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Everyone Yoga

Mission Statement

Everyone Yoga’s Teacher Training (EYTT) is a 200-hour certification program built for the modern yogi: someone with a full life, a curious mind and a desire to dive deeper.
This training is rooted in the same values that have always guided our studio: yoga is for everyone, community is everything and showing up as you are is always enough.

EYTT gives you a comprehensive foundation in philosophy, history, anatomy, sequencing, breath and asana in real depth. But what sets our training apart is its focus on understanding the “why” behind the practice: what is happening in the body, how postures function and how to adapt them for different people.

We truly believe a well-rounded teacher is one who is curious and equipped with critical and creative thinking skills. Laid on top of your foundation is what makes EY’s program special: trauma-informed and identity-affirming teaching, strength practices that protect your body for the long haul, subtle body wisdom that goes well beyond pranayama, and honest conversations about the parts of yoga that most studios avoid, it’s complicated history, journey to the west and guru culture.

The training feels like Everyone Yoga, because it is. You’ll be in the room with people who, like you, aren’t here to be perfect, they’re here to learn, ask questions, laugh at themselves a little and grow. Together you’ll practice teaching, workshop sequences, sit with philosophy and figure out what it actually means in your real life. By the end you won’t just be a certified yoga teacher ready for the outside world, you’ll have a deeper understanding of your own practice, a toolkit you can use to share these practices with others and a community that genuinely cares about where you are going next. Whether you want to teach full-time, share the practice with the people you love most, or simply understand yourself better, this training was made for you, just as you are.

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Core Values

Yoga is For Everyone (for real)

Yoga As One Part of a Whole

Critical and Creative Thinking

Care over Performance

Community Focused

Topics

Inclusive teaching isn’t a buzzword, it’s the core of our approach

  • Trauma informed practice
  • Body-inclusive, identity- affirming teaching
  • Prop culture: how we use them, how students react to them

No need to memorize every muscle, we’re here for whole system learning

  • How your bones, muscles and fascia work together
  • Joints 101: how they move, how to keep them safe, when to adapt
  • The anatomy of the “fancy stuff”: backbends, inversions and arm balances

Hands-on, prop friendly, ego-free

  • Sun A & Sun B : the foundations of your vinyasa practice
  • Creative hands-on assists
  • Strategic and unique prop usage

The stuff you can’t see but can absolutely feel!

  • Pranayama vs modern breathwork – what’s the difference and how to leverage them
  • Meditation foundations and support generating a sustainable practice in modern living
  • Qi Gong
  • Chinese Medicine
  • Seasonal teaching
  • Storytelling, metaphors and figurative teaching

What the philosophy and history of yoga can teach us in a modern setting

  • How yoga made its way to the West (the good, the messy, and the names you should know)
  • Guru culture and yoga’s complicated history – let’s talk about it
  • The Yoga Sutras and the 8 Limbs, ancient wisdom in modern life

You’re not just memorizing a script, you’re learning to lead a room in your own authentic way

  • Public speaking to gain confidence leading a room
  • How to cue effectively and creatively
  • Learning to read the room
  • Hands on assists, informed, educated and purposeful -we’re not just touching for the sake of it
  • Finding your voice (instead of echoing your teachers)
  • EY values, community leadership and what it really means to hold space

setting you up for the long haul, not just your first gig

  • Strength & conditioning to support your practice and prevent injury
  • Energy hygiene and avoiding burnout
  • Taking care of yourself while holding space for others
  • Working in NYC studios – truthful experiences shared by teachers who have been there and done that
  • Insurance, Yoga Alliance and the practical stuff nobody warned you about
  • Being a Teacher in the Age of Social Media

Schedule & Hours

A hybrid training that fits right into your busy lifestyle.

