Would you like to explore a style of yoga that brings balance to the body, energy, and mind, while also giving you the tools to share it with others?

This foundational 200-hour training offers the knowledge, confidence, and Yoga Alliance certification needed to begin teaching Yin Yoga Therapy™. Set across three weeks of in-person immersion in one of our beautiful locations, the program goes deeply into the yin aspect of yoga, while online video material covers the broader subjects required for certification, including yoga history, philosophy, and basic anatomy.

Throughout the course, students are given many opportunities to practice teaching and develop an embodied understanding of the method. By the end of the training, you will feel prepared and confident to guide a Yin Yoga Therapy™ class.

Yin Yoga Therapy

Yin Yoga brings body, energy, and mind into one integrated experience, creating space for stillness, awareness, and inner peace. Through long-held, passive stretches with relaxed muscles, the practice invites you to soften deeply and uncover layers of tension held in the fascia, whether physical or emotional. Guided by Daoist philosophy and the meridian system, it offers a path toward balance and insight.

In this 200-hour certification course, you will learn how to release physical and emotional tension, support the flow of stagnant energy, and cultivate a calm, peaceful mind. Practising Yin means practising acceptance and surrender, connecting the body with a Zen-like state of awareness and allowing space for natural healing.

3 Weeks

During the in-person immersion, you will be led through the Daoist elements and their healing wisdom. There are no specific prerequisites, only an open mind, commitment, and dedication to personal growth.

You will study the main acupuncture meridians and chi flow in the body in depth, exploring the Daoist elements, their related organs, and their subconscious meaning. The training also includes acupressure points and Yin Yoga poses designed to support energetic balance and free flow. You will learn how each body area relates to the meridians and facial pathways, and how poses can encourage emotional healing and release energetic blockages.

Additional tools and meditation techniques will support this process, including visualization, breath, Yoga Nidra, mantras, and mudras. The program also includes different meditations, acupuncture healing sessions, and chanting circles. In the Circles of Transformation, you will be welcomed into a safe space for sharing and connection, opening the door to lasting transformation.

+ 40 hours Self-Paced Online Course

To build a strong foundation for your 200-hour teacher training, you will also receive a 40-hour self-paced online video course. This includes 20 hours of anatomy and physiology, and 20 hours focused on general yoga humanities.

The Anatomy course covers the muscular and skeletal systems, as well as key physiological topics such as the nervous system, the fight, flight, freeze stress response, vagal theory, the mind-body connection, and the cardiovascular, endocrine, digestive, and respiratory systems in relation to yoga practice.

The Yoga Humanities course explores yoga history, philosophy, and foundational texts and concepts, including the eight limbs, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, the Upanishads, and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. You will also study the chakras, koshas, prana vaayus, kleshas, and more.

These online courses can begin at any time after full registration, and you will have one year to complete the material at your own pace. Support from the team is available throughout the process.

After the in-person immersion, you will receive your Yin Yoga Therapy™ teacher certificate upon successful examination. Once the online courses are completed, you will be eligible to register as an RYT 200 with Yoga Alliance.

Practitioner's Bio

Alexandra Denkinger M.D.(Acu), founder of The Body-Mind-Soul Centre (RYS 300) Yoga Alliance School and creator of Yin Yoga Therapy™, is a Body-Mind-Soul bio-hacker devoted to helping people live as authentically and healthily as possible.

Her journey has taken her across the world through many healing systems and yoga styles. Nearly two decades ago, she moved from Germany to India to immerse herself in Ayurveda and yoga.

In her Yin Yoga teaching, she weaves together the ancient wisdom of acupuncture meridians and chi flow with meditative practice. Her Daoist and Zen-inspired approach emphasizes breath, insight, and intuition, supporting a life in alignment with the deepest self.

Alongside teacher trainings, Alexandra offers counseling sessions and holistic treatments, working with the whole system — environmental, emotional, and physical. She translates complex healing traditions into practical guidance for everyday life, encouraging health, vitality, joy, and freedom.

She believes that the good life is open to everyone, and that energy flows where attention goes. Her mission is to empower others to live with authenticity, health, and deep alignment.

