ENROLLMENT OPEN: San Antonio, Texas · January–May 2027
Adaptive, person-centered training for aspiring teachers and practitioners ready to deepen their practice and expand how they serve.
With over 100 5-Star reviews on Yoga Alliance, MelMarie Yoga's Adaptive Trainings are devoted to career success, integrative nourishment and professional development of student trainees and teachers. The 200 Hour Adaptive Teacher Training is a comprehensive and inspirational program that will transform your practice while deepening your understanding of yoga. MelMarie Yoga has been leading trainings for over a decade and holds a deep passion in supporting students to awaken their gifts, innovate their mission and serve their community.
Become a yoga teacher through an adaptive, person-centered training grounded in the foundations of yoga, professional development, and therapeutically informed practice. MelMarie Yoga's 200-hour teacher training combines in-person learning in San Antonio with flexible hybrid access and 1:1 mentorship.
Learn to teach yoga that is inclusive, adaptive, and meaningful...
Yoga that is anatomically sound and therapeutically grounded. By participating in this learning experience, you will experience a transformational process of self connection while enhancing your capabilities as a wellness practitioner that prepares you in serving others, professional innovation, and showing up in your authentic expression as a teacher.
Perfect for both aspiring teachers and curious practitioners, this training is open to those looking to enhance professional growth, personal connection, nervous system regulation, and bridge ancient wisdom with practical real-world application. Participate in the evolving conversation of yoga in health care, the curriculum incorporates evidence informed research and neuroscience while emphasizing the skill in creatively adapting sequences to the student population that you feel called to serve.
This program is designed to complement approaches already being used in client and patient centered professions with a focus on mind body medicine applying mindfulness and yogic interventions. With a special focus on mental health, a wide range of styles and fostering the craft of yoga- our training uniquely prepares students to deliver yoga in dynamic settings and embrace your own expression as a teacher.
Therapeutically informed education: The integrative and therapeutic components of this training are informed by the professional backgrounds and expertise of our faculty, including certified Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT), and are not derived from MelMarie Yoga's status as a Registered Yoga School (RYS) with Yoga Alliance.
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What You'll Study
Our 200-hour curriculum gives students a strong foundation in the tradition and practice of yoga while introducing the adaptive, therapeutic, and professional applications that distinguish MelMarie Yoga's approach to teacher education.
Teaching Methodology & Adaptive Yoga
- Teaching Adaptive Flow, Vinyasa, and other styles
- Vision and Potential of Yoga in Health Care
- Asana Applications, Variations and Modification
- Verbal Instruction and Intelligent Cueing
- The Art of Sequencing, Foundations and Intuitive Sequencing
Anatomy, Biomechanics & Functional Movement
- Biomechanics, Alignment and Structural Teaching Techniques
- Hands On Assist and Person Centered Practices
- Yoga Anatomy, Assessments, Fascia and Mobility
- Improving Functional Potential + Kinesthetic Literacy
- The Nervous System and Physiology
- Yoga for Structural Rehabilitation
Yoga Philosophy & Vedic Foundations
- The Subtle Body and Biophysics
- Working with the Prana Vayus
- The Chakra Modality
- Foundations in Vedic Counseling
- Yoga Nidra, Sound Bowls, and Sound Healing
- History, Yoga Sutras, and Vedic Wisdom Foundations
- Yoga Styles and Yoga Lineages
- The Bhagavad Gita, Mantra, and Vedic Philosophy
- The Sister Sciences of Yoga: Ayurveda, Jyotish, Vastu
- Energy Medicine and Quantum Biology
- Mala Making and Tradition
Applied Yoga & Special Populations
- Yoga as Integrative Care
- Yoga for Stress Related Illness
- Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Chair Yoga, Senior Yoga
- Ayurveda and Teaching Ayurvedic Informed Yoga
- Doshas, Maha Gunas, and Assessments
- Tailoring Ayurvedic Classes and Lifestyle Guidance
- Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga, Teaching & Application
- Kid’s Yoga, Mindful Coping for Kids & Application
Mindfulness, Mental Health & Whole-Person Wellbeing
- Intention Setting and the Eight Limbs of Yoga
