Yoga Alliance (RYT)
200 Hour Standards

Curriculum must incorporate training hours in the following educational categories.

Yoga Alliance RYT 200 HOURS	Yoga Alliance TOTAL HOURS	CONTACT HOURS	NON - CONTACT HOURS	Yoga Awareness YAT 300 HOURS
(1) Techniques Training/Practice	100 hours	75 hours (50 hours with primary E-RYTs)	25 hours	77 hours
DESCRIPTION: Includes asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation and other traditional yoga techniques. These hours must be a mix between: 1) analytical training in how to teach and practice the techniques and 2) guided practice of the techniques themselves. Both areas must receive substantial emphasis. Note: Contact Hours in this category must be in a dedicated yoga teacher training environment (into which others might occasionally be invited) rather than in classes intended for the general public.
(2) Teaching Methodology	25 hours	15 hours (10 hours with primary E-RYTs)	5 hours	69.5 hours
DESCRIPTION: Includes principles of demonstration, observation, assisting and correcting, instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, the student's process of learning and business aspects of teaching yoga.  Although your curriculum may include more than five hours on business aspects of teaching yoga, a maximum of five such hours can be counted.
(3) Anatomy and Physiology	20 hours	10 hours	10 hours	32 hours
DESCRIPTION: Includes both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (chakras, nadis, etc.). Includes both the study of the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, etc). A minimum of five hours must be spent applying anatomy and physiology principles to yoga.
(4) Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers	30 hours	20 hours	10 hours	32 hours
DESCRIPTION: Includes the study of yoga philosophies, yoga lifestyle and ethics for yoga teachers. A minimum of two contact hours must be spent on ethics for yoga teachers. Note: A minimum of 2 contact hours must be spent on ethics for yoga teachers.
(5) Practicum	10 hours	5 hours (5 hours with primary E-RYTs)	5 hours	35.5 hours
DESCRIPTION: Includes practice teaching, receiving feedback, observing others teaching and hearing and giving feedback. Also includes assisting students while someone else is teaching. Note: A minimum of 5 contact hours must be spent actively teaching (not assisting or observing).
(6) Contact and Electives	15 hours			72 hours
DESCRIPTION: Contact hours and Elective hours to be distributed among educational categories according to the school’s chosen emphasis (may be contact or non-contact hours).
TOTAL HOURS	200 hours			318 hours
Total Contact Hours Needed: 180 hours (65 hours w/ Lead Trainer).