There are three advantages that together distinguish Worlds Yoga 200 Hours Yoga Teacher Training program from other 200 hours programs:

1. Worlds Yoga’s program is broad-based. It is not based on a single yoga sequence like some other teacher training programs are.
2. Among the yoga teacher training programs that are broad-based, Worlds Yoga’s innovative concept of Mini Sequences makes Worlds Yoga 200 Hours Yoga Teacher Training approach pedagogically superior. It empowers graduates to become highly effective yoga teachers.
3. Worlds Yoga helps its graduates to jump start their teaching after their graduation by offering Community classes taught by its graduates. Moreover, it provides opportunities to assist, substitute, and teach classes at any of the Worlds Yoga studios when such opportunities become available.

There is a well-respected organization called Yoga Alliance which provides yoga teacher training program guidelines. Yoga Alliance reviews and approves teacher training programs which comply with its guidelines. Yoga Alliance provides a WorldWide registry system for yoga teachers who complete approved yoga teacher training programs such as Worlds Yoga 200 Hours Program.

Worlds Yoga will issue a certificate of graduation to those who successfully complete the graduation requirements. Graduates can then register with Yoga Alliance and become a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), because Worlds Yoga Teacher Training program is approved by Yoga Alliance.

Yes. In order to receive Worlds Yoga Teacher Training Graduation certification, there is graduation requirements consisting:

1. Attending 10 mandatory yoga classes to experience various styles of yoga.
2. Observing 5 yoga classes and writing a short report about each class.
3. Completing a feedback form about the topics presented and discussed throughout the program.
4. Completing a take home exam you will receive before the final week of the program.

That is fine. Not all attendees intend to teach yoga. Many enroll for their own personal enrichment. They attend the teacher training program meetings, attend yoga classes at Worlds Yoga studios during the program at the YTT discounted rate, gain a tremendous amount of insight into and knowledge of various aspects of yoga, and deepen their yoga practice without becoming a registered yoga teacher.

If you miss only one full meeting (a weekend session), you can make it up in order to receive certification. If you miss more than one full meeting, you will have to wait until the next Worlds Yoga Teacher Training Program offering to make up for what you have missed by attending the equivalent number of relevant Teacher Training sessions in order to receive certification.

Your program Academic and Operations Directors will discuss with you options available for making up what you have missed in order to receive certification. The options will depend on the sessions you have missed and the availability of the faculty members. You may incur additional cost for making up missed sessions.

The Worlds Yoga Teacher Training sessions will be held at Worlds Yoga Fremont mostly. We may hold some meetings in Worlds Yoga Union City studio. Worlds Yoga Fremont and Union City studios are conveniently located along Highway 880 and are a few short exits apart. Commuting to Fremont and Union City studios on the weekends is an easy drive due to proximity to highways 880 and 84.

Yes. As described earlier, one of the requirements for receiving the Yoga Teacher Training Certificate is to attend 11 mandatory classes at your own cost. You will receive the program handouts digitally for free. There will be a set of recommended books and reading assignments. If you like to own the books you will need to buy them at your own cost.

If for any reason you can’t continue the program to its completion, you will be given a space in the next immediate Worlds Yoga Teacher Training program to complete your training. There will be no refund of tuition and you will not receive a certificate of graduation until you complete the training.

Yes. Our teacher trainees may attend group classes during their training period at the YTT discounted rate. This benefit allows Worlds Yoga teacher trainees to experience different styles of yoga and different styles of teaching throughout their program all within Worlds Yoga studios. With Worlds Yoga membership you can attend unlimited yoga classes at any of Worlds Yoga studios.

Worlds Yoga Teacher trainees also receive 15% discount on all workshops and product purchases during the program.

No. Teaching positions in Worlds Yoga are filled through a carefully executed rigorous process. Teaching styles, schedules, experience, educational credentials, references, and teaching as a substitute teacher in Worlds Yoga studios are all taken into account.

To help our graduates jump start their public teaching we take several measures:

• Throughout the program, all attendees practice teach frequently, receive feedback from other attendees, and observe other attendees teach.
• We schedule Community classes taught by our graduates.
• We give priority to our graduates as substitute teachers for classes taught by other teachers when they need substitute teachers.
• When a teaching position becomes available, given everything else being equal among all applicants, our graduates are given priority for the position.

Go to the Teacher Training Contact Page and send your question to the Teacher Traininig Team