Self-Reflection
Self‑reflection and embodied awareness are the foundations of grounded leadership — whether you’re stepping into yoga teaching, somatic practice, or personal growth.
In this training, you’ll learn to observe your patterns, understand your nervous system, and cultivate the inner clarity that allows you to lead in your life, your relationships, and your work.
Experiential
This training is rooted in embodied learning. Whether you’re stepping into the Yoga Alliance track, the Somatic Practitioner Pathway, or both, you’ll explore your practice through your body — not just concepts or theory.
You’ll learn to listen to sensation, understand your nervous system, and translate embodied awareness into real‑life situations: communication, boundaries, leadership, and the way you show up with others.
Connection
Connection is at the heart of everything we teach — connection to yourself, your breath, your body, your relationships, and your community.
We keep each cohort intimate so you receive personalized mentorship, space to grow your voice, and support to develop relational intelligence, whether you’re training as a yoga teacher, a somatic practitioner, or an embodied leader in your own life.
Who This Training Serves
This training attracts a wide range of people — from those seeking personal growth to professionals in fields like massage therapy, coaching, mental health, education, leadership, and healthcare.
What they all share is a desire to understand the body more deeply, communicate with clarity, and support others from a grounded, regulated place.
Whether you’re joining the Yoga Alliance Teacher Training, the Somatic Practitioner Pathway, or the combined track, you’ll learn to integrate somatic awareness, nervous‑system literacy, and embodied leadership into both your personal life and your professional work.
Many students join not only to teach yoga, but to weave somatic tools into their existing professions — private sessions, coaching, therapeutic work, classroom environments, leadership roles, and any field where humans gather.
200‑Hour Somatic
Yoga Teacher Training
A somatic, relational, mentorship‑based training designed to deepen your practice, expand your capacity, and prepare you to teach with clarity, presence, and confidence.You will learn to teach yoga — both group classes and private sessions — in a way that is safe, inspiring, somatic, and deeply attuned to the people in front of you.
Two Training Paths. One Embodied Philosophy
Yoga Alliance RYT‑200 + ORA Center Somatic Practitioner Foundations Certificate
This training blends yoga, somatics, nervous‑system literacy, and embodied leadership. You’ll move through the Yoga Alliance 200‑hour track, with Somatic Foundations woven into your weekend curriculum.
Somatic Foundations is a non‑clinical educational and experienctial pathway designed to deepen your capacity for embodied presence, nervous‑system awareness, and relational intelligence. All YTT students receive a Certificate of Completion in Somatic Foundations as part of the training.
The full Somatic Practitioner Certification will be offered as a multi‑level pathway with additional practicum, self‑study, and competency demonstrations. Somatic Foundations will give you a strong beginning, and you can choose down the road whether the full Somatic Practitioner Certification feels right for you.
This is a deeply supportive, experiential training for yoga practitioners, bodyworkers, massage therapists, mental health professionals, nurses, coaches, educators, wellness practitioners, and anyone drawn to embodied living and relational presence. You do not need to want to teach yoga to join; many people come simply to grow, heal, and reconnect with themselves.
You’ll be held in a relational, attuned learning environment that honors nervous‑system pacing, somatic depth, and authentic leadership. This training helps you know yourself more fully and lead from your center — in your life, your work, and your relationships.
Tuition
$3,250 paid in full (cash/check/Venmo)
Credit‑card payments and payment plans include added processing fees.
Refund & Commitment Policy
Because of the intimate, relational nature of this training — and the energetic commitment it requires — tuition becomes non‑refundable once the program begins. This policy protects the integrity of the container and supports the sustainability of the offering.
After You Reserve Your Spot
You’ll receive your full training calendar, welcome packet, preparation guidance, and everything you need to feel supported and ready for this journey.
How to Get Started
1. Apply Now to Reserve Your Spot
2. Get Excited — your journey begins soon!
Ready to Begin?
“I believe yoga is not just movement — it’s transformation. My mission is to help you embody your practice and awaken the teacher within.”
There is NO competition...
because there is no other YOU!
WHAT GRADUATES SAY
REGAN M, 2019
If you have ever remotely considered yoga teacher training, this is the one. Madia Swicord gives 100% to her students and her clients.
I cannot imagine the last year of my life without her guidance, laughter, and love.
CARI P, 2019
200 hour YTT with Madia was transformational. She created an intimate environment that felt safe and nurturing allowing me to truly look inward and unite my mind, body, and spirit, the true meaning of yoga. Under Madia’s guidance, I not only deepened my personal practice but greatly improved my relationship with myself.
HALEY P, 2019
My YTT experience with Madia not only enhanced my yoga practice, but helped me to grow as a person. Madia’s authenticity gave me a sense of security and confidence to develop the skills I need to be effective as a yoga instructor and in my career as a counselor.