200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Dive into a life-changing course of study to establish or deepen your personal practice and become an effective yoga teacher.
200-Hour Teacher Training
Uncover new depths in your practice and teaching.
- Advance your personal healing and self-unfoldment
- Learn, and ultimately embody, the foundational practices and teachings of yoga
- Join a community of teachers and practitioners from all over the world
- Unlock your capacity to bring positive change to your community and the world
Experience the Wisdom of a Living Tradition
The Himalayan Institute’s 200-hour yoga teacher training program combines traditional yoga theory with modern science to cover the complete scope of yoga.
In-Depth Study & Practice
Experience, and gain insights into, the deeper dimensions of yoga.
Authentic Himalayan Tradition
Connect to an inexhaustible source of inspiration and nourishment.
World Leader in Yoga
Gain skills that will help you excel as a professional yoga teacher.
About This Training:
Overview
Deepen Your Practice and Become a Yoga Teacher!
With over 50 years of teaching excellence, the Himalayan Institute has trained thousands of teachers in the authentic teachings of classical yoga and meditation.
Join a living tradition and immerse yourself in a life-changing course of study during our completely online 200-hour yoga teacher certification program! This training program draws from traditional yoga theory and modern knowledge of the body and mind to cover the complete scope of yoga, providing a foundation for practice and teaching which is both broad and rich. Our exceptional teaching team shares decades of experience to help you deepen your personal practice as well as develop your teaching skills. When you enroll in the Himalayan Institute’s 200-hour teacher training course, you don’t just train to become a yoga teacher—you get the opportunity to participate in one of the most comprehensive teacher training programs in the world, and learn from dedicated, experienced teachers who represent the unbroken lineage of the Himalayan Tradition.
Accreditation
The Himalayan Institute is fully accredited by Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga School.
The Himalayan Institute’s Organizational Policies
The Himalayan Institute’s Board of Directors has adopted these organizational policies in order to safeguard and positively support the experience of all the Institute’s students, employees, residents and community members. For full details, visit our Organizational Policies Page.
About the Training
Our 200-hour yoga teacher training program is offered fully online. This highly experiential online format gives you the opportunity to participate in an intensive course of study and practice from the comfort of your own home while maintaining the deeply transformative benefit of the program. You will join a community of teachers and practitioners from all over the world connected by the yoga tradition.
Key aspect of the training include:
- Fully online immersion offered in two month- long segments with ample time in between for integration and assimilation of key concepts and practices
- 100 hours of on-demand content dropped once per week to present the main content for the training
- 100 hours of live sessions three times per week to engage in discussions, ask questions, and integrate the material in real time through group practice teaching exercises
Our faculty and support teams are committed to delivering a world-class online learning experience. We continue to lead in implementing best practices for online training, with a commitment to fostering community, as well as investments in high-quality audio and video equipment to enhance the group learning process.
Progam Curriculum
200 Content Hours
Techniques and Training: Asana, Pranayama and Meditation – 70
Teaching Methods – 50
Philosophy, Lifestyle, and Ethics – 40
Anatomy and Physiology – 25
Miscellaneous – 15
What You’ll Learn
Asana, Breathing, Relaxation, and Meditation Practice
A strong personal practice will inform and develop your teaching. You will participate in full practices consisting of yoga asana, yogic breathing, systematic relaxation, seated breath awareness and meditation to help you to further develop and deepen your own personal practice, and to directly experience and apply the concepts you are learning to yourself.
Anatomy and Physiology
Learn the basics of anatomy and physiology concepts in order to have an understanding of how the human body works in relation to the practice of yoga. These sessions will include engaging experiential work.
Teaching Methods
Using our time-tested systematic approach to teaching, you will learn how to teach safely, clearly, and effectively by working with practice teaching in small groups. This unique approach will provide a supportive blueprint for instructing and sequencing so that you can complete the training program with the tools and confidence you will need to begin teaching immediately.