Since 2019 Jenny Stark, E-RYT 500, has joined the #YinLove mission, supporting Alexandra with her deep expertise and facilitating transformational conscious connection games, sharing circles, connective communication, movement medicine, bodywork, and mindfulness within the program. She has lived a yogic lifestyle since adolescence and is now in the 12th year of her personal sadhana. Jenny is passionate about sharing embodied yoga philosophy and practice in service of a healthy body, inner peace, and harmony with nature and all living beings.

YIN HEALING, DAOIST ELEMENTS, MERIDIANS, ACU POINTS, MINDFULNESS & YOGA FOUNDATION

200hrs / 3 weeks + 40hrs online

Foundation, Definition and Theory of Yin Yoga Therapy

Physical
Energetic
Soul & Mind

Yin Yoga Practice

35 regular yin yoga poses + additional upper body poses, wall poses and modifications
Functional and energetic aspects of the poses
How and when to use props
8-Points-Analysis Principle
Special situations / target areas
Intelligent sequencing
Sequences for each Daoist element and each meridian

The Art of Teaching Yin

Intention / Expression / Context / Tools
The art of energetically sequencing a yin class
Language of yin – trauma-aware approach to teaching
The art of conscious touch
Embodied practical experience

Yin Therapy, Chi & the Meridian Flow in the Body

Yin / yang / chi defined
Five Daoist elements
The three treasures
12 primary traditional Oriental Medicine meridians & their healing wisdom
Meridians addressed in each pose
Energetic and emotional value of each pose
The 3 different ways to activate chi flow
The transformative power of the rebound
Dan Tien Healing Breath

Mindfulness

Mindfulness history
Concept and practice
Neuroplasticity

Yoga Philosophy and Basic Foundations

History and people
Overview of different yoga styles
The 8 limbs of yoga
Patanjali Yoga Sutras
Pranayama
Chakras, Koshas, Prana Vaayus, Kleshas
Mudras & Mantras
Spiritual Concepts

Healing Toolbox

Extracurricular workshop 'Acupressure points for each meridian'
'Conscious touch ritual'
Anatomy of the mind
An invitation to mindful living
Tools to transformation
The power of visualization & affirmation
The power of breath
The wisdom of the Dan Tiens & the Three Treasures (Jing, Qi & Shen)
Overview of Daoist Oriental Medicine & Ayurveda

Basic Anatomy & the Theory of Exercise

Muscular and skeletal system
Biomechanical principles, joints and their movements
Physiology such as nervous system, cardiovascular, endocrine, digestive systems, respiratory system as they relate to the practice
The vagal theory
The physical theory of the practice
Aesthetic vs. functional alignment
Compression vs tension
Understanding fascia and tensegrity
Sensory processing, interoception & proprioception
The piezoelectric principle in the poses
When and how to apply yin yoga principles in physical therapy to release pain

Professional Development

Class management & general professionalism
Marketing and promotion
Credentialing process with Yoga Alliance
Responsibility and accountability
Scope of practice
Code of Conduct
Equity in yoga

Daily Yoga Practice

Daily yin yoga immersion
Meditations, breathwork & Yoga Nidra
Morning class of dynamic yang styles of yoga for balance

Sunset / Sunrise Circles

Different active meditations
Sharing circles of transformation
Conscious connection
Mindful sunset / sunrise walks …

200 HOURS Yin Yoga Therapy CERTIFICATE

Foundational YOGA ALLIANCE Teacher Training & YIN YOGA THERAPY™ Diploma

With successful completion of the training, students will receive a Yoga Alliance-affiliated Yoga Teacher Training Certificate from The Body-Mind-Soul Centre (RYS 300 – registered school with Yoga Alliance).

In addition, students will receive a 200-hour Yin Yoga Therapy™ practitioner diploma, which forms part of the 700-hour Yin Yoga Therapy™ education pathway within Alexandra Denkinger M.D.(ACU)’s physical therapy practice. She is licensed and registered as Doctor of Medicine in Acupuncture M.D.(ACU) by the Indian Board of Alternative Medicine, affiliated with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 500, and owner of The

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