Thanksgiving dinner preparation, and so on.
- [Spring Cleanse in Comfort with Kitcheri](https://soulofyoga.com/spring-cleanse-comfort-kitcheri/): I’ve tried and failed many a Spring cleanse. I am just not good with being hungry. I get really grouchy and I can’t think straight. I’ve tried the Master cleanse, different juice and smoothie types but I always stop because I’m just too uncomfortable and unable to function well.
- [Becoming a Yoga Teacher](https://soulofyoga.com/becoming-a-yoga-teacher/): Congratulations! Investigating yoga teacher training is an exciting time. Immersing yourself in training is transformative in so many ways.

## Pages
- [Online 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/online-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training/): Yoga Alliance RYS 200 • Live online • Start anytime
- [Ryan Stanley Bio](https://soulofyoga.com/ryan-stanley/): Owner and Executive Director of the Soul of Yoga
- [Sita Severson Bio](https://soulofyoga.com/sita-severson/): Director of the Soul of Yoga Institute
- [Online Yoga Therapy Training & Certification](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/online-yoga-therapy-training/): Soul of Yoga’s online Yoga Therapy Training prepares practitioners to work with yoga as a healing discipline through live online education rooted in classical yoga and modern therapeutic understanding.
- [200-Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training & Certification](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/vinyasa-yoga/): Vinyasa Yoga links breath and movement in a way that creates continuity across a class. In this Vinyasa Yoga teacher training, you learn how to work with that relationship so transitions are clear and sequencing is intentional.
- [Yin Yoga Teacher Training & Certification | Online & In Person](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/yin-yoga/): Yin Yoga approaches practice through stillness, time, and attention. Instead of building intensity, it works by staying in poses longer. In our Yin Yoga teacher training, you’ll explore how longer-held poses influence the body and how a slower pace changes sensation and your response to it.
- [Hatha Yoga Teacher Training & Gentle Yoga Certification](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/hatha-gentle-yoga/): Yes. Many students enroll in Hatha and Vinyasa teacher training near them with curiosity. Some are drawn to deepen their personal practice, others are exploring the possibility of teaching in the future. The Hatha yoga teacher training program supports both paths, offering professional preparation alongside space for personal inquiry. There is no pressure to decide immediately how or where you’ll teach after completing the training.
- [Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training & Instructor Certification](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/200-hour-kundalini-yoga-teacher-training/): Soul of Yoga’s 200-Hour Shakti Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training course offers a comprehensive entry point into yoga teaching with focused study in Shakti Kundalini Yoga and subtle anatomy. The program is designed for practitioners who want a clear approach to learning that integrates breath, movement, meditation, and personal sadhana within a supportive educational framework.
- [Reiki Training (Study Area)](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/reikitraining/): Yes, there are online certifications for Reiki. However it is most effective to work with a teacher in person or on a live online training rather than a recording. There is great benefit in working with individuals in person for the healing practice. Many studios and spas prefer to hire students with professional hands-on training. Online Reiki trainings are a great way to learn some techniques or brush up on your skills, but nothing matches working in person or on a live call.
- [Yoga Therapy Certification Program | Online & In-Person Training](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/yoga-therapy-certification/): Here are answers to questions that often arise when considering Yoga Therapy training as a path of study and service, including how our Yoga Therapy programs are structured and what to expect from Yoga Therapy certification.
- [Master’s Degree in Integrative Health & Yoga Therapy](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/masters-degree/): Our Master’s Degree in Integrative Health with a concentration in Yoga Therapy is for practitioners who feel called to work with yoga as a professional healing discipline. The program brings together classical yogic wisdom and contemporary health science to prepare graduates to support individuals and communities facing complex physical, emotional, and life challenges.
- [Yin Yoga (Study Area)](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/yin-yoga/): Understanding how and why Yin Yoga works, so you can teach it with confidence.
- [Vinyasa Yoga (Study Area)](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/vinyasa-yoga/): A practice that build strength, presence, and inner focus.
- [Holistic Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/independent-studies-and-teaching-ceus/hapy/): Holistic Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga will provide you with an understanding of structural anatomy and holistic physiology as it relates to therapeutic yoga. You will explore muscles, bones, nerves, organs, glands and the other bodily systems with a holistic view to healing and health. You will learn to employ yogic practices as both assessment and prescriptive tools. You will build the necessary understanding and capability to work with people dealing with pain and movement limitations.
