THE HEART-CENTERED PATH
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING & IMMERSION
STAY INSPIRED & KEEP PRACTICING
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While we don’t currently have a 200-hour teacher training scheduled, we are excited to offer several opportunities to study with us as we move into 2026. These will include unique workshops and educational experiences, such as The Spirit of Yoga 2-Day Workshop, the Introduction to Yoga 2-Day Workshop, and the Bhagavad Gita 3-Part Workshop with Jennifer Jacobsen.
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We’d love to hear from you! Email us if you’d like to stay informed about future training opportunities.
A journey into the heart and soul of yoga.
We are excited to bring to life this comprehensive 200-hour training program, a Bhakti-inspired immersion to help people just like you embody and share the rich teachings of yoga in a heart-centered and authentic way.
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​Take a transformative journey into the heart and soul of yoga. Find your voice and step into your most authentic self. Learn how to weave yoga stories, philosophy, Sanskrit, mantras, and music into your classes and into the larger fabric of your life. Feel confident creating and teaching intelligent, grounding, heartfelt sequences for all bodies. Deepen your own practice and expand your sense of community in a sangha of awareness, understanding, acceptance, harmony, and love.
You won’t find another program like this one in Jacksonville.
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​Awaken to your higher purpose and join us on the Heart-Centered Path as we courageously move our hearts deeper into the warmth, grace, and strength of yoga wisdom. Together.​
​With our deepest gratitude,
Lisa and Kevin McCormack
Co-Owners of Black Cat Yoga
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Dedicated to nurturing the next generation of teachers who feel called to
lead with love, build meaningful community, and teach from a place of authenticity.
BE the kind of yoga teacher who makes a difference in the world, even if it’s in the smallest of ways.
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BE the kind of yoga teacher who can move bodies AND hearts.
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BE the kind of yoga teacher who teaches beyond memorized sequences and performative yoga by creating genuine heartfelt experiences for students.
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BE the kind of yoga teacher who is authentic, unique, and not afraid to use their voice; and then help others do the same.
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BE the kind of yoga teacher who brings the beauty and artistry of Bhakti yoga into classes through devotion, music, mantra, gods & goddesses, storytelling, poetry, embodied movement, breath, connection, and community. And so much more.
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BE the kind of yoga teacher who leads with love and teaches from the heart.
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BE the kind of yoga teacher the world truly needs right now.
WHO ARE WE?
PATIENT TEACHERS.
DEVOTED STUDENTS.
THOUGHTFUL EDUCATORS.
LISA McCORMACK
KEVIN McCORMACK
After completing our 200-hour teacher training in Orlando in 2015, we moved to Jacksonville and opened Black Cat Yoga, a successful and thriving yoga shala in the Historic Riverside neighborhood. Devoted yoga students for over 15 years, with well over 5,000 individual teaching hours, our own personal yoga journeys have been shaped by diverse lineages, experiences, teachers, guides, and mentors both locally and across the country:
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200-hour Teacher Training - CoreWorks Institute
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Bhakti for Asana Teachers with Sean Johnson
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Harmonium and Mantra with Govind Das
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Balancing Strength & Flexibility in Vinyasa with Jason Crandell
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Preventing and Managing Common Yoga Injuries with Jason Crandell
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The Art of Assisting with Janet Stone
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Yin Foundations with Joe Barnett
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Restorative Yoga Training with Kerry Tice
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The Movement Template with Denise Yoga Co
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Pregnant and Powerful with Brett Larkin
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We are excited to offer a unique Bhakti Yoga inspired training/immersion that is designed to help others find their voice and authenticity as heart-centered yoga teachers. Honoring the ancient traditions of yoga in a modern world, we will explore the 8 Limbs of Yoga, yoga philosophy, intelligent and creative sequencing, basic anatomy, mantras, meditation, how to theme classes and create memorable practices by weaving in yoga stories, mudras, poetry, and music.
