Breathe & Bend Teacher Training Program kicks off Sept 30th.

*The program runs September-March (Graduation is the first weekend of March) 

*We will train one weekend per month (Saturday/Sunday only: no Fridays to make this easier to   not have to take off a day of work) 

*We will also train 2 or 3 Wednesday evenings per month. Wednesdays will help to not have such a long break from seeing each other & remain in yoga mode the entire training

The cost of the program is $3,000 with payment plan OR $2,800 paid in FULL prior to start date. 

From Michele: 

"I wanted to share my journey with you, in case you might see something similar in your story that will help you decide if the B&B 2021 YTT is for you. Bringing yoga to my community is one of my proudest accomplishments. 

After I had my third child, I felt a deep conflict between my career and family. I was crazy with my busy life as a mother, wife and full-time attorney, so I thought to try yoga, primarily as a means to relax and stretch after a busy week. I walked out of that first class feeling relaxed in my mind and body. I continued to explore different yoga classes, found hot yoga and Baptiste Power Yoga, and realized that in addition to that relaxation, I could also build strength and power through my yoga practice. I was hooked and committed myself to mastering the practice and teaching of yoga. 

In the years since, I opened (then sold) the first hot yoga studio in metro-east St. Louis, have Yoga Alliance certifications of E-RYT 500, YACEP, and am a Tier 3 Baptiste Certified Yoga Educator. I am so grateful to be able to practice, teach and train others in the styles of yoga that I love--sweaty, empowering, strengthening, calming, hot, Baptiste, power yoga. I delight in the ability to meet so many amazing people, help them alter their mind and body to be happier and healthier, and surround myself with new friends and old friends in a productive, life changing environment.

While it may seem that I took the long way around to be a yoga teacher, it was so much more than that. Yoga has kept me sane, helped me understand the inner workings of my mind and given me the ability to connect with so many amazing people and help them realize their full potential.

My yoga teacher training enabled me to realize my full potential, to integrate every strength I have developed into one empowered and empowering package. I only wish I had that training at the beginning of my career, not because it could have changed any decision I made, but because it would have made me so much more effective in everything I've done. Yes, yoga teacher training will make you a great yoga teacher, if that's what you want to do, but it will also make you a great human. I encourage you to take that big step. Your time is now!"

From Jennifer:

 “I have been thinking of a way to say thank you… to put into words how much completing the YTT program has changed my life for the better and continues to do so… but it is such a challenge.  How can I explain that I became a better employee, more understanding mother, and more accepting human?  That I continue to find my own voice each day a little more and not as afraid to use it?  That because of this journey, I have been able to love more, express more… and live more in the life I’ve been blessed with?  It just has. Full honesty… YTT was such a grueling journey both physically and emotionally. And what do I have to show for it? It’s still just the beginning, and I hope to keep exploring that answer for a lifetime.  Yoga is so much more than just the asana practice… Perhaps it’s time you begin the journey of finding out just how much more there is to this thing we call yoga at the next Breathe+Bend YTT.”