Master Yoga's Science of Human Transformation and the Art of Yoga Nidra
Reserve Your PlaceLive Online Certification
Includes Full Yoga Nidra Certification
"The world doesn't need more yoga postures.
It needs people who know how to help human beings truly heal."
This is an invitation.
For those who love yoga deeply — and sense that what they've discovered so far is only the beginning.
For those who believe yoga holds a wisdom, a power, and a capacity for healing and whole-life transformation that most have barely begun to touch.
If you feel called to be among those who awaken yoga's fullest expression — for yourself and the world — this is for you.
Most people who find their way to this work arrive with plenty of tools.
Breathing techniques. Meditation practices. Communication strategies. Somatic exercises. Yoga postures. Cognitive interventions.
All valuable.
But here's the problem: tools don't heal people.
Think about it — a scalpel is a tool. But a scalpel in the hands of someone who doesn't understand human physiology and the underlying disease process becomes useless. Or worse.
The truth is the power was never in the tool.
The power lies in understanding the underlying cause of the condition — and knowing precisely how to intervene.
And this is true whether we're talking about physical disease or mental and emotional suffering.
It's also where most trainings fall short.
They teach techniques. They teach modalities. They teach tools.
What they rarely teach is the underlying mechanism through which human beings become stuck — and the precise process through which lasting transformation actually occurs.
The Yoga Transformation Coach Certification was created to fill that gap.
Here's what's actually missing.
Not more techniques. Not more theory.
A clear map to why people don't change even when they want to. Even when they're motivated. Even when the tools are applied correctly.
Not because the tools and techniques are wrong, but because the deeper mechanisms were never fully examined.
We're talking about things like...
The Yoga Transformation Coach Certification was built around those questions. And the answers — drawn from yogic psychology, modern neuroscience, and thirty years of practical application — can change everything about the impact you make.
For yourself, for your family, for the world.
Work at a level where lasting change begins...
It's not about yoga.
It's about helping people change their lives.
Our graduates have applied these principles and practices in a wide variety of settings, including...
Private coaching and transformational sessions
Yoga studios and wellness centers
Workshops, retreats, and group programs
Addiction recovery and trauma-support programs
Corporate stress-management and resilience training
Schools, universities, and youth programs
Hospitals, hospice, and palliative care environments
Women's shelters, homeless outreach, and community programs
Veterans organizations and peer-support initiatives
As a powerful complement to therapy, coaching, healthcare, ministry, and social work
Because transformation doesn't happen in one place.
It happens wherever human beings are struggling, healing, growing, and searching for a better way forward.
"I used to teach yoga, but now I feel like I'm truly changing lives."
Claire B. · Yoga & Meditation Teacher
"This training has completely changed how I work with my therapy clients. So much of what I learned meshed perfectly with my work with CBT and DBT. I feel like I have a whole new set of tools to help my clients with."
Jessica O. · Marriage & Family Therapist
"One word: Wow! This certification was a life-transforming experience TRULY beyond what I thought possible...and loads of fun too!"
Bill D. · Yoga Teacher & Physician
"Eric and this training have given me my life back. When I got back from Iraq, I could barely leave my house. In a matter of days, I was able to interact with people and feel safe in public."
Jesse A. · Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
"This training has allowed me to quite literally save lives at the VA. I can't recommend it highly enough."
Frank G. · VA Peer Counselor
"Yoga Pura's training exceeded my expectations by far. It's helped me to grow both personally and professionally as a therapist."
Pat H. · Clinical Psychologist
Understand how suffering, identity, and conditioning come together to create our experience of life.
Learn to identify the subconscious patterns driving a wide range of challenges that depress wellbeing and block meaningful change.
Create precise, personalized transformational experiences to neutralize the maladaptive patterns behind the creation of mental and emotional dis-ease.
Learn how to guide workshops, private sessions, and group experiences that create meaningful and lasting shifts for a wide range of challenges.
Learn the secrets to architecting workshops, programs, and one-on-one sessions so they become powerful transformational containers.
Become fully certified in yoga's most sophisticated modality for subconscious change — rooted in ancient wisdom and supported by modern neuroscience.
This program was created for anyone ready to tap the transformative power that lives at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern science.
The yoga teacher who desires to deepen their impact with the real suffering students bring to the mat.
The therapist or counselor who wants to enhance traditional treatment protocols with complementary modalities.
The recovery coach helping people with habits and patterns that run deeper than willpower can reach.
The life coach who wants to work at the level of genuine transformation — beyond just strategy and accountability.
The mother, father, brother, sister, friend who has sat with someone they love in pain — and wished with everything they had that they knew how to help.
If you have ever wished you understood more deeply how to help someone who was struggling in life…
This was made for you.
Over the course of the certification, you'll participate in a comprehensive transformational learning process that includes...
Fridays 5:00–7:00pm Pacific · July 31 – September 25, 2026
September 4 off — Labor Day
Eight live interactive training sessions with Yogacharya Eric Walrabenstein
A structured practicum designed to help you embody the principles in your own life before applying them with others
Assignments and guided self-inquiry exercises that deepen understanding through direct experience
Personalized feedback and mentoring from our coaching team throughout the program
Partner and small-group exercises designed to build confidence and real-world competence
Complete access to recordings and training materials for continued reference
Yoga Nidra Instructor + Yoga Transformation Coach
The result is not simply intellectual understanding — but the confidence and practical experience necessary to facilitate meaningful and lasting transformation in the lives of others.
Charter student pricing is available to the first 20 participants only. After that, the price returns to $2,497.
Eric Walrabenstein is an ordained Yogacharya, bestselling author, and one of the most sought-after authorities on the practical application of yogic wisdom for human transformation in the country.
Over three decades he has guided thousands of students through profound personal change — including veterans recovering from PTSD, individuals healing from addiction, and professionals searching for a deeper way of working with the people in their care.
His work integrates the precision of ancient yogic psychology with the credibility of modern neuroscience — producing a methodology that is both clinically grounded and spiritually deep.
Yoga Pura has served hundreds of thousands of students over 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the most respected yoga communities in the country.
It's helping people heal.
Reserve your place in the inaugural cohort and begin the training that changes the impact you have in the world — for your clients, your students, and yourself.
Reserve Your PlaceCharter Cohort · July 31 – September 25, 2026
Questions? info@yogapura.com