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Yoga. Ayurveda. You.

A soul-rooted training in yoga, seasonal wisdom, and self-discovery.

Deepen your practice. Know yourself. Teach from the inside out.

The Poses are the Portal.

The Practice is the Path.

This isn’t your typical Yoga Teacher Training.

It’s a deep dive into your voice, your body, your truth. Using the Sister Science of Yoga and Ayurveda in combination to deliver this training. 

Practice Beyond the Poses is our transformative 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training for those who want to teach yoga, teach union, not from a script—but from their own connection.

What Makes This Training Different?

You won’t just know poses, sequences or alignment cues. You’ll develop a living practice rooted in:

Yoga Asana

Movement as relationship not performance

Ayurveda

Honoring wise rhythms to build capacity and alignment in your own life. 

The Centers of Intelligence: Body, Heart, and Mind

Understanding how you move through the world shaped by your instinct, emotions, and thoughts. 

Yogic Philosophy

Practical application of ancient wisdom to your modern life.

How to Teach

through this Lens of Union, Embodiment, Connection.

This practice will inform how you teach. You will leave this training knowing your:

Unique voice and teaching style
A sustainable self-practice that is the foundation for all that you bring forward in the world
Tools to guide others with clarity, presence, and authenticity

This is for you if…

The classes you love the most teach from feeling not formula

You crave a yoga community that values inner transformation over outer performance

You want to teach yoga as a lifestyle—not just a fitness class

You’re curious about the intersections of Breath and Body, Psychology and Physical, Effort and Ease, Movement and Stillness. 

What You'll Learn

CORE CURRICULUM PILLARS

  • The Art of Teaching Asana: Breath-led, body-honoring movement, following the principles of movement from a “Yoga as Therapy” perspective. 
  • Living Ayurveda: The Sister Science of Yoga, offering daily rhythm in your life and a lens to see what your clients need for balance.
  • The Enneagram & Self-Study: Understanding your tendencies, motivation, and centres of intelligence
  • The Eight Limbs of Yoga: Expanding the definition of Yoga to include the whole philosophy, you will leave understanding that Asana is only one of 8 essential branches of this practice. 

The Yama and Niyamas - the Ethical Practices of Yoga, observances and restraints that inform how to move through the world in connection. This is Yoga Philosophy and Yoga Ethics rolled into one. 

Pranayama - breath practices and their application for specific outcomes. 

Pratyahara - knowing how to withdraw, replenish, and care for your senses. 

Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi - the path of mediation, including practices such as mantra, nidra, 

  • Holding Sacred Space: Trauma-aware, heart-led facilitation
  • Voice & Presence: Finding your rhythm and leading with confidence
  • Sequencing for Impact: Teaching from wholeness, not templates 
    • Anatomy and Physiology - from the lens of not doing harm, teaching how movement is medicine and how to know your edges. Being able to offer practical application beyond “Listen to your body”. 
  • Sanskrit Basics 
  • Energetics of Yoga: Chakras (7 Energy Centres), Koshas (5 Layers of the Being), Nadis (Subtle Energy Channels), Panchas (the Earth Elements), Gunas (The Balancing Forces), 

Adjustments & Assists and how to guide your students beyond your voice.

FORMAT & STRUCTURE

6 weekends

12 people max

Full Friday, Saturday, Sunday sessions each weekend in Cochrane, Alberta

150 Hours In-Person Live Weekend

Sep 26 - 28, 2025
Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2025
Nov 29 - 30, 2025
Jan 16 - 18, 2026
Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2026
Mar 20 - 22, 2026 

30 hours Personal Inquiry and Embodiment

Each week you will have an Ayurveda Habit Experiment, and a Breath/Asana/Meditation Practice with actionable steps to report back to the group.

20 hours Online Live Weekly Calls

Yoga Philosophy Modules will be online with a weekly reflection question then a class to embody the information. We will do a deep dive into the ethical practices of Yoga (the Yama & Niyamas) and the Energetics of Yoga (Chakras, Koshas, Nadis, Panchas, Gunas).

INVESTMENT

 

$3600 + GST 

 
sign up "before July 15th" gets you a $400 discount
MEET YOUR GUIDES

Jody DiCastri + Jill Novak

Jill is the founder of Sister Science and co-creator of two previous Yoga Teacher Trainings under Fireweed Yoga with Jody DiCastri. Now, with deep roots and a clear vision, Jody and Jill bring this training under the Sister Science umbrella.

Known by her students as a “karma cleaner,” Jill has a gift for distilling complex ideas into practical wisdom. She helps you see clearly, act wisely, and hold yourself with compassion through it all. She teaches from a place of embodied experience—where intuition meets discipline, and healing meets leadership.

Jody DiCastri has led classes in a variety of settings and co-facilitated teacher trainings that center around embodiment, honest self-reflection, and practical integration.

With a background in Child Development and a deep interest in human behavior, Jody brings a curiosity in how people learn, grow, and connect with themselves. She has a special passion for supporting children and teens through yoga, helping them build emotional awareness, self-regulation practices, and confidence through movement and mindfulness.

Jody taught at Alchemy Yoga in Cochrane for many years and eventually became its owner for 6 years, an experience that deeply shaped her as a teacher and community leader.

WHAT PAST STUDENTS ARE SAYING

from our Past Fireweed Yoga TTP Students….

I knew this training it would change my life, so I signed up. And it did.

If you take this training you will definitely find out things about yourself that you would never have in a loving way. Oh and learn asanas too!!

Jill and Jody are excellent facilitators and very knowledgeable. They are a great team and were very organized in the structure of the course. They created a safe space for people to talk and release things that were bottled up inside. They are available to talk to because they are a presence in the community, which makes this training unique. They are wonderful women whom I am very privileged and glad to have learned from and will continue to learn from.

The time spent with Jody, Jill and my fellow teacher trainees was a transformative, unexpected experience for me and I feel so fortunate to have taken part!

Do it! It’s hard and scary, but super rewarding and amazing all at once! You will learn how truly amazing and strong you are as a person. Yoga has a way of subtly changing your life in all the right ways. And this teacher training does the same thing!

Fireweed Yoga Teacher Training has provided me with a much deeper knowledge of myself and how my strengths can contribute to yoga in our community. My personal practice is so much stronger and I have the information and confidence necessary to move forward as a yoga teacher! Should you not have an interest in teaching yoga, this investment in yourself will give you a diverse and valuable package of information so applicable in your daily life, and as a student of yoga. Fireweed YTT goes well beyond the poses.

If you are wanting to dive deep into yourself and the eight limbs of yoga, being led by wise, caring, knowledgeable instructors, then this is the training for you. It will highlight your strengths, and will offer you the opportunity to grow in all areas of your life while bringing you into a greater sense of community.

Take it! The teacher training that Fireweed Yoga offers is unique and well rounded. It allows individuals to find their own voice and discover what yoga means for the individual. Jill and Jody offer a welcoming and safe space to explore your own self development whilst teaching the beautiful wisdom of Yoga. Jill and Jody compliment each other wonderfully - I can not recommend this training enough!!

Ready to Teach from the Inside Out?

The world doesn’t need more fitness instructors.
It needs more space holders, pattern breakers, and heart-led leaders.

It needs you. 

Join us if you’re ready to:

  • Deepen your practice
  • Build confidence as a teacher
  • Step into your purpose
  • Learn to live and teach from embodied wisdom

This training invites you to get curious, get honest, and get embodied.

APPLY HERE