What You Should Know About 200-, 300- and 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings

What You Should Know About 200 – 300 – and 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Trainings

If you are reading this, then you’re probably looking for a high-quality yoga teacher training program—or you already have your 200-Hour certification and want to expand your skill set. It is probably also true that you’ve got a few questions: What’s the difference between a 200-hour yoga teacher training session and a 300-hour yoga teacher training session? Which program is right for me? In what ways will each program benefit me?

Look no further! We have all the answers to your questions right here. Read on for a closer look at what makes each level of yoga teacher training unique.

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Understanding the Difference Between 200, 300, and 500-Hour YTT Programs

THE BASICS OF A 200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS

The Basics of a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program

Your 200-hour yoga teacher training will be the foundation from which you teach, so it’s important to choose wisely when deciding where to go. For someone new to the world of yoga, we believe an immersion program is an excellent choice —one that allows you to fully commit yourself to learning, interpreting, and internalizing the philosophies of yoga.

In this program, you will learn all the fundamentals:

  • how a class is structured
  • understanding Asanas, Pranayamas, and meditation techniques
  • anatomy and the mechanics of yoga poses
  • Ayurveda, chakras and other yogic concepts to help you be a well-rounded teacher
  • ritual
  • the ethics and business of yoga
  • the history of yoga

During your 200-hour yoga teacher training, you will also nurture your personal practice, which, next to your training, is paramount to passing on wisdom to others. This learning will create a platform for transformation for you personally, as well as the people you hope to teach.

Any 200-hour yoga teacher training—especially a fully immersive program—will help you go even deeper into what yoga means for you and your potential students.

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

According to Yogi Aaron, “You will leave Blue Osa feeling as if you have just immersed your whole being into a tradition of yoga. Every part of you will be completely and utterly transformed.”

This 200-hour yoga teacher training is designed to cultivate healthy daily patterns through early morning meditation with the sunrise, and a daily Asana and Pranayama practice combined with classroom interaction and reading material. Through this structure, you and your fellow yogis will become more certain and stable, allowing you to soften, go deep, and address imbalances in your lives.

300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

Have you already earned your 200-hour certification, been teaching for a while, but know that there is always more to learn? Would you like to offer more to your students? Are you interested in expanding your yoga business and building stronger entrepreneurial skills?

Then a 300-hour yoga teacher training program is the next step.

Once you complete this training, you will be eligible to register with the Yoga Alliance as an RYT-500 (Registered Yoga Teacher- 500 Hours).

Some people opt to piece their 500-hour certification together by doing smaller, incremental trainings, but there are options out there, such as the one Blue Osa offers, that allows you to get everything done in one big immersion. Whatever path you take, your training must come from a Yoga Alliance registered school (RYS) if you want to earn your 500-hour certification.

Advanced Yoga Teacher Training The Blue Osa Way

Advanced Yoga Teacher Training The Blue Osa Way

Our 300-hour yoga teacher training is for the lifelong practitioners—the seekers, the visionaries of yoga. The focus here is all-around yogic lifestyle development, so you can truly live what you teach.

Through independent projects, book reports, and in-depth reading, Yogi Aaron will guide you deeper into the mysteries and rituals of yoga to enable you to cultivate enlightenment and well-being within others.

In Blue Osa’s 300-hour yoga teacher training, you will have the opportunity to hone in on your niche and nurture your gifts to truly serve your message to the world. Yogi Aaron will help you discover your primary intention as a yoga teacher.

Not to mention that, once you’ve completed your 300-hour yoga teacher training, you will be able to register with the Yoga Alliance as a 500-Hour Certified Yoga Teacher. This gives you more credibility and a leg up over those who have only completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training.

Learn More About The Specific Benefits Of A 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Immersion!

As you dive into this intensive learning, you will empower your vision, growing yourself so you can embody leadership in yoga. Yogi Aaron is interested in building yoga leaders for the global community, and you will be one of them!

Just Get Yourself Here, and We’ll Do The Rest!

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

No matter what level of training you are seeking, Blue Osa is an excellent way to accelerate your learning and ignite positive momentum in the direction of your goals. Everything is taken care of for you so you can focus on your personal transformation.

Now is the time to invest in yourself. Grow yourself incrementally into a well-rounded and capable yoga teacher, in order to become a leader in the global yogic community. Choose Yogi Aaron to be your month-long mentor, to guide you through the beginning of each life-changing yoga journey, and allow the Osa Peninsula to nurture those journeys. Choosing where to complete your yoga teacher training is not always easy, but Blue Osa is a choice that you will not regret!

Yoga Teacher Training FAQs:

If I obtained my 200-hour certification from a different school, am I still eligible to participate in your 300-hour program?

Yes, but to register your 500-hours with the Yoga Alliance, your 200-hour program must have also been certified through the Yoga Alliance.

