Collective Training

  • Flexible and Affordable
  • Payment option available
  • 50 Hours of training on demand
  • 150 hours live online or in person
  • In person spots are limited
  • Entire training available virtually
  • Unlimited virtual yoga classes
  • Study Anatomy, History, Meditation
  • Learn from experts in their field
  • Make up easily if you miss
  • Diverse teaching staff
  • Yoga Alliance Certified

This training just rocks. Classes, lectures, staff, all on point.

Tim

We learned topics like the business of yoga, so I felt ready make a living in the wellness world.

Melanie

The training environment was everything I could have wanted. The community is exceptional.

Bill

I didn’t know if I wanted to be a teacher, but it helped me grow immensely in my own practice.

Jason

I loved the diversity of the teaching staff, they were so passionate.

Sabrina

The connections you make are incredible, there is a such a strong community.

Hannah

$795

Virtual

Virtual for 2023 is now full. Please see our On Demand Training or email us at [email protected] to reserve your spot in 2024!Our virtual experience is fully interactive! See more details below. With your tuition, you will enjoy free unlimited access to our virtual studio with over 500 classes to choose from! To join our 2023 training, you will pay a $300 non-refundable deposit to reserve your spot.

$995

In Person

In Person for2023 is now sold out. Please see our On Demand Training or email us at [email protected] to reserve your spot in 2024! If you are added to our waitlist you are guaranteed a spot in our 2024 training, if you choose. Our virtual experience is highly personal, so please reach out with any questions.

$850

On Demand

Our fully on demand yoga teacher training is now available! This option allows you to take our entire training on your own schedule and watch the content entirely online. This option also comes with one year free unlimited access to our virtual studio with over 600 classes! Experience this Yoga Alliance certified training with maximum flexibility.

How do I sign up?

Our On Demand training experience is now open! You will move through the video content at your own pace and on your own schedule! 

Our virtual and in person spots for 2023 are now full. But if you would like to reserve your 2024 spot please email us at [email protected]

Most interactive virtual training!

Virtual with us is PERSONAL.

Your face is projected onto the wall so we can get to know YOU and your name.

Your voice comes through the speaker system. Because with us you have a VOICE.

A person is manning the CHAT for you the entire time to feild any thoughts or questions.

Another person is on TECH support the entire time, to ensure the best possible experience for you.

A HUMAN is there for you the entire training. Reach out any time for support, and we are there for you.

Engagement is required, we will help hold you accountable to achieve this life changing goal!

Please send any questions to [email protected]

What is the virtual experience like?

When you join us live and virtually during our training intensives, you will enjoy a fully interactive experience! We project all virtual students on the wall and your voices come through our speaker system. Instructors will refer directly to you and expect you to interact. We require that you have your camera on. If you feel unable to interact visibly in this way, we ask that you watch the videos of these lectures later on your own time.

Anything that happens in the room you will particpate in at home. For instance when we practice teach you will be put into breakout rooms and will teach each other directly, while an instructor will jump in and out of those rooms for guidance, just as the folks in the room will experience as they teach their partner.

We have someone manning the chat room for you so that you can ask questions there and to clarify anything as needed. This is an option that in person students do not have.

You also have the benefit of designing your space as you like your own restroom, snacks always available, total safety if you are immune compromised or need more physical space to care for yourself.

If you have any questions about the virtual experience please email us at [email protected]

When does training begin?

Our next training begins in Feburary of 2023! Below are the dates for our live intensive weekends. If you reserve an in person spot, we expect you to join us for the dates below. Virtual students will join us live as we stream from the studio, and all students can watch videos of our weekend intensives afterward as needed.

Intensive Dates for 2023:

February 16th – 19th
April 13th – 16th
June 15th – 18th
August: 17th – 20th
October 19th – 22nd

Daily Schedule on Intensive Weekends:

Thursdays 4:00pm – 9:00pm
Friday 10:30am – 6:30pm (1 hour lunch break at 11:45am)
Saturday 8:00am – 6:30pm (1.5 hour lunch break at 11:45am)
Sunday 8:00am – 6:30pm (1.5 hour lunch break at 11:45am)

What will we be studying?

