08/30/2026
ADVANCED TEACHING SKILLS | 20-HOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION MODULE
This immersive 20-hour training is designed for certified yoga teachers who want to deepen the art of teaching.
Whether you’ve been teaching for six months or fifteen years, you’ll gain practical tools to teach with greater confidence, clarity, authenticity, and adaptability.
Through a combination of self-paced online learning + an experiential weekend intensive, we’ll explore the skills that help transform good teachers into exceptional ones.
WHAT YOU’LL EXPLORE
• Advanced communication techniques that improve student understanding and engagement
• Developing your authentic teaching voice
• Cueing with greater clarity, precision, and intention
• Refining observation skills for diverse bodies, abilities, and experiences
• Creating purposeful sequences using therapeutic principles—not memorized formulas
• Using yoga props to increase accessibility, stability, challenge, and functional movement
• Foundations of safe, effective hands-on assists and ethical considerations around touch
• Professionalism, confidence, classroom presence, and building trust
• Reflective teaching practices that support continued growth
💻 ONLINE LEARNING | 10 HOURS
Complete the pre-course material at your own pace before the live weekend. Online learning includes recorded lectures, readings, demonstrations, and reflective assignments covering:
• Learning preferences and communication strategies
• Therapeutic sequencing principles
• Intelligent use of yoga props
• Foundations of hands-on assists
• Self-reflection and teaching preparation
🧘 LIVE WEEKEND INTENSIVE | 10 HOURS
This is where we put the learning into practice.
Our in-person weekend includes:
• Practice teaching
• Partner and small-group exercises
• Sequencing workshops
• Hands-on demonstrations
• Group discussion and feedback
• Collaborative learning
Expect to spend less time sitting through lectures and more time actively refining your teaching skills in a supportive learning environment.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This module is appropriate for:
• Registered yoga teachers seeking continuing education
• Graduates of any 200-hour yoga teacher training
• Teachers who want to refresh or strengthen their teaching foundation
• Yoga professionals interested in therapeutic, student-centered teaching methods
Whether you want to become a more confident teacher, create safer and more effective classes, or simply reconnect with the joy of teaching, you’ll leave with practical skills you can begin using immediately.
✨ 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education hours available through YACEP.