Yoga Detour’s Signature Training

Detour Method Online

Everything that students love about Yoga Detour classes starts here, in Detour Method Online.

We designed this course for teachers and movement enthusiasts who seek more than the status quo. This course gives you the tools to deliver “ah-ha” moments in every class, regardless of who and where you teach.

DMO is the trusted road map for integrating strength and mobility into a flow practice—one that values creativity, exploration, and the infinite capacity of the human body.

You’ll be amazed at how quickly you can help people feel their best once this training is under your belt.

  • Module One - Foundations

    Explore unconventional “Detours” to revitalize sun salutations and turn them into your new favourite part of the practice.

  • Module Two - Lower Body

    Make standing postures stable and accessible using our go-to movements to unlock lower body strength and mobility. Your hips, knees and ankles will never be the same.

  • Module Three - Upper Body

    Transform backbends, arm balances, and inversions from intimidating “advanced” postures into possibilities within reach using Detour’s Isolate-Activate-Integrate™ methodology.

  • Module Four - Floor Play

    Experiment with play, floor-based mobility, and partner work. A celebration of all things “Detour”, this module will have you thinking and moving outside the box.

This isn’t an online course.
It’s the springboard into the community you’ve been searching for.

With DMO, you’re not taking another online course. You’re taking the first step in becoming the kind of teacher who isn’t afraid to color outside the lines.

In every module, you’ll find yourself saying “Why hasn’t anyone told me this before?”. YD’s game-changing approach to asana and movement will have you bursting at the seams with new ways to help your students.

And as great as every ounce of content in this program is, the true value isn’t in the hours of video or the toolbox of downloadable resources.

The real gold of DMO is in the community that forms around it.

DMO lives inside The Detour Community—a robust hub for all things YD. Access to this community is through membership only.

Become a member of our community space to enjoy:

Modular Learning

DMO is divided into 4 key modules, each of which is like a mini course in itself. From prep resources to a culminating assessment, each module builds cumulatively on the one before it.

Personalized Feedback

Receive feedback directly from Cecily on each of your course assignments. These opportunities for 1-1 feedback ensure that no one gets left behind.

Live Community Support

Join our monthly group calls to uncover answers to your every question. Take advantage of the group discussion spaces and direct inbox access to Cecily whenever there’s something on your mind you’d like support with.

On-demand class library

Your membership in The Detour includes access to the DVS - over 300 classes that will show you what it looks like to integrate the Detour approach into flow-style practices.

Bonus Resources

Pulled from the vault of our most in-demand teaching tools, Detour Maps illustrate a no-fail approach to class planning that will help you turn every class into an unforgettable experience for your students.

Priority Access to DMS

DMO is the pre-requisite program for Detour Method Synthesis, aka Yoga Detour “grad school”. DMS is where real movement educators are made. You can’t get there without moving through DMO first.

While this course is designed for yoga instructors, anyone with a body and a curious mind will benefit. Throughout each module, we'll challenge you to think critically, revisit commonly accepted cues, and examine the ways in which conventional approaches to movement have let people down in terms of inaccessibility and misinformation.

From beginning to end, you'll receive individualized support and feedback that rewards what you already know while nurturing your untapped potential as a world-class educator. DMO will equip you with the knowledge to keep your classes fresh and your students injury-free.

  • Thank you for making the content accessible, easily digestible and most importantly including trauma-informed practices. I also loved how rather than judging other approaches (which is something that happens WAY too often in the yoga community) you focused on sharing resources and information in a way that allowed participants to come to their own conclusions about what practices they feel will best support them (both as students + teachers). Thank you for putting this out there - obviously so much thought + hard work went into the program. And it SHOWS.

    Emma Sabourin

  • DMO has opened up my yoga practice and teaching to many new possibilities. One of the biggest takeaways is that there can be so much variety and scaffolding within a single pose, and that breakdown makes all poses that much more accessible to different levels and abilities. The activations for asanas are tough but also a lot of fun to work with.

    Kelly Kaso

  • DMO is one of, if not the best online course I have taken and I have done many. Right from the outset I was impressed with the content, layout, community and support via the discussion group and email if needed. The assessment at the end of each module was a great way to put everything you had just learnt into practice and it also helped solidify and reaffirm some of the ways that I had already been teaching and approaching asana.

    Kylie Rook

  • Cecily was the perfect guide during the transitional moment I was having as a yoga teacher. YD is like FRC for postural yoga. In fact, Detour Method Online is a missing piece to the puzzle that is being a yoga teacher. And don’t get me wrong, that puzzle is never complete. It’s a learning & growing thing that never ends. And yes, I still absolutely love being a yoga teacher.

    Zurishaddai Ruiz

  • Leaving the training I felt liberated from the strict guidelines of movement within the yoga sphere and I now sequence and cue with more attention to the intention of the movement/pose. Can’t wait to continue to learn and move with the Detour community!

