200-Hour Teacher Training

NOW IS THE TIME we could all use Yoga in our life. With Yoga Belly’s 200-hour Yoga teacher training program, you will learn how to cultivate a strong daily practice, apply lessons you learn off your mat, and develop skills that help you become your own Yoga Teacher.

Combining virtual technology and in-person sessions, explore the richness of Yoga, including history, philosophy, principles, meditation, breathing techniques, and postures. We will share the formula of our signature class Yoga Belly and take you on a journey of self-awareness, self-discovery, and self-care. Once you go through our program, you will earn your 200-hour certificate of completion for registry at Yoga Alliance, USA. This life-changing experience will improve your quality of life and give you the skills, tools, and confidence you’ll need to teach others.

Led by the dynamic duo Aaron and Will (proud founders of Yoga Belly), our training sessions are scheduled Friday nights and all day Saturday’s and Sunday’s, one weekend a month. We are hosting our teacher training in our new learning center where you’ll have access to a kitchen. We will also study with seasoned professionals via live-stream that you can partake in from the comfort of your own home!

Tuition is $3200 (6-month payment plan) OR $3000 (pay in full). Includes 6 months unlimited Yoga classes.

2023 teacher training dates:

Sep 15, 16, 17 Yoga Belly Signature Class
Sep 29, 30, 10/1 What Makes a Great Teacher?
Oct 13, 14, 15 Becoming Your Own Teacher
Oct 27, 28, 29 Anatomy
Nov 10, 11, 12 History & Philosophy; Creating Your Own Sequence
Dec 8, 9, 10 Advanced Asanas; The Business of Yoga; Social Media

This Maharishi Yoga Peeth unique 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training is designed to create well-informed Yoga teachers. Upon completion of the training, teachers will have the capacity to teach a yoga class with intention, confidence and competency. 

This course will adopt an in-depth study on how to teach yoga to practitioners of all levels and follows the approach of a multi-style of yoga lineages such as Vinyasa, Hatha (Iyengar informed), Ashtanga and Yin Yoga. With additional learning on class sequencing; cueing, adjustments and assists and learning how to teach yoga through a trauma-informed lens.

Maharishi Yoga Peeth is a registered Yoga School with U.S Yoga Alliance.

Typical Daily schedule at Maharishi:

The teacher training is hosted at Hotel Yuvraj in Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh. The trainee will live an ashram-style lifestyle for the course of the training with the food diet being sattvic based. Six days per week will consist of a 2 x daily yoga asana class with the afternoons filled with study in Teaching Methodology, Raja Yoga philosophy, Asana Lab, Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology of Yoga and much more.

With the core teaching faculty being hosted by international yoga teachers Dav Jones, Salma Othman and Sidharth Ji.

This Maharishi Yoga Peeth unique 300hr Yoga teacher training teaches the aspirant to develop an informed knowledge based approach to teaching yoga from a collection of asana styles in Vinyasa, Hatha (Iyengar informed), Ashtanga and Yin Yoga.

This training will also take adopt an in-depth practice and study into Yoga Philosophy, Kinesiology, Somatic Awareness & intuitive touch, Tantra Kriyas, mantra, mudra, pranayama, shatkarmas and ancient meditation techniques. This course, upon completion will accredit the trainee to register as a Registered Yoga Teacher 500 (RYT 500).

Maharishi Yoga Peeth is a registered Yoga School with U.S Yoga Alliance.

Typical Daily schedule at Maharishi:

The teacher training is hosted at Hotel Yuvraj in Laxman Jhula, Rishikesh. The trainee will live an ashram-style lifestyle for the course of the training with the food diet being sattvic based. Six days per week will consist of a 2 x daily yoga asana class with the afternoons filled with study in Teaching Methodology, Raja Yoga Philosophy, Asana Lab, Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology of Yoga, Functional Mobility, Hand-Balance Fundamentals and much more.

With the core teaching faculty being led by international yoga teachers Dav Jones, Salma Othman and Sidharth Ji.