two fold method : CONTINUING EDUCATION & TEACHER TRAINING

In a culture of pose-chasing and surface-level wellness, this training returns yoga to its roots: breath, rhythm, presence, and expression.

Maybe you've spent years mastering discipline — in the gym, the boardroom, the arena — and built a life that runs on fire and control. You know exactly what it feels like to move without thinking, to be sharp under pressure. You just never had a container for it beyond performance.

Or maybe you've spent years mastering insight — therapy, philosophy, self-inquiry — and you can name every one of your patterns with real precision. You have the map. You've just never been tested on the ground it describes.

Either way, you're only half-built. This training is the other half.

It's a conscious rebellion — choosing to take responsibility for your body, your nervous system, and your inner state. This is not about aesthetics. It's about mastery.

(Contrast = Yin and Yang in one word.)

This modern training integrates breath, mind, and body while building powerful communication skills. You'll learn to teach a conscious, breath-based yoga and meditation class. And that's not all — you'll learn and digest the yoga texts and modern science alongside the other students, and learn to spot everyday moments and transform them into compelling stories for dharma talks and social media content.

CORE TECHNIQUE: EBB AND FLOW

A breath-based technique that ensures your students are grounded in the present moment and getting the most out of the practice. The way asanas, breathwork, and meditation were originally intended.

CORE PRACTICE: THE FUSION SEQUENCE

This unique blend merges Hatha and Vinyasa:

  • Vinyasa's flowing, breath-synchronized movement — for the ones who need to move to arrive.

  • Hatha's still, strong, structured holds — for the ones who need to hold still to finally test what they know.

Together, they create a dynamic experience found nowhere else. Classes include asanas, exhausting the body to quiet the mind, and end with deep meditation — cultivating self-understanding and developing the ability to generate love (oxytocin) in your body, beyond external circumstances.

TRAINING FORMAT (6 months, for deeper learning and digestion)

  • In-person: One half-day per weekend for asanas, breathwork, meditation, and practice teaching.

  • Weekly Zoom study group & Book Club: Book discussions (see list below) and exercises to hone your storytelling skills — turning your own life into teachings, dharma talks, and content.

KEY TOPICS EXPLORED

  • Meditation (learn to guide like a PRO)

  • Asanas: Classic 26:2, Vinyasa, Anatomy

  • Pranayama / Breathwork

  • Understanding Trauma, True Karma

  • Yoga & Breathwork for Recovery

  • Cold Therapy

  • Qi Gong

  • 8-Fold Path by Patanjali

  • Two-Fold Way (Musashi-inspired)

  • Yogi Marketing and Sales Skills

  • Storytelling and Dharma

  • Monomyth Blueprint (understanding The Hero's Journey)

ESSENTIAL READING (with group discussions)

  • The Four Agreements

  • The Yamas and Niyamas

  • The Power of Now

  • Bhagavad Gita

  • Breath (James Nestor)

  • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

  • The Wim Hof Method

Additional (optional) reading: Tao Te Ching, Book of Five Rings (Musashi), Flow, Becoming Supernatural, Storyworthy, The Untethered Soul, Path of Fire and Light, The Art of Communication (Thich Nhat Hanh), Peak Mind, The Creative Act, Inner Engineering & Karma (Sadhguru), The Science of Storytelling, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, and more.

This training bridges ancient wisdom with modern science — equipping you to teach authentically, inspire change, and lead with depth.

We are training teachers to not JUST repeat what some teacher told you to say, you will understand it on a deep level and be able to speak from experience.

Whether you've overbuilt your discipline or overbuilt your understanding, the other half is still yours to claim.

Ready to rebel against autopilot living and step into true mastery?

Join Contrast Yoga Teacher Training.

Contact Eric LaCour today to see if you're a good fit.
Email: breathistheway78@gmail.com
Phone: 225.937.3434