You are ready
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” - Seneca
It all begins with you wanting to take this on, and taking a leap. Becoming a yoga teacher doesn’t mean having practiced yoga for three months or ten years. Becoming a yoga teacher is all about intention, willingness and taking action to learn and understand, being receptive to the unknown, open to self-adventure, and standing above the doubts and fear.
It’s similar to when a person decides they want to become a dentist. They’re committed to becoming a dentist, yet know little and have minimum experience in dentistry. They then go to dental school to learn and become a dentist. Yoga Teacher Training is the same thing. We don’t expect experts.
This training is designed for those serious about becoming a yoga teacher and have every intention of teaching yoga after certification.
This Level 1 training (or similar to a 200 hour training) is one-on-one and/or small group private mentorship, just like in the good old days. We only take serious applicants willing to put in the time and effort and with a primary focus on skill development and breaking ground on teaching mastery. We want to sharpen your strengths and hone areas of weakness with kind and candid support and feedback. We are tailoring training to you. We will coordinate schedules so you don’t have to miss a minute of training or an event in your personal life. You will begin to teach yoga (up to 10 public classes) before you even graduate and will have plenty of experience teaching so you actually feel ready to teach after graduation. This training is designed to complete within a 6-9 month hybrid timeframe of both in person, virtual, and ongoing discussion training time. This training is rigorous as it is flexible, and will push your comfort zones.
Fearvana Yoga Teacher Training
The Fearvana Difference
You’ll learn how to teach authentically, finding your voice, and developing your own teaching style while knowing how to teach several types of yoga classes under your belt. You’ll learn how to confidently teach the full-spectrum of yoga, from high power intensity classes to the low physically intense classes making you a robust, well-rounded yoga teacher and practitioner. And more importantly, we draw from the scientific concepts of Fearvana that strengthens and embodies the teacher, making the yoga teaching itself even more powerful, and you a more embodied yoga teacher outside of the yoga mat.
This training is not for everyone. Training sessions are one-on-one to small group sessions to make sure the trainee actually succeeds and have a higher chance of obtaining a teaching position post graduation. We only accept applicants who have every intention on teaching yoga after they graduate. Because of this, our program is more expensive and only for those ready to accept a challenging program that will transform who they are.
The Hardest Part is Showing Up
In person sessions will be located at Fearvana Yoga - 600 Boulevard, Kenilworth, NJ 07033.
Virtual sessions will be on Google Meet.
Ongoing Chat and Discussion: Voxer
This is an evergreen and on going training occurring all year round. We begin when you are ready. Training duration can last between 6-9 months depending on trainee readiness.
*** Your training is not based on a set number of hours to graduate. Your training is based on covering all topics listed in the curriculum below to a level that is satisfactory to graduate as an effective and confident yoga teacher. This can take anywhere from 6 months or more to achieve with actual class teaching practice which majority of 200 Hour Teacher Trainings do not provide. ***
You're Worth It
Deposit: $700 A non-refundable, non-transferable deposit is due after application is received and approved after interview. This will guarantee your commitment to the program, your training materials, and required reading and workbooks.
Full Tuition: $5600 (includes unlimited membership to public classes and customizable monthly payment plans available)
Teacher trainee is required to obtain yoga teacher insurance prior to their first teaching class.
Continuing Mentorship post graduation available via Voxer.
Curriculum
Meticulous study on asanas (poses) in regard to positioning, alignment, engagements, disengagements, contraindications, and modifications, covered in detail to include transitional movements between poses. You will understand and know how to teach each pose in detail using both pose cues and transitional cues. Memorization is required to a degree until full understanding is attained of the poses and this is covered for the entire duration of training. Trainees will be tested for teaching efficacy on the poses.
100 poses covered broken into 6 categories: Standing, Prone, Arm Balance/Inversions, Backbends, Seated, Supine.
Pranayama (breathing techniques), and subtle body.
You will practice and learn how to teach Meditation, Restorative Yoga, Yin, Stretch & Mobility Flow, and Power Vinyasa (The full spectrum of yoga that is taught at Fearvana Yoga).
Anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics (detailed study on muscular sytem, skeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, and nervous systems in regards to various types yoga practice.
Basic hands-on-assists.
Yoga history, lineages, philosophy, and ethics.
Neuroscience studies and the 21 cognitive biases covered in “Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science on How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth, and Happiness” by Akshay Nanavati.
30 Skills on how to teach magnetically and deliver yoga effectively to build yoga your classes based on the book “After the 200 - How to Teach a Not-Horrible Class as a New Yoga Teacher” by Christa Lapinig Recio and how to receive constructive feedback that makes you an even better yoga teacher.
Professional and personal development on how to become a successful yoga teacher. Resume creation, and yoga teacher demo preparation for studio interviews, and online presence.
Up to 10 public community classes scattered throughout training.
Class structuring, logical sequencing and creative sequencing.
Reading and study of various yoga topics: chakras, mudras, bandhas, ohm, injuries and contraindication research.
Finding your authentic voice, embedding your personality in your classes, and getting comfortable as a teacher.
About the Lead Trainer
Christa Lapinig Recio is the owner and lead teacher at Fearvana Yoga with over 12 years of yoga teaching experience, studio ownership, and leading and mentoring countless yoga teachers in her career. As an Army veteran with extensive experience leading teams, project management, running Fearvana Foundation a 501c3 charity, and various creative and entrepreneurial pursuits, teaching yoga and building relationships with countless beautiful students, has proven to be the most rewarding.
Christa is also the author of her first book, “After the 200 - How to Teach a Not-Horrible Class as a New Yoga Teacher” published on December 2025 which is growing to be on the recommended reading list of many 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings. Her book explains 30 crucial skills that every yoga teacher must master to become effective and magnetic to not only become a skillful yoga teacher, but to also help them build their confidence and in turn, build larger classes with meaningful community.
