Stephanie (Pushti) is devoted to you and your deeper yogic experience during, and even after, our training time together. Traditionally, this is how Yoga was passed down through the ages. Without a long-term teacher, no one to consistently see your progression and practice in your Yoga training, you may feel something missing in the dedication and devotion you experience on your path. THIS is why we are upleveling our YTT to a Mentoring model.
We provide both SAYF-Certified, American Yoga Council, & Yoga Alliance-approved 200-Hour Teacher Training. Our program exceeds the basic requirements of Yoga Alliance in many ways, but, most importantly, will teach you how to use your strengths to truly connect with the students you teach.
“Our inspiration is to share Yoga in ways that are meaningful to you energetically and spiritually. Jaya Yoga is also uniquely grounded in preventing yoga injuries so that you can continue your practice for the rest of your life - we approach yoga not from what's trendy, but from what's sacred, sustainable, and revolutionary.” - Stephanie
We provide both SAYF-Certified, American Yoga Council, & Yoga Alliance-approved 200-Hour Teacher Training. Our program exceeds the basic requirements of Yoga Alliance in many ways, but, most importantly, will teach you how to use your strengths to truly connect with the students you teach.
“Our inspiration is to share Yoga in ways that are meaningful to you energetically and spiritually. Jaya Yoga is also uniquely grounded in preventing yoga injuries so that you can continue your practice for the rest of your life - we approach yoga not from what's trendy, but from what's sacred, sustainable, and revolutionary.” - Stephanie
Mentoring RYT 200 Program
Why is our RYT mentoring program extraordinary?
1) SAYF & Human Movement Mechanics:
Our Mentoring YTT will teach you to truly understand bodies, not just postures. The best yoga teachers are teaching to people through understanding bodies and movement, not just repeating alignment cues or memorizing poses.
2) Self-Reflection through Mentoring:
Our Mentoring YTT will teach you to truly understand yoga, not just asana. The best yoga teachers embody yoga as a life practice, not just a mat practice.
3) Trusted & Experienced Program:
Our YTT program has been upleveling now for nearly 30 years. Every year it gets better and even more comprehensive.
4) Graduate with up to THREE credentials:
RYT & SAYF & AYC
5) Access & Choice:
ACCESS: Our program can be attended online, in-person, or a combination of both. Our Mentoring YTT is an incredible value, and can be paid for "as you go" monthly.
CHOICE:
Begin with Semester 1 or 2 and then choose your remaining hours:
Semester 1: September through Mid-January
Semester 2: Mid-January through Mid-June
75 YTT Hours per Semester = 150 YTT Hrs
Total hours will include group weekly 2-hour mentoring plus more mentoring, weekend/one-day workshops, and online programming series.
AND MORE CHOICE - Elective Hour Choices:
Remaining hours are comprised of electives, and you can choose from several great offerings:
- Destination Trainings in Costa Rica, India, Thailand or Portugal (30-80 YTT/CE hours per trip)
- Weekend Retreats combined with online training in Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra (up to 12 YTT/CE hours)
- Choose from SAYF Online Programs, developed by Stephanie Adams, our RYS Director, including:
When?
We will meet one day each week 12-2 PST (whichever works best for the majority - its looking like Thursday right now). You can attend either in-person in-studio or live online for a master class and then a lesson. I’d like everyone to attend “live” (but if you need to miss an average of one live session a month, you can make it up via recording). There will be 1-2 hours of homework each week, as well, which often will include a quiz.
Who?
Our group of 10-20 Trainees will gather for 2 hours/week (you choose: either Online or In-Studio). To further the experience, our group will, also, be taking, or reviewing, the SAYF Training simultaneously along with the mentoring hours for the first Semester.
What will we be doing?
Our mentoring time focus will always include philosophy, pranayama, meditation and mantra. We will also be really refining and upleveling our language (including inclusive and trauma-informed language), pose options and deeper understanding of human movement mechanics so that every pose can be both practiced and/or taught progressively for all bodies, and so much more. Our Mentoring YTT will teach you to truly understand bodies, not just postures. The best yoga teachers are teaching to people through understanding bodies and movement, not just repeating alignment cues or memorizing poses. In addition to our scheduled 2 hours, you will will have access to the SAYF Training while you are mentoring, and will have email access to me during this mentoring time, as well. As we get further along, there will also be practice teaching options (but only when/if you feel really ready) where I will give feedback to improve your teaching.