9 weekends & 9 weekdays

General schedule:

  • Wednesdays: 6:00pm – 8:00pm online
  • Fridays: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturdays: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sundays: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person

Dates

Orientation Day:

Saturday, November 7th, 2026: 2:00pm in person

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Weekday sessions (online):

Wedenesdays

From 6:00pm – 8:00pm

  • November 11th & 18th, 2026
  • December 16th, 2026
  • January 13th & 27th, 2027
  • February 10th & 24th, 2027
  • March 10th & 24th, 2027

Weekend sessions (online + in person):

Weekend 1

November, 13th, 14th & 15th

  • Friday, November 13th, 2026: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, November 14th, 2026: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, November 15th, 2026: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
Weekend 2

December, 11th, 12th & 13th

  • Friday, December 11th, 2026: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, December 12th, 2026: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, December 13th, 2026: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
Weekend 3

January, 8th, 9th & 10th

  • Friday, January 8th, 2027: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, January 9th, 2027: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, January 10th, 2027: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
Weekend 4

January, 22nd, 23rd & 24th

  • Friday, January 22nd, 2027: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, January 23rd, 2027: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, January 24th, 2027: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
Weekend 5

February, 5th, 6th & 7th

  • Friday, February 5th, 2027: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, February 6th, 2027: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, February 7th, 2027: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
Weekend 6

February, 19th, 20th & 21th

  • Friday, February 19th, 2027: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, February 20th, 2027: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, February 21st, 2027: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
Weekend 7

March, 5th, 6th & 7th

  • Friday, March 5th, 2027: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, March 6th, 2027: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, March 7th, 2027: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
Weekend 8

March, 19th, 20th & 21st

  • Friday, March 19th, 2027: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, March 20th, 2027: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, March 21st, 2027: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
Weekend 9

April, 2nd, 3rd & 4th

  • Friday, April 2nd, 2027: 5:00pm – 7:00pm online
  • Saturday, April 3rd, 2027: 10:00am – 12:00pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person
  • Sunday, April 4th, 2027: 10:30am – 12:30pm online, 2:00pm – 7:00pm in person

The Faculty

1.Anna Sofia Ibarra

Anna Sofia Ibarra

Program Co-Director

Anna Sofia Ibarra is a 500hr ERYT, Breathwork and Reiki Teacher, and the Founder of Everyone Yoga NYC. Through her Mexican roots and her decade of experience from practicing energy work professionally, she brings in a unique and inspiring lens in her yoga teaching practice. She believes that the mind has infinite potential, and because the body is a reflection of the mind, we ought to use movement practices like yoga to tap into its magnificence. In her classes, Anna invites students to access yoga postures with curiosity and intention, to look for nature's qualities in themselves and to use the breath and imagination to discover new insights about themselves.

Anna's training comes from years of study with different teachers from diverse backgrounds; she studied with Gian Kamal and Mexican shamans Julio Villa, David Castro and Juan Balam, Ashtanga Yoga from Yamil Hallal and Wayne Krassner, and Kundalini Yoga from Paulina Jimenez and Harliv Kaur. Anna completed her 200hr YTT at Yogaworks, as well as continued education from Dharma Mittra and Abbie Galvin.

2.Mackenzie

Mackenzie

Program Co-Director
3.Dr. Christopher Peacock

Dr. Christopher Peacock LAc, DACM

Guest Teacher

Dr. Christopher Peacock (pronouns: he/him/his) is a licensed and board-certified acupuncturist and herbalist. He holds a doctorate degree in acupuncture and Chinese medicine. In his two decades working in health care, Christopher has gained significant experience working with stress reduction, insomnia, fertility, transgender health, pain management, hormone regulation, HIV/AIDS, autoimmune diseases, and psycho-emotional issues especially when they impact the physical body.

In 2020, Christopher co-founded The Rooted Refuge, a Chinese medicine collective in Ridgewood, Queens with a focus on supporting artist, activist, and queer communities.

Before pursuing Chinese medicine, Christopher was a massage therapist and primarily worked with people living with HIV/AIDS who were experiencing degenerative joint disease. He also worked as a harm-reduction specialist providing needle exchange, outreach, and resources to unsheltered poverty survivors.

4.Lauren Urban

Lauren Urban

Guest Teacher

Lauren Urban, LCSW, CHT is a psychotherapist, certified hypnotherapist and clinical supervisor. They are the owner and founder of Psychobabble Therapy and Wellness, a private therapy practice, and co-founder of Get Right Wellness Collective, an integrative wellness space in Ridgewood. Lauren describes the work they do as helping folks become the internal parent to themselves that they’ve always needed. Their absolute pleasure as a practitioner is to help the therapy seeker find exploration, self-knowledge, expansion, authenticity, autonomy, spaciousness and ease. Lauren's personal goals for the work they do are to help both therapy seekers and clinicians increase their overall feelings of agency and competency within the framework of the oppressive systems under which we live, to create the space for both therapy seekers and clinicians to begin to work toward better versions of themselves and better versions of the world for the collective. Lauren believes with utmost certainty that a rising tide raises all ships, and considers it their sacred commitment to guide others toward the fullest, most resonant versions of themselves. Lauren believes in consent, self-sovereignty, liberation, equity, collaboration, self-exploration, unconditional positive regard, cultivating tenderness with oneself and these values drive the work they do.

