
Strengthen your own yoga practice, learn how to transform lives and acquire the foundation for safe and effective yoga teaching. NETA’s Yoga Teacher Training is a weekend modular program. Certification courses can be used as stand–alone continuing education opportunities, or completed as a full curriculum to earn the 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher designation.
NETA’s full 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training program includes five 2–day certifications, five 1-day certifications, one 3-day certification, and an independent home study. In these courses you will learn:
- How to build confidence and strength in your yoga practice and daily life
- How to teach yoga as an all–encompassing workout for the body, mind and spirit
- How to avoid injury, basic anatomy, and proper yoga alignment
- How to sequence yoga postures with breathing
- How to create and teach dynamic yoga classes with progressive levels of difficulty
1. Two-day Specialty Certifications
2. One Day Specialty Certifications
3. Advanced Certification for Yoga Teachers
Apply learning from the 200-hour training program to practice teaching, skills assessments, final projects and a cumulative final exam. This course serves as the final preparatory step for teachers wishing to apply for Yoga Alliance registration. The Advanced Yoga Certification must be taken as the last course in the 200-hour NETA Yoga Certification track.
4. Independent Study for Yoga Professionals (20 hours)
Participants are eligible to begin the independent study after completion of all one and two-day live workshops. Once you are eligible to begin independent study please contact NETA’s Director of Education at darci@netafit.org for approval and instructions.
- Specialty Project: research project with presentation at advanced module
- Nada Yoga: research and observation of chanting and song with presentation at advanced module
- Class Observations: participation in and written observation of multiple formats of yoga instruction
Attention: In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Yoga Alliance has temporarily approved remote instruction as an acceptable form of contact hours from Registered Yoga Schools (RYS) effective through the end of 2023. Live Virtual workshops will be added to the schedule weekly. Please continue to check the schedule on our website for updates.
Cancellation and Refund Policy | For more information, see FAQs on Getting Certified.