Application for Yoga Teacher Training

Deeply explore Classical Ashtanga Yoga in a modular fashion. Using the Yoga Sutras as a foundation, build a scaffold to support your personal practice and advance your teaching skills with Biomechanics, Sanskrit, Mantra, Tantra, Vedic Ritual, Bhakti Yoga and Yoga Psychology.

Mount Madonna Institute offers an integrative approach to mastering the vast science of yoga by combining study, practice, and self-reflection. This training embodies the teachings imparted by Baba Hari Dass to the Hanumān Fellowship and Mount Madonna Center community since 1971. Our Advanced Yoga Studies (YTT 300) program is continuation of a YTT200 Certification*. Completion of this accredited YTT 300 course allows one to become certified at the 500 level through Yoga Alliance. This course is an integral part of the Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist program.

*Transfer credits may apply

With Ashtanga Yoga as the foundation, we dive deeper into the philosophical traditions of yoga, including Raja Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Vedic ritual and Karma Yoga. Foundational texts and references for these studies include Patañjali's Yoga Sutras, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Gheranda Samhita, the Bhagavad Gīta, the Samkhya Karika, the Upanishads, the Vedas, and the writings of Baba Hari Dass.

Please contact the Yoga Registrar for questions and enrollment assistance via email yoga@mountmadonnainstitute.org or directly at 408-846-4095. Thank you.