Yoga Teacher Skills
Certificate of Achievement
Program Details
The Yoga Teacher Skills Certificate prepares students to meet the requirements for Yoga Alliance to become a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. This comprehensive and wisdom-based program uses anatomy and physiology as well as English and Sanskrit terminology to provide students with both a broad background and practical experience in the essential elements of yoga. Completion of the program prepares students for employment in health clubs, spas, yoga studios, hospitals, and the health industry as well as for self-employment as yoga instructors. This certificate requires 9 units.
Yoga Teacher Skills Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Demonstrate, describe and teach basic Hatha yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation.
- Identify and describe anatomy and kinesiology principles in relation to basic Hatha yoga postures.
- Identify and determine safe practices related to Yoga postures.