200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Carrboro, NC
Rooted, real, and ready to teach
Join our Carrboro/Chapel Hill-based 200-hour yoga teacher training and learn to teach yoga in a supportive local community, guided by three lead teachers and an extended team of specialty faculty. Our fully in-person training welcomes students from Durham, Hillsborough, Pittsboro, Apex, Raleigh, Cary, and other communities throughout central North Carolina, and offers more than 200 hours of study, embodied practice, mentorship, and progressive teaching experience. Learn to teach with clarity, presence, and confidence in a training grounded in your local practice community. Explore Spring 2027 dates, faculty, curriculum, tuition, and application details below.
200 YTT Spring 2027 training begins January 8 | limited to 15 students
You want deep training—without flipping your life upside down.
Maybe you’ve been practicing for a while now. You’ve felt the nudge to share yoga with others, but you know you need a path that works with your schedule and bandwidth. You want to stay rooted in your home life and community, learning slowly and steadily over time.
That’s why we have offered this Carrboro and Chapel Hill–based YTT since 2011. You’ll spend eight transformative weekends of hands-on learning, practice and exploration with Alexis, Amy, Joe-Paul and an all-star guest teacher line-up, starting in January. It’s a sustainable experience designed to support both your growth and your commitments. No flights, no sabbaticals—just consistent, grounded, hands-on learning guided by seasoned mentors.
This isn’t just about becoming a yoga teacher. It’s about who you become in the process. Over eight thoughtfully structured weekends, you’ll build confidence, gain practical tools, and experience steady progress alongside a supportive community. This program is designed for people like you—people who are serious about deepening their understanding of yoga, who want to teach responsibly and authentically, and who want to stay grounded in their everyday lives while doing it.
We’ve helped hundreds of students step into their voices as teachers without leaving behind their families, jobs, or lives. If you’re ready to grow, we’re ready to welcome you.
Maybe you’ve been telling yourself, “I’d love to do yoga teacher training someday—when I’m calmer, fitter, more focused, more . . . ready.”
We hear this all the time.
You want to feel like the kind of person who does yoga teacher training. But right now, you’re juggling a full life—work, caregiving, relationships, commitments—and trying to deepen your practice in the pockets of space you can find.
This isn’t about waiting for a perfect version of yourself to appear. It’s about beginning where you are—with support, structure, and community.
And yes, maybe you’ve:
- Felt overwhelmed by intensive or travel-based trainings that don’t match your current bandwidth
- Looked at suspiciously cheap online-only programs and worried you’d feel isolated or unsupported
- Wondered if you’re really “ready” to take the leap
Here’s the truth: You already belong here. You’re ready. And we built this program with exactly that in mind—a bridge between your real life and your growth as a teacher. You deserve a training that honors both.
Join us for a live info session—meet your teachers and ask all your questions! Want to see what our classes are like? Stay after the Info Session and join Amy for a 75-minute Yin Yoga class.
Sunday, October 25, 1:30–2:30 p.m., in the front room at Carrboro Yoga
The Carrboro Yoga 200-hour yoga teacher training is built to support your real life and your growth.
Carrboro Yoga Company is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School (RYS®). Our training includes techniques, training, and practice; anatomy and physiology; yoga humanities; and professional essentials, along with focused exploration of specialty approaches and yoga traditions.
At the center of the program is a repeatable, adaptable framework for building balanced yoga classes. You’ll learn a dependable class structure, then adjust it thoughtfully for different bodies, needs, themes, and teaching settings. Alongside it, you’ll develop practical tools for teaching all bodies: applied anatomy, clear cueing, modifications, skillful use of props, and responsive sequencing. You’ll also build a strong foundation in asana, yoga philosophy, meditation, pranayama, class design, and the wider art and responsibility of teaching.
Your teaching practice develops progressively. You’ll begin by teaching your peers in a supported setting, receive thoughtful feedback, refine your choices, and return to teaching with greater clarity and confidence. When you’re ready, you may choose to teach an optional community class and put your learning into practice with students beyond your cohort.
You’ll receive hands-on feedback, learn alongside a steady group of peers, and grow week by week into the teacher you want to be.
Dates for Spring 2027
Weekend 1: January 8-10
Weekend 2: January 22–24
Weekend 3: February 5–7
Weekend 4: February 19–21
Weekend 5: March 5–7
Weekend 6: March 12–14
Weekend 7: April 9–11
Weekend 8: April 23–25
times
Fridays, 6–9 p.m.
Saturdays, 9 a.m.–noon, 1–5 p.m.
