Ascend Wellness in Partnership with Shanti Yoga Training School 

Deepen Your Practice & Learn How to teach with our 200 Hr Yoga Program

2024 Hybrid Program

Part in Person and  Part Online

WE ARE ALIGNMENT BASED  VINYASA FLOW YOGA 

We Empower Our Trainees To Become The Best Teachers On The Planet 


*BECOME CERTIFIED TO TEACH FROM A TOP YOGA SCHOOL

*WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE WITH OUR ONLINE PLATFORM

*EDUCATE YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT YOGA  HEALTH AND WELLNESS  

*FIND PEACE WITHIN 

*LIVE A MINDFUL LIFE

Our traditional yoga method is primarily inspired and influenced by Ashtanga Yoga (vinyasa) and Iyengar Yoga (alignment).

Our Yoga School is non-dogmatic, focuses on cultivating a long, healthy and happy yoga practice for practitioners of all levels. 

We focus on both alignment, and intelligent creative yoga sequences.

To learn more about our Yoga School, see what our students have to say, we invite you to read our many testimonials on Yoga Alliance. 

Yoga is a practice of balance and equanimity.  

Yoga happens both on and off the mat. 

Through our training we create greater awareness for everyday life by cultivating the many tools of yoga. 

Standing on the shoulders of the past, we respect yoga tradition and history and yet we are open to new discoveries and evolution : knowing that the practice of yoga is ever evolving and growing. 

We honor each student where they are at for yoga is a practice of radical acceptance.

THIS TRAINING IS PERFECT FOR THOSE...

* WANTING TO GET CERTIFIED TO TEACH 

* AND  FOR THOSE WANTING TO DEEPEN THEIR YOGA PRACTICE 

*IN ADDITION TO OUR IN PERSON MEETINGS IN LAFAYETTE, YOU WILL GET TO WORK AT YOUR OWN PACE WITH OUR ONLINE PLATFORM, WHICH INCLUDES VARIOUS AUDIOS, VIDEOS PRESENTATIONS, AND MANY ARTICLES TO SUPPORT YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

*EDUCATE YOUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS  

*FIND PEACE WITHIN 

*LIVE A MINDFUL LIFE

We are a Yoga Alliance Registered School with over 100 graduate teachers.

About Your Lead Trainer:

Nathalie is the founder of Shanti Yoga Training School (with over two decades of teaching experience), she is the author of Living Life in Light, A Yogi's Journey, and host of Life On Earth Podcast. Her method is non-dogmatic, she focuses on cultivating a long, healthy and happy yoga practice for practitioners of all levels. 

We honor each student where they are at for yoga is a practice of radical acceptance.

In addition to our in person training workshops, students have one year access to our online platform. 

2024 In Person Schedule at Ascend Wellness in Lafayette, LA 

Saturdays 1-6PM

Sundays 12-5PM

  • September 28-29
  • October 19-20
  • November 2-3
  • November 16-17 (livestream via zoom)
  • January 16-17
  • February 22-23

Tuition

$2600


Special $2600 when paid in full

 by September 18th


$2750 after 09/18/24


Students will have access to the online training platform as of 09/20/24.


* please know that this training is non-refundable


Payments plans are available upon request via PayPal credit.



N A M A S T E  ~  


Email [email protected] for all questions, please add subject line: Ascend Yoga 200 hr Teacher Training 2024

Thank you for your commitment to making the world a better place.

We look forward to working with you during this very special and transformational time.

The time for yoga is now!

Shanti Yoga Training School and Ascend Wellness

"Yoga is a powerful practice, which is here to inform and serve us both on and off the mat. Each student is unique. I encourage my students to approach their practice with inquiry each day and radical acceptance." - Nathalie Croix 

Over 90 Testimonials From Our Graduates

See What Our Students Have to Say

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This training is a life changing experience and deepening your practice on so many levels. 

We focus on yoga on and off the mat. 

Yoga as a life style for optimal health and balance. 

How to make better choices on a daily basis, creating new life habits and transforming into a higher quality of life.

