Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Course Curriculum
Earn your 300-500-800-1100-hour certification levels.
Learn more about our 100-hour ATT modules that can help you reach RYT-500 level & beyond!
Overview: Aim, Key & Purpose
The aim of this Advanced Yoga TT curriculum is to give the continuing teacher, as well as highly interested practitioner, a thorough exposure to both ancient and modern aspects and insights of yoga. It is based on years of study in both practice and intensive research. Centered Yoga began offering advanced training courses in 2004 with a thorough, updated, and informative curriculum now available from 2023 on.
The key to the Advanced Yoga TT curriculum is found in six core courses and three Know-the-Breath courses. Each course delivers 100-hours of Advanced credit hours towards the Yoga Alliance 300-hour level and beyond, while also giving Continuing Education Credits to interested students. As such, these programs are open to all interested and sincere students, whether teaching or not, adding the minimum of 300 hours and up to 900 hours of training.
The purpose of these courses is to deepen in your understanding of yoga through direct personal experience and enhanced learning, while increasing your teaching qualification. A focus on practice ensures Prānāyāma is both begun and developed effectively, as āsana and kriyas continue, while key knowledge in anatomy and physiology, philosophy, and other related areas are presented.
We provide the setting to optimally support your body and mind so the time invested in your training is most beneficial and personally rewarding.
The ATT Curriculum Six Core 100-hour Courses
These courses can be taken in any order when available.
They can also be combined with the three ‘Know-the-Breath’ courses.
All courses are two-week 100-hour residential programs.
Follow the Guide to complete your ATT-300 below.
Course 1. Yoga, The Body & Anatomy: Functional Anatomy, Biomechanics & Āsana Intensive (offered next in 2026)
Explore functional anatomy and biomechanics relating to the core, spine, shoulder-arms-hands, and the pelvic girdle relationship with lower limbs. Plus, build your practice and teaching repertoire through āsana detail, sequencing & teaching of arm balances, deep hip opening, and backbending posture categories
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Course 2. Yoga, The Body & Movement: Movement Science, Functional Anatomy & Āsana Intensive (offered July 14 - 27, 2024)
Explore functional anatomy and movement science relating to the foot-core connection and pelvis-core base, along with energy use in āsana. Plus, build your practice and teaching repertoire through āsana detail, sequencing & teaching of core-focused, balancing-oriented, and advanced standing categories.
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Course 3. Yoga, The Body & Restorative: Science of Āsana & Restorative Yoga Insight (offered next in 2025)
Explore the range of the fascial network and its role in stability, mobility, and movement. Study the nervous system in relationship to āsana and learn about stress, fear, and trauma. Plus, build your teaching repertoire through restorative āsana detail, sequencing & teaching, along with basic breath routines for a yoga class
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Course 4. Breath & Philosophy: The post-Vedic Classical Yoga Tradition & practice of Prānāyāma (offered next in 2026)
Discover how the philosophy of Yoga and later systematization of ‘yoga’ is detailed in the early Classical material of Upanisads, Brahmanical texts, and the Yoga Sutra of Pātanjali.
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Plus, build and develop your breath-to-prānāyāma practice with an āsana-for-prānāyāma routine, kriyas, and dynamic āsana practice, with ongoing Q&A relating to breath practice.
Course 5. Breath & Tantra-Hatha: The Tantric to Hatha-Rāja Yoga Tradition & practice of Prānāyāma (offered July 28 - August 10, 2024)
Discover how the meaning of Yoga was systematized as ‘yoga’ through the early Śaiva and Buddhist Tantric, Vaisnava, and Nath traditions, to arise as a well-formed Hatha-Rāja Yoga.
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Plus, build and develop your breath-to-prānāyāma practice with an āsana-for-prānāyāma routine, kriyas, and dynamic āsana practice, with ongoing Q&A relating to breath practice.
Course 6. Breath, Yoga & Science: Modern Science on the Breath and Yoga Methods & practice of Prānāyāma (offered next in 2025)
Go in to greater detail on the human biology of the Yoga Process, how physical activity in yoga is differentiated from exercise, and learn the anatomy and physiology of breathing, with updates on research in the scientific and cultural realms.
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Plus, continue to develop and deepen prānāyāma, kriyas, and āsana practice, with ongoing Q&A relating to breath practice.
