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Yoga teachers gathering in Denver!

ELEVATE Your Yoga Teaching Career

TBD April 2023  |  Denver, CO

Allison Rissel

Feeling lonely and isolated fellow yoga teacher?

The last few years have been isolating and lonely for many yoga teachers as we all learned to pivot, taught on Zoom and saw our beloved studios close.

Many things have changed in the yoga teacher industry.

But the time is NOW to gather together, give each other hugs and feel the special energetic connection that is only possible through an in-person gathering.

 

The Yoga Teacher Conf is here to help YOU.

Introducing the YOGA TEACHER CONF – ELEVATE

Affordable resources and a community just for Yoga Teachers!

Fill Your Yoga Classes

Want more students? Of course you do! Because the more students you have, the more lives you’re impacting!

Business for yoga teachers will help you create a sustainable yoga business so you can quit your job, take vacations or start your non-proifit (or whatever is in your heart!).

Teach Beyond Asana

Scared of teaching things “wrong” in your classes? Do you avoid teaching mudras or panayama or bandhas because you don’t feel confident?

Beyond Asana classes will teach you the skills you need to feel confident leading your students into the deeper levels of yoga.

Live Your Yoga with Integrity

Yoga is more than what you perform on the four corners of your mat.

Yoga is about right action. Do you know what your right action is? Are you scared of being “called out” for performing the wrong “right action?”

Learn how to live in integrity and take your yoga off your mat and into the world.

Create Fresh & Inspiring Yoga Classes

Are you tired of teaching the same old stuff? Does coming up with new, creative things to teach feel like a chore?

Yoga teacher burnout is a REAL thing. Learn new creative sequences and tools to help re-inspire your teaching.

Anatomy for Yoga Teachers

Are you scared of hurting your students?

Learn how to teach inclusive, safe and supportive classes for your students.

Engage in Critical Conversations

Teachers need a space to have tough conversations about accountability, ethics, diversity, sexual misconduct and a way to move forward.

The yoga teacher industry is at a crossroads. Join us as we engage in critical conversations that will help us all move forward on the right path.

You will leave this conference on a high and with a handful of new tools to integrate not only into your practice, but into your life. No matter where you are in your journey as a provider, this space is for you!

Winter Mesko-Eby

200-RYT

Yoga Teacher Journey - YTC Elevate

Your Yoga Teacher Journey Never Ends

Yoga instructors like you need safe spaces where you can decompress, go deeper into your body and spiritual practices and fill your own cup in order to help and guide others to fill theirs.

And you need it at an affordable price!

Yoga Teacher Conf – ELEVATE 2022

These were all of the classes from our 2022 conference. This will give you a good idea of what you can expect in 2023!

Friday

Room 1:

Beyond Asana

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
Astrology for Yoga Teachers: Sun & Natal Charts*
2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

7:00PM - 9:00PM
Embody Mantras Through Chanting*

Room 2:

Yoga Therapy

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Room 3:

Anatomy

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Room 4:

Teaching Skills

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

7:00PM - 9:00PM
Intuitive Yoga Teaching*

Room 5:

Classical / Ayurveda

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Room 6:

Living Your Yoga

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

7:00PM - 9:00PM
Journey Through the Koshas*

Room 7:

Business for Teachers

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
Scattered To Clarity: Get Clear On Your Yoga Business Goals*
2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Room 8:

Business for Studios

8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
Leadership for Yoga Studios (1-4PM)*
2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

7:00PM - 9:00PM

Saturday

Room 1:

Beyond Asana

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch: The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

1:30PM - 3:30PM
Yoga to Support Immunity*
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Yoga Nidra*

Room 2:

Yoga Therapy

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Our Body: Vibration of the Divine*
11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch: The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

1:30PM - 3:30PM
Yoga for Bendy People*
4:00PM - 6:00PM
The Bridge Between...