Watch Intro Video

Shanti Yoga Training School Video Testimonial

" Yoga should support our life and not be another demand that we put on ourselves. Our practice should cultivate inquiry, sensitivity, and kindness to ourselves." - Maty Ezraty

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Your 200 Hour Yoga Program

    2. About Shanti Yoga Training School

    3. Books and Resources to Assist You Along Your Yoga Journey

    4. Mentorship, Coaching, and Strategy Calls with Nathalie Croix

    5. Office Hours & Private Session Availability

    6. Shanti Yoga Training School - Training Prep List

      FREE PREVIEW

    7. How to "Make-Up" Missed Hours in Your Program

    8. List of Yoga Teachers to Practice with Online and in Person

    9. Reflection | Journal Prompt

    1. LIFE ON EARTH PODCAST

    1. The Many Benefits of Yoga

    2. Skeleton Of Sequence PDF

    3. Yoga Asanas Sanskrit & English Names + Class Levels

    4. Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series

    5. Ashtanga Yoga Closing Sequence

    6. Classical Yoga Chants

    7. My Top Three Most Important Teachings | Video

      FREE PREVIEW

    8. Recommended Films to Watch During Our Program

    9. Bonus The LIGHT CODE Mini Book | PDF

    10. Reflection | Journal Prompt

    1. Yoga Masters - Krishnamacharya Lineage

    2. Krishnamacharya Legacy

    3. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

    4. Interview With Maty Ezraty

    5. "Our Teachers" Documentary

    6. Story of Ashtanga Yoga

    7. Supported LIFE ON EARTH Podcast Episodes

    8. Reflection | Journal Prompt

    1. Tadasana Versus Samasthiti

    2. Why Sun Salutations

    3. Surya Namaskar A Video Demo

    4. Classical Surya A & B

    5. Asana Lab: Sun Salutation A with Nathalie | Instructional Video

    6. Asana Lab : Sun Salutation B with Nathalie | Instructional Video

    7. Practice : Tadasana

    8. Supported LIFE ON EARTH Podcast Episodes

    9. Reflection | Journal Prompt

    1. Yoga Sutras Essentials

    2. The Yamas

    3. The Niyamas

    4. The Eight Limbs Of Yoga Workshop

    5. Eight Limbs Of Yoga | Philosophy

    6. The Four Margas (Paths) of Yoga

    7. Expanding & Understanding Yoga

    8. Reflection

    9. Practice : Non Traditional Ashtanga Yoga | 55 Minutes

    10. Supported LIFE ON EARTH Podcast Episodes

    11. Reflection | Journal Prompt

About this course

  • $2,600.00
  • 138 lessons
  • 27 hours of video content

ABOUT YOUR LEAD TRAINER 

Nathalie is an author, the host of LIFE ON EARTH PODCAST and the founder and creative director of the Shanti Yoga Training School offering 200 hour and 300 Hour yoga teacher certifications and is an E-RYT 500-hour certified yoga teacher and trainer with YACEP. 

She has a bachelor’s degree in dance and kinesiology and is a long time yoga practitioner, having spent significant time in India. While there, she trained at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute where she studied under the guidance of Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois and his grandson Sharath Jois. 

She later lived and taught for many years in Los Angeles, where she learned and apprenticed from yoga masters such as Annie Carpenter, Seane Corn, Lisa Walford, Maty Ezraty, Shiva Rea, Jasmine Lieb and Ganga White.

 She trained at Yogaworks where she received her 500 Hour level certification and is one of the first to be certified in SmartFLOW Yoga. 

Nathalie leads yoga retreats worldwide and has led a successful Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher Training School with over one hundred graduate students. 

She been a presenter for Wanderlust Festival and Rasa Lila Yoga Festival.

Nathalie’s passion flows to other projects as well, such as designing jewelry for Aghora Crystals and hosting Life On Earth Podcast.  

She is an avid animal lover, a member of PETA and has contributed and worked together with many rescue animal organizations on various projects. In 2018 she received an Appreciation Award from PETA for exemplary commitment to and support for animals.  

“Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken” 

- Oscar Wilde