Prema Yoga Institute

Prema Yoga Institute PYI offers advanced yoga education in Yoga Therapy, Meditation, and Vinyasa in New York City and onl

Yoga is for everybody, and PYI helps you share evidence-informed yoga in the tradition of "yoga chikitsa" - literally, "yoga medicine." Pop in for one training to deepen your practice, or stay to earn CE's, Grad Credits, and RYT500 or an 800 hr Prema Yoga Therapy Certificate.

12/24/2025

🎉 Celebrate with Savings — Prema’s 15th Anniversary 🎉
Now through December 31, 2025

Whether you’re ready to deepen your teaching or step into therapeutic work alongside healthcare professionals, this is your moment.

✨ Choose your next chapter:

• Save $300 on PYI’s 5-Star 300-Hour Advanced Teacher Training
Fully online, with optional in-person hours for those craving real-time connection.
Use code NEWYEAR300

• Save $800 on the Yoga Therapy Certification Program
An evidence-informed, flexible program designed to help you support others with clarity, confidence, and care — while receiving credit for your prior studies.
Use code NEWYEAR800

Whether you’re refining your voice, expanding your private practice, or deepening your capacity to hold space, these programs are built to meet you where you are — and guide you forward.

Invest in your growth.
Honor the experience you already have.
Let this season be the one where you choose grounding, confidence, and what’s next.

*Advanced entry only — transfer hours required

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⭐️ PYI student feature: Amy Fulgham ( )Huge congratulations to soon-to-be Yoga Therapy graduate Amy Fulgham on stepping ...
12/23/2025

⭐️ PYI student feature: Amy Fulgham ( )

Huge congratulations to soon-to-be Yoga Therapy graduate Amy Fulgham on stepping into her clinical position. We’re deeply grateful she shared how her studies at Prema Yoga Institute have informed her work—especially the care, presence, and discernment she brings to serving the addiction recovery community.

This is what it looks like when yoga therapy meets real-world impact. Cheering you on as you continue to serve, learn, and lead with heart. ✨

What if freedom wasn’t something you had to chase, but something you could practice?Yoga isn’t just about stretching or ...
12/22/2025

What if freedom wasn’t something you had to chase, but something you could practice?

Yoga isn’t just about stretching or fancy poses. It’s a way to release fear, ease anxiety, and quiet the loneliness that creeps in. Through movement and breath, it helps create space – physically, mentally, and emotionally, for peace to take over.

If stress, worry, or overwhelm have been weighing you down, maybe it’s time to roll out the mat and see what happens.

How has yoga helped you? Or is it something you’ve been wanting to try? Let’s talk in the comments!

🕯️ Today we mourn the transition of Marc Nelles - teacher, practitioner, mentor and friend.💫 Marc was an absolute light ...
12/19/2025

🕯️ Today we mourn the transition of Marc Nelles - teacher, practitioner, mentor and friend.

💫 Marc was an absolute light - curious committed to his own evolution, and in a word, kind.

📿 He was in the first graduating class of our yoga therapy certification in 2015, and soon became one of our most beloved teachers.

🧘🏻 Marc had tremendous patience and a delightful sense of humor. He taught from his heart, and shared openly of his challenges so that we could best serve those in need. Marc taught and led by an example of compassion and presence - embodying prema - divine love.

💕 Marc, we love you. The world and our community was a better place with you in it. We lift up your spirit and joy in our hearts, memories, and continuing yoga therapy and teaching.

We’ll be celebrating Marc’s life in 2026 together, and always. We’ll be sure to share details with you in time. Please remember Marc’s partner and family in your prayers and meditations. Ahem Prema. Akaal Akaal

“The soul is indestructible; it can’t be destroyed by the elements of earth or weapons or by water, fire and air.”

Acchedyo’Yam  adaahyo’yam akledyo’shoshya eva cha
nityah  sarvagatah sthaanur achalo’yam sanaatanah
Bhagavad Gita Shloka // 2.25 //

🕯️ Today we mourn the transition of Marc Nelles - teacher, practitioner, mentor and friend.💫 Marc was an absolute light ...
12/19/2025

🕯️ Today we mourn the transition of Marc Nelles - teacher, practitioner, mentor and friend.

💫 Marc was an absolute light - curious committed to his own evolution, and in a word, kind.

📿 He was in the first graduating class of our yoga therapy certification in 2015, and soon became one of our most beloved teachers.

🧘🏻 Marc had tremendous patience and a delightful sense of humor. He taught from his heart, and shared openly of his challenges so that we could best serve those in need. Marc taught and led by an example of compassion and presence - embodying prema - divine love.

💕 Marc, we love you. The world and our community was a better place with you in it. We lift up your spirit and joy in our hearts, memories, and continuing yoga therapy and teaching.

We’ll be celebrating Marc’s life in 2026 together, and always. We’ll be sure to share details with you in time. Please remember Marc’s partner and family in your prayers and meditations. Ahem Prema. Akaal Akaal

“The soul is indestructible; it can’t be destroyed by the elements of earth or weapons or by water, fire and air.”

Acchedyo’Yam  adaahyo’yam akledyo’shoshya eva cha
nityah  sarvagatah sthaanur achalo’yam sanaatanah
Bhagavad Gita Shloka // 2.25 //

12/17/2025

A snippet from our sneak preview to our upcoming live online back care course with Dr. Fishman and Liz Larson on January 9th & 23rd 2026!