Room 3:

Anatomy

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Yoga for Pelvic Health*
11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch: The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

1:30PM - 3:30PM
4:00PM - 6:00PM
The IPATH Method*

Room 4:

Teaching Skills

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Class Sequencing and Planning*
11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch: The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

1:30PM - 3:30PM
4:00PM - 6:00PM
How to Teach Philosophy in an Asana Class*

Room 5:

Classical / Ayurveda

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Practice*
11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch: The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

1:30PM - 3:30PM
Sound Soma*
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Weapons and Boons*

Room 6:

Living Your Yoga

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Skill in Action
11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch: The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

1:30PM - 3:30PM
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Devotional Yoga - Connecting Yoga with Faith*

Room 7:

Business for Teachers

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
the reBUILD series*
11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch: The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

1:30PM - 3:30PM
How to Create an Online Course*
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Yoga Tools for Your Yoga Business*

Room 8:

Business for Studios

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Creating a Yoga Studio Experience based on the 8 Limbs*
11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch: The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

1:30PM - 3:30PM
Financial Fitness for Yoga Studio Owners*
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Stand With Studios*

Sunday

Room 1:

Beyond Asana

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Astrology for Yoga Teachers: Moon Phases*
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30PM - 2:30PM
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Awaken Your Spirit
5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

Room 2:

Yoga Therapy

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30PM - 2:30PM
Yoga Therapy Panel Discussion
3:00PM - 5:00PM
5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

Room 3:

Anatomy

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Function Over Form; Re-Evaluating the Yoga Shapes*
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30PM - 2:30PM
3:00PM - 5:00PM
5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

Room 4:

Teaching Skills

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Yoga Pharmacopeia*
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30PM - 2:30PM
How To Create a Vinyasa Yoga Class*
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Hands on "Enhancements"*
5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

Room 5:

Classical / Ayurveda

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30PM - 2:30PM
Going Beyond the Dosha Quiz in Ayurveda*
3:00PM - 5:00PM
The Five Vital Energies*
5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

Room 6:

Living Your Yoga

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Inner Quest & Guide Sessions*
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30PM - 2:30PM
Equity FOR Yoga: Decoloniality and Justice in Western Yoga Spaces*
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Active Peace - Serving Humanity from a Sense of Devotion and Love*
5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

Room 7:

Business for Teachers

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Create Your Thriving Yoga Business*
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30PM - 2:30PM
Uplevel Your Online Yoga Teaching*
3:00PM - 5:00PM
5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

Room 8:

Business for Studios

6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

8:00AM - 11:00AM
Move Through Yoga for Students with Disabilities
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

12:30PM - 2:30PM
Social Justice Pricing in Yoga
3:00PM - 5:00PM
5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

*Class available for Yoga Alliance CEU’s   Note: class times are subject to change. 

✓ – Planned class yet to be determined

Yoga Teacher Conf – ELEVATE 2022

These were all of the classes from our 2022 conference. This will give you a good idea of what you can expect in 2023!

Friday

Friday: 8:00AM - 9:00AM

Pre-Conf Registration Opens

Friday: 9:00AM - 4:00PM (Pre-Conf Workshops)
Astrology for Yoga Teachers: The Sun & Natal Charts*
"Beyond Asana"

Scattereed to Clarity: Get Clear On Your Yoga Business Goals*
"Business for Teachers"
Friday: 1:00PM - 4:00PM
Leadership for Yoga Studios*
"Business for Studios"
Friday: 2:00PM - 7:00PM

Full Registration Opens

Friday: 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Opening Yoga Class

Friday: 5:00PM - 6:45PM

Catered Welcome Social

Friday: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Embody Mantras Through Chanting*
"Beyond Asana"

Intuitive Yoga Teaching*
"Teaching Skills"

Journey Through the Koshas*
"Living Your Yoga"

Saturday

Saturday: 6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

Saturday: 8:00AM - 11:00AM
Our Body: Vibration of the Divine*
"Yoga Therapy"

Yoga for Pelvic Health*
"Anatomy"

Class Sequencing and Planning*
"Teaching Skills"

Skill in Action
"Living Your Yoga"

the reBUILD series*
"Business for Teachers"

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Practice* "Classical/Ayurveda"

Creating a Yoga Studio Experience based on the 8 Limbs*
"Business for Studios"
Saturday: 11:30AM - 1:00PM

Panel Discussion Lunch:
The State of the Yoga Teacher Industry with Yoga Unify & IAYT

Saturday: 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Yoga to Support Immunity*
"Beyond Asana"

Yoga for Bendy People*
"Yoga Therapy"

Sound Soma*
"Classical/Ayurveda"

How to Create an Online Course*
"Business for Teachers"

Financial Fitness for Yoga Studio Owners* "Business for Studios"
Saturday: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Yoga Nidra
"Beyond Asana"

How to Teach Philosophy in an Asana Class* "Teaching Skills"

