Yoga Teacher Training
2024 Training TBA
Yoga teacher training can totally transform your life and your yoga practice. Whether you want to teach in a studio or just have the knowledge of a teacher, our Yoga Alliance certified training is perfect for you and your goals.
Learn to teach modern, accessible yoga in a fun, supportive environment.
Training Topics
Smart Sequencing & Intelligent Cueing
Learn how to structure a class and how to effectively take students through it using verbal cueing and intentional space holding.
Asana & Pose Breakdowns
Learn anatomical and pose type (twists, standing, forward folds, etc) as they’re broken down into terms you can understand and how to use them to safely guide students.
Human Anatomy & Safe Modifications
Explore how to modify and adjust based on different bodies and physical limitations and learn WHY you are doing it.
Teaching Voice & Styles
Discover how to hold space. This is the M3Yoga difference. You will be able to create an experience for your students as opposed to “just another class.”
Yoga History & Philosophy
Dive into the history of yoga through studying texts like the Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras and the different philosophical approaches, i.e. vedanta, sankhya, etc.
Pranayama & Meditation
Find out how to teach pranayama on its own and also how to incorporate pranayama into your classes.
Other topics covered
Yoga ethics
Anti-racism in the Wellness Industry
Virtual teaching techniques and tips
Marketing yourself as a teacher
Yoga as a business/career
Student retention
Clear communication skills
Receiving and giving useful feedback
And more!
Meet the Trainers
Nick Combs
CO-DIRECTOR OF YTT • Nick is the founder of M3Yoga and Director of The M3Yoga Center Yoga Teacher Training program. Nick draws much of his inspiration in moving the body from his almost 15 years as a nurse, where he started his career at Johns Hopkins hospital training with some of the top medical professionals in the world. As a trainer, Nick focuses on anatomy and biomechanics and how they relate to modern yoga practices. He believes yoga trainings should ultimately produce great yoga teachers who intelligently know how to move people's bodies and understand where this practice has come from.
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Kate McKenzie
CO-DIRECTOR OF YTT • Kate originally came to yoga in college in efforts to help reconnect to her body after battling disordered eating. With pranayama and asana, yoga provided a space for her to discover wholeness and appreciation for her body. As a trainer, Kate encourages trainees to dive deeper into the path of yoga. She meets trainees where they are, challenges them to explore their own unique strengths, and guides them to find their own unique voices as beginner teachers.
Learn moreFrequently Asked Questions
Our 2023 cohort is underway. 2024 dates TBA
Trainings are typically held one weekend a month for 6 months. All training days are 8 am to 5pm in person.
There also are pre-recorded lessons that you will be able to watch on your own time in between weekends to supplement your in person training.
The training will be held in our Athens studio! If you’re traveling from out of town or our Atlanta community, let us know and we can try to help you find accommodations.
Total Investment: TBA
Monthly payments can be arranged (payments must be complete by the end of training). An initial, nonrefundable $500 deposit secures your spot.
The cost of the training covers training materials (minus reading materials), venue costs and instructors time.
Two scholarship spots are reserved for BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ students per training.
Yes! You certainly can pay all at once, but we also let you split up the payments leading up to and during the training. We can work with you to make it a more manageable amount each month. This allows you to still sign up for the training without the stress of paying for it immediately upfront. (Please note, if you leave the training while on a payment plan, you still will be required to make any outstanding payments)
Have a specific payment plan question? Email us at team@m3yoga.com
Our trainees have a list of readings that will help deepen their training and practices. These books can be purchased or you can borrow them using the library system to request copies.
Missing a module also may incur the cost of make up time with the trainers.
On top of our flexible format making the training accessible to students, those who work, or those with families, the 200 hour training also was designed and is led by a registered nurse and yoga teacher as well as a doctor of educational psychology. That means you’re taught about the body by someone who professionally healed it and learning to teach from someone who’s a pro at it.
Our training encompasses the whole yoga teacher experience: from teaching to marketing yourself to human anatomy to history and philosophy.
On top of the wide topics covered, the training is also designed to get you teaching fast and often. Some trainings wait days or weeks for you to start practice teaching, which doesn’t give you as much time to hone your skills. We start in weekend 1 cueing poses and learning to command a room. Your abilities on blossom further from there.
Definitely! A huge component of our training is our practicums, in which you practice teaching sequences (starting out with 1 or 2 poses at first and working your way up).
Jumping right in allows you to quickly grow, find your voice as a teacher and leave the training with actual teaching experience already under your belt!
No! There is no requirement to practice at the M3Yoga studio before, during or after your training, but our trainees are expected to have a regular practice during the training (It can be at your home studio or even at home!).
Practicing regularly during your training will help deepen your experience and prompt questions for you to ask during training days.
Trainees who want to practice at M3 will receive a reduced membership rate during the training and for as long as they practice at the studio after graduation. Trainees receive unlimited access to M3online during the training.
We always advise that if you’re considering teacher training, it’s probably the right time. It’s not an itch every yogi gets and usually means something.
Our training is right for you if:
-You are 18 or older.
-You have a deep desire to deepen your yoga practice and/or a desire to share your love of yoga with others.
-You are ready to accept the challenge and deepen your life with an in-depth study of yoga.
-You appreciate or want to know more about the anatomy and philosophy of yoga
-You like to laugh (not required, but it helps!)
Want to be the first to sign up?
QUESTIONS? CONCERNS?
EMAIL TEAM@M3YOGA.COM
Our deposit is non-refundable since that means you’ve asked us to reserve a spot for you and thus not allow in others who may be interested. Beyond that, payments you make are refundable to a degree depending on how close the training is.
If you cancel 6 months before the training, you will receive 80% of any payments back. You will receive 50% of your payments back if you cancel 3 months before training. Canceling less w months before training will result in no refund. If you drop out after the training has started, there is no refund or stoppage of payment plan autodrafts.
Note: If you leave the training before you have finished making payments, you will still be responsible for making those payments in the agreed upon manner and timeframe.
If you cannot complete your training or sign up and circumstances prevent you from attending, you have the option to transfer to a future training session for a fee. You also will forfeit any early bird discounts you received and will not receive early bird discounts for the training you transfer to.
To transfer 90 days or more before the training start: $200 fee
To transfer less than 90 days before the training start: $400 fee
You cannot transfer your training or deposit to anyone else.
While it has never happened and we do not anticipate needing to, please note that M3Yoga retains the right to cancel or delay any trainings for any reason. For cancelations, you will be refunded. For delay, you will be contacted about options.