KunDALINI Warrior
Yoga Teacher Training

STEP INTO YOUR POWER, WISDOM & SOVEREIGNTY

12-WEEK LIVE-ONLINE 200 HOUR TRAINING

JOIN THE MOST TRUSTED, TRAUMA-INFORMED ONLINE YOGA SCHOOL IN THE WORLD FOR YOUR IMMERSION INTO KUNDALINI YOGA THIS WINTER

The Kundalini Warrior™ Online Yoga Teacher Training is taught by the educators of Yoga Farm Ithaca, a mission-driven 501c3 nonprofit organization.

Kundalini yoga is a dynamic blend of postures, pranayamic breathing, meditation, and the chanting of mantras, which aim to awaken the energy at the base of the spine. It's designed to enhance consciousness and physical vitality.

Becoming a Kundalini yoga instructor is an enriching path that allows you to guide others through their spiritual and physical wellness journey. As a teacher, you'll be instrumental not only in improving their physical strength and flexibility, but also in fostering their mental clarity and inner peace.

This 12-week live-taught online YTT is flexible and easy to work into the flow of your life. Learn the skills and confidence to teach trauma-informed Kundalini Yoga online AND in-person.

Yoga Farm Ithaca is a nonprofit charitable, 501c3 organization. Being a nonprofit enables us to stay committed to a vision of a healthier world as we believe that yoga & wellness should be a right rather than a privilege.  

We have guided thousands of students all around the world through our 200, 300 & 500 hour immersions, & have over 700 5-star reviews from graduates on the Yoga Alliance

Now, the next step in the evolution of the teaching and practice of Kundalini Yoga is here.

Are you ready?
Fall Registration opens soon

About Our School

A TOP 3 ONLINE TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOL

TRAINING AT A GLANCE

200 Hours of Training

3 month duration + 6 months to complete certification

Yoga Alliance Approved

- PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE -

WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE

12 weeks of 3 times a week live online classes from Jan - April 2024

Indefinite access to training materials and all class replays for Graduates 

Unlimited yoga and meditation classes 

Zoom office hours for Q&A from your lead educators each week

Mantras (internal or out loud sound vibrations) that you can practice and teach in class as song or meditation

Private and safe online classroom connecting you with your instructors and fellow students for the full time of the program and beyond

Early registration gives you months of included classes plus instant access to the Kundalini Warrior 'preseason' content.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Modern, trauma-informed, Kundalini Yoga

  • • Our lead educators developed a modern approach that commits to trauma informed language, cuing and ethics.

Learn to teach confidently, whether online or in person all aspects of Kundalini Yoga Practice: Kriyas, Mantras, Meditations and Anatomy.

Learn Kriya yoga, Laya yoga, and Naad yoga from as early as 500 BC to the 7th century, as well as more recent derivations of the practices.

Well designed yoga classes that embrace Yoga’s roots. We will certify you and you will be able to register with Yoga Alliance.

At the end of your training, you will be a certified yoga teacher. You will be able to begin teaching at any time, in any environment anywhere in the world.

Course Modules

A condensed overview of the modules & topics covered in this training 

MODULE ONE: Grounding and Rooting

Intro and Overview of Kundalini Yoga. Four Paths, Eight Limbs, Basic understanding of Yogic Philosophy, Kundalini Practice Structure, Sadhana

MODULE TWO: Essential Foundations

Ethics, Intro to Western and Subtle Anatomy, Mantra, Using the Voice, Chakras and Ayurvedic pillars

MODULE THREE: Learning and Unlearning 

Layers of Healing through Meditation, Yoga and Pranayama, The Role of the Yoga Teacher, Yoga and Social Justice, The Ten Bodies Anatomy, Sound Healing

MODULE FOUR: Shedding Layers

Endocrine system the Guardian of our Health, Mantric Science, Significance of Time, Healing and Protecting the Spine, Trauma Informed Language

MODULE FIVE: Change and Growth

Respiratory and Immune System Anatomy, Kriya Yoga, History of Kundalini, Decolonizing Yoga, The Nervous System, Self Regulation and Finding your Teaching Voice

MODULE SIX: Awareness Equals Choice 

Healing Childhood Wounds, Finding your Why, Centering your Practice, Dinacharya, Accessibility and Inclusivity, Kundalini in a Chair, Teaching Online, How to Present Kundalini Yoga to your Community, Business, Certification

 WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?