Sundays, 9 a.m.–noon, 1–4 p.m.
In addition to these hours, you will have the chance to practice teach, either in our community class or in small peer groups. Our community class is on Mondays at 7:15 p.m.
This isn’t a race to the finish. It’s a layered, supportive, step-by-step process to build your confidence and your voice.
Our YTT includes:
- 8 immersive weekend modules (Friday evening-Sunday afternoon) from January to April, led by Alexis, Amy, and Joe-Paul
- More than 40 hours of teaching from guest faculty, exploring yoga styles including Restorative, Yin, Prenatal, Chair, Kids, Trauma-Informed, and Social-Justice-centered yoga, plus so much more
- Contemplative and expressive practices, including meditation, kirtan, and sound baths
- Comprehensive training in teaching methodology, yoga philosophy, anatomy, cueing, sequencing, and ethics
- A repeatable framework for building balanced, adaptable classes
- An introduction to the business of yoga: studios, offerings, and career development
- Weekly class requirement to help you embody the practice in real time
- Personalized mentorship from Alexis, Amy, and Joe-Paul
- Live practice teaching and detailed feedback sessions
- A supportive community
- 200-hour Yoga Alliance-registered certification
What you’ll get:
- Local weekends only → No travel stress, no need to pause your life. You get to keep your routines and still step into something big.
- Cohort model → Build trust and friendships that extend beyond graduation. You’ll feel seen, supported, and known.
- Teachers who care about your growth → Alexis, Amy, and Joe-Paul aren’t just educators, they’re mentors. You’ll get honest feedback, grounded guidance, and a shoulder when you need one.
- A framework you can use again and again → Learn a dependable structure for balanced classes, then adapt it for different bodies, abilities, and settings.
- Tools for teaching all bodies → Applied anatomy, cueing, modifications, props, and responsive sequencing help you meet the people actually in front of you.
- Actual teaching practice → You won’t just learn about teaching. You’ll teach. Often. And by the end, you’ll feel ready.
- Your own teaching voice → Structure and feedback, without asking anyone to copy a single style of teaching.
Our students say:
The YTT was deeply transformational to me. It was an intensive process but one that I found so joyful! We built a strong community through the process as we all went on this remarkable journey. It was an incredible blend of new experiences, moments of reflection, and deep learning with a long list of truly inspiring guest teachers. I will be forever grateful for this training and look forward to my continued yoga journey!
—Ali
If you think YTT would enrich your life, don’t think twice. YTT is the best gift I’ve given myself and one of the most rewarding experiences of my adult life. All the instructors guided the YTT class through training with such grace, knowledge, encouragement, and compassion.
—Heather
From the beginning, our instructors masterfully created a safe and loving space for us. Though teaching can be quite vulnerable, I felt encouraged and comfortable each step of the way. Now that I’ve completed the training, I have the confidence and tools I need to grow my own practice while sharing the gift of yoga with others. I also have an amazing group of supportive yoga teachers to help me along the way. I learned so much about yoga through this training, but even more about myself.
—Kay Cee
I’m not too embarrassed to admit I expected to be a “picture perfect yogi” at the culmination of YTT. I didn’t expect to crack open my mind, my heart, my energy and challenge myself in the coolest ways. The space created felt mystical, yet profoundly grounded and safe. Like a fairy dreamy forest at dusk in the summer surrounded by beings you couldn’t help but adore. This entire experience has felt like a safe warm bubble to grow and learn and explore more about yoga philosophy, myself, and so so much more.
—Courtney
The process was transformative in so many ways but interestingly, I notice the most obvious changes off the mat. Holding space instead of trying to offer solutions when my daughter’s feelings are hurt by others at school, that’s yoga. Choosing “good enough” over “perfect,” that’s yoga. My yoga journey has allowed me to grow and heal in ways I didn’t expect. It was scary at times and I definitely had to go out of my comfort zone but all of our instructors did a stunningly beautiful job of creating a safe and welcoming environment. It was truly a transformative and magical experience that I’m eternally grateful to have experienced.
—Blair
The breadth of topics covered and the way the training is carried out gives you so much to explore. This training also gives the support and encouragement yoga teachers really need. By covering a broad reach of resources and topics, it also engenders a feeling that I think is of the utmost importance for yoga teachers: “knowing what you don’t know,” but also with resources to learn as much as you can while also getting experience—not thinking you need to know everything today, and recognizing that yoga can be a lifelong journey of learning and growing.
