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Wellness Resource Center and Yoga Teacher Central have been home to teachers, trainers, and wellness providers since 2012.
We provide thoughtfully curated research, teaching and training resources, progressive learning pathways, and practical marketing and communication content.
Whether you’re looking for clear ways to teach clients about anatomy or inflammation, guidance on breathing practices, strengthening or relaxation strategies, clinical research summaries, training curricula, root-cause explorations, or evidence-based therapy curations — you’ll find carefully vetted, well-organized resources designed to support your work.
Our library includes wisdom teachings, planning documents, structured lesson series, workshop handouts, and provider-ready materials — all designed to help you research efficiently and prepare with confidence.
As the world undergoes rapid transformation — marked by systemic disruption and the rise of AI — we bring together practical knowledge and supportive community to help you meet the moment. Everything we offer is created to help you stay aligned, well-resourced, and grounded as you care for others.
Empowerment is at the heart of our work. You empower others—and we’re here to empower you.
We provide:
» Thoughtful support so you’re prepared, inspired, and effective in your service work. Our resources free your energy, providing the backup materials that allow you to focus on being present and responsive to individual needs.
» Evidence-based resources that utilize AI as a support tool within research and curation that is always human-led — and structured to be flexible and responsive to your evolving needs.
» A community that restores personal connectedness and has your back—personally and professionally—where you can exchange learning and inspiration, intentionally choose collaborators, and form meaningful new connections.
» Associate & Trainer memberships include the added benefit of access to a vast library of carefully crafted, high-quality content that you can personalize and share as your own.
» To explore samples of our work, visit our newsletter archive or Substack. You can also browse complimentary samples of lessons, research, manuals, presentations, and lectures here.
How can we help you today?
» Verifiable research on evidence-based therapies and leading-edge tools? Check.
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» Customizable content you can share as your own—without paying distribution royalties? Yes, even that!
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» Take the Lead (provider and teacher support) — Evidence-based education, research, and resources to support planning and preparation for teaching, coaching, and consulting. Pricing as low as $19/month when paid upfront or $23 when paid in installments.
» Associate (customizable content for trainers, consultants, educators) — Provider membership plus customizable content and lifelong, royalty-free distribution rights for trainings, courses, workshops, series, presentations, and consultations. Scaled pricing and a flexible credit system give you complete freedom to select exactly what you need from more than 500 subjects. Pricing as low as $400 for content and lifelong distribution rights.
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Get quick access to executive summaries of thousands of resources, presented clearly and in context with details immediately available. We cater to the specialized needs of providers, coaches, teachers, and trainers.
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No need to wade through unverified content. We make evidence-based information easily accessible and make it easier to connect the dots and apply knowledge to meet individual needs.
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Instantly verify sourcing and dig deeper into original material, whether that's a book, research study, or expert presentation. We consult thousands of resources, and make them transparently available.
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Maximize your time with organized content and structured study. We provide crisp, clear summaries and deep, detailed coverage. Since 2012, we've been refining the delivery of materials for providers.
Members have instant access to specially designed yoga teaching resources:
» THEME PLANS — Downloadable, customizable theme plans with teaching points + techniques for applying the theme in class and in off-the-mat practices.
» SEQUENCE LIBRARY — Organized by focus including pose categories, peak pose, conditions, seasons, chakras, moon phases, and more.
» CLASS BUILDER — Plan an excellent class in less than 10 minutes. Save, edit and print your classes. Follow a structured and flexible process that ensures you cover all the bases.
» ASANA DIGESTS — Deep coverage that teachers need on hundreds of poses: benefits, contraindications and cautions, alignment, verbal cues, variations, inspiration, mythology, hands-on assists, and more in an organized structure that gets you immediate access to what you need, when you need it.
» CUSTOMIZATION SUPPORT — We specialize in bringing you unmatched educational support for adapting yoga for various needs.
» STRUCTURED & FLEXIBLE RESEARCH & KNOWLEDGE BASE with GUIDED LEARNING PATHWAYS— You can dig into breath and pranayama, meditation and mindfulness, mudras, sound and mantras, teaching methodology, energy and subtle body, kleshas and kriya yoga, mythology, Yoga Sutras, Ayurveda, seasons, moons and holidays, themes and readings, training considerations, and more.
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[Everett was co-founder of Divine Motion Yoga® Los Angeles (2001- 2009) which was three times voted “Best Los Angeles Yoga Studio.” Everett is currently devoting his efforts to his own synthesis of yoga known as Zuna Yoga®, which he shares through workshops, trainings and retreats internationally.]
Zuna Yoga, Bali, Indonesia
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