Mary Byerly Yoga

Yoga Teacher Training

Transform your life and awaken your potential! This training, a hybrid that begins with home study and ends with two weeks on a beautiful mountain full of Costa Rican nature, provides a safe space to go deep into asana, pranayama, meditation, philosophy, functional anatomy and biomechanics, modifications, adjusting, teaching skills, intelligent sequencing, and social justice. Experience yoga as an embodied path of releasing old patterns and understandings and learn how to live your best life. Through this course, you will connect to the teacher within you and feel your practice grow from the surface of your body to the depth of your soul. You will understand the honor of being the teacher, and see yourself become a confident guide for yourself and others.

Here in Costa Rica, the Panacea family will surround us with love and support on this yogic journey. You will be nourished on all levels: with delicious, fresh, locally-sourced vegetarian food from our on-site chef, with amazing views of the Pacific ocean and valleys, with the comfort and simplicity of our design, with love from the crew of rescued animals, and you will be seen, heard, and guided well by a masterful teacher’s teacher. 

You will also put your knowledge into action in our local community, as this is an important aspect of the path of yoga. We have an ongoing relationship with the Ecodesi senior center, and a portion of your tuition is donated to this organization. As part of this training, you will also volunteer your new yoga skills by co-teaching at Ecodesi.

What’s new in 2023?

I am excited to announce that my 2023 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training will be done with a combination of both at home study and in person immersion.  In this new format, you will have the best of both worlds.  Before training, you will have a greater amount of time to absorb the foundational information given in this training, done in a combination of recorded videos, readings and worksheets, along with a series of live online meetings with your cohort and myself. 

The pre-recorded videos and reading will cover a good amount of the basics of history, philosophy, and anatomy to give you plenty of time to view both at your convenience and as many times as you’d like to let the information sink in.  You will be assessed on your uptake of the information in a variety of ways, both through sending in projects as well as through the online discussions that we’ll have – and you will receive as much support as you need to gain this knowledge.