  • Yoga Practitioners: Experienced teachers who want to deepen their practice and add another layer of spiritual and energetic work to their existing knowledge.

  • Aspiring Teachers: Those who aspire to teach and share the benefits of yoga with others, especially the unique aspects of Kundalini yoga.

  • Wellness Enthusiasts: Individuals passionate about holistic health and wellness, who wish to understand and harness the interplay between physical exercises and energy work.

  • Spiritual Seekers: Those on a spiritual quest who seek to explore and experience the awakening of kundalini energy and expand their consciousness.

  • Healing Professionals: Therapists, counselors, and others in the healing professions who want to incorporate Kundalini yoga techniques into their work to aid in emotional and mental healing.

  • Anyone who is ready for a career change or a new way to serve from their passion for yoga

THE JOURNEY

Register

01

Attend a Q&A session

02

Order Your Books & Materials

03

Join online Classes & Community

04

We host live classes every week and have a vast resource library. As a YFI Student, you get ongoing access as soon as you register and create your account on the platform. This is where you will begin to engage in community discussions and meet some classmates.

Commit To The 12 Week Course

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Attend live classes, practice on your own, and engage in community discussions. You will begin as a student and, over the course of the program, you will quickly shift into a compassionate teacher.  It’s an amazing path we get to walk together.

Post-Graduation & Teaching

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To continue to support you after graduation, we have many ways for you to stay connected in the community as well as ongoing office hours through our extensive membership portal.

“THE MOST ‘IN-PERSON’ ONLINE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING IN THE WORLD.”

🌟 Inspiration and interaction via active, live-taught classrooms and office hours (plus - video and audio replays for everything…)

🌟 Students form lasting bonds of compassion and care for one another throughout this training.

🌟 Our team of 10 educators supports these connections, which has resulted in this training being called “the most in-person online yoga teacher training available”

You’ll receive your teaching certification from YFI which is yours forever with no additional fees or CEUs.

WHAT people are saying

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Leaving Yogi Bhajan Behind

Yogi Bhajan wanted teachers to conform to his way and method. That is not how we approach the art of teaching yoga at YFI.

The way we teach KY in this program is modern, accessible, inclusive, and delivered in a gentle way. We never want anyone to surrender their sovereignty to anyone.

We are here to help people feel empowered to lessen their own suffering.

We ask that students find their own voice and authentic offering to bring out into the world. We want our students to never take what we say as the one and only truth. Instead we encourage students to experience for themselves what effect and impact these practices have. 

This feminine and trauma-informed methodology is different from what has been traditionally taught in the west.  We are not “gurus”; we do not have all the answers. We provide opportunities for students to deepen their own experience and to feel safe and comfortable questioning anything that we teach. 

Here at YFI, it is our practice to believe women and anyone who has been disenfranchised or oppressed and to dismantle structures that silence their experience and voices.

 HIGHER YOGA STANDARDS

IT’S TIME FOR HIGHER STANDARDS IN HOW KUNDALINI IS TAUGHT. IT'S TIME FOR A PROGRAM THAT IS SAFE FOR ALL. WELCOME, THIS IS THAT PROGRAM. 

As women, long-time yoga instructors and practitioners of Kundalini Yoga, we invite you to dismantle old, stagnant structures and help revolutionize the greater community.

Our aim at Yoga Farm Ithaca, a 501c3 non-profit, is to educate through encouraging curiosity and questions, while helping you FIND THE TEACHER WITHIN. We are not “gurus.” 

Kundalini Warrior will help you to step into your inherent strength and wisdom... never to surrender your sovereignty to anyone. 

From this place, your own authentic teaching voice will shine through and become a light unto this world.  

