Yoga programs at PranaShanti are life-transforming and for everyone, whether you are interested in becoming a teacher or wanting to deepen your yoga practice and knowledge.
We design our programs to help accommodate your busy daily schedule. Our virtual and in-person formats allow for you to physically, mentally and spiritually dive into the teachings while respecting your commitments to work, family, schooling and personal life.
Online Courses & Trainings
Study with us from the comfort of your own home.
Online Community
Join a global community of teachers and students in the exploration of yogic teachings.
In-Person Courses & Trainings
Attend in-person courses and trainings at the PranaShanti Education Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
PranaShanti has been offering Yoga Teacher Training programs since 2008. We have offered over 45 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Programs in the Hatha and Kundalini Yoga traditions.
Our 200-hour programs provides a solid foundational background in yoga so that you can confidently teach holistic, all-levels classes in a clear and compassionate manner. You will deepen your experience of postures and meditation, expand your understanding of yogic and western anatomy, yoga philosophy, and Ayurveda, and you will refine your communication and listening skills all while being part of a supportive community that fosters inquiry, creativity and lifelong learning.
PranaShanti’s 300-hour programs gives one the opportunity for further personal transformation and a deepening of practice and knowledge.
We believe yoga is for everyone and teaching opportunities happen everywhere – on and off the mat. PranaShanti graduates take their yoga studies into all avenues of teaching whether on the mat in a yoga studio room, to the workplace, to school, or sharing one-on-one with a friend or family member.
Our Yoga School and Yoga Teacher Training programs are approved by Yoga Alliance and we are a certified educational institution by Employment and Social Development Canada and can therefore issue Tuition Tax Receipts for qualified programs.
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Instructor: Devinder and Shannon
FREE Online Information Session!
With 18 years of experience in Yoga Teacher Training Education, PranaShanti is an accredited school offering 200-, 300- and 800-hour Yoga Teacher Training Programs along with continuing education and career-expanding courses and programs.
Instructor: Devinder and Shannon
FREE Online Information Session!
With 18 years of experience in Yoga Teacher Training Education, PranaShanti is an accredited school offering 200-, 300- and 800-hour Yoga Teacher Training Programs along with continuing education and career-expanding courses and programs.
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Instructor: Devinder, Shannon & Stephanie
You’re Invited to Our In-Person Open House!
With 18 years of experience in Yoga Teacher Training Education, PranaShanti is an accredited school offering 200-, 300- and 800-hour Yoga Teacher Training Programs along with continuing education and career-expanding courses and programs.
Our programs blend eastern, western, ancient and modern philosophy and practice. Our curriculum are as distinctive and comprehensive as our faculty that delivers our courses and programs.
We invite you to our Training Open House, an experience that includes mindful movement, meditation, refreshments and social connection.
This is wonderful opportunity to visit the NEW PranaShanti Education Centre on the 2nd floor of 950 Gladstone Ave., right above the Yoga Centre. You will also meet our Director, Training Co-ordinators and some of our faculty.
Bring your questions about our upcoming and ongoing training programs, meet up with folks you know from past trainings and make some new friends!
Cost: FREE. Everyone is welcome but sign up so that we know you are attending!
Courses
Friday: 6:30 pm ET – 9 pm ET
Saturday: 10 am ET – 5 pm ET
Sunday: 10 am ET – 5 pm ET
Instructor: Devinder
Yoga Nidra Training
For ALL Yoga Teachers and Students!
Yoga Nidra, or yogic sleep, is a type of meditation based on the ancient yogic anatomy of the Koshas, the 5 subtle bodies. Sometimes described as a long savasana, it is actually a combination of deep body relaxation and mental awareness.- Explore the science, philosophy and practice of Yoga Nidra.
- Gain a solid understanding of how this practice can assist different populations.
- Learn how to practically present Yoga Nidra sessions in both group and individualized settings.
Tuesdays: 6: pm ET – 9 pm ET
Instructor: Stephanie
Advanced Anatomy, Physiology and Biomechanics
For ALL Yoga Teachers and Students!
Familiarity with how our bodies are put together, how their different systems function, and the mechanics of how they move can deepen our understanding of how to practice yoga safely, effectively, and efficiently. Learning anatomy, biomechanics and physiology can help us prevent injury, maintain a healthy, mobile body over our lifetime, and become more effective yoga teachers.Friday: 6: pm ET – 9 pm ET
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am ET – 6 pm ET both days
Instructor: Stephanie
Teaching Methdology
Enhance & Advance Your Teaching Skills
Saturday and Sunday: 10 am ET – 4 pm ET both days
Instructor: Laurie
The Art of Assisting & Adjustment
Learn to assist safely, skilfully, and confidently!
