This innovative program is open to those who would like to become certified to teach yoga and also to those who are simply looking to deepen their understanding and application of yoga.

Training Dates & Times (23 days)

This program takes place one weekday a week from January to June, so you can keep your weekends free!

Mondays 9:00am-5:00pm

• Monday September 21, 28 (2020)
• Monday October 5, 19, 26 (2020) - no class Oct 12
• Monday November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (2020)
• Monday December 7, 14, 21 (2020) - no class Dec 28
• Monday January 11, 18, 25 (2021) - no class Jan 4
• Monday February 1, 8, 25 (2021) - no class Feb 15
• Monday March 1, 8, 22, 29 (2021) - no class March 15

Tuition Fee

Save $200 off the tuition fee until Fri, Aug 21 2020!

$2799 +HST (full payment made by end of day Fri, Aug 21 2020)

$2999 +HST (full payment made between Aug 22 & Sept 14, 2020)

• Book your spot! Space is limited, so save your spot by paying a non-refundable deposit of $250+HST by the early-bird deadline.
• Registration deadline is Monday, Sept 14, 2020 or when the program is filled.
• Refunds (minus $250 admin fee) are available before Friday, Aug 21 2020
• No refunds after Friday, Aug 21 2020

Included in Course Fee

• 180+ hours of classroom instruction
• Training manual
• Additional textbooks valued at $250
• Lunch (whole, plant-based food which can be adapted to suit any dietary restrictions)
• 20 class flex pass at Yoga & Tea Studio valid for the duration of the program
• 15% discount at Yoga & Tea Studio on passes and merchandise for the duration of the program

Yoga & Tea Studio is recognized as a Registered Yoga School by Yoga Alliance.  We are also a Certified Private Educational Institution by HRSDC and CRA. Participants in our training programs are eligible to receive an official tuition fee receipt (T2202A) for Tuition and Education Tax Credits for personal income tax.

Training Program

• The history, philosophy, and evolution of Yoga
• Pranayama and the use of breath as a transformative tool
• Core yogic principles for living a fulfilling and balanced life
• Bandhas (energy locks)and Ayurvedic principles
• The art of meditation
• Knowledge of basic and advanced asanas ( Yoga postures)
• Yogic anatomy and physiology
• Proper alignment and how to avoid injuries
• How to “read bodies” and meet the physical and energetic needs of your yoga clients
• The art of sequencing a yoga class in order to create a safe, effective and balanced class plan
• How to use music to enhance the class experience
• How to teach asanas (postures)
• How to teach all levels; not just advanced or “fit” students
• How to use different teaching methodologies and discover those that suit your personal style
• How to use verbal, visual cueing and provide hands on assisting and adjustments when teaching
• The business of teaching Yoga
• Benefit from continued mentorship and after-course support

Minimum registration is 5 students
Maximum registration is 10 students

Join us! Only 10 spots available...book your spot now with your $250+HST deposit

This innovative program is open to those who would like to become certified to teach yoga and also to those who are simply looking to deepen their understanding and application of yoga.

Training Dates & Times (23 days)

This program takes place one weekday a week from January to June, so you can keep your weekends free!

Thursdays 9:00am-5:00pm

• January 14, 21, 28 (2021)
• February 4, 11, 18, 25 (2021)
• March 4, 11, 25 (2021) - no class on March 18
• April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
• May 6, 13, 20, 27
• June 3, 10, 17, 24

Tuition Fee

Save $200 off the tuition fee until Dec 17 2020!

$2799 +HST (full payment made by end of day Dec 17 2020)

$2999 +HST (full payment made between Dec 17, 2020 & Jan 8, 2021)

• Book your spot! Space is limited, so save your spot by paying a non-refundable deposit of $250+HST by the early-bird deadline.
• Registration deadline is Jan 8, 2021 or when the program is filled.
• Refunds (minus $250 admin fee) are available before Dec 17, 2020
• No refunds after Dec 17, 2020

Included in Course Fee

• 180+ hours of classroom instruction
• Training manual
• Additional textbooks valued at $250
• 20 class flex pass at Yoga & Tea Studio valid for the duration of the program
• 15% discount at Yoga & Tea Studio on passes and merchandise for the duration of the program

Yoga & Tea Studio is recognized as a Registered Yoga School by Yoga Alliance.  We are also a Certified Private Educational Institution by HRSDC and CRA. Participants in our training programs are eligible to receive an official tuition fee receipt (T2202A) for Tuition and Education Tax Credits for personal income tax.

