JTB Yoga Academy

JTB Yoga Alliance® Certified 200-Hour Teacher Training

Next Session Begins Fall 2025

This isn’t just a training — it’s a transformation.

Whether you’re here to become a yoga teacher or to deepen your personal practice, JTBYA offers something rare: a grounded, heart-forward path to self-discovery, embodied wisdom, and real-world teaching skills.

We keep it intimate and real. You’ll be supported every step of the way as you explore the heart of yoga through movement, philosophy, breathwork, anatomy, energetics, and lived experience.

What you’ll gain:
✔️ The confidence to teach with clarity and authenticity
✔️ A deep understanding of yoga beyond the poses
✔️ A community that feels like home
✔️ The ability to integrate yoga into everything you do

We blend tradition and modern insight, intellect and intuition, strength and softness — because that’s what yoga really is.

If you feel the pull, follow it.

Fall 2025 cohort forming now.

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JTB’s 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training (RYT 200)

Why Train with Jess?

Jessica Bridge is more than a teacher — she’s a guide, a space holder, and a lifelong student of yoga and the human experience.

With over a decade of teaching under her belt, Jess brings a rare blend of technical expertise, real-world wisdom, and deep heart to everything she offers. As an E-RYT 500, licensed massage therapist, and founder of JTB Studios, she weaves together anatomy, energetics, and authentic self-inquiry in a way that’s both accessible and transformative.

What sets Jess apart:
🌱 A thoughtful, sensitive, inclusive approach to yoga
🌱 A no-BS teaching style rooted in compassion, curiosity, and clarity
🌱 Deep experience across multiple modalities — from Vinyasa to Kundalini to bodywork and beyond
🌱 A fierce belief that your voice, your story, and your presence matter in this practice
🌱 13 years of experience as a studio owner
🌱 A commitment to helping you leave this training not just certified, but changed for the better

Whether you’re called to teach or simply ready to know yourself more deeply, Jess will meet you where you are — and hold you to your highest.

How the Program Works

At JTBYA, we honor all learning styles — and our curriculum reflects that. Throughout the program, you’ll engage with concepts through visual, interactive, auditory, and kinesthetic tools, ensuring the material is both accessible and memorable, no matter how you learn best.

The course is delivered through a blend of in-person and remote sessions:
🧘‍♀️ In-person weekends at JTB Studios offer hands-on experience, group learning, and direct mentorship
💻 Self-paced e-learning modules give you the flexibility to dive deeper on your own schedule

You’ll be supported in every phase of your journey — with a structure designed to keep you engaged while also honoring your life outside of training.

Who Is This For?

While many students enroll with the intention of becoming a certified yoga instructor, you don’t need to want to teach to take part in JTBYA. This training is equally powerful for students who want to:

✨ Deepen their personal yoga practice
✨ Explore the philosophy and roots of yoga
✨ Cultivate confidence, clarity, and personal growth
✨ Connect with a community of like-minded seekers

Whether you end up teaching or not, you’ll graduate equipped to be a leader in your yoga community — grounded, knowledgeable, and aligned.

Included Studio Classes

Your tuition includes 20 in-studio yoga classes at JTB Studios, to be completed during your training. These classes are a required part of your certification and will enrich your learning with real-time practice and feedback.

By the time you graduate from JTB Yoga Academy, you will:

✨ Have a strong, practical understanding of asana (yoga poses) — how to practice, teach, and modify them safely and skillfully
✨ Feel confident crafting and leading Hatha or Vinyasa classes using your own unique, creative voice
✨ Know how to adapt yoga — breathwork, movement, and meditation — to meet a wide range of bodies, needs, and abilities
✨ Be skilled in the use of props like blocks, straps, wheels, towels, bolsters, and blankets to support and enhance your classes
✨ Understand yoga philosophy in a real-world way — and know how to apply it to your everyday life for more ease and clarity
✨ Be grounded in anatomy and physiology — muscles, bones, nerves, and how the body moves as a whole
✨ Be able to breathe deeply and efficiently, and explore a range of pranayama techniques to support yourself and your future students
✨ Have explored the subtle body — the energetic systems that make you you
✨ Be able to understand and teach the chakra system in a grounded and accessible way
✨ Know the heart of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali — and how these ancient teachings still speak to modern life
✨ Have experienced and explored various styles of meditation, and have ready-to-use meditation scripts to guide others
✨ Be eligible to apply for your RYT-200 designation through Yoga Alliance
✨ Have formed deep, meaningful connections with your fellow trainees — rooted in shared growth, challenge, and transformation

…and so much more.

This isn’t just about becoming a teacher. It’s about becoming more you.

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Upcoming Training Dates

Sept 13/14

Sept 27/28

Oct 11/12

Oct 25/26

Nov 8/9

Nov 22/23

Dec 6/7

Dec 13/14

Program Structure & Flow

The JTBYA schedule is crafted with intention. You’ll stay engaged and immersed throughout, with concepts introduced in a thoughtful sequence that builds on itself — allowing you to absorb, integrate, and embody the teachings fully and efficiently.

Tuition & Payment Options

Full Investment: $3,600
This includes all training weekends, course materials, and mentorship.

✨ Early Bird Discount — Save $500!
Apply by July 15 to receive Early Bird pricing: just $3,100 for the full program.

Flexible Payment Plan

We believe this journey should be accessible — so we offer a simple, no-interest plan:

Deposit: $900 (due upon acceptance)

Monthly Payments: 3 payments of $900

Final balance must be paid in full by December 6

Partial scholarships may be available on a case-by-case basis.
If cost is a concern, don’t hesitate to reach out — we’re happy to talk options.

🎓 Ready to begin?
→ Apply Now or → Contact Us with any questions.

Continue scrolling to see samples of our JTB Yoga Academy curriculum content!

Enjoy a 10 minute Multidimensional Being Meditation with Jess. This meditation is one of many that are included in our curriculum. By the end of this course, you will be able to comfortably lead a group in this meditation.

This is a sample of a title page from one of our e-learning modules. In order to accommodate for different learning styles, you will have access to the transcripts, audio files, and a variety of activities to help with comprehension throughout each unit!

Hear From Our Clients

JTB yoga academy was nothing short of amazing! As soon as the program began I knew this was the 200 hr RYT training that I wanted and needed. Jess is an incredible teacher and guide. Her well thought out syllabus and attention to detail allowed for a deep dive into yoga and mindfulness. Every weekend I left feeling more confident in my teaching and overall understanding of yoga. This experience has been life changing!

I absolutely loved my experience with JTB Yoga Teacher Training. Jess held such a grounded, supportive space while sharing so much wisdom and passion. I felt both challenged and deeply cared for throughout the journey. This training helped me grow not only as a yogi, but as a person. I’m so grateful for everything I’ve learned and the way it was all shared – with presence, heart, and integrity.

I just finished my 200 hour ytt at JTB Jess was a fantastic teacher in every sense. She taught us so much more than just movement and breathing. All of the experiences and guest speakers that she had come in were phenomenal. I feel so ready to share all my knowledge !

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