—Sarah
Not only are your guides Alexis Besosa, Amy Boerner and Joe-Paul Naughton-Travers all graduates of our yoga teacher training, so are several of our regular staff members. Come take a class with any or all of them, see what kind of teachers we produce, and ask anything you want to know about yoga teacher training! Look for:
- Alexis Besosa
- Amy Boerner
- Cassandra Braxton
- Olga Buczek
- Alaina Godfrey
- Mary Beth Knight
- Heather Lasseter
- Joe-Paul Naughton-Travers
- Diana Newton
- LaRita Schoor
Spring 2027 cohort details
- 8 weekends: January 8–April 25, 2027
- Friday evenings, Saturdays, Sundays
- Maximum 15 students for intimate mentoring, real support, and plenty of individual feedback
Here’s how your teacher training unfolds:
- Apply with a $500 non-refundable deposit (applied toward your tuition)
- Receive your welcome materials and reading list
- Attend 8 weekends of live, in-person training (Carrboro studio)
- Join 1 weekly class (included)
- Complete integration assignments, journaling, and peer practice
- Graduate certified, confident, and ready to teach
Pricing and discounts
Early bird program cost: For payment made in full before December 1: $3200 (this includes the deposit), plus $100 nonrefundable surcharge if you would like to pay the balance by credit card
Standard: $3,500 due the first day of the training (this includes the deposit), plus $100 nonrefundable surcharge if you would like to pay the balance by credit card rather than check.
Reparatory and gratitude discount: We need to get more Black, Indigenous, and Non-White people in front of yoga classrooms. Thus we offer a 25 percent discount off the full price of our yoga teacher training and our continuing education workshops for teachers for people who self-identify as part of this group. No application, just tell us you qualify.
Bonuses
- Free weekly class credit during the program
- Discounted unlimited class membership during the training months
- Peer-led study pods
- Experienced mentors for teaching feedback and confidence building
Here to support you
We are teachers who believe in process over perfection. We want you to succeed, not just pass.
That’s why we:
- Keep our groups small so you’re never lost in the crowd
- Provide ongoing support, even after graduation
- Offer compassionate flexibility when life throws you curveballs
We’re here to help you stay on your path—at your pace.
About your teachers
Alexis Besosa, E-RYT 500, RYCT, YACEP, brings a deep knowledge of anatomy and physiology from her studies in exercise physiology and massage therapy. She has taught anatomy, physiology, and pathology to yoga teachers and massage therapy students, blending science and somatic awareness in a practical, approachable way. Alexis brings curiosity and compassion to her teaching, helping students feel supported, empowered, and inspired to explore their own bodies and practice confidently.
Amy Boerner, E-RYT 500, brings over twenty years’ of experience in massage therapy, teaching yoga, guiding yoga retreats, and supporting students in their practice. Her teaching blends strength, creativity, and tenderness, and she is known for helping students feel joyful in movement, at ease in stillness, and grounded in mindful presence. Amy’s leadership and warmth make her a steady, encouraging guide for those stepping into the role of teacher.
Joe-Paul Naughton-Travers E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP, is a seasoned yoga teacher with decades of experience in the helping professions, and he brings warmth, humor, and wisdom to everything he teaches. He has completed advanced training in yin yoga, yoga for seniors, and trauma-informed practices. Joe-Paul came to yoga in his twenties, but it was during the pandemic that he felt called to teach, looking to cultivate serenity and joy for himself, his family, and his community.
Together, Alexis, Amy and Joe-Paul will guide you with warmth, humor, and wisdom every step of the way.
Next steps
Applications are open for rolling admission.
If you have questions, book a call with either Joe-Paul or Alexis, or come right to class with one of us. We’ll all be happy to talk you through everything you need to know, and things you wouldn’t have thought to ask!
Sign up for any of our classes from the Sign Up button in the menu here.
And we have lots of availability across the week for you to schedule a chat.
FAQs
- Do I need to be advanced? No. You just need a consistent practice and curiosity to learn.
- What if I need to miss a weekend? Let’s discuss it. Make up may be available—or we might point you toward the next cohort.
- What’s the refund policy? The deposit is non-refundable. Tuition is refundable up to 30 days before the program begins.
- Is this Yoga Alliance approved? Yes!
- Can I work full time while doing this? Yes. Most of our students work full-time and successfully complete the program.
Still have questions?
Yoga teacher training changes lives—starting with yours.
You don’t need to be perfect to start. You just need to begin.
This is your moment to commit to your practice, your voice, and your future as a teacher. If you’re ready—we’re here.