Edge Yoga School YACEP

06/26/2026

Yoga Teacher Training That Supports Your Life

At Edge Yoga School, we believe your education should support your life, not compete with it.

Whether you prefer afternoons, evenings, weekends, online learning, in-person instruction, or a combination of both, our small group format allows you to move through your training with flexibility while receiving individualized guidance every step of the way.

Students have up to 18 months to complete their training, allowing room for work, family, travel, and the changing seasons of life. There is no need to rush your practice. Simply reserve your sessions, arrive with curiosity, and let consistency do the rest.

As a Yoga Alliance Educator, I personally mentor every student. Edge Yoga School offers every registered school program currently recognized by Yoga Alliance, allowing students to continue building their education with one mentor and one educational philosophy.

Here is a bit more about the programs offered:

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training (RYS 200)

This foundational Registered Yoga School program emphasizes how to teach an effective yoga class including setting intentions, warm-ups, body of class, cool down, savasana, and closing of class. There is a heavy emphasis on yoga anatomy, but there is no exam. Understanding of the material is assessed through teaching peer-led classes during labs.
*Prerequisite: none*

300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training (RYS 300)

This advanced Registered Yoga School program shifts from how to teach a yoga class, to whom. The focus is on offering themes and workshops that can be stacked for enhanced experiences such as yoga retreats. Students will build a portfolio of offerings through the course of the program based on their personal interests and destination plans. Yoga for Golfers, anyone?
Prerequisite: RYS 200

500-Hour Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher Training (RYS 500)

This program is about yoga's sister science, Ayurveda. This trauma-informed program emphasizes how to live yoga through daily life habits. It is our flagship course and designed for the student with the bandwidth for a year-long training experience. Tea will be served as we hold space in sangha. Students will enjoy close mentorship with Michelle to develop an expansive Capstone Project that embodies their plans of sharing Ayurvedic living with students.

Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training (RPYS • 85 Hours)

As a Registered Prenatal Yoga School, this program is designed to offer both knowledge and experience leading this highly underserved population. Come teach yoga to expected mama-to-be in private sessions, small groups, or group classes. Students will rely heavily on the required reading and demonstrate knowledge through peer-led classes and journal reflections.
*Prerequisite: RYS 200*

Children's Yoga Teacher Training (RCYS • 95 Hours)

As a Registered Children's Yoga School, this program responds to the growing need for trauma-informed children's yoga education as screentime and stress continue to rise. Students learn to remain within the appropriate scope of practice while teaching children about mindfulness. The program relies heavily on required reading, peer-led classes, and journal reflections.
*Prerequisite: RYS 200*

For nearly a decade, Edge Yoga School has remained committed to thoughtful education, authentic mentorship, and individualized learning. Rather than moving students through large cohorts, we intentionally keep our programs small so every student receives personal guidance throughout their training.

Whether your goal is to teach weekly yoga classes, lead retreats, specialize in Ayurveda, support prenatal families, or inspire children through mindfulness, there is a pathway waiting for you.

We invite you to experience Edge Yoga School for yourself.

Register for an upcoming event at EdgeYogaSchool.com to meet Michelle Rae Sobi, Yoga Alliance Educator, or simply send a CHAT through the website to begin a conversation about your personal training plan.

I look forward to practicing with you soon.

With gratitude,

Michelle Rae Sobi
Yoga Alliance Educator
E-RYT 500 • YACEP • RPYT • RCYT
Lead Trainer, Edge Yoga School

06/25/2026

Sleepy pup mezmorized by the twinkle in the room. 🐈‍⬛💕

06/23/2026

Tea can become more than something we serve.

In yoga spaces, tea can become a pause, a ritual, a transition, and a quiet way to invite students into presence.

For yoga teachers, learning how to integrate tea into workshops, circles, retreats, and continuing education offerings can add warmth, structure, and meaning without needing to overcomplicate the experience.

A simple tea practice can support:

Arrival
Grounding
Reflection
Seasonal themes
Ayurvedic conversation
Community connection
Closing ritual

At Edge Yoga School YACEP, we offer continuing education opportunities for yoga teachers who want to refine their craft, explore new specialties, and create meaningful experiences for their students.

Earn Yoga Alliance continuing education hours while learning how to bring simple, thoughtful tea ritual into your teaching, workshops, and retreats.

Small details can change the whole room.

