TESTIMONIAL: When I completed Erika’s 200-hour teacher training in April 2022, I truly felt transformed, grateful for the knowledge and the growth it sparked in me. At the time, I honestly believed that meeting this personal goal and obtaining this certification was enough. I wanted to teach — and now I could teach! 

Since I was also an older person starting this journey, I didn’t think I needed a 300-hour training. I thought a 300-hour training would be more appropriate for someone younger who is just starting their yoga journey. 

 But everything changed when I began attending Erika’s monthly mentor hours.

 I initially saw this mentoring as a way to support my growth as a new teacher. What began as a step toward developing confidence evolved into a deeper calling. I realized– my age doesn’t need to restrict my growth as a person and a yogi. 

I recently enrolled in the 300-hour training, and I am thoroughly enjoying every moment. I’m learning through a new lens—one shaped by wisdom with my age, my novice yoga teaching experience, and a deeper connection to yoga philosophy. 

There was a time I struggled with the question: What kind of yogi do I want to be? Through this training and mentoring, I’m beginning to answer that question—not just intellectually, but through lived integration. I’m coming to know, understand, and feel at home with the yogi I am becoming.

This 300-hour journey is more than just a certification—it’s a pathway to authentic embodiment. I’m so grateful to Erika for helping me find my voice and deepening my yoga path.

With loving-kindness, 

Karen

Have you recently begun teaching as a Certified Yoga Teacher? Do you want to share Yoga after a 200-hour training but still feel like an imposter? Are you a certified instructor who never really learned the more profound practices?

You are not alone! Even Yogis who have been teaching for a while may find their classes stagnant or need new inspiration. We can always use a helping hand for a Great Leap Forward!

Becoming seasoned takes time, but it can happen faster with a strong, experienced, and wise mentor. Join Erika Faith Calig, E-RYT 500, a 30-year veteran Yoga Teacher and Director of Training for Cloud Nine Yoga School—Yoga Alliance Registered at the highest level since 2002.

During each Zoom meeting, you’ll greet Erika and other yoga practitioners like yourself in an online, face-to-face forum for direct Q&A. As a sounding board for all your challenges and questions, Erika will help you minimize fear, enrich your skills, provide objective support for situational struggles, and help you truly master the art of living Yoga with grace.

As a teacher, you’ll love the colorful, inquisitive communication skills taught, which strengthen your voice, increase your confidence, and build standout practice sequences to help you give your life and the people you touch a considerable boost. With your guidance, your Yoga students will effortlessly master essential techniques on and off the mat.

In our Group ZOOM Sessions, we:

• Take questions in advance and answer them individually while also taking time to interact with online participants. Erika takes every question to heart and will answer them thoroughly and with great care so you can immediately utilize the wisdom gained from each discussion.
• Organize accountability groups to connect with other teachers in your area for additional peer support. This optional community support team can be a fantastic resource between our meetings.
• We provide opportunities to share sequences, receive coaching, set goals, and try out methods within the forum. The skills we teach you will go to work right away in your life.
• Listen to your stories that describe the challenges Yoga Teachers face in the classroom and with organizations, social media, insurance, continuing education, the Yoga Alliance Registry, and negative student or public interactions.
• Understand what happens in real-life situations and guide you carefully, insightfully, and appropriately.
• Teach the ethical values instilled in the tradition of Yoga philosophy, assist you in integrating them into your ethos and life as a whole, and help you gracefully weave the themes into classes, work environments, family life, and all aspects of your human journey.
• Offer a new, unique, and effective Yoga curriculum that is engaging, unique, and geared to Yoga Practitioners & Teachers of all levels, from all walks of life, and Yogic traditions.
• Create a brave space and meeting format that encourages group engagement and provides a robust network of connections to unique humans with similar values.
• Promote a positive atmosphere for community building, collaborations, and further study.

I am excited to work with you!