Self-Paced Online Yoga Teacher Training
A 300 hour course that makes Yoga available to Everyone
Making Physical Practices Adaptable for Everyone
With a keen interest in alignment-based yoga for diverse body types, Dianne is a world leader in making the physical practice accessible for everyone. Imagine having the skills to teach to EVERYONE in the room including older populations, those with injuries and/or other physical limitations.
In addition to the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga we will take a deep dive into making the world a more just and equitable place. This training, with guest speakers from diverse communities, provides a culturally sensitive learning environment that provides you with a framework for supporting people with disabilities, the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities and anyone else who has been marginalized.
Dianne’s accessible yoga curriculum is for you if:
- You want to invite a broader student base to your classes, but don’t know how to cue and instruct so that everyone feels comfortably seen and heard.
- You’ve enjoyed Dianne’s teaching as a student, and want to become an equitable yoga teacher in your community.
- You don’t know if you’re ready to teach yet, but you DO want to explore your perspectives on what yoga is and who it can - and should - serve.
- You’re ready to create acceptance and accessibility for all in yoga and beyond.
300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
This training expands on your practical teaching knowledge while simultaneously helping you to understand your role in creating a sublimely accessible yoga community and what you can do to make real change when you see a need.
*Applicants for the 300-hour RYTT must have a deep understanding of anti-racism work, implicit bias, and structural racism. To be successful, applicants must have begun their own work to address inner (complicit) bias, prejudice, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism, sexism, and racism.
How our 100% online RYTT programs work
- All classes will be completed online through pre-recorded modules.
- You’ll learn from online lectures.
- You’ll practice through demonstration, observation, assisting, and receiving feedback.
You’ll need:
- A computer.
- High-speed Wi-Fi connection.
- Online competency and the ability to work with online platforms like Zoom, Google Docs, YouTube, Facebook.
- A Smartphone to record content and classes.
- Yoga props including:
- A yoga mat.
- A strap or a scarf.
- Two or more blocks or big, stable books.
- A pillow or bolster.
- A blanket.
- A clear wall for exercises close to the camera.
What people say about this course:
Learning from Dianne Bondy is like:
A cool and refreshing breeze of understanding. There’s no truth Dianne won’t say to help you discover and deliver the mechanics of equitable yoga–yoga that leaves no one behind. She’ll help you overcome your hesitation and simply work confidently with all bodies. Dianne understands, because of her personal journey, that the practice is available to everyone when we know how to adapt it to the bodies in front of us.
Dianne is a ubiquitous contributor to the top Yoga publications, wrote the best-selling book, Yoga Is For Everyone, and co-authored Yoga Where You Are. Dianne came by her inclusive philosophy through her own experience of being every size, having brown skin, and seeing firsthand how demoralizing yoga felt to her as a child growing up with a mom teaching in the industry.
As the owner of a yoga studio for over a decade, Dianne understands the many hurdles and triumphs you face as an inclusive yoga instructor and activist. She’ll help you walk the 8-limbed yoga path with courage, strength, visibility, and passion so that YOU can share the many benefits of yoga with everyone you touch.
About Dianne
Dianne Bondy is a social justice activist, author, accessible yoga teacher, and leader of the Yoga For All movement.
Her approach to yoga empowers anyone to practice—regardless of their shape, size, ethnicity, or level of ability. Dianne is revolutionizing yoga by educating yoga instructors around the world on how to make their classes welcoming for all kinds of practitioners.
Change Agent in Modern Yoga
Dianne’s commitment to increasing diversity in yoga has been recognized in her work with Pennington’s, Gaiam, and the Yoga & Body Image Coalition, as well as in speaking engagements at Princeton, Duke, University of Buffalo and UC Berkeley on Yoga, Race, and Diversity. Her writing is published in Yoga and Body Image Volume 1, Yoga Renegades, and Yes Yoga Has Curves. You can also find Dianne online at yogaforalltraining.com and yogaforeveryone.tv.
Master Yoga Teacher
Dianne is the author of the international best selling book, Yoga for Everyone (DK Publishing, Penguin Random House), co-author of Yoga Where Yoga Are, and a frequent contributor to Yoga International, DoYou, Yoga Girl, and Omstars. She has been featured in publications such as The Guardian, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, Mashable, and People.
