Advanced Teacher Training
practices.
transformation.
SUBTLE
LASTING
Ananda Ashram School of Hatha Yoga
Each immersion offers the opportunity to engage deeply with a foundational practice through experience, reflection, inquiry and guided practice. Rather than simply learning about these teachings, you have the opportunity to explore how they can become an embodied and transformative part of everyday life.
Eligible for up to 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits
There is a deeper dimension of Yoga that invites us inward to listen, breathe, rest and become more fully present. Deepen Your Yoga Path is a training series designed for yoga teachers, dedicated practitioners, and curious seekers who are ready to embody the deeper dimensions of Yoga as a lived practice through immersive study of Nada Yoga, Pranayama and Yoga Nidra.
“The purpose of yoga is
self-knowledge.”
— Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati
At Ananda Ashram, from practice we learn to teach
Whether taken individually or as part of the complete series, you are invited to explore three foundational pathways into the subtle practices of Yoga. The series offers an opportunity to deepen personal practice, and thoughtfully integrate the teachings into everyday life.
You create the foundation for your own journey of tuning inward to navigate your life with presence.
Why Study
Here
For teachers, dedicated practitioners, and anyone curious to embody the deeper dimensions of Yoga as a lived practice. You will leave these immersions with the tools to begin sharing these practices with others, while also fundamentally changing the course of your life.
Value a traditional,
immersive environment
Feel called to teach
Grow their physical practice
Deepen their understanding of yoga
What You Will Study
The Yoga of Breath
This immersion explores the traditional yogic practice of pranayama as a tool for cultivating awareness, balance, vitality, and preparation for meditation. Through direct experience, you will learn how to approach breath practices in a way that is both grounded in tradition and sustainable for your own practice. You will leave with a deeper understanding of prana and breath awareness, experience with foundational practices, a personalized pranayama practice and the ability to integrate breath practice, into teaching.
The Yoga of Sound
Through direct experience, you will have the opportunity to discover your own relationship with sound, vibration, and silence as a pathway to meditation, awareness, and connection. You will explore the ways sound has been used within the Yoga tradition, including using the voice and other sound tools. You will leave with a deeper understanding of sound-based yoga practices, direct experience with mantras, devotional chanting, and simple sound tools, and tools for bringing sound into your own personal practice.
The Yoga of Rest
Yoga Nidra offers us the space to practice deep and conscious rest. You will explore the foundations of traditional Yoga Nidra (also known as yogic sleep), including the stages of practice, the importance of Sankalpa, and understanding the importance of this practice as a pathway for inner transformation, restoration, and integration. You will leave with a deeper understanding of Yoga Nidra, experience with its various stages and approaches, how to practice Yoga Nidra on your own so you can explore conscious rest, and how to effectively share Yoga Nidra with others.
Fall 2026 Schedule
Saturdays 8:30am-5:30pm
Sign-up by 10/1/26 for Early Bird Pricing
Early Bird Pricing:
$179 for single immersion/$519 for the full series
Regular Pricing:
$199 for single immersion/$559 for the full series
October 24: The Yoga of Breath
November 14: The Yoga of Sound
December 5: The Yoga of Rest
Arrive Friday and settle into Ashram life before Saturday’s 8:30am–5:30pm training. Stay through Sunday and enjoy meditation, yoga, shared meals, community, and time to integrate.
Come for the training.
Stay for the experience.
Make it an
Ashram Weekend
David (Yogananda) Hollander
David (Yogananda) Hollander, 500 RYT, has been teaching yoga since 1994 and Mysore style Ashtanga Yoga since 2005. He helped to develop Teacher Training programs at New York Yoga, Yoga Sutra and Pure Yoga in NYC. Currently he runs the East Side Mysore Club. David has studied with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, B.N.S Iyengar (of Mysore), Manju Jois and Nancy Gilgoff and is certified by David Williams and the Mysore Mandala in India.
He directed Yoga Teacher Trainings at Ananda Ashram from 2009 to 2020. David is also a classically trained figurative artist who has taught drawing for over a decade.
Faculty of the International Schools of East-West Unity
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Christina Wypijewska
Christina Wypijewska (Kika), MPH, ERYT500, YACEP, is a Yoga Teacher, Sound Healer and College Professor. Since her yoga training at Ananda Ashram in 2011, she has been dedicated to creating sacred spaces for self-exploration through heart-centered practice. Integrating movement, sound, breath awareness and stillness, Kika shares the transformative power of yoga in a holistic, inclusive and modern way.
She holds certifications in yoga therapy from the Yoga Vidya Gurukul (India) and sound healing from the Sage Academy of Sound Energy (Woodstock, NY). With over 25 years of experience in public health, Kika is currently on the Faculty at Kean University. Please visit kikayoga.com to learn more.
Faculty of the International Schools of East-West Unity
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