- [Accredited Yoga Teacher Training: In-Person & Online Courses](https://soulofyoga.com/): 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
- [Yoga Studio with Classes, Workshops & Events in Encinitas, CA](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-studio-encinitas/): Soul of Yoga has been a place of practice and community in Encinitas for decades. Students come here to move, breathe, learn, and reconnect with themselves in a space that feels welcoming, grounded, and alive with practice.
- [Yoga Nidra (Study Area)](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/yoga-nidra/): Learn to guide others into deep rest.
- [Restorative Yoga (Study Area)](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/restorative-yoga/): Teach the Art of Sacred Stillness
- [Hatha and Gentle Yoga (Study Area)](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/hatha-and-gentle-yoga/): A practice that honors and meets students where they are.
- [Yoga Study Areas](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/): Expand your skills as a teacher or simply enrich your life. The Soul of Yoga Institute offers specialized trainings throughout the year that are open to anyone. You may be able to apply these course hours for CEUs with Yoga Alliance, or with Soul of Yoga towards a 500 hour or Yoga Therapy training program.
- [Accredited 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/300-hour-advanced-certifications/): Soul of Yoga’s 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training is an advanced course of study for certified yoga teachers seeking to deepen their teaching, professional scope, and personal practice. Through lineage-honoring teachings and modern methodology, you’ll build on your understanding of yoga as a multidimensional science and pathway of transformation.
- [Accredited 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/200-hour-yoga-teacher-training/): If you’re curious about whether our 200-hour yoga teacher training course is right for you, the free Info Packet offers a detailed look at the curriculum, teachers, schedule, and guiding philosophy of the program. It’s a simple first step toward clarity and confidence in your path.
- [Masters in Yoga Therapy](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/masters-yoga-therapy/): Gain therapeutic skills and a Master’s degree to confidently support pain, trauma, and chronic conditions, through Soul of Yoga Institute’s nationally respected training and our partnership with California Institute of Human Science (CIHS).
- [50‑Hour Shakti Kundalini Yoga Specialization](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/kundalini-yoga-specialty/): Prepare the Body. Awaken the System. Teach with Integrity.
- [Yoga Teacher Training](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/): With the guidance of seasoned teachers who honor tradition, you’ll gain the wisdom, tools, and assurance to share yoga from a place of authenticity and compassion. As a Yoga Alliance-accredited Registered Yoga School (RYS), Soul of Yoga Institute ensures that your yoga teacher training certificate carries the recognition and respect needed to teach with both spiritual integrity and practical grounding.
- [25 Highest Rated Hybrid (From Most Reviewed)](https://soulofyoga.com/25-highest-rated-hybrid-from-most-reviewed/)
- [Top 25 Highest Rated Online (From Most Reviewed)](https://soulofyoga.com/top-25-highest-rated-online-from-most-reviewed/)
- [25 Highest Rated Non-US (From Most Reviewed)](https://soulofyoga.com/25-highest-rated-non-us-from-most-reviewed/)
- [25 Highest Rated In-Person (From Most Reviewed)](https://soulofyoga.com/25-highest-rated-in-person-from-most-reviewed/)
- [25 Highest Rated US (From Most Reviewed)](https://soulofyoga.com/25-highest-rated-us-from-most-reviewed/)
- [Top 100 Most Reviewed Worldwide](https://soulofyoga.com/top-100-most-reviewed-worldwide/)
- [50 Hour Breathwork Certification](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/breathwork-certification/): Our 50-Hour Breathwork Certification is $975 when you pay in full. A payment plan is available with four monthly payments of $250 which includes mentorship. 
- [Yoga Class Schedule (In Person and Online)](https://soulofyoga.com/all-yoga/): Preregister in advance by clicking on the red Sign Up button. Download the Soul of Yoga app for easy class registration.
- [Yoga Classes](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-studio-encinitas/yoga-classes/): Step into our peaceful space.
