300 hour fully virtual

Established 2020

San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco, California

Upcoming Instances

In person May 30 – Jun 19, 2026 20 days • 300 hours • $ 5898.0+ Sayulita, Nay., MX	Led by Janet Stone CYT-L3		Enroll now See up-front pricing
On demand Jul 1 – Jun 30, 2028 almost 2 years • 320 hours • $ 2388.0+ Video	Led by Janet Stone CYT-L3		Enroll now See up-front pricing

Purpose

Explore yoga as a living practice

What to expect

This immersion provides multi-dimensional study of the practices of yoga, designed to establish a foundation for your teaching to emanate from your own depth of studentship and lived experience with yoga.

Style/Lineage

This space is for awakening, healing, learning, and remembering our true nature. Through immersive, deep Sadhana (dedicated practice), we become more intimate with our inner self, unwinding hold habits and patterns, exploring our deepest heart intention (Sankalpa) and practicing aligning our moment-to-moment choices with our intention.

Additional Information

Core competencies

By the end of this program, graduates will be able to…

Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics	Explain the concept of the elements in ayurveda and describe how they show up in your practice to invoke a sense of balance and support for the entire bodily system Describe the seven dhatus (bodily tissues) in ayurveda how they interact with the doshas, and how they shape your understanding of health, balance and wholeness
Yoga History & Theory	Describe how the 8 limbs of yoga are a foundation for yoga as a living practice by detailing how a particular yama or niyama is most relevant to your own personal growth at this time Explain the concept of prana how you experience each vayu in your own body, and how you integrate the vayus into your practice Describe the 5 elements from ayurveda and samkhya philosophy and to how integrate each element into your personal yoga practice through asana, pranayama and meditation
Practice Skills	Describe how you apply each of the prana vayus to support and enhance your personal alignment in asana practice Develop and sustain a steady practice that fits within - and supports - your individual life circumstance and includes both movement and rest Describe how integrating ayurvedic principles (especially dinacharya) into your daily life has supported your well-being
Teaching Skills	Craft a sequence that tells a story by using the stages of the hero's journey to create an arc that begins with the prelude (setting the space), introduction, chapters, and conclusion Develop a class theme based upon the yamas and niyamas that integrates the thematic intention in both conceptual and experiential modes and applies philosophy to the physical and internal aspects of practice Teach an all levels class with a sense of groundedness, authenticity and power, using cues that reflect the movement of the vayus and/or aspects of the elements.
Lifestyle & Ethics	Describe how your experience of bhakti yoga as a devotional practice infusing mantra, asana and life has evolved over the course of the program Discuss the 8 limbs of yoga and how they move yoga off the mat so that it infiltrates every aspect of life, and how the yamas, niyamas or other limbs guide your path and moment-to-moment choices
Business Skills	Explain how the practices of yoga shape your livelihood intention and alignment with your values Write a short personal bio that describes how you share the practices of yoga (this does not have to involve teaching at a yoga studio)

AYC allows each school to state and evaluate the competencies each student acquires. Students rate how well the program delivered them.

Program Emphasis

Evaluation methods

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3 requirements are part of students' final graduation submission: 1) Final integration (partner work): 4-5 hours working together on questions, reflections and practice teaching. Teachings are reviewed by a program mentor. 2) Teaching capstone: shared with the entire training community 3) Final reflection

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Program Faculty

Featured Faculty

Janet Stone

Janet’s yoga journey began at 17 under Maharaji, her meditation teacher, whose reverence for simplicity and joy live on in her practice and teachings. She shares from the depth of her own sadhana, her studentship in the eight-limbed path, her creative sequencing, and bhakti.

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San Francisco, California, US

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