Meet Our Faculty
Gwen Jeun
Gwen graduated from Dianne’s first YTT class in 2011, and is now an ERYT-200HR.
She realized what she learned was too good to keep to herself! She has continued to assist Dianne in her live and online teacher trainings.
Gwen has completed workshops in Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark, Restorative Yoga with Cyndi Lee, and Hatha yoga with Doug Keller.
Gwen is an advocate for mental health and wellness in the veterinary profession.
Dr. Son Nguyen
As a practicing chiropractor and acupuncturist since 2003, Dr. Nguyen has incorporated her Chiropractic and Acupuncture training into her treatment of patients.
With a wealth of movement certifications (Stottt Pilates Rehabilitative Training, 200hr and 300 hr RYTT, 200 Hour Meditation, and CranioSacral Therapy, Ariel Yoga TT), Dr. Son is wildly passionate about educating herself and others in functional and healing movement practices.
Dr. Son will be leading the anatomy-physiology modules in the 200 and 300 HR RYTT.
Jovianne Williams
Joviane is a British Mauritian yoga practitioner and educator and a passionate advocate for humanity. Based just outside of the UK’s second city of Birmingham (London adjacent) she is the founder of Esprit Yoga studio.
She is a 500 hour Yoga Master that teaches Hatha, Nidra, Pre & Postnatal and Yin Inclusive Accessible Yoga for All
When she is not teaching yoga you will find her running Yoga Teacher Training workshops on Accessibility, Intersectionality and Privilege. Her philosophy is to ensure that yoga remains connected to its roots and is accessible to all. She holds a nurturing and healing space that allows people to reconnect to their spirit and to thrive both on and off the mat.
She has over a decade’s experience working within FTSE 100 companies, BSc & Masters Degree from Manchester Business School, she has 4 children, and (almost)40 years of experience of living and breathing yoga in a brown body.
Shawn J. Moore
Residing at the intersection of leadership and mindfulness, Shawn creates sacred spaces for stillness and self-inquiry to help changemakers align their strengths, intention, and impact. Reckoning with his own contemplation of burnout, purpose, and alignment from a career in higher education and student affairs for over 10 years, Shawn transitioned out of his role as Associate Dean of Student Life & Leadership at Morehouse College in the fall of 2021 to focus more on mindfulness and stillness-based training programs and workshops.
He is a Buddhist Dharma practitioner, whose impact filters through the practices of meditation, sound healing, yoga nidra, restorative yoga (E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500, YACEP®), and Gallup-Certified Strengths coaching, with a blend of over 18 years of personal practice and trainings. In addition to holding community space through classes, he provides training in leadership and strengths-based development, and workshops in mindfulness, meditation and sound healing. He has contributed workshops, practices, and educational opportunities for celebrities like Questlove, and various yoga studios and colleges, Yoga International, Embodied Philosophy, Sounds True One, the Human Rights Campaign, Spotify and Lululemon. He currently serves as the Community Engagement Specialist for Muse®, the neuro-technology, brain health, and meditation company.
300-hr RYTT Course modules
- Module 1: FOUNDATIONS OF TEACH & STUDENTSHIP
- Module 2: ALIGNMENT & REFINEMENT
- Module 3: ADVANCED PRACTICES
- Module 4: PHILOSOPHY & WISDOM
- Module 5: ART OF COMMUNICATIONS
- Module 6: PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION
- Module 7: MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION
- Module 8: AYURVEDA & YOGA
- Module 9: BUSINESS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Module 10: INTEGRATION & PRACTICAL TEACHER
When all of your homework is handed in and assignments completed succesfully. Dianne will create and email you your certificate and assist you in getting your YTT with the Yoga Alliance.
Any live sessions will be recorded and made available in the student portal.
Yes. a limited number of scholarships will be made available. You can fill in the application for a scholarship spot here.
The re-designed course launched on March 18, 2024 and can be taken at any time. You will have 12-months from registration to complete all assignment and requirements.
The cost for this course is US $3,450 and allows us to provide the scholarship program. Payments can be broken up over a number of months.