ONLINE 200 Hour Therapeutic Yoga teacher Training with Soma Yoga Institute

Upcoming Cohort Start Dates

February 1, 2025
March 15, 2025

Gain in-depth skills to explore yoga as a vehicle for vibrant health, self transformation and personal empowerment!

Online 200-Hour Online Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training Certification Program
Overview
Online Yoga Teacher Training Program – Vinyasa and Hatha with a Therapeutic Focus
Gain in-depth skills to explore yoga as a vehicle for vibrant health, self-transformation, and personal empowerment. Soma Yoga Institute’s curriculum includes a unique blend of alignment-based Vinyasa flow, a solid foundation in Hatha yoga, and 200 hours of instruction offered within a therapeutic framework. Complete at your own pace: 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 16 weeks, or 8 months. 30 hours of Zoom group calls are required to meet the Yoga Alliance requirements for 2024. Get certified through Yoga Alliance as an RYT-200 upon course completion.

Highlights

• 200-hour online yoga teacher training
• Eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as an RYT-200 upon completion
• Personalized teacher contact and uplifting community
• Study with the World’s Leading C-IAYT Yoga Therapists and Senior Teachers with over 25 years experience
• Train with a top-ranked Yoga Alliance school with a 9.5/10 NPS score.
• Learn to teach with safety, skill, and confidence
• Join a life-changing, exciting, and accessible content with affordable, flexible, and self-paced delivery
• 75% of the content is prerecorded and held in a state-of-the-art course management platform (Kajabi) for you to watch and review anytime – all you need is internet
• 30 hours of live zoom calls are required to meet Yoga Alliance requirements.
• As needed email, zoom or WhatsApp support
• Flexible duration: can be completed in 8 weeks to 8 months.

Yoga styles

• Hatha
• Vinyasa
• Yin
• Restorative
• Nidra

56 days with instruction

Group size: Maximum of 25 participants

Program
What you will learn:

• Asana Techniques – Pose study with adaptations for all bodies (includes standing poses, hip openers, forward bends, twists, backbends, inversions, and supine)
• Anatomy-informed alignment to keep yourself and your students safe
• Art of Vinyasa and Flow Yoga
• Adapting for injuries, common conditions and special populations
• Yin, Restorative, Yoga Nidra
• Art of teaching and intentional sequencing
• Frameworks for yoga as a path towards holistic health and mind-body-brain-heart well being
• Exploration of the Chakra system, Ayurveda and the Yoga Sutras as therapeutic frameworks
• Yoga history and mythology
• Current scientific research and health benefits of Yoga
• Teaching skills
• Meditation and Pranayama
• Business of Yoga and developing an online presence

Certifications

Students who complete this training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).

Timing of sessions
There are 30 hours of group calls offered live on Zoom. Choose the time and format that works for your schedule 12 sessions of 2.5 hours each = 30 hours or 6 sessions of 5 hours each:

12 sessions of 2.5 hours each = 30 hours

Tuesdays 9:30am -12:00pm Pacific (UTC -7 California) | 5:30pm-8:00pm (London) | 6:30pm-9:00pm (Paris) | 12:30pm-3:00pm (New York)
Wednesdays 3:30-6:00pm Pacific (UTC -7 California) | 1:30pm-4:00pm (Hawaii) | 12:30pm-3:00pm (Auckland) | 8:30am-11:00am (Tokyo) | 6:30pm-9:00pm (New York)
6 sessions of 5 hours each

Saturdays 8:00am -1:00pm Pacific (UTC -7 California) | 5:00pm-10:00pm (Paris) | 4;00pm-9:00pm (London) | 11:00am-4:00pm (New York)
*Sundays 12:00 noon-5:00pm Pacific (UTC -7 California) | 10:00am-3:00pm (Hawaii) | 3:00pm-8:00pm (New York) | 9:00am-2:00pm (Aukland+1)
If you would like to join but the times don’t work, just send Soma Yoga Institute a message and they will work something out with you.

How the training works

How does the training work?
The majority of the course material and lessons are pre-recorded and kept in a state of the art, easy to use platform. Students are required to attend 30 hours of live calls. Students are offered one-to-one as needed support through email, WhatsApp, phone or Zoom.

Is it really possible to learn to teach yoga online?
Yes, definitely. Skeptical? Soma Yoga Institute was too. However, the Soma Yoga Institute teaching team has been leading teacher trainings for over a decade. The curriculum is well-developed, time tested, and established. They have taken their live program online as the content is of incredibly high value and will bring great benefit to those who wish to deepen their own practice, and/or teach others as well as those who already teach who wish to refine and enhance their offerings to better serve their students.

The institute’s anatomy-informed adaptive approach is not easily found in other programs. Their teaching skill section is designed that if you practice, and practice, and practice some more, it is certain that you will be ready, confident, and equally skilled as a new teacher as those who take the in-person trainings.