Your time commitment
3-4 hours/week (includes both SAYF study and email access, as well). And, if interested, you will earn 15 hours/month toward CEs, 200 RYT, or 300/500 RYT. Your monthly cost will be $199 via autopay until we feel you are done, or you choose to cancel.
How to register/purchase?
You can sign-up anytime to commit but choose to have your program start on September 1 or January 1. $199/month autopay. This also INCLUDES access to the $499 SAYF 2.0 Training.
https://www.sayfyoga.com/purchase
Mentoring & Completing your RYT 200:
Semester 1:
September-Jan: 20 weeks of learning to teach SAYF asana, the 8 limbs, philosophy, pranayama, meditation and mantra
Semester 2:
Jan-March: 10-Week Yama/Niyama Course January - March 2025 - applying yoga to your life
Mar-April 2025: 3-Week Pranayama Course
April 2025: SAYF Movement - NEW course focusing on learning to progress options for all major joints
May-June 2025 - Practice Teaching, Ethics, Mantra, Mudra, Sanskrit, & More
Financial Commitment:
10 months of mentoring at $199/month for completing these foundational courses = $1990 = 150 hours
These 10 months will give you the foundation you need to prepare you to teach yoga classes with upleveled language (including inclusive and trauma-informed language), pose options and deeper understanding of human movement mechanics so that every pose can be both practiced and/or taught progressively for all bodies, and so much more!
For the rest of the required 200 hours, you will need an additional 40 hours. You can choose from any of the programming listed below. If you can make it happen, we highly recommend including one of the Retreats so that you can experience the transformational benefit of creating this time away with like-minded persons supporting your growth through the lens of yoga. The One Week Intensives include 30 hours toward YTT, and India is 80 hours.
Destination learning (continuing education or YTT in-person on retreat) OPTIONS:
~Radical Restoration (sound healing, restorative, Yoga Nidra, and meditative practices), Breitenbush - Early March and late October 2026
~Return to the Source, Rishikesh, Haridwar & Agra, India - November 2026 - Soul'd Out (Waitlisting for 2029)
~ Thailand, Morocco, Croatia, or Baja 2027
~Wildview, Algarve, Portugal April 26-May 3, 2028
Come along…join us...retreat to expand...and connect with nature, community and self.
Hoping life is sweet, meaningful, and/or joyful for you today.
If you aren’t sure if you want to commit to Steph being your mentor, this FREE 5 hour course The Transformative Power of Accessible Yoga will help you get to know me a bit better and it is, also, a great introduction to my background and my approach to yoga: https://www.sayfyoga.com/assignments
Why is our RYT mentoring program extraordinary?
1) SAYF & Human Movement Mechanics:
Our Mentoring YTT will teach you to truly understand bodies, not just postures. The best yoga teachers are teaching to people through understanding bodies and movement, not just repeating alignment cues or memorizing poses.
2) Self-Reflection through Mentoring:
Our Mentoring YTT will teach you to truly understand yoga, not just asana. The best yoga teachers embody yoga as a life practice, not just a mat practice.
3) Trusted & Experienced Program:
Our YTT program has been upleveling now for nearly 30 years. Every year it gets better and even more comprehensive.
4) Graduate with up to THREE credentials:
RYT & SAYF & AYC
5) Access & Choice:
ACCESS: Our program can be attended online, in-person, or a combination of both. Our Mentoring YTT is an incredible value, and can be paid for "as you go" monthly.
CHOICE:
Begin with Semester 1 or 2 and then choose your remaining hours:
Semester 1: September through Mid-January
Semester 2: Mid-January through Mid-June
75 YTT Hours per Semester = 150 YTT Hrs
Total hours will include group weekly 2-hour mentoring plus more mentoring, weekend/one-day workshops, and online programming series.
AND MORE CHOICE - Elective Hour Choices:
Remaining hours are comprised of electives, and you can choose from several great offerings:
- Destination Trainings in Costa Rica, India, Thailand or Portugal (30-80 YTT/CE hours per trip)
- Weekend Retreats combined with online training in Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra (up to 12 YTT/CE hours)
- Choose from SAYF Online Programs, developed by Stephanie Adams, our RYS Director, including:
- Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra,
- Sanskrit,
- Pranayama,
- Traditional Meditation Practices of Yoga,
- Hatha Roll (fascial rolling, asana, & using a foam roller as an innovative prop for practice),
- Trauma Sensitive Yoga Training,
- Mantra/Mudra,
- SAYF Movement
- Yin Yoga & the Physiology of Stretching
- Hands-On or Personal Guidance - Creating Connection through Touch or Guidance
- Partner Yoga
When?
