Heartwood Yoga Institute Online Certifications
Receive a quality yoga education online
Choosing online learning is a wonderful option for students to participate who would otherwise not be able to join us at our facility and provides learning opportunities that are cost efficient and flexible. The online format makes it possible to avoid the disruption and extra expense of travel, lodging, and taking time away from our busy lives and real-world obligations to attend lengthy immersions. Heartwood has enjoyed working with people on other continents or who currently have limiting life circumstances that can now join us, thanks to accrediting organization's online provisions and new technologies. And while many students begin studying with us online, they often manage to join us later for an in-person visit, yoga experience, or training, so when the time is right, they experience the best of both worlds.
Online Yoga Certifications
Online RYS-200
IAYT 800-hour Yoga Therapy Certification
Online RYS-200
This is where every new yoga teacher starts. The RYS-200 course is the required foundational level which not only prepares you to teach a safe and effective yoga class to others, but helps you learn to be a yogi and learn the deeper dimensions of the practice you love. After this course students are certified and qualified to teach, or they can expand and build on this course to prepare for different careers in yoga.
Online RYS-300
IAYT 800-hour Yoga Therapy Certification
Online RYS-200
For those who are currently an RYT-200 certified teacher, we offer an advanced RYS-300 program fully online or in a hybrid (partially online with an 8 day live immersion) format. Completion makes the student an RYT-500, professional teacher.
IAYT 800-hour Yoga Therapy Certification
IAYT 800-hour Yoga Therapy Certification
IAYT 800-hour Yoga Therapy Certification
If you long for a career in yoga that serves those needing healing and enjoy working primarily in one-on-one sessions or if you would like to be qualified to work in health facilities as a certified IAYT Yoga Therapist (International Association of Yoga Therapy) Heartwood now offers our YT program online.
REcommendations for online Yoga Education
Is Online Learning the right choice for you?
While there are conveniences to studying from home, it is important to understand that online learning at Heartwood is not easier, quicker, or a shortcut to gaining a certification without as much effort as an in-person program. There are many yoga programs available today that are self-directed and lack the YA standards of required interaction or assessment to assure graduates are indeed qualified and ready to teach yoga. At Heartwood, the online programs include interaction with our staff and competency challenges to assure you have as close to the same experience as you would have if you joined us in person so you will feel confident and competitent to teach yoga when you graduate.
In some respects, online learning can be more difficult as it requires self-discipline to complete assignments and a willingness to show up and participate in order to get the most from the experience. We advise everyone to consider the time and effort involved in pursuing a quality education at Heartwood when considering what educational format is right for you.
You must be able to meet the following requirements to participate in our online educational communities:
- Be eager to learn and excited to be a part of a group of distance learners that form connections and show each other support.
- Have a proper device and reliable internet to participate in lessons.
- Have a space and good lighting to spread out a yoga mat and/or be active and attentive to lectures.
- We must be able to see you on camera the entire session.
- Be fully present - no eating, driving, multitasking (such as folding laundry or doing dishes during sessions) no interacting with pets or children, your phone, or anything else that distracts you from full participation in the lesson.
- Students are expected to make every effort to observe the prerecorded content and lectures between live sessions, so they are prepared for each progressive lesson.
- Students must complete all assignments in order to graduate and receive certification.
Learn more about the Yoga Teacher Training Process
Take our free one hour online course that teaches you everything you need to know about yoga teacher training before you sign up anywhere to be sure you can make an educated decision about your yoga education.