Every tomorrow is determined by every today.

-Yogananda

Advanced Studies Program

300-hour training

Investing in today means investing in tomorrow and the entire shape of your life and wellbeing. While this training is for teachers of yoga who wish to increase their impact as an instructor of yoga, more importantly, it is for teachers of yoga who desire a deeper practice of their own—of learning how to embody the principles of integral yoga beyond asana. Our hope is that this training will inspire you in how you live and how you teach, so that yoga might create an even greater ripple-effect into your life and being.

Schedule

Full Schedule Forthcoming, but here’s what we have so far:

  • November 6-10, 2026: Foundations of Ayurveda with Mas Vidal

  • October 8-10, 2027: Subtle Anatomy with Michelle Cassandra Johnson

Program Overview

  • This course is led by Mas Vidal (Maheshananda) and provides the essential education for students, yoga teachers, medical practitioners, or natural healers looking for a comprehensive introduction to Ayurveda, and for individuals interested promoting longevity and wellness. 

  • The path of yoga is brilliantly designed to work with our physical and energy bodies. In this weekend immersion with Michelle Cassandra Johnson, we will explore subtle anatomy to deepen awareness, promote healing, and support individual and collective transformation. 

    The immersion includes a deep dive into the energy body through an exploration of the kosha system, chakras, vayus, and more. Bridging the ancient wisdom stream of yoga with somatic experience and metaphysical studies, we will learn about the body as an interconnected field of physical, energetic, and spiritual experience. The immersion will include meditation, pranayama, embodied practices, self and collective inquiry, and rest and integrative practices. 

  • Led by April Eljeiroudi + Bridget Galli

  • Led by Bridget Galli

  • Led by Bridget Galli

  • Led by April Eljeiroudi + Lisa Vortman

  • Led by April Eljeiroudi

  • Led by April Eljeiroudi

  • Led by Lisa Danylchuk

  • Led by Mel Salvatore-August + April Eljeiroudi

  • Led by Heather Swallow

  • Each participant will receive 20 hours of mentorship by lead instructors and will be responsible for completing a project of their choosing.

Meet the Faculty

April Eljeiroudi

Michelle Cassandra Johnson

Mas Vidal

Bridget Galli

Heather Swallow

Mel Salvatore-August

Lisa Danylchuk

INVESTMENT

First, select the tier below that best aligns with your financial resources. Then, determine if you'd like to pay in full or sign up for 12 monthly installments:

$4,500 in full or $375/month (supporting tier)

$4,000 in full or $334/month (sustaining tier)

$3,500 in full or $292/month (supported tier)​

ABOUT OUR TIERS

  • Supporting: you can comfortably afford food, housing, healthcare, and some financial savings. You can generally afford leisure activities.

  • Sustaining: you may stress about your basic needs, but can usually meet them. Although sometimes stressful, you have some expendable income after meeting your monthly expenses.

  • Supported: with less expendable income, you could use extra community support to access the benefits of yoga with a lessened barrier of cost.

SCHOLARSHIPS & WORK STUDY

PRANA YOGA + WELLBEING offers several opportunities for scholarships and work study. Please be sure to contact us if cost is prohibitive in any way to your pursuit of advanced studies. PRANA Yoga + Wellbeing is committed to making yoga equitable and accessible to all in our community!

Send us an email to inquire: info@pranayogawellbeing.com

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 FAQs

  • This program is designed for anyone interested in deepening their practice of yoga and knowledge about its history, philosophy, and tradition. Students may or may not want to teach yoga after completion of the training, but they will have the credentials to teach if they decide to do that.

  • PRANA appreciates the efforts Yoga Alliance has made in recent years to center DEI into their values and into the curriculum requirements they present for being a registered school for yoga instruction. Given that Yoga Alliance is the most widely-known standard of yoga teacher training certification, we have decided to follow their guidance and certify with them, so our graduates are able to teach at studios who require this certification for their instructors.

  • Students are expected to attend all outlined requirements for completion of the program. We understand extenuating circumstances will arise, and we will do our best to accommodate students as needed. That said, students who miss modules may be required to participate in the next cohort of ASP to make up what was missed.

  • This is a 200-hour training; therefore, participants should be prepared to complete 200 hours of study between August 2025 and summer 2026.

  • Students are required to attend one class with April and one class with Bridget per week at PRANA. Students are expected to develop a daily meditation practice as well as a home practice of yoga.

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