Yoga Well Institute

Our 1,008-hour IAYT-accredited program trains yoga therapists in the Viniyoga tradition. Students develop personalized practices through mentorship, study ancient texts, and apply tools for healing. The curriculum combines online modules with in-person sessions in Nashville, TN, emphasizing one-to-one relationships and experiential learning.

Weekly community meditation sessions explore Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and modern applications. Classes include guided practices, philosophical discussions, and tools for integrating meditation into daily life. Designed for all experience levels, with both online and in-person options available.

Six-month culinary programs teach Ayurvedic principles through cooking demonstrations and pantry essentials. Students learn to balance mind-body systems using seasonal ingredients. Courses include live sessions with Elizabeth Cunningham Bossart and pre-recorded content for flexible learning.

One-to-one mentorship pairs students with experienced teachers for personalized practice development. Mentors guide students through text study, meditation, and lifestyle integration. This cornerstone of our offerings ensures individualized application of Viniyoga principles for sustained transformation.

Self-paced and live-streamed courses cover yoga philosophy, breathwork, and therapeutic applications. The Yoga Well Archive provides on-demand access to lectures, meditations, and workshops. Programs include 'Understanding Meditation,' 'Yoga Sutras in Action,' and specialized Ayurveda modules.

Studied directly with TKV Desikachar for 20+ years. Founded Yoga Well Institute in 2005 to share authentic Viniyoga teachings. Specializes in Yoga Therapy, meditation, and classical text study.

Teaches Ayurvedic cooking and wellness programs. Combines culinary expertise with traditional Ayurvedic principles to help students achieve mind-body balance through diet and lifestyle practices.

Certified Yoga Therapist and mentor with extensive experience in Viniyoga applications. Contributes to teacher training programs and provides personalized student guidance.

Our programs combine direct lineage transmission from TKV Desikachar's tradition with modern applications. We emphasize one-to-one mentorship, experiential learning, and IAYT-accredited Yoga Therapy certification.

Yes, we offer both online and in-person options. The Yoga Well Archive provides on-demand access to lectures, meditations, and workshops for global students.

We provide need-based tuition waivers to ensure accessibility. While not tax-deductible, your support helps us maintain competitive wages and student aid programs.

All classes welcome all experience levels. Our community practice sessions include guided instruction for newcomers while offering depth for experienced practitioners.

Core studies include Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, and Hatha Yoga Pradipika. We explore these texts through both scholarly analysis and practical application in modern life.

Yoga Therapy personalizes practices using movement, breath, and meditation to address individual needs. Our training emphasizes understanding the human system through traditional frameworks and practical application.

I have been a student at Yoga Well for many years and wouldn't want to take classes anywhere else. Chase Bossart is a scholar and a long time, devoted student of TKV Desikachar. The teachers there are some of the best in the country. I have particularly enjoyed the weekly meditation classes and the Application of Meditation discussions afterwards. I also highly recommend Ayurvedic classes with Elizabeth-she really knows Ayurveda and the importance of blending Ayurveda and Yoga practices for optimal health and well being.

It would be hard to overstate the impact that studying with Chase Bossart, through Yoga Well, has had on my life. I took a workshop with Chase in 2016, and it was the first time I actually understood anything in regards to the Yoga Sutra. I felt so connected to his teaching that I enrolled in Yoga Well's yoga therapist training. Over the course of the training my understanding of yoga, my understanding of my self deepened in ways that I am still surprised by!

Even after completing my program I continue to study with Chase in online yoga sutra and meditation classes. I have recommended the yoga therapy training to my students, and am happy to know that one of them will be starting their journey with Yoga Well this fall.

At Yoga Well the training is rigorous. Chase, the Founder, is a gifted, generous, human teacher with superb communication skills, a depth of knowledge, and an ability to integrate the many branches of yoga with practical applications. Attending classes is enjoyable and satisfying. After many years of studying with Chase, and others, in the Krishnamacharya/Desikachar tradition, I have better tools to help my students and find it easier to maintain balance in my life and my relationships.

Yoga Well Institute is a jewel among the Yoga schools. Their understanding of Yoga is so rich and well established in the tradition of T Krishnamacharya and TKV Desikachar. Studying with the Yoga Well Institute has shifted my experience of Yoga to a new level, practically and intellectually. In-depth philosophy classes, meditation classes and seminars have deepened my understanding of Yoga and how to apply it to my personal life.

Working with a mentor, who creates my personal yoga practice and who I can discuss my experiences with, has been game-changing. If you wanna deepen your Yoga, learn about the context, philosophy and function of it, along with a dedicated community: this is the place to go! I highly recommend it. Especially I appreciate the online format. This allows you to benefit from Yoga Well Institutes teachings even from the other side of the globe!

Yoga Well Institute provides authentic teachings which have helped me establish an authentic relationship to myself. I have learned to so much about myself through these trainings. A variety of teachings that have also deepened my own teaching skills and my ability to pass these teachings on to my students and community.

I have been studying meditation and yoga with Chase Bossart and Yoga Well Institute since 2012. The Wednesday morning meditations and application of meditation classes were and are so fascinating that I changed the direction of my career to focus on designing and studying yoga-based meditation. I did the 300 hour yoga teacher training and yoga sutra chapter 3 and yogasutra chapter 4. Every week (for 9 years!) I learn and grow.

Clearly this wonderful experiential journey has no end. Chase is a delight. Brilliant, funny, human, a great teacher with deep background in the yoga of TKV Desikchar and Sri Krishnamacharya. And his own path of learning continues all the time. I so respect a lifelong commitment to learning. Yoga Well has nurtured a large and growing international community of students (many of whom are now teachers) for whom the philosophy and practice of yoga are central to daily life. Amazing the deep friendships that develop. THANK YOU Chase and Yoga Well.