    Shanèl Dear

  • This will be the best decision around continuous improvement and training you'll ever make. It will give you a wealth of tools and more importantly confidence in applying them in a way that makes your classes feel more purposeful, inclusive and fun. You will walk away feeling confident to teach on the fly to any group of students.

    Anissa Goeman

  • DMO will leave you with a new way to break down movements and reassemble them from the ground up, allowing you to work with students on the necessary components at any level, and help them build a strong and sustainable movement practice.

    Jonathan Scupin

  • Get off the fence. If you're already interested in doing things that are a bit outside of the yoga box, you won't regret the investment. You'll learn new things and gain much more confidence. And the whole DMO team is fabulous!

    Helen Oldfield

  • The course is totally different to any other Yoga course I have been a part of. Even if 'modern yoga' isn't your vibe, there are incredible nuggets of information that can be subtly applied to a more traditional approach so that students can move in

    Madeleine Smith

  • DMO is an amazingly structured, really well-rounded, highly valuable and 100% usable training that merges modern research with common sense - all of that with elegance, ease and expertise while diving deep and opening many doors for shared and individual exploration for yoga and movement for teachers and students alike.

    Lucie Konigova

  • This course was a big part of what I needed to reboot my own practice and get back into teaching after 3 years of hurdles and injuries. I had the pieces before I learned of DMO but DMO helped me put the puzzle together so that it clicked.

    Kasey Justus

  • The Detour approach takes the emphasis off 'achieving' a pose and instead invites so much exploration and curiosity. It's more creative and I personally feel like I understand how to support structural integrity now instead of going into ranges of pain in my body. I'm excited to share this with my students.

    Sarah Wood

  • This program taught me that creating a practice doesn't have to be daunting or complex. There are endless "choose your own adventure" paths to create an integrated practice. Having access to the DVS as an informative resource, and being able to access DMO content at any time also feels pretty MAJOR!

    Gabrielle Marquez

Learn from and get individualized feedback directly from the founder of Yoga Detour®.

I know how it feels to yearn for the tools and resources that support a more empowered practice. As a human first and educator second, I believe in creating learning environments where it’s OK to question everything and still feel supported along the way.

I know what it’s like to live and work in an injury-riddled body. DMO is a reflection of the research, unlearning, and relearning that helped me discover a physical movement practice that is nourishing, not punishing. I look forward to sharing all of that with you through strength training, mobility work, and a deep appreciation for yoga asana.

Together, we’ll uncover a practice that will have you AND your students feeling and moving your best ever.

 FAQs

  • We've made the decision not to be affiliated with Yoga Alliance. We do not share the same values when it comes to hours-based accreditation.

  • You will receive a certificate of completion once you complete all four modules in the program including submitting the module assignments for review.

    Keep in mind that this is not a teacher training program or a YTT, so you will not receive a certificate to teach.

    Please note that to be eligible to call yourself a Detour-Informed Teacher and add a listing to the Detourist Global Directory all course assignments will need to be submitted and reviewed by Cecily.

  • DMO is designed to be a cumulative learning experience. For best results, we suggest starting with Module One and progressing to subsequent modules from there.

  • The time commitment will depend on your schedule and learning style. Some students prefer to schedule a day devoted to one module while others like to spread the learning out over multiple days/weeks.

    For those who move through online content at a brisk pace, you can expect to spend 3-5 hours reviewing course content, looking at additional resources, and practicing along with audio classes and the Detour Virtual Studio in each module. If you prefer to take things in more leisurely, you might spend closer to 8+ hours with each module. Keep in mind that your access to the content never expires.

  • YES! We’ve designed each module with both students and teachers in mind. As a practitioner, you’ll benefit from the many lessons that focus on waking up different areas of the body, giving you new material to integrate into your normal practice or routine. The checks for understanding along the way will help to ensure that you’re not just going through the motions – you’ll actually know WHY you’re doing things a certain way and how you can continue to progress through these movements in a way that is best for your body.

  • That’s going to depend on a) what you’re looking for and b) what you’ve already done. If you’ve been immersed in non-yoga trainings in the past and have already learned how to integrate mobility training, strength work and non-linear movement into your classes, then you likely already know much of what we’re offering here. But if you’re relatively new to the movement world, with most of your experience coming from 200HR and 300HR teacher trainings, then YES – you need this training. Even if you are somewhat familiar with the “other stuff” like FRC and Yoga Tune-Up, this course will help you figure out how to weave everything together in a way that is authentic and informed.

  • Yes! Download the Circle app to access your course from any mobile device.

  • DMO is included in your Detour PRO subscription to the community platform. You will have access to DMO for as long as your membership is valid. For membership pricing, go here.