Devotional Yoga - Connecting Yoga with Faith* "Living Your Yoga"

The Bridge Between...
"Yoga Therapy"

The IPATH Method*
"Anatomy"

Yoga Tools for Your Yoga Business*
"Business for Teachers"

Stand With Studios*
"Business for Studios"

Weapons and Boons*
"Classical/Ayurveda"

Sunday

Sunday: 6:30AM - 7:30AM

Open Practice Room - Personal Sadhana

Sunday: 8:00AM - 11:00AM
Astrology for Yoga Teachers: Moon Phases*
"Beyond Asana"

Function Over Form; Re-Evaluating the Yoga Shapes*
"Anatomy"

Inner Quest & Guide Sessions*
"Living Your Yoga"

Move Through Yoga for Students with Disabilities
"Business for Studios"

Create Your Thriving Yoga Business*
"Business for Teachers"

Yoga Pharmacopeia*
"Teaching Skills"
Sunday: 11:00AM - 12:30PM

Lunch On Your Own

Sunday: 12:30PM - 2:30PM
Yoga Therapy Panel Discussion
"Yoga Therapy"

How To Create a Vinyasa Yoga Class*
"Teaching Skills"

Going Beyond The Dosha Quiz*
"Classical/Ayurveda"

Equity FOR Yoga: Decoloniality and Justice in Western Yoga Spaces*
"Living Your Yoga"

Uplevel Your Online Yoga Teaching*
"Business for Teachers"

Social Justice Pricing for Yoga
"Business for Studios"
Sunday: 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Hands on "Enhancements"*
"Teaching Skills"

The Five Vital Energies*
"Classical / Ayurveda"

Awaken Your Spirit
"Beyond Asana"

Active Peace - Serving Humanity from a Sense of Devotion and Love*
"Living Your Yoga"
Sunday: 5:15PM - 5:45PM

Closing Ceremony

*Class is available for Yoga Alliance CEU’s

Note: class times are subject to change.

I loved sharing my passion with others, who also found the information valuable for their teaching careers! This was an amazing opportunity to share and be in community with other yogis!

Vicie Moran

Your Speakers Include…

Ava Taylor

Ava Taylor

Ava Taylor, Founder of YAMA Talent, is a tenacious entrepreneur & avid yogi. Committed to running an ethics-based business, her personal mission is to be a Catalyst for Better Living, bringing the tools of wellness to communities of all kinds.

Since 2010, Ava has pioneered the development of the booking, management, & consulting business in the yoga space, and is a sought-out media contributor known for having her finger on the pulse of this rapidly expanding industry.

Sheela Bringi & Brent Kuecker

Sheela Bringi & Brent Kuecker

Together, Sheela & Brent offer training in harmonium, kīrtan, vocal freedom, sonic meditation, Indian music, and more, to students from around the globe.

Together, they have toured the world playing music and have developed a method of Yoga practice that combines elements of sacred sound, deep listening, meditation, and chanting into a deeply embodied movement practice. It is called the Sound Soma Method.

Reggie Hubbard

Reggie Hubbard

Reggie is a 500 hour certified yoga teacher and the founder/Chief Serving Officer of Active Peace Yoga. Adopting a disciplined yogic has saved his life and he is committed to sharing these practices to help others. Reggie’s dharma sits at the intersection of bringing more peace and balance to activists, guiding the wellness community toward being more engaged, concerned citizens and enhancing the well-being of all walks of life. Achieving this balance is how we catalyze transformative change in our society, which we are desperately in need of at this moment.

Sid McNairy

Sid McNairy

Founder and Lead Wellness Instructor of the Nahi Wellness Global Community & international bestselling author of Yoga and Life Empowerment, The Warrior Within and Those Who Know God

Raakhi Siva Mohan

Shannon Crow

Shannon Crow (she/her) is a yoga teacher, trainer and host of The Connected Yoga Teacher Podcast. She is passionate about helping yoga teachers to specialize so that they can stand out with their unique yoga offerings.

Shannon is the founder of Pelvic Health Professionals and a Mom to her three best teachers.

Hansa Knox Johnson

Hansa Knox

IAYT Yoga Therapist, past president of Yoga Alliance, board member of the Standards and Accreditation Committees for IAYT and lead trainer of the PranaYoga & Ayurveda Mandala yoga teacher and yoga therapy program. She has been training teachers since 1998.