5.Ben

Ben

Guest Teacher

Ben Kalra leads immersive trainings, workshops, and retreats around the world. His teaching style blends classical yogic philosophy with a creative and therapeutic approach to āsana.

He is a certified Katonah Yoga® teacher and has completed over 300 hours of training with Abbie Galvin and other senior Katonah teachers. He has also completed two additional 300-hour advanced trainings, first with Gloria Baraquio & Serge Bandura, and then with Jonah Kest. He has taken a variety of other training in topics such as Adaptive Yoga and mobility/movement mechanics, and remains in deep study of the ancient texts. Ben takes pride in studying with a variety of styles and lineages.

Ben offers his students a well-rounded and non-dogmatic approach that is both serious and lighthearted. He views Yoga as a slow-burning liberation practice, and a set of tools for living well in the world. He is known to make a silly joke during a heartfelt dharma talk. He uses props, adjustments, storytelling, and metaphor to help students cultivate a meaningful practice.

Laurel

Guest Teacher
7.Katya Danko

Katya Danko

Lead Teacher

Katya is deeply passionate about movement in all its forms, with a lifelong foundation in dance and yoga. After more than 20 years of experience in dance and choreography, yoga opened an exciting new path for her to explore the connection between movement, mind, and body. Her practice has transformed not only the way she moves on the dance floor, but also the way she moves through life.

After completing her 200-hour teacher training with Three Sisters Yoga, Katya began teaching with a style heavily influenced by her background in dance and choreography. Her classes are known for their creative sequencing, thoughtful transitions, and innovative approach to asana. Katya loves designing beat-driven playlists to flow it out to and occasionally enhances her workshops and specialty classes with sound healing baths, creating immersive experiences with music that encourage both intentional movement and the calming of the nervous system.

Through continued studies in the biomechanics of stretching with Jules Mitchell, along with ongoing hands-on assist trainings at Kala Yoga and Kula Yoga Project, Katya brings a strong focus on anatomy, alignment, and intelligent muscle engagement into her teaching. She is known for her intentional and intuitive hands-on assists that help guide students to a deeper relationship with their practice.

In her classes, students are encouraged to explore new ways of building strength, stability, and body awareness while supporting healthy alignment. Katya is committed to creating a safe, playful, and welcoming environment where students of all levels can feel confident, supported, and inspired to find joy in their practice—both on and off the mat.

8.Amelia Heintzelman

Amelia Heintzelman

Lead Teacher

I discovered yoga and pilates alongside my dance practice. After experiencing traumatic injuries, I connected with somatic forms and developed a movement practice to regain agency, develop resilience, and better understand my body as it healed. I work from an internal logic of sensation, speculative physiology, and improvisation to develop material and sequences that allow students to follow their own intuition while connecting with their bodies. In class, expect sequences that move and feel spherical and the use of metaphor and imagery to facilitate a container for your own unique experience. Each class presents opportunities for exploration within the framework of good technique.

My training includes a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology and a certification in Stott Pilates mat levels I&II from Indiana University Bloomington. I completed my 200hr YTT at Loom Yoga and have continued education and training in Katonah yoga under Abbie Galvin in NYC. I have trained in post modern dance forms, contact improvisation, and experimental dance. I enjoy layering and cross-contamination in all my movement practices.

9.Juliette

Juliette

Lead Teacher

Juliette is a lifelong student of yoga whose teaching has evolved with her knowledge (and injuries) over the years. She is a 275hr E-RYT and movement and fitness instructor with over a decade of teaching experience, beginning with her first teacher training in 2011.

Her background spans Vinyasa, Power, Yin, Restorative, and Hot Yoga, as well as mobility and strength training. She is also an ACE-certified personal trainer and Reiki Level I practitioner.
Juliette’s classes are creative, alignment-focused, and rooted in functional strength and mobility. She designs sequences that build stability, flexibility, and body awareness, offering a balance of challenge and support, with an emphasis on optimal breathing and training for life. She brings a grounded, approachable energy to her teaching, creating space for students to explore, build resilience, and reconnect with themselves.