- Trauma Sensitive Teaching and Inclusivity
- Teaching Meditation, Pranayama, and Mindfulness
- Yoga for Chronic Pain, Sleep Hygiene, and Addiction Recovery
- Yoga for Behavioral Health and Adjunct to Care
Professional Development & Teaching Identity
- Embodiment and Leadership Skills
- Cultivating Your Soul Signature Teaching Style
- The Art of Private Instruction and working 1:1
- Professionalism and Scope of Practice
- The Business of Yoga, Building Your Profession
- Self Care and Self Development through Yoga
- Pioneering the Future of Yoga and Mindfulness
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Our training programs provide access to 1:1 mentoring throughout the training calendar to ensure students receive relevant application, transformational tools, therapeutic process, and empowered career development that edifies the trainee from within. All of our training provides self reflection, inquiry and awareness into elevating how students can stand in their authentic voice as a teacher while sourcing wisdom directly from the philosophical and psychological framework of Yoga. Because MelMarie Yoga holds a profession-forward vision for our students, we believe that well-trained teachers strengthen the expansion and access to yoga for communities as a whole. We equip students to carve their own path in the yoga industry with a focus on real-world application and professional progression taking experiences beyond just teaching a class for a studio but embodying the innovation and leadership as a practitioner.
"This program was more than I could've dreamed of for beginning my yoga teacher journey. Melissa teaches you the practical side of leading people through different yoga experiences while also holding space for adding the cozy and finding and leaning into your authentic voice. She embodies what she teaches and makes everything she shares potent. You are worth this investment and this journey. Thank you for being you and showing up authentically. You embody what you teach and speak so much wisdom because you live it. Thank you for being lighthearted, seeing and honoring the light in people and calling them up, meeting them in their fullness and reminding them. You truly are a beautiful soul." -Shannon, 200 Hour Graduate
NEXT TRAINING: 2027 at MBS
WEEKEND DATES FOR 2027
Training will be located with MBS located at 1115 S Alamo St
Times: Saturday 12:30-8:30pm and Sunday 12-5:30pm
Dates:
- START: January 23, 24
- February 27, 28
- March 20, 21
- April 24, 25
- GRADUATION: May 29, 30
TUITION | ENROLLMENT OPEN
PAY IN FULL SPECIAL: $3250
Payment Plans Total: $3450
For Custom Payment Plans: Pay $500 to Reserve Spot *Customized payment plans are organized with Mel directly. To begin, we require $500 deposit or beginning your custom payment plan before the training begins.
15% Military Discount | MYCAA Scholarships
What's Included
Your training experience includes in-person weekend trainings, a comprehensive training manual, 1:1 mentoring with Mel, access to MelMarie Yoga's on-demand studio, training resources and support between in-studio classes, weekly practice teaching and professional development via Zoom, additional Zoom workshops, and graduate resources that allow you to continue developing your craft even after graduation.
Once you enroll, Mel will set you up on Voxer to begin mentoring. Mel will mail you your supplies and meet with you 1:1 via zoom to walk you through housekeeping, booking zoom classes and resources and gems you have access to. You can begin your journey from there and then we gather as a group in January.
The experience is designed to give you both the education and the spaciousness to integrate what you're learning into your teaching, your professional goals, and your own relationship with yoga.
When our trainings moved online in 2020, we initially wondered what might be lost without everyone learning together in the same physical space. Instead, we discovered the value of greater accessibility, more personalized support, and new ways for students to integrate their education into real life. With feedback from our community, that experience shaped the hybrid model we offer today.
Students can experience the connection of our in-person training weekends while also having access to livestream participation when needed, 1:1 mentorship, and the ability to develop your craft also through remote teaching skills and workshops. Our goal is to create a person-centered learning environment where students have the time, support, and flexibility to develop their teaching competency in a way that works within their lives.