- [Membership Perks](https://soulofyoga.com/membership-perks/): Email for appointment:  durga@yogaofrecovery.com
- [500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-teacher-training/500-hour-advanced-certifications/): This program is for those ready to go all in—a true immersion, the kind people travel the world to find, that still fits your real life.
- [Yoga Pricing](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-studio-encinitas/yoga-classes/pricing/): New students can try 2 weeks of Unlimited In Person Yoga for $69.
- [About](https://soulofyoga.com/about/): Soul of Yoga is a home for those who seek a more spiritual Yoga experience. Our classes and trainings offer a heart-opening, consciousness expanding encounter. If you have a yearning to deepen your inner knowing, elevate your wellness, discover your purpose and meet like-minded individuals, the Soul of Yoga is calling you home.
- [7 Factors Impacting Pricing & Cost of Yoga Teacher Training & Instructor Certification](https://soulofyoga.com/7-factors-impacting-pricing-cost-yoga-teacher-training-instructor-certification/): Price Table: Yoga Teacher Training Cost
- [Yoga Teacher Training In-Person & Online: Elevate Your Practice and Teaching](https://soulofyoga.com/teaching-yoga/): For the best yoga education and yoga teacher training, look toward a well-known studio that offers the type of classes you most enjoy. Additionally, if you want to pursue a career of teaching at a yoga studio, look for a training program that is registered with Yoga Alliance. Yoga Alliance is recognized by most in the yoga studio business as the governing body for yoga teachers. When it comes to teacher training, the more you know what to look for, the richer and more fulfilling the experience will be for you. 
- [Best Yoga Teacher Training](https://soulofyoga.com/best-yoga-teacher-training/): As an inspiring yogi or yoga teacher, it is natural to want to train with the best yoga teachers. How do you determine and decide on the best yoga teacher training program for you in this stage of your yogic journey? First thing first, let's define "best yoga teacher training" so we're both on the same path.
- [Asana Labs](https://soulofyoga.com/asana-labs/): Asana Labs are a required part of our 200Hr Yoga Teacher Training but everyone is welcome. Each week we will explore a different asana (yoga posture), and its variations with emphasis on anatomical & alignment principles pertinent to building and teaching a safe pose.
- [History of Tom and Trisha Kelly](https://soulofyoga.com/history-of-tom-and-trish/): ~ Everyone is Honored ~
- [Yoga Schedule – Online Classes](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-studio-encinitas/yoga-classes/online/): If you can't attend live a link to the recording will be emailed to you.  You'll have 7 days to access the recording.
- [Request for Training Scholarship](https://soulofyoga.com/scholarship/): Scholarship requests will be evaluated by our Program Directors.
- [Yoga Class Schedule – In Person Yoga](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-studio-encinitas/yoga-classes/in-person-yoga/): Preregister in advance by clicking on the red Sign Up button. Download the Soul of Yoga app for easy class registration.
- [Travel Recommendations](https://soulofyoga.com/travel-recommendations/): The Soul of Yoga has two locations in Encinitas, California. Please check to see which location your event will be at. They are only 2.8 miles apart, but this will help you locate your preferred stay.
- [Private Yoga Sessions](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-studio-encinitas/yoga-classes/private-yoga-sessions/): PRIVATE YOGA INSTRUCTION
- [Cranial Sacral Therapy](https://soulofyoga.com/cranial-sacral-therapy/): A sophisticated hands-on method that adjusts the central nervous system to enhance overall health and bring the body into a state of balance.
- [Healing Services](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-studio-encinitas/healing-services/): Within the Soul of Yoga we have Anthony Chadwell's  healing practitioner office.
- [Employee Wellness](https://soulofyoga.com/employee-wellness/): Yoga and meditation can make a huge difference in the physical health and mental wellbeing of your team members and the people around you. It also can help overcome tension and negative relationship dynamics within the workplace.
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- [Independent Studies & Teaching CEU’s](https://soulofyoga.com/yoga-study-areas/independent-studies-and-teaching-ceus/): Expand your skills as a teacher or simply enrich your life. The Soul of Yoga Institute offers specialized trainings throughout the year that are open to anyone. You may be able to apply these course hours for CEUs with Yoga Alliance, or with Soul of Yoga towards a 500 hour or Yoga Therapy training program.