The Yoga Dive 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
The Yoga Dive's 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training is designed to deepen your understanding of yoga and its practices, as well as help you identify your unique voice as a teacher. You’ll receive comprehensive training in teaching alignment-based hatha and vinyasa yoga classes and cultivate the knowledge and confidence to teach a safe and engaging yoga class to a wide variety of students. During the course of this program you will discover and refine your authentic voice as you step confidently into the practice of teaching yoga to others. Together we’ll learn how to articulate instructions clearly and succinctly, skillfully observe and adjust students, develop and weave relevant class themes, learn therapeutic alignment principles, inspire students, and teach from the heart.
Supporting your teaching will be the deep study of asana principles of alignment, anatomy, yoga history and philosophy, meditation, pranayama, and the business of yoga.
This training is appropriate for experienced students who wish to pursue teaching, and current teachers wishing to expand and fine tune their skills and abilities. It is also appropriate for passionate students who simply wish to deepen their practice of yoga.
Teacher trainings are an incredible platform to transform your yoga practice and your life! We are thrilled to offer you this amazing experience. You deserve it.
-Emily and Cassie
Our Next Training Starts January 2026!!!!
Training Dates:
Friday, January 16: 5-8 PM
Saturday, January 17: 11:30 AM-6 PM
Sunday, January 18: 11:30 AM-5 PM
Saturday, January 24: 11:30 AM-6 PM
Sunday, January 25: 11:30 AM-5 PM
Saturday, February 7: 11:30 AM-6 PM
Sunday, February 8: 11:30 AM-5 PM
Saturday, February 21: 11:30-6 PM
Sunday, February 22: 11:30 AM-5 PM
Saturday, March 7: 11:30 AM-6 PM
Sunday, March 8: 11:30 AM-5 PM
Saturday, March 21: 11:30 AM-6 PM
Sunday, March 22: 11:30 AM-5 PM
Saturday, April 11: 11:30 AM-6 PM
Sunday, April 12: 11:30 AM-5 PM
Saturday, April 25: 11:30 AM-6 PM
Sunday, April 26: 11:30 AM-5 PM
GRADUATION WEEKEND:
Friday, May 1: 5-8 PM
Saturday, May 2: 10 AM-6 PM
Sunday, May 3: 10 AM-5 PM
PRICING
Early Bird Cost: $3,300 (until October 1, 2025)
Full Price Tuition: $3,500 (Total price due on first weekend of training — Payment plans available upon request.)
*A $500 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your spot!
About the Training
Techniques, Training, and Practice
Trainees will study the different traditional yoga techniques, including asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, and meditation. We will focus on how to practice these techniques, how to teach these techniques, and WHY these techniques are worth practicing and teaching. Expect to practice and break down the main categories of asanas and the importance of alignment in each pose. The types of energy of the body and their impact, along with the role of breath. Prepare to dive deep to examine these practices at their foundation and feel the effects they can have in your life.
Teaching Methodology
The Training will cover the practical aspects of teaching as well. We'll examine group dynamics, clear communication, teaching styles, how to effectively demonstrate and assist, the business side of yoga, and what it means to be a teacher. We'll examine why we teach and the role we hold as teacher, what we hope to offer with our teaching, and the most practical and effective way to offer it out.
Anatomy & Physiology
Trainees will also study human anatomy and physiology, and how anatomy relates to yoga. A deeper look into the body allows us to look deeper into the poses we ask our students to practice. We will also discuss anatomy and physiology on an energetic level by examining the chakras and the subtle body and how we can help students access their energetic anatomy more effectively.
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle, and Ethics
Here we will delve into the origins and history of yoga, how it developed and why. We will look at the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita and what role these play in our teaching and our practice. We will discuss the importance of yoga in our society and what responsibilities we have as yoga teachers.
Practicum
In this program, you will practice being a yoga teacher. You will create and teach classes with your peers, you will help guide your peers in their teaching as they guide you in yours, you will practice assisting and giving cues, and you will practice creating themes and weaving them through your classes. We want you to leave this training with all of the skills and confidence you need to enter a studio as an effective yoga teacher.
The Trainers
Emily Burton
I am an anusara-inspired yoga teacher with over 17 years experience of full-time teaching both privately and in studio settings. After living in Los Angeles for many years, I followed my heart and relocated to Northern California-eventually marrying Sean Manchester and having two precious little boys; Alden and Lake. In a desire and longing for connection, I opened The Yoga Dive almost 8 years ago.
On March 31st, 2019 My husband, Sean Manchester, died in a kayaking accident on The South Yuba- changing me and the trajectory of my life irrevocably. Grief and love are now the work of my life and yoga is the tool that helps me to navigate this human experience. I am forever grateful that I had this practice to tether me to this world and to my beloved.
I believe that all people would benefit from doing a yoga teacher training. You do not have to want to be a yoga teacher to dive deep in to the studies of yoga. This training will open your mind and heart and transform your life if you let it. It happened to me and I witness it happening in our students every time. Yoga teacher trainings should be called “life training” -we hope you’ll join us!
Cassie Brinkley
I am an alignment-based teacher, with an emphasis towards functional anatomy. This anatomical understanding allows students to connect with their own bodies and determine how their yoga practice can best support them. This sacred practice is not simply about the postures that you come into, it’s about connecting to yourself, listening to your body’s experience, focusing on your breath, and learning to control the mind.
I am an E-RYT500, RPYT, and YACEP through Yoga Alliance, with over 4,800 teaching hours. I have completed more than 2,000 yoga training hours (in several different countries), believing that learning never stops. I have led both workshops and Yoga Teacher Trainings both abroad and in the United States.
My yoga journey began over 20 year ago and has given me more than I can ever begin to put into words. Born and raised in a super small East Coast town (we didn’t even have a stoplight!), yoga has taken me all over the world (both practicing and teaching on 5 continents)! I am so grateful and excited to have landed here in California for the last few years.