06/22/2026

What Is Yoga?

For yoga teachers, the question eventually evolves.

Not simply, What is yoga?

But rather, How can yoga serve?

At the YACEP level, continuing education invites us to explore specialized populations, creative applications, and meaningful ways to share the practice with our communities.

One beautiful example is Dog Yoga.

Whether working with rescue organizations, animal welfare groups, or community outreach programs, yoga can create a space of connection between people and animals.

The goal is not complicated postures.

The goal is presence.

A rescue dog does not care how flexible you are.

They respond to your energy.

Your patience.

Your calm.

Your willingness to simply be with them.

In many ways, dogs embody the heart of yoga.

They are not worried about yesterday.

They are not planning tomorrow.

They live fully in the present moment.

As yoga teachers, there is much we can learn from that.

Continuing education is not only about accumulating hours. It is about expanding our understanding of how yoga can meet people where they are and serve communities in meaningful ways.

What is yoga?

Sometimes it is a teacher training.

Sometimes it is a workshop.

Sometimes it is a specialized offering designed for a unique population.

And sometimes it is a rescue dog curled up on a blanket, reminding us that presence may be the greatest practice of all.

06/22/2026

Yoga Teachers!
Enhance your meditation offerings while earning CEs for Yoga Alliance.

06/21/2026

⛳ eGift Card for Dad Now!

Father's Day is here!

Looking for a meaningful gift for the golfer in your life?

Give the gift of movement, mobility, and a smoother swing with a private Yoga for Golfers session for Dad. The session includes yoga, breathwork, and simple techniques designed to support flexibility, balance, and focus on and off the course.

🎁 Father's Day Special: Private Session $108

Dad can schedule his session at a time that works best for him after receiving the gift.

Learn more:
https://www.edgeyogaschool.com/so/23PxiLPnm?languageTag=en

06/18/2026

Featured Event! Join me for Chair Yoga and Meditation at the Naperville Wellness & Salt Cave! 💕👌

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984300391888?aff=oddtdtcreator

Come relax, rejuvenate, and find inner peace at our Somatic Yoga and meditation event in the tranquil Salt Cave.

06/08/2026

What is the difference between digital art and photography?
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06/07/2026

Understanding Boat Pose (Navasana)

Boat Pose, known traditionally as Navasana, is one of the most recognizable core-strengthening postures in yoga. While often viewed as an abdominal exercise, the posture offers much more than physical challenge alone.

At its foundation, Boat Pose teaches balance, concentration, and awareness. The practitioner learns to stabilize through the center of the body while maintaining a steady breath and an upright posture.

Many students first encounter Boat Pose with the knees bent and the toes lightly touching the floor. This variation provides an accessible entry point while introducing the essential actions of the posture: engaging the abdominal muscles, drawing the ribs inward, and balancing on the sit bones.

As strength develops, the feet may lift from the floor and the hands may release from their support. Eventually, practitioners may work toward straightening the legs and extending the arms overhead while maintaining stability throughout the torso.

Props can also be valuable teaching tools. Placing a yoga block between the thighs encourages awareness of alignment and helps connect the legs and core into a unified action.

One of the most important observations in Boat Pose is the tendency for the chest to lift and the ribs to flare when additional challenge is introduced. Learning to maintain engagement through the center of the body while breathing steadily is often where the greatest learning occurs.

Whether practiced in its simplest variation or explored as a more advanced balance posture, Boat Pose reminds us that strength is not simply about effort. It is also about awareness, stability, and the ability to remain present within the experience.

06/02/2026

For the past several months, I've been quietly working on a new photography series titled The Yoga Teacher.

This collection explores the many faces of practice and teaching through a single model, a single mat, and a simple question:

What does it mean to embody yoga?

The photographs move through familiar postures, but the project is about much more than flexibility or physical form. It is about presence. Discipline. Curiosity. Growth. It is about the lifelong relationship between teacher and student that exists within all of us.

As a yoga teacher, educator, and photographer, I am endlessly fascinated by the way a single posture can tell a story. A slight shift in gaze, breath, light, or composition can completely change what we experience as viewers.

The Yoga Teacher is my attempt to explore that conversation through the lens of fine art photography.

Over the coming weeks, I'll be sharing selected images from the collection as the show prepares to make its debut.

I am excited to finally begin sharing this work with you.

Michelle Rae Sobi