2025 - 200 Hr Yoga Teacher Training

A Transformative Educational Experience

Program Dates: March 2025 through December 2025

If you are ready to deepen your own practice and apply the wisdom of yoga to your own life, this training is for you! If you are interested in sharing these practices with others, this training is for you! Our 200-hr training is designed for both those interested in teaching and for those who want to deepen and expand their own practice and knowledge.

These practices, in a sense, bring you home to yourself and foster a deep sense of peacefulness and inner knowing. This training will help you come to understand how you can use this transformational practice in your own life. And, you will learn how, as a yoga teacher, you can create a place of healing for others to uncover their strength and wisdom.

INCLUDED IN THE COST OF THIS TRAINING:

  • 10 months of immersive training with experienced, 500 Hr-Registered Yoga Alliance Yoga Teachers.

    • 200 Hours of valuable training content with perpetual access to all content and resources once training is concluded

  • Training Book Bundle (VALUE ~ $125)

    • Yamas and Niyamas by Deborah Adele

    • Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews

    • Moving into Stillness by Erich Schiffman

    • The Heart of Yoga by TKV Desikachar

    • Chakra Yoga by Anodea Judith

    • The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope

  • 8 in-studio classes/month for the duration of the training (VALUE ~ $700) (option to upgrade to unlimited)

  • 30 Minute New Teacher Goal Setting Coaching Call with Annie Geile (VALUE ~ $45)

  • Teacher Training Manual

  • Private Yoga Teacher Training Facebook Group

OUR PRIMARY FOCUS:

  • Establish a sound foundation in alignment and energetics of yoga postures.

  • Find your unique voice and gain confidence to create classes and guide your students.

  • Learn anatomical principles to support your own practice and inform your safe instruction.

  • Gain an understanding of the nervous system and how yoga fosters deep healing.

  • Discover how yoga philosophy leads to understanding, acceptance, & an inner evolution.

  • You will also receive an introduction to all the following topics:

    • Ayurveda

    • Accessible Yoga

    • Yin Yoga

    • Chakra Theory & Exploration

    • Prenatal Yoga

    • Yoga Business Basics

2025 DATES : March 1st - December 7th

    • March 1-2, 2025

    • April 5-6, 2025

    • May 3-4, 2025

    • June 7-8, 2025

    • July 12-13, 2025

    • August 2-3, 2025

    • September 6-7, 2025

    • October 4-5, 2025

    • November 1-2, 2025

    • December 6-7, 2025

    • Tuesday, 3/11/2025

    • Tuesday, 3/25/2025

    • Tuesday, 4/8/2025

    • Tuesday, 4/22/2025

    • Tuesday, 5/13/2025

    • Tuesday, 5/27/2025

    • Tuesday, 6/10/2025

    • Tuesday, 6/24/25

    • Tuesday, 7/8/2025

    • Tuesday, 7/22/2025

    • Tuesday, 8/12/2025

    • Tuesday, 8/26/2025

    • Tuesday, 9/9/2025

    • Tuesday, 9/23/2025

    • Tuesday, 10/14/25

    • Tuesday, 10/28/25

    • Tuesday, 11/11/25

TRAINING COSTS

  • Full Training Cost = $3,600

    • $500 Deposit Required to hold your spot (deposit will be applied to tuition)

    • First Payment due by February 15th, 2025

    • Payment Plans Available for $3,100 balance:

      • 2 Payments of $1,550 each: First payment due by February 15th, 2025; Second payment automatically charged 4 months after 1st payment

      • 4 payments of $775 each: First payment due by February 15th, 2025; subsequent payments automatically charged every 2 months until complete.

    EARLY-BIRD SPECIAL

    Early-Bird Cost = $3,200 - SAVE $400

    • Register by December 1st, 2024 to receive this price.

    • $500 Deposit Required to hold your spot and receive the early bird discount(deposit will be applied to tuition)

    • Payment Plans Available for $2,700 balance

      • 2 Payments of $1,350 each: First payment due by Februrary 15th, 2025; Second payment automatically charged 4 months after 1st payment

      • 4 payments of $675 each: First payment due by February 15th, 2025; subsequent payments automatically charged every 2 months until complete.

    NOTE: We must have a minimum of 8 participants in order to hold the training. If 8 people are not registered by February 1st, 2025, we will postpone the start date of the training.

READY TO APPLY? Follow these steps:

  1. CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION

  2. After your application has been received, you will be contacted within 48 hours to set up an interview.

  3. Once you have completed the interview process and are accepted into the program, you will receive our financial agreement where you will choose a payment plan (listed below). A $500 non-refundable deposit is due in order to hold your space in the training.

NOTE: We must have a minimum of 8 participants in order to hold the training.

The Teaching Team

In addition to the primary teachers shown below, we bring in many guest teachers and experts throughout the training!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

  • Although we HIGHLY recommend that you attend every weekend in person, as there is not substitute for learning the content first hand, we understanding that things happen in life. If you have to miss a weekend (or partial) weekend, you will be given the opportunity to make up the missed hours in various forms depending on what lessons are missed. It could mean that you watch pre-recorded content, or attend other classes, workshops, or trainings. Each absence is handled on a case-by-case basis.

  • At South River Yoga, we have a strong reputation for having a high quality training program that produces high caliber Yoga Teachers. We want to uphold our standards and ensure that only people who take the program highly serious, and are dedicated to put in the work needed to succeed.

  • Yes, South River Yoga is a registered YA school in good standings.

  • Yes! All your required books are included in the cost of tuition. You will also receive a training manual with all the printed content. There will be many “recommended” books that you’ll learn about throughout the training that you may want to purchase yourself!

  • Any application fees and deposits are non-refundable.
    The student can cancel the registration without penalty by emailing info@southriveryoga.com within 3 business days of the signing the Financial Agreement. If cancellation notification is received within 3 business days, full refund of any payments will be made to the student within 14 days of receipt of the cancellation notification.

  • We estimate that you will spend a few hours each week outside of scheduled times working on reading and homework assignments.

  • Technically, there is no such thing as a “certified yoga teacher”. There is a national organization called the Yoga Alliance” which “registers” teachers. You will be able to register with the Yoga Alliance after receiving your certificate of completion.

  • Yes. By successfully completing all of the requirements for South River Yoga’s Teacher Training Program you will receive your certificate of completion at the 200-Hour Level. You may also register with the Yoga Alliance as a RYT-200, which is the minimum amount studios, gyms, and others look for when hiring yoga teachers.

    You will also begin practice teaching throughout the program!

  • Any application fees or deposits are non-refundable. There are no tuition refunds after 50% of the program is completed. If the student withdraws prior to 50% of the program being completed, a 50% tuition refund will be given.
    If there are circumstances that prevent you from finishing, we try to work with each student to apply credit toward future teacher trainings