200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification

Yoga for Us. By Us.

Discover a transformative journey with Sweet Water’s Yoga Alliance Approved 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, where inclusivity and empowerment are at the heart of every practice.

We believe in the power of Yoga for everyone. It has the power to help us embrace the unique narratives our bodies hold. Our training is rooted nurturing teachers who foster an inclusive, welcoming, safe environment for every body to thrive in.

Yoga is more than just Asana. Our training honors the roots of Yoga, helping you develop a rich understanding of the Yogic tradition. You’ll be immersed in its History, Asana, Philosophy, Energy Body, Anatomy and Spirituality.

Our Certification offers two unique elements only available at Sweet Water: Reiki Level 1 Attunement and a Yoga Trainee Retreat. Included in the Tuition, these offerings will expand your understanding of Energy and integrate your learnings even more deeply.

An extensive Yoga practice is not required to participate in this program. We invite you to enroll if you’d like to teach, wants to deepen your understanding of Yoga, your own spirituality, or develop your personal practice.

Whatever your goal, you’ll graduate from our program with a deep understanding of this ancient tradition, creating balance and peace throughout life’s complexities.

 

Perfect Timing.

Fall Term 2024

  • October 4, 2024 - December 21, 2024

    • Fridays: 6:00 - 9:00 pm (Virtual)

    • Saturdays: 12:00 - 8:00 pm (In-Studio)

    • Sundays: 12:00 - 8:00 pm (In-Studio)

  • Graduation: December 21, 2024

Spring Term 2025

  • February 28, 2025 - June 20, 2025

    • Fridays: 6:00 - 9:00 pm (Virtual)

    • Saturdays: 2:00 - 8:00 pm (In-Studio)

    • Sundays: 12:00 - 6:00 pm (In-Studio)

  • Graduation: June 20, 2025

Summer Term 2025 - 6 Week Intensive

  • July 24, 2025 - August 30, 2025

    • Thursday, July 24: 6:00 - 9:00 pm

    • Friday, July 25: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

    • Saturday, July 26: 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    • Monday, July 28 - Friday, August 29: 9:00 - 5:00 pm

      • Fridays are Virtual

      • Retreat Dates: August 13-16, 2025

    • Graduation: August 30, 2025

 

A Powerful Core

Curriculum.

Our Yoga Alliance-approved 200 hour Yoga Teacher Certification trains and empowers a new generation of yoga instructors to lead classes that are healing, inclusive, trauma-informed, and inspiring. Our curriculum meets the Yoga Alliance’s Elevated RSY-200 Standards.

Growth happens in the place where engaged effort meets peaceful ease.  So, we guide practitioners through their asanas, from solid set-up to the fullest expression their ability and development allows.

We ground our curriculum in Four Pillars:

  1. Foundations of Yoga:

    1. History of Yoga

    2. Yogic Philosophy & It’s Real-Life Applications

    3. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

    4. The Bhagavad Gita

  2. Anatomy & Asana

    1. Intensive Asana Education & Asana Labs

    2. Anatomy & Energetic Body 101

    3. Meditation, Mantra, and Pranayama Study

  3. Integration

    1. Teaching Drills, and Structured Practicums

    2. Principals of Cuing & Peak Pose Sequencing

    3. Modifications, Props, Assists, Adjusting 101

    4. Business for Yoga Instructors 101

  4. Expansion - Unique Sweet Water Offerings

    1. Reiki Level 1 Attunement

    2. Yoga Retreat

 

Reiki Attunement

In addition to the 200 Hour YTT Certification, Trainees also graduate having received their Reiki Level 1 attunement to further enhance graduates offerings and marketability.

Reiki (pronounced “ray-key”) is an ancient Japanese tradition that uses a series of hand symbols and movements to guide "Ki”, life force energy”, to cleanse and heal. This powerful healing art can be a great Guide to our spiritual wisdom and collective healing.

 

Yoga Teacher Retreat.

A special part of our program is our weekend retreat. Unique to Sweet Water, we’ll spend a weekend in nature outside of NYC to continue our studies, reflect on our learnings, and deepen our connection to each other.

Fall and Spring Cohorts will have retreats occur on the weekends. Summer Intensive Cohorts will have a weekday retreat. Dates will be announced during orientation.

Retreats will include outdoor yoga, homemade meals, and activities to integrate your learnings and deepen your practice in nature.

 

RYT-200 Certification.

Participants receive Yoga Alliance 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher Certification to teach Hatha & Vinyasa yoga at any institution in the United States.

Graduates will have received more than 200 hours worth of training.

Certification is granted through a series of comprehensive written and oral examinations.

Certification Requirements

  • Tuition paid in full

  • Attending all classes

  • Passing all examinations

  • Creating a consistent yoga practice

  • Regularly taking SWDY yoga classes

 

Admissions.

We recommend that you’re familiar with a yoga practice before the start of your program; however, no prior experience is required to enroll.

Participants are not required to teach Yoga after graduating. We encourage you to apply if you want to begin, refine and deepen your Yogic and spiritual practices.

This course can be as smooth as it is rigorous and intense. Much material is covered and we ask students to commit seriously to home study, consistent application, and regular attendance.

Tuition.

Full Cost: $3250

Early Bird Special: $2925 (10% savings). Deal ends 60 days before start date.

  • Fall 2024 Term: August 4, 2024

  • Spring 2025 Term 2021: December 28, 2024

  • Summer 2025 Intensive: May 25, 2025

Tuition includes*:

  • $650 deposit (required to enroll)

  • SWDY Training Manuals

  • Level 1 Reiki attunement

  • Unlimited Yoga classes at SWDY (*starts 30 days before program start date)

  • Participation in Yoga Retreat

    *All fees must be paid for by the first day of classes.

    All sales are Final. No Refunds

 

Payment Plans.

We have made it our mission to deliver accessible programs that are responsive to the needs of our intensely diverse community. As a result, monthly payments are available:

Payment Plans*:

  • 5 Installments of $650.00

Payment Plan Policies

  1. After your initial payment of $650.00, your card on file is charged $650.00 on the same day each month.

  2. While our preference is that fees are paid by Orientation, we know that life happens. Fees are paid no later than one week after Orientation.

  3. Once you start your payment plan, you sign a contract agreeing to continue pay for the training in full. Should you decide to leave the program after the first twenty hours, no refunds will be made. Refund policy below applies to payment plan.

    *Payment plans are not eligible for Early Bird discount.

 

Refund Policy.

Refunds are subject to studio approval. Registration Fee is Non-Refundable. No Exceptions.

An applicant who withdraws from the program 30 Days before the Start Date is entitled to a refund of all monies except for their non-refundable deposit. 

A trainee who withdraws from the course within the first 20 classroom hours may be refunded up to 75% of the program price. The non-refundable deposit remains 100% non-refundable. 

After the first 20 classroom hours, there will be no refunds. If the applicant withdraws from the program for any reason, the applicant will be responsible for paying the full tuition, regardless of any partial payments that have been made to date

30 Day Deadline

  • Fall 2024 Term: September 4, 2024

  • Spring 2025 Term 2021: January 28, 2025

  • Summer 2025 Intensive: June 25, 2025

No monies will be refunded to any students who are dismissed. Monies will not be refunded if you do not complete your training.

 

Enroll.