WHY CHOOSE YFI

CURRICULUM

YFI

OTHER COURSES

International Certification

Trainees Teach and Assist in Public Classes

Trauma Informed Language & Cuing

100% Practical, Focused Training

In-Person Feeling In Online Format

Spiritually Connected Without Rigid Dogma

Extensive Digital Resources

TRAINERS

Affordable Payment Plans

Flexible, Part-Time Study Options

Your Own Pace (4-12 Month Program)

Home Study

Master Level Instructors

Working Professionals

Mentorship & Coaching

Office Hours

Personalized Help

COMMUNITY

Inclusive & Open Minded

Diversity, Inclusion & Body Positive

Connected, Active & Engaged

TUITION & SCHEDULES

EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST

As instructors, we have a combined depth of experience that is rare, and our love for our mission, for each other and for our students creates change on both an inner and outer level that is unique.

JEANNIE O'NEILL

Read about Jeannie’s experience studying kundalini yoga in the us. ⬇️

  • I, like most Kundalini yoga teachers in the US, trained in Kundalini Research Institute programs. As I received this teachings, I really struggled with the teaching methodology in typical kundalini training.

    The ‘Guru worship’ and the authoritarian approach did not resonate with me, as I had previously been trained by Bessel van der Kolk in trauma informed teaching, and yoga.

    The many teachers that I trained with were all wonderful and very informative. They were however, bound by requirements that teachers of that lineage, teach in a very specific way. 

    In our training, we have taken a fresh, new, feminine and non-dogmatic approach.

Francine Rivera reynolds

Francine Rivera Reynolds joins this course as one of our educators.

  • Francine is a Yoga Alliance certified 200E-RYT and 500 RYT in Kundalini Yoga, a 200 RYT in Vinyasa Yoga & a Yoga Alliance-certified continuing education provider. She is also trained in Yin Yoga, Kundalini rebirthing, Traditional Chinese Medicine for yoga practitioners & Ayurvedic psychology.

    Francine is one of the lead educators in the 200-hour Kundalini Warrior YTT & the 300-hour advanced Spiritual Warrior YTT with Yoga Farm Ithaca. She is the creator of the Yoga Farm Ithaca Kundalini Dance Series & also specializes in Kundalini Chair Yoga for those with limited mobility.

    Francine is passionate about sharing the power of Kundalini yoga with everyone. From the chair to the mat, to the dance floor, she offers something for all. Francine is also one of our online course developers and is a talented visual designer who creates marketing campaigns and social media advertisements.

HOW ONLINE TRAINING WORKS

Three LIVE interactive classes a week. Weekly live and prerecorded Kundalini yoga classes. Can’t make a live class? No problem. The replay is available the same day, and every single question is answered each day by your trainers. Plus, you’ll have real-time, ongoing discussions in our Mighty Network classroom, so you’ll be able to follow along perfectly.

  • Real-world teaching experience in almost every session

  • A supportive peer group

  • Mix-media, hands-on approach for a “never boring” and fast-paced learning environment

  • You’ll be issued a login and password for our official eLearning platform Mighty Network where you’ll find classes, cue sheets, notes, recorded lessons, and more. This new and updated platform has five times the number of resources offered on any other course and also serves as a social networking platform for community connection.

  • A daily two-hour live class. 60 min yoga class + 60 min posture clinic, lecture & practice teaching + 30 minutes self-scheduled practice with a partner. Can’t make live class? No problem. The replay is available the same day, and every single question is answered each day by your trainers. Plus, you’ll have real-time, ongoing discussions in our Telegram Chat group, so you’ll be able to follow along perfectly. We have weekly bonus sessions and semi-private tutoring sessions for trainees unable to attend our daily live sessions.

    Written feedback daily on both practice and teaching

    Real world teaching experience in almost every session

    A supportive peer group

    Mix-media, hands-on approach for a “never boring” and fast-paced learning environment

  • Our private Mighty Network classroom activity feed, along with comments on specific lessons is where most of the discussions happen. We’ll share videos of our practices, answer questions, and explore opportunities together. We are active in the group every single day.

  • You can start logging classes immediately after you register on the platform. Take classes with our instructors and graduates online, with local teachers, or with your favorite instructors.

  • You’ll submit a reflective exam and a practice teaching video. All assignments are designed to reinforce and demonstrate learning, and we’ll guide you every step of the way. If for some reason you’re struggling with an assignment, we are here to support your success.