ACCESSIBILITY
Integrating Zoom throughout the program creates a more accessible training schedule, offers flexibility when needed, and provides additional opportunities to learn and integrate between in-person weekends.
PERSON CENTERED
Allows more 1:1 for trainees to develop their professional interests and have both the community in person and the ability to customize their education, weekly practice teaching, and professional implementation access.
TEACHING ONLINE
Getting comfortable with online opens up many professional opportunities and expands trainees ability beyond location or in person dependence. This expands one's skillset to foster the capacity of dynamic teaching delivery.
DEEPER INTEGRATION
Allows more access to integration sessions, practice teaching and the developmental depth to apply throughout the week in addition to immersive training weekends.
Meet Your Teachers
Eva ZobianWolf, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is a Registered Nurse and Certified Yoga Therapist with more than two decades of experience in the healing arts. She brings expertise in nervous-system regulation, trauma-informed yoga, burnout recovery, and somatic approaches to wellbeing.
Megan Rose Brown, RYT-500, is a retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant with a background in integrative health, adaptive yoga, mindfulness, and human performance. She brings a whole-person approach shaped by her experiences and education.
Natalie Holland, E-RYT 500 and NPCP Certified Pilates Instructor, brings over a decade of experience in mindful movement alongside backgrounds in nutrition, science education, and kinesiology. Her work is also deeply informed by her personal experience using yoga and Pilates throughout her own cancer journey.
Beth Allegra, E-RYT 500 is a yoga therapist and movement professional with a background in dance, kinesiology, movement patterning, and injury prevention. She brings an embodied approach to yoga therapy, mindfulness, and therapeutic movement throughout our trainings.
Melissa Aguirre, C-IAYT Author, Educator and Program Director.
You will cozy with Mel through Voxer Mentoring, Zoom workshops and remote resources. Her light hearted and grounded approach provides students with real-world applications of the ancient wisdom of yoga and its multi-faceted ways to be applied in our modern world. Mel offers a compassionate approach invested in her trainees focusing on mentorship, personal reflection and creative, professional integration. Learn More About Mel Here
Why Train With Us?
FLEXIBILITY
Our program provides a flexible learning environment that can be adaptable with the trainee's personal schedules and needs. Our courses are available also through live stream on zoom making accessibility and make up available. After over a decade of leading trainings- we have learned that delivering education in digestible ways is imperative to application and developing their craft as practitioners.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Our programs are designed to equip you in applying adaptive yoga into career fields or as adjunct into many professions including medical, military, corporate, mental health, education, hospitality and more. Unlike traditional training models that can unintentionally create barriers to entry or limit opportunities, we operate from a philosophy of innovation, collaboration and embracing personal goals around a students professional ambitions. We actively support our graduates in stepping into the field with confidence, clarity, and the skills needed to grow.
By training with MelMarie Yoga, you’re stepping into a professional ecosystem that values your evolution and expansion.
Our graduates go on to teach in studios and private settings, work in health care, academia, support aging populations, work with the military and veteran populations, build online or independent yoga businesses and partner collaboratively with organizations, mental health professionals and nonprofits. For a peak, follow @melmariestudio as we feature our grads and continue supporting our community beyond graduation.
COMMUNITY
Our programs provide access to resources and communities around the world to inspire, nourish and support your personal and professional goals. MelMarie Yoga nourishes students into deeper ways to serve communities and opportunities that provide our graduates unique ways to apply their training. We also offer post-graduate communities and resources and prioritize our graduates in filling community requests and jobs.
OUT OF STATE STUDENTS
Students training from out of state have the opportunity to train through our livestream and virtual access. Our in person trainings are currently located in San Antonio, Texas and the Charlotte Metro, North Carolina areas. We especially serve military spouse communities and are able to support those going through PCSs, moves and transitions that may make normal training formats difficult to access. If you are a military spouse, you may be eligible for a full scholarship for tuition. Email mel@melmarieyoga.com for more information.
