63. How I Chose My 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training (And Why I'm Building a Better One)

Most 200-hour yoga teacher trainings teach you how to do yoga—but they don't teach you how to teach yoga. If you've been through a training yourself, you know exactly what I mean. You spent weeks learning Sanskrit names, memorizing muscles, and perfecting your own poses. Then they handed you a certificate and said you're a yoga teacher now. Except you didn't really feel like one.In this episode, I'm taking you back to 2003 when I chose my own 200-hour training by looking through the printed pages of Yoga Journal. I'm sharing what made that training brilliant, what I learned from watching my business partner go through a different program, and how running our own training for nearly a decade taught me what works and what doesn't.Then I'm telling you about the 200-hour training I'm building right now with my colleague Amy Boerner. It's designed to teach you how to teach first—giving you the pedagogical foundation most trainings skip—and then lets you practice teaching real humans at a gorgeous eco-resort in Dominica. The online portion opens January 1, 2026, and the on-the-ground intensive runs May 12 through 26, 2026.If you've been thinking about becoming a yoga teacher, or if you've already done a 200-hour and know something was missing, this episode will show you what's possible when a training prioritizes teaching skills over pose knowledge.Listen now.Join the Comfort Zone Yoga 200-hour yoga teacher training—curriculum is open now and our live cohort runs September through November 2026. Be sure to tell your students who are interested in teaching, too!Read all about it here.Want to become (almost) everyone's favorite yoga teacher? Join Comfort Zone Yoga, my virtual studio focused on teacher development. I have a ton of Sage advice in there for you!For more insights, subscribe to Yoga Teacher Confidential, check out my YouTube channel, and follow me on socials:InstagramFacebookThreadsAnd come explore my mentorship program, Yoga Class Prep Station membership, continuing education and 200/300/500-hour teacher training programs, and my many books for yoga teachers. It's all at sagerountree.com....