To watch the full video, and learn more about the upcoming courses, check out our course landing page - LINK IN BIO 💫

Discover a pain-free back journey with Dr. Loren Fishman, MD and Liz Larson, by enrolling in our On-Demand Back Care Course. Uncover the secrets to understanding, treating, and preventing back pain through an interactive online program. Gain insights from a seasoned expert who has helped over 20,000 patients and authored 5 books on yoga for back care. Say goodbye to back pain and hello to a stronger, healthier spine!

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🎁 Now more than ever, we are learning to value community, experience, education and wellness more than possessions. Our ...
12/16/2025

🎁 Now more than ever, we are learning to value community, experience, education and wellness more than possessions. Our PYI Gift Certificates* are a quick and easy way to give your loved ones the gift of yoga!

🔗 in Bio to Purchase

🎁 Some online programs and classes that your gift certificate can be used for:

$175 A private, individualized Yoga Therapy Session with Dana Slamp, Founder (1 hour)

$108 - $395 Credit towards PYI’s Acclaimed CE Courses

$1395 Credit - purchase one of our 100-hour courses for a loved one at this one-time $200 discount for new students.

Here’s a wake-up call you need to hear: You could be doing everything right – eating clean, working out, sleeping well –...
12/15/2025

Here’s a wake-up call you need to hear: You could be doing everything right – eating clean, working out, sleeping well – but if you’re not breathing correctly, you’re missing a huge piece of the puzzle.

Think about it. Breathing is the one thing we do every single moment of our lives, yet most of us never give it a second thought. But the way we breathe impacts everything: our energy, our focus, even how we handle stress.

So, here’s our question: When’s the last time you actually paid attention to your breath? Or have you ever tried breathwork? And if you’ve never thought about it… maybe this is your sign to start! 🌬️

Prema Yoga Therapeutics Essentials is now open for enrollment!⭐️ Join our Signature 100-Hour Teacher Training this winte...
12/12/2025

Prema Yoga Therapeutics Essentials is now open for enrollment!

⭐️ Join our Signature 100-Hour Teacher Training this winter (January 30 - February 28th) and learn from with Amanbir Singh, Dana Slamp, Dr. Loren Fishman and our yoga therapy faculty.

➡️ Explore how a yoga practice can significantly support health and wellness. Learn the science and physiology behind the “down-regulating” aspects of yoga: Restorative yoga, asana for all bodies, meditation, slow flow, and pranayama. “Scan” the body to improve symmetry and manage pain, to alter postures when in recovery, and to practice mindfully as you age.

Modify your practice and teaching mindfully in chair yoga, at the wall, and with props. Learn ancient, evidence-informed techniques to reduce anxiety and depression, as well as how to adjust teaching and practice when an injury or disease is present.

Prema Yoga Therapeutics Essentials prepares you to teach effectively for all bodies - and to support your clients’ health and wellness with intelligent and accessible therapeutic yoga.

An essential course for yoga teachers, therapists, and yoga enthusiasts alike!

🔗 in Bio to Enroll!

➡️ EARLY BIRD FOR NEW STUDENTS: $50 OFF Ends December 30thUse Code BACKCARE2026⭐️ In this Course, you will learn to:- Es...
12/10/2025

➡️ EARLY BIRD FOR NEW STUDENTS: $50 OFF Ends December 30th

Use Code BACKCARE2026

⭐️ In this Course, you will learn to:

- Essential anatomy and how it becomes relevant.
- The eight basic causes of approximately 90% of low back pain.
- The underlying dynamics: how these conditions result in pain.
- How to recognize them – the tests for them.
- The proper yoga poses for each condition. Contraindicated poses for each condition.
- What to do if your treatment doesn’t work.

🔗 in Bio to Enroll!

Join PYI alum and certified yoga therapist Jenny Clise (C-IAYT) for a practical, accessible workshop on how to market yo...
12/09/2025

Join PYI alum and certified yoga therapist Jenny Clise (C-IAYT) for a practical, accessible workshop on how to market yourself as a yoga therapist. Jenny draws from over a decade of teaching experience and her work in digital strategy and Social Media Management in the wellness space, offering grounded guidance on building visibility, reaching your ideal students, and growing your therapeutic yoga business with integrity.

This live class will cover:

• Foundations of effective marketing for yoga therapists

• How to communicate your niche clearly

• Social media basics that actually matter

• Simple next steps to build momentum

⭐️ Link in Bio to Enroll!

“Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We ...
12/08/2025

“Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
Does life ever feel like one big autopilot session to you? Like you’re just moving through the days without really feeling them? I get it. But here’s the thing: being fully awake in our lives isn’t about doing more or adding to the chaos. It’s about tuning into what’s already here, right now. The warmth of your coffee cup, the way sunlight hits your desk, the rhythm of your breath. Those little moments? That’s where the magic lives.

And here’s the coolest part: when we slow down and actually pay attention, we tap into this well of strength, clarity, and resilience we didn’t even know we had. It’s like discovering a superpower you’ve had all along.

So, I’m curious: what’s one moment recently where you felt truly present? Or, if you’re feeling stuck, what’s one thing you’d like to notice more often? Let’s share and inspire each other!

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DONATION-BASED ONLINE CLASSES LINK + ONLINE TRAININGS

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we are offering #yogaforall on this page and on Zoom. Zoom link for live classes is: https://zoom.us/j/6272596916

Kid’s Yoga, Meditation and Yoga Nidra will remain HERE on Facbook Live.

For our complete schedule and donation options, please go to:

https://www.premayogainstitute.com/online-classes