Urban Asanas: Heart Forward Foundations Yoga Teacher Training
Established 2025
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In person Nov 14 – Feb 8, 2026 3 months • 160 hours • $ 2500.0+ Brooklyn, NY, US |
Led by Jyll Hubbard-Salk and T’ai Jamar Hanna 
Level 3
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Purpose
Our goal is to train authentic heart-forward yoga teachers who can lead both power and yin style classes while embracing touch, embodiment, and inclusivity.
What to expect
The training takes place over 3.5 months. It's a time to devote yourself to deepening your practice, learning new skills, and also applying those learnings in your life.
FORMAT: 6 Weekends and 5 Friday Nights over a 3.5 Month Period. (see website for exact schedule)
This training has a strong focus on the following core areas:
- Posture Clinics & Practice Teach
- Learning to teach from your authentic self
- Hands on Assists and Deep Familiarity with Appropriate Touch
- Teaching in conversation
- Teachers intuition
- 5 Part sequencing
- Urban Asanas Power Flow
- Urban Asanas Restorative
- Mantras & Self Talk
- Altars and Ancestry
- Essential A+P for Teachers
- Intro to the Yoga Sutras/Bhagavad Gita
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Chakras: Business of Yoga
Style/Lineage
Urban Asanas teacher training flows from the 30+ year practice of Jyll Hubbard-Salk, pulling threads from many lineages to offer a unique expression of American Yoga. The threads which have influenced her style the most are classical Hatha Yoga with alignment cues rooted in the Iyengar Method, studied both in India and with Nikki Costello. Her flowing style and sequencing methodology have roots in the Baptiste method, as well as Kula Yoga, and study with Ossi Raveh. Finally, the Philosophy taught in the training taps into both the yoga sutras as a guide towards personal evolution, while also acknowledging that our unique ancestral background is always with us and should be brought into the present.
Additional Information
Pricing and Payment Plan Options: First 5 People: $2,500 (paid in full) $250 extra for payment plans Next 5 People: $2,800 Next 5 People: $3,000 Last 3 People: $3,333 Payment Plan: (Add $250 to the price) $500 non-refundable deposit 3 Equal Payments every 30 days. Must be paid in full by Jan 30th 2026 First 5: $500 + 3 payments of $750 = Total $2,750 Next 5: $500 + 3 payments of $850 = Total $3,050 Next 5: $500 + 3 payments of $916 = Total $3,250 Last 3 People: $500 + 3 payments of $1,000 = $3,500Core competencies
By the end of this program, graduates will be able to…
General Knowledge
- Apply the ethical and philosophical teachings of the Eight Limbs of Yoga, Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita for personal reflection, clarity, and self-healing.
- Apply knowledge of the 7-chakra system of hatha yoga for personal development
Professional Knowledge
- Identify the purpose, benefits, risk factors, and Sanskrit names of 20+ foundational asanas
- Understand the ethical, legal, and financial essentials of being a yoga teacher and learn a simple way to market yoga teachings with authenticity
- Identify and describe the key components of the skeletal system, including major bones, joints, and muscle groups relevant to yoga postures.
Practice Skills
- Develop a personal meditation practice using a personalized altar based on their spiritual path.
Teaching Skills
- Teach a 60-90 minute Power Flow class using the Urban Asanas methodology.
- Lead students through a 5-part practice consisting of Foundational Intention, Warm-Up, Sequence Building to a Peak, Cool Down, and Savasana.
- Guide students through a 30-min Yin Yoga and Meditation Practice using Intuitive Sequencing, Somatic Awareness, and Hands on Assists.
- Apply 5-7 Hands on Assisting techniques to students in foundational yoga postures skillfully and safely.
AYC allows each school to state and evaluate the competencies each student acquires. Students rate how well the program delivered them.
Program Emphasis
Evaluation methods
Program evaluations
- Written exam
- Teaching evaluation
Throughout the program students will be receiving feedback on their teaching at various stages. Certification requires passing a written exam and a graded practice teach session based on the Core Competencies above.
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Program Faculty
Featured Faculty
Jyll Hubbard-Salk
Adjunct Faculty
Shashi Mair
Ian Śaśi Mair has been a lifelong student of yoga. He has benefited from the teachings of many celebrated teachers over the decades. This journey has taken him to study, practice and teach yoga in several countries, including The United States and China.. As a resident of the...
Brooklyn, NY, US
Lauren Haythe
GuRubee Ruben Blackriver
Pioneer in holistic executive protection & yogic self-defense for high-stress, high-performance clients (celebrity artists, first responders, corporate execs, medical pros). 30+ years in Raja Yoga. IAYT-Certified Therapist, RYT-500, Reiki Master, integrating mind, body...
Brooklyn, NY, US
Andrew Tanner
CEO of American Yoga Council, Co-Founder of Berkshire Yoga Festival, and Taoist Yoga & Meditation teacher of 20+ years.
Lenox, MA, US
T’ai Jamar Hanna
Formally teaching since 2006. Integrated approach seeped in somatic inquiry, meditation of the senses, and dynamic movement-stillness.
Santa Fe, NM, US