The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute

The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute has been a resource of yoga education and training since 1980. We offer trainings year round in a variety of exquisite locations that can be applied to our own 200, 500, or 1,000 hour certification programs, to Yoga Alliance 200 or 500 hour registry or simply for continuing education or further study.

We are dedicated to the evolution and transformation of the individual through the practice of yoga. Since the early 70’s our director, Beryl Bender Birch, has been an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness and is a leader in speaking out on the critical importance of spiritual transformation. She is a founding director of The Give Back Yoga Foundation and the best-selling author of Power Yoga, Beyond Power Yoga, and the newly published Boomer Yoga.