16-Week Training Experience
- A clear overview of the 16-week training experience
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Download the Yoga Teacher Training Syllabus + Guide
If you feel called to take your practice deeper—and share it with others—this syllabus will show you exactly what your journey can look like inside Gaja’s 200-hour, Yoga Alliance–approved training.
Online 200-hour certification • Yoga Alliance RYS 200 • 12 of 16 live asana workshops required • Ayurveda + modern science • Anatomy & physiology led by a board-certified M.D.
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What’s inside
What You’ll Receive
A clear, scannable look at the training experience, teaching frameworks, curriculum, and certification requirements—so you can quickly understand what this path includes.
The Why Behind Gaja Yoga
- The “why” behind Gaja Yoga: lineage-rooted + science-backed
Guiding Frameworks
The two guiding frameworks you’ll embody and teach:
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The Four Gaja Yoga Touchstones
- Steadiness and Ease
- Truth and Love
- Wisdom and Insight
- Freedom and Light
- The Yamas & Niyamas (woven into sadhana and teaching)
Core Content Areas
A breakdown of core content areas, including:
- Ayurveda + yoga (doshas, elements, personalized practice)
- Breathwork + subtle body (pranayama, chakras, koshas, and more)
- Meditation + states of consciousness
- Teaching methodology (sequencing, cueing, modifications, inclusive language)
- Ethics + scope of practice
Certification Requirements
- Certification requirements, including 12/16 required live Sadhana Labs, practice teaching hours, and assessments
Program Details
This training is designed to be clear, transformational, and rigorous. The syllabus will help you understand the structure and commitment before you take the next step.
Program format: Fully online.
Live attendance: 12 out of 16 asana workshop / Sadhana Lab sessions require live attendance.
Time commitment: 6 to 10 hours per week
Who it’s for: You do not need advanced flexibility or previous teaching experience—just sincerity, consistency, and a willingness to learn.
The right fit is less about perfection and more about readiness to practice, study, and show up with intention.
Graduate voices
What Graduates Say
Many graduates share that this training goes far beyond a typical 200-hour experience—offering depth, support, and a transformative foundation for practice and teaching.
This program exceeded my expectations in every possible way. A truly life-changing and transformative program. As some of my fellow students said, it was like receiving a master’s in yoga. This was far beyond what I understand a typical 200-hour training to be. I am so impressed and grateful.
Allie P. Yoga Teacher Training Graduate
The yoga training was a profound and transformative experience. This is not an ordinary yoga teacher training; it stands apart in its depth and approach. The teachers were incredibly supportive, kind, and highly knowledgeable. The Sadhana Labs especially helped me gain the skills and confidence to begin my yoga journey.
Pushpinder A. Yoga Teacher Training Graduate
Sarah Finger really laid out a fantastic baseline of integrating pranayama, mudra, meditation, and asanas for this training. I appreciated the emphasis on physical alignment and the Eight Limbs, especially the Yamas and Niyamas. It was also so accessible to do the course online, and it connected me to many others around the world.
Regina R. Yoga Teacher Training Graduate