Each Advanced Yoga Teacher Training 100-hour module is fully inclusive of the training program, all practical sessions and lectures, as well as the full facilities of Samahita Retreat, guest rooms of your choice, and all buffet meals and drinks.
Know-the-breath Three 100-hour Courses
These courses are best taken in order as they are progressive.
Each course also offers Continuing Education Credits (CECs).
Know-the-Breath 1: Essentials of Yoga (offered June 30 - July 13, 2024)
Breath-Prānāyāma, Āsana-Vinyāsa, Meditation-Mantra
open to All Levels, New and Continuing StudentsThis is an excellent program to immerse in the essentials of yoga practice, build and develop your breath-to-prānāyāma practice, get into the detail of āsana practice (body posture), both dynamic with vinyāsa and restorative, and cultivate a meditation practice.
Know-the-Breath 2: Prānāyāma Training One – Intermediate (offered every year)
Immersive practice and detailed training in Prānāyāma
open to Continuing Students and PTT-registeredIdeal for students who have begun Prānāyāma practice and seek guidance to proceed. Prānāyāma training requires an understanding of the breath, breathwork, the base of breath regulation, and certain kriyas to be able to proceed and engage in actual practice. Related anatomy and physiology and specific Prānāyāma techniques are introduced here, continued into the next level course.
Registered PTT students earn a preliminary qualification:
- Instructor of Breathwork Practice Certificate
Know-the-Breath 3: Prānāyāma Training Two – Advancing (set dates for eligible students)
Advancing the depth and understanding of Prānāyāma practice
open to Eligible Students by application and PTT-registeredPrānāyāma is the art of yoga practice and requires a matched level of commitment and regularity in practice. Doing it naturally advances it which equips one to teach levels of it. Prānāyāma requires skill to manage the breath and related body areas. Related anatomy and physiology and specific Prānāyāma techniques are continued.
Registered PTT students earn a secondary qualification:
- Breath & Prānāyāma Level One Instructor Certificate
Prānāyāma Teacher Training (PTT)
The PTT is a full immersion in Prānāyāma practice and how to teach it at several progressive levels across actual breathwork to the classic yogic techniques of Prānāyāma.
It involves 4 x 100-hour ‘build-it’ style courses whereby one can simultaneously earn their YA-500 hour qualification. Within that timeframe one can decide to fully register and complete the levels of the PTT.
The PTT curriculum requires at a minumum ATT-300 Courses 5 and 6 plus Know-the-Breath Courses 2 and 3. In terms of planning, as an interested student you should complete these four courses, confirming PTT registration by the time of attendance on Know-the-Breath Course 2 to be eligible to receive the ‘Instructor of Breathwork Practice Certificate’. Eligible and registered PTT students will then be part of a dedicated group to participate in the Know-the-Breath Course 3, earning the ‘Breath & Prānāyāma Level One Instructor Certificate’.
The PTT is concluded with two dedicated PTT 100-hour residential sessions that are specific only to PTT registered students. This level of training will be supplemented by online support sessions. Upon successful completion of the training, PTT students earn:
- Breath & Prānāyāma Level Two Instructor Certificate
Ongoing practice and training eventually leads the qualified student to a:
- Breath & Prānāyāma Level Three Teacher Certificate
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A guide of how to complete your ATT 300-hours and apply for the RYT-500 level
- Complete your 200-hour YTT – this can be done through Centered Yoga or elsewhere.
- Choose three of the core 100-hour ATT courses to complete at Samahita over a 1 to 3 year period. You can follow one of our suggested course paths, or choose whichever three of the core 100-hour courses align to you and your interests.
- Add your 300-hours ATT to your already completed 200-hour YTT to be eligible to apply for Yoga Alliance’s RYT-500 (you will also be asked to prove 100-hours of teaching experience). The 300-hour minimum of Advanced courses must be completed at one dedicated yoga school. In this case, all three 100-hour modules must be completed with Centered Yoga at Samahita Retreat.
- There is no application form to complete – just book your place on each course in the year they are offered. Once you have completed the required courses we will confirm your 300-hours and double-check your 200-hour YTT certificate. We can then officially issue you the ATT 300-hour certificate.
