“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
DO YOU WANT TO Deepen your understanding of yoga’s transformative potential? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN gaining the skills and knowledge needed to become an effective and compassionate yoga facilitator?
The 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training provides a comprehensive curriculum of yoga principles and practices. Rooted in timeless, immutable yogic philosophy and mindfully adapted to serve the present, the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training is designed to expand your yoga practice and prepare you to share yoga in meaningful ways. It also carries the potential to fundamentally shift your relationship with life itself - toward greater intimacy with the whole of experience, in a way that feels freeing.
What’s Involved?
This training is a nine-month in-person experience centered around 12 touchpoints essential to the practice and sharing of yoga. Orientation happens in September and the curriculum is organized in eight monthly modules beginning in October and ending in May. Each module is grounded in immersive and experiential weekend learnshops emphasizing a perennial aspect of yoga (yamas-niyamas, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi). Each monthly module also includes a mentor group meeting, self-paced readings and study guides, an optional study group session, self-reflective journaling, and regular opportunities to practice yoga in community.
Monthly Learnshops FEATURING presentations, discussions, small group collaboration, Yoga Practice, and art making
Monthly Mentor Group Meetings
Self-Paced Readings & STUDY GUIDES
OPTIONAL Study GROUP Sessions
Self-Reflective Journaling
Ongoing Weekly Practice Opportunities
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING GUIDEBOOK
Who should attend?
Anyone who loves yoga, is dedicated to an honest and loving yoga practice, is willing to co-create conscious community, and is commitment to participate fully in the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training course should attend.
What’s required to complete thE TRAINING?
The nine-month program culminates in your instruction of an in-class practicum (asana and pranayama focused), creation and sharing of a yantra (it’s like a yoga art project!), and completion of a take-home final exam. At the conclusion of the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training, you’ll receive a certification letter and diploma evidencing your completion of the course. You will also be eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as a 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher. To receive your certification letter and diploma from Community Yoga Center, 200-Hour yoga teacher training candidates are required to:
Attend at least 80% of the learnshops and mentor group meetings
Instruct an in-clAss practicum
Create and share a yantra
Complete a take-home final exam
WhEN are the training dates?
Orientation happens in September and the curriculum is organized in eight monthly modules beginning in October and ending in May. These are the training dates for the 2025 Cohort:
Orientation
Saturday, September 7th from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Module 1 Learnshops
Friday, October 11th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, October 12th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Module 2 Learnshops
Friday, November 8th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, November 9th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Module 3 Learnshops
Friday, December 13th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, December 14th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Module 4 Learnshops
Friday, January 10th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, January 11th from 10:00am to 4:00pm + Saturday, January 25th from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Module 5 Learnshops
Friday, February 7th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, February 8th from 10:00am to 4:00pm + Saturday, February 22th from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Module 6 Learnshops
Friday, March 7th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, March 8th from 10:00am to 4:00pm + Saturday, March 22th from 10:00am to 1:00pm
Module 7 Learnshops
Friday, April 11th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, April 12th from 10:00am to 4:00pm + Saturday, April 26th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Module 8 Learnshops
Friday, May 9th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm + Saturday, May 10th from 10:00am to 4:00pm
HOW MUCH DOES THE TRAINING COST?
We offer three tiers of tuition for the 200-Hour Foundational Yoga Teacher Training. For folx who would like to pay a little more, the additional funds given cover part of the costs for people experiencing constrained finances. If you choose the supporter or benefactor option, a tax-deductible donation is included ($300 tax deductible donation for supporters and $900 tax deductible donation for benefactors).
Community $1,350
Supporter $1,650
Benefactor $2,250
For people experiencing constrained finances, we offer a limited number of scholarships. Scholarship applications are evaluated based on economic need and the likelihood of applying the knowledge and skills learned in service to the community.
Tuition is due at or before Orientation on September 7th. Personalized payment plans are also available with $300 paid at Orientation and the remaining balance paid over 9 months.
