08/22/2026
What if your mat has been preparing you for something bigger than you’ve let yourself admit?
You’ve shown up.
You’ve practiced.
You’ve felt the shift.
And somewhere in the quiet after savasana, you keep coming back to the same thought —
What if I could give this to someone else?
That’s not just a thought.
That’s a calling.
And if you’ve been feeling it, the 200-Hour Manifest Yoga Teacher Training at James Island Yoga is what comes next.
Begins September 11th. That’s soon. And there’s a reason you’re reading this right now.
Led by Tymi Howard Bender and guest faculty, this Yoga Alliance RYT-200 certified training was built for devoted practitioners who are ready to take everything the mat has given them — and give it back.
Over 4 months and 8 weekends, you’ll explore:
↠ Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin & Pranayama
↠ Yoga Philosophy & Ethics (Sutras & Hatha Yoga Pradipika)
↠ Anatomy, Biomechanics & Hands-On Adjusting
↠ Ayurveda, Myofascial Release & Nutrition
↠ Meditation, Journaling & Practice Teaching
↠ The Business of Yoga
📅 September 11 – December 20, 2026
📍 James Island Yoga · Charleston, SC
Two ways to invest in yourself:
↠ Payment plan: $300 deposit + 4 payments of $825 · Total $3,600
↠ Pay in full & save: $300 deposit + $3,000 · Total $3,300
Enrollment is open. Spots are limited.
Link in bio to secure your place. 🔗
Tag the person whose mat has been waiting for this moment. ✨
08/20/2026
The 200-Hour Manifest Yoga Teacher Training begins September 11th at James Island Yoga in Charleston, SC.
This isn’t just a certification.
It’s a full-soul recalibration.
Over 4 months and 8 weekends, you’ll go deep into everything that makes a truly prepared teacher:
✦ Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin & Pranayama
✦ Yoga Philosophy & Ethics
✦ Anatomy, Biomechanics & Adjusting
✦ Ayurveda, Myofascial Release & Nutrition
✦ Meditation, Journaling & Practice Teaching
✦ The Business of Yoga
You’ll graduate Yoga Alliance RYT-200 certified — and you’ll know exactly what kind of teacher you were meant to be.
📅 Starts: September 11, 2026
🎓 Graduation: December 20, 2026
📍 James Island Yoga · Charleston, SC
🔁 Every other weekend — built around your life
Two ways to invest:
↠ Payment plan: $300 deposit + 4 payments of $825 · Total $3,600
↠ Pay in full: $300 deposit + $3,000 · Total $3,300
Enrollment is open. Spots are limited.
Link in bio to secure your place. 🔗
Tag someone who was born to teach. ✨
08/18/2026
Giving and receiving are not opposites.
They are the two lungs of the same body. 🌾
I wrote this one morning from our property at Revelrie & Retreat — fog still on the Edisto, dogs chasing something invisible through the grass, Nate with his coffee dreaming about what this land will become. And I found myself sitting with a question I think a lot of us avoid:
Am I as comfortable receiving as I am giving?
If you’re a mother, father, healer, teacher, or anyone whose life is built around pouring into others — this one’s for you. On the sacred rhythm of giving and receiving, why even your soul’s calling can deplete you if you never refill, and why every single one of us needs an outside eye.
Plus — a little more on Elevate at The Horse Shoe Farm this September, and our 200-Hour Teacher Training beginning September 11th at James Island Yoga.
Two invitations, two sides of the same breath.
New essay is live on Substack now.
Link in bio 🔗
With so much love,
Tymi
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07/28/2026
On validation, comparison, and practicing yoga for yourself instead of an audience - https://mailchi.mp/b9e2aa17fb97/jiys-1st-birthday-youre-invited-5867963
07/25/2026
What are you here to offer?
Not what you’re trying to fix. Not the finish line you’re racing toward. The thing that’s already alive in you — the strength you keep overlooking because it came too easily to count.
This is dharma. Not a single cosmic assignment waiting to be found, but a practice: notice what’s already yours, let it mature, then give it away.
New SUNSTACK is live — Sanskrit glossary, journal prompts, and a teaching from the Bhagavad Gītā on walking your own path, imperfectly, instead of someone else’s.
Link in bio. 🤍