13 Jan – 21 Feb 2025

Become a Certified Yoga Teacher

Inspire Students, Change Lives

4.8 stars-Yoga Alliance Online Course

4.8 stars-Yoga Alliance Online Course

EARLY SIGNUP BONUS*

FREE! Liforme Mat

*$149 value if you register before 30 Nov 2024

Before you start

Three important questions
to ask yourself

At YOGABODY, we’ve trained over 23,000 teaching professionals since 2006, and we take a unique approach. We’re profession-focused service providers, and we use yoga as a lifestyle fitness tool with our clients. We’re science-based and business-positive, so our graduates enter the job market experienced and qualified to find success quickly.

Professional or Personal?

At YOGABODY, coursework focuses on the hard and soft skills of teaching professionals, and we have found this professional focus unlocks personal growth at every step along the journey.

Science or Spirituality?

YOGABODY takes a science-based approach focused on mind-body fitness, biomechanics, the nervous system, and endocrine system. We deliberately omit spiritual teachings from our coursework out of respect for our students’ individual beliefs (or lack thereof).

Hobby or Business?

Are you interested in teaching yoga as a hobby, or are you interested in the business side of things, too? YOGABODY is owned and operated by career professionals. We openly “talk shop”, and in the coursework, we deep dive into client management, pricing, packaging, sales, and marketing.

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Course Syllabus

YOGABODY Teachers College’s 200hr Certification is one of the few courses in the world that has undergone university-level curriculum review by the American Council on Education (ACE). As a certified teacher, you’ll be qualified to work anywhere in the world.

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The Benefits
of Teaching Yoga

Work That Matters

Have you ever felt like just a body at a desk? The wrong job can be soul-sucking, but the right one fuels your fire. Yoga teaching offers deep meaning and purpose. You help students achieve strength, balance, relieve stress, and restore their health. You become a leader in your community.

Freedom and Independence

As a yoga teacher, you live on your own terms. Online teaching is booming, allowing you to work from anywhere. Prefer to teach in-person? There are opportunities in studios, gyms, and fitness centers. While non-traditional options include schools, medical facilities, and sports clubs. You choose your path and you can always change your mind.

Exciting Career Opportunities

CNN ranked “yoga instructor” as the #10 pick on a list of the top 100 jobs. It reported that median teacher pay is currently $62K per year for part-time work. There is more demand than supply of qualified instructors, so our graduates are launching exciting careers every day.

Travel and Adventure

Teaching yoga is the best travel job. Our graduates work online from anywhere and teach on cruise ships, yachts, in health resorts, and five-star hotels. Many book seasonal work in resort towns, using their gigs to see the world.

A Positive Peer Group

It can be difficult to live a life of purpose when your friends and family are on different paths. As a yoga teacher, your peer group will be health-oriented, adventurous, and passionate about learning – just like you. This new network will bring out the best parts of you that may have been lying dormant for years.

Personal Growth

Yoga is a practice that can help you grow not only physically, but also mentally and emotionally. Through yoga, you can learn to focus your mind, reduce stress, and increase your self-awareness. These skills can help you to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

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The Journey

Most online schools simply send you a bunch of videos and wish you luck. There is an overwhelming abundance of evidence to show that this type of learning, particularly for yoga, just doesn’t work. At YOGABODY, we take the opposite approach.

We’ve been training professionally since 2006 and are fully trained in the best teaching methodologies to get results. Our course is live, interactive, engaging, and social. For six full weeks, your phone will be a constant stream of videos, live classes, Q&As, social chats, and tutoring sessions all designed to make you a more effective teacher. The success of our graduates speaks for itself.

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Prospective students should have taken at least 50 yoga classes and be in good health for participation. Injuries and age-related aches and pains are expected, and please know that perfect poses are not our focus.

Orientation

A YOGABODY team member will onboard you to our private students group, app, and eLearning platform. You’ll get immediate access to our live classes (weekly) and archive of past classes to deepen your practice.

Your Books Arrive

  • Practice Journal – this is where you’ll log your 100 classes.
  • Science of Yoga – a beautiful, simple, and practical resource.
  • Yoga Business Mastery – learn to create a teaching life on your own terms.

Live, Online Training Begins!

Our live, online sessions leverage the best of new technologies to create high-impact learning sessions that include animations, videos, breakout rooms, practice teaching, guest speakers, and more. YOGABODY has been a leader in yoga education since 2006, and our online experience is second to none.

