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Our immersive 200hr yoga teacher training program is one of the top rated in the world! Train with us in our oceanfront studio. Your stay and meals are included!

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Start your 300hr ytt today! our program is modular. This means that you get to earn your advanced 500RYT  while taking shorter, retreat style trainings with us  all over the world! OR complete your training online… OR a hybrid of both!

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Class bundles and full online yoga teacher training programs. Get certified right from home!

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Rising to a new standard of yoga education

We deliver quality yoga education from a heartfelt place

Our goal is to change the way yogis are educated. We aim to lead by example and deliver quality yoga education from a heartfelt place. We believe in spending time in nature in order to feel enriched from the soul outward. We share everything we know with our students and offer the best tools we have to enrich their lives. We help our students discover their passions, live authentically and become the happiest they have ever been. For us, yoga is not just an exercise, a philosophy or a fashion choice. It is our lifestyle. 

We aim to bring mindfulness, conscious communication and joy to everything we do. Click here to learn our story. 

Upcoming Yoga Teacher Trainings:

Kids Yoga teacher training Boulder Colorado

Kids Yoga teacher training Boulder Colorado

This course (for adults) is designed for anyone who wants to learn to teach kids yoga. Taking place over 2 weekends, the Yoga Academy International Children’s Yoga Teacher Training covers extensive materials in yoga, including postures, meditation, breathing practices, music, philosophy and delivers them in a way that is comprehensible and fun for children. 
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yoga training Costa Rica

yoga training Costa Rica

Yoga Academy International is considered one of the world's best yoga teacher trainings.  Whether you’re new to yoga or you’ve been practicing for ages, this is the next step...
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Chakra-Vinyasa YTT in Tulum

Chakra-Vinyasa YTT in Tulum

Our chakra-vinyasa yoga retreat and training is a deep and soulful journey into the chakra system. Rejuvenate your mind, body, and soul in a beautiful, private setting. Cenotes, bonfires, sound healing and so much more...
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Yin Yoga Teacher Training in Morocco

Yin Yoga Teacher Training in Morocco

Our most popular experience! You will be treated like royalty (but in a totally non-fussy or pretentious way). The Yoga Academy International team will guide you as you dive more profoundly in to your yoga practice and teaching. 
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Business 101: Making $ marketing and branding

Business 101: Making $ marketing and branding

4 modules to help you become more profitable as a yoga teacher, coach or heart-centred entrepreneur! You'll learn how to set up a brand, create striking visuals, grown an email list and sell your offerings.
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International Retreat leader certification

International Retreat leader certification

In this online course you’ll learn EVERYTHING there is to know about leading retreats internationally! You'll also get an international retreat leader certification.
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Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Online

Ashtanga Yoga Intensive Online

You'll build SO much strength and a steady, sustainable self-practice. Learn a TON of adjustments and gain a certification for 60hrs of Ashtanga training!
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Tantra-Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

Tantra-Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training

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Take a journey into Tantra Yoga. This online training intensive is designed to help you further your own practice and understanding of Tantra as well as provide depth for your teaching.
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Yin Yoga Teacher Training Online

Yin Yoga Teacher Training Online

Become a certified yin yoga teacher in this self-paced online program!
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Kids yoga teacher training Online

Kids yoga teacher training Online

Learn to teach yoga to children ages 4-12! When you complete this course you’ll be certified to teach children’s yoga!
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It’s SO overwhelming once you go down the rabbit hole of trying to find a Yoga Teacher Training that is right for you… So we made a FREE guidebook to help you choose the right YTT for you! 

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Yoga Academy International Faculty:

Lauren Rudick

Lauren Rudick

Lead teacher and founder of Yoga Academy International, Lauren is a globally celebrated yoga instructor. She has been teaching yoga for over a decade and comes from a variety of lineages and traditions. Lauren has lead yoga retreats and workshops in over 2-dozen countries and continues to study with world-class instructors whenever possible. She has been featured in Women's health Magazine, YogiTimes, Optymyz and get out there to name a few as well as on countless podcasts and newspaper articles. Lauren has solid roots in Iyengar based Hatha yoga with continued studies in Vinyasa flow, Anusara, Ashtanga, Restorative, Bhakti and Yin Yoga. She is inspired by teachers who tell stories. She has studied under Seane Corn, Chris Chavez, MC Yogi, Susan Cohen, Mercy Ananda, Nancy Goodfellow and many others. Lauren is passionate about sharing yoga from an authentic and soulful point of view. She believes that yoga practice can help uncover the veils that hide us from achieving our full potential.  Lauren is E-RYT 500 registered with Yoga Alliance. 

