Atlanta is an exciting place to be in, with its bustling downtown district and sprawling forest that surrounds much of the city. The Big Peach is lush with yoga studios that are ripe for both newbies and experienced yogis alike. For practitioners looking to start their yoga teacher training (YTT), Atlanta’s yoga scene does not disappoint. Before embarking on your journey, knowing the curriculum and background on the studio is the first step to narrowing down your options.
| Studio | Price | Weekly Schedule | 2024 Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Element Yoga | $3,050 – $3250 | Weekend, Select Wednesdays and Fridays | To be announced (TBA) |
| 2 | Yonder Yoga | $3,095 – $3,495 | Wednesday, Friday – Sunday | June 21 – July 21 |
| 3 | YTT Collective | $3,200 | Friday – Sunday | Fall : TBA |
| 4 | Kashi Atlanta | $2,275 | Friday – Sunday | Feb 9 – July 21 ** |
| 5 | Evolation Yoga Atlanta | $3,050 – $3,450 | Friday – Sunday | March 22 – Nov 17 |
| 6 | Highland Yoga | $3,100 – $3,250 | Monday – Friday | June 3 -7, July 8 – 12 |
| 7 | Peachtree Yoga Center | $ 2,950 – $3,050 | Weekend | Aug 17 – Dec 8 |
| 8 | Dancing Dogs | $3,200 – $3,500 | Friday – Sunday | Oct 28 – April 7 ** |
** 2024 training has started
1. Element Yoga – Yoga Teacher Training in Atlanta
About the Yoga Studio in Atlanta
One of the best yoga teacher training in the USA, Element Yoga opened in March 2021 by founders Parisa Hervani and Jenny Holding. Driven by their love for yoga, resistance training and functional movement, their boutique yoga studio offers students a range of classes from Vinyasa, Barre, Restorative, and Meditation, among others. Element Yoga integrates yoga into the community with their various events they hold throughout the year, including workshops, free outdoor classes, and their 200-hour YTT.
About the Atlanta Yoga Program
You can expect a comprehensive curriculum at Element Yoga’s YTT. Their program includes an introduction to yoga and yoga teaching, anatomy and physiology, asanas or yoga poses, pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy and ethics, teaching methodology, and the business of yoga. As students delve deeper into each of these major topics during their training, they simultaneously are required to attend thirty yoga classes at any Element Yoga location. Their teaching roster includes founder Parisa, as well as skilled yoga instructors with over ten years of experience, each with their own unique background in yoga and movement.
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Price: $3,050 – $3250
2024 Dates: TBA
Schedule: Weekends, Select Wednesdays and Fridays
2. Yonder Yoga – Yoga Teacher Training Atlanta
About the Yoga Studio
For all those hot yoga fanatics out there, Yonder Yoga is the place for you. This yoga studio has five locations in Atlanta that offer infrared hot yoga classes. From hip-hop flow, candlelit yin, foundations flow, to much more, Yonder Yoga offers students a wide variety of heated classes. Founded in 2019, Yonder Yoga quickly became a yogi favorite and was even voted as Atlanta’s Best Yoga Studio in 2020 and 2021. They host international retreats, as well as 200-hour and 300-hour YTTs.
About the Yoga Program in Atlanta
The 200-hour yoga teacher training at Yonder Yoga incorporates all the basics to becoming a yoga teacher. Their curriculum includes anatomy and alignment, assisting students, cueing and leading yoga classes, yoga sequencing, pranayama, chakras, posture breakdown, and yoga sutras. Yonder Yoga prioritizes an intimate setting for students, capping their YTT class size at 18, so be sure to reserve your slot early enough this year.
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Price: $3,095 – $3,495
2024 Dates: June 21 – July 21
Schedule: Wednesdays 5:30pm – 8:30pm, Fridays 1pm – 5pm, Saturdays and Sundays 10am – 5pm
3. YTT Collective – Yoga Course in Atlanta
About the Yoga Studio
The YTT Collective is the only program on this list that is not tied to a singular yoga studio. They work with multiple yoga studios around North Atlanta, integrating partnering yoga studios’ YTT programs into one. Students get the chance to train at multiple yoga studios, gaining first-hand experience on the styles, resources, and teachers that each studio offers. The YTT Collective is led by founder Kim Saunders, who has practiced yoga for over forty years and brings her experience of training over 100 yogis to become 200-hour yoga teachers.
About the Program
Through their partnership with over eight studios in Atlanta, students will be led by yoga studio and gym owners through the YTT Collective curriculum. You can expect to gain knowledge on breakdowns and alignment of poses, breath work, meditation, yoga philosophy, teaching methodologies and styles, hands-on assists, and the business of yoga. Students will also get unlimited access to yoga classes with partnering studios throughout the YTT program.
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Price: $3,200
2024 Dates: TBA (Starts in the Fall)
Schedule: Friday – Sunday
Duration: 10 weeks
4. Kashi Atlanta – Atlanta Yoga Training
About the Yoga Studio
Kashi Atlanta is a community oriented studio that offers classical yoga to the Atlanta area. Students can attend their classes online or in-person, and many of their offerings are beginner-level friendly. Aside from their all level yoga classes, they hold yoga for seniors and restorative yoga. Their 200-hour yoga teacher training was created by Acharya Swami Jaya Devi in 2003, and she has continued to lead the program for twenty years.
