Yoga Development Course (YDC)

Here’s what previous Yoga Development Course (YDC) participants have to say about the course.

YDC 2020 Testimonials
Graduates of the 2020 YDC speak about their experience – and invite you to join this life-changing program. Niamh – “Participating in the YDC I feel I was given the opportunity to learn the true meaning of self-acceptance in an … Read more » Read more »

Yoga Development Course
See what participants say about the 2019 Yoga Development Course, celebrating 50 years. The Yoga Development Course (YDC) offers three months of yoga in the deepest sense of the word, as a path to Liberation. Come and expand your understanding. … Read more » Read more »

Join Us for the 2020 Yoga Development Course
 The Yoga Development Course (YDC) offers three months of yoga in the deepest sense of the word, as a path to Liberation. Come and expand your understanding. Heal. Give yourself the spiritual nourishment you need. Challenge yourself to evolve. … Read more » Read more »

Swami Radha’s Message of Light
In 1969 Swami Radha introduced the first Yoga Teacher’s Course (now called the Yoga Development Course or YDC) with these words of inspiration: Just for a moment, think of the Light. See in the centre of our circle like a … Read more » Read more »

Staying Relevant in Today’s World: the Yoga Development Course
How does a three-month yoga course first offered 50 years ago stay relevant despite world changes in this half-century? In the late 1960s, Swami Radha would say that sometimes “the word yoga would draw blank stares.” Now it is unusual … Read more » Read more »

Yoga Development Course – Sandra
Yoga Development Course (YDC) participant Sandra Vandenhoff shares her of experience taking this transformative 3-month course. Read more »

The Symbol of a Talking Stick
Sandra Vandenhoff, an audiologist who wears a cochlear implant to assist with her hearing loss, reflects upon her time in the Yoga Development Course (YDC) using group microphones. She quickly learned how her technology became a positive symbol. Read more »

A Learning Journey of Reflection
Christopher J. Starr leapt from the 2017 Yoga Development Course (YDC) to enrolment in the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Master's program at New York City's Columbia University - and he is amazed at how well he was prepared by his learning journey at the... Read more »

Father-Son Connections in the Yoga Development Course
Robert Fincati and Christopher Starr have a unique father-son bond from shared experiences of the Ashram and the three-month Yoga Development Course (YDC). Six-year-old Christopher lived here while Robert took his YDC in 1996. They spoke together while Robert visited Christopher mid-way through his... Read more »

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Surprises in the 48th Yoga Development Course
The 48th Yoga Development Course (YDC) began on January 9 with 23 participants from six countries. Leigh Cole from Toronto and Karin Shell from Whitehorse, who have known each other since they were teenagers, reflect on unexpectedly seeing each other in the course. Read more »