Training Program

• The history, philosophy, and evolution of Yoga
• Pranayama and the use of breath as a transformative tool
• Core yogic principles for living a fulfilling and balanced life
• Bandhas (energy locks)and Ayurvedic principles
• The art of meditation
• Knowledge of basic and advanced asanas ( Yoga postures)
• Yogic anatomy and physiology
• Proper alignment and how to avoid injuries
• How to “read bodies” and meet the physical and energetic needs of your yoga clients
• The art of sequencing a yoga class in order to create a safe, effective and balanced class plan
• How to use music to enhance the class experience
• How to teach asanas (postures)
• How to teach all levels; not just advanced or “fit” students
• How to use different teaching methodologies and discover those that suit your personal style
• How to use verbal, visual cueing and provide hands on assisting and adjustments when teaching
• The business of teaching Yoga
• Benefit from continued mentorship and after-course support

Minimum registration is 5 students
Maximum registration is 10 students

Join us! Only 10 spots available...book your spot now with your $250+HST deposit

12-weeks to Better Health: New Year Tune-up!

Let's use the new year to tune-up the body, mind and spirit!

Drawing on the vast collection of yoga sets and meditations from Kundalini Yoga, we'll target each of the following systems of the body and improve their overall functioning and reset our way to better health.

Skeletal System

• Our bones are a living tissue and need stress applied to them in order to maintain bone density. Also, moving the joints in a gentle manner, helps to nourish the fluids of the joint capsule and maintain the ligaments and tendons.
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? We'll do some weight bearing exercises to help your bones stay strong by encouraging osteoblastic (bone forming) activity. We'll also work to improve spinal flexibility.

Nervous System

• This is the hardwiring of your body, connecting your brain to all other parts of your body in order to communicate and coordinate the many functions of the body. Some of it is automatic, and some of it is within your control.
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? How you handle and bounce back from stress is the tone of your "fight or flight" sympathetic nervous system and the "rest and digest" parasympathetic nervous system. We will do poses and breath-work that awakens the nervous system network and make it respond with agility to stress and then switch gears back to a relaxation response.

Muscular System

• With over 600 skeletal muscles in the body, their role is to provide movement through contraction. Muscles work in pairs to provide mobility, posture, balance and strength. 
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? We will work on a balanced exchange of contraction and relaxing major muscle groups of the body which can develop muscular balance throughout the body and great for your back!

Circulatory System

• Your heart is your strongest muscle and works tirelessly 24/7 for your whole life, pumping blood throughout your body, carrying nutrients and wastes to and from the cells.
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? We will strengthen the heart muscles and increase it's efficiency by reversing stress-induced high blood pressure which has its source in mental, emotional or physcial over-stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.

Respiratory System

• Oxygen, it's the currency of the body! Every cell craves it, you need it to stay alive but how often do you think about breathing?
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? We will use poses and breath-work to increase the capacity of the lungs to bring in more oxygen, and learn various breathing techniques to help detoxify the lungs and release diaphragm tension which inhibits proper breathing.

Digestive System

• Are you what you eat or what you absorb or what toxins continue to circulate within you? The digestive system has three major functions: 1) to absorb and digest foods, 2) to secrete digestive juices and 3) to move food through the body from beginning to end.
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? We'll use poses, movement and breath-work to apply pressure to the areas of digestion and elimination, in order to speed up a sluggish metabolism, increase gastric juices and digestive enzymes along with facilitating the function of the gall bladder and liver.

Reproductive System

• Sexual vitality and reproductive health is the zest of life! It is our creative power and necessary to ensure the survival of our species. However, many women experience monthly discomfort and a hormonal/emotional roller coaster ride during menses, pregnancy, peri-menopause and post-menopause. Men can experience their own issues related to prostate health in their later years.
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? We will practice a series of poses and meditations that can be used to relax tension around the ovaries, balance hormones, understand our moon cycle and channel sexual energy into vitality and creative flow.

Endocrine System

• The eight glands in the body are controlled by the autonomic nervous system to secrete hormones when the body needs them. They are the chemical messengers of the body and considered in Kundalini yoga to be the guardians of your health!
• How does Kundalini Yoga help? The location of the glands correspond to the chakras in the body, and so we will do a series for each chakra which in turn will support the functioning of each gland in the body. Breath-work, eye focus and sound have a positive effect on the pituitary and pineal glands, considered to be the core control center of the neuro-endocrine systems.

