Healthy joints. Strong bones. Peaceful mind.
Avita Yoga Teacher Training
Simple Movement, Transformative Results
A Different Kind of Yoga Teacher Training
While many yoga teacher trainings focus primarily on mastering poses, Avita Yoga teaches a joint-centered therapeutic approach designed to improve mobility, bone health, and long-term function.
Whether your goal is to teach or simply deepen your own understanding, you’ll learn a new way of seeing the body—one that influences every class you teach, every student you serve, and every movement you guide.
Avita Teacher Certification — Essentials combines joint-centered anatomy, movement science, breathwork, therapeutic application, and experiential learning to help students work with real people facing real limitations in a deeply human way.
Rather than teaching students to fit into idealized forms, Avita Yoga emphasizes learning how to observe, adapt, and communicate—creating the conditions for healing sensation and meaningful transformation.

What You Will Learn
The Avita Teacher Certification — Essentials program combines anatomy, movement science, breathwork, therapeutic application, and experiential teaching methods to prepare students to teach safe, adaptable, joint-centered yoga practices that support meaningful results.
Throughout the training, students learn how to observe more clearly, communicate more effectively, and work with the body in ways that support mobility, structural support, nervous system regulation, and long-term change.
Students will explore:
- Joint-centered anatomy and movement principles
- How restrictions and compensation patterns develop throughout the body
- The relationship between breath, sensation, mobility, and nervous system regulation
- Foundational Avita Yoga shapes, sequencing, and therapeutic application
- The difference between pain and constructive healing sensation
- Teaching skills for both private sessions and group classes
- Observation-based teaching and responsive communication
- Practical methods for adapting practice to individual needs
- Foundational Avita breathing principles influenced by the Buteyko Method
- Hands-on guidance, inquiry, and relational teaching skills
More importantly, students begin learning how to see differently. Rather than teaching students to fit into idealized forms, Avita Yoga emphasizes observation, adaptability, inquiry, and thoughtful progression. The training encourages students to work from direct experience, refine perception, and develop the confidence to meet each student as an individual.
“The whole experience gave me more confidence and trust in my decision-making. The training confirmed that my path as a yoga teacher and student is a legitimate way to go through life.” M. Wheat
Avita Teacher Development
A Therapeutic Approach
Avita Teacher Development offers a different way to understand the body, the mind, and the healing journey.
Rooted in practical anatomy, movement science, physiology, breathwork, and experiential practice, the program explores the principles of Avita Yoga through a thoughtful, adaptable, and deeply human approach to learning and teaching.
The aim is not simply to accumulate information. It is to learn to observe more carefully, listen more deeply, and recognize the conditions that create meaningful change—in ourselves and in others.
Begin with Self-Guided Essentials
The Self-Guided Essentials Program provides the educational foundation for Avita Teacher Development. Designed to be available year-round, the program allows you to begin whenever you’re ready and move through the curriculum at your own pace.
The curriculum combines prerecorded lessons, guided practices, and recordings from a previous teacher training cohort with six online mentoring sessions with Jeff. These sessions may be individual or shared with others actively participating in the program. They provide opportunities to ask questions, explore more deeply, learn from and with others, and apply what you’re learning to your own experience.
The program is designed to be completed over approximately six months, with up to one year to complete it. Some participants come simply to deepen their own understanding and practice. Others feel called to teach. Both are welcome.
Learning to Observe, Adapt, and Teach
Avita Yoga is not learned by memorizing techniques or mastering a collection of shapes. We learn through experience. Students are encouraged to become increasingly attentive to sensation, compensation, movement patterns, breathing patterns, and the ways the body responds to different forms of pressure and support.
Over time, this changes not only what we see, but how we respond.
For those interested in teaching, this ability to observe and listen becomes foundational. Rather than imposing a predetermined solution, an Avita teacher learns to work from the student—responding to what is actually happening in the person in front of them.
The Avita Curriculum
Practical Philosophy
In Avita Yoga, philosophy is meant to be lived—not merely discussed.
Whether we are studying movement, anatomy, breath, communication, or contemplative teachings, the question remains the same:
How does this help us live with greater clarity, freedom, and peace?
To support this exploration, we draw from The Yoga Mind, co-authored by Jeff Bailey and Gene Langlois, which explores the first pada of The Yoga Sutras through the interpretive lens of A Course in Miracles. These teachings have profoundly influenced the development of Avita Yoga and continue to inform its healing-centered approach to practice and teaching.
Students are encouraged to read slowly, reflect deeply, and allow the material to inform their own practice and experience.
Additional films and contemplative material are used throughout the curriculum to explore themes relevant to healing, relationship, perception, and peace.
Avita Yoga Theory
Jeff’s book Mobility for Life serves as a foundational text for understanding the principles behind Avita Yoga.
