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You love teaching yoga, but sometimes students come to class that you don’t know how to help. Students in larger bodies, older students, or those with physical limitations want to take your yoga classes, but you don’t know how to make the poses safe and accessible for them. Do you:
Yoga training programs often fail their students by not teaching them how to modify yoga for older students, those in larger bodies, and students with physical limitations.
What if you:
But what about the students who don’t look like the pictures in your yoga anatomy textbook?
Yoga For All is an online yoga certification that teaches you how to adapt yoga asana for plus-size yogis, seniors, and those with physical limitations so that you can reach more students and confidently teach more classes.
We give you the tools to adapt any pose for any body, making you more confident and marketable as a teacher. And we coach you on how to leverage those tools to build a thriving, body-positive yoga business.
When you know how to adapt yoga poses on-the-fly for the unique bodies of your students, you can offer a personalized yoga experience created just for them. And that makes all the difference.
I’m a yoga teacher in a larger body and I know what it’s like to be the “odd student out” in a class. I’ve been singled out, shamed for my size, and made to feel less-than. And I never want that to happen to your students.
That’s why I created Yoga for All, an online yoga certification for teachers who want to teach adaptive and accessible yoga to whoever shows up to class.
is the author of the bestseller Yoga forEveryone" and co-author of Yoga Where You Are. She is a motivator, educator, yoga teacher, and creator of Yogaforeveryone.tv, an online yoga site dedicated to celebrating students of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities. Dianne has had over 1,000 hours yoga training in different modalities such as yoga therapeutics, restorative, and Anusara Yoga. She is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour level and is the Director of Eastside Yoga School. You can take her classes at YogaInternatinal.comOmstars.comand many others.
Since we launched in 2015, over 1400 teachers have become Yoga For All certified. This 7-week self-paced online course is perfect for busy yoga teachers. You can work on the material whenever and wherever is most convenient for you. All content is available online for self-study and you have a year to complete the course and receive your certification.
Body image & the language of Body Positivity
Foundations of a body positive class
Teaching to who is in the room
Asana: Warm-Ups
The Power of Language
Before class: getting set up for success
Asana: Sun Salutations
Creating a culture of consent
Teaching modifications: fundamentals & setting up your class
Teaching modifications: language & techniques
Asana: Standing poses
Asana: Standing poses (balancing)
Asana: Backbends
The Power of Progressive Teaching
Asana: Floor poses
Asana: seated and supine poses
Asana: Inversions & Arm Balances
Building the flow
Marketing Your Yoga For All Class
Making Online Teaching Work For You (and your students)
We know that it can be hard to pay for a yoga training in one lump sum and so we offer payment plans to make Yoga For All easier to work into your budget. Your payments can be split into two or three payments. If you need something longer, with lower monthly payments, let us know.
Your first payment will be deducted immediately when you register. Subsequent payments will come out every 30 days, from the day you register. For example, if you register on May 3rd, your second payment will come out on June 3rd, and so on until all payments have been made.
No. The course is geared toward teachers (or teacher trainees), but you don’t have to be a teacher to take the course. You can also take it before you complete your 200-hour certification. If you are in training now, and complete our course and your 200-hour training within the same year, you can still get your 35 continuing education hours with Yoga Alliance.
All the course materials, including downloads, videos, and more are yours to keep. Forever. You’ll have access to the private Facebook group (and to questions about the course content with Dianne and Amber) as long as you would like. If you would like to be certified as a Yoga For All Certified Teacher, you have one year from the beginning of class to complete the course.
Most students spend between 1-4 hours per week for six weeks to watch and digest the content and complete the homework. But you don’t have to finish the course within six weeks! You have access to the course website for a full year so that you can complete it at your pace. You just need to complete the course within that year to get your certificate and for CEUs from Yoga Alliance, if desired. You get to download and keep all course material forever.
Each week, you’ll receive self-paced online videos to watch, including lectures with slides and asana videos. Each week’s material also includes reflection prompts and a chance to ask your questions in our Facebook group, or through email. There are also many downloadable bonuses like the Yoga For All teacher training manual, vinyasa sequences for those who are recovering from injuries, class planning templates, and much more. You have one year to finish the course, so you can learn at your own pace!
