The Yoga Minds Academy in Amstelveen is a 300 hrs teacher training program. Our school of yoga is located in the centre of Amstelveen, Amsterdam area. Next to a major busstation and close to the subway. We offer a yoga teacher training program for both Hatha- and Vinyasa Yoga. Our training is registered at The World Yoga Alliance. It is our intention to educate our students in all that yoga has to offer and to give them an opportunity to develop themselves as authentic teachers of yoga. To realise our intentions we offer our students a rich program with self inquiry as our fundament.

With the fundament of self inquiry, ( svadyaya, originating Patanjali’s path of Yoga ) we intent to go a bit deeper into the subjects that we offer. When we teach subjects like yoga anatomy, yoga philosophy, meditation and asana, we encourage our students to dive into their self inquiry and ask themselves: what do these teachings mean to me? We try to stay away from dogmatic views and stimulate our students to explore their own experience of yoga.

Considering the above, this training is not only for those who would want to become a yoga teacher, but also for everyone who wants to deepen his or her practice and knowledge about yoga. If you are motivated, you are welcome to join!

We work with smaller groups than most yoga teacher training programs. This means that there is lots of personal attention for all of our trainees. Each year, we divide the group in three mentor groups. Each mentor group has their own mentor to guide every student of his or her inward journey. The mentor groups are also a perfect place to share your adventures and findings during this year.

The lead teachers are Olav Aarts, Emma Castang and Olivier Soffer. A small and dedicated team. They all have their own expertise and perspective on yoga and they invite you to find yours. Don't become a copy.