We will meet one day each week 12-2 PST (whichever works best for the majority - its looking like Thursday right now). You can attend either in-person in-studio or live online for a master class and then a lesson. I’d like everyone to attend “live” (but if you need to miss an average of one live session a month, you can make it up via recording). There will be 1-2 hours of homework each week, as well, which often will include a quiz.
Who?
Our group of 10-20 Trainees will gather for 2 hours/week (you choose: either Online or In-Studio). To further the experience, our group will, also, be taking, or reviewing, the SAYF Training simultaneously along with the mentoring hours for the first Semester.
What will we be doing?
Our mentoring time focus will always include philosophy, pranayama, meditation and mantra. We will also be really refining and upleveling our language (including inclusive and trauma-informed language), pose options and deeper understanding of human movement mechanics so that every pose can be both practiced and/or taught progressively for all bodies, and so much more. Our Mentoring YTT will teach you to truly understand bodies, not just postures. The best yoga teachers are teaching to people through understanding bodies and movement, not just repeating alignment cues or memorizing poses. In addition to our scheduled 2 hours, you will will have access to the SAYF Training while you are mentoring, and will have email access to me during this mentoring time, as well. As we get further along, there will also be practice teaching options (but only when/if you feel really ready) where I will give feedback to improve your teaching.
Your time commitment
3-4 hours/week (includes both SAYF study and email access, as well). And, if interested, you will earn 15 hours/month toward CEs, 200 RYT, or 300/500 RYT. Your monthly cost will be $199 via autopay until we feel you are done, or you choose to cancel.
How to register/purchase?
You can sign-up anytime to commit but choose to have your program start on September 1 or January 1. $199/month autopay. This also INCLUDES access to the $499 SAYF 2.0 Training.
https://www.sayfyoga.com/purchase
Mentoring & Completing your RYT 200:
Semester 1:
September-Jan: 20 weeks of learning to teach SAYF asana, the 8 limbs, philosophy, pranayama, meditation and mantra
Semester 2:
Jan-March: 10-Week Yama/Niyama Course January - March 2025 - applying yoga to your life
Mar-April 2025: 3-Week Pranayama Course
April 2025: SAYF Movement - NEW course focusing on learning to progress options for all major joints
May-June 2025 - Practice Teaching, Ethics, Mantra, Mudra, Sanskrit, & More
Financial Commitment:
10 months of mentoring at $199/month for completing these foundational courses = $1990 = 150 hours
These 10 months will give you the foundation you need to prepare you to teach yoga classes with upleveled language (including inclusive and trauma-informed language), pose options and deeper understanding of human movement mechanics so that every pose can be both practiced and/or taught progressively for all bodies, and so much more!
For the rest of the required 200 hours, you will need an additional 40 hours. You can choose from any of the programming listed below. If you can make it happen, we highly recommend including one of the Retreats so that you can experience the transformational benefit of creating this time away with like-minded persons supporting your growth through the lens of yoga. The One Week Intensives include 30 hours toward YTT, and India is 80 hours.
Destination learning (continuing education or YTT in-person on retreat) OPTIONS:
~Radical Restoration (sound healing, restorative, Yoga Nidra, and meditative practices), Breitenbush - Early March and late October 2026
~Return to the Source, Rishikesh, Haridwar & Agra, India - November 2026 - Soul'd Out (Waitlisting for 2029)
~ Thailand, Morocco, Croatia, or Baja 2027
~Wildview, Algarve, Portugal April 26-May 3, 2028
Come along…join us...retreat to expand...and connect with nature, community and self.
Hoping life is sweet, meaningful, and/or joyful for you today.
If you aren’t sure if you want to commit to Steph being your mentor, this FREE 5 hour course The Transformative Power of Accessible Yoga will help you get to know me a bit better and it is, also, a great introduction to my background and my approach to yoga: https://www.sayfyoga.com/assignments
We understand that your life is busy and there are often many other commitments you need to consider before diving into a 200 hour training program. After years of experience leading trainings, we have determined a balanced training schedule that allows our students to best absorb the breadth of the training program, as well as, honor those modern life commitments (family, work, finances, and personal time). You don't have to give up your weekends!