Will I be eligible to register with the Yoga Alliance after your 200 or 300-hour training?

Yes. Blue Osa is a Registered Yoga School (RYS) with the Yoga Alliance at 3 levels: RYS 200, RYS 300, and RYS 500. Once you complete one of our 200 or 300-hour trainings, you will receive your teaching certificate. This makes you a Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT). You can then submit your certificate to the Yoga Alliance to become a Registered Yoga Teacher for your specific level (RYT 200 or RYT 500).

What is the difference between the 200, 300, and 500–hour programs?

Your 200-hour teaching certificate is the basic level of training that is recognized by the Yoga Alliance. It means that you are certified to teach yoga and eligible to register with the Yoga Alliance as RYT 200.

The 300–hour program is for participants who already have a 200–hour certificate and wish to earn their advanced 500–hour certification.

When you complete your 300-hour program, it means you have a total of 500 hours of yoga teacher training. You are eligible to register with the Yoga Alliance as RYT 500, which means that you are able to teach yoga with the deeper knowledge and skills developed through more extensive training and study.


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Understanding The Difference Between 200, 300 and 500-Hour YTT Programs

Teaching methodology + practicum

  • Learn how to lead and market successful yoga retreats
  • Learn the principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting, and instruction.

  • Learn different teaching styles.

  • You’ll learn specific techniques that will enable you to easily teach all levels

  • You’ll also learn how to sequence your asanas to create a natural, therapeutic and transformative arcs in your classes

  • Learn the qualities of effective teaching

  • Learn the business aspects of being a yoga teacher and gain the building blocks of how to build a thriving yoga career

Development of the Professional Essentials

History, Philosophy + Ethics

  • Identify your spiritual stance so you can step into it as a source of strength
  • Identify walls and develop strategies to take them down
  • Create a support network and support strategies and have them in place when you leave
  • Complete a physical and spiritual adventure challenge
  • Learn the business aspects of building a thriving yoga career
  • How to bring the practice of yoga into your everyday life and make it work for you
  • The science and application of mantra
  • An overview of the history of the yoga tradition
  • The ethical standards of teaching yoga

Yoga Humanities

Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™

  • Receive training in Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ training for Yoga Teachers
  • Go further in your anatomy training
  • Learn how to access muscle function
  • How to sequence transformational yoga classes
  • Learn the energetic and deeper sublime effects of asana
  • The science and application of Mantra
  • Design classes based on Ayurvedic principles
  • Knowledge of both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.).

Anatomy & Physiology

Techniques, Training and Practice

  • A breakdown in the anatomical and energetic categories of postures
  • Develop a daily meditation practice
  • Learn pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
  • How to sequence and structure transformational 60 and 90-minute classes
  • Practical experience teaching postures, classes, and meditation
  • Learn deep relaxation techniques
  • Yoga Nidra, as taught by the Himalayan tradition and Western tradition
  • Learn how to conduct and lead fire rituals
  • Kundalini Yoga techniques
  • Learn the subtle energetic aspects of yoga like the Koshas and chakras
  • Kriya Yoga and Laya Yoga

Advance Your Own Practice in Yoga

Techniques, Training and Practice

  • A breakdown in the anatomical and energetic categories of postures
  • Develop a daily meditation practice
  • Learn techniques in pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
  • How to structure and sequence transformational classes
  • Practical experience in teaching postures, sequencing, and meditation
  • Learn deep relaxation and meditation techniques that come from the Himalayan tradition

Develop a Rock Solid Practice in Yoga

Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™

  • Receive training in Applied Yoga Anatomy + Muscle Activation™ training for Yoga Teachers
  • Develop an understanding of basic anatomy
  • Learn about muscle function and how to improve it (something you will not learn in any other YTT)
  • Knowledge of both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.)
  • The study of both the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns)
  • Skills to teach yoga classes suited to all levels of practice.

Anatomy & Physiology

History, Philosophy + Ethics

  • An in-depth study and application of the Yoga Sutra
  • How to bring the practice of yoga into your everyday life and make it work for you
  • The science and application of mantra
  • An overview of the history of the yoga tradition
  • The ethical standards of teaching yoga

Yoga Humanities

Teaching methodology + practicum

Get hands-on practice teaching so that you’ll be able to teach on day one after the training is finished. You will:

  • Practice teaching in small and large groups

  • Be ready to teach yoga as soon as you leave the yoga teacher training

  • Get hands-on experience teaching and give/receive feedback

  • Practice assisting students

  • Learn the principles of demonstration, observation, assisting/correcting and instruction

  • Learn different teaching styles

  • Learn qualities of effective teaching and adjust to the student’s process of learning

  • Learn the business aspects of how to build a thriving yoga career

Development of the Professional Essentials