In-Person 200 Hour Yoga Training Reading List
- The Yoga Tool Box by Joseph and Lilian Le Page
- The Yamas & Niyamas by Deborah Adele
- The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Sri Swami Satchidananda
- Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana by Judith Hanson Lasater
- The Innate Design by Melissa Aguirre and Dr. Kyle Hoedebecke
- Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar
- Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub
- Yoga as Medicine by Timothy McCall
- Bhagavad Gita by Stephen Mitchell
- Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
Love Notes
"I was drawn to MelMarie Yoga Academy due to her training as a Yoga Therapist and her engagement in integrative modalities (holistic services for healing). At the time I was in my master's program for Integrative Medicine and wanted to delve deeper into mind-body practices to support my future clients holistically. Evidence-based practices and science is important to me and aids how I help my clients heal chronic illness. Melissa was able to provide sound practices from research.
Most importantly, I joined a journey of personal growth, built both physical and spiritual confidence, joined a community of women that shard my values, and curated discernment in my own career on how I serve others. I graduated with my 200RYT in August of 2019 and fully recommend her Academy and services for those seeking healing opportunities outside of the traditional realm of health care.
And Melissa is a gem! I have had the opportunity to have her both as a mentor and to work beside her on projects to support our community. Her programs are genuine and approachable! She inspires more within you then you will ever expect to gain." - Donnelle, Integrative Medicine Provider
"Teacher training has been more than acquiring skills and knowledge. The benefits that transcend skill makes sense—as Melissa says, “yoga does what yoga does,” but I was not fully prepared to receive the changes that would come to me personally in terms of my lens. How I see my clinical work, others, and myself is different. This is my favorite part. I’m willing to bet that most teacher training is transformative in many positive ways, but I am grateful to have had this experience with Melissa." -Maria, PHD, LPC
"MelMarie Yoga Academy has been the biggest blessing in my life to date. I have been wanting to earn my RYT for quite some time, but, since I am Active Duty military, I could not attend a standard school with a set schedule. Melissa, a military spouse, understood my job and equally my passion and worked with me to accomplish my goals. Not only was her understanding a blessing, but the content of her course was as well. Since adaptive yoga is different from a traditional practice, so is Melissa's course material. Yes, of course you will learn yogic history, poses, ect., but the scientific, evidence based information on the benefits of yoga and meditation was invaluable to me as a health practitioner. Melissa knows her stuff and is more than willing to not only share, but engage in intellectual discussions that I will cherish for years to come. Her passion for yoga and investment in the wellness of others is unequaled in my experience and I look forward to learning more from her." - Megan Brown
"This experience has been so positive all around. It taught me to look inside, check within myself more. I have learned to teach to a wide variety of people and am not scared to do so! I have grown so much of the last nine months. From learning more about accepting myself and others for who they are. To learn how to use yoga as a healing tool and a way to move through my emotions, feelings, pain. This has been so incredible and I am so happy I made this spontaneous decision. This was worth everything." -Kathryn, RYT 200
"I knew that going into this yoga training would help me learn a lot about myself but I didn't realize how much. I thought I was going into it to learn to give to other people to help them heal their mind body and spirit but the insight this class & melissa has given me personally has no price tag. If you truly have a yearning to explore meditation and healing the mind and body through yoga, whether you want to be a teacher or you just want to learn for yourself, i definitely recommend Melissa Aguirre. Her wisdom, patience, and love for the practice and people is far beyond her years and I can't wait to continue learning from her." -Natasha, RYT 200
"I loved the way it was set up over nine months. It really allowed for me to dive into the experience. It never felt rushed, or forced. It truly allowed for all the information to sink in and resonate into my life. I loved this experience and the knowledge that was shared and am forever grateful for that." - Ariel, RYT 200
*MelMarie Yoga is a Registered Yoga School (RYS) with Yoga Alliance. Students who successfully complete the full 200-hour training receive a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training certificate and are eligible to apply for registration with Yoga Alliance at the RYT-200 level.
