LIVE Online Strength & Conditioning in Yoga
Join LIVE starting September 9th
Join Tiffany Cruikshank, L.Ac. and Dr. Katja Bartsch, BSc, ATSI, for this live 9-hour online training and learn how to apply evidence-based strength and conditioning principles to yoga-informed movement, creating practices that build strength, resilience, and long-term physical capacity.
Strength & Conditioning in Yoga Teacher Training | Online
$325.00
Training Description
Strength is now widely recognized as a cornerstone of lifelong health, yet many yoga teachers feel unsure how to integrate strength and conditioning principles into their classes in a way that is authentic, effective, and sustainable.
This live 9-hour online training bridges the gap between contemporary strength and conditioning science and yoga movement practices, offering a clear, grounded framework for designing practices that are both mindful and progressively challenging.
At its core, the course develops a practical understanding of how training works, how the body adapts to stimulus, and how to design movement with intention—moving beyond intuition alone toward informed, adaptable programming decisions.
For practitioners and teachers, it provides an accessible entry point into structured strength development, demystifying key concepts such as load, progression, and programming while preserving the integrity of yoga-informed movement.
For athletes who already strength-train, it reframes yoga conditioning as a targeted, intelligent system for improving control, capacity, and resilience across the full range of motion.
Through a combination of physiological theory and applied practice, you’ll learn how to design yoga-informed conditioning sessions that are purposeful, and grounded in a clear understanding of human adaptation. A distinguishing feature of this training is the integration of short educational lectures that unpack the rationale behind each practice. By exploring the what, why, and how, participants will gain greater confidence in sequencing, decision-making, and practical application.
By the end of this training, you will be able to:
- Explain the key physiological principles underpinning strength and conditioning
- Apply foundational programming concepts to yoga class design
- Confidently create classes that support strength development while staying aligned with your individual teaching or training approach
Join Us Live
September 9 - 30, 2026
Complete On Structured Timeline
CEUs Upon Completion
Unlimited Content Access
Training Details
This LIVE online 9-hour training will enable you to weave contemporary strength & conditioning methodology principles into movement classes.
Here are the main topics that we will cover during the Strength & Conditioning in Yoga Teacher Training:
- Why bring strength & conditioning principles into yoga?
- Key definitions: conditioning, strength, power, load, hypertrophy
- How the body adapts to training: physiological mechanisms of resistance & endurance training
- Needs analysis and considerations for different populations (yoga students vs. athletes)
- Core principles of effective programming
- Training variables: exercise selection, sequencing, volume, intensity
- Designing classes: Considerations for class formats and structure
- Building sustainable teaching approaches that align with your style and population needs
- Exemplary classes & sequencing (training variables etc.)
This training has three, 2hr live sections – one section will become available per week. After each live section a short Q&A will follow at the end for live participants to ask questions. Additionally, the training includes 3 pre-recorded practices with breakdowns to watch at your convenience.
LIVE Sections Schedule (9-11am PST | 12-2pm EST):
- Wednesday, September 9th
- Wednesday, September 16th
- Wednesday, September 23rd – REST WEEK (NO LIVE CALL)
- Wednesday, September 30th
We created this live online yoga teacher training to better support you in an interactive format with discussions along the way. You can either attend the weekly sections live or watch the recordings to stay on top of the information as it progresses - you will have unlimited access to the live section recordings and resources.
This yoga teacher training will count as 9 ‘in-person/contact’ hours towards your 500-hour/1000-hour Yoga Medicine certification. Directly following the last live section of the yoga teacher training you will be invited to take an optional online exam - you must pass the exam within 45 days to receive your certificate of completion and training hours. These online hours will also be recognized as 18 continuing education hours (CEUs) by Yoga Alliance.
For teachers dedicated to a higher standard of learning looking to deepen their knowledge.
This Strength & Conditioning in Yoga Teacher Training is a 9-hour advanced online training for yoga teachers, movement professionals, and strength-focused practitioners who want to confidently integrate strength and conditioning principles into yoga-based movement.
It is ideal for yoga teachers looking to move beyond traditional sequencing and develop a clearer understanding of load, progression, and programming—while maintaining an authentic, yoga-informed approach.