As a yoga teacher, you’ve learned verbal cues and have developed your own phrasing to guide students safely through a practice. Verbal cueing and verbal assisting are mainstays of the yoga teaching experience; however, it is sometimes helpful to physically show yogis how to be more stable and easeful in their asanas. Confident touch will communicate to your students that you see them and that you are there to support them. It will also help them enrich their practice.
In this course, you will learn to augment your verbal cues with physical adjustments and assists intended to stabilize the yogi’s stance and possibly introduce ease and openness in their asanas. With a deepened understanding of anatomy and alignment, you will learn how to “read” bodies to provide relevant guidance, given a yogi’s physicality and their level of experience and understand your biomechanics to safely assist students.
After a few years of virtual/no-contact teaching, the time has come to re-learn how to adjust and assist our yoga students. Your confident, purposeful touch will help your students open to their unique potential.
Deepening Asana: Alignment, Breath & Intelligent Exploration
Now that you’ve completed your 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training — or have developed a consistent and dedicated personal practice — it is time to deepen your understanding of asana beyond the external shape of the pose.
This immersive 6-hour course is designed for yoga teachers and experienced students who are ready to slow down, refine their awareness, and explore postures through a more intelligent and embodied lens.
Together, we will examine the subtle layers of practice that create greater depth, clarity, stability, and confidence both on the mat and in your teaching.
This course is ideal for yoga teachers seeking continuing education and experienced students wishing to deepen their practice through mindful exploration and embodied learning.
Chair Yoga Training
For ALL Yoga Teachers and Students!
Restorative Yoga – Level 2
Elevate your restorative yoga practice and expand your knowledge of restorative yoga with Anne Wanda Tessier (E-RYT 500) in this upcoming training for experienced restorative yoga teachers.
We will review popular restorative yoga poses and explore many new ones which require the use of new props, chairs and the wall. This training is a great addition to the Foundational Restorative Yoga Training as many new poses will be explored. Learn how to safely support all body shapes in poses such as inversions, backbends, hero pose and several variations of savasana.
You will also learn new themes that can be incorporated in your yoga classes, explore the therapeutic benefits of this practice and how this practice can help sooth emotions and balance dosa types. Expand and diversify your repertoire of restorative yoga poses and dive deeper in the physiology of relaxation and the importance of rest.
Conscious Business for Yoga Teachers
For Yoga Teachers of ALL disciplines and Students interested in Teaching Yoga!
Yoga is growing, evolving, and becoming more widely available in studios, workplaces, schools, wellness settings, and online spaces.
Today’s Yoga Teachers are called to be of service to their communities while also creating a sustainable, rewarding, and financially viable path for themselves.
This course is designed to help you move beyond simply teaching classes and into building a meaningful, professional yoga career with confidence and clarity.
Meditation Training
For Yoga Teachers of ALL disciplines and Students interested in practicing and/or teaching meditation!
Meditation is one of the most natural and rewarding of all human activities. It brings balance, rest, and a growing inner peace. While its highest and original purpose is to help us awaken our inner, spiritual nature, the benefits to body and mind are well established by medical research.Friday: 6:30 pm ET – 9 pm ET
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am ET – 5 pm ET each day
Instructor: Gabrielle
Beyond the Basics: Props for Therapeutic Practice, Sequencing & Alignment
For Yoga Teachers, Teacher Trainees, and Dedicated Practitioners
Take your understanding of yoga props far beyond basic support and modification.
This training explores the intelligent and intentional use of props as powerful teaching tools that enhance alignment, refine proprioception, deepen embodiment, and create transformative experiences for every body.
Rather than simply making poses easier, you’ll discover how props can reveal hidden movement patterns, awaken underused areas of the body, improve functional stability, and support the subtle energetic body. Through thoughtful exploration, you’ll learn when to use props, when not to use them, and how to integrate them skillfully into both therapeutic and dynamic classes.
Together we’ll investigate sophisticated applications of blocks, blankets, bolsters, straps, chairs, walls, sandbags, and other supportive tools to create practices that are accessible, intelligent, and profoundly effective.
Whether you teach group classes, work one-on-one, or simply wish to deepen your own practice, this course will expand your teaching vocabulary and elevate the way you think about movement, alignment, and the purpose of props.
Props are not crutches—they are teachers. They invite awareness, cultivate sensitivity, and create opportunities for every practitioner to experience yoga with greater intelligence, confidence, and ease.
