“Amazing and immersive experience. My goals in completing training were never to solely teach, but to deepen my understanding of the practice for personal pursuit. This flexible program accomplished that. Highly recommend!”

If you are looking to increase your yoga knowledge and have that desire to teach yoga, I would recommend Metta’s teacher training. There are many benefits that you will experience. First, it is being taught by 3 amazing and highly qualified Yoga Teachers that have different backgrounds that compliment each other. Zuzana, Lorilee, and Jess work very well together to give you the upmost professional and thorough teacher training. You will also benefit by the diversity of the course. Not only are they teaching Flow Yoga, but also Restorative Yoga. This combination creates a much more well rounded training class and yoga instructor. Another benefit is that they are offering it online. As a Yoga Instructor already, I was looking for an enhanced teacher training course, and I found it. I was a Metta Member for years when I lived in AZ. Now thanks to Zoom classes, I am able to participate in the teacher training, and take other classes online. Big Mahalos to Zuzana, Jess, and Lorilee for the great experience.

Metta Yoga is an outstanding program for YTT.  I was honored to be in the first-ever YTT class there in 2018, and it has changed my life in significant ways.  First I was able to deepen my understanding of the 8 branches of yoga with three incredible teachers.  They each brought different experiences and perspectives to their students, and they helped us learn how to go deeper on our own. Secondly, I became part of the larger Metta community through my YTT training. I was able to benefit from the support of others as well as to work together on projects for the wider Phoenix community.  In my case, this was supporting UMOM’s Halle Women’s Center. Zuzana Kalinkova has created an incredibly special center for “metta,” which means loving kindness. I would encourage anyone looking for a deeper, more holistic yoga practice to enroll in Metta’s YTT.  You will be inspired! 

This has been one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life. One of the best times spent. The whole training was very detailed and focused on bringing up new, very well-educated yoga instructors. It was an honor to me to be taught by such amazing, experienced master teachers that Metta Yoga has to offer. I could not imagine doing my 200YTT elsewhere. It felt like a family environment to me, yet still challenging and very focused on my own personal development – exactly what I was looking for. The curriculum was built up perfectly and I feel like I received a wide spectrum of knowledge from anatomy, alignment, adjustments, philosophy, Ayurveda, sequencing, pranayama techniques, details of vinyasa flow and restorative yoga, and much much more. I am so thankful to Zuzana, Jessica, and Lorilee for all their knowledge they shared with us and the overall approach they took.

As a yoga practitioner of 20+ years, I was finally ready to get my Yoga Teacher Certification, but I was very choosy about the type of training I wanted. I chose Metta to complete my YTT because I felt welcomed, accepted, and encouraged even in my first few communications with the studio. This was the deciding factor for me because I wanted to feel comfortable in my YTT classes so that I could focus on my studies, ask as many questions as I had, practice comfortably, and ultimately come away with a thorough understanding of my lessons. I loved that my YTT class was small, so I felt like an important contributor and had a lot of hands-on time. Zuzana, Jess, and Lorilee are all incredible teachers, and all have a very deep understanding of different aspects of yoga – from the history and roots of practices, the physical best practices, and understandings of the benefits of different movements, how movements are strung together, ayurvedic and mental health benefits, etc. I cannot recommend this group of grade-A yoga practitioners enough. I was thrilled to learn about a variety of practices, all rooted in centuries-old traditions. I’d recommend Metta over and over again – it’s a true community of wonderful, talented people.