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People practicing yoga in the snow outside Maltby

​Yoga Teacher Training Program at SRU

The Department of Dance is offering a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) Program for students interested in acquiring in-depth knowledge, skills and training of yoga studies with an emphasis on teaching methods. The program will be registered through Yoga Alliance® as a Yoga Teacher Training School. Yoga Alliance® is a national credentialing organization that supports yoga teachers, schools and teacher training programs,and provides a set of educational standards for yoga schools that specify hours of study in the following educational categories:
  • Technique and Training
  • Teaching Methodologies
  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and
  • Ethics for Yoga Teachers
  • Practicum

Curriculum
Choose one course per category:
  • Basic Technique and Training (3 credits)
    • Wellness for Dancers (DANC 101 - for dance majors)
    • Fundamentals of Yoga (PE 115 - for all SRU students)
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  • Anatomy and Physiology (3 credits)
    • Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL 217 - for all SRU students)
    • Dance Kinesiology (DANCE 326 for dance majors)
    • Anatomical and Physiological Bases of Physical Activity (PE 360 - for HPE majors)
 
  • Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers (3 credits)
    • Asian Philosophy (PHIL 343 - for all SRU students)
    • World Religions (PHIL 140 for all SRU students)
Benefits of YTT Program
  • Enhance your SRU degree and curriculum vitae with the completion of a Yoga Teacher Training Program.
  • Pay an affordable price while attending college.
  • Learn to be an excellent yoga teacher in a supportive, stimulating and encouraging atmosphere.
  • Study at SRU, a Yoga Teacher Training School that is registered with Yoga Alliance®.
  • Train and learn from excellent and qualified faculty and teachers.
  • Take YTT prerequisite courses that are also Liberal Studies or major requirements.
Register

​Contact Information:
melissa.teodoro@sru.edu
(724) 738-4508

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