Gioconda Parker's 300 Hour Advanced Teacher and Leadership program could not have been more magical experience. As an advanced and experienced teacher who has been teaching for over 6 years, | was blown away by how much I was able to grow and learn throughout the duration of this year-long training. Gioconda's mastery and layers of knowledge combined with her love for the practice and all the history that comes with it made this a holistic and in-depth training. She is full of love and light and holds space that allows for students to unravel the next layer of their existence as a human, student, and a teacher. Not only is Gioconda an amazing leader, she is also a student and it left me feeling like this training was co-created by Gioconda and every trainee in the room. I could not be more grateful for this training experience.

Diana W

300 Hour Graduate & YTX Teacher

My experience studying and growing in Gioconda’s 300hr Advanced Leadership YTT has been nothing short of profoundly transformational and I was welcomed with sincerity & loving-kindness. I’m unendingly grateful I said yes. Since then, through months of diligent study, exploration, and spirited conversation on a diverse array of topics including asana, philosophy and mythology, textual studies, technical skill and application, and matters of spontaneous inquiry and curiosity, I am emerging more equipped and inspired than I arrived. Quite intentionally, too, I feel so authentically aligned in my I am-ness as a yoga teacher, leader, and human. Not only this, the personal growth I’ve seen in my teaching truly cannot be understated. 300hr YTT has been the most exquisite, honest, and clarifying container for engaging in my growth in real time. Plus, it’s really fun! Many things lead us to seek out transformational experiences such as YTT. But the year-long journey with Gia in this program doesn’t just tap into matters relevant to the yoga professional. It also dives deep into the core of individuality in the context of a larger collective. Understanding how to be more you in service to students, yourself, and your circles might be the quest of a lifetime, and this experience boldly presents the tools necessary to map a richer course before setting sail.

Ryan A

Current 300 Hour Trainee & YTX Teacher

Will meeting with a group of brilliant people with the shared purpose of teaching yoga improve your life? It has improved mine this year. After practicing yoga for most of my life, I chose Gioconda's 300 hour advanced yoga teacher training to deepen my practice. I was unsure if l wanted to teach a class. This year, I have been inspired to teach yoga in the way l live each day. Gioconda teaches how yoga connects us to the creativity, kindness, love, beauty, expansion, abundance, and receptivity all around us. Each time our class met, l was uplifted and that energy enriched my relationships and my life. Subtle shifts are happening that have enabled me to have space and even have a consistent meditation practice.

Michelle V.

300 Hour Graduate

YTXYoga & Leadership 300-Hour Advanced Teacher Training led by Gioconda Parker has been a phenomenal experience for me. I received my 200 hour with Gioconda in 2016, and I was so excited to have the opportunity to reunite with her for my 300-Hour Training. I absolutely love the framework of a monthly program geared with specific topics each month. The full embodied curriculum allows for a fresh and new perspective each time we meet. Topics are explored, discussed and embraced. Gioconda's energy and drive to awaken your inner voice and who you are as a teacher is invaluable. The guest teachers are some of the best mentors in the country. The quality of learning from these guest teachers completely enhance the program and add to Gioconda's overall vision. My classmates all vary in diversity of their teaching skills and style of yoga, and yet the bonding and learning from each other has been incredibly rewarding. This training program is just what l needed to expand my yoga path, to find my voice, and to build a community through lineage that I can proudly carry with me.

Shanin S

300 Hour Graduate

This program has been life-altering. Gioconda herself is an artful instructor and a passionate leader in the yoga community, and on top of that she has solid connections with accomplished and inspiring guest teachers from out of state. I have a much deeper understanding of the yogi's path, the human body, Sanskrit, and my role as an instructor. Plus it was such a fun crew to hang out with - all our weekends together were highly anticipated, and l've made some wonderful friendships.

Erin F

30 Hour Graduate