Yes! Upon the completion of the course, you’ll receive a certificate that you can submit to Yoga Alliance for 35 non-contact hours. Although we get many requests, we cannot offer contact hours for this course. Yoga Alliance stipulates that contact hours happen at an in-person training or workshop.
The cost of the course is in USD. Dianne is Canadian, however Amber is in the U.S. and all of our expenses are in USD. Therefore we need to charge is USD.
You might be concerned that this training won’t work for you. We get that. We offer a no risk, 14-day money back guarantee. If you don’t like the training, if you feel like you already know the material, or if you just change your mind, we will refund 100% of your money if you cancel your training within 14 days. To secure your refund, simply complete an exit interview with us so we can learn how to make Yoga For All better next time around. When you complete Yoga For All, you’ll know how to adapt yoga poses for the individual in front of you. You’ll be able to offer those adaptations with grace and you’ll be able to teach mixed ability classes with ease. Learn to create inclusive yoga experiences for every student you teach and do it on your own time.
Given recent world events, many of us have lost income due to self-isolation and studios closing. So we came up with an idea to make the training more affordable for people that really need it. You now have three different prices to pick from. You pay the price that makes the most sense to you. $747 If you are working, financially secure and would like to provide a $100 scholarship for someone in need. $647 If you can pay the regular cost. $547 If you have recently lost income and would like to use a $100 scholarship.
Your payment plan options will be listed at checkout.
If you’re unsure of how to teach yoga students that are older, plus-sized, or have disabilities, you’re not alone. You love teaching yoga, but sometimes students come to class that you don’t know how to help. Students in larger bodies, older students, or those with physical limitations want to take your yoga classes, but you don’t know how to make the poses safe and accessible for them.
Do you:
What if you:
Yoga For All bridges the gap between the bodies I saw in my yoga teacher training manuals and the actual people that show up to my classes. I learned to modify poses to make them accessible to plus-size and differently-abled bodies, but more importantly, how to cue and talk to students in an accepting and affirming way. I highly recommend the training to anyone who wants to teach authentic, individualized yoga. Worth every penny of my investment and I’m a better teacher for having completed Yoga For All. ~Rachel Holdgrafer
Yoga For All teaches a practical method of thinking about yoga poses as combinations of foundational movements that can be adapted for bodies of all sizes and shapes. It also teaches how to use language to make adaptations accessible and welcome to all students. Yoga For All has changed the way I teach all students and has made me a much better teacher.” ~Juanita Peck
Dianne Bondy is an author, motivator, educator, yoga teacher, and creator of Yogasteya.com, an online yoga site dedicated to celebrating students of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities. Dianne has had over 1,000 hours yoga training in different modalities such as yoga therapeutics, restorative, and Anusara Yoga. She is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour level and is the Director of Eastside Yoga School. You can take her classes at YogaInternatinal.com, Omstars.com and many others.
Amber Karnes is the founder of Body Positive Yoga, an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour level, and a certified Accessible Yoga teacher trainer. Amber is a contributor to Yoga International and the Yoga and Body Image Coalition, and seeks to further the message of inclusivity, consent, agency, body positivity, and accessibility for all on and off the mat. You can learn more about her at bodypositiveyoga.com.
About Yoga For All: Since we launched in 2015, over 1400 teachers have become Yoga For All certified. This 7-week self-paced online course is perfect for busy yoga teachers. You can work on the material whenever and wherever is most convenient for you. All content is available online for self-study and you have a year to complete the course and receive your certification.
You might be concerned that this training won’t work for you. We get that. We offer a no risk, 14-day money back guarantee. If you don’t like the training, if you feel like you already know the material, or if you just change your mind, we will refund 100% of your money if you cancel your training within 14 days. To secure your refund, simply complete an exit interview with us so we can learn how to make Yoga For All better next time around.
When you complete Yoga For All, you’ll know how to adapt yoga poses for the individual in front of you. You’ll be able to offer those adaptations with grace and you’ll be able to teach mixed ability classes with ease. Learn to create inclusive yoga experiences for every student you teach and do it on your own time.
This course has been a game changer for me. I was teaching a class and a student was having a really hard time getting into downward dog. I was able to give her all of these great variations to try. So instead of leaving class with a feeling of “I can’t,” she left with a sense of empowerment. ~Tiffany Landry