Your training syllabus is extremely comprehesive. You will be exposed to many styles of yoga such as:

Vinyasa Flow
Power Yoga
Ashtanga
Hot 26 Yoga
Beginners
Restorative
Gentle
Yin Yoga
Prenatal Yoga
Kids Yoga
and more!

The content of your training will be diverse to ensure that you have a full appreciation of the history of this practice and the meditative aspects that help to make it so powerful. You will learn topics such as:

The History of Yoga
The Yoga Sūtras
Yamas and Niyamas
Chanting
Meditation
Cakra and Kosa’s
Anatomy
Posture Breakdowns
How to Teach with Props
How to Sequence Postures
Trauma Informed Training
Business of Yoga
Voice of a Teacher
How to Theme a Yoga Class
How to teach Meditation
Hand Mudras
and more!

What dates will the training meet?

Below are the dates for our live intensives for 2023. If you reserve an in person spot, we expect you to join us for the dates below. Virtual students will join us live as we stream from the studio, and all students can watch videos of our weekend intensives afterward as needed.

Intensive Dates for 2023:

February 16th – 19th
April 13th – 16th
June 15th – 18th
August: 17th – 20th
October 19th – 22nd

Daily Schedule on Intensive Weekends:

Thursdays 4:00pm – 9:00pm
Friday 10:30am – 6:30pm (1 hour lunch break at 11:45am)
Saturday 8:00am – 6:30pm (1.5 hour lunch break at 11:45am)
Sunday 8:00am – 6:30pm (1.5 hour lunch break at 11:45am)

Is the Training Yoga Alliance Certified?

Yes! We are a Yoga Alliance approved 200hr training program. During this training, you will learn how to register yourself as a Yoga Alliance certified instructor.

What if I need to miss anything?

Thanks to the virtual option, you can make up any missed lectures via virtually, on your own time! This training is designed to work with your life and family. If you are attending live and in person, but need to miss anything, you can watch the videos on your own time. Virtual students have the same option to miss a live event and watch the videos later.

Our goal is to provide you the option to spend as much time as you choose connecting and learning live, while also knowing that you have the flexiblility to make this training adapt with your life.

Difference of virtual & on demand?

The virtual option means that you can join us via zoom LIVE during our intensive weekends. If you sign up for virtual and then are not able to join live for any reason that is totally fine, you can watch the videos of the intensive afterward. This give you the option to join us live if you choose. When you are live we ask you to be an engaged trainee, as if you were in the room. You are projected on the wall with your fellow virtual trainees and your voice comes through the speaker system, so that you are seen and heard like students who are in the room. We work to make it a highly interactive online experience.

On Demand means that you will watch all of the lectures on your own time. This option means you do not join us live during intensive weekends, but you login and progress through the training on your own schedule. You do not participate in the training with a group for this option, you are one on one with your video lectures and āsana classes. This option works better for folks who need maximum flexibility. Lead instructors Roni, Tina, Ashley and Maryam are all available to you throughout, so you have support as needed from a real human. The On Demand purchase option will be posted soon and content will be available January 1st!

Who will be teaching us?

You will have a diverse teaching staff from all over the country. We will epose you to experts in their field to ensure you experience a wide range of teaching philosophy’s and styles. Within that teaching staff you will have a few lead instructors who you will spend a good amount of time with. Below are some of the instructors you will experience both in your virtual content and live at your intensives.

Jessica Lynne Trese traveled to India to study at KPJAYI with R. Sharath Jois in Mysore, India and was blessed with the Authorization to teach Ashtanga Yoga in 2013. Jessica is passionate 500hr instructor who dedicated her life to sharing the practice of Ashtanga Yoga. She will lead you on many topics including history, philosophy, chanting, meditation and Ashtanga Yoga.