Integumentary System (Skin, Hair & Nails)

• Skin is our largest organ and protects us from the elements. It has a number of functions, including sensation, temperature regulation, making vitamin D, and protecting the body's internal tissues. The skin's radiance and the hair's luster reveal aspects of health and lifestyle, such as diet.
• How does Kundalini Yoga help? Considered to be the third lung, it breathes in whatever it is that we put onto the skin, and also releases toxins from the body. Stress and anger affect the skin, we will do poses and breathwork to help remove the effects of long-term anger and stress by adjusting metabolism and helping the body to detox through sweat!

Lymphatic/Immune System

• The lymphatic system is an extensive drainage network of vessels, ducts and lymph nodes that runs in parallel with the circulation system. It has important roles in maintaining tissue fluid balance, dietary fat absorption and the functioning of the immune system. The immune system is the body's defense mechanism against external and internal threats.
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? Unlike the blood, the lymph fluid does not have a pump like the heart to move it, so it relies on you moving the body. We will do yoga postures, breath work and meditation to stimulate lymph flow into those areas of the body that have higher concentration of lymph nodes such as the neck, breast tissue, armpits, groin and inner thighs and also help to boost the immune system.

Urinary System

• The urinary system keeps the body's fluid and chemical composition in balance and detoxifies the blood. The kidneys control fluid balance, filter the blood by removing waste products and toxins, and regulate blood pH, or acidity.
• How Kundalini Yoga helps? The kidneys sit right under the diaphragm so we will do yoga poses that improve flexibility in the spine and diapraghm to open up circulation and nerve impulses to the kidneys. We will also address issues around stress and fear as they relate to this organ.

Each week, you'll learn a whole lot about your beautiful and complex body. We will do specific yoga poses, breathwork and meditations to help support the function of each major system in the body and awaken your body's own healing capacities!

• 7:00pm - 8:30pm, Thursdays (LIVE Online via Zoom)
• Jan 14 - Apr 8 (no class March 18), 2021
• 12 weeks
• $240 +HST

Save 10% off until Jan 7, 2021!

$2999 +HST (early bird special)

• Payment made by January 8, 2021
• Save over $200 off the regular fee!

​$3199 +HST (regular fee)

• Payment made between January 9-29, 2021

Only 12 spots available!

Save over $200 until Jan 8!

• hand, foot, back, and neck pain
• plantar fasciitis, bunions, neuromas
• arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger
• even headaches, gut issues, and insomnia!

MELT is easy to learn and offers results the first time you try it.  Best of all, your whole body feels great long after you MELT!

You must have the MELT Kit (4 type of balls + 1 bunion band) to use during class. Search for it in our online store under "melt".

11:00am - 12:00pm, Wednesdays

Feb 17 - March 24, 2021

no class March 17
$125 +HST (5 weeks)

Ony 10 spots available!

Save 10% off when you register by Feb 3!

This 30-hour training can be taken by a current Yoga Teacher of any style or by anyone who is interested in a more complete understanding of Yin Yoga for a deeper personal practice.

DATES AND TIMES
This 30hr training takes place over 4 weekdays, LIVE online via Zoom due to Covid:
April 7, 14, 21, 28 (2021)
9:00am-5:00pm, Wednesdays
TRAINING PROGRAM OUTLINE
See our website for a more detailed outline.

• Philosophy & Physiology of Yin Yoga
• Meridian Theory & Energetics
• Yin Poses and Variations
• Counter Poses
• Yin Yoga Sequencing
• Meditation Practices
• Breathwork (Pranayama)

COST AND REGISTRATION
$799 +HST
Register by March 17, 2021 and save $50 off the regular fee!

Save your spot! Pay a non-refundable down payment of $125+HST by the earlybird deadline. You will be contacted to pay the remainder.

• Fee includes training manual, textbook, plant-based whole foods lunch and a 5-class pass.

• Register online, by phone or in person by March 31, 2021

• Prior yoga certification is not a prerequisite. For 200 hour certified Yoga Teachers the credits for this training can be applied towards a 500 hour certification and is eligible for CEUs with Yoga Alliance.

Class size limited to 10 attendees for a more personal learning experience.