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Online sessions go live Monday to Friday: 9-11 am California, 12-2 pm NYC, 5-7 pm London, 6-8 pm Barcelona (check your timezone). Approximately half our attendees join live, about half join the replays the same day.

We have bonus sessions, private tutoring, and partner work, so even if your busy schedule doesn’t allow you to join live, you’ll be fully supported every step of the way.

The first hour of class is workshop-style learning. Our second hour is practice and practice teaching. Our trainees start as students and, over the course of three weeks, they transform into job-ready professionals. It’s an amazing journey.

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Graduation and Teaching

We host live classes every week and have a resource library of over 100 different classes. As a trainee, you get ongoing access immediately. Better still, our supportive group of both past and present students share and collaborate in real-time in the group.

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Our curriculum

Real Science, Real Results

No incense, no chanting, no gurus. We focus on mind-body fitness for everyone. Founded in 2006, the YOGABODY Teachers College welcomes students of all backgrounds and is committed to democratizing yoga so everyone has access.

Our curriculum has been reviewed by a university-level accreditation board and is designed to empower teachers with empirical data that informs their teaching. It includes:

  • Alignment and smart sequencing for healthy joints
  • Skill-based, progressive fitness style to maximize motivation and results
  • Flexibility techniques informed by leading exercise physiology research
  • Stress management, mood balance, sleep optimization
  • Nervous system entrainment through science-based breathwork
  • Nutrition (without diets) simplified for all bodies, all cultures

YOGABODY VS OTHERS

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Who’s teaching the class?

Meet Your Trainers

LUCAS ROCKWOOD

Master Trainer & Director (E-RYT, YACEP)

LUCAS ROCKWOOD

Master Trainer & Director (E-RYT, YACEP)

Lucas Rockwood is an internationally-renowned yoga trainer, TEDx Speaker, author, podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur.

Lucas’ corporate training clients include Meta and Noom. His early yoga and meditation teachers include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (deceased), Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka (deceased).

Lucas left the USA in 2003 and traveled and taug…

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CAMILO CARREIRO

Trainer (E-RYT, YACEP)

CAMILO CARREIRO

Trainer (E-RYT, YACEP)

Camilo began practicing yoga in 2010 and enrolled in his first yoga training course to deepen his practice. However, he quickly fell in love with teaching and decided to make a career change from political scientist to become a full-time yoga teacher. Camilo joined the Barcelona YOGABODY team in 2015 and immediately became involved in sequence development, course planning, and new teacher mentorship.

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LUCAS ROCKWOOD

Master Trainer & Director
(E-RYT, YACEP)

Lucas Rockwood is an internationally-renowned yoga trainer, TEDx Speaker, author, podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur.

Lucas’ corporate training clients include Meta and Noom. His early yoga and meditation teachers include Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (deceased), Paul Dallaghan, Alex Medin, Gabriel Cousens MD, and SN Goenka (deceased).

Lucas left the USA in 2003 and traveled and taught extensively before making Barcelona, Spain, his home base. In a previous life, he worked in theater, publishing, and as a plant-based chef and nutritional coach. He’s the father of three international kids and remains as passionate about yoga as when he first began practicing in 2002.

Lucas is the founder and managing director of YOGABODY® and the YOGABODY Teachers College®, host of Age Less / Live More podcast, and author of Yoga Business Mastery: Earn a Great Living Doing What You Love.

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CAMILO CARREIRO

Trainer (E-RYT, YACEP)

Camilo began practicing yoga in 2010 and enrolled in his first yoga training course to deepen his practice. However, he quickly fell in love with teaching and decided to make a career change from political scientist to become a full-time yoga teacher.

Camilo joined the Barcelona YOGABODY team in 2015 and immediately became involved in sequence development, course planning, and new teacher mentorship.

Camilo leads workshops and classes to all levels and has mentored and taught hundreds of trainees around the world. He teaches the YOGABODY 200hr Teacher Training program, Science of Stretching Teacher Training and Breath Coach Training courses. Alongside course leadership, Camilo maintains a busy teaching schedule – and loves every minute!

Camilo’s yoga certifications include Yoga Alliance E-RYT Registered Trainer / YACEP Provider, YOGABODY Teaching Diploma (YTD) and Applied Yoga Studies Diploma, Hatha Vinyasa Yoga Certification, Yoga Trapeze® Cert, Stretch Coach, and Breath Coach.