About the Program
Kashi Atlanta’s 200-hour YTT is focused on an in-depth study of classical yoga. Their curriculum includes poses and techniques, breath work, meditation, anatomy, yoga philosophy, communication and inclusivity, sequencing, and the business of yoga. During the program, students are given the opportunity to participate in a group community service project.
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Price: $2,275
2024 Dates: Feb 9 – July 21 **
Schedule: Friday 6pm – 9pm, Saturday 10am – 4pm, Sunday 8am – 2pm
Duration: 9 weeks
5. Evolation Yoga Atlanta
About the Yoga Studio
Based in Midtown Atlanta, Evolation Yoga offers a variety of heated and non-heated yoga classes, meditation, and workshops. Their spacious 4,000 square ft. studio is home to over twenty experienced yoga teachers from various backgrounds and expertise. Many of their instructors have trained under Evolation’s founders, Mark Drost and Zefea Samson. You can attend many of their workshops, including sensory sound bath and breath work, as well as their 200-hour yoga teacher training.
About the Program
The Evolation Yoga 200-hour YTT is a carefully designed program that includes two major sections. Students can expect to learn twenty five poses and five pranayamas in the first half of the program, focusing on deep understanding of beginner friendly sequencing and modalities. They will then understand how to design a vinyasa class, a meditative class, and a gentle stretch class. This will enable students to quickly dive into teaching a class confidently with a solid foundation of poses in their back pocket.
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Price: $3,050 – $3,450
2024 Dates: March 22 – Nov 17
Schedule: Friday 6:30pm – 9:30pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am – 7pm
Duration: 9 weeks
6. Highland Yoga
About the Yoga Studio
Highland Yoga was founded in 2015 by Elsie Brotherton and John Irvin, both still active teachers at the studio. Their yoga studio specializes in vinyasa classes, and students will be able to find their signature HY Power Flow classes in all of their seven locations in Atlanta. Highland Yoga regularly holds international retreats, with their 2024 schedule booked for Greece and Costa Rica. For students looking to deepen their practice, they lead yearly teacher trainings at their Westside studio.
About the Program
The Highland Yoga 200-hour yoga teacher training is an intensive program that spans ten full days of lecture and practice. Students can expect to dive quickly into the topics of yoga history and philosophy, safely sequencing yoga classes, anatomy, meditation and mindfulness, the business of yoga, as well as special lectures on prenatal yoga and ayurvedic nutrition. With fifteen YTTs under their belt and a team of experienced yoga teachers leading the program, this immersive curriculum is tried and tested to give students all they need to build their yoga teacher foundation.
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Price: $3,100 – $3,250
2024 Dates: June 3 -7, July 8 – 12
Schedule: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
Duration: 10 days
7. Peachtree Yoga Center
About the Yoga Studio
The Peachtree Yoga Center has an interesting story to tell. It originally started in 1998 out of founder Graham Fowler’s own home. After transferring his practice to a stand-alone yoga space, the studio’s own students and other volunteers all helped out bringing together the new design. The yoga studio has since been bought by one of Peachtree’s own instructors, Ilona Moore, whose love for the studio and its community pushed her to continue the business. The Peachtree Yoga Center has held over fifty 200-hour yoga teacher trainings to date.
About the Program
The Peachtree Yoga Center takes their experience in leading YTTs for over twenty years to the next level by combining the best part of their previous courses into one holistic program. Their curriculum includes key elements of anatomy, yoga philosophy, posture work, chakras, breath work, and partner work. Be prepared to work hard as the team places “learn by doing” to the forefront of their training. Students are expected to practice teach throughout the program in order to practice guiding alignment, modifications, hands on assists, and benefits.
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Price: $2,950 – $3,050
2024 Dates: August 17 – December 8
Schedule: Saturday and Sunday 8am – 6:30pm
Duration: 9 weeks
8. Dancing Dogs Yoga
About the Yoga Studio
Dancing Dogs Yoga in Atlanta started in 2010 with the vision of serving the yoga community through outreach and a space for dedicated yoga practice. The yoga studio frequently holds workshops and free classes, aiming to empower students from all walks of life. It was founded by Shelley Carroll, who is an E-RYT500 and a certified ayurvedic practitioner. Carroll holds frequent international retreats, and leads Dancing Dogs Yoga’s 200-hour yoga teacher training.
About the Program
Dancing Dogs Yoga not only holds yoga teacher trainings locally, but they have partners that have allowed them to train students internationally and in North Carolina. For yogis interested in their Atlanta course, their curriculum covers anatomy and physiology, sequencing, practice teaching, hands-on assisting, philosophy, asana, and meditation. You will be led by Carroll and skilled teachers in the studio, who have over a decade of collective experience in teaching yoga students. True to their mission of being a community based studio, they offer multiple scholarships for military spouses, the BIPOC community, and queer students.
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Price: $3,200 – $3,500
2024 Dates: Friday – Sunday
Schedule: October 28 – April 7 **
Duration: 7 weeks
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