Create Body Positive Yoga Classes for All Shapes, Sizes, and Abilities

A 7-week online program with Dianne Bondy and Amber Karnes

If you’re unsure of how to teach yoga students that are older, plus-sized, or have disabilities, you’re not alone. You love teaching yoga, but sometimes students come to class that you don’t know how to help. Students in larger bodies, older students, or those with physical limitations want to take your yoga classes, but you don’t know how to make the poses safe and accessible for them. Do you:

• Worry that someone in a non-traditional yoga body will come to your class and feel nervous when they do?
• Try to offer modifications for poses, but feel like you don’t have enough variations in your toolbox?
• End up offering the modifications you do know in a way that leaves you and the student feeling awkward?
• Feel bad when a new non-traditional student doesn’t come back to class?
• Know you could attract more students, making you more marketable as a teacher, if you could confidently teach to whoever was in the room?

You’re not alone. Yoga teacher trainings are failing their teachers by not teaching them how to modify yoga for older students, those in larger bodies, and students with physical limitations. What if you:

• Could confidently adapt classical yoga poses on-the-fly for whoever shows up to your class?
• Felt more skilled and confident as a yoga teacher?
• Attracted more students to your classes by ensuring each feels that yoga is possible for them?
• Were able to teach more classes to a wider variety of students, increasing your marketability to the studios in your area

Your yoga teacher training program taught you how to create yoga sequences for the slim, flexible and able-bodied.

But what about the students who don’t look like the pictures in your yoga anatomy textbook? Yoga For All is an online yoga certification that teaches you how to adapt yoga asana for plus-size yogis, seniors, and those with physical limitations so that you can reach more students and confidently teach more classes. We give you the tools to adapt any pose for any body, making you more confident and marketable as a teacher. And we coach you on how to leverage those tools to build a thriving, body-positive yoga business. When you know how to adapt yoga poses on-the-fly for the unique bodies of your students, you can offer a personalized yoga experience created just for them. And that makes all the difference.

Hi. We’re Dianne Bondy and Amber Karnes.

We are yoga teachers in larger bodies and we know what it’s like to be the “odd student out” in a class. We’ve been singled out, shamed for our size, and made to feel less-than. And we never want that to happen to your students. That’s why we created Yoga for All, an online yoga certification for teachers who want to teach adaptive and accessible yoga to whoever shows up to class.

50 Years of Combined Yoga Experience

Dianne Bondy is an author, motivator, educator, yoga teacher, and creator of Yogasteya.com, an online yoga site dedicated to celebrating students of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities. Dianne has had over 1,000 hours yoga training in different modalities such as yoga therapeutics, restorative, and Anusara Yoga. She is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour level and is the Director of Eastside Yoga School. You can take her classes at YogaInternatinal.com, Omstars.com and many others. Amber Karnes is the founder of Body Positive Yoga, an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour level, and a certified Accessible Yoga teacher trainer. Amber is a contributor to Yoga International and the Yoga and Body Image Coalition, and seeks to further the message of inclusivity, consent, agency, body positivity, and accessibility for all on and off the mat. You can learn more about her at bodypositiveyoga.com. About Yoga For All: Since we launched in 2015, over 1400 teachers have become Yoga For All certified. This 7-week self-paced online course is perfect for busy yoga teachers. You can work on the material whenever and wherever is most convenient for you. All content is available online for self-study and you have a year to complete the course and receive your certification.

What we cover

Frequently Asked Questions

Are there payment plans? Or do I have to pay for the course in one lump sum? We know that it can be hard to pay for a yoga training in one lump sum and so we offer payment plans to make Yoga For All easier to work into your budget. Your payments can be split into two or three payments. If you need something longer, with lower monthly payments, let us know. How do the payment plans work? Your first payment will be deducted immediately when you register. Subsequent payments will come out every 30 days, from the day you register. For example, if you register on May 3rd, your second payment will come out on June 3rd, and so on until all payments have been made. Do I have to be a 200-hour yoga teacher to take this course? No. The course is geared toward teachers (or teacher trainees), but you don’t have to be a teacher to take the course. You can also take it before you complete your 200-hour certification. If you are in training now, and complete our course and your 200-hour training within the same year, you can still get your 35 continuing education hours with Yoga Alliance. How long do we get access to the material? All the course materials, including downloads, videos, and more are yours to keep. Forever. You’ll have access to the private Facebook group (and to questions about the course content with Dianne and Amber) as long as you would like. If you would like to be certified as a Yoga For All Certified Teacher, you have one year from the beginning of class to complete the course. I don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to a training course. What is the time commitment for Yoga For All? Most students spend between 1-4 hours per week for six weeks to watch and digest the content and complete the homework. But you don’t have to finish the course within six weeks! You have access to the course website for a full year so that you can complete it at your pace. You just need to complete the course within that year to get your certificate and for CEUs from Yoga Alliance, if desired. You get to download and keep all course material forever. Is this a “live” course? Can I take it whenever I like? Each week, you’ll receive self-paced online videos to watch, including lectures with slides and asana videos. Each week’s material also includes reflection prompts and a chance to ask your questions in our Facebook group, or through email. There are also many downloadable bonuses like the Yoga For All teacher training manual, vinyasa sequences for those who are recovering from injuries, class planning templates, and much more. You have one year to finish the course, so you can learn at your own pace! Do I get Continuing Education credits for completing Yoga For All? Yes! Upon the completion of the course, you’ll receive a certificate that you can submit to Yoga Alliance for 35 non-contact hours. Although we get many requests, we cannot offer contact hours for this course. Yoga Alliance stipulates that contact hours happen at an in-person training or workshop. Are the payments in U.S. or Canadian Dollars? The cost of the course is in USD. Dianne is Canadian, however Amber is in the U.S. and all of our expenses are in USD. Therefore we need to charge is USD.

You’ll love Yoga For All. We Guarantee It.

You might be concerned that this training won’t work for you. We get that. We offer a no risk, 14-day money back guarantee. If you don’t like the training, if you feel like you already know the material, or if you just change your mind, we will refund 100% of your money if you cancel your training within 14 days. To secure your refund, simply complete an exit interview with us so we can learn how to make Yoga For All better next time around. When you complete Yoga For All, you’ll know how to adapt yoga poses for the individual in front of you. You’ll be able to offer those adaptations with grace and you’ll be able to teach mixed ability classes with ease. Learn to create inclusive yoga experiences for every student you teach and do it on your own time.

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A Word About the Payment Options

Given recent world events, many of us have lost income due to self-isolation and studios closing. So we came up with an idea to make the training more affordable for people that really need it. You now have three different prices to pick from. You pay the price that makes the most sense to you. $747 If you are working, financially secure and would like to provide a $100 scholarship for someone in need. $647 If you can pay the regular cost. $547 If you have recently lost income and would like to use a $100 scholarship.

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