Are there exams that you have to pass?
To receive authorization with Yoga Alliance as RYT-200, quizzes and exams are a required part of your curriculum. You will find quizzes sprinkled throughout after the videos to empower your learning. Quiz retakes are allowed if the first time through you do not receive a passing grade. Also expect a “take home” final exam as well as final teaching practicum via zoom. We are here to support your success. Please do not let the Yoga Alliance policy of “grading” stand in your way. We will prep you well (our promise to you), and you will all do just fine (trust in yourself).

How long will it take to complete the program?
Everyone has different needs, Soma Yoga Institute suggests following along with one of their established curricula plans to keep you on track. These are 8 weeks (approximately 25 hours per week of study and practice), 12 weeks (approximately 16 hours of study and practice per week), 16 weeks (approximately 12. 5 hours of study and practice per week), 6 months (approximately 8 hours per week of study and practice), and 8 months (approximately 6.5 hours per week of study and practice).

If flexibility is what you are looking for, Soma Yoga Institute will give you up to 8 months to complete your program and offer a 2 month extension free of charge if needed. Upon enrollment, we will help you determine the best study plan for you so that you can keep your pace and be motivated to the finish line.

Students are encouraged to attend 30 hours of live calls via Zoom. The rest of the prerecorded content can be completed at your own pace.

Course information

Therapeutic Approach

The therapeutic perspective explores yoga as a vehicle for vibrant health, personal empowerment, and total well being. Soma Yoga Institute combines modern-day biomechanics and research-driven science with ancient teachings. You will leave with an understanding of anatomy, alignment, and modifications to keep your body safe for a lifetime of practice.

Personal Transformation

The non-dogmatic approach explores yoga philosophy as a practice of radical self-love, uncovering perspectives that encourage body positivity, unconditional acceptance, personal empowerment, and true mind-body-spirit health and wellness. Switch your view to see yourself and others from “eyes of love” and help the world heal one mindful breath at a time.

Learn to Teach with Safety, Skill, and Confidence

Step confidently into the role of the teacher and share this powerful practice and help others. Not ready to teach? No problem. This course is a great immersion into yoga for those who wish to deepen their own practice. Already teaching? This course will significantly build your repertoire and boost your confidence.

Mind-Body Health and Healing

Soma Yoga Institute training is a comprehensive and holistic journey into yoga for mind-body health and healing. The world-class faculty is comprised of master level yoga teachers, certified C-IAYT yoga therapists, and those who have been teaching for over 20 years. They have trained thousands of people just like you to overcome their struggles with health, wellness, disconnection to themselves and others, and experience the transformation that therapeutic yoga offers. You will be transformed and ready to teach others on their yoga journey.

Interactive Online Learning and Lifetime Access

Join a life-changing, exciting, and accessible content with affordable, flexible, and self-paced delivery. The program is totally flexible and designed so you can work at your own pace in a way that is harmonious with a yogic lifestyle (rather than rushing to meet deadlines that are not meaningful to you).

Recommended completion guidelines are established so you may complete the program in 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, or 8 months. No more flipping through old textbooks or rushing to take notes, all of your content and your teachers are there for you, just a click away.

Personalized Teacher Contact and Uplifting Community
The weekly live calls, interactive group platform, and one-to-one support create a personalized approach to online learning. Joining a conscious loving community of support improves completion rates. Getting to know like-minded yogis just like you keep you motivated, engaged, and connected.

Soma Yoga Institute will help you establish a consistent practice of meditation and teach you wonderful breath practices specifically crafted to increase vitality and wellbeing. They have helped 100s of students who say they “can’t meditate” as well as those who report feeling “short of breath” when instructed to breathe in certain ways.

Soma Yoga Institute will help you adapt your approach, learn a variety of techniques, transform your inner dialog, and establish your commitment to these transformative practices with ease and success.

Experiential Anatomy and Fascia Exploration

Explore anatomy and biomechanics specifically relevant to the yoga practitioner and teacher. They know that you would like to avoid injury in your classroom, provide effective modifications, and address common musculoskeletal issues with confidence and tact. The mindfulness created in practice is a perfect opportunity to build your understanding of the amazing human form and learn how to keep the joints safe, avoid repetitive strain injuries, and teach with an informed perspective.
Learn to help your students access poses with self-assurance and skill.

Yoga History, Philosophy, and Mythology

Dive deep into the transformational and time tested philosophy of yoga. The philosophy provides a road map that will help you build mindful awareness, elevate your perspectives, create radical shifts in your life, connect to the deeper aspect of yourself, and find more lived moments when you feel truly and wholly well.
You will dive deep into Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, yoga history, and explore Yoga Mythology through the story as a way to gain insight into the human condition.
Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

Increased levels of cortisol have been shown to be a leading cause of chronic conditions. Worry, fear, stress, and anxiety are common challenges many faces. Learn practices of yoga that down-regulate your nervous system and restore your whole being into a state of wellbeing and homeostasis.

