I hear it so often in yoga related conversations that you cannot learn yoga online or just simply online courses don’t work.

And honestly… I understand why people say these. Because many people have tried online courses and walked away disappointed.

They buy a self-paced training, watch a few modules in the beginning, and then life gets busy. Weeks pass. The course sits there unfinished. Eventually it becomes another tab open somewhere in the background of their life.

Not because the student didn’t care. Not because they weren’t interested. But because something about the experience never quite landed. They had the information. But the transformation never really happened.

Over the years I’ve spoken to many students who felt this way about online learning. They felt disconnected from the teacher, unsure if they were understanding things correctly, and often quite alone in the process.

And indeed, simply watching videos does not turn someone into a yoga teacher. Teaching does. Practicing does. Being witnessed, receiving feedback, and having someone guide you through the inevitable questions and uncertainties along the way - that’s what shapes a real teacher. An online training can offer beautiful material and inspiration, but without accountability, reflection, and mentoring, it remains mostly theoretical. The real learning begins when you start applying what you’ve seen, when you practice it in your own body, when you try to guide others and discover where you feel confident and where you need support. That process is what transforms knowledge into embodied understanding.

Therefore, when someone tells me that online learning doesn’t work, my answer is: it depends!

Over the years I’ve taken several online trainings myself that were incredibly impactful. And those who know me also know, that I am incredibly nerdy, detail oriented and super organised, also an educator myself, so my expectations regarding learning experience are pretty high.

I completed my prenatal/postnatal yoga teacher training online, and it was a well curated and structured course Steph Ball-Mitchell.
I’ve taken Kelly McHugh’s online marketing courses designed for yoga teachers which is just pure gold and I’m so grateful for her insight.
And right now I’m studying yoga therapy through an 875hr online program with the Yoga Therapy Institute that I can honestly say is mind-blowing. The depth of knowledge, the way the material is presented, the teachers are all extraordinary.

And I so appreciate that these courses all allowed me to progress at my own pace and fit ongoing education in my lifestyle and time zone.

So clearly, online learning can work. The real question is not whether online yoga courses work. The question is why so many of them don’t. And when you look closely, the answer becomes quite clear. Most online courses are designed around information.
They assume that if you give people enough knowledge, they will naturally integrate it. But that’s not actually how human learning works.

A few years ago, creating an online course almost felt like the dream solution for educators. You could record your knowledge, upload a series of videos, and students from around the world could enrol and learn from you. And for a while, that model worked quite well. But something has changed in the online education world over the past few years. We’ve moved from the information age into the implementation age.

People are no longer struggling to find information. They are drowning in it. If someone wants to understand the nervous system, they can search online and find thousands of articles, podcasts, and videos. They can stream classes, read books, listen to interviews, or even ask AI to explain something. Information is everywhere.

So what people are really looking for now is not more knowledge. What they want is clarity. They want guidance. They want to feel that the time, money and energy they invest in a course will actually lead somewhere meaningful. And perhaps most importantly, they want to feel supported. This is the piece that many online courses miss.

Because when students are left completely alone with content, something important disappears. The human element. There’s no one to ask when something feels confusing.
No one to help them navigate the emotional or personal layers that sometimes arise when we go deeper into practices like yin yoga. And especially in work that touches the nervous system and emotional awareness, that human connection matters so much!

Without it, students can easily feel unseen, unmotivated, or unsure of themselves. They may understand the concepts intellectually, but they never fully embody the work.

And that’s the difference between information and transformation.

Transformation almost always happens in relationship. Through dialogue. Through reflection. Through being witnessed in the learning process.

When I started developing my own online self-paced yin yoga teacher training, this was something I thought about very carefully. I didn’t want to create another library of videos that people would watch alone and eventually abandon. That I wanted was to design an online learning environment that still carried the human qualities of a real training. Because even if we are not physically in the same room, the learning experience can still be relational. So in my online training, students don’t just receive recorded material.

We meet regularly for live mentoring sessions, where they can ask questions, explore challenges, and receive guidance. There is a private community space where students can share reflections, support each other, and feel that they’re part of a learning journey together rather than isolated in front of a screen. There are assignments, reflections and check-ins that keep the process alive and engaging.

At the same time, students have the freedom to move through the material at their own pace. They can pause when life becomes busy. They can return to the teachings months later and see them through new eyes. And they have lifetime access to the material, which allows the learning to deepen over time. Because real integration rarely happens in a rush. Especially in practices like yin yoga that invite us into deeper awareness of the body, the nervous system, and emotional patterns.

Learning something like this often requires time. Time to practice. Time to reflect. Time for insights to emerge naturally. And in many ways, this slower rhythm can actually be one of the greatest strengths of online learning.

Students are not overwhelmed by a ten-day immersion where everything arrives at once. Instead, they can absorb the teachings gradually and allow them to become part of their everyday life. For some people, that approach is much more supportive for the nervous system.

Of course, live trainings will always have their own magic. Being together in a room, practicing side by side, sharing meals and conversations, experiencing the collective field of learning - those things are also very special.

And that’s why I continue to hold my live trainings here in Thailand.

This spring, the April and June courses will be the final opportunities to join me in person before I take a maternity break.

After June, I’ll be stepping away from live courses for a while, and they are expected to return in early 2027 once life has settled into its new rhythm.

So if joining a live immersion has been on your heart, this will be the moment to do so.

But if traveling isn’t possible, or if your nervous system prefers a slower pace of learning, the online training remains available and continues to be a beautiful way to explore this work.

And I truly believe that with the right structure, support, and community, online learning can be just as meaningful and transformative as being physically present in a room together.


If you’re not quite ready to commit to a training yet, that’s completely okay too.

There are many ways to begin exploring this work.

You can start with my free offerings which are simple entry points that allow you to experience the perspective I bring to yin yoga and nervous system awareness.


If this resonates and you feel called to this work, I invite you take the first gentle steps:

Download my free eBook: Meridians & Emotions and Yin Yoga

Try the free Emotional & Nervous System Yin Reset, designed for you to experience how my integrated signature approach The Meridian-Emotion-Nervous System Yoga Method works

Watch my free Trauma Awareness Webinar - Trauma Informed Yoga Foundations

Join my next live 100HR Trauma Informed Yin Yoga & Chinese Meridians Teacher Training in Thailand:

12-21 Apr 2026
1-10 Jun 2026

If travelling is not an option right now, you can also join my online self-paced 100HR Trauma Informed Yin Yoga & Chinese Meridians Teacher Training

Join the live 30HR The Art of Trauma-Informed Space Holding course in Thailand:

27 Apr-1 May 2026
15-19 Jun 2026

Join the waitlist of the online self-paced 30HR The Art of Trauma-Informed Space Holding course launching soon

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