Juliette has trained under Schuyler Grant, Jason Bowman, Annie Carpenter, and Matt Phippen, and remains deeply grateful for their guidance.

10.Sophia Phillips

Sophia Phillips

Lead Teacher

Sophia is an experienced queer Birth & Postpartum Doula: CD(DONA), Yoga Teacher: (E-RYT 230), Herbalist, and Somatic Practitioner providing evidence-based, compassionate trauma-informed yoga classes and full-spectrum doula services. Having grown up in the beautiful and lush mountains of Asheville NC, they bring a grounded, calm, and empathetic presence + a dash of joyful and playful energy to the space that they hold.

Sophia believes that every body has a blueprint of their own intuitive inner wisdom, and as a yoga teacher and doula, it is her job to create conditions that allow that inner wisdom to emerge. Sophia is inspired by the body's ability to come back to its blueprint of health. Their teaching style is informed by a combination of sustainable and inclusive movement practices, somatics, breathwork, pilates, biodynamic craniosacral therapy, traditional Chinese medicine practices, and living in alignment with the seasons of nature.

Sophia has training and experience in teaching yoga for the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and postpartum time, inclusively teaching for all different body types and abilities, and a wide range of different traditional yoga styles. They have studied with and are inspired by Tiffany Cruikshank, Shala Worsley, and their somatic training from Alchemical Alignment. In addition to her current offerings, Sophia is also currently training to become a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and an Integrative Lactation & Feeding Specialist. In their free time, Sophia enjoys reading, making tea, cuddling with her cats, and connecting deeply with nature.

11.Ross Erin Martineau

Ross Erin Martineau

EY Teacher

Ross discovered yoga in college after being a dancer for most of her young life. She felt yoga had what dance didn’t: A whole-body approach, a focus on breathing, and the use of movement as relief, which is why she became deeply connected to the practice. In 2018, she completed her 200-hour YTT at New Love City in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. More recently, she completed a 60-hour Advanced YTT at Brooklyn Flow in 2024, and an 85-hour Prenatal YTT with Lara Kohn Thompson and Beth Donnelly in 2026.

As a teacher, Ross prioritizes making movement and breath work accessible to everyone. Her love of music and movement directly influences how she creates her classes. By playing the music a bit louder, she encourages students to get lost in the flow of class as she hopes to encourage everyone to embrace the mistakes, enjoy the challenges, and when in doubt be silly and play for god’s sakes!

Ross also works as a postpartum doula and lives with her husband, daughter and dog in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

12.Mariya

Mariya

EY Teacher

Mariya Ohulchanska is a trauma-informed yoga, meditation, and breathwork teacher living in Ridgewood, NY. A dedicated yoga practitioner of over fifteen years, she completed her 200-hour YTT in 2021 and has been learning, practicing, and teaching ever since. She is currently pursuing her 300-hour YTT with the Ignite Institute, which focuses on the intersection of yoga philosophy and social justice. As a practicing yoga teacher and licensed social worker, Mariya is working to support students in understanding and applying yoga in their daily lives, firmly believing that we are our own best teachers. Her classes are deeply rooted in emotional and mental safety and trauma-informed principles, seeking to welcome and support anyone who is ready to find their own practice. She seeks to create spaces where students can find mindful (and joyful!) movement, focus on their breath, and leave restored and rejuvenated, ready to take on the challenges of their daily lives. Outside of the studio, you're likely to find her outside, enjoying the sun, and walking with her partner Zach and their rescue pup, Sammy.

Ready to apply?

The Everyone Path

Step 1 – Enroll by making a deposit or full payment (payment plans available

Step 2 – Fill out and submit the Student Application (Make sure to include receipt of deposit or full payment)

Step 3 – Wait patiently for your official acceptance letter!

The Scholarship Path

Step 1 – Apply by paying the $28 application fee below (converts into a drop in!)

Step 2 – Fill out and submit both the Student Application and Scholarship Application before July 10th, 2026 (Make sure to include receipt of the application fee)

Step 3 – Wait patiently for the announcement of the winner on July 15th, 2026

Step 4 – If awarded the scholarship, our team will reach out to you to process your payments. If not awarded the scholarship, you will have the opportunity to access early bird pricing.