Diaphragmatic Breath Training and Pranayama
Develop your own personal relationship with breathing using an understanding of respiratory anatomy and physiology as a foundation for experiencing the immense transformative power of the breath. You will discover how specific breath training practices help to strengthen the diaphragm, balance the nervous system, and serve as an important foundation for pranayama practice. Experience how optimal yogic breathing supports overall health, well-being, and spiritual unfoldment.
Systematic Relaxation Techniques
Relaxation exercises form the bridge between hatha yoga and meditation practices. Discover how these practices help the mind and body assimilate the benefits of yoga postures while relieving stress, balancing the nervous system, and increasing subtle awareness.
Meditation Techniques
Discover the essentials of yogic meditation, including how to establish a comfortable and stable sitting posture and the role of breathing in meditation practice. You will also experience a simple, practical process of specific techniques designed to help the mind focus and become more inward.
Subtle Body Anatomy
Experience the power of prana—your own vital life force—in practice, and how to deepen your own awareness and experience of this potent healing force. Learn about the importance of subtle body anatomy, including chakras, and how to apply this knowledge to your own practice and teaching in a practical and grounded way.
Yoga Philosophy
A solid understanding of yoga philosophy will expand and deepen the experience of asana and infuse inspiration and meaning into your practice and teaching. Familiarize yourself with the core concepts of key foundational yogic texts: Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra and The Bhagavad Gita. Learn how these ancient texts are now more relevant to modern life and teaching than ever.
Sanskrit
Enhance your credibility as a yoga teacher by skillfully incorporating Sanskrit into your teaching. Learn fundamental principles of the Sanskrit language, asana names, key yoga terms, as well as traditional prayers and chants to apply in your own practice.
Ayurveda: Diet and Lifestyle
A foundational understanding and practice of the science of ayurveda will compliment and empower your yoga practice and teaching. Discover the essential foundational concepts of ayurveda, including how to implement specific diet and lifestyle practices to support seasonal and life changes as well as to pacify imbalance.
Meet the Teachers
Judy Moulton
Judy Moulton is a Himalayan Institute certified and Yoga Alliance recognized E-RYT 500, an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist registered with the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA). Judy is also the director of the Himalayan Institute’s professional certification programs and an integral faculty member teaching within those programs. In addition, Judy is a member of the PureRejuv Wellness Center staff, leading ayurvedic retreats and conducting individual consultations. Having experienced the immense transformative power of yoga and ayurveda directly, she relies on her own personal practice to support her daily life and is dedicated to helping others to do the same.
Greg Capitolo
Greg Capitolo is a certified E-RYT 500 yoga teacher who has studied, practiced, and trained with the Himalayan Institute since 1995. Greg’s teaching combines precise alignment-based instruction with breath-centered movement, pranayama, systematic relaxation and meditation, leading students of all levels to experience the transformative power of yoga. Greg has been in residence at the Himalayan Institute since 2006, studying yoga in all its aspects under the guidance of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Rolf Sovik, Sandra Anderson and Shari Friedrichsen. Greg currently serves as the Institute’s Director of Mission Programming and President.
Sandra Anderson
Senior faculty at the Himalayan Institute, Sandy teaches yoga, meditation, and philosophy, and is a key instructor in the Institute's teacher training programs. She is the coauthor of the award-winning book, Yoga Mastering the Basics, and a frequent contributor to the Himalayan Institute's online Wisdom Library. Her work draws on her immersion in the living oral tradition, traditional texts of hatha yoga and tantra, training in Sanskrit, and her background in environmental science. A long-time resident at the Himalayan Institute with a diverse background and life experience, Sandy has a unique capacity to convey the richness of spiritual life in the contemporary world.
Shiva Tigunait
Shiva Tigunait received her doctorate in Classics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012, and taught ancient languages, literature, and philosophy at Penn and Smith College prior to moving to the Himalayan Institute in 2015. Shiva is continually inspired by sacred sound and its profound impact on us at every level, from gross to subtle. In her teaching and writing, Shiva shares her passion for Sanskrit, linguistics, the texts of yoga and tantra, and mantra. The wisdom of the sages and the practice of meditation, she believes, can help us realize true fulfillment and freedom.