Rather than focusing primarily on technique or performance, the book explores why the practice works—examining mobility, joint health, nervous system regulation, healing sensation, movement compensation patterns, breath, structural support, and sustainable practice for sustainable change.
Students learn to view the body less as a collection of isolated muscles and more as an interconnected, adaptive system shaped by habit, perception, tension, and experience.
Anatomy
Anatomy within Avita Teacher Development is practical, applied, and directly connected to lived movement experience.
Rather than emphasizing memorization alone, students learn anatomy through observation, movement, sensation, and functional application. Particular attention is given to joints, fascia, and other connective tissues, breath mechanics, compensation patterns, and areas of the body commonly affected by restriction, pain, imbalance, and degeneration.
The goal is not simply to learn anatomical terminology, but to better understand how thoughtful movement and therapeutic pressure can support mobility, stability, adaptability, and long-term joint health.
No anatomy textbook is required, though students are welcome to use one for additional reference.
Physiology
Students explore how the body’s systems and tissues respond and adapt to movement, breath, stress, recovery, and attention.
The curriculum examines how Avita Yoga may influence circulation, respiration, nervous system regulation, fascial health, balance, coordination, bone health, and overall resilience.
Relevant physiology concepts are woven throughout the program in practical and accessible ways rather than taught as isolated academic material.
Teaching Materials and Class Development
Participants receive an Avita Teacher Manual along with 50 written Avita class plans designed to support both personal study and future teaching development.
The materials include illustrated sequences, teaching notes, foundational concepts, observation principles, and space for reflection and note-taking throughout the learning process.
These resources are intended not only to support the program itself, but to provide long-term guidance as students continue refining their understanding, practice, communication, and teaching skills.
Certification
Completion of Self-Guided Essentials provides the educational foundation for Avita Teacher Development, but certification is not automatic. For those who wish to teach Avita Yoga, certification is a recognition of readiness.
Certification is earned through demonstrated understanding, practice, feedback, and assessment. This may include an in-person element beyond the self-guided curriculum, such as live practicums, workshops, or retreats. It recognizes that a teacher has developed the perspective, listening skills, communication, and teaching ability necessary to represent Avita Yoga according to its standards.
Teacher cohorts and mentorship with Jeff provide additional opportunities for learning and development throughout the certification journey and beyond.
Upon certification, Avita teachers are eligible to apply for professional credentialing through the American Yoga Council. Professional credentialing is separate from Avita Yoga certification.
A Continuing Practice
We do not believe great teachers are created simply by mastering techniques.
They emerge through attentive practice, honest observation, meaningful feedback, and a willingness to keep learning.
Teaching is not the destination.
It is another way of practicing.
Begin Anytime
Self-Guided Essentials
Begin when ready and move through the program at your own pace.
Includes:
- Complete self-guided curriculum
- Prerecorded lessons and guided practices
- Six online mentoring sessions with Jeff
- Avita Teacher Manual
- 50 written Avita class plans
- Approximately six months of study
- Up to one year to complete
Tuition:
Self-Guided Essentials
$1,795 paid in full
or 3 monthly payments of $665
Interested in Teaching?
Self-Guided Essentials provides the educational foundation for Avita Teacher Development. Those who wish to become Certified Avita Teachers continue through live practicums, teacher cohorts, and mentorship with Jeff.

Nationally Recognized Certification
Avita Yoga Teacher Certification — Essentials is recognized by the American Yoga Council as a CYT Level 2 training program, supporting Avita’s commitment to thoughtful, high-quality, therapeutic yoga education.
Payment Options
Avita Teacher Development
Launching Soon
We’re redesigning the Avita Teacher Development program to provide year-round enrollment, self-guided learning, monthly live practicums, and optional in-person Gatherings.
Pricing and enrollment details will be announced as the program is finalized.
Questions? I’d be happy to visit with you. Set up a conversation with Jeff.
Advanced Development
Advanced Teacher Development and Faculty pathways are currently being redesigned alongside the new foundational program.
More information coming soon.
Why Avita Yoga Teacher Training?
Avita Yoga Teacher Certification helps students develop a deeper understanding of the patterns that work against us. Rather than pursuing flexibility alone, we learn to identify and resolve the limitations that interfere with mobility, structural support, and lasting peace.
Students learn to help themselves and others through therapeutic movement, thoughtful observation, breathwork, and foundational Avita Yoga shapes. The aim is to become truly helpful through unbiased observation, responsive communication, and gentle, consistent practice. Beyond anatomy, sequencing, and teaching methodology, students learn to work more thoughtfully with individual needs, movement restrictions, and compensation patterns.
The training encourages clarity, self-awareness, adaptability, and practical teaching skills in a supportive, collaborative environment. Many students find the process transforms not only how they teach, but how they understand themselves and their ability to help others.
