YYC founder, Mark Garner talks about the effect of "Interbeing" in the YTT Program 

(excerpt from 2016 interview)

Besides being a yoga teacher, founder Mark Garner is a painter, a cyclist, a father, a husband, and a business owner... and not necessarily in that order. A renaissance man, here he raps about how his various roles and skills inform his approach to teaching, community building, and mentorship in the Yama Yoga Collective teacher training program:  

In his writings Thich Nhat Hanh has spoken at length about his concept of Interbeing. This idea that we cannot just be by ourselves alone. That we have to inter-be with everything and everyone around us. I think we can extend that concept to our busy lives and lead a life of interconnectedness with all the different hats one has to wear throughout the day. Lately, for me, it all ties back to accessing your true intention and allowing that to be the guiding light for all your work and play. My passion for art spills over into a zeal for leading my students on a creative search to find a more authentic way to live their own lives. The lessons my children teach me, on a daily basis, teach me humility and fill me with such abundant love that business becomes an extension of that rather than a burdensome chore. And learning how to “inter-be” with another human being in a dedicated relationship is the secret to joyful living. All these things are conduits to be present and to show up for life in a way that serves more than just the ego-self.