Yoga Awareness is a RYS (Registered Yoga School) 200 Hours by Yoga Alliance
 

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).