200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Established 1972
View program websitePurpose
Uncover new depths in your practice and teaching as you advance your personal healing and self-unfoldment.
What to expect
Our fully online 200-hour yoga teacher training offers an immersive and transformative experience from the comfort of your home. The program blends 100 hours of on-demand content with 100 hours of live sessions, giving you the opportunity to study, practice, and teach in real time with flexibility to integrate the material at your own pace. Designed as two month-long segments with time in between for reflection and assimilation, this training connects you to a global community of practitioners and provides a world-class learning environment supported by expert faculty.
Style/Lineage
The Himalayan Institute teaches yoga in its fullest expression, drawing from a living tradition that integrates posture, breath, meditation, and philosophy. Rather than limiting itself to one style, the training emphasizes timeless principles and practices that form a strong foundation for personal growth and transformation. Participants learn to cultivate inner awareness through prana, while also developing practical skills in alignment, modifications, and the use of props to create safe, accessible, and inclusive classes for students of all levels.
Program Emphasis
Core competencies
AYC allows each school to state and evaluate the competencies each student acquires
By the end of this program, graduates will be able to…
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system by detailing key structures and function and describing their role in breathwork and pranayama.
- Integrate foundational concepts from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra and the Bhagavad Gita into one's personal spiritual philosophy.
- Explain how foundational practices of Ayurveda - including diet, sleep, lifestyle and movement - can effectively address doshic imbalance and the navigation of seasonal changes.
- Explain how subtle body anatomy - including prana and the chakras - impacts and directs the practice of asana in the Himalayan tradition.
- Sequence a safe, effective 1-hour class sequence in the Himalayan Institute tradition, including asana, breathing, relaxation, and meditation practices.
- Practice 4 systematic relaxation techniques as a bridge between hatha yoga and meditation.
- Practice the core meditation methods, including stable sitting posture and breath awareness.
- Practice traditional sanskrit chants from the Himalayan Institute lineage with correct pronunciation and pacing.
- Teach foundational Himalayan Institute meditation practices effectively, with correct cueing of posture and breath awareness.
- Guide students through systematic relaxation techniques including: Tension-Release, Point to Point, and Guided Muscle techniques with proper tone and pacing.
- Teach foundational asana effectively, including proper alignment, breath cues, subtle energetics of each pose, using the correct Sanskrit terms, and adapting poses sensibly for the unique needs of students.
Requirements
Program evaluation
- Written exam
- Teaching evaluation
- Special project
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 Knowledge Assessment PDF is attached. The Program Summery document attached contains the details of the required Meditation Journal and Teaching Self-Evaluation
AYC Verification
This program will grant the following AYC CE badge after you verify your credential.
Level 1 Yoga Teacher
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Greg Capitolo, Judy Moulton, Ishan Tigunait, Sandra Anderson, Carrie Demers, MD, Shiva Tigunait, PhD
200 hours
Additional Information
- 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
Program Faculty
Featured Faculty
Greg Capitolo is Director of Mission Programming at the Himalayan Institute, where he has lived and studied since 2006. A senior teacher, his breath-centered approach integrates alignment, pranayama, relaxation, and meditation to guide students into yoga’s deeper dimensions.
Level 3
Judy Moulton is director of the Himalayan Institute’s teacher training programs, a core faculty member, an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. With years of experience and deep personal practice, she is dedicated to guiding students in bringing yoga to life on and off the mat.
Level 3
Additional Faculty
Level 3
Ishan Tigunait is a lifelong student of the Himalayan Tradition and a senior teacher at the Himalayan Institute. He shares modern insights on authentic yogic and tantric wisdom, and teaches Vishoka Meditation, Sri Sukta, and advanced yoga teacher training programs.
Level 3
Sandra Anderson is core faculty at the Himalayan Institute and a lead instructor in its teacher training programs. Co-author of Yoga: Mastering the Basics, she brings deep study of yoga, tantra, and Sanskrit to guiding students in practice and philosophy.
Level 3
Carrie Demers, MD, is medical director of the Himalayan Institute’s PureRejuv Wellness Center. Board-certified in internal and integrative medicine, she blends modern and traditional approaches to health and is a nationally recognized voice in holistic medicine.
Level 2
Shiva Tigunait, PhD, teaches Sanskrit and yoga philosophy in the Himalayan Institute’s teacher training programs. Drawing on her background in classics and deep study of tantra, she illuminates how ancient wisdom can enrich modern life and practice.
Up-front pricing and policies
Format
Attendance
Online only
Structure
Cohort, Self-paced, Mentorship
Minimum hours of instruction
200 hours
Total time commitment
5- 7 months
Program fees (USD)
Application fee
Application fees are non-refundable.
Program fees
Depending on timing
Housing fees
Depending on travel, lodging, and meals
Estimated total cost
All details are subject to change; confirm on program website
AYC verification fee
AYC verification fee
One-time. Payable to AYC.
40% goes to Himalayan Institute, 10% to the Give Back Fund, 50% to AYC Operations