In-depth training with 25+ years experience
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Our training is steeped in tradition, history, and a holistic approach to developing yoga teachers. Find out why so many teachers have trusted our program for their career training since 1995.
Is SOYA right for you?
We are celebrating over 27 Years Of Training Yoga Teachers
Understanding the wisdom of yoga while developing and advancing teaching skills. The South Okanagan Yoga Academy (SOYA) offers Yoga Teacher Training, Teacher Refresh and Reboot, and the Annual Yoga Retreat with world class leadership.
Is it Yoga Teacher Training you are looking for?
SOYA offers a yoga teacher training experience like no other! The 200 hour Foundation and 300 hour Professional Upgrade teacher trainings are very thorough, where we teach you all the limbs of yoga, taking you beyond asana and into the deeper teachings.
A Special 27th Year Celebration
27th Anniversary Retreat, Sorrento, BCSOYA is celebrating 27 years of training yoga teachers. Join us for a very special yoga retreat in Sorrento in June 2022. Special guest leader in Kriya Yoga.
Yoga Teacher Training
Program Options
200 Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training
300 Hour Professional Yoga Teacher Training
REFRESH AND REBOOT YOGA TRAINING
Online Yoga Teacher Training - 200 & 300 Hour
Workshops - Teachings With Mugs
Inclusivity & Specialty Yoga
SOYA is dedicated to making yoga safe and inclusive for all. We welcome everyone to our diverse teachings, including chair yoga, kids, restorative, prenatal, trauma sensitivity, props and light assists.
Rooted in authentic yoga
Offering a uniquely individualized, deeply transformative teacher training in small groups. Teachings are rooted in authentic yoga to guide you to a deeper understanding of the power behind them.
Advancing Teaching Skills
Creative sequencing, building themes, voice and body language, and finding your market niche. Our programs will also teach you how to create captivating and memorable private sessions, workshops and retreats.
Subtle Anatomy of Yoga
Study, Practice and Implementation of Advanced Energetic Teachings and Techniques – including Advanced Pranayama, Chakras, Koshas, Granthis, Lokas, Mudras, Mantras and more.
Training Yoga Teachers
Founder's Yoga Experience
Alumni Worldwide
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What Is a Spiritual Approach to Hatha Yoga?
This is article is shared by Gyandev McCord of the Ananda Yoga® tradition. We are excited to welcome Nayaswami Gyandev for the 27th Anniversary of the SOYA Annual Retreat in Sorrento, BC this June 3-5, 2022. Pick up your copy of his book Spiritual Yoga: Awakening to...
HISTORY OF THE SOUTH OKANAGAN YOGA ACADEMY
Learn more about SOYA! Take the quiz at the end of this blog and maybe win a prize! SOYA's First Meetings It all began back in 1994, when a group of women gathered in Penticton to discuss forming a Yoga Association for the purpose of providing yoga education in...
Garuda Asana: Eagle Pose
Garuda is the mythical golden winged bird in Vedic literature, which is half man, half bird. Traditionally we see Garuda as an Eagle, but it can also be a large bird like a Kite. Garuda is the vehicle for Vishnu, the preserver. In Hindu mythology, Garuda has a white...
Testimonials
Our Alumni Share their Experience
T Fadear
The training is intense, as well as, the home study, but no stone is left unturned, and therefore I walked away with a full tool box for my future teaching, and personal yoga practice! My own growth could not be measured! Much love and gratefulness for this take away.
A Grose-Dehring
SOYA prepared me not only for teaching Yoga but for Living and Breathing Yoga. My spirit has been renewed in a better message for humanity and for life. I’ve learned that Yoga is more than just poses. I’m certain that there are other people out there like me and they need to know this.
T Galey
The training I received was thorough and enlightening. I was well supported in my learning throughout and found the Instructors to be both warm and highly knowledgeable. I graduated with tools and confidence to begin teaching. It was a great experience.
Enhance Your Yoga Life With SOYA’s Traditional Yoga Teaching Programs
Questions? Please reach out for clarification about these in-depth, authentic yoga teacher trainings. They are rich, fun, and life-changing.