Yoga Studies:
Continuing Education
Recognized and Certified by Yoga Alliance International
Looking to continue your studies?
Our Continuing Education programs are post-secondary learning opportunities designed for yoga teachers who wish to deepen and expand their existing knowledge, refine their skills, and explore new techniques related to teaching yoga. Certified yoga teachers who have completed a minimum 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training may apply for continuing education credits. As credible, integrated teachers, it is essential that your classes are safe, well-informed, and grounded in a strong foundation.
If you have not yet completed a foundational training, we invite you to learn more about our 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training program.
Independent Studies
All of our courses/workshops are also available as Independent Studies for dedicated students pursuing personal learning and exploration.
2026
Yoga Kurunta: Integrating Ropes into Yogāsana
with Josephine Vittoria
Explore Yoga Kurunta, the art of practicing yoga with wall ropes, developed by B.K.S Iyengar. This program guides teachers on applying rope techniques safely in their classes, while also welcoming dedicated students with at least one year of consistent practice to join for personal study and exploration.
The ropes warm up the body, limber the shoulders, hips, and hamstrings, and allow greater depth of movement. They provide stability in challenging poses, enhance alignment awareness, and help hold poses longer with ease. Yoga Kurunta prepares students for deeper asana, supports the sacrum in backbends, and allows safe inversions that lengthen the spine, use gravity for traction, and calm the mind.
If you are a teacher, offer your students the ability to adapt, explore, and deepen their yogāsana practice in a fun, creative and safe way.
Two Weekend Intensives
Dates & Time:
March 7 & 21 2026: 2:00 - 6:30 PM
March 8 & 22 2026: 12:00 - 4:30 PM
Cost: $550.00 + taxes
Location: Institut Yoga Essentiel
Energetic Anatomy
with Amrita Choudhury
This course blends ancient wisdom with practical application to deepen your practice and teaching. Explore the subtle body and unlock the energetic foundations of yoga through four transformative areas.
1. Mudra Vigyan – Discover the healing power of hand mudras, combined with breath, visualization, and movement, to influence body, mind, and spirit.
2. Chakras & Nadis – Learn the significance of the seven chakras and main nadis (Ida, Pingala, Sushmana), and how Kundalini energy flows to balance the energetic and emotional body.
3. Five Vayus & Five Koshas – Understand the five Pranic winds and the body’s sheaths, and learn practical ways to integrate them into asanas and teaching.
4. The Three Gunas – Explore Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, the qualities of life that influence focus and balance, and how to apply this understanding.
Weekend Intensive
Dates: March 14-15, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM (EST)
Cost: $350 CAD + taxes
Location: Institut Yoga Essentiel
Fascia & Kinesis
with Tania Cucciniello
Introducing the fascianating world of Fascia! This workshop explores fascia as a dynamic connective tissue network that envelops the entire body, extending from the top of the head to the tips of the toes without interruption. Through practical demonstrations and movement-based exploration, participants will discover the role of fascia in the body and its relationship to anatomy through movement. The workshop will support the development of proprioception and interoception, helping participants develop greater body awareness. It will also introduce practical methods for identifying compensations and imbalances throughout the body, along with effective strategies to correct them and help restore balance.
Date: April 12, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (EST)
Cost: $210 CAD + taxes
Location: Institut Yoga Essentiel
Yoga: A Way of Life & Philosophy in Motion
with Amrita Choudhury
Yoga is not merely a physical practice; it is a way of life, a profound philosophy that invites us to live with greater awareness, presence, and alignment. The true essence of yoga lies in embodying its timeless wisdom, allowing the philosophy to guide and inform both our personal lives, our practice and our teaching.
In the first part of this course, students explored the origins and roots of yoga. They were introduced to Vedantic Philosophy and the four main paths of yoga.
In this second part of this course, and central to this study is The Bhagavad Gita, a timeless spiritual text that brings together these paths and philosophies, offering practical wisdom for living a life of purpose, alignment, and inner peace.
Through study, reflection, and lived experience, students will begin to integrate yogic philosophy into their own lives, bringing harmony between thought, action, and being.
Dates: May 3 & 17, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (EST)
Cost: $280 CAD + taxes
Location: Institut Yoga Essentiel
Discover Mantras and How To Use Them
with Julie Legault
In this workshop, the students will explore three techniques to help you feel your best and improve your concentration: repetition, writing, and chanting — known as likhit japa, mala japa, and kirtan. You will learn what a mantra is, discover three different mantras, and experience their effects directly by practicing each one in a distinct way.
Likhit Japa — Repetition Through Writing
In Sanskrit, likhit means “to write” and japameans “repetition.” It is the practice that uses writing to create the repetition of a gesture (hence the idea of rotation) in order to cultivate deep concentration.
Mala Japa — Repetition with Beads
Next, we will practice mala japa using a mala — a strand of 108 beads traditionally used for meditation. Moving from bead to bead as you repeat the mantra anchors the mind and strengthens concentration through steady, intentional repetition.
Likhit Japa — Chanting with Melody
We will conclude with kirtan, the practice of chanting mantras with melody. Through sound and vibration, kirtan frees the voice, opens the heart, and allows emotion to be expressed and experienced in a powerful, uplifting way.
Materials to bring: Pen, paper, and a mala, if you have one of your own.
Date: May 24, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
Cost: $75 CAD + taxes
Location: Institut Yoga Essentiel
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