ALL-INCLUSIVE TUITION

Registration Will Open Soon!

Next course start date: September 2024

TUITION FEES INCLUDE:

  • 3x a week live online classes for 12 weeks with Masterful lead educators

  • 3x a week office hours with replays available

  • Flexible curriculum design to fit into your schedule. 

  • Indefinite access to replays & transcripts for all classes.

  • Unlimited qigong, yoga, meditation, office hours & much more

  • Over $500 in bonuses the day you register

    Credit Cards & Paypal accepted

$219/Month

12 monthly payments
Lowest monthly tuition


$429/Month

6 monthly payments,
first one at registration

$2,399 One time payment

Lowest total tuition with our single payment option

Discounts & Coupons

We have created community discounts to be a part of the greater movement toward equity & inclusion in the field of yoga.

We are seeking students in these communities in order to create diversity in the Yoga Teaching community. Our goal is that these opportunities will enable students to see themselves represented in the teachers that they have access to.  

Please identify the community you identify as, from the list below.

  • Receive 10% off for 2 or more paid in full tuition, registering on the same day. You can register separately, or pay together.

    Discount Code: FRIENDS

  • If you have taken a YTT from any school and are a certified 200 hr yoga teacher, you are welcome to join us as a refresher for 50 CEU credits and 30% off tuition (full payment or the payment plan).

    You will be asked to submit a copy your certificate after registering

    Discount Code: YOGATEACHER

  • K-12 educators (public or private)

    Discount Code: K12 at registration

  • BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Global Majority)

    Discount Code: BIPOC at registration

  • LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer)

    Discount Code: LGBTQ at registration

  • EQUITY (For anyone who receives state or federal financial assistance)

    Discount Code: EQUITY at registration

FREE! Bonus Materials

($500 value)

✦ Kundalini Yoga Pre-Season: Get started with some classes that will warm up your body and mind for your Kundalini YTT.

✦ Unlimited yoga & meditation (live and on-demand) 

✦ Take classes online with our teachers, or access all of our classes anytime from the previous month in our on-demand library.

✦ Instant access to these bonuses let you start right away!

Student Reviews

HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS?

FAQs

  • Kundalini yoga as taught by YFI is an accessible practice for all body types, ages, and experience levels. It’s a core part of our mission at YFI to ensure that no one experiences barriers between themselves and yoga practice.

    We are committed to accessibility, adaptability, diversity and inclusion.

    Kundalini yoga is different from vinyasa yoga, or more typical yoga classes that you may encounter at your local studio.

    Kundalini Yoga focuses on the energetic part of the body, with powerful breathing exercises as well as movement, mantra and meditation.

  • Actually it can be more accessible than other types of yoga, and easy to adapt to changing/aging bodies. The breath practice, in many ways, supersedes the physical motions that accompany it.

    This means that for people with limited mobility they can often experience a powerful practice simply by engaging in the breathing exercises. This also means that if you are recovering from an injury you can still engage in energy practices and stay connected to your practice while you heal.

    Kundalini has a direct impact on the endocrine, nervous and digestive systems. Your endocrine system (glands) affect everything in your body from your emotions, immunity and how you age, to your metabolism. When we create subtle energy in the glands and balance our hormones our metabolism becomes efficient.

    The pituitary and the thyroid are the most involved in this process, and two that we focus on the most in this program. When hormones are triggered and properly secreted, our bodies are best able to regulate cellular energy.

    When our hormones and digestion are in balance our nervous system is better prepared for life, and spends more time in a calm state rather than in reactivity.

  • 🌟 Modern, trauma-informed, Kundalini Yoga

    🌟 You’ll learn to teach confidently, whether online or in person all aspects of Kundalini Yoga Practice: Kriyas, Mantras, Meditations and Anatomy

    🌟 Well designed yoga classes, that embrace Yoga’s roots. We will certify you and you will be able to register with Yoga Alliance

  • Yogi Bhajan wanted teachers to conform to his way and method. That is not how we approach the art of teaching yoga at YFI.

    The way we teach KY in this program is modern, accessible, inclusive, and delivered in a gentle way. We never want anyone to surrender their sovereignty to anyone. We are here to help people feel empowered to lessen their own suffering.

