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You`ve got plenty of options if you`re planning to complete your 200-hour Yoga Alliance approved yoga teacher certification in Atlanta. Mostly you`ll find 3 to 6 month long courses that offer training days on weekends to fit everyone`s schedule, but you can also find one-month intensive or year-long extended training. To know all your options, scroll down and browse through all the best schools. To our knowledge these are all the programs available, but if there are more please do let us know!
Kashi Atlanta Teacher Training
Kashi Atlanta`s course will take you more deeply into the experience of yoga as a moving meditation, and aiming to teach you how to bring the same experience to others. It will create a deep understanding of the postures and their techniques, the power of the breath, and it will also go in depth of human anatomy, yoga philosophy and theory, meditation and much more.
At the end of the course, you will be well prepared to teach others the depth of classical yoga. Throughout the course, there will be much focus on understanding the chakras and how to design classes according to connecting to specific energy centres. The course takes place over eight months with dedicating a weekend to the course each mont.
On these weekends, you will learn the physical, energetic and spiritual aspects of yoga and also will gain hands-on experience. This course will truly teach you how to take your yoga off the mat and potentially change lives.
- Price: $1950 (Early Bird discount) – $2100, payment plans available
- Duration: 8 months – 1 weekend/month
- Website: http://kashiatlanta.org/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
Nirvana Yoga Instructor Training
Nirvana Yoga has a very well structured course plan that will guide you through everything you need to know to become a yoga teacher people will keep coming back to. This training strives to be challenging, creative, playful, informative and transformative.
Nirvana Yoga`s teacher training is a 9-weekend course, including a Meditation Retreat weekend and extensive anatomy training. In addition to the 9 weekends that you are in training, you will also be required to attend 40 classes at Nirvana Yoga during the course, meet with your training buddy twice a month and meet with your training mentor group every other week.
As you can see there are quite a few requirements to this course but we believe that focus and dedication are key components to success. Check out their payment plan option as you can save a lot by paying upfront here!
- Price: $1800 if you pay upfront, $2800 if you pay by the weekend
- Duration: 4 months, alternating weekends
- Website: https://www.nirvanayogaatlanta.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
Evolation Yoga Teacher Training
This program aims to train practitioners who have a love for yoga born out of practice and experience to skillfully encourage personal reflection regarding physical, mental and emotional aspects of yoga. You`ll learn how to help students recognize that what is discovered on the mat in each pose, breathing technique and meditation can be used in everyday living.
The training is taught in nine intensive weekends and will be devided into two sections. In the first half of the program, you will learn effective methodologies for teaching postures, pranayamas and centrings. Here you`ll also learn about the history and philosophy of Hatha yoga. In the second half of the program, the focus goes more onto teaching and techniques.
Here you`ll learn to design and lead three kinds of classes: vinyasa, meditative, and gentle stretch classes. You can get a discount by signing up early, for payment plans, check out the Evolation Yoga website.
- Price: $2900 – $3200, depending on when you complete your payment
- Duration: 9 weekends over 6 months
- Website http://www.evolationyogaatlanta.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha, Vinyasa
Yoga Collective Teacher Training
The 200-hour yoga teacher training at Yoga Collective is made up of two parts. Part one is called “Body of light – yoga immersion” and it is for any student of yoga wishing to go deeper into their practice, whether or not they wish to teach. Part two is called “Body of light – Teacher Training” for those wishing to become yoga teachers.
Part one and two together create the Yoga Alliance registered 200-hour teacher training program. Weekends in the first part of the training will include asana, pranayama, and meditation education, along with lectures, contemplation and journaling, one-on-one and group sharing. The five weekends of the second part are going to be developed progressively on the information presented in part one.
This time will be dedicated to the art of teaching, which grows primarily from your own practice and self-discovery. Study materials will be provided along with additional reading. All together seems like a very well put together training.
- Price: $3200
- Duration: 12 weekends over 5 months
- Website: https://www.yttcollective.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
All Is Life Yoga Teacher Training
This training program by All Is Life Yoga is a very spiritual but technical approach to teaching yoga. It is appropriate for anyone who wants to deepen their personal practice, gain a deep understanding of yoga asana, pranayama, meditation, anatomy, alignment, energetics, philosophy, sequencing, and anything that you need to learn in order to know how to teach yoga with confidence.
The course will take place at nine-weekend sessions over six months and will probably change your perspective deeply of life and yourself. In order to gain certification, 100% attendance is mandatory and if you miss a session or two you will have to make up the class time with the instructor which will cost you extra. Go into this training if you are fully dedicated!
- Price: $2900 – $3200, payment plans available
- Length#: 9 weekends over 6 months
- Website: http://www.alllifeisyoga.com/200-hr-yoga-teacher-training
- Yoga Style: Hatha
OnlYoga Instructor Training
onlYoga`s super intense course is probably the only one that offers a two-week course in the area. Sessions will be held daily from 8:30 am to 8:30 pm so prepare yourself for long days and much dedication.
The schedule will include meditation, yoga practice, lecture and discussion, practice teaching, and excursions. This course will be a transformative experience for the body, mind and spirit. By integrating the physical yoga practice with discussions and homework, all students will end the program with a comprehensive knowledge of postural alignment, meditation, history, philosophy, and anatomy.
