Take your next step with confidence.

Our Foundational Yoga Teacher Training is based on a model of understanding that teaching yoga is a craft that requires deep knowledge, acute attention, interpersonal skills, and creativity.

This training takes the industry standard model of a 200 hour yoga teacher training and expands that model to include elements that are essential to becoming a yoga teacher: small group mentorship with expert facilitators, and practice teaching to students in the real world. You will receive not only the basic knowledge and practical skills to teach, but also the guidance and tools necessary to develop your voice, clarify your values, and complete the program with the confidence you need to start your career.

This training fosters curiosity, expertise, holistic comprehension, and the space to develop your voice and deepen your personal growth under expert guidance and personal attention so that as you learn to teach yoga you will also deepen your understanding of yourself and of your role in the world.

Upon completion of this training you will:

Have completed 216 contact hours with highly skilled staff and over 45 hours of non-contact self guided study
Be able to confidently teach a mixed level class that exceeds the industry standards of safety, creativity, and competency, and puts you in a position to develop your career as a teacher in a way that aligns with your personal goals
Be equipped with the skills to teach a class in both vinyasa flow style (linking breath and movement) and hatha style (slower paced and longer holds)
Have the knowledge of both the gross skills (anatomy and physiology, movement science, alignment) and subtle body (energetic fields and inner work), and the tools to apply that knowledge in the context of teaching a yoga class
Have a fundamental understanding of ancient yogic philosophies and texts through the lens of how these texts and philosophies can be applied toward social justice and community leadership

CURRICULUM topics and hours

The practice of yoga is vast, esoteric, and ancient. This training balances a deep honor of that vastness with the focused goal of equipping people to teach an effective postural asana class that integrates breath work, meditation, and the philosophical tenets of yoga. Every inquiry into the complexity of the philosophy that grounds this practice will be met with the necessary skills of what it looks like to apply those philosophies in the context of a contemporary yoga class. This training is not just about gaining the skills to teach a yoga class, but learning how to be a yoga teacher in the midst of your own life and in the current context of the world.

Hatha Sequencing & Methodology
Accessibility/Adaptive Yoga
Vinyasa Sequencing & Methodology
Languaging & Contextual Cueing
Ethics and Class Management
42 hours
Applied Anatomy
Functional Movement
Spectrums of Alignment
Clear and Direct Cueing
Hands-On Assists
69 hours
with Jenn
Joints and Tissues
Fundamentals of Movement
6 hours
Vayus & Koshas
Nadis & Chakra
Pranayama
Meditation
12 hours
Samkhya
8 Limbs
Yamas/Niyamas
Queer & Trans Ahimsa
21 hours
Historical Texts
Alphabet and Pronunciation
6 hours
Trainees will have an unlimited PYP membership for the duration of training.
Participants will be expected to practice at least once per week for the duration of the training and reflect on their observations and experiences with the group during training sessions. PYP offers over 50 classes per week at two locations with a diverse staff of excellent yoga teachers. While participants are not expected to practice exclusively at PYP, we encourage trainees to take advantage of our offers in order to experience various teaching styles and better inform your own practice as a student and as a teacher.
Observe and assist classes
Small group practice teaching asana
Small group practice teaching meditation and pranayama
Practice teaching one full class to PYP students
Receive feedback and support from peers and training staff
24 hours
You will be placed in a small group of 4-5 peers who will meet regularly outside of scheduled training hours for dedicated discussion, reflection, and personal attention that will deepen and expand the topics above based on the expertise of our staff and your personal practice and passion.
36 hours

2027 Dates and Location

PYP Downtown
Fridays 5:30-8:30pm
Saturdays 12pm-6:30pm

PYP Forest
Sundays 9am-3:30pm

January 8-10 & 29-31
February 12-14 & 19-21
March 12-14 & 19-21
April 9-11 & 23-25
May 7-9 & 21-23
June 4-6 & 11-13

investment

$3,500 / $3,750 / $4,200

$500 non-refundable deposit

view our tiered pricing model

◡̈ payment plans are available beginning the month following your deposit. email elizabeth for details on how to set up your payment plan

◡̈ tuition includes an unlimited membership to practice at PYP beginning the month you submit your deposit and applied for the duration of the training

◡̈ scholarships are available
view our JEDI scholarship application for up to 100% coverage of tuition
view our Studio Assistant scholarship application for 100% coverage of tuition