    We ask that students find their own voice and authentic offering to bring out into the world. We want our students to never take what we say as the one and only truth. Instead we encourage students to experience for themselves what effect and impact these practices have.

    This feminine and trauma-informed methodology is different from what has been traditionally taught in the west. We are not “gurus”; we do not have all the answers. We provide opportunities for students to deepen their own experience and to feel safe and comfortable questioning anything that we teach.

    Here at YFI, it is our practice to believe women and anyone who has been disenfranchised or oppressed and to dismantle structures that silence their experience and voices.

  • 🌟 Our lead educators developed a modern approach that commits to trauma informed language, cuing and ethics.

    🌟 This modern, feminine form methodology and curriculum is the distilled wisdom of years of experience, research and training.

    🌟 The approach to the body in this program is also a combination of Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

    🌟 We will focus on Kriya yoga, Laya yoga, and Naad yoga from as early as 500 BC to the 7th century, as well as more recent derivations of the practices.

  • Yes! All of our yoga trainings are 100% backed by Yoga Alliance. You’ll be able to register with them after receiving your certificate from us.

  • No! This is our full training, taught as we would in person. You’ll learn how to teach both in-person and online, and your 200 hour certificate is the same as if you took the training in-person.

  • Join all Live Zoom Classrooms or watch the replays each week.

    Complete all Core Module Assignments in Mighty Network (this refers to the reading, videos, and assignments).

    Take 24 Kundalini Yoga Classes, 12 out of 24 being Kundalini as taught by Yoga Farm Ithaca so you become familiar with what you are learning to teach.

    Print Kriya sheets with cues, intention, etc for each Kriya you learn in Kriya Lab, keep them organized with your manual.

    Complete at least 40 days of daily 5-20min Kundalini Meditation/Meditation / Mindfulness

    Attend at least four (4) Kriya Rehearsals before certification

    Teach six (6) short 15-30 min Kriyas to friends or family

    Teach three (3) longer (~1 hour) yoga classes to friends or family

    Complete Self-Reflective Essay Questions

    Teach and Submit a recorded 60 min Kundalini Warrior Yoga Class

    There is no required live/online attendance - you can take all the classes you need to on replay

  • You will have 6 months after your live classes end. You can complete it in as few as 12 weeks.

  • If you keep up with live classes (or replays) you can complete as quickly as 12 weeks from the start of the course.

  • No, though many students love joining us live as schedule permits. All sessions are recorded for replay.

    There are many live opportunities to join us for daily yoga, meditation and office hours, all optional.

  • At the end of your training, you will be a certified yoga teacher. You will be able to begin teaching at any time, in any environment anywhere in the world. You can apply for insurance, interview for teaching jobs, share yoga with your friends or at school etc, immediately upon completion.

    Your 200 hours of training consists of:

    ✅ Study hours, including reading manual & textbooks

    ✅ Our live zoom classrooms (or replays)

    ✅ Live Office hours - Conversations about the practices and teaching

    ✅ Teaching videos in our learning platform

    ✅ Online live or in-person yoga sessions (unlimited classes for an entire year)

    ✅ Practice teaching with your fellow students online or a friend / family member in person

    ✅ Once you have completed the basic course requirements, your 200 hours of study, and demonstrated your teaching skills with a video class, you will be a certified yoga teacher! If you’d like, you can register with the Yoga Alliance.

    View our public page at Yoga Alliance and read over 800 5-star reviews ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from graduates of this online program.

  • ✳️ Module 1: Grounding and Rooting

    • Getting started with understanding the flow of the program

    • how practices flow and what your daily practice looks like

    ✳️ Module 2: Essential Foundations

    • History, Philosophy, Anatomy

    • Ayurveda at the fundamental level

    ✳️ Module 3: Learning and Unlearning

    • Deeper dive into the Kriya practices

    • Meditations that allow you to unlearn unhealthy patterns and habits

    ✳️ Module 4: Shedding the Layers

    • Peeling back for a deeper understanding of Subtle body anatomy

    • Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda of the mind and emotions

