I had a wonderful experience at Kripalu, in Massachusetts. Excellent program, staff, environment, and the food (sooo good!) It is not cheap, though.

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also...
www.ashtanga.com/workshops.lasso

I want to take mine from Shivea Rea.

Hello,

I myself have been looking for a Yoga teacher training program that does not kill me financially and goes beyond the physical into the spiritual realms and covers other aspects of yoga as well.

I was originally considering doing a TT with Sivananda Yoga. This was 3 years ago. Since then I feel like I no longer want to do a program with them. And Iyengar somehow does not call me. I grew up in Pune, where his main center is and have taken a few classes there. Even though the focus in alignment is superb at Iyengar, it does not call me.
Niether does the Mysore style of Yoga (Pattabh Jois) which is an extremely dynamic form of yoga.

Eventually, I decided to start exploring options in India. There is Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh. There is a school in Madras (Desichakar) as well.
And there is the Bihar School of Yoga, the ultimate, in the original lineage of Swami Sivananda (which unfortunately I cannot say about the Sivananda TTC themselves which were started by Swami Vishnudevananda)
Of all, the Bihar School of Yoga in Bihar calls me the most. But they have a 4 month program and I just cannot make it for their 4 months.
However, one of the disciples has started a TT of the Bihar school - which is a condensed 1 month program - in Nasik, at Yoga Vidya Dham.
Here is the URL for other seekers.
www.yogapoint.com

I dont know if their course is counted by the Yoga Alliance or not. But feels comprehensive enuf and with the focus that I am looking for.
Has anyone any experience with this school????

I did a 1 month Yoga program with Agama Yoga in Thailand. And it was great. However, I was not very impressed with the teachers I got. Some other teachers there are excellent. But unfortunately, you cannot choose who you want to study with there and not all teachers are always there. So thats a bummer.

I am also keen on pursuing Kundalini Yoga and the biggest proponent of that in the US is the Yogi Bhajan style. They are too expensive for me though.
There is another teacher in Europe though, named Reinhardt Gammenthaler, who teaches Kundalaini Yoga, but not the Yogi Bhajan style. He spent quite a few years in India learning from the controversial yogi - Dhirendra Brahmachari - and is the official lineage holder for this line of yoga.
And I am quite keen on learning from him except that he teaches in German and only occasionally in English.

So thats been my explorations in learning yoga. Sorry I dont have much information on schools in the US. I have quite firmly made up my mind to learn in India. So I stopped exploring schools in the US.
I might do that as a secondary qualification at a later point in time, but I am yet to come across a program which fits well for me.

In the meantime, if anyone has any feedback/comments on the program at Yoga Vidya Dham, I welcome those.

I still say Shiva rea or katerina wen

possibly shakti vinyasa yoga or get Shannon Mccall to do one.