The Peaceful Presence Men's Yoga Teacher Training
This is a yoga alliance registered school
A Personal Path to Teaching
After many years of teaching, I am evolving my offerings. My public classes are transitioning into a dedicated Yoga Teacher Training program — an intimate, deeply personalized training led one-on-one or in a very small group.
This is not a large cohort program. This is direct transmission: your practice, your questions, your development as a teacher, with my full attention.
Peaceful Presence Yoga School is a Registered Yoga School (RYS 200) with Yoga Alliance. Graduates are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as RYT 200 teachers.
The training is already underway — our first cycle began July 9th, 2026, and new students may still join.
Why This Training Is Worth It
You are not paying for a curriculum. You are paying for nearly fifty years of practice and a lifetime of training, distilled and handed to you directly.
I have practiced yoga since age eight. I was accepted into ten doctoral programs in clinical psychology, and ultimately chose a different path: four years living and training in residence at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, where I taught guests and large groups of teacher trainees. I am a Licensed Massage Therapist — I know the body's anatomy professionally, not just from a yoga manual. I am a Licensed Master Social Worker with a specialization in addiction — I know the mind's struggles professionally as well.
And I know them personally. I have walked through my own dark seasons — years of feeling lost in body, mind, and spirit — and I found my way through, ultimately returning to my own tradition as a Baal Teshuva. What I teach about self-mastery is not theory. I have needed every tool I will hand you.
Program Format
- Personalized instruction tailored to your background and goals
- Small group or private one-on-one intensive format
- Completed within one year: 40–50 poses taught safely with detailed alignment, anatomy and physiology, philosophy, and supervised teaching practice
- 200-hour curriculum meeting Yoga Alliance standards
Tuition — Sliding Scale Based on Enrollment
- Group training (3–4 students): $10,000 per student
- Smaller groups: tuition adjusted accordingly
- Private one-on-one intensive: $30,000
If cost is a barrier, ask me about the sliding scale. I want this training to be accessible to committed students — and I firmly believe it is worth every penny.
A Note for My Current Students
These sessions are no longer public drop-in classes. If you'd like to continue practicing with me, you're warmly invited to participate as part of the training community, with a contribution of at least what you've been paying for classes. If you're ready to deepen your practice into teaching, I'd love to talk with you about full enrollment. Even if you are not pursuing certification, you can help make this a success — through your generous contribution, your willing participation, and the many ways you help the school flourish and, G-d willing, replicate elsewhere.
A Note to My Community
Spreading peace is my calling, and peace must go together with solid, unwavering strength. The yoga we practice is a merger of strength and compassion — fittingly, "Hatha" means sun-moon, the joining of those two forces.
I have taught in the Five Towns for twenty years, including many rabbis and rebbetzins. The aim is always Shalom — peace rooted within, then rippling outward to our families, communities, nation, and world. My wish is that this training moves people toward G-d, truth, kindness, love, and strength — and as I teach this, so will I learn it. May this kosher Yoga Teacher Training for Men be part of the healing that the world, the Jewish People, and Israel so badly need.
The Vision
This training is the seed of something larger. My hope is that graduates will carry Peaceful Presence forward — that together we will open new centers, beginning in Jerusalem and, G-d willing, elsewhere in Israel and beyond. I intend to work in harmony with others who promote love and peace. Not everyone will embrace this endeavor, and that is alright. The mission is love among Jews, and love between Jews and all our neighbors willing to live and let live — to let us live in peace in our ancestral homeland. If you feel called not just to teach, but to build, I especially want to hear from you.
Interested?
Contact me directly to discuss enrollment, timing, and whether this training is right for you. Enrollment will shape the program — and I welcome your help spreading the word to anyone called to teach.