If you need accommodation for the 2 weeks of the course, there are opportunities for an extra $1500. If you can`t dedicate a longer period of time to a yoga teacher training, this one’s for you!
- Price: $2400
- Duration: 2 weeks
- Website: https://onlyoga.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
Dancing Dogs Yoga 200 Hour YTT
The teachers at Dancing Dogs Yoga say that this is a physically, mentally and emotionally challenging training that they believe t is a must for anyone wanting to share the practice of yoga, as well as those who simply wish to deepen their own understanding of the practice.
This 200-hour training is designed to prepare you to be a confident, effective yoga instructor. The training will be held at specific weekends over 5 months time and each session will cover a different unit of study and includes asana, lecture, group discussion, and small-group exercises. The instructors believe that the best yoga teachers are those who connect with their students, who speak authentically and from the heart, and who are comfortable in their own skin, regardless of who or what is around them.
They aim to show you that you have these qualities within you already. Dancing Dogs Yoga is an accredited Yoga Alliance Teacher Training School. Students who successfully complete the training with them can register with Yoga Alliance as a 200-hour certified teacher.
- Price: $3000 (early bird discount) – $3500
- Duration: 7 weekends over 5 months
- Website: http://dancingdogsyogaatlanta.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
Highland Yoga Certification Course
If you`re looking into earning your 200-hour Yoga Alliance Certification through a well organised comprehensive, weekend-training program, check this one out. At Highland Yoga, the top priority is to teach you how to teach mindfully so you’re ready to share your knowledge upon completion of the program.
The program will last for 3 months and there will be classes three weekends a month – Thursday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays. Included in the course fee is a free unlimited yoga pass at Highland Yoga throughout the duration of the program and all the Highland Yoga comprehensive training materials.
There will be many topics covered that are essential for you as a yogi and a yoga teacher, and they will also put emphasis on teaching you about the business of yoga to prepare you for success.
- Price: $2650 (early bird discount) – $2850
- Duration: 3 months – 3 weekends every month
- Website: https://www.highland-yoga.com/
- Yoga Style: Vinyasa
Sacred Thread Yoga 200 Hour Yoga Alliance
This training has been designed for dedicated students and teachers who are interested in deepening their understanding of the teachings of yoga philosophy and yoga asana. There will be a focus on cultivating your voice as a teacher even though there is no need to teach after training.
This program is interactive and experiential all the way through. As the teachers say: from a place of clear comprehension you will form your own way of sharing the wisdom with others. Sacred thread’s training program is vinyasa-style with a focus on safe sequencing. There will be education on pranayama, mantra, meditation, mudras, and of course asana at every.
The team at Sacred Thread Yoga is committed to individualized attention, as they believe this is key to cultivating everyone`s professional development.
- Price: $3250
- Duration: 7 months – alternating weekends
- Website: https://www.sacredatlanta.com/
- Yoga Style: Vinyasa
Peachtree Yoga Centre Teacher Training
Peachtree Yoga Centre is one of the oldest yoga schools in Atlanta and the first one to qualify for the requirements of Yoga Alliance in the south-east. They have trained hundreds of students successfully.
When learning about yoga asana, first there will be a demonstration of the pose, including alignment guidelines, verbal guidance, modifications, hands-on assists, benefits and contraindications, and then, to stabilize the learning, you`ll practice teaching what you just learned. “Learn by doing” is a common theme you will experience throughout Peachtree`s course.
You will also study human anatomy to gain a deeper understanding of the practice of yoga asana and pranayama. Visual and hands-on techniques will allow you to discover the amazing functions of the body you live in every day. The whole course will last for 5 months and you`ll spend 10 weekends training. Apart from training sessions, you will be required to attend yoga classes and meet up with your assigned mentor regularly.
- Price: $2850
- Duration: 9 weekends over 5 months
- Website: http://peachtreeyoga.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
Springs Yoga Studio Training
Spring Yoga Studio`s got three main teachers with 45 years of experience between them in teaching students yoga, nutrition, body awareness, and wellness. This training is designed for serious students interested in becoming teachers, current teachers wishing to refine their craft, or students wanting to expand their practice and understanding of all aspects of the practice of yoga.
You will experience 200+ hours of study into the core teachings of Hatha Yoga and the art of teaching, meaning class composition and sequencing, use of voice, observation and hands-on adjustments, themes and demonstrations.
During the training, you will receive assignments, a reading list and you`ll also be required to participate in classes weekly at the studio. This training is Yoga Alliance registered to give you the opportunity to teach anywhere worldwide.
- Price: $2800 – $3000, depending on the payment type. Payment plans are available.
- Duration: 10 weekends over 9 months
- Website: http://www.springsyoga.com/
- Yoga Style: Hatha
Yonder Yoga Atlanta
As the leading 200-hour Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School in Atlanta, GA, Yonder’s Teacher Training will lead you through an in-depth course on the history, anatomy, and science of yoga, before giving you the tools to lead your very own yoga class. Yonder Teacher Training’s are meant to be personal, intimate opportunities for growth and self-discovery, so we cap training classes at 18 to ensure you get the most out of your training experience.
- Price: $3095, payment plans are available
- Duration: Week night and evenings, 8 weeks
- Website: https://yonderyoga.com/teacher-training/
- Yoga Style: Vinyasa, Hatha
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