200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Online

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SOYA’s Foundational 200hr Program now available in a Live Online Training! SOYA’s curriculum will help you to excel at your yoga teaching and your yoga lifestyle. This online training is an excellent choice for those who cannot get away from home. The program gives you time to learn more gradually and put the studies into practice before the next session.

Program Dates: June 15, 2025 – May 10, 2026.

Meetings are 3 Sundays each month, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm PST/9:00 am – 2:00 pm MST

Sundays: June 15/22, July 6/13, Aug 10/17, Sept 7/14/28, Oct 5/19/26, Nov 2/16/23, Dec 7/14, Jan 11/18/25, Feb 8/22, Mar 1/15/29, Apr 12/19/26, May 3/10

Meetings are held live via Zoom. Students are expected to attend live. Classes are recorded so any missed sessions can be made up.

Lead Trainer:

Rebecca Stone is an E-RYT500, R-CYT, Pain Care Aware Level 2

Rebecca graduated from SOYA’s program in 2010. The blessing of this curriculum, and learning with Mugs instilled a great love, respect and thirst for the authentic teachings of yoga. She is also a certified Children’s and Family Yoga teacher that loves to bring yoga to life through play and relationship building.

Creating yoga classes that are accessible, informative, and transformational for all ages and abilities is her passion. With the blessing of having a mother who was a physiotherapist for over 40 years, the opportunity to mentor under that wisdom has deeply influenced her understanding and presentation of the blending of yoga asana, functional movement principles and the mind/body/spirit connection.

She continues her ongoing education by being a voracious reader and question-asker, participating in varying workshops and retreats with world-class educators. She is currently studying with Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Bhavanani.

Lead Trainer:

Jo-Ann Bance, SOYA E-RYT500, C-IAYT, YA

Jo-Ann graduated from the SOYA 200 hour yoga teacher training in 2013 and realized that there was more to learn. She completed her 500 hour certification in 2014 with SOYA. She teaches a wide range of Hatha Yoga with the intention to inspire students to deepen their personal practice, to teach those new to yoga and to grow as a teacher with each new experience.

Jo-Ann believes in teaching a balanced practice that incorporates the 6 different types of poses with a focus on the breath (which comes from her SOYA training in the Sivananda lineage) and providing students the opportunity to explore yoga safely. Her goal is to meet students where
they are at and to create safe space for their own journey in yoga.

She has had a steady meditation practice for 25 years and has practiced yoga for 22 years. Since August 2013, Jo-Ann has been teaching various practices of yoga including Asana, Meditation, and Yoga Nidra. In addition to offering group classes, she works one-on-one with those experiencing varying health conditions from a diagnosis of cancer, osteoporosis, back pain, issues with hips and knees, and anxiety.

She is a Yoga Alliance registered E-RYT500 and is a certified International Association of Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT).

Jo-Ann is a Lead Trainer for the SOYA 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Immersions in Armstrong and Smithers/Telkwa, BC.

Lead Trainer:

Courtney Mollins-Bidlake, E-RYT500, SOYA, YA

I am a heart-lead teacher, who is inspired strongly by mantra and pranayam. I teach with a focus on breath in order to guide students through a practice of self-awareness, acknowledging the uniqueness of each and every body in each and every asana. My being a Massage Therapist has truly ignited a deep sense of awe of anatomy and physiology-how our body is built and how it functions, bringing me into deeper connection with movement. I have spent a lot of time working with expectant bodies-changing much from week to week, aging bodies and bodies in chronic pain. It has been through these classes (and students) that I have learned the true dance between strength and grace. Being a Reflexologist (RAC RCRT) I have an exuberant love for setting foundations, yet being a Birth Keeper, Birth/Postpartum Doula has taught me that with foundations set, one must surrender to Lila and the present moment in order to see the light in it all. I teach Gentle Hatha, Hatha, Flow, Yin, Prenatal, Postnatal, Mom and Baby and Yoga for those in their Golden Years! I am excited to be here and even more so that you are too! I would also like to thank my teachers past and present: Amy Thiessen, Jenelle Kitto (my forever friend) who I completed my 200hr under in YYC, Tash Scott (my soul sister), Bernie Clark (my YIN teacher), Neil Pearson (for teaching me about Pain and Yoga), Dale McLean (who helped me start a MS focused class and who held space for my Brain Injury group), Hirdaya (my meditation teacher), Mugs and Mug's teacher Hari (for sharing their infinite wisdom), Mantrini (my beautiful teacher of all things Bhakti), Becky (my teacher with infinite grace), and to the following who are not "yogis" but have taught me something along the way Elder Sequoyah Trueblood, Dave Warren, Gary Keeling, Jeannie Ward, and Em Durling. I am eternally grateful for all you have shared. In the words of Sequoyah Trueblood, Great Thanks. Great Peace. Great Love