Our Yoga Teacher Training – Enriched program (240hr) and Yoga Teacher Training – Immersion program (200hr) both surpass Yoga Alliance standards, ensuring the highest educational quality, integrity and professionalism. These foundation programs are designed for those who are new to yoga or have an existing yoga practice and would like to start their yoga teacher training journey.
Renowned Faculty
Our faculty read like a who’s who of the most senior yoga instructors in Western Canada. Individuals like Sjanie McInnis are so experienced that they have taught some of the most experienced and famous instructors on the west coast.
Program Director, Chantall Russell and Senior instructor, Rebekka Walker (who is also our Director for Yoga Therapy)have run integrated and holistic yoga practices for decades, have owned and run their own studios, and bring a cross-disciplinary approach to teaching along with a very respectful way to frame the practice of yoga to ensure appropriation is not occurring and that the craft we are teaching is in honour of the fundamental elements of yoga.
Weekend & Hybrid Learning
Our blended delivery includes both in-class and online components, making it easier to balance your studies with your personal and professional life. Our online classes are taught synchronously through Zoom, ensuring real-time interaction and engagement two evenings per week. Our in-person classes are taught on the weekend, a full day on Saturday and just a half-day on Sunday. This helps have time to take care of your personal family, friends, and work commitments.
Exceptional Education Standards and Reputation!
With over 200 glowing 5-star reviews on the website of the world’s most renowned Yoga accrediting body, the Yoga Alliance, our reputation that we have built over twenty years is a testament to the quality and depth of our training (We were previously known as the Vancouver School of Yoga from 2008 to 2015, before transitioning to VSOHA).
Comprehensive Curriculum that really Helps you Learn How to Teach!
Our program blends personal growth with professional development. You’ll gain a thorough understanding of yogic philosophy, breathwork, meditation, biomechanics, and teaching methodology.Most importantly, we are a college, not a yoga studio. Our programs are approved by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Future Skills, through the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB), and we are inspected as part of the province’s commitment to students in B.C.
This means that we must honour a refund policy that is approved by PTIB, that we respect students as indicated by our Student Statement of Rights, and that we have and follow a Dispute Resolution Policy. Yoga studios that offer yoga teacher training, who are not registered with PTIB, may not have these elements that can give you assurances and comfort that the school you are attending must meet standards that are reviewed externally.
Student Loans and Financing
Because our porgrams meet educational standards that are requisite for a college’s program to be approved for student loans, students in Canada can apply to have their Yoga Teacher Training – Enriched (240hr) funded through Student Loans. We also offer flexible payment options, where students can break their payments up into three equal payments, if needed.
What is our Program Really Like?
From the Perspective of Recent Graduate and well-known Actor, Jessica Sutton:
| 240-hour Enriched | 200-hour Immersion | |
| Length | 12 weeks | 10 weeks |
| Hours per week | 20 hours/week* | 20 hours/week* |
| Tuition | $3,755 | $3,505 |
| Student Loans | Yes | No |
*Hours may vary per week
We have a 5-star rating on Yoga Alliance with over 200 reviews. Our students gain their Worldwide Yoga Alliance certification while studying both online and on-ground, they will gain competence in teaching others in online or on-ground group or individual settings. Our alignment based Hatha Vinyasa & Therapeutic Yoga trainings will help students adapt their teaching to a variety of environments, demographics, and styles. Students develop the skills to modify their instruction to suit many different people and demographics utilizing various styles, including hatha, flow, yin and restorative. Teachers in training will learn to work 1:1, in person and online. For more information and to read reviews, please visit yogaalliance.org
*Our online classes are taught synchronously through Zoom.
VSOHA’s Blended yoga training offers an opportunity and education that gives participants access to both the personal and the applied trajectories of yoga, as well as the tools that facilitate exceptional teaching. Students will expand their understanding of the many aspects of the tradition, including the development of a solid practice based on relevant and inspiring yogic philosophy, empowering breathwork, enlivening meditation, healing biomechanical alignment principles, and skilful sequencing.
With the guidance of an internationally acclaimed faculty of senior teachers sharing their expert knowledge and teachings with the VSOHA yoga teacher trainees, our faculty offers teachers in training an embodied connection to the rich tradition of Yoga: one in which they feel empowered to develop their own teaching voices. The training includes an exploration of asana, pranayama, philosophy, anatomy, biomechanics, and personal coaching designed to give students a solid working foundation from which to find their authentic voice, build their teaching skills, develop a community and tap into their unique inner wisdom.
This Blended 240-hour Enriched program includes all the fundamentals of the 200-hour program, but moves participants even more deeply into all aspects of yoga practice and teaching. A full 30% more class hours (240 compared to 180) gives students the time to truly refine their teaching skills.
The Yoga Teacher Training Enriched meets the criteria for Student Aid BC; therefore students may be eligible for financial assistance. This program was designed specifically to allow students to work while attending classes.
Students enrolled in this intensive program will embark upon a powerful journey that offers multi-faceted and cohesive transformation. In order to be effective at teaching such a revolutionary practice, teachers in training must undergo this journey themselves. VSOHA’s yoga training offers an opportunity and education that gives participants access to both the personal and the applied trajectories of yoga, as well as the tools that facilitate exceptional teaching. Students will expand their understanding of the many aspects of the tradition, including the development of a solid practice based on relevant and inspiring yogic philosophy, empowering breathwork, enlivening meditation, healing biomechanical alignment principles, and skilful sequencing.
With the guidance of an acclaimed faculty of senior teachers sharing their expert knowledge and teachings with the VSOHA yoga teacher trainees, our faculty offers teachers in training an embodied connection to the rich tradition of Yoga: one in which they feel empowered to develop their own teaching voices. The training includes an exploration of asana, pranayama, philosophy, anatomy, biomechanics, and personal coaching designed to give students a solid working foundation from which to find their authentic voice, build their teaching skills and tap into their unique inner wisdom.
These programs have been approved by the Registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training.
Vancouver 240-hour & 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training
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