with trainers Swami Ramananda and Snehan Born
guest trainer Swami Asokananda
and senior staff Raisa Punkki
TUITION* $1850
$1650 Early Bird exp. 9/6/2025
Date and Times (PDT)
October 6, 2025–February 16, 2026
includes 3-day HYBRID weekend:
Friday, October 24, 5:30 pm–Sunday, October 26, 12:30 pm
Mondays & Thursdays: 5:30–8 pm ONLINE
Sundays: 8am–12:30pm HYBRID
No classes on October 23 and Thanksgiving weekend, November 27 and 30, 2025
Holiday break begins after December 15, 2025, resumes on January 12, 2026
Includes 15 pre-recorded hrs. of self paced study of Anatomy and Physiology
Yoga Alliance Hours: 160 hours
Integral Yoga® 300-hour Program
FREE Informational Open House!
COMING SOON
The Intermediate Teacher Training course provides you with the opportunity to upgrade your teaching skills, deepen your practice, and expand your service by learning how to teach an Integral Yoga Level II class. Develop your connection to the Integral Yoga community as you meet and spend time with other Integral Yoga teachers, share your experiences and ideas, and find creative solutions to challenges encountered in teaching.
Through this course, you will be introduced to intermediate-level asana and variations, as well as pranayama and meditation practices. Deepen your knowledge and understanding of Raja Yoga through study of the Bhagavad Gita and strengthen your grounding in the universal teachings of Yoga philosophy.
Refine your own personal practice as you learn how to safely and effectively guide your students to progress to the next level. Through insightful mentoring and feedback, your teaching skills will evolve beyond the basics to lead your students to a deeper and more profound experience in their practice.
Intermediate, Raja Yoga, or Meditation Teacher Training (TT) is required for completing The Integral Yoga® 300-hour Program so that you can get your RYT 500 designation easily with Integral Yoga.
Curriculum offers in-depth learning of varied aspects of Yoga practice:
Hatha Yoga - thorough training in asanas and how to teach them with the ability to adapt to the needs of the students, training in the subtle practices and how to teach them to a variety of students as presented in the Intermediate, level 2 Integral Yoga Hatha classes.
Pranayama and Meditation - offering guidance in a personal practice based on traditional yogic practices with discussion of benefits based on current scientific research and practitioners personal experience. This will include more advanced practices like bandhas and mudras and methodology of teaching subtle practices safely.
Philosophy - comprehensive course of study of the Bhagavad Gita with Swamis Ramananda and Asokananda, based on Sri Swami Satchidananda’s commentary, The Living Gita.
Anatomy - including physiology, anatomy and biomechanics of the body in asana, and an understanding of benefits and contraindications.
Teaching Methodology - how to make adjustments, adapt class sequencing and teach Yoga workshops, and much more.
Practicum - weekly practice teaching sessions with support of our experienced mentoring staff. In our practice sessions, students are guided individually towards the goal of teaching a full class.
Professional Development - ethical guidelines, scope of practice, tips on continuing learning and professional accreditation.
Learning online and in-person teaching skills.
Daily sessions will include pranayama, silent meditation, chanting, and other Yoga-based spiritual practices. Guidance in your personal Yoga practices will be provided throughout the course.
Prerequisites
6 months or more of teaching experience
Certification from RYS 200-hour yoga teacher training from any tradition
On completion of this training you will be certified to teach Integral Yoga Intermediate level classes. To pass the course, you will be required to fulfill attendance requirements and to teach an Integral Yoga Intermediate class to your fellow trainees.
All the materials shared online and the recordings of the lectures will be available throughout the training and for 3 months after the graduation.
This course includes free access to all Yoga classes offered at Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco and free access to IYTV, a large and ever-expanding library of recorded Integral Yoga Teachings and classes, throughout the duration of this training!
Support and Community
Graduates of the ITT program may apply to teach at the Integral Yoga Institute. Upon acceptance, they’re eligible for additional free training with a mentor and ongoing continuing education. They can also apply for a variety of graduate-level teacher trainings leading towards completing The Integral Yoga® 300-hour Program and RYT 500-hour certification.
Online
The entire course can be completed online. If the current situation allows, we will add some non-mandatory in-person options. We are committed to providing a safe and high-quality program for all participants. Our graduates will develop the necessary skills to teach in-person or online. The Yoga Alliance criteria about teaching trainings online is adapting as we move forward. We have dedicated staff to oversee the online coaching to have personal connections throughout the training.
Technological Requirements
Reliable Internet access is required to participate in this online training. You must be able to run Zoom on your computer or tablet, and have an active email account for delivery of course materials.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
*Payment information and Refund Policy:
A $25 non-refundable application fee is applied towards the tuition. After your application has been accepted, you will be prompted to make a payment. If you apply before the early bird pricing expires, you will receive a Promo Code for discounted early-bird price. For RYT 200 teachers, please email us your diploma when you apply for the Module 2 at [email protected] and receive a Promo Code for a discounted price. Full payment is required one week before the start of the program, unless a prior payment plan has been arranged. Once the program begins, the deposit and program tuition is non-refundable and non-transferable. If canceling before the start of the program, the balance will be refunded minus $175 administration fee.
Partial scholarships are available for this training when possible. We accept scholarship applications up to one month prior to the start of the training. BIPOC are encouraged to apply. For information on financial aid and payment plans, please contact us [email protected].
Yoga Alliance (YA): 160 total hours. You can input your contact hours using your YA login information. Integral Yoga 300-hour: 160 hours towards RYT 500 designation.
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Swami Ramananda C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition, who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life, and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential. He leads beginner, intermediate and advanced Hatha Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco as well as Meditation and Raja Yoga teacher trainings. He offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U.S., Europe and South America. Ramananda co-developed the Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Vidyananda, has trained many teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital and medical settings, and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a certified Yoga therapist and founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals. He is a co-founder of The Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI) which brings together individuals committed to working for social justice for all beings and for the care and healing of our natural world. His warmth, wisdom and sense of humor have endeared him to many.
Snehan Born, E-RYT 500, has been practicing yoga since 1982. He resides at the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, where he teaches yoga classes and is a lead teacher trainer. Snehan is certified in all levels of Integral Yoga Hatha and has received additional certifications in Pranayama, Meditation, Raja Yoga and Stress Management from Integral Yoga. Chanting mantras and playing the harmonium are part of his regular practice and classes. Snehan has lived and traveled extensively throughout India and practiced with many teachers there. He has taught yoga all over the US as well as in India, Nepal, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan and Europe.
Swami Asokananda, a monk since 1975, is one of Integral Yoga’s® (IY) foremost teachers—known for his warmth, intelligence, and good humor. His teaching comes out of his own practice and experience while absorbing the wisdom of his Guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda.
While he enjoys sharing the practical wisdom of yogic philosophy (especially the great Indian scripture, the Bhagavad Gita), he also loves his practice of Hatha Yoga. He is one of Yogaville’s primary instructors for Intermediate and Advanced Hatha Yoga Teacher Trainings.
He presently serves as president of the IY Institute in New York City. Before this position, he served as the President of Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville and Integral Yoga International.
See more at iyiny.org
