A 200-hour, Yoga Alliance–certified teacher training built on the nervous system: 25 days of full immersion where the jungle meets the sea at ViYarte, Playa Marsella. You will teach from day one, and leave with far more than a certificate.
Why this training is different
The Pure Living Method is a nervous-system-based approach to yoga education. Instead of memorizing sequences, you learn how breath, movement, and attention actually shape a human body and brain, then you learn to guide others from that felt understanding. You will not just study the material. You will feel it.
Your voice, your presence, and your confidence are trained daily, not saved for a nervous final exam.
Functional anatomy, brain science, and flexibility research woven together with philosophy, pranayama, and ceremony.
Shadow work, meditation, and emotional development, because who you are walks into the room before what you know.
The Curriculum
Open the streams that call to you. Together they form the complete 200-hour Pure Living Method: the exam is life, and the practice is daily.
The complete physical craft of practice and teaching. You break down heat-building practices (vinyasa, ashtanga, rocket & hatha) and cooling practices (passive & active-release yin and restorative), with alignment points for every asana, hands-on assists, and the intelligent use of props.
You learn the different styles of pranayama and breathwork and their benefits, the road into inversions, modifications for common contraindications, sequencing for beginner, level 1, level 2 and all-levels classes, and adaptations for pre- & postnatal students. And you practice teach from day one.
How to actually hold a room, on and off the mat. Theming classes that land, mirroring, increasing and decreasing difficulty inside an all-levels room, and discovering the teaching style that is unmistakably yours.
Communication is trained like a muscle: refining your public speaking, vocal activation, anti-fragility, and nuance, so your voice carries presence, not nerves.
The heart of the Pure Living Method. You dissect the universal language of anatomy: misalignments and contraindications, the physiology of postures and sequences, the anatomy of pranayama, and how the nervous system and brain actually respond to practice.
A scientific approach to building strength and flexibility, including Functional Range Conditioning strategies so you understand what a practice is really doing, and can explain it.
Foundational yoga literature broken down (common misinterpretations included) alongside the history of yoga and its modern relevance. You learn to apply the yamas & niyamas, dharma & karma to the world you actually live in.
Plus the chakra system, dissecting the ego according to yoga philosophy, how to protect and share your energy, holding space on and off the mat, identifying your inner philosophy, and ceremonial practices.
The inner work most trainings skip. Deconstructing your inner shadows and the steps to heal them; transformational breathwork and meditation practices, including techniques for releasing past trauma.
Deconstructing the mind itself: default thinking patterns and how to build new, healthy neural pathways; mental and emotional triggers, psychosomatics, and the science of happiness, plus the science of connection & belonging, with tools to deepen connection with yourself and others. This is where trainees say the training changed their lives.
Leave ready to earn. The how-to of teaching public classes, private clients, and workshops; creating your pricing; building communities and collaborating; and the basics of business planning and marketing, without losing your integrity.
Then Ayurveda and natural medicinal practices for daily life: understanding the doshas and sequencing for them, kriyas, and self-care practices for the body.
The Immersion · Playa Marsella, Nicaragua
Home for the training is ViYarte Boutique Hotel & Retreat Centre, just outside San Juan del Sur: brick arches, ocean-view shalas, and jungle in every direction. No commute, no distractions. Just practice, study, food made for you, and a beach down the hill.
A day in training
Every day moves through practice, study, teaching, and rest, with space in the middle to swim, nap, journal, or just watch the ocean. Training runs in five-day blocks with three full days off across the immersion, so integration is never rushed.
Your lead teacher
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
Brenna's path began with dance in Mexico in 2005 and wound through naturopathy and holistic medicine before yoga found her in 2009. More than 500 hours of training later, she spent five years distilling what she learned into the Pure Living Method, and has been guiding teachers into their own voice ever since, together with co-founder Brittany.
The fastest way to know if this training is yours is a real conversation: about your practice, your fears, your timing. No script, no pressure.
Prefer to dial? Emerald Park 306.535.8098 · Saskatoon 306.242.7873
Your teaching team
Nicaraguan yoga teacher and movement educator trained since age 19 in the Ashtanga lineage of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, including study in Mysore with Sharath Jois. Blends tradition with functional movement, anatomy, reflexology, and shiatsu.
Blends traditional yoga with modern mobility, breathwork, and body awareness. Practicing since 2011 and trained in Rishikesh and with Pure Living Yoga, he teaches mobility and proprioception rooted in Hatha Yoga.
Moved by Thich Nhat Hanh's call for collective awakening, Zamir has built his life's work around teaching and coaching, helping students find presence, curiosity, and connection to themselves.
Award-winning author, yogi, singer-songwriter, and founder of ViYarte Retreat Center. Completed his 200hr training with Kula Collective in 2017, and has curated over 200 retreats and major events worldwide.
Dates & Investment
Arrive January 17. Every option below includes all 200 training hours, three meals a day, your room at ViYarte, and airport transport from Liberia.
Shared room · the community immersion
$5,999 after Sept 30
Two per room · balance of space & connection
$6,555 after Sept 30
Your own sanctuary for 25 days
$7,333 after Sept 30
A $1,111 deposit holds your place in any option, and payment plans are available; ask Brenna on your call. Prices in USD.
Complete your 200 hours in two chapters: the first 13-day block in the nature of Nicaragua (Jan 17 – Jan 29, 2027), final intensive block at the Pure Living studios in Saskatchewan. Ideal if work or family makes a full month away impossible.
The full Pure Living Method, taught at home in Saskatchewan over four weeks. Dates for the next Canadian cohort are announced to the waitlist first; apply below or ask Brenna on your call.
Practicing teachers (and dedicated practitioners who don’t want the full certification) can join one or more weeks of any training. Week one focuses on anatomy, physiology, alignment, props and hands-on assists; week two on sequencing and movement variability (yin, restorative & mobility); week three on yoga philosophy, psychology, emotional intelligence, meditation, chakras and ceremony. Existing teachers earn Yoga Alliance continuing-education hours.
Your RYT-200 is earned, not purchased. Graduates are assessed on presence, ethics, comprehension, safety, and teaching accuracy, with an 80% mastery standard, completed within one year.
If you're not ready yet, you're not abandoned: you receive a personal development plan and the support to finish strong. That's why studios trust a Pure Living graduate.
Certification & Standards
Graduate registered and ready to teach anywhere in the world.
Presence, ethics, safety, and accuracy, reviewed by your teachers, not a multiple-choice quiz.
First training, upgrading an online certificate, or deepening a decade of teaching: the method meets you where you are.
“At our best, we are all teachers.”
Maya Angelou
Questions, answered
No. Many trainees come purely to deepen their own practice and understanding of themselves. The teaching skills (presence, voice, holding space) transform how you show up everywhere, whether or not you ever teach a public class.
A consistent, sincere practice matters more than fancy poses. The method is built to meet first-time trainees, teachers who certified online and want embodied training, and experienced teachers looking to go deeper.
Everything on the ground: all 200 training hours, 24 nights at ViYarte Boutique Hotel & Retreat Centre, three meals a day, and transport from Liberia airport. You cover your flights and travel insurance.
Yes. A $1,111 deposit secures your spot, and payment plans are available for the balance. Set one up on your call with Brenna.
Fly into Liberia (LIR) and we handle the rest: group transport to Playa Marsella is included. Arrival day is January 17, 2027, so you can settle in before opening ceremony.
Yes, teachers join either for the full method or for individual weeks as Yoga Alliance continuing education. Many say it's the training their first training should have been.
Begin
No application essays, no pressure. Tell us where you are, and Brenna will personally reach out to talk it through.
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