Pre-Conf Workshops

These were stand-alone events before the Yoga Teacher Conf.

Each workshop was an additional fee to attend. You do NOT have to attend the full conference to attend our pre-conf workshops!

Business for Yoga Teachers

Scattered to Clarity: Get Clear on Your Yoga Business Goals

Have lots of ideas for your yoga business but not sure where to start or how to make it all happen? This full-day workshop is designed for you to explore your big vision dreams but also to create a plan for action so the dreams become reality. Shannon Crow & Amanda McKinney have coached hundreds of yoga teachers through this process and they have come together to develop this full day workshop where you will walk away with clarity and confidence in your yoga business.

Skill in Action

Skill in Action

Skill in Action is a workshop designed to explore systems of power and oppression, the intersection of social justice and yoga, external and internalized patterns of oppression, power and privilege, and how we can respond to the current cultural and political challenges through practices of self-study, movement, pranayama, contemplation and collective action. Through these teachings you will learn more about both how to create more inclusive spaces for healing and teaching as well as how to infuse your teachings with content centered on social justice. Throughout our time together we will practice asana (postures), meditation, mindfulness, pranayama (breathing), holding space together and mantra work to sharpen our goals and visions for our work to change the world.

Astrology for Yoga Teachers

Astrology for Yoga Teachers

This workshop will teach theming to the Sun and zodiac signs including asana, pranayama, mudra, and mantra. We will go over the basics of chart reading and how the Sun effects our energies and archetypes within body, mind, and spirit. You will gain skills and insight for the practice of Svadhyaya and how to utilize these tools to develop optimal alignment with the cyclical nature of life. This workshop helps the yoga teacher align with a higher purpose of serving their students from a deeper level. Inspiration and motivation for classes! This workshop will include discussion, interaction, and skill development by teaching your own mini Astro-class at the end of the workshop.

This conference is for you if you:

  • Desire to learn more about yoga but you’re not sure who to learn from
  • Want to help your students
  • Want bigger yoga classes
  • LOVE talking about yoga!
  • Want to meet other teachers who are super passionate about yoga.

This conference is NOT for you if:

  • You’re unwilling to do the work yourself
  • Not open-minded to new styles or teachers.
  • Only asana focused.
  • Believe there’s only one right way to practice or teach.
Have additional questions?

Find your answers in our FAQ’s

What is the Yoga Teacher Conf?
The Yoga Teacher Conf elevates, educates and inspires yoga teachers around the globe through affordable continuing education, community support and connection. We offer in-person and virtual conferences. We are a community that vibrates and resonates with the collective energy of co-creating, of support, of increasing and attracting knowledge, deeper learning, and abundance.
Who is the Yoga Teacher Conf for?
The Yoga Teacher Conf is for all yoga teachers, yoga therapists and studio owners who love to teach yoga and inspire their students on a transformational journey. We invite all yoga professionals to join us and be inspired in their personal, professional and spiritual growth. If you love learning about yoga and desire to be a better teacher then join our community! 
I’m not a yoga teacher. Can I still attend?
Of course! If you have a willingness to learn and be a part of a community of yogi’s we invite you to join us. However, all sessions are specifically designed for yoga teachers. We recommend that you have a strong personal practice in order to get the most out of the conference.
When is the next Yoga Teacher Conf?

Currently, all conferences are paused. Sign up for our email newsletter to learn when our next event is happening!

Are tickets refundable or transferable?
Tickets are non-refundable or transferable.

If you are unable to attend the Conf due to a positive COVID test, we will refund your ticket minus 5% for processing fees.

Refunds will be given within 14 days of the end of the Conf.

What if I want to purchase a ticket for someone else?
You can purchase a ticket for them. In the “Additional Information” section on the check-out page, please list their name and email address so they get access to all conference materials. 
Is this conference in-person or virtual?
This is an in-person conference at the Hyatt Regency in Aurora/Denver, CO.

Click here to learn more about our LIVESTREAM classes.

Where is the conference located?
The conference is located at the Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center.

13200 E 14th Pl
Aurora, CO 80011

Will any classes be offered virtually?
We are offering 12 classes live streamed and available for recordings. Click here to learn more!
What is your COVID policy?
In accordance with county, city & state health mandates, as of March 22, we are NOT requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test.  We will also not require masks.
I still have questions!
Check out our FAQ page or let’s chat! Send an email to info@yogateacherconference.com and we’ll get back to you within three business days.