February 1 - May 4, 2025

A Course Designed To Deepen Your Connection to Life Through Yoga.

200 Hour Teacher Training

Become A Certified Yoga Teacher!
Throughout this program, you will gain a whole lot of useful and meaningful skills to offer to your community and beyond. You will have a transformed asana, pranayama, and meditation practice and clarity of how to move through the stages of life and growth with these practices. You will have developed a deep and philosophical understanding of the roots of these teachings, and potentially as result, a deepened devotion to the practices and to the wellbeing of Self and others. This devotion is pivotal to support the continued growth within yourself, your relationships, career paths, and within the subtle relationships; with the earth, the seasons, the sun, and the intelligence and wisdom that moves through and within all beings.

Oh, The Places You Will Go…

Opening Weekend

  • Hosted in Online or in Saranac Lakr, NY. (TBD and Optional to Join in Person)

  • An immersive weekend of introduction and study. Get to know your teachers, the course structure, and kick-off your Yoga Teacher Training Experience.

    Stay tuned for a possible kick off weekend in Saranac Lake, NY (Optional)

Live Online & In Person Classes

  • Remote/Online Classes.

    Each class will be live, with the option of joining locally in person or online. We will record each class in case you are not able to make it.

  • The monthly classes will generally follow this structure:

    • 1 weekend immersion per month (10 hours of study)

    • Wednesdays & Fridays, 7-8 am:
      Sadhana Yoga Practice

    • Sundays, 2-5 pm:
      Lecture and Practice

Closing Weekend

  • Closing Weekend.

    Hosted in Auburn Maine

    Included in your tuition. Although it is not required to be in person, this is an opportunity to connect with your fellow classmates and teachers!

  • The closing weekend, held in Auburn, ME is an important phase of the program for practicing teaching on one another and creating closure together as a group. Students are welcome to join together on May 2nd - 4th for the final days of immersive study. Hugs and certificates to follow.

    Students are not required to attend in person, but are encouraged. This weekend is all inclusive and included in your tuition.

Topics of Study

  • Teaching Yoga: Group Classes, One on one, and to the three phases of life

  • History & Vedic Philosophy of Yoga & Ayurveda

  • Study of Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin, and Restorative Yoga

  • In depth study of Asana (Yoga Postures), from the perspective of the 8 Limbs, Ayurveda, and Anatomy

  • Pranayama and the Science of Breath

  • Meditation: Sankalpa (intention), Mantra, and Mudra

  • The Yoga Sutras & the Architecture of the Mind

  • Anatomy & Physiology (Western & Eastern)

  • Traditions, Morals, and Lifestyle of Yoga

  • The Science of Ayurveda: Lifestyle, Self Care, and Herbology

  • Ayurvedic Cooking

Lead Teachers

Gretchen Mills

Lead Teacher, Dr. of Ayurveda,
Founder of Wild Rose Ayurveda

With 25 years of yoga practice and 18 years of teaching yoga full time, Gretchen has led and assisted several 200 & 300 hour teacher training programs, owned and directed two yoga schools for over a decade and has had the gift of studying with many of the most reputable yoga teachers of our time. Gretchen’s teachers in lineage are AG and Indra Mohan and family, and their direct teachings from Krishnamacharya. Some of the other influential teachings come from Ashtanga teacher David Garrigues, philosophy and sacred text teacher, Edwin Bryant, and the ongoing mentorship and schooling with the incredible Doctors at Sai Ayurvedic Institute. All of these teachers, among countless others have brought a depth of knowledge and inspiration to Gretchen that have supported deep exploration of her own practice on and off the mat. The devotion and intention behind her own study leads to an intelligent and authentic transmission of information to her students.

“These teachings are pure medicine. The training will be fun, uplifting and expanding in all ways. It will be incredibly informative for all, whether you have been practicing yoga for 5 years or 20 years. It’s an honor to immerse in these teachings with a community, and by the side of my long time, dear friend, Ashley. I very much look forward to this immersion together.”

~ Gretchen

Ashley McHan

Lead Teacher
Licensed Psychotherapist

Ashley McHan is a yoga teacher of over 15 years as well as a licensed psychotherapist. Her work focuses on restoring and repairing the junction between mind and body, focusing on healing work and practices to restore a safe sense of embodiment. As a trauma and eating disorder specialist, she knows all too well the challenges so many face and the importance of reconciling their relationship with their body. From the  teachings of yoga, Ashley has found a pathway to healing and has supported hundreds through this work. The focus of her work is on some of life‘s greatest challenges. Ashley works to bring levity, joy and laughter into her work each day. She is eager to teach others all that she has learned of these life changing practices.

Enjoy A Free (3 Month) Yoga Membership
To the new Wild Rose Ayurveda studio in
Saranac Lake, NY.

All students will be given a monthly yoga membership (Classes are online or in person) offered through Wild Rose Ayurveda for the duration of the Yoga teacher training.

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Choose Your Payment Plan

Total Cost: $2,950

Below you will find three separate payment options for the 200 hour teacher training.
*Required and recommended texts for this course will not be included in the cost of this program.

Register By January 27th, 2024.

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First Payment: $500
Non-Refundable Deposit.
(Due at time of registration).


Second Payment: $1,225
(Due on February 1st.)


Third Payment: $1,225
(Due on March 15th.)

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4 Payments

First Payment: $500
Non-Refundable Deposit.
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Second Payment: $820
(Due on February 1st.)


Third Payment: $820
(Due on March 1st.)


Fourth Payment: $820
(Due April 1st, 2025)


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** In case of emergencies and extreme circumstances, any and all payments can be used as credits for future trainings and programming.

Testimonials

  • “I can't say enough about how wonderful Gretchen Mills yoga teacher training was. Her knowledge and expertise goes way beyond the physical asana practice into the multi-dimensionality that is the ancient science of yoga and Ayurveda. She taps into all of it; meditation, breathing, history, philosophy, anatomy and physiology, queuing, sequencing, hands on adjustments, mantra, self care practices, diet and lifestyle based on our different constitutions, and so much more. I really valued the depth and authenticity she offered throughout the training in such a kind and accessible way. It was transformational for me as it gave me the confidence and skillset I needed to both establish a stronger personal practice and then to begin teaching. More than a year later, I am still inspired, both on and off the mat, by what I learned and experienced. I am so grateful for all that has blossomed in my life thanks to these teachings and the community that was created during our YTT time together.”

    Meghan K.
    (Yoga Teacher Training Graduate -2023 )

  • "The teacher training I participated in was so very special. It broadened my understanding of yogic philosophy and Ayurveda and gave me beautiful tools for offering yoga to students in an approachable and loving way. The training group became a family of people I admired, trusted and deeply enjoyed. This community like experience was cultivated every step along the path. I came away with the strength and curiosity to begin to teach in a new way. I am so grateful for all of the gifts and the opening of endless doors to expand into.

    Robin G.
    (Yoga Teacher Training Graduate -2023 )

  • There is who I was before completing this 200hr Yoga Teacher Training (TYY) and who I am after. Gretchen's wisdom and dedication to sharing authentic principals of Yoga and Ayurveda (both including and far beyond asana) paired with her compassion and patience to meet individuals 'where they're at' facilitates an ideal container for personal growth ans a wonderfully nourishing community experience. I am not the same.

    Katy P.
    (Yoga Teacher Training Graduate -2023 )

Contact Us


Wrayurveda@gmail.com