Yoga Awareness is a RYS (Registered Yoga School) 500 Hours by Yoga Alliance
 

Yoga Alliance (RYT)
500 Hour Standards

Curriculum must incorporate training hours in the following educational categories.

Yoga Alliance
RYT 500 HOURS
Yoga Alliance
TOTAL HOURS
CONTACT
HOURS
NON -
CONTACT
HOURS
Yoga Awareness
YAT 500 HOURS
(1) Techniques
Training/Practice
150 hours
100 hours with
primary E-RYTs
50 hours
167 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
30 hours
20 hours with
primary E-RYTs
10 hours
137 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
35 hours
20 hours
15 hours
52 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 15 hours must be spent applying anatomy and physiology principles to yoga.
(4) Yoga Philosophy,
Lifestyle and Ethics
for Yoga Teachers
60 hours
45 hours
15 hours
63 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
40 hours
20 hours
(10 hours with
primary E-RYTs)
20 hours
61.5 hours
DESCRIPTION: Includes practice teaching, receiving feedback, observing others teaching and hearing and giving feedback. Also includes assisting students while someone else is teaching. A minimum of 10 contact hours must be spent actively teaching (not assisting or observing others teach). Note: A minimum of 10 contact hours must be spent actively teaching (not assisting or observing).
(6) Contact and Electives
185 hours
 
 
148 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
500 hours
 
 
628.5 hours
Total Contact Hours Needed: 450 hours (200 hours w/ Lead Trainer).