200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training

For more than 5,000 documented years, yoga has offered support through periods of crisis, isolation, illness, and social upheaval. Its relevance has endured because the practice continues to deliver meaningful results, and because dedicated teachers have carried it forward from one generation to the next.

This training is designed as a personal and professional journey, giving you the tools to navigate a challenging world with greater steadiness, self-awareness, and purpose. You will turn inward first, using yoga as a path of self-healing, then build the confidence to share it with others. In that sense, the course functions as a form of self-therapy that prepares you to serve your community.

Throughout the program, you will develop the skills, knowledge, and community support needed to become a capable and inspiring yoga teacher. The training emphasizes safe, empowering teaching and a strong foundation in both practice and methodology.

You will study more than 80 yoga poses, pranayama breathing exercises, mantras, chants, mudras, meditation methods, and the principles behind teaching meditation. The curriculum also includes 10 yogic principles that support inner and outer peace, with practical applications for money, relationships, self-esteem, self-discipline, and more. Additional topics include the 7 chakras, food as medicine, the yogic diet, ayurveda, altar making, goal setting, and other life skills you can share with others.

This is a dual certification in Hatha and Vinyasa yoga. The training includes the following components:

• Techniques, Training + Practice (120 hours) — asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chanting, mantra, meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques
• Philosophy, Lifestyle/Ethics for Teachers (30 hours) — yoga philosophy, lifestyle, and ethics
• Teaching Methodology (55 hours) — demonstration, observation, assisting, correcting, teaching styles, teacher qualities, learning processes, and business aspects
• Business of Yoga (15 hours) — interviewing, resume writing, insurance, permitting, paperwork, and preparation for independent work or business ownership
• Anatomy + Physiology (20 hours) — physical and energy anatomy, including chakras and nadis, plus benefits, contraindications, and healthy movement patterns
• Practicum (10 hours) — teaching practice, feedback, and observation

The program also includes an internship facilitation experience, encouraging you to bring what you learn into real-world teaching. You may intern in person at a yoga studio, create classes or workshops, and practice teaching poses, meditation, and breathwork in a live setting. This can help you deepen your understanding, build confidence, strengthen your teaching voice, and expand your yoga career opportunities.

You will also gain a practical introduction to the business of yoga, including how to create a yoga business plan and prepare for work as an independent teacher. Internship opportunities may take place online or in person at one of Shawna’s yoga studios, festivals, or retreat centers.

Training is available in person at the studio in Imperial Beach, CA, online live via Zoom, or in a hybrid format. The 1-week intensive runs January 25-30 from 9:00 AM to 6:45 PM, with breaks from 12:30-2:30 PM.

Investment: $2999 with upfront payment, or payment plans available. Payment plans include 1% monthly interest on $2999 ($29.99 per month) plus a $3.50 monthly service fee. Private training: 7-day intensive, $6999.

About the instructor: Yoga With Shawna (The Holistic Health School of San Diego) is a 5-star rated accredited institution founded in 2012. It has certified thousands of students locally, nationally, and internationally, with recognition through Yoga Alliance, AANWP, AADP, and IARP. Shawna Schenk is the founder, writer, and sole instructor of the curriculum, and she brings more than 20 years of teaching experience, two bachelor’s degrees, one master’s degree, and over 25,000 hours of yoga teaching experience and certifications.

Shawna also owns Yoga With Shawna and Yosemite Yoga + Wellness, founded San Diego Yoga Festival, and co-owns Desert Dimension in Twentynine Palms, CA. Her background in education, sociology, and curriculum development shapes a teaching style that supports different learning needs and levels. She is also a published author of more than 12 books, workbooks, and manuals.

Her work is rooted in personal experience. After years of living with anxiety and depression, she turned to holistic health and found a path toward peace and restored well-being. She brings that sincerity into her teaching and is committed to helping others access the same sense of balance and happiness.

Accreditation: Official multi-accredited 200-hour certification through Yoga Alliance, AANWP, and AADP.