The eight BEST Yoga TEACHER Trainings in the World.
There are thousands of yoga teacher trainings around the world, but only a select few are truly transformative — the kind that reshape not only how you teach, but how you see, feel, and navigate the world. Whether you’re drawn to lineage, philosophy, skillful sequencing, community, or modern embodiment and somatic tools, these trainings offer something deeper than a certificate. They offer a path.
Below is a curated list of eight respected yoga teacher trainings across the globe, shared in no particular order. These are not ranked — each holds its own intelligence, culture, and atmosphere.
Without further ago, here’s our 2026 list!
The Sacred Fig
200hr and 300hr Teacher Trainings in Bali & Portugal
Immersive, community-driven, and refreshingly post-lineage, The Sacred Fig weaves biomechanics, somatics, breathwork, critical inquiry, and personal development into a deeply impactful training experience. Rather than memorizing scripts or shapes, the emphasis is on refining your voice — as both a human and a teacher. Founded by Anton Brandt, The Sacred Fig has been shaping thoughtful, emotionally intelligent teachers for more than ten years.
Jules Mitchell 300 Hour
For teachers who love clarity, logic, and research. Jules doesn’t tell you what to teach — she teaches you how to think about movement, anatomy, variability, and pain science. It’s like enrolling in a biomechanics graduate program, but with yoga philosophy and curiosity woven through. No dogma, only inquiry.
Sky Ting Yoga
Based in downtown NYC and founded by Krissy Jones, Sky Ting brings together Katonah theory, Taoist influences, breath awareness, alignment principles, metaphor, music, and a touch of humor — all within a modern, stylish, and welcoming studio culture. Smart, creative, and effortlessly cool.
Kula Yoga Project
Co-founded by Nikki Vilella, Kula Yoga Project is a longtime New York institution, known for its rigor, precision, integrity, and thoughtful pedagogy. Their teacher trainings are highly regarded — intelligent, structured, alignment-focused, and deeply rooted in clarity of language, purpose, and teaching methodology.
David Elliott Breathwork Training
A deeply immersive breathwork training centered around emotional release, somatic awareness, intuitive development, energy work, and therapeutic facilitation. While it isn’t a yoga training in the traditional sense, it’s a powerful complement — especially for teachers who want to hold space with emotional intelligence, grounding, and genuine care.
Tenon Movement
Founded by Kyle Miller, Kate Posch, Christopher Golden, and Alex Sharry, Tenon Movement lives at the intersection of Katonah Yoga, functional vinyasa, mobility, strength, somatics, and breath. Thoughtful, spherical, embodied — it brings intelligence and sustainability to practice, without losing soul.
Meridian Yoga Therapy with Dr. Rose Erin Vaughan
Where yoga meets Chinese Medicine. Rose Erin explores fascia, meridian mapping, organ energetics, acupoints, and emotional patterning — brought to life through storytelling, movement, and therapeutic touch.
Katonah Yoga with Nevine Michaan
Geometry, metaphor, myth, and map-making. Katonah Yoga sees the body as a well-designed house — part architecture, part imagination, part wisdom tradition. It’s not where you begin (they don’t offer a 200-hour program), but where you go to refine, reorganize, and re-map your understanding of practice — and expand how you see yourself within it.
