Become an advanced RYT-500 Yoga Teacher

We get students with years of teaching experience and students who just graduated from their 200-hour foundational course and the Heartwood 300 is appropriate for all who are ready and willing to continue learning and growing. We provide opportunities within the course for everyone to teach and receive feedback from both mentors and fellow students to support the development of teaching skills. What is important is that we support and help each student move to the next level as a yoga teacher.

We understand that all 200-hour programs are different, and some are more comprehensive than others. We teach what our students need to learn to become more qualified advanced teachers. If this means reviewing some foundational knowledge, we make provisions to do so.  We have much to cover but always build on what the attendees know. What counts is that you come open to new knowledge, with the right intention, ready to learn, grow, and become a more educated, informed yoga teacher. For more information check out our free one-hour course called Everything a person needs to know about YTT before signing up anywhere, here.  For a discounted fee, you can also purchase our online RYS-200 course material to reinforce basics.

When you graduate from our course you will be a 500-hour certified yoga teacher with a YA approved school. In order to register with Yoga Alliance, the organization also requires 100 hours of teaching after you graduate. Learn more at RYT 500 | Yoga Alliance 

Yoga Alliance doesn't allow you to "double dip" meaning that as you receive certification for Yin, Restorative, and Chair in this program, these hours cannot be used again as CEUs. You will learn these specialty skills and be certified in these subjects, but the hours will be applied toward your RYT500 training which is what you will register with YA. You will not need additional CEUs after taking this course for at least 2 years.

As one of only 66 IAYT-accredited schools in the world, Heartwood has registered this 300-hour program with both the Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapy. You can take the 300 course and become an RYT-500 but also can apply the same hours to your formal IAYT 800-hour Yoga Therapy Certification if you choose to continue and pursue a career in Yoga Therapy. Learn more about Yoga Therapy here.

We do our best to accommodate students' needs when unexpected issues disrupt a learning plan. Students who begin learning online can always upgrade to join us for one of our in-person retreat sessions when there is space by enrolling and paying the additional tuition. Students who are enrolled in a hybrid or in-person program can always choose to do part of the program online to complete the work, but there are no refunds for tuition paid if you switch programs after beginning your studies.