Foundational 200 Hr Training Highlights:
Anatomy, Physiology & Biomechanics (SAYF)
You’ll develop a grounded, practical understanding of how bodies move so you can keep students safer and more supported.
By the end of the program, you’ll be able to:
- Apply SAYF movement principles to assess joint positioning, movement patterns, and load, and use that understanding to help prevent common yoga-related injuries.
- Evaluate poses functionally and offer progressive variations based on joint mechanics, strength balance, and individual structural differences—focusing on what is beneficial for each body, not what looks “ideal.”
- Create intelligent sequences that support joint integrity, balanced muscular engagement, and healthy breath mechanics across different categories of asana.
- Describe what’s happening in the body during transitions between poses—naming joint actions, key muscles, and primary movers—so you can direct student effort toward true body balancing.
- Understand how tissues are injured and how load, alignment, and repetition interact—then adjust poses, transitions, and sequencing to reduce risk and support sustainable practice for diverse bodies.
Lifestyle & Ethics (Yama, Niyama & Code of Conduct)
You’ll learn to live yoga, not just teach it.
By the end of the program, you’ll be able to:
- Apply the Yamas and Niyamas as guiding principles for personal responsibility, discernment, and relational clarity—and reference them in your own self-reflection and choices.
- Work with a new philosophical principle each week, applying it to your life and submitting reflections on how it shows up in your daily experience.
- Make lifestyle choices that support steadiness, self-study, moderation, contentment, and integrity—on and off the mat—in alignment with yoga’s ethical framework and our Code of Conduct.
Ethics & Business
You’ll learn to run your teaching life with integrity and self-respect.
By the end of the program, you’ll be able to:
- Communicate and work professionally—with honesty, timeliness, and clarity in all teaching-related interactions.
- Create ethical professional relationships by practicing non-harm, respect, confidentiality, and equity, in alignment with ahimsa, asteya, and the studio’s Code of Conduct.
- Make sustainable business decisions rooted in svadhyaya and ahimsa—honoring your time, energy, and expertise while maintaining integrity and self-respect.
Practice Skills (Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, Kriya, Chanting, etc.)
Your personal practice becomes your laboratory for learning and transformation.
By the end of the program, you’ll be able to:
- Develop and sustain a consistent personal practice that includes asana, pranayama, meditation, and philosophy as tools for inner awareness and clarity—supported by weekly mentoring and self-reflection.
- Apply SAYF movement principles to your own practice, choosing progressive options that match your physical capacity, energy level, and mental state.
- Describe how practices like meditation, mantra, and mudra change your inner experience, and articulate what modern science suggests about their impact on focus, nervous system health, and well-being.
Teaching Skills (Cueing, Observing, Assisting, Room Management)
You’ll refine the art of teaching in real, trauma-aware, inclusive ways.
By the end of the program, you’ll be able to:
- Guide and teach classes using trauma-informed, inclusive, progressive cueing that supports all bodies and fosters psychological safety.
- Observe and adapt in real time, offering clear verbal cues, functional options, prop use, and pose progressions based on what you see in the room.
- Create and sequence classes with SAYF methodology, ensuring joint-safe transitions, intelligent pacing, clear class architecture, and energetic balance.
- Design supportive, compassionate classes that use trauma-sensitive language to help students feel safe, seen, and respected.
Yoga History & Theory
You’ll gain a grounded, heartfelt understanding of yoga’s roots and philosophy.
By the end of the program, you’ll be able to:
- Develop an introductory understanding of subtle energy systems—including chakras, koshas, and nadis—learning their basic locations, key qualities, and how they relate to asana and pranayama practice.
- Practice and teach foundational pranayama techniques with safe alignment and pacing, describe their effects on energy and the nervous system, and understand basic cautions and contraindications.
- Develop familiarity with Sanskrit, reading and pronouncing the names of yoga postures accurately and respectfully.
- Describe key teachings from the Yoga Sutras, including presence and over 40 foundational philosophical concepts.
- Understand and describe the 8 Limbs of Yoga as a framework for both personal practice and teaching, and integrate one or more limbs into class themes, reflection, or cueing in a simple, authentic way.
Special Topics & Electives
You can deepen your training in areas that matter most to you.
By the end of the program, you’ll be able to:
- Choose elective focuses such as chair yoga, fascia and lymph, restorative yoga, yoga nidra, yin yoga, partner yoga, or using a fascial roller as a prop—rounding out your skills and clarifying your teaching niche.
- Meet specific learning criteria aligned with your chosen electives so your training reflects both the breadth of yoga and your unique teaching path.
