Got Something to Say?  Find Your Voice! Discover the Teacher You Were Meant to Be
Created by Robert Cuozzi E-RYT with Lauren Toolin E-RYT

New Program Begins in November 2008.  Directed by Lauren Toolin E-RYT in Albany, NY

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Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
Our Mission 

To share a wealth of teachings that will empower students to source their own unique voice and inner wisdom.  To break free from  “cookie cutter" programs that require participants to parrot a pre-printed manual in order to graduate.  To authorize trainees to source, claim and express their distinctive view and creative vision.

Program Highlights

  • learn through experience and discrimination, rather than memorization and dictation

  • study and practice of classical teachings without ascribing to a particular dogma, script or asana sequence. 

  • build a strong sense of community as we delve into the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad-Gita, and a comprehensive curriculum on asana, sequencing, teaching techniques, methodology, ethics and The Yoga of Empowerment

  • learn key Sanskrit terminology and pronunciation

  • explore and experience therapeutic and restorative yoga, including yoga for special populations

  • learn and experience the practical, real-life application of yoga techniques that extend far beyond asana, such as mantra, mudra, bandha, prana, nidra and meditation

  • internationally recognized faculty

  • 9 convenient weekend modules*

  • *  Trainees will be required to complete 12 "elective" hours from a list of programs.  This will offer you the opportunity to explore a new area of yoga or dive more deeply into a topic covered during the weekend modules.

Lauren truly embodies years of intensive and committed study...I have watched her closely and know that she brings an integrity, clarity and wisdom that only years of living what she teaches could allow. she is definitely someone we all would want the next generation of teachers to be informed and influenced by.  - Rod Stryker

Lauren Toolin is an amazing asset to the yoga community. Her command of the classroom is daunting. She is both strong and compassionate, articulate and fluid. – Rodney Yee  

It’s Your Journey:  Explore, Discover, Evolve & Blossom

Discover your true voice as you evolve and blossom through experiential study

Are you interested in teaching yoga with skill, confidence and clarity?   Do you have something to say - or give - but lack the information or credentials to express your unique voice while teaching a group yoga class?  Perhaps you simply want to deepen your practice and understanding of yoga by immersing yourself in an in-depth program of study.

The Yoga Teacher Empowerment Training™  & Certification Course (YTET) is designed to guide you in your highly personal and individualized journey to becoming the yoga teacher you are meant to be. Many programs do a great job creating "cookie cutter" yoga teachers, trained to teach a particular style or tradition of yoga.  This unique program, on the other hand, is designed for dedicated yoga practitioners of all traditions who want the freedom to empower themselves in uncovering the yoga teacher that is already present within.

Learn Through Experience, Discernment, Intuition & Assimilation

De-emphasizing the role of classroom lectures and memorization assignments, our trainees will receive a highly experiential, yet comprehensive training highlighted by extensive yoga practice, group discussions, journaling, multi-media presentations, Q&A sessions and teaching practicum.  Topics covered will include the art and science of yoga asana, including an in-depth investigation of sophisticated, elegant and skillful sequencing, yoga anatomy and physiology, therapeutic applications, teaching beginners, and the integration of multi-layered themes into a single class.  Other topics include down-to-earth yoga and Buddhist philosophy, and the practical application of pranayama, meditation, and subtle anatomy.  Through personal experience and evolution, you will witness and feel the transformative power of practice in your life.   Through discernment, intuition and self-study, you will embrace and retain that which resonates with your deepest longing and knowing, leaving you with the skills to teach from the heart with compassion, authenticity and presence. 

There is no path to happiness.  Happiness is the path.  -- The Buddha

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