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Train with Ignite Institute

Programs for new and advancing yoga teachers rooted in equity and decolonial yoga tradition -
Where your life is the mat and text. Bring your whole self,
Nothing left out.

The Ignite Impact 

10,000+ students trained 15+ years of experience Global faculty • 3X Award Winning

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Embody Yoga's Roots YTT 200
Online

Go deeper with well rounded yoga education to EMBRACE yoga's roots. Bring the great feeling you get on your yoga mat into the rest of your life. Deepen your practice, experience authentic community, become a yoga leader as you learn to embody and teach yoga now.

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Embody Yoga's Roots YTT 300
Online

Advance your teaching, deepen your practice and become a true yoga leader. Embody yogic values and create genuine unity. Deepen your ability to create sequences that fulfill the heart, soul, and stretch the bodies of your students. You’ll take the next step in your yoga teacher path and become a highly knowledgeable resource that your students love and trust while living a life you love through yoga.

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Trauma-Informed Yoga & Social Justice Certification

In urgent times, we need more than asana.
We need your embodied, creative leadership rooted in healing, justice, and joy.

50-hour Trauma-Informed Yoga & Social Justice Certification for yoga teachers, healers, and changemakers ready to embody yoga’s full purpose. Lead from inner work to outer change.

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Yoga Therapy Certification

​Ancient wisdom meets modern healing science for personal and social change.
This comprehensive program trains you as a Yoga Therapy expert using trauma-informed care, justice-rooted frameworks, and decolonizing approaches. A decade of in-person training will soon be available online for our global community.

Join the waitlist to receive early access and exclusive updates.

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Embrace Yoga's Roots Online Course

Get tools, resources, and framework to inspire global empathy, honor yoga, and create equity. Make an impact by learning, sharing, and embodying yoga’s roots for personal and social transformation.

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Yoga Class Curator Membership

A year-long membership for yoga practitioners & teachers to be nourished & spiritually held in the ❤️ of yoga so you can confidently live and lead with yoga. 

It's simple. Go deep.

Why Train with Ignite Institute?

Founded by Susanna Barkataki, author of Embrace Yoga’s Roots and Ignite Your Yoga bridges authentic yoga traditions with modern social justice practices. With thousands of teachers trained, we’re recognized worldwide as the premier institution for socially conscious yoga - where you learn decolonial tools to unite self, world and earth and lead by honoring yoga's roots.

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"I highly recommend Susanna's teachings as a way to educate and build awareness of cultural erasure and cultural appropriation of yoga in the West."

Anusha Wijeyakumar, Founder WOC and Wellness

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Begin Your Journey with Us

Get Started Now to Expand & Deepen Your Practice

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