200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training: Step Into Your Metamorphosis

This 200-hour yoga teacher training at Trilogy Sanctuary in La Jolla, San Diego, is an in-person, Yoga Alliance-registered program for people who want to teach yoga and who are ready to look inward while they do it. Titled "Step Into Your Metamorphosis," it is rooted in the philosophy of yoga and taught with a somatic, therapeutic approach. It is led by Gabrielle Blachley, E-RYT 500+, the studio's YTT Director, with guest faculty teaching individual modules.

What to Expect

The training runs eleven weeks. Thursday evenings meet from 6pm to 9pm Pacific time, and Saturdays and Sundays run from 8am to 4pm. There are three scheduled days off in the middle of the program. Opening and closing ceremonies include live music, and a weekly Sacred Circle brings together meditation, breathwork, journaling and connection.

The curriculum is organized around the body, the mind and the spirit. For the body, you study more than 80 asanas in a posture clinic, along with the anatomy and physiology of breath and movement, injury prevention and modification, hands-on adjustments, and trauma-sensitive yoga. Practice teaching and facilitation run throughout, with attention to sequencing, theming, inclusive teaching and cueing in your own voice.

For the mind, you work with Patanjali's eight limbs and the Yoga Sutras, the history and styles of yoga, meditation in the yoga tradition and an introduction to Sanskrit. For the spirit, the subtle body, pranayama, mantra, mudra and kirtan are taught, along with how to hold a safe, sacred space and a day of karma yoga, or seva. The business of yoga and creative branding are part of the program too.

Guest modules cover embodied anatomy and biomechanics, Sanskrit and meditation, kirtan and sound activation with Sita Rose, breathwork and sound healing, Ayurveda with Hana Pepin, Yin and Reiki with Kristi Kuttner and Kelli Martin, aerial yoga, acro and partner yoga, and a plant connection workshop. Students also receive one-on-one mentorship and coaching with Gabrielle.

About Gabrielle Blachley

Gabrielle Blachley is an E-RYT 500+ teacher with advanced certifications and continuing education from India, Guatemala, Chicago, Maui and San Diego. She has led more than 35 yoga teacher trainings, continuing education programs and mentorship experiences in San Diego. She once founded a donation-based yoga school so that healing and growth would be accessible to all. For over twenty years she has taught movement and yoga, and her work includes transformational mentorship and international retreats, restorative yoga programs, and a monthly gathering for women called Rise By Ritual.

The Setting

Trilogy sits in downtown La Jolla, in San Diego. The studio has a rooftop Sky Deck, an infrared Moon Room, the Earth Room with ocean views, and an indoor/outdoor space called The Dome. The center also has a vegan and organic rooftop cafe, a boutique, aerial yoga, and spiritual counseling.

Before You Go

Before registering, prospective students are asked to connect with Gabrielle by taking one of her classes or scheduling a call. No minimum experience level is stated. The program is taught in English.

Tuition includes unlimited mat yoga at Trilogy for four months, mentorship during and after the training, 10% off at the Trilogy Cafe during training hours, and 10% off at TOTEM Boutique for the length of the training. Outside the contact hours, students complete fifteen Trilogy classes, a few hours of independent work and yoga projects. A deposit is due at registration and is non-refundable, and required reading and yoga tools are bought separately. Klarna payment options are available at checkout. Enrollment is deliberately small, and certification is not guaranteed: it depends on completing all contact and non-contact hours and projects.