Yoga: 200-Hour Teacher Training Certificate Kinesiology, Athletics, & Dance Total Units: 11.0

Term Effective: Summer 2025

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Previous Versions:

Yoga: 200-Hour Teacher Training - effective Fall 2024
Yoga: 200-Hour Teacher Training - effective Fall 2023
Yoga: 200-Hour Teacher Training - effective Fall 2018
Yoga: 200-Hour Teacher Training - effective Fall 2017

Description:

The Yoga: 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Skills Certificate fulfills the requirements of the Yoga Alliance 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) which serves as the minimum credential required by many employers of yoga teachers. This program covers yoga techniques including postures, breathing exercises, and meditation; teaching methodology, anatomy and physiology, philosophy, business aspects of yoga, and ethics.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate correct technique in yoga practices including asanas (postures), pranayamas (breathing practices), and meditation.
  2. Develop a personal teaching style that includes effective class management, communication, and addresses multi-level needs and special populations within a group setting.
  3. Apply principles of human anatomy, physiology and energy anatomy to yoga practices.
  4. Analyze yoga philosophy, values and ethics through yogic texts, and incorporate them into yoga practices.
  5. Design and execute, as a lead teacher or assistant, safe and effective yoga sequences and classes.

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Yoga: 200-Hour Teacher Training program are:

  • Complete 11.0 units from
    • Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training Requirements

Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training Requirements - complete 11.00 units
KIN 70Yoga Techniques, Training, and Practice I3.00
KIN 71Yoga Techniques, Training, and Practice II2.00
KIN 72Yoga Teaching Methodology1.00
KIN 73Anatomy and Physiology for Yoga Teachers2.00
KIN 74Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle, and Ethics2.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 1.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
KIN 50.2Yoga Teaching Practicum1.00
WEE 99IInternship Work Experience Education1.00

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

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