Welkin YogaLife Institute can be reached at 519-751-1368

Yoga Teacher Training 200-Hours

Are you ready to deepen your experience of Yoga?
Do you want to start teaching Yoga?

Welcome to Welkin YogaLife Institute’s 200h Teacher Training/Self-realization program.
If you are a Yoga student who wants more than a weekly yoga class, than this program is for you!

Welkin YogaLife Institute is the only place in Canada that offers the Classical Yoga Teacher's Training program direct from the world's oldest ashram, The Yoga Institute in Mumbai, India. The personalized program fosters personal growth and helps you develop a greater understanding of yoga practice and theory. Some of the members of Yoga Teacher Training go on to teach while the rest join to expand their personal understanding of yoga. Our goal is to help guide you to learn the skills necessary to practice yoga wholly and teach yoga safely and effectively.

The Yoga Life training program connects Yogic concepts to daily living so that you can be at your best through the stresses and challenges of modern life. The language, concepts and applications are clear and accessible to beginner and advanced students alike. Yoga is a theory-practice continuum. Theory remains gray without practice, and to help students practice meaningfully, we teach the theory behind what we are doing – not merely anatomy and physiology but also the spiritual-philosophical underpinning of Yoga.

Program Highlights

One-to-one mentoring
Year-long program with flexible scheduling
Unlimited Yoga Classes at Welkin YogaLife Institute
The inner workings of Yoga poses
Mastery of the mind
Understanding of the subtle pranic body
Profound relaxation
Enlightened living
Super-consciousness
Weekend-long yoga intensive on The Art of Teaching
Special discounts throughout the studio
3-hour monthly seminars
Peer support in a friendly yoga community
Lessons in traditional yoga theory
Instruction in The Art of Teaching Yoga
The business of teaching yoga
Benefits and precautions of yoga poses
Supplemental seminars on specific topics of interest
How to safely teach yoga poses
Webstreaming for distance-learning students
Guardianship of Dr. Bob Butera
Lineage with world’s oldest yoga centre (The Yoga Institute)
Certification from a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher Training Program, qualifying you for the designation RYT

“A fantastic program on all levels. Wonderful instructors/mentors - knowledgeable, supportive, encouraging, flexible. They embody and model all that yoga means - physically, mentally, spiritually. Welkin has created a fantastic yoga community with a positive and welcoming environment. I am so happy that I did my training with Welkin. What a wonderful effect this experience has had on my life!” ~ Mary

Tuition/Enrollment

The program lasts for 12 months, which allows us to offer ongoing open enrollment.
Please email welkin@welkin.ca to discuss any questions and course tuition.

Take your practice or your career to the next level!

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All of our training programs are designed for students who want to deepen their practice. Certification is an additional benefit; many students attend for their own study and to experience a more profound peace in daily life.

Enrollment is ongoing so people may join as they feel moved to improve their lives. Email us for more information.

Testimonials from Our Students

October 2014
A fantastic program on all levels. Wonderful instructors/mentors - knowledgeable, supportive, encouraging, flexible. They embody and model all that yoga means - physically, mentally, spiritually. Welkin has created a fantastic yoga community with a positive and welcoming environment. I am so happy that I did my training with Welkin. What a wonderful effect this experience has had on my life! ~ Mary

June 2013
Last seminar for TT tonight: new beginnings however excites me beyond belief!!
awesome friendships made and connections which will last a lifetime no doubt! most proud for accomplishing a challenging yet deeply rewarding two years of yoga teacher training....More to come as I plan to never stop being the student, learning is so fullfilling!!!

To inspire others is to listen with an open heart, ask questions and share with purest of intention .... Teaching yoga facilitates such growth from within while guiding others toward peace, joy and love of themselves and others. Anyone seeking out this path must go to Welkin Yogalife-Institute. The programs and workshops are invaluable for life.” ~Sheryl F.

May 2013
“A year of therapy that I only could have given myself! I feel AWAKE - like a have a new set of eyes.” ~Sandy M.

July 2012
"I have been practicing yoga off and on for 15 years, and more so for the last 6 years. My first yoga experience was profound because of my teacher. Little did I know she had awakened something inside of me during my first year of taking classes. I was disappointed when she moved on - because I realized later what resonated inside me was the devotion and passion she brought to each class. And I didn't realize it until much later, but her style was classical. She spoke about yoga lifestyle, we did meditation and had variety in our asanas. As the years passed and I continued to feel passion for my practice, I could not ignore the desire to broaden my knowledge of this ancient tradition and become a yoga teacher.

Before I found Welkin YogaLife Institute, I had almost given up due to health and back issues and not finding the right fit in a program. When I found Welkin on the internet and read about the 200 hour program, all I could think was, when can I start? The program resonated with me immediately...... "deepening one's practice", "one-to-one mentoring", "flexible scheduling" and their lineage to The Yoga Institute. Within minutes of sending an email inquiry I was talking with the Director, Erin Byron, about the program and scheduling an appointment to meet.

The classical style training program is true to The Yoga Institute's lineage, thanks to Erin. She has kept the roots of classical yoga alive with a personalized program that encourages self reliance and commitment to practice. This was the foundation of my year long training - fostering self reliance through commitment to a daily yoga practice. A daily yoga practice is just that - practice. As Erin says, it is the best preparation for becoming a teacher. And just a short couple of months after completing the program, I am teaching yoga and sharing my passion and devotion to this ancient tradition. I can't help but feel that 'circle of life' feeling from my first yoga teacher/experience 15 years ago right through to meeting Erin and as I write this now. Many wonderful blessings have come to me over the last 12+ months and I am profoundly grateful and honoured to have graduated from this exceptional program."
~ Sheila

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