- A practical understanding of how anatomy, physiology, breathwork, and movement principles relate to Avita Yoga and everyday life
- Greater awareness of movement restrictions, compensation patterns, and the influences that shape mobility and joint health
- Foundational skills in observation, pattern analysis, and therapeutic application
- Practical teaching tools for guiding both private sessions and group classes
- Access to 50 written and illustrated Avita Yoga class plans for practice, study, and teaching development
- Certification as an Avita Yoga Teacher upon successful completion of the program
- Ongoing connection to the Avita teacher community for continued support, mentorship, and professional growth
Ongoing support for all Avita teachers and graduates
Avita Community Network
Graduates of the program receive access to:
- Authorization to use the Avita Yoga® registered trademark for approved teaching activities
- Continuing education focused on injuries, joint pain, mobility, and compensation patterns
- Monthly support and mentorship calls
- Marketing guidance and promotional resources
- Illustrated class plans for ongoing study and teaching development
- Connection with the Avita teacher community
- Accreditation through the American Yoga Council
- Unlimited access to online Avita Yoga classes and workshops
The Avita Teacher Pass ($49/month, available upon certification) includes everything listed above plus full access to the Online Practice Pass.
Participation is optional, but many teachers find it a valuable way to stay connected, continue refining their understanding of Avita Yoga, review training materials, and maintain a consistent personal practice.
I am grateful for the experience of the Avita Teacher Training. Having taught other styles of yoga for the past 17 years, none of them resonated with me as deeply as Avita. Being able to meet and connect with other proponents of the practice from around the globe and share this practice, had a power all its own.
Through the training, I was able to expand my own practice and deepen the connection between mind, body and spirit. Jeff has an incredible ability to relay the finer points of Avita in such a meaningful manner. He balances the importance of practice with lightness, bringing a fun sense of humor to his teaching, reminding us to bring those qualities with us off our mats and into our daily lives.
He will challenge you to look inside and trust yourself in order for you to better connect with your students. I am excited to be teaching Avita as I continue to hone my own practice. You will not be disappointed making the commitment to the training!
Thank you so much for this teacher training. I learned so much and have great respect for all that you put into the training. I received more than I expected and I will be using this in my teaching. I admire how you wove the ACIM teachings into this training, and how you embody living as a teacher as the course describes. It was a reminder to me of how we can only ever teach what we are. We don’t seek or strive for truth but rather find out and remove the barriers to the truth for ourselves. Truth and authentic heart connection with others are precisely what this world needs now more than ever.
Your work with the Yoga Sutras was another unexpected surprise. I revere and have been in awe of Patanjali’s masterwork. It was a delight to read your Yoga Mind book and how you wove ACIM into the teachings. Watching and learning from how you navigated the closure of the Yoga Loft has also been an important part of this training for me. I’m impressed with how well your classes translate to the virtual realm, and their value was what led me to sign up for the teacher training.
I am so grateful that I got to attend the retreat and for all that you and Lori did to make it such a comfortable and relaxing time!!! I feel like the time I spent with you in person was just what I needed to really feel like I understand what Avita is all about. I taught a class today and I felt so much more confident. Seeing how you worked in person with a variety of people, how you met them where they were at, was really helpful. Also, getting to experience how you use the power of touch as you use your hands to add a compressive quality and inviting more awareness for the student of what is possible, really helped me to want to bring that to my classes. I loved every minute!!!
The Retreat was the perfect blend of yoga, friendship and adventure. Jeff us led through red, orange and green classes as skillfully in person as he does on-line–plus an advanced hands-on training in the beautiful new studio. His knowledge of yoga, anatomy and ACIM is deep and I am grateful for his gentle demonstration of Peaceful Presence. The Minnesota lakes did not disappoint! Our boat ride and state park hike was a fun add-on to the weekend. We ate at the local restaurants, met the local folks and introduced them to their first Avita yoga class at the Grand Opening of the Avita World Headquarters. Thank you Jeff and Lori for your kindness and generosity and sharing your new Minnesota home with us.
Nothing can replace the value of the in person, deep dive discussions we had at the AVITA retreat. We practiced with locals doing AVITA for the first time, a practical opportunity to apply “hands on” guidance. I feel enriched and full of purpose as a teacher and a student. I liked the organic way we moved between practice, discussion and fun activities. Bob is inspired to do Avita now!
Teacher Training FAQs
People join this training for many different reasons. Some want to better understand the therapeutic principles of Avita Yoga and apply them more effectively within their own practice.
Others are seeking greater mobility, healthier joints, stronger bones, relief from long-standing movement restrictions, or a more peaceful sense of self — in body and mind.
Many students have no immediate intention of teaching and simply wish to expand their understanding of movement, healing, breathwork, and self-awareness.
Others feel called to share Avita Yoga professionally and develop the observational, communication, and teaching skills necessary to help others in meaningful ways.