Ishan Tigunait
Growing up at the Himalayan Institute, Ishan Tigunait received his first spiritual lessons from Swami Rama of the Himalayas, and has continued his spiritual education for the past 30 years under the guidance of his father, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait. Ishan serves as Executive Director of the Himalayan Institute, and has been a driving force for the Himalayan Institute’s humanitarian projects in Africa over the past 15 years. He also serves as Managing Director of Himalayan Institute India, and spearheaded the establishment of the Institute’s newest campus in Khajuraho, India.
Ishan’s passion is sharing modern reflections on the ancient wisdom of the yogic and tantric traditions. As a Himalayan Institute faculty member, he is a key contributor to the Vishoka Meditation program and the Institute’s 500-hour yoga teacher training program, and also leads annual pilgrimages to India and the Himalayas.
Holding a degree in computer engineering, Ishan worked for IBM before returning to the Himalayan Institute in 2006. Ishan is also co-founder of Moka Origins, a socially conscious bean-to-bar chocolate maker and specialty coffee roaster. He is an avid social entrepreneur, and is committed to sharing the transformational power of yoga to unleash our full potential.
Dates & Costs
The 2026 200-hour Program is organized into two 100-hour segments as follows:
Segment 1: Tuesday, April 7 – Saturday, May 9, 2026
Segment 2: Tuesday, August 4 – Saturday, September 5, 2026
This unique format allows for space between segments for processing and integration of the program content into your yoga practice and daily life.
Please note that both segments are required in order to complete the certification program.
Program Cost
- $2,599 (includes lifetime access, course materials and handouts)
- $2,349 early-bird price, up until February 20, 2026 ($250 discount)
- $108 additional non-refundable application fee.
Included in the course tuition is a complimentary six-month HI Online Mission Membership (a savings of $83.94).
Scholarships Available:
Scholarships are available for this program through the Himalayan Institute Mission Scholarship Fund. Learn more and apply here
Becoming a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher
Online Attendance and Participation Guidelines
- Live participation in the majority of sessions is required with some flexibility offered for students in different time zones
- All sessions will be recorded and available to watch four hours after they air live
- Students must submit a brief summary of each session not attended live with 3-5 bullet points listing the main subject matter of the session
- Students are responsible for downloading Zoom to their personal computers and ensuring that they are comfortable with operating the program
- Link and instructions for joining the program will be sent prior to the start date
Additional Requirements
- Satisfactory participation in group teaching assignments
- Satisfactory completion of a written knowledge assessment prior to graduation from the program
- Completion of a 30-day meditation journal report
- Completion of a self-evaluation summary report of 12 hours of teaching
Participants who complete all requirements and receive certification are then eligible to register with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level and become a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT).
Testimonials
Honestly, I learned more and left the 200YTT more confident than I expected. Plus, this experience really helped me heal emotionally. I left with new tools to strengthen my daily life and I am looking forward to sharing my experiences and continue on this journey.
This was the most focussed, intense and pleasant training I have ever attended … even more than college or graduate school. I learned what I expected plus more than I could have imagined. I am inspired to learn more! I will be back!
The program was everything I expected and more. I did not expect the personal transformation that I experienced. I was also surprised at the ease of teaching a one-hour sequence before I left the HI. Piece by piece, this program inspired me, equipped me with tools, and provided excellent role models in our daily asana practice.
FAQ
Apply for 200-Hour Teacher Training
Attendance in this certification program is by application only. Applications will be accepted through April 2nd, 2026.
Policies & Agreements
Aspiring students are expected to follow the key policies and agreements for our 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Please review these carefully, as these guidelines are designed to support your success and to help us create a respectful, engaged learning community.
Scholarships Available:
Scholarships are available for this program through the Himalayan Institute Mission Scholarship Fund. Learn more and apply here
Have a Question? Contact Us:
Phone: (570) 616-0824
Email: [email protected]
Himalayan Institute Certifications
952 Bethany Turnpike
Honesdale, PA 18431-4041, USA
Have a Question? Contact Us:
Phone: (570) 616-0824
Email: [email protected]
Himalayan Institute Certifications
952 Bethany Turnpike
Honesdale, PA 18431-4041, USA
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