Continuing Education 

Live and Self-Study Options


Live:
 Videos + Learning Resources + Live Interactive Sessions via Zoom
Self-Study: Videos + Learning Resources + Recordings of Live Sessions

All live courses begins with a series of live sessions via Zoom. All courses give you 6-months of full access to all course resources.

Asana Intensives

In today’s yoga world, students and teachers alike often encounter conflicting or superficial approaches to postural practice. These intensives are designed to cut through the noise, offering depth, clarity, and practical guidance grounded in both tradition and contemporary understanding.

Through focused study, you will develop and refine the skills needed to truly see your students and meet them where they are. We’ll explore how to use verbal cues, visual demonstrations, and hands-on adjustments to support students across a wide spectrum of yoga styles—from hatha to vinyasa, hot to yin, playful to therapeutic.

Each intensive examines asanas in extraordinary detail: alignment principles (and how they vary across different bodies and conditions), energetic actions, safe and effective transitions, intelligent modifications, creative prop use, and progressive variations that invite deeper experience.

If you’ve ever felt uncertain about how best to guide students in any of the 108 asanas covered, these intensives provide the insight and confidence to teach with clarity, adaptability, and inspiration.

28 FORWARD BENDS & HIP OPENERS 

 20-HOUR COURSE
STARTS OCTOBER 11, 2025

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SUN SALUTATIONS
REMIX 

 15-HOUR COURSE
STARTS FEBRUARY 1, 2026

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15 INVERTED 
ASANAS 

 21-HOUR COURSE
STARTS APRIL 18, 2026

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30 STANDING ASANAS

 20-HOUR COURSE
TBD 2026

Details & Pre-Registration

15 ARM SUPPORT
10 CORE 

 20-HOUR COURSE
TBD 2026

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21 BACKBENDS
10 TWISTS 

 20-HOUR COURSE
TBD 2026

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Pranayama Intensive 

Pranayama is among yoga’s most profound yet often misunderstood practices. In this 20-hour workshop, yoga teachers will explore its historical roots across yoga traditions and clarify common misconceptions about its original purposes and evolving role. Drawing on contemporary science, we will examine the effects of various breathing patterns on the nervous system, mental states, and overall well-being. Guided practices will bring theory into direct experience, offering accessible and adaptable pranayama techniques suitable for all students and teaching contexts. We will have wide-ranging discussions on integrating pranayama into class sequences, therapeutic applications, and daily life, highlighting its potential to foster clarity, balance, and resilience. You will gain renewed inspiration, a stronger grounding in both tradition and science, and practical tools for sharing pranayama with confidence and authenticity.

Winter 2026

Limited Enrollment – Details Here

Sequencing Intensive

This 20-hour online course will revolutionize your approach to designing yoga classes. Based on a clear set of sequencing principles that are informed by yoga philosophy, anatomy, and modern learning theory, Mark presents a series of clear and engaging video lectures to give a key part of the foundation of the art and science of sequencing. The other part comes in 10 hours of live sessions via Zoom where we will work together in designing classes for different levels, styles, and student conditions. 

 

STARTS AUGUST 18, 2025

 

Limited Enrollment – Details Here

Why Study with Me?

When you study with me, you gain practical tools and deep insight to grow as a teacher and as a student of yoga. You’ll learn how to create safe, effective, and inspiring classes that meet students where they are, while deepening your own practice and understanding of yoga.

My approach is designed to give you the confidence, clarity, and skills to guide others with authenticity and care. Whether you’re a new or experienced teacher, you’ll gain a solid foundation in the best teaching practices and the ability to adapt them to diverse settings and students.

Mark teaching teachers

Jen Van-Achteren

I thoroughly enjoyed this [Pranayama] course and learnt a great deal which had not been covered in my previous trainings. I feel inspired to play and explore my own pranayama practice and to support and encourage my students to do the same. 

Jennifer Gentile

Mark Stephens' trainings [Sequencing] are very thorough and laid out in a logical way. The interactive sessions allow participants to feel included and heard, and Mark will dive into any topic full of knowledge and additional resources.

Dave Emery

Mark is an excellent teacher and extremely knowledgeable. He shares his passion for all things yoga freely. I have had the privilege of graduating from his 300 Hr YTT and he is committed to continuing education. My students are truly the benefactors.

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JOIN AN UPCOMING EVENT

• 25 Forward Bends & Hip Openers
• Classes in Santa Cruz, California
• November in Cologne, Germany
• December Hamburg, Germany
• Winter Solstice Retreat, Mexico
• Yoga Teacher Training – January 2026

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Breathing: The Art & Science of Pranayama (2026)

Yoga Sequencing Audiobook (2026)

Teaching Yoga Audiobook (2025)

Yoga for Better Sleep Audiobook (2024)