About Amy

     Thanks for coming to Amy Toft Yoga! I’m a Wyoming girl, now living in Twin Falls, Idaho. An RYT® 500 yoga instructor, I am certified in:

• restorative yoga

• yin yoga

• yoga nidra

• ball therapy

• Silver Sneakers yoga

• Y12SR Leader -- Yoga for 12 Step Recovery

• vinyasa

• children's yoga

• accessible yoga

• chair yoga

• hot yoga

• trauma informed yoga

Phew! I have 800+ teaching hours and more than 700 hours continuing education training hours. If you are a nerd like me, see all my training here. I started Amy Toft Yoga because I truly believe that yoga is for Everybody. Every. Body. Including those who are thinking, well, not me. It's for you! 

     My diverse yoga teachings reflect this motto – I do workshops, corporate, and private yoga events, including on Zoom. I've given Safe Space class for members of the LGBTQ+ community. I host pop-up yoga gatherings in unusual places. I lead classes with Twin Falls County Juvenile Probation as a volunteer. I also offer free one time sessions to church groups & book groups. I have taught at the Magic Valley Alternative High School. I find great satisfaction in teaching yoga to people recovering from drug or alcohol addiction. I also teach breathwork and meditation to yogis with health challenges or who are bedridden. I have a warm place in my heart for the yogi who doesn’t yet know he or she is a yogi.  If you think you are the wrong size, shape, age, gender, fitness level, or skin tone for yoga... you aren’t! 

     I teach vinyasayoga , restorative, yoga for addiction recovery, children’s, slow flow, chair, silver sneakers, family, and beginning yoga. When I’m not teaching, I am the Director of Development for the Magic Valley Symphony. I also like to get strangers to take my picture wherever I am while doing a yoga pose. My other hobbies: I like to sing, hike, knit, and read!

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Thanks for stopping by – I would love to do yoga with you soon!

Certifications & Continuing Education

Teaching Children’s Yoga

with Charlotte Dietz

5 Hour | August '19

Vinyasa and Yin Training Hive Hot Yoga

with Naomi Jones

200 Hour | September '19

Pranayama, Meditation, Asana Technique, practice and Teaching, Yoga Philosophy

In Person with Rodney and Colleen Yee

16.5 Hour | October '19

Chanting + Call and Response Workshop

Private In Person with Cathie Caccia

3.5 Hour | January 4, '20

Child & Baby First Aid/CPR/AED

January 8, '20

Teaching the True Beginner

In Person with Shannon Femenia

11 Hour | January 11, '20

Foundations of Group Exercise

YMCA

January 16, '20

Child Protection

January 17, '20

Function Over Form Workshop

with Diego Gonzales

2 Hour | January 25, '20

Silver Sneakers Foundations

Silver Sneakers Classic

Silver Sneakers Yoga

February '20

Fit and Fall Proof

March 14, '20

Teaching Asana and Anatomy

Online with Yoga Alliance

April 24, '20

Teaching Yoga Online

with The Institute of Yoga Sports Science

20 Hour | April '20

Yoga Sutras

with Jafar Alexander

4 Hour | April 25, '20

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Yoga and Social Justice

with Michelle Cassandra Johnson

Trauma, the Body, and the Healing path of Yoga

with Lisa Boldin

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Yoga for Children with Disabilities

Accessible Yoga

2 Hour | 6-1-2021

Chakras for Children 

with Auruna Humphreys

4 hours | 6-13-2021

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Yoga of 12 Step Recovery  

Intensive with Nikki Myers.

6 hours | August 21 - 23, 2021

Yoga of 12 Step Recovery

Leadership Training

with Dana Walter

18 hours | August 27 - 29, 2021

Pop Up Yoga Training

with Yoga Alliance

May 22, '20

Using Music in Class Training

with Yoga Alliance

May 23, '20

Increase Your Mobility Challenge

with Yoga International

4.5 Hour | May 23, '20

Sequencing Training

with Yoga Alliance

5-29-20

Adaptive Yoga Training

with Yoga Alliance

5-29-20

Bhakti Chant Training

with Stephanie Snyder of Love Story Yoga

3 Hour | 6-3-20

Cueing Training for Online Teaching

with Yoga Alliance

6-5-20

Chanting Training

with Yoga Alliance

6-5-20

Teaching Children Training

with Yoga Alliance

6-16-20

Kundalini Basics Training

with Yoga Alliance

4 Hour | 6-17-20

Course on Chanting & Meditation

with Krishna Das

13 Hour | 6-18-20

Smart & Creative Yoga Sequencing

with Rocky Herron of Yoga Alliance

14 Hour | 7-6-20

Skillful Teaching & Communicating Training

with Mary Barker

4 Hour | 7-14-20

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Teaching Accessible Yoga Training for All Bodies

with Diane Bondy Through Yoga U

3.5 Hour | 7-31-20

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Bhakti Yoga Immersion

with Marisa Radha Weppner

16 Hour

Roll Model Method Practitioner--Fascial Release

16 Hour

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Art of Sequencing

Lila School of Vinyasa Yoga

with Clara Roberts-Oss

41 hours | July 23-26, 2021

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Yoga Alliance Workshop 

Make Savasana Sweeter with Sound

September 2, 2021

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Yoga Teacher's Master Summit

with Shiva Rea, Dianne Bondy, Jill Miller, & others. 13.5 hours | June 7 - September 5, 2021

Teaching Yoga and Mindfulness to Children

with Jennifer Cohen Harper of Little Flowers Yoga through Yoga International

20 Hour | 8-17-20

Emotional Anatomy of Breath Training

by Jacque Bonwell through Yoga Alliance

8-26-20

Teaching Yoga to Men Training

with Robert Sidoti through Yoga Alliance

8-28-20

Kirtan Chanting & Harmonium Training

with Mike Cohen of the Kirtan Institute

22 Hour | 8-29-20

Digital Campaigns for Social Change Workshop

through Off the Mat and Into the World

3 Hour | 9-5-20

Rituals for the Modern Activist

with Diane Johnson

10 Hour | 9-12-20

Accessible Yoga Conference

with Jivana Heyman

22 Hour | 10-11-20

Balanced Athlete Level One Training

with Johnny Gillespie

15 Hour | 11-15-20

500 Hour Teacher Training

with Jacqui Bonwell through Open Doors Studio

11-20-20

Subtle Yoga Training

with Kristine Weber

4 Hour | 11-28-20

Teaching Accessible Yoga Online Training

with Diane Bondy

3 Hour | 12-3-20

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Manifesting Business Workshop

with Jacque Bonwell

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Foundations of Tantra

with Rod Stryker

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The Body Keeps the Score

with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

7 Hour 

Subtle Yoga Breath Training

with Kristine Weber

11 Hour

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National Kid's Yoga Conference

68 Hour | April 16 - June 4, 2021

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Yoga Retreat Training

with Checka Antifonario

8 Hour | June 15 - 19, 2021

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