Any other questions please email mackenzie@everyoneyoga.nyc

Tuition

$3333

Earlybird: $333 off until August 1, 2026
Discount code: YTTEARLYBIRD

All Members get 5% off

Option to pay in full or put $500 down and move forward with the payment plan that is available. Full payment must be received by November 1st.

Please note that early bird, member and scholarship discounts cannot be combined.

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Student Application

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Scholarships

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Latinx Scholarship (25%)

This scholarship was created to expand access, representation, and belonging within the yoga community, and is especially meaningful to us as a Latina-owned studio. Our founder Anna, a Mexican immigrant, built this space with the intention of creating pathways that did not always exist for her.

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LGBTQIA+ Scholarship (15%)

At Everyone Yoga, we believe wellness spaces should be places where people can show up fully as themselves. We also recognize that many LGBTQIA+ individuals have experienced exclusion, financial barriers, or a lack of affirming environments in both wellness and educational spaces. This scholarship is one way we are working to shift that reality and it is made possible through collaboration with The Rooted Refuge, a community acupuncture space in Ridgewood.

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Training Policies

This training is designed to be immersive, collaborative, and community-oriented. We ask students to arrive with openness, curiosity, and a willingness to actively engage with both the material and the people around them.

Students should expect to participate fully in discussions, practice teaching, self-reflection, engage in group work, movement practices, and mentorship throughout the duration of the program. Prior teaching experience is not required, a commitment to showing up consistently, completing assignments, and contributing respectfully to the learning environment is essential.

EYTT is not about perfection or performance. It is about developing a deeper understanding of yoga, learning how to think critically, and building the confidence to explore your own voice, perspective, and relationship to the practice. We ask that all students contribute to a space that feels supportive, inclusive, respectful, and grounded in community care.

A non-refundable, non-transferable $500 deposit is required to reserve your spot in the program. For students paying tuition in full, the deposit is included in the total program cost of $3,333. For students enrolling through a payment plan, the initial $500 payment will serve as the deposit.

In the event that the Program Directors determine the training is not an appropriate fit for a student prior to the start of the program, any payments made by the student, including deposit will be refunded in full.

Partial refunds, excluding the $500 deposit, may be requested before October 1, 2026. Refund requests made after this date will not be granted. After October 1, 2026, if a student is unable to participate in the 2026-2027 cohort, their registration may be transferred to another cohort, subject to approval by the Program Directors. Scholarships are not transferable to future cohorts.

Graduation from the Everyone Yoga Teacher Training (EYTT) requires consistent attendance and participation in all training sessions. We understand that students may have commitments outside of the program, and aim to be supportive while maintaining the integrity of the training.

If you need to miss a session, you must communicate with the Program Directors in advance. Early communication is essential, and students are responsible for arranging any required make-up hours at an additional cost.

Assignments are designed to support students’ learning and to help integrate material in a way that feels meaningful and applicable to you.

+FAQ- EY version, friendly guide

We’re glad you asked! Before diving deeper into their practice, people often believe that you can be “good” at yoga if you’re flexible or can do “advanced” poses. There is so much more to yoga than the physical aspect! We’re looking for those who have consistent practice (1x a week for at least 9 months, asana and/or meditation), and who are interested in learning. Definitely no need to be able to touch your toes.

Totally fine. This is a normal experience, teacher trainings are usually a mix of people who are interested in teaching and others who want to deepen their own practice. Lots of people just want to learn more about their yoga practice; the anatomy, the “why” behind the poses and the philosophy. This is an opportunity to take space for yourself, dive deep into self reflection and learning in a community oriented towards growth.

Yes, you’ll teach but we’re here for you!! We’ve all been there, beyond just teaching we’ll guide you through building confidence and learning to take space in a room. This skill will serve you for life !

We’ll be working in an environment of students and teachers who are also here to hold space for each other, we’re not here to be perfect, we are here to learn, grow and support each other.

At the EYTT we are diving into philosophy with the purpose of reflecting how we can effectively incorporate yoga’s life-changing & ancient wisdom into our modern lives. We will provide opportunities for reflection and discussion to allow students to discover or deepen their own sense of spirituality in a way that feels authentic and pressure free. We think spirituality can be pretty awesome when you realize it has the ability to meet you where you’re at