Come discover how to teach—and practice—with greater precision, creativity, and depth.
Friday: 6: pm ET – 9 pm ET
Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 am ET – 6:00 pm ET both days
Instructor: Laurie and Stephane
Yin Yoga Teacher Training – Level 1
Discovering the healing potential of a yin practice is becoming more popular. This 25-hour foundational certification training is designed for both yoga teachers and dedicated yoga practitioners to delve deep into the practice and theory of Yin Yoga, and explore anatomy, sequencing, safety in postures, introduction to meridian theory, and mindfulness.
200 Hour Programs
Instructors: PranaShanti Faculty
Hatha Yoga Teacher Training 200 Hour – Fall 2026-2027
Instructors: PranaShanti Faculty
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training 200 Hour
Kundalini Yoga and Meditation focuses on the movement of energy in the body. The style of practice used in Kundalini Yoga and Meditation allows for people of all ages and levels of mobility to have a powerful experience through the combination of simple rhythmic exercises, yoga postures, breathwork, and meditation techniques including sound and mantra.
Kundalini Yoga also has a direct impact on the major systems in the body, particularly the glandular and nervous systems. When these systems are activated and strengthened we can better manage the stresses of daily life, create greater peace of mind and improve our overall health and well-being.
During our time together you will become immersed in, and learn how to teach Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. With this program you will be able to teach confidently whether online or in-person. Upon successful completion you be able to teach yoga to people in your community, your family, the workplace and anywhere in the world.
“A truly awesome experience! The teachers were supportive, encouraging and caring. I learned so much about yoga and myself! This program is a gift to your soul!” DP
Instructors: PranaShanti Faculty
Hatha Yoga Teacher Training 200 Hour – Summer 2026
Yoga programs at PranaShanti are life-transforming and for everyone, whether you are interested in becoming a teacher or wanting to deepen your yoga practice and knowledge.Our Summer Program is designed to help accommodate your busy schedule. This format allows for you to really dive into the teachings: physically, mentally and spiritually while respecting your commitments to work, family, schooling and personal life.
Our program provides you with a solid foundational background in yoga that draws on the Hatha and Vinyasa yoga traditions, as well as modern knowledge of bio-mechanics and movement, so that you can confidently teach holistic, all-levels classes in a clear and compassionate manner.
You will deepen your experience of postures and meditation, expand your understanding of yogic and western anatomy, yoga philosophy, and Ayurveda, and you will refine your communication and listening skills all while being part of a supportive community that fosters inquiry, creativity and lifelong learning.
With a total of 200+ hours including 180 contact hours and 35 personal hours you will graduate as a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT). This format provides you with as much knowledge and hands-on practice teaching time as possible.
Our Teaching Assistant Program is an opportunity for yoga teachers who want to make a difference for the participants in the training.
As an assistant to the training you will deepen your teaching practice, advance your yoga knowledge and gain more confidence and experience in your presentation and teaching skills.
Many of our teaching assistants also join our sub teaching roster or teach classes on our regular class schedule, lead class series or offer workshops.
We recognise that Yoga Teacher Training is a life commitment and that it can also present financial challenges.
Since 2008, through the generosity of donations and believing in the concept of serving your community, we have been offering exchange positions for our 200-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training and 200-hour Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Programs.
As of 2022, over 130 individuals have participated in this program. In the spirit of community and to support students becoming yoga teachers we welcome you to explore and share these amazing opportunities.
300 Hour Programs
Instructors: PranaShanti Faculty
Hatha Yoga Teacher Training 300 Hour
PranaShanti Yoga Centre’s 300 Hour Program is a comprehensive course of study that delves deeply into all aspects of Yoga to build on the knowledge and skills developed at the 200-Hour Level. This self-paced modular approach to advanced Yogic education allows you to customize a pathway based on your own unique needs.
We believe that studying with a variety of highly trained teachers increases everyone’s knowledge and depth of experience. Our dedicated and skilled faculty deliver a well-rounded curriculum that enables you to refine your expertise in particular areas of interest due to their areas of specialization.
You are welcome to start taking 300 Hour Level courses and formally enroll in the program at any time throughout the year.
Instructors: Devinder Kaur, Dev Suroop Kaur and Mantra Simran Kaur
Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training 300 Hour – Conscious Communications
Empower your speaking & Deepen your listening!
- The experience of Conscious Communication
- Meditative & Intuitive Speaking
- The Art of Deep Listening: Sunnia-ai
- Mastery of the Fifth Chakra & Applied Consciousness
- Shadow & Light: Letting Your Presence Speak
- Communicating with the Flow of Spirit
