200-hr Foundations

Yoga Teacher Training

Are you interested in earning your 200-hr. yoga teacher certification from a trauma-informed, Christ-centered program? Do you want to embark on an embodied spiritual formation journey for your own mind, body, and soul?

We invite you to first join our Living Soul community for: Invitations from God: a 12-week Embodied Spiritual Formation Program starting in January 2026. Led by trainers Kristin Gibowicz, E-RYT 500 & Spiritual Director + Katie Pearson, E-RYT 500 & Life Coach. You can either be formed by the stress happening both around and within you, or learn how to live into the power of healthy and whole life-rhythms through embodied practices designed to strengthen your attunement to the One who calls you beloved. This program will earn you 20 hours and $250 discount towards our 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training program.

What's Your Yoga Story?

Maybe you found yourself on the mat after a diagnosis, a break-up, or a stressful season impacting your mental health? It's likely that the yoga practice helped you reconnect to your body after a traumatic experience or helped you rebuild strength after an injury. Perhaps, you've hit a wall in your spiritual-life, and want to be apart of authentic community pursuing tools for deeper intimacy and integration. One common denominator often found in our yoga stories is the shared experience of how we feel at the end of a class. You know, the moment where you can BE STILL AND KNOW... 

There's plenty of science backing the positive effects of breath work, movement, and meditation. But even more importantly, yoga can be a powerful invitation to surrender the "old story" regularly and to rise up a new creation. With deeper awareness of ourselves and God's Presence, we are transformed each and every time we take up our mat and walk! Living Soul's Foundations Program begins with a yoga story and a call for deeper exploration. Our teacher training curriculum is not only designed to equip you to teach yoga with excellence, but to help you press into life's most beautiful questions: Why am I here?  Who am I becoming?

At Living Soul Institute, we take a "let it begin with me" approach to leadership. We believe the calling you’re sensing is too important to be ignored, and we want to equip you to pursue it. 

Meet Our Founder

Kristin Gibowicz, LSI Founder + Lead Yoga Trainer + Spiritual Director

Like many of you, I found yoga in a stormy season of my life. My yoga journey has helped bridge the gap between what I believe (about God, about myself, about relationship with others) and what I experience.

Certified in 2003, I've taught thousands of classes, gained mastery in many yoga class styles, served diverse populations, and led yoga and spiritual formation retreats internationally.   I've trained more than 1,000 teachers in over 17 years for CorePower Yoga, Holy Yoga, and Yoga Download. Since 2020, I've followed the call on my own heart to lead Living Soul Yoga Leadership Institute. Living Soul's 200-hr. Christian yoga teacher training prepares teachers to teach with proficiency AND with a holy confidence. Our trauma-informed approach recognizes that everyone is coming from somewhere and we can create safe spaces that make yoga accessible to ALL.  Yoga is more than just the postures, it's a lifestyle. Yoga means "to yoke." Embodying a lifestyle yoked to whole-health in Christ will help you connect the threads of your yoga story to the greater story of God's plan.  When we're connected to our call and purpose, we allow God to bring heaven to earth (bodies) through our teaching - whether it be in secular or faith-based settings. We are more than just a certification program - we are a program that will change the trajectory of your life and give you a community of down-to-earth, like-hearted friends to journey with you! Watch the video below or check out this feature in Voyage Denver Magazine!  

Our Culture

  • We believe that yoga is for EVERY BODY.

  • We create an environment of belonging - connecting with each trainee in a personal way.

  • We are down-to-earth, compassionate, and fun.

  • We have a trauma-informed approach to help our students feel safe, connected, and empowered through agency.

  • We care deeply about justice, mercy, and living beyond ourselves.

  • We envision a world where people experience the transformational power, presence, and love of God with their whole selves - body, mind, and soul, and to live that LOVE off the mat and into their lives.

The Experience

We know that life is full! In 2026, we are trying a new model that gives our trainees both in-person and online options to complete their yoga teacher certification. Dates will be announced in December 2025. Sign up for our waitlist to get more information about our next 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training.