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STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

The Online Experience

Phone App and eLearning Platform

You’ll be issued a login and password for our official eLearning platform where you’ll find pose-by-pose tutorials, checklists, flashcards, and more. This new and updated platform has five times the number of resources offered on any other course, and you get lifetime access.

Class Discussions

Our private Telegram group is where most of the discussions happen. We’ll share photos and videos of our practices, answer questions, and explore opportunities together. We are active in the group every single day.

6-Week Intensive Course (Mon-Fri)

A daily two-hour live class. 60 min yoga class + 60 min posture clinic, lecture and practice teaching + 30 minutes self-scheduled practice with a partner. Can’t make live class? No problem. The replay is available the same day, and every single question is answered each day by your trainers. See more

Plus, you’ll have real-time, ongoing discussions in our Telegram Chat group, so you’ll be able to follow along perfectly. We hold weekly bonus sessions and semi-private tutoring sessions for trainees unable to attend our daily live sessions.

  • Written feedback daily on both practice and teaching
  • Real-world teaching experience in almost every session
  • A supportive peer group
  • Mix-media, hands-on approach for a “never boring” and fast-paced learning environment
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100 Yoga Classes Logged

You can log 50 classes from prior experience, before the course starts, and 50 during the course – and yes, our sessions count too. Online classes count, and we offer regular (free) classes in our alumni group that you’ll be invited to as well.

how much does it cost?

Tuition Options

Your tuition investment includes the six-week online immersion, all books and materials, ongoing access to the eLearning Center and teachers groups, personalized feedback, and review of your graduation submissions.

Pay Monthly (0% APR)

Normal price: $3,995

SAVE $500

$195 per month x18

ADD TO CART

Total: 3,510 USD

(approx. 3,235 EUR or 2,725 GBP)*

Pay in Full

Normal price: $3,995

SAVE $800

$3,195 entire course

ADD TO CART

Total: 3,195 USD

(approx. 2,945 EUR or 2,485 GBP)*

*All tuition is charged in USD. Conversion rates are estimates only.

Added Extras

Free Bonus Materials

Lifeforme Yoga Mat ($135 free!)

Choose your preferred color, and we’ll send your mat in the mail. Liforme mats are the most popular mats in the world and are longer and wider than most mats. They are biodegradable and come with a convenient carrying bag.

Books x3 ($49 free!)

You’ll receive three physical books in the mail for your yoga journey. The Practice Journal is where you’ll track your progress and stay motivated by logging your yoga classes. The Science of Yoga is a beautifully crafted resource that simplifies the complexities of yoga, blending scientific insights with practical advice. Yoga Business Mastery is your go-to resource for building a thriving teaching career on your own terms. This guide provides the tools and strategies needed to create a sustainable, fulfilling yoga business.

New Student Liability Form

No more paperwork or clunky software. We’ve created a simple system where your students can register online, use their thumb or mouse to sign the contract, and a copy is automatically emailed to both you and your client. For insurance and data privacy reasons, it’s essential that you have a new student form with a liability waiver for your classes. Software companies charge $100-180 a year for this. We give all our graduates lifetime access including custom URLs for free.

Webpage

You’ll get a custom webpage where you can take online payments, stream or sell video classes, schedule and setup Zoom classes, and create a 100% personalized online web presence. Best of all, it takes about 10 minutes to set it all up. No cost for life for all graduates.

Music Playlists x20

If you’ve ever tried to make a yoga playlist, you’ll know how challenging it can be. In our studios we release new lists every three months, and all our trainees get access.

Contract Template

When you teach a class or workshop at a fitness center, corporate office, or festival, you will need a contract. Don’t waste time and money, simply fill in the blanks with this form and you’ll be ready to go.

Live Class Pass

You’ll join our private YB Teacher Group. In this commercial-free zone, graduates teach and take classes together. You’ll access live classes weekly and join active graduates worldwide for professional networking. It’s a fantastic way to make connections and gain practice and teaching experience.

Live Class Pass

You’ll join our private YB Teacher Group. In this commercial-free zone, graduates teach and take classes together. You’ll access live classes weekly and join active graduates worldwide for professional networking. It’s a fantastic way to make connections and gain practice and teaching experience.

Social Media Art Templates

We try to check as many things off your to-do list as possible, so before you graduate, we’ll help you create cover art and profile pics for your social media profiles.