Current Research

Soma Yoga Institute unites the findings from new evidence-based research with the ancient wisdom of yoga. Get educated on the true benefits of yoga. Make a real impact in your community and offer classes that help improve health for a lifetime of wellbeing. Stand out as an informed instructor and help your clients motivate to improve their wellbeing.

Business of Yoga

From your big vision to the tiny details, Soma Yoga will impart the inspiration and essential skills to get you started making money as a yoga teacher. In this course, you will gain invaluable tools, insights, and strategies to launch your career, generate students, get you out there teaching yoga, creating online content, and following your dreams.

Study with the World’s Leading C-IAYT Yoga Therapists and Senior Teachers

Soma Yoga Institute has a word-class faculty team steeped in the traditions of yoga. Their excellence has been cultivated through decades of enduring dedication to their own practice and in-depth study, often in a variety of lineages. Many of the faculty members are C-IAYT certified yoga therapists and recognized as “senior teachers”, having over 25 years of solid teaching experience combined with their long-term adhikara (studentship).

Each faculty holds a role in their home community as an innovator and influencer, inspiring radical change through yoga and playing a profound role in the holistic wellness movement. As a collective vision, Soma Yoga Institute offers you an unparalleled opportunity to deepen your own practice, connect into your innermost divine nature, develop your professional credentials, and teach from a place of authenticity.

Instructors

Liz Heffernan
Liz Heffernan, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT is an international yoga teacher and Integrative Yoga Therapist. She draws from over two decades of personal yoga practice, 25 years of teaching and extensive training in the Hatha yoga systems of Kripalu, Ashtanga, and Anusara. She currently directs and leads Yoga teacher trainings and workshops worldwide, provides unique one-to-one mentoring for yoga teachers, instructs daily yoga classes and offers private therapeutic sessions. Additionally, Liz serves as a mentor/faculty for the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapy program.

Molly Masaoka
Innately perceptive beyond her years and wildly passionate about everything in her path, Molly, E-RYT 500, applies a level of determination and delight that is truly one of a kind. Her unique teaching style is both intense and focused but lightened with creativity, compassion, and humor. She believes that this balance of effort and surrender is the key to unlocking the awareness of one’s true nature. A student of yoga since the age of 16, Molly has studied intensely with Chuck Miller and completed teacher training with Annie Carpenter and Don Stapelton.

Peggy Profant
Peggy Profant, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500, and certified Anusara yoga teacher first discovered the practice in 1980 and began teaching it to others in 1997. Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Anusara are the schools in which have influenced her practice. As one who lives courageously from her heart, she passionately teaches her classes with meaningful yogic themes while keeping a keen attention to alignment. In addition to yoga, being in nature and with her family is where she finds her deepest joy and peace.

Samantha Akers
Samantha (Sam) Akers, E-RYT-500, C-IAYT, CMT, found yoga and massage when she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia in 1998. Her practice began with Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra and brought her such incredible healing, she knew this had to be shared with others. She studied the Therapeutic Style of Iyengar Yoga with Judith Lasater, Leeann Carey and Russ Pfeiffer. Sam’s love of therapeutic yoga, inspired her to open TheraYoga Studio and develop the TheraYoga Method. She is also a massage therapist, specializing in combining mindfulness with bodywork.

Choose the time that works for you:

12 weeks. 2.5 hours each week on

• Tuesdays 9:30am -12:00pm Pacific (UTC -7 California) | 5:30pm-8:00pm (London) | 6:30pm-9:00pm (Paris) | 12:30pm-3:00pm (New York)
• Wednesdays 3:30-6:00pm Pacific (UTC -7 California) | 1:30pm-4:00pm (Hawaii) | 12:30pm-3:00pm (Auckland) | 8:30am-11:00am (Tokyo) | 6:30pm-9:00pm (New York)

6 Immersive Days for 5 Hours Each

• Saturdays 8:00am -1:00pm Pacific (UTC -7 California) | 5:00pm-10:00pm (Paris) | 4;00pm-9:00pm (London) | 11:00am-4:00pm (New York) -or-
• Sundays 12:00 noon-5:00pm Pacific (UTC -7 California) | 10:00am-3:00pm (Hawaii) | 3:00pm-8:00pm (New York) | 9:00am-2:00pm (Aukland+1)

If you would like to join but the times don’t work, just send Soma Yoga Institute a message and they will work something out with you.

What’s included

• 30 contact hours via zoom are offered at different times for students in every time zone and and 170 non-contact hours.
• As needed individual support
• Eligibility to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion
• Study with 4 senior teachers and yoga therapists.
• 200-page yoga teacher training manual
• Access to an online loving and encouraging community of support
• Lifetime access to the material

What’s not included

• Accommodation
• Food