Inspired by William Wordsworth’s 1806 poem, The Happy Warrior embodies resilience, virtue, and unwavering optimism. They face adversity with courage, seeking wisdom, self-knowledge, and moral strength. Guided by reason and virtue, the Happy Warrior grows through challenges, remaining steadfast, fair, and joyful in all pursuits.
Guest Faculty Featuring Skill in Action
Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an author, activist, and racial equity consultant specializing in healing and social justice through the intersection of yoga and racial equity.
She leads workshops and retreats across the U.S., collaborates with organizations to dismantle racism, and has authored several books on collective healing and community building. A Tedx speaker and podcast guest, Michelle emphasizes rituals in justice spaces, connection with nature, and community healing.
Training Dates:
March 15th and 16th
Explore the foundational principles of trauma-sensitive teaching. Learn accessible, inclusive methods to support individuals within a group setting while fostering trust, agency, and empowerment.
Examine the relationship between yoga and social justice. Deepen your understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion in yoga spaces and beyond, and explore ways to cultivate truly accessible and liberatory practices.
Learn how anatomy informs movement, alignment, and accessibility, ensuring your teaching supports safety, adaptability, and inclusivity of all bodies.
Learn how yoga’s history and philosophy inform modern practice while staying true to its roots and promoting decolonization.
Learn to adapt poses, language, and sequencing to support diverse bodies, experience and abilities in a way that centers agency.
Explore the ethics of teaching, power dynamics, and trauma-sensitive approaches that empower students and build community centered yoga spaces.
Deepen your understanding of the subtle body through trauma-sensitive breathwork and meditation practices. Learn to guide students toward inner awareness while honoring their individual experience.
Learn how to design accessible classes for all levels and how to teach inclusive yoga classes in public parks and community spaces.
Connect with your purpose as a yoga teacher. Reflect on how your values, lived experience and commitment inform your teaching.
Training runs from October 2025 through May 2026.
Training will be both virtual and in-person at locations in Hartford.
Thanks to our partnership with YWCA Hartford Region, we’re excited to announce a 20% reduction in tuition! We heard your feedback loud and clear: we want to ensure this training is accessible to all of the future leaders who could benefit.
Specific communities have been historically denied entrance into sanghas or communities of practice. To address this inequity, our Happy Warrior training reaches specifically into the Global Majority, the LGBTQIA+ community, and those who are differently abled to lead underrepresented communities. Accommodation information is available upon request, please email elise@yogainourcity.com
For those in need of financial support, we have various options to overcome any financial barriers to join our training. Upon application and acceptance into the training, further detail on both payment plans and financial needs based on household income will be provided.
Arrangements include:
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