Examples of ways to build your ATT-300 path of Advanced teaching credentials
| Optional RYT-500 Course Paths | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Path A: Body & Anatomy
Interested to major in |
Course 1: Yoga, The Body & Anatomy | Course 2: Yoga, The Body & Movement | Course 3: Yoga, The Body & Restorative |
| Path B: Breath & Philosophy
Interested to major in |
Course 4: Breath & Philosophy | Course 5: Breath & Tantra-Hatha | Course 6: Breath, Yoga & Science |
| Path C: Body-Breath
Interested in adding -Select main course
-Followed by 1st Yogi’s choice
-Complete with 2nd Yogi’s choice
|
Course 1: Yoga, The Body & Anatomy | 1st Yogi’s Choice:
OR |
2nd Yogi’s Choice:
OR OR |
| Path D: Breath-Body
Interested in adding -Select main course
-Followed by 1st Yogi’s choice
-Complete with 2nd Yogis choice
|
Course 6: Breath, Yoga & Science | 1st Yogi’s Choice:
OR |
2nd Yogi’s Choice:
OR OR |
| Path E: Know-the-Breath
Interested to major in |
Know-the-Breath 1: Essentials of Yoga Breath-Prānāyāma, Āsana-Vinyāsa, Meditation-Mantra |
Know-the-Breath 2: Prānāyāma Training One – Intermediate | Know-the-Breath 3: Prānāyāma Training Two – Advancing |
Increase to 800-hour Level:
Complete all six courses by adding on the three remaining core 100-hour ATT courses OR the three Know-the-Breath courses
Complete 1100-hour Advanced Teacher Level:
Complete all six core 100-hour ATT courses
PLUS the three Know-the-Breath 100-hour courses
Go Beyond 1100-hours with Continuing Education Credits:
This material is constantly being updated. Though the same course may be offered a few years apart no course is ever the same, especially with the focus on practice and instructing through interactive Q&A’s. So, repeat any or all of the six core 100-hour ATT courses and the three Know-the-Breath courses.
Why Continue to Study?
While professional organizations, such as Centered Yoga and Yoga Alliance, require continuing education for teachers, we hope you choose to take these courses out of a sincere and genuine interest in learning rather than obligation or necessity. If you put your growth and development first, everything else follows easily and automatically, even any requirements you may need for certification.
The yoga path and continued learning
The yoga path is continuous. To grow in your practice, some focused time in the study under proper guidance is essential. The Advanced Yoga Teacher Training courses serve as part of this continuing education by covering specific subject matter in depth, furthering practice, and offering the opportunity for you to spend time in direct contact with your teacher(s).
We are always students, whether teaching or not. A teacher must engage in ongoing study, as well as cultivate growth in his or her daily practice. Personal retreats, away from your daily routines, are also helpful because the practice and teachings take time to really sink in and have their impact.
The deeper we grow ourselves, the better a service we can offer our students. But we’re also on a path inward in our own growth. For me, as a student, and then as a teacher, I have always put the time in study and growth first. Every year, I take time to study, be inspired and grow. Studying keeps alive that lifeline to the teachings, so they can penetrate me deeper. This way I stay fresh; I stay open.
Even if you do not teach, time to go further in a focused way is the key to growth. With this in mind, we offer a variety of on-going courses in an ideal setting. Immersing yourself in an environment charged with the energy and enthusiasm of others, and being exposed to the full-on guidance of the teachers, will reveal a clear path to your personal development and transformation.
I have watched this myself as I have embraced the path over the years. These courses and the special environment we try to cultivate are a deliberate attempt to duplicate that experience and to encourage others to keep growing and teaching better.
Paul Dallaghan, PhD
Founder and Director
Rates
For all 2-week 100-hour programs listed above.
Rates are in US Dollars, are per person, and are fully inclusive of your chosen room, all buffet meals, use of full facilities, and all training and practices for the duration of the program dates.
| NEW “Inhale” Beachfront Rooms |
Beachfront Private | $4,114 |
| Beachview Private | $3,494 | |
| Beach Private | $3,234 | |
| “Exhale” Gardenview Rooms | Garden Private | $2,714 |
| Garden Semi-Private | $2,454 | |
| Garden Shared Loft | $2,194 |
If you plan to book two or more ATT courses in a row, please email reservations at info@samahitaretreat.com to book your room for the full length of your stay.
Each Advanced Yoga Teacher Training 100-hour module is fully inclusive of the training program, all practical sessions and lectures, as well as the full facilities of Samahita Retreat, guest rooms of your choice, and all buffet meals and drinks.
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