Welcome to the Pacific Yoga Teacher Training and Advanced Study Program website. We are currently in our 13th year of providing teacher training and master classes to yoga students in the Seattle region. Directors Theresa Elliott and Kathryn Payne have been teaching yoga in Seattle since 1990 and have dedicated themselves to the responsible and exceptional teaching of yoga since they founded the training in 1997.*

Students who complete the 200-hour training find they have a deep and well-formed foundation for their practice and understanding of yoga. Both the 200-hour and 500-hour programs involve a commitment to the entire spiritual practice of asana, pranayama, meditation, chanting, and philosophy. Each weekend is progressive, integrating practice and conversation over the course of nine months to a year. Students begin and end the program together, developing lasting relationships within the yoga community and are able to take advantage of a small and consistent teaching staff.

We have over 250 graduates, and many have gone on to teach or establish their own yoga studios.

Latest News as of Winter 2010

200-Hour RYT Training Update
Our 200-hour teacher training is underway. Registration is closed and our program is currently full. It's going to be a great group this year! Please contact us if you have any questions. Our next 200-hour program is slated for Fall 2011 or Winter 2012.

500-Hour RYT Training Update
Our 500-hour program finished 12 hours of study in yoga therapy in January, specifically addressing students who attend regular classes but have injury and pain issues. Our guest teacher, Andra DeVoght, is a licensed physical therapist and has taught yoga therapy classes for over six years. This kind of advanced study--learning to work with students who otherwise would not be able to practice safely or to their potential--is critical as more and more of these students show up in class.

Check out images in this photo gallery from our 2009 Summer Retreat at Sleeping Lady Resort.

Our next 500-hour training is slated for 2011 - it requires a 200-hour certificate from our school or any other Yoga Alliance registered school. Stay tuned for details!

"Thank you both for your dedication to teaching and for insuring that yoga is taught in the most complete and integrity-filled way."
Jeni M., Co-Owner of Three Trees Yoga and home of five Pacific Yoga Graduates!

*Originally "The Yoga Tree Teacher Training and Advanced Study Program."

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