    ✳️ Module 5 Change and Growth

    • Embracing that change is the only constant

    • Practices to move through hard times and mantra to carry you through

    ✳️ Module 6: Awareness Equals Choice

    • Trauma informed teaching methodology

    • Words and cues to use and not use

    • Getting more comfortable with teaching and guiding

  • OUR TRAINING FORMATS INCLUDE:

    Our learning portal with training, practice videos, community & connection

    We use our private and secure Mighty Network as the primary learning platform

    Live zoom sessions weekly on topics including:

    • Teaching methodologies

    • Mindfulness and meditation

    • Pose and cue study

    • Coaching & Q&A for your own inner work

    • Practice teaching in breakout groups

    • replays available for all of the weekly sessions

    Access to all of our live and on-demand, online yoga classes and meditations during your training

    Our comprehensive learning and teaching manual as a download that you can print or keep on your computer

    Online yoga and meditation for the 3 months of live training PLUS 6 months additional at no extra tuition - live or on-demand

  • ✅ Training Manual:

    This is a high quality PDF that we’ll send you prior to the course start

    You can print this at home, or in a local print shop, and also keep it as a PDF.

    • Each section is linked to a module and you can print that section and related PDF’s as you go along, building your own personalized teaching manual

    • This is included in the tuition

    ✅ Textbooks:

  • The Spring Live-Online Kundalini Warrior Starts January 25th and ends April 17th

    The weekly live-taught classrooms will be held:

    • Tuesdays from 11am - 1pm EST - Yoga Humanities with Jeannie

    • Wednesdays from 6pm - 8pm EST - Teaching Methodologies

    • Saturdays from 10:30am-1pm EST - Teaching, Techniques & Practice

    Other weekly optional classes TBA and included in tuition

    We recommend you participate live as much possible

    • This is our main area for live teaching

    • Watch the replay each week when you miss a session

    • All classes are recorded and available for replay

    We also will hold many weekly ‘office hours’, on zoom, where your specific questions can be discussed in a smaller group with your teachers

    • Office hours for connection and Q&A are offered throughout the training.

    • ‘Kriya Rehearsal’ are small groups practicing the cues to each other

    If you don’t complete the course by the end of the 12 weeks of live classrooms, THAT’s OK.

    • You have a full 6 months after the live program to complete your testing and evaluation, with unlimited yoga classes, office hours, video replays and group support the entire time

    • During this time, you’ll have access to all course materials, resources and yoga classes, including YTT videos, classroom replays, live and on-demand yoga, office hours, and cue rehearsals

  • Grab the Early Bird Pricing with the code ‘KWEARLY’

    $219/MONTH

    $429/MONTH

    $2,399- ONE TIME PAYMENT

  • JOIN WITH A FRIEND!

    • Joining with a friend or family member discount - (Save $230!)

    • Receive 10% off for 2 or more paid in full tuition, registering on the same day. You can register separately, or pay together.

    Discount Code: FRIENDS


    YOGA TEACHER DISCOUNT

    • If you have taken a YTT from any school and are a certified 200 hr yoga teacher, you are welcome to join us for CEU credits and 30% off tuition.

    • $1,680 one time payment, or 30% off either monthly payment plan

    • You will be asked to submit a copy your certificate after registering

    • Yoga teachers qualify for 50 CEU’s with Yoga Alliance if you are a member there

    Discount Code: YOGATEACHER

    COMMUNITY DISCOUNTS

    We have created community discounts to be a part of the greater movement toward equity and inclusion in the field of yoga.

    We are seeking students in these communities in order to create diversity in the Yoga Teaching community. Our goal is that these opportunities will enable students to see themselves represented in the teachers that they have access to. You are welcome to read about this program here, and apply if a scholarship will enable your participation.

    WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAY IT FORWARD?

    We receive many times the amount of scholarship requests than we have funding to accept for each training. With your help, we can bridge this divide. We encourage you to sponsor partial or full scholarships to help those in need. All donations are fully tax deductible as we are a 501c3 nonprofit. You can donate now here.

  • Once the course has begun there are no refunds. You can withdraw before the course begins with a small admin fee.

  • Yes! The online classroom works great on computers, mobile and tablets

  • Yes! There are 2 payment plans, one over 6 months and one over 12 months.