200 YTT

We are a Registered Yoga School with a 200-hour program (RYS 200) that will adequately prepare trainees at an advanced level to teach a general adult population incorporating training hours in the following Yoga Alliance Educational Categories:

1) Techniques, Training and Practice: 100 hours

Topics in this category include: asanas, pranayamas, mantra, meditation and other traditional yoga techniques.
These hours are a mix between:

o 1) analytical training in how to teach and practice the techniques o 2) guided practice of the techniques themselves.

2) Teaching Methodology: 25 hours • Topics in this category include:

o Communication skills such as group dynamics, time management, and the establishment of priorities and boundaries
o How to address the specific needs of individuals and special populations, to the degree possible in a group setting
o Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting and correcting o Teaching styles
o Qualities of a teacher
o The student learning process
o Business aspects of teaching yoga (including marketing and legal)

3) Anatomy and Physiology: 20 hours

Topics in this category include: human physical anatomy and physiology and also include energy
anatomy and physiology (chakras, etc.).
Includes both the study of anatomy and physiology along with its application to yoga practice
(benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, etc.).

4) Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers: 30 hours • Topics in this category include:

o Thestudyofyogaphilosophiesandtraditionaltexts
o Yoga lifestyle, such as the precept of non-violence (ahimsa), and the concepts of dharma and
karma
o Ethics for yoga teachers, such as those involving teacher – student relationships and
community
o Understandingthevalueofteachingyogaasaserviceandbeingofserviceto others(seva)

5) Practicum: 10 hours

• Topics in this category include:
o Practice teaching as the lead instructor (does not include assisting, observing or giving feedback)
o Receiving and giving feedback
o Observing others teaching
o Assisting students while someone else is teaching
o 15 Remaining Contact Hours and Elective Hours include theming, heat management and
prenatal basics TOTAL HOURS: 200

200 Hour Teacher Training

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Virginia Gallagher

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Colorado Springs, CO

200 hour Intensive (2 ten day sessions) Teacher Training in Southern Pines

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