200-Hour Mosaic Yoga Teacher Training 2025
with Morgan Cowie and the Mosaic Team
Are you looking for a community where you feel welcome showing up just as you are? Or even more, are you looking for a way to feel at home in the world? And finally, do you want to live your life in a way that feels like it assists other beings to feel that same sense of belonging and ease?
The Mosaic Yoga 200-Hour Program brings together the art, tradition and technology of Yoga with a progressive take on what practice means for us today. We combine our enthusiasm and passion for the practice, ethics and philosophy of yoga with contemporary life and current models of understanding movement and inclusion. We know that this practice helps us feel and do better – in our bodies, in our spirits and in our communities because we’ve spent years practicing both on the mat and off of it.
This program is for you if you want:
- A firm and clear handle on the basics of anatomy and movement. Why do our bodies work the way they do? How do the poses (or asana) of yoga ‘work’ on different muscle groups and why? What does a balanced practice look like? Can we go beyond the ways bodies look and understand functionality on a deeper level?
- A deep dive into why the philosophy of yoga can help us to live happier lives. What are the parallels between yogic ontology (the science of Being) and contemporary neuroscience? How does the yogic view of emotions and mindfulness translate into modern psychological principles and how do we use these to continue evolving and letting go of ‘stuckness’ from the past?
- An examination of ethics through the lens of anti-oppression and decolonization. How can we acknowledge and sit with the discomfort of a colonized practice if this practice was not a part of our culture of origin? How can we teach and practice yoga in a harm-reduction model?
- The ability to create and teach intelligent, effective and creative sequences which are based on principles, not rigid rules. We want you to be you while still having a baseline set of guidelines to sequence from. How do you create classes that reflect your own personal values and practice that also serve the needs of the many individuals who attend? How can we use the practice of yoga to work against our inherited biases?
- A deep understanding of classical meditation and breath techniques for your own personal practice and for your students. How are these practices applied to create balance in the emotions and nervous system? What is the benefit of slow medicine?
- Progressions and regressions for poses and sequences. What does a beginner class look like? How about intermediate? How can you take the same skills you already have for a level one to other levels of classes?
- Ways to adapt classes and poses to serve unique populations. How does the practice change for people who are pregnant or recently post-partum? What about as we age and for those who experience menopause? What about knee, hip and shoulder injuries
- Introduction to other practice modalities. What is yin yoga and how does it differ from restorative? What is the difference between yoga nidra and meditation? What the heck is rope wall yoga anyway?
- How to teach and practice yoga that is focused on wellbeing, compassion and inclusion for yourself and others. Our number one goal here is to help you feel at home in your body and the world. From there, you take that out into the world!
Time Commitment
Weekend Intensives – Friday 5-9pm, Saturday & Sunday 9-6pm:
-Oct 17-19
-Nov 7-9
-Dec 5-7
-Jan 16-18
-Feb 20-22
-Mar 27-29
Weekday Nights – Thursday 6-9pm:
-Oct 23 Anatomy (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Oct 30 Ethics, Philosophy and Application (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Nov 6 Anatomy (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Nov 13 Ethics, Philosophy and Application (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Nov 20 Anatomy (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Nov 27 Ethics, Philosophy and Application (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Dec 4 Anatomy (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Dec 11 Ethics, Philosophy and Application (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Jan 8 Anatomy (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Jan 15 Ethics, Philosophy and Application (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Jan 22 Anatomy (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Jan 29 Ethics, Philosophy and Application (LECTURE ONLINE)
-Feb 5 PRACTICUM (IN PERSON)
-Feb 12 PRACTICUM (IN PERSON)
-Feb 19 PRACTICUM (IN PERSON)
-Feb 26 PRACTICUM (IN PERSON)
-March 5 PRACTICUM (IN PERSON)
-March 12 PRACTICUM (IN PERSON)
-March 26 PRACTICUM (IN PERSON)
Tuition & Payment Options
Full Tuition:
$3500+HST
Early Bird Discount:
Get 10% off full tuition price when payment is received in full before July 19, 2025. *Please note: $500+HST of full tuition is non-refundable in the case of cancellations.
Payment Plans Available:
We are able to offer a payment plan of six instalments after deposit. Your first payment is a non-refundable deposit of $500+HST of the tuition fee. The next six payments of $500+HST will be scheduled on the first of the month for the six months during the program; October 1, November1, December 1, January 1, February 1, and March 1. To be eligible for our payment plans, you must have a valid credit card stored in your profile. *Please note: payment must be made in full before the course ends.