If you feel drawn to Avita Yoga and want to understand the practice more fully — whether for personal growth, greater freedom, or future teaching — this training may be an excellent fit.
Avita Yoga offers a distinctly different approach to movement and yoga education — one centered less on performance or flexibility, and more on mobility, joint health, therapeutic application, observation, and sustainable long-term change.
Students receive more than a certification. Rote memorization is rarely helpful. The training provides practical, applied anatomy and physiology that connects directly to Avita practice, everyday movement, structural support, and long-term joint function.
Students learn how to identify compensation patterns, work thoughtfully with movement restrictions, adapt practice to individual needs, and develop teaching skills for both online and in-person environments.
Rather than simply learning what to do, students learn how to observe more clearly, communicate more effectively, and support themselves and others through therapeutic movement, breathwork, self-awareness, and gentle, consistent practice.
Our teacher training program holds American Yoga Council CYT Program Level 2 certification, which means it meets rigorous national standards for comprehensive yoga teacher education. This Level 2 designation reflects our in-depth curriculum and ongoing support system. This certification ensures you receive high-quality training that’s recognized by yoga studios, wellness centers, and yoga communities nationwide.
The American Yoga Council’s CYT (Certified Yoga Teacher) Program Level 2 certification indicates that our training program meets comprehensive standards for curriculum quality, instructor qualifications, student support, and educational outcomes. It’s a mark of excellence that demonstrates our commitment to providing outstanding yoga teacher education.
Yes! With AYC CYT Program Level 2 certification, you’ll have nationally recognized credentials that are respected throughout the yoga community. Many studios specifically look for teachers with accredited training, and Avita’s certification demonstrates your commitment to excellence and professional standards.
When in doubt, reduce pressure. Your body cannot heal under stress. While the practice relies on compression, it should never cause duress. The primary skill we learn as we go is to discern between pain and healing sensation. Pushing into pain is meaningless; dropping into healing sensation is everything. The primary skill you will learn is how to distinguish the difference.
There are two options for Level 1 Avita Teacher Certification – Essentials. You may enroll in the Self-Guided Program or join the hybrid version (mostly) in person. Consisting of prerecorded material from live trainings, the self-guided curriculum can be completed in as little as six months or over a full year.
Level 2 Avita Teacher Certification – The Advanced Training is held in person over 5 days and includes a practicum. There is new information and skill developement but in addition to a practicum, this certification is a demonstration of mastery.
For the self-guided curriculum, commitment means showing up: watching the prerecorded content, practicing your teaching skills as outlined, practicing the designated classes, and following them in your printed version. While you’ll find flexibility (sessions are recorded, and there’s online content you can revisit), this is a deep dive for the self-motivated, and it works best if you engage actively with the process.
For the in-person trainings, commitment means being present, listening, and asking questions. Commitment means showing up with your concerns and limitations and letting the yoga work for you. This is how we learn and grow. It’s honest. It means we don’t try to arrange ourselves to show up to please others or win people over.
Yes — upon completion of Level 1, you will receive a teaching certificate of completion that enables you to teach Avita Yoga. Level 2 is optional but recommended if you want to delve deeper into therapeutic and hands-on work. After certification, you’ll also have access to the Avita Teacher Community Network, ongoing support, marketing materials, and the ability to use the Avita Yoga® trademark.
Graduates get access to the Teacher Pass, which allows ongoing access to online classes with Jeff, workshops, and all content from the Avita Yoga Teacher Training. You get ongoing support with Jeff Bailey and fellow teachers, video instruction to address injuries and pattern compensation, marketing support, and materials. You’re not just finishing a training — you’re entering an ongoing community of practice and professional growth.
For Part 1 (online/hybrid), tuition is $2,800 full price, $2,500 early-bird. Payment plans are available in four $700 installments. Part 2 (in-person Advanced Therapeutics) is a separate $775 investment. All fees include the printable teacher’s manual and class plans.
Ask yourself: Do I feel called to help others move more freely, live with stronger joints and bones, and experience greater peace of mind? Am I willing to commit time and curiosity to learning, practicing, and teaching? Do I want to join a community of supportive peers and grow both personally and professionally? If yes, this training may be a powerful next step. If you’re unsure, feel free to schedule a call with Jeff HERE or send an email — we’re happy to answer questions and help you with your decision.
All live online sessions are recorded, so if you must miss one, you can view the recording later. We strongly encourage live attendance for interaction, Q&A, and partner teaching.
No yoga teacher training experience is required. In fact, because Avita Yoga principles are so unique, the less you know about yoga, the better. The primary prerequisite is your willingness to open your heart and mind to a new way of thinking. This means engaging, moving, learn, practicing, teaching, asking questions, and reflecting. You should have ample experience practicing Avita and a desire to support yourself and others with the Avita approach. Level 2 requires completion of Level 1.