What to Look for in a Yoga Teacher Training Program
As you compare different programs and schools, feel free to ask lots of questions about the program and the experience of the Trainers. Not only how long have they been practicing or teaching Yoga, but how long have they been training teachers.
Another thing to consider is how many students will be allowed into the program. It is of the utmost importance to us that we have enough people to generate energy and support, but not so many that we are limited in our personal connection to each student.
Stephanie has been taught by master teachers in the U.S. and India and has taken a variety of trainings around the world to ensure that she is providing classes to inspire the mind, awaken the spirit, and bring vital energy into the body. Our teacher trainers have been trained in many forms of vinyasa/astanga/power, bihar, kriya/kundalini, yin, Iyengar, partner/acro, Pranava, and therapeutic/viniyoga. Stephanie has been practicing asana regularly since 1994 (32 years), and training Yoga teachers and developing curriculum for Yoga Alliance-approved training programs nearly full-time since 2000 (26 years).
Questions about weekend workshop logistics?
- If on a budget, we recommend booking at the Society Hotel across the river where you can, usually, stay in the dorm rooms for less than $50/night. This includes use of the sauna, cold plunge and hot soaking tub (by appointment).
- Food, lodging, and transportation to Hood River are your own expense, but we will do our best to help you coordinate rides, etc, from the airport, if needed.
- Each one day workshop training includes a packet/manual. For some, there is also a recommended or required book. We have carefully considered which books are most essential to a yoga teacher's reference library - if we require one, you will use these again and again.
Questions?
A yoga teacher training is and should be an intentional, personal relationship with both yourself and your inner growth, as well as with your teacher trainers and the information that is presented. We would love to have a personal conversation with you regarding our program and your interests to make sure that we are a good fit for you and your needs.
To register please contact us expressing your interest and any remaining questions you may have regarding the Jaya Training Program. You may also directly register for our upcoming trainings and workshops online.
To register please contact us expressing your interest and any remaining questions you may have regarding the Jaya Training Program. You may also directly register for our upcoming trainings and workshops online.
Here is what people are saying about our Teacher Training (unsolicited feedback):
"Stephanie, thank you so much for the training. I can’t find words for a high enough praise. I have been changed by it. I appreciate your graciousness." ~ Dr. K Wright
“First I want to thank you so much for the incredible weekend. I feel so happy and focused and calm and excited and emotional (all those at once) to continue my learning with you both, with Jaya Yoga. I feel very clear about this—pursuing a path that manifests as supporting others has been in my mind and heart for over 20 years—should I get a graduate degree in psychology? Should I enter into energy work? Life coach? Yoga teacher?
I am clear now about the path—this is huge for me (and for my family, who has been observing this spinning wheel in my mind for a long time). As a dancer, and as a support person in my work and family and life, yoga is the magic combination of movement and expression and quiet and compassion and challenge and joy for me. The universe seems to be offering me openings in this regard right now, and I can’t explain why this is, but know I would like to move forward. I was deeply moved by the weekend, and humbled by all there is to learn—you know the old adage, the more you know, the more you don’t know!
All I learned made so much sense to me intuitively—emotionally, and physically. I am excited to have learned how to care for myself more fully in yoga and how to care for others. Practicing restraint and calming my own intensity is a life challenge for me, but I felt an opening in that regard, in myself, after the weekend.” ~ VT
“I wanted to say “Thank You” again to you for the amazing opportunity you provided for us to all come together and learn and celebrate yoga. The depth of your knowledge, compassion, and love for what you do and the people you teach is truly a thing of beauty and I count myself lucky to be able to share in that. I’m inspired to share what I learned and have been processing the weekend and rereading my notes today in hopes that I can internalize as much as possible and bring it into my own classes as well as my life.” ~BB
“Once again let me tell you how grateful I am ...My life has been changed forever and that seems to happen every time I meet with you. I want to tell you a story: On Saturday when I had that experience of waves of heavy sadness I didn’t know if I could bear it but I decided to let my body handle it because it obviously didn’t want to store that pain any longer. I thought when I came to the workshop that I could disconnect and leave my problems at home and I was surprised that I could feel everything that I was feeling and still enjoy the training. Usually when I am having an experience I get disconnected from my body. This time it was different and I was in my body... I suspect that is part of your mission of creating a yoga community and I want you to know IT’S WORKING!!!” ~JH
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
~ Rumi
~ Rumi