Ashley Adams is the founder of Black Prāṇa Magazine and dedicated herself to changing the landscape of yoga instructors in America. After training over 4,000 instructors of color, she merged with the Collective, so that we can make a global impact together. Ashley is a 500hr instructor known for her laid back style and hip hop yoga classes. Some topics you will explore with Ashley are the Virtual Business of Yoga, 12 Laws of the Universe, Diversity in Wellness Spaces and more.

Tina Tidwell Bedore is a former professional Dancer and an owner at the Bella Prāṇa Collective. She is a 500hr instructor with certifications in Meditation, Prenatal, Yin, Seniors, Yoga as Therapy, Yoga and Ayurveda, Restorative and Kids Yoga, to name a few. You will join Tina for topics such as Sequencing, How to Teach with Props, Teaching Pregnant Students, Posture Breakdowns and more.

Megan Weathers is Reiki Master and 500hr instructor who specializes in Adaptive Yoga and is certified in the Hatha Yoga style. Megan works with students with disabilities and focuses on Restorative, Gentle, and Yin yoga styles. Megan will share her expertise on each of those styles, meditation, hand mudras, and more.

Roni Harris is a 500hr instructor and the Founder and Owner of the Bella Prāṇa Collective. After first being in ministry, she then spent over a decade as a studio owner and saught after yoga teacher. Now living in Denver, Colorado Roni will share with you about the power of themeing a yoga class to bring greater meaning, the brick and mortor Business of Yoga for those who hope to make a living in wellness, and will join you for various topics during your live intesives.

These are only a few of the many instructors you will be learning from throughout your training experience. We are committed to exposing you to some of the most qualified and passionate instructors in their fields.

How long is the training program?

This is a 200hr training program that will take 10 months to complete. There are 50 hours of virtual lecture and 150 hours of live intensives. You will complete 5 intensives every other month, either virtually or live with us in-person depending on how you registered and available space. If you need to miss an intensive, no worries, we will record them and make those videos available to you.

During the months in between your intensives, you will have the 50 hours of on demand lectures to complete at your own pace as well as physical yoga practices to supplement what you are learning in those lectures.

You may take longer than 10 months to complete if needed. We find that 10 months is an ideal length of time to allow the training to work with your family and lifestyle, while also allowing time for the knowledge to build and integrate, as well as time to practice teach.

Once you have completed the training, you have up to one year to turn in your graduation materials and be approved to recieve your certificate.

How much does the program cost?

There are two ways to join our 2023 Teacher Training! You can attend in person or virtually. Below are the costs for each.

In Person tuition is a total of $995, with a $350 non-refundable deposit. The deposit amount goes toward your total cost.

Virtual tuition is total of $795, with a $300 non-refundable deposit. The deposit amount goes toward your total cost.

On Demand tuition will be $850 when that program is launched January 1st. At this time you can email us at [email protected] to be alerted when this entirely video supported program is available to purchase.

Payment Plans

As your training approaches you will be sent the option to pay the remainder of your tuition in full or choose a 3 part payment plan where you will pay the remaining 3 installments 30 days apart.

If you do not make a payment on your payment plan, you will not be able to access your online content until that payment is made.

Return Policy: Your deposit is non-refundable. Once you have been given access to the content of our training and our manual there are no refunds.

Whom should I contact with questions?

If you have any questions at all, please reach out to us at [email protected]. We are here to help guide and support you throughout this entire experience.

Online and live course content?

All students will have 50 hours of virtual lectures that are on demand to take at your own pace. Then 150 hours of the training are held in person at our studio, and is also streamed live virtually.

In-person spots are first come first serve, so please be sure to reserve the correct type of spot if you would like to attend in person.

Who should sign up for this training?

This is a Vinyasa Flow-based training that will also expose you to many styles of yoga. This training is wonderful for those who would like to teach yoga in their communities.

This training is also open to students who would like to expand their practice and knowledge. You do not have to want to teach yoga to expereince this deep dive into the practice that you love. Though you will be expected to partcipate in every aspect of the training as you learn how to teach others.

