The Yoga Center Retreat

The Yoga Center Retreat restored my spirits as I weathered last week's rainfall getting lost along sections of Midtown Greenway and Cedar Lake Trail closed for repairs and detoured. Jennifer (Golden) graciously welcomed me in to dry off and get my bearings to enjoy Eloise Butler's last weekday of the season meeting beautiful migrating birds, and the following day my yoga buddy and I returned for a beautiful gentle flow with Stephanie to unwind cycling muscles and ground into a good week of exploring the Twin Cities by bike. Thank you, looking forward to a return in future.

I’ve completed both my 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings at YCR, and I’m so glad I found this place! I don’t know of another studio in Minnesota that offers the same depth and variety of yoga styles—both for practicing as a student and for studying as a teacher in training. It’s true, YCR isn’t the cheapest game in town, but the growth in my personal practice, the connections I’ve made, the things I’ve learned, and the doors that opened as a result have all been more than worth the investment.

I do not recommend signing up for this teacher training program. It is expensive, the refund policy is unclear, and if you have to stop the program after 6 weeks (like I did for health reasons), they will not refund a fair amount. They kept $850 out of $3200 I paid for my enrollment after I participated in 6 core sessions out of 38, 1 tech session out of the required 25, and did not attend the mandatory weekend intensive. I expected they might keep a couple-few hundred, but $850. That's insane!