PDF Pose Charts

We’ll send you our studio master file PDF of pose charts we’ve developed after years in our studios. This is a great place to get ideas, copy/paste sequences, and find structures for your classes.

What will I get at the end?

Benefits of a 200hr
Yoga Alliance Certificate

  • Worldwide certification
  • The ability to work in yoga studios, fitness centers, public and private sector
  • Teach online, privately or in corporate settings
  • Lifetime credential, no recertification requirements or additional fees
  • Easier access to insurance

What you need to know

Course Requirements

You’ll submit a total of three quizzes (online, multiple choice) and three practice teaching videos. All assignments are designed to reinforce and demonstrate learning, and we’ll guide you every step of the way. If, for some reason, you’re struggling with an assignment, an instructor will work one-on-one with you to ensure your success.

  • Foundations Quiz and Teaching Exam
  • Applied Anatomy Quiz and Teaching Exam
  • Final Quiz and Teaching Exam
  • 100 class log / practice journal *

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. Most online courses just email you a ton of videos to watch and expect you to figure things out on your own. This doesn’t work. Studying at home is great, studying alone is not. Our courses are all live, interactive, with direct feedback, and an amazing community. You can go at your own pace too, of course, but the live online immersion is irreplaceable.

Class times during the online immersion are as follows: Monday to Friday: 9-11 am California, 12-2 pm NYC, 5-7 pm London, 6-8 pm Barcelona time. (check your time zone)

Everything is recorded and published daily, so if you’re at work or your time zone doesn’t match up well with us, simply catch the replay and you’ll be up to date.

No, not at all. You’ll be assigned a practice partner in your time zone, you’ll have access to all classes, and we’ll be in touch in real-time in the group forum. On a typical course, about 50% of trainees are unable to join us in real-time, but they catch up before or after class.

We recommend you take at least 50 classes as a student (online or in person) before you join this course.

We recommend completing 50 or more classes before registration, but if you’ve taken less, you can log the remaining classes after registration.

Yes and no. We have one of the most diverse yoga communities in the world in terms of age, ethnicity, and body type. On a typical course, we have students ranging in age from early twenties all the way up into their sixties and beyond. We have people from at least sixteen different countries and of every size, shape, and ethnicity you can think of. It’s almost certain you’ll meet people just like you, but you’ll also meet an amazing group of people who are completely different to you – and yet, you’ll find we’re all so similar when united through yoga. The collective energy of our courses is exceptional.

Almost everyone has an injury, a physical limitation, or weight challenge. This is a normal part of life, and a great reason to come to yoga. In a typical course we’ll have students with knee problems, chronic lower back issues, extra weight, and hormonal challenges among other things. In all cases, assuming your doctor approves of your practice and training, we fully support you and you’ll find that your personal healing journey will make you a better teacher in the end.

If you are pregnant, suffering from a terminal illness, battling addiction, or suffering from severe mental health challenges, this course is not appropriate right now.

Yes, absolutely. Most yoga schools simply sell certifications, but their credentials aren’t worth the paper they are printed on. At YOGABODY Teachers College®, all certificates are earned, and you’ll be teaching anywhere from two to 30 students on a daily basis throughout the course. Our course is 98% practical, 2% theory.

We have teachers in 41 countries. Our credentials are unmatched, and we have never had a single graduate that needed additional credentials to teach. The reason we offer so many accreditations and certifications is precisely to give you the most options in terms of geography, travel, and work.

We have a Telegram forum for trainees and trainers. From the moment the course starts, conversations, questions, and community interactions are non-stop.

We use Zoom and Telegram, so you just need a phone, a computer, and a decent internet connection. Nothing else. We have students who join us from their back yard, their office, their basement, and every other imaginable place around the world.

Yes! The online experience is incredible, and it allow us to have a bigger training team, offer much more feedback, and to give more personal attention to everyone. The shorter sessions over a longer period of time allow for more learning, more retention, and ultimately produces better teachers.

Every single training day, you’ll get written and/or verbal feedback from the team on your teaching and practice. On the last course, we had over 500 pages of notes given. There is no training like this in the world. The constant accountability accelerates growth because after class, you get your notes, you review the video recording, and immediately, you’ll make changes that affect your practice and teaching forever.

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Online Course

200hr Yoga Teacher Training

13 Jan – 21 Feb 2025

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