It is also suited to athletes, strength trainers, and coaches who want to use yoga conditioning as a strategic cross-training tool to improve movement quality, control, and recovery.
No prior strength & conditioning background is required—just a willingness to explore a more structured and intentional approach to movement.
Lindsay Roselle
500-Hour Yoga Medicine Teacher
“I'm continually impressed with the quality of Yoga Medicine programming, the dedication to real, usable education, and the hearts of the group of people that show up to each training. Each YM training has served me perfectly at that moment in my life, and I just want to express my gratitude again to you Tiffany and your team for your tireless commitment to creating exceptional experiences.”Sophie Tashkovski
500-Hour Yoga Medicine Teacher
“There is no doubt that I have become a better teacher with each training I attend. YM trainings have fine tuned my understanding of anatomy, and helped me better understand how to help individual clients feel best in their bodies. I’ve also learned about my own body and how to treat it with kindness. YM trainings have changed my Yoga perspective-when I started as a Yoga student, I thought you had to push yourself at all costs to achieve a pose. Now I accept where I am on any given day and know that it might be different the next day.”Meet the teachers...
Tiffany Cruikshank
Founder of Yoga Medicine, L.Ac, MAOM, E-RYT
Tiffany is a yoga therapeutic specialist, author, licensed acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine provider. She’s trained over 15,000 yoga teachers, athletes, healthcare professionals, physicians, bodyworkers and coaches worldwide on how to fuse anatomy, western medicine and cutting-edge research with traditional yoga practices to therapeutically support individuality and holistic wellness.
Dr. Katja Bartsch
Katja is a fascia researcher and yoga teacher. She holds a doctorate in Sports Science and collaborates with Dr. Robert Schleip and the Fascia Research Project in Munich (Germany). Katja has authored several peer reviewed studies and book chapters in sports science and fascia research. She is certified as E-RYT 500 and YACEP, has been teaching yoga for over a decade, and is teaching trainings and workshops on anatomy, fascia physiology, and female hormones around Europe. She is also certified as Structural Integration Practitioner (ATSI) trained by Tom Myers and his Anatomy Trains school.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be enrolled in the Yoga Medicine 500-Hour Program to attend this Yoga Teacher Training?
No!
This yoga teacher training is designed for yoga teachers, physicians, healthcare providers and those who are interested in learning more about this invaluable curriculum. If you have a consistent yoga practice and a desire to learn more, then we would love to have you join!
If you are new to Yoga Medicine and would like to join the 500-hour program, then please complete the online application. Upon successful completion of this online training, the 9 hours would automatically be applied towards your 500-hour. Details on the 500-hour program can be found here.
How do I prepare for and access the online training?
When you register for this training, you will also receive complimentary access to the following online courses: Conducting a Therapeutic Evaluation and Recognizing Red Flags in a Therapeutic Yoga Setting – reviewing these courses will also help you prepare for this training.
After registering for this training, you will receive a confirmation email with more details on general information, training materials needed, and instructions on how to access your online training.
Do you offer refunds?
Immediately after your payment is processed, you will receive access to this live online training portal and materials. For this reason, refund requests are only accepted before September 9, 2026 (when this training goes live).
We appreciate your understanding.
Got additional questions? Contact us here.
Our Promise
We believe bridging the gap between yoga and medical systems is a crucial therapeutic adjunct to modern healthcare. That’s why all of our offerings strive to reach the same goal: to empower teachers and students through deeper yoga education.
We train our teachers to understand the body and the full spectrum of therapeutic yoga modalities so they can build a personalized practice to suit the individual across any yoga style, state of wellness, level, body shape, gender, anatomical differences, age, or capacity. With our credentials, students and healthcare facilities can trust that their yoga teacher is trained with a depth of knowledge in the fusion of research, science & traditional practices as well as a range of applied and highly specialized therapeutic experience!
Apply This Training Towards a 500-Hour Certification
If you are enrolled in Yoga Medicine’s 500-hour or 1000-hour program, then this training counts as 9 hours towards your certification, as well as continuing education hours with Yoga Alliance!
If you are a yoga teacher interested in pursuing continued education with Yoga Medicine, then you have the option to apply to our 500-hour program (in which case, these teacher training hours will automatically apply towards your 500-hour certification process).
To learn more about our 500-hour certification program, click here.
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