Yoga enthusiasts in southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, or northwest Arkansas who want to do a training that fits into their busy schedule but also offers in-person, hands-on experience.

• Build confidence leading a safe, effective yoga class.

• Learn how to create well-balanced class plans and sequences.

• Deepen your understanding of yoga poses, alignment, and modifications.

• Learn anatomy and movement principles that make you a more knowledgeable teacher and practitioner.

• Develop stronger verbal cueing and communication skills.

• Learn how to adapt classes for different bodies, abilities, and experience levels.

This 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training is offered in a hybrid format combining in-person training weekends, live Zoom sessions, prerecorded video lectures, independent study, observation hours, and hands-on teaching practice.

Trainees will progress through the following areas of study and practice:

• Yoga Foundations & Philosophy: Explore yoga history, philosophy, ethics, mindfulness, meditation, pranayama, and how these traditions apply to modern yoga practice and teaching.

• Anatomy, Alignment & Safe Movement: Study anatomy, physiology, body mechanics, alignment, modifications, contraindications, and how to adapt poses for different bodies, experience levels, and physical needs.

• Sequencing, Class Planning & Teaching Methodology: Learn to create safe, balanced Vinyasa classes from gentle to power styles while developing effective cueing, demonstration, communication, class management, and an authentic teaching style.

• Hands-On Practice & Teaching Experience: Practice adjusting and assisting, teach short sequences in small groups, observe experienced instructors, receive feedback, and gradually build the confidence and skills needed to lead a complete class.

• Hybrid Coursework & Final Practicum: Complete prerecorded lectures, readings, independent study, weekly live Zoom discussions, four in-person training weekends, observation hours, a 60-minute teaching practicum, self-evaluation, and open-book written exam.

Throughout the training, students will move gradually from learning and observing to practicing, teaching short sequences, and ultimately leading a full yoga class.

This 200-hour hybrid Yoga Teacher Training combines in-person weekends, live Zoom sessions, prerecorded lectures, independent study, observation hours, and teaching practice. Graduates who complete all requirements receive a Certificate of Completion and are eligible to register with AYC. Training prepares students to teach Vinyasa yoga in studio, fitness, community, and private settings.