Yoga Teacher Training 200 Hour
Summer Intensive Begins June 2024
Yoga Training - Teach To Learn
You will develop skills for teaching a well-rounded beginners level yoga class. This course is ideal for those who want to immerse themselves in an intense discipline to begin or to deepen a personal practice. Advanced techniques and theories are explored in many of our specialty classes.
Our 200-hour Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training is offered in two formats. The Summer Intensive meets for one full month of dedicated immersion. Alternatively, the online modular version consists of one long weekend online per month over six months, which results in a paced program that can be completed alongside work and family commitments.
Please contact the Yoga Registrar for questions and enrollment assistance via email yoga@mountmadonnainstitute.org or directly at 408-846-4095. Thank you.
Why Mount Madonna?
Our Online Yoga Teacher Training focuses primarily on the systems of Ashtanga Yoga and Hatha Yoga and the methods we teach include ṣhat karma, mudra, pranayama, dhyana, and asana. The foundational theory that supports these practices is taught in classes on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Samkhya Philosophy, basic principles of Ayurveda, subtle body theory, anatomy, and physiology. Teaching methodology, or how to share this ancient knowledge is woven throughout the program.
The aim of our 200 hour online training program is to assist you in deepening your understanding of the methods and philosophy of yoga, as a way to both strengthen your personal practice and to develop as a yoga instructor.
It is our intention that those who wish to teach have the tools to offer a beginning yoga class upon completion of the training, and to have a basic understanding of the vast background of this great science and spiritual practice.
Often in the West when we say, “I do yoga” it means, “I practice asana (postures).” In fact, the methods of yoga are multi-faceted and encompass a way of life leading to inner peace and liberation from the confines of desires, ego and attachments.
In our training at Mount Madonna, we draw from these ancient classical yoga teachings that have been passed down from teacher to student for thousands of years. Asana is one of many practices within this vast system of knowledge.
Program Details
Throughout the 200 hour training thirty classical asanas will be practiced and studied daily. A breakdown of each posture includes:
- Proper alignment and biomechanics
- Manual adjustments
- Modifications and the use of props as needed
- Health benefits and contraindications
- Asana and Ayurveda– classification of asanas according to the three body humors (constitutions)
- Anatomy and physiology as related to asana
- Teaching methodology
- Designing a balanced class
- Teaching beginners with varying abilities
- Setting up classes in your community
- Evolving a personal teaching style
- Foundations for safe sequencing
Please see our program catalog for complete details on each class offered within our training.
Schedule for In-Person Intensive
| Opening Day | |
| 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Registration |
| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 6:30 - 8:00 pm | Opening Circle |
| Mondays - Saturdays | Sample Daily Schedule |
| 5:30 - 6:30 am | Shat Karma Practice |
| 6:30 - 8:30 am | Pranayama and Meditation |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30 - 11:00 am | Theory Class |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Asana |
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Theory Class / Core Asana |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm | Theory Class / Core Asana |
| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 6:30 - 8:00 pm | Theory Class |
| Sundays | Sample Daily Schedule |
| 5:30 - 6:30 am | Shat Karma Practice |
| 6:30 - 8:30 am | Pranayama and Meditation |
| Rest of the Day Free | |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am | Breakfast |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 5:30 - 6:00 pm | Dinner |
Schedule for Online Modules
| Thursday | |
| 6:00 - 8:00 pm | Opening Circle |
| Friday, Saturday, Sunday | |
| 6:30 - 8:30 am | Sadhana |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am | Break |
| 9:30 - 11:00 am | Theory Class |
| 11:00 - 12:30 pm | Asana |
| 12:45 - 2:00 pm | Break |
| 2:00 - 3:30 pm | Theory Class |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm | Theory Class |
Tuition & Lodging
| YTT 200 Tuition | $2,832.50 |
| Meals & Lodging | Please view current rates here |
The total tuition includes all required books and materials. During the In-Person Summer Intensive, students will need to pay an additional fee for meals & lodging.
For detailed information follow the links provided below.
2024 Program Calendar
2024 Summer Intensive - In person
June 20 - July 19, 2024
Summer Intensive classes are held in-person and meet from 5:30am - 8:00pm Monday through Saturday and from 5:30am - 8:30am on Sundays (rest of the day is free).
See the full day outlined in the "Schedule for In-Person Intensive" for sample times and breaks.
Online Modular Course Dates
Module 1 | Jan. 11-14
Module 2 | Feb. 9-11
Module 3 | Mar. 7-10
Module 4 | Apr. 4-7
Module 5 | May 9-12
Module 6 | June 6-9
Mid-month check-ins
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Please see our program catalog for complete details on each class offered within our training.
Enroll Today!
Follow the link below to start the application process for our YTT 200 modular program.
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Learn More“I could not have hoped for a more authentic YTT program than what I received at Mount Madonna. The scope of information covered makes certain that I know what I am talking about when I am teaching. The extensive number of faculty many with more than 35 years of training, is unprecedented and the level of personal attention given to students is unparalleled." Tonia Mayerle