You do not need to be able to achieve fancy postures or be super flexible. This training is for real people and real bodies. Our focus is on teaching you how to instruct others, so we ask that you do have a personal practice and are able to practice confidently and safely on your own.

What is required to graduate?

To graduate this program officially you must experience or watch all 200 hours of course content. You will be given some smaller written homework throughout the training and you must submit video recorded teaching. We show you exactly how to do these recordings step by step, so no worries! 

Fulfilling the graduation requirements is how you will receive your official certificate of completion.

· Your lead instructors ·

Roni Elissabeth Harris

Roni Harris is the Founder of the Bella Prāṇa Wellness Collective and a 500hr yoga instructor with over 13 years experience teaching. She is known for her soulful themed classes and retreats around the world, as well as a sought out writer and speaker. Roni is driven by the desire to spread the 8 Limbs of Yoga as shared with us by the yogis of India, South Asia and around the world. Accessibility and community are the driving forces behind Roni’s life work at the Collective. Providing healing experiences for all people, at all stages of life, is what inspires her every day. Formerly in ministry, she is guided by a love of people and our thirst to connect and transcend.

Yoga Teacher, Bella Prana Yoga and Meditation, Tampa, Florida

Ashley Adams

Progressive, funny, and 100% real, Ashley Adams is the founder of Black Prāṇa Magazine, in partnership with the Bella Prāṇa Collective, and a 500hr instructor. With family history hailing from the small beach town of Tarpon Springs, Florida, this business tycoon, mother, and eldest sister of four knew fate led her to purpose when doing “the work” didn’t quite feel like working. Ashley says her success is rooted in frustration. In response to that frustration, Black Prāṇa Magazine was born. The only publication of its kind, BPM exists because of the lack of representation for people of color in the yoga world. Ashley also made the conscious decision to lower the barrier to entry when it comes to people of color obtaining their certification to teach yoga. With this shared vision she partnered with the Collective so that together we could make becoming a yoga instructor more accessible.

Tina Tidwell Bedore

Tina Tidwell, an E-RYT 500hr instructor and an owner, along with Roni Harris, at the Collective. She graduated from USF with a degree in Dance and Psychology, has performed in France, Florida, Ohio, LA and NYC and was awarded the Arts Council of Hillsborough County’s Individual Artist Grant. She found yoga, through dance, after studying with Michelle Jacobi in Paris. Tina received her 200 RYT (Ashtanga) at Yoga on High with Tim Miller and Maty Ezraty; is certified in Prenatal, Yin, Seniors, Restorative and Kids. She challenges the body in mindful movement while using the breath as the musical cue, has worked with professional athletes and taught Yoga for Performing Artists at PAMA, USF’s Piano Symposium, USF’s Fit to Play and USF Dance.

Yoga Teacher, Bella Prana Yoga and Meditation, Tampa, Florida

Jessica Lynne Trese

Jessica began teaching yoga in 2007, and the daily practice of Ashtanga yoga provides her with the healing, uplifting, and insightful benefits of a committed yoga practice. She has traveled to India to study at KPJAYI with R. Sharath Jois in Mysore, India and was blessed with the Authorization to teach Ashtanga Yoga in 2013. Jessica dedicates her life to learning and sharing the Ashtanga Yoga Method, it inspires her to cultivate peace, inspiration, dedication, devotion and self surrender on and off the yoga mat.

· Our Mission ·

The Bella Prāṇa Collective believes that wellness shouldn’t be a luxury, that wholeness cannot exist without equity, and that every person deserves access to healing experiences. We are a gathering place, a collective of people who participate in their own healing and celebrate each other as we are. We are powered by the vision of a world filled with compassion and built on equity. We seek to be awakened through the ancient healing practices of yoga and meditation gifted to us by the ancestors of South Asia and yogis all over the world. We aren’t interested in anything less than your imperfect self, because we all have things to give, and things to unlearn. We are driven by curiosity, reject the pursuit of perfection, and will boldly speak to anything that does not foster community. It does not matter who you are, how you identify, where you are from, what you do or who you love. As you are in this moment, and every version you will become – we want to be your home.