200-Hour Standards
A Registered Yoga School with a 200-hour program (RYS 200) must incorporate training hours in the following educational categories:
Techniques Training/Practice.........................................................................100 hours
Min. contact hours…………………………………………..………....75 hours
Min. contact hours w/ Primary E-RYTs………………...……...........50 hours
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.
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.
Teaching Methodology...................................................................................25 hours
Min. contact hours……………………...……………………………….15 hours
Min. contact hours w/ Primary ERYTs…… …………………………10 hours
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.
Anatomy and Physiology..............................................................20 hours
Min. contact hours……………………………………………………..10 hours
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 five hours must be spent applying anatomy and physiology principles to yoga.
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teacher............30 hours
Min. contact hours…………………………………………………….20 hours
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
Practicum....................................................................................10 hours
Min. contact hours………………………………………………..........5 hours
Min. contact hours w/ Primary E-RYTs……………………………….5 hours
Includes practice teaching, receiving feedback, observing others teaching and hearing and giving feedback. Also includes assisting students while someone else is teaching.
Note: A minimum of 5 contact hours must be spent actively teaching (not assisting or observing).
Electives......................................................................................15 hours
Elective hours to be distributed among educational categories according to the school’s chosen emphasis (may be contact or non-contact hours).
55 Remaining Contact Hours
Contact hours to be distributed among educational categories above according to the school’s chosen emphasis.
TOTAL HOURS.........................................................................200 hours
Total min. contact hours…………………………….……………..180* hours
Total min. contact hours with Primary E-RYTs…………………………………………………………..............65 hours
*Note: Along with the specified contact hours in each category above, you must provide an additional 55 contact hours to meet the total contact hours required.