500-Hour
Master Yoga Teacher Certification
with Christopher Baxter
and other world-class teachers

The workshops listed in the next column may be applied toward your 500-hour certification. You will also be required to develop and teach a workshop or series of classes, and submit a course overview and lesson plans as part of your certification requirement. Another 40 non-contact hours may be submitted as electives, including documentation on additional workshops and class series you have taught, as well as research papers and written articles.

In addition to the 500-hour curriculum, CPR Training and 100 hours of yoga teaching experience must be documented prior to receiving certification.

KRIPALU CENTER ELECTIVES
We will accept elective credits for continuing education programs taken at Kripalu Center. ($25 transfer fee per program)
See Continuing Education Programs.  Applicable programs list CE hours in the YA (Yoga Alliance) column.

RYT500 REGISTRATION
This Discovery Yoga program is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. As a graduate of this program, a copy of your certificate and documentation of 100 teaching hours meets the the Yoga Alliance RYT500 requirements.

All workshops must be taken at Discovery Yoga Center. Some electives may be taken at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health (see above). Workshops taken elsewhere are not applicable toward the Discovery Yoga 500-hour program.
 
Workshops taken at Discovery Yoga or Kripalu Center and applied toward this 500-hour program cannot also be submitted to the Yoga Alliance as CEUs.

DOWNLOAD 500-HOUR CURRICULUM

500-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification
Registration Fee: $50

DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM
Please include a copy of your 200-hour certificate.

STUDENT HOUSING ROOMS & RATES

WORKSHOP CANCELLATION POLICY
Refunds issued later than one month before the workshop start date will be charged a $50 cancellation fee.