Yoga Teacher Training Certificate

Level 1 YTT 200hr

Santosha’s Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training Certification is a 28-day intensive program designed for those who are thinking about becoming yoga teachers or those who just want to deepen their personal practice.  Perfectly balancing theory and practice, this course enables you to achieve prasisthaana, which is the Sanskrit term for ground and foundation. The focus is living the principles of yoga within a contemporary context.

The Santosha YTT 200 Hour training allows each individual to experience the true essence of Yoga through a unique and holistic synthesis of ageless wisdom of ancient scriptures and philosophy applied in a contemporary context. We foster a learning environment in which students can grasp and thus begin to put Yoga into practice in their daily lives.

Santosha’s teachers posses much knowledge, understanding and teach from their hearts.

Together students and teachers can begin to create the most amazing Yogic environment for learning and transformation: a community of like-minded individuals from around the world that support one another in living our true potential! Santosha Yoga Teacher Trainings are truly unique and all students will feel supported, loved and accepted from the moment they arrive to begin their new journey.

We are a Registered Yoga School (RYS) with Yoga Alliance at both the 200 and 300 hour level - which means students can apply for their 200 or 500 Hour RYT certificate with Yoga Alliance. There are no extra hours outside of the training after the YTT has completed, all hours are done prior to (if chosen) or during the course.

Pre Requisites

Santosha is a Registered Yoga School with Yoga Alliance and accordingly follows and adheres to Yoga Alliance guidelines and standards.

Santoshas only pre requisite is a sincere desire in ones heart to attend any course and change not only your own life but if teaching bring positive change to their students lives.

All of Santosha's YTT trainings are open to all, however if you wish to register with Yoga Alliance as a RYT then the guiding standards will apply.

The course covers five key learning areas:

The modules include asana, pranayama, meditation, mudra, bandha, koshas, kriyas, mantra, kirtan, Ayurveda, class planning, yoga for special needs, OH&S,  and business principles. You will have the opportunity to observe others teaching while being encouraged to connect with the authentic teacher within you.

Upon completing this course you will be equipped to practice safely and teach others in a range of diverse settings. This course allows you to become registered with Yoga Alliance and all Santosha graduates are offered support on their teaching journey. We guarantee you will leave us with a wealth of knowledge, a smile on your face and a warm, open heart!

Why our 200hr course is unique:

1. E-RYT teacher(s) teaching the required hours.

2. We include unique modules:  the principles of Ayurvedic Medicine and Yoga, massage, Post/Pre Natal, Children’s Yoga Women’s Issues, Yoga Therapy etc.

3. Graduates can become Registered Yoga Teachers (RYTs) with Yoga Alliance. RYT designations are trusted symbols of knowledge, training, and experience. Possessing one enhances your credibility as a teacher. RYT designations are trusted symbols of knowledge, training, and experience. Being registered as a RYT enhances your credibility as a teacher.

4. The course offers higher-than-required (for Yoga Alliance registration) contact teaching hours for very little cost to the student.

5. This course is one of the most comprehensive Yoga Teacher Trainings in the world.

6. The course offers an amazing opportunity to train alongside some of the most experienced teachers in the Yoga world.

7. We believe in high standards of teaching from senior Yoga Teachers. Santosha follows the guidelines of Yoga Alliance.

8. Santosha believes that Teacher Trainings should be accessible to the majority, not a minority and that the cost to the student should be reflected by this “non greed”philosophy.

9. The course is about imparting knowledge, accordingly we expect a high standard from our teachers.

10. Santosha prefers quality over quantity thus we keep our class sizes to an average of 18 with a maximum of 30 students with E-RYT teacher(s) present during the training.

11. For our Japanese students we provide a translator during class at all times.

12. We organise comfortable, fantastic beach front accommodation for our students at a discounted rate.

13. We provide an opportunity for Graduates to work at other Santosha retreats or Teacher Trainings.

14. Santosha organises and liaises with other companies that are providing yoga courses which can, when completed by a graduate, fulfil requirements for further education for Yoga Alliance.

Santosha Yoga Mission Statement

Santosha Yoga and its teachers honour every one as an individual and therefore unique and deserving of receiving the best quality experience possible. Our Yoga Teacher Trainings, will uphold a standard of excellence and devotion to the practise while respecting individual needs. We are committed to creating a space of safety and respect that will acknowledge and allow each individual's innate equanimity, truth, empathy and joy to grow through the process of learning. May all who pass through our courses feel a renewed sense of ease, vitality and enthusiasm for their life. May all also be blessed with health, compassion, love and always be free of suffering.

Please see our Events page for more information or click here to request the Part Time Yoga Teacher Training Practical Information and YTT 200 Student Handbook.

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