Scholarship Opportunities:
On a case by case basis, we offer two scholarship spots at 50% off the full tuition for racialized, LGBTQ+, folks living with physical and other barriers, as well as other marginalized students. Please email morgan@mosaicyoga.ca to start a conversation.
Attendance & Make Up Policy:
To receive your 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate, attendance at all contact hours are mandatory. If contact hours must be missed due to illness or emergency, make-up hours can be booked at a rate of $100/hour with the program instructor(s).
What Else?
- You will have access to unlimited drop-in classes at both Mosaic locations from October 1st, 2025 – March 31st, 2026
- With your drop in access you are expected to complete fifty (50) classes at Mosaic during the duration of the course. These classes can be done in person or via Zoom (livestream).
- Thursday evening classes must be attended ‘live’ even if it’s an online lecture. Attendance is mandatory and viewing recording at later time won’t be enough.
- The 25% deposit is non-refundable but we can refund the rest of the tuition paid up to 30 days before the course start date.
- You will be responsible for the entire tuition even if you choose not to complete the entire course. This is true whether you paid tuition in full or by instalments.
- Please also set aside about $100+HST for textbooks as they are mandatory and not included in the tuition.
- After completing all required assignments, you will receive your Mosaic 200-Hour Teacher Training Manual (printed and digital)
- This course is consistent with the requirements of the Yoga Alliance.
Want to join Morgan Cowie and some of the Mosaic Team for an afternoon of everything 200 Hour to see if this program is right for you?
Join us on Saturday, September 20 from 2-3:00pm at Mosaic Sterling.
The Mosaic Team
Morgan Cowie
Morgan (she/her) is a Leo Sun, a dedicated learner and a lover of all things that light the world up with joy. There is not a movement practice in the world that Morgan doesn’t want to find out more about. She is currently enthralled with teaching pilates, barre, yoga and fun dance cardio sequences. She loves the feeling of combining intelligent design and sequencing with straight up sweaty fun.
Taranee Ponjani
“T”, (she/her) A human trying to be her best self. Why You Love to Practice and Teach: To give back to community and develop deeper relationships with myself and others.
Taryn Diamond
Taryn is most passionate about teaching movement that breeds self-inquiry and compassion. Her classes purposefully amp up the agency of her students because, ultimately, we all have the best teachers within us. If she had to pick one modality to be monogamous with, it would be Yoga Nidrā.
Indu Vashist
As a second generation settler on this land with relationships to other lands, Indu aims to honour the histories of her Punjabi agrarian ancestors by sharing this land and resources with care and responsibility. Within the context of movement practice, this means that Indu integration of the body, mind, emotions, spirit and land to work with your whole soma.
Shawna Turner
Shawna is passionate about making what we learn in a yoga class applicable to our lives. She believes that there is so much potential held in this practice and she wants to help others to see and feel into that potential; ultimately tapping into their own unique potential.
Valerie Tiu
Valerie Tiu (she/her) is a Yoga and Pilates Instructor in Tkaranto. Sometimes spicy, sometimes soft, Val’s classes blend intensity with gentleness, inviting students to explore and find joy in their movement. A proud Filipino and lululemon Ambassador, Val also serves as the Founder/Curator of Soft Landings, a wellness space dedicated to the Asian community.
Rami Schandall
Discernment and self-study are central principles in Rami’s teaching. In a life-long practice, self-awareness and the physical body continually change. At every stage, it is possible to listen more deeply, to ground, and to water the seeds of joy and wisdom.
Philippe Van De Maele Martin
Philippe (he/him) has practiced yoga since 2007 and taught his first class in 2015. His yoga offerings aim to centre creativity, inclusivity and empowerment. He is originally from Ottawa, based in Toronto, and speaks fluent French and English. He prefers Game of Thrones over Real Housewives, Ginger Molasses over Chocolate Chip, and Broccoli over Cauliflower.
Tareyn Johnson
Tareyn Johnson is Anishnaabe and a member of the Chippewa of Georgina Island First Nation. She has been the Director of Indigenous Affairs at the University of Ottawa since 2017, a professor in the Indigenous Studies program since 2021, and completed her YTT200 in 2019. Tareyn is a passionate storyteller and artist, with her own company named for her daughter’s traditional name, She Came Shining. Tareyn has dedicated her personal and professional life to healing, wellness, decolonization, and teaching Indigenous knowledge and history.
Nya Daley
Nya (she/her) is an Atlanta, Georgia based social worker, community builder, yoga teacher and equity, diversity and belongingness educator. Nya’s approach to facilitation and teaching is rooted in person-centered, strength based and trauma aware approaches. She is passionate about teaching wellness professionals how to create safer spaces by critically examining their values, identity, social position and power.