Hatti Williams

Hatti Williams

Hatti Williams is an Astrologer, Sound Healer, Fashionista and Yoga instructor. She completed her 200hr yoga teacher training and Yin Yoga teacher training with Yoga Academy International in Greece. Hatti then went on to study Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing where she learned more about the energetic body and Traditional Chinese Medicine Meridians. Hatti has a gift for bringing the mystical to life through her lectures and teachings. She offers a digestible and soulful take on astrology and merges the ancient wisdom of yoga with our understanding of the celestial universe seamlessly.

Angie Pone

Hatti Williams

Originally from Argentina, Angie is now a beach babe and a Nicaraguan local. She teaches soulful yoga classes that include Whim Hoff style breath work and themes sprinkled throughout that really connect yoga philosophy with movement.

Teresa Edmilao

Teresa Edmilao

Teresa has been practicing massage therapy since 2006. She has a 3000hr diploma in Massage Therapy from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in Vancouver, BC. Teresa has a passion for helping people connect with their bodies. She lives by example, inspiring people to lead an active and healthy lifestyle. Teresa spent 7 years practicing massage therapy in Canada to people from all walks of life; students, athletes, desk workers, labourers, youth, elderly, dancers, and accident victims. Teresa is also a fire dancer and hula hoop dancer. She has experienced numerous injuries has personally been through the rehabilitation process many times. It was these experiences that have lead her to delve deeply into the study and application of anatomy and movement. Teresa offers anatomy classes at Yoga Academy International. Her teachings are thorough, meticulous but fun, drawing on every day life experience to help yogis understand their bodies better. 

Will Peters

Will Peters

Making yoga accessible and enjoyable, regardless of who you are and how strong or flexible you are, is his priority. With a passion for all things health and wellbeing, Will’s aim is to inspire anyone and everyone to step on the mat to gain the physical and mental benefits that yoga can provide.Born in the UK, Will is a qualified and registered yoga teacher with over 250 hours of training. Will places an emphasis on alignment and safety. Outside of teaching, Will is an enthusiastic yoga student, constantly pushing his body and mind to new limits. Whether it’s learning to handstand, progressing towards the splits or practicing mindfulness exercises, Will loves to learn new things and grow. This provides continuous evolution to Will’s teaching as he brings new-found energy and knowledge from my personal practice into class.

Nancy Goodfellow

Nancy Goodfellow

Yoga director and co-owner of Pranamar Villas and Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica, Nancy is extremely well known for her inspiring and creative daily classes, workshops,and retreats, with students both locally and internationally. Her twenty years of committed practice, thousands of hours of trainings, and continual curiosity towards life’s most mysterious aspects are all part of why she has so many devoted students. She began her Yogic studies in the Ashtanga Vinyasa tradition under the guidance of her first teachers, Dominic Corigliano, Tim  Miller and Pattabhi Jois. Nancy has completed over 500 hours of Yoga Alliance teacher trainings and began teaching in 1998. Nancy dedicated many years of study to the Anusara method with its amazing principles of alignment, Tantric philosophy and Bhakti filled practice. She completed over 500 hours of certified Anusara teachings and traditional non-dualistic Tantra studies.

Charlotte Mason

Charlotte Mason

Chef Charlotte Mason hails from Boston where she used work in high end restaurant kitchens and then later opened up her own catering company. Burnt out and needing a break, Charlotte went on a surf vacation to Nicaragua and 3 weeks later moved cross continents and has been there ever since. Charlotte's love of sourcing locally, creating exceptional plant-based dishes and combining flavours makes her food loved by everyone. Charlotte is passionate about health and wellness and is also a certified yoga instructor. Giving back not only with flavours, Charlotte frequently teaches yoga classes in Spanish for local women and helps empower local women to follow their dreams and speak their minds. In joining Yoga Academy International, Charlotte has added so much to the experience by creating comfort and family feelings found only when gathering around a table to share delicious meals together. When not on Yoga Academy International's trainings, Charlotte creates gourmet pop up dinners around Nicaragua and chefs at yoga retreats around the world.  

Sanne Hofman

Sanne Hofman

Sanne is a ray of sunshine! Before joining the Yoga Academy International team, Sanne was a neuropsychologist in Holland. On her path, she felt that her chosen field was not quite the right fit. So Sanne set off on a journey through Central America to get to know herself better. Along the way she met her partner Toby in Panama. Together they worked and traveled through Central America eventually finding their way to Maderas Beach, Nicaragua. They loved the spot so much that they decided to move there and eventually got jobs managing a boutique hotel. Wanting to expand her offerings at the hotel, Sanne took Yoga Academy International's 200hr teacher training in 2018. She then furthered her studies in the Chakra-Vinyasa Training and went back to Europe to take Thai Yoga Massage training. Sanne is compassionate, loving and kind. She is an example of how to live yoga ethics while still being true to who you are. Sanne offers YAI students endless encouragement and love as well as unwavering support on their journeys. She can always be counted on for a listening ear, a compassionate friend, a glowing smile or a warm hug when you need it most. 
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