Ananda Yoga Teacher Training Level 2

Registered with Yoga Alliance at 500 hours

Level 2 Yoga Teacher Certification

Level 2 explores the deeper aspects of Ananda Yoga®, with a focus on meditation, yoga philosophy, pranayama, asana, refinement of teaching skills, and personal spiritual growth.

Transfers

Any Yoga Alliance RYT may transfer into Ananda’s Level 2 certification training upon completing a bridging course in practicing and teaching Ananda Yoga.

Required Programs

Credit hours shown are approximate

Level 1 yoga certification, plus these courses, accounts for over 400 of the 500 hours required for Level 2 certification.

For more information, please call us at 800-346-5350 or 530-478-7518, or email us.

  1. Advanced Pranayama

    7 days; 35+ hrs

    Advanced techniques (practice and teaching), how to teach Energization, and more depth on the astral body.

  2. Ananda Meditation Teacher Training 1

    9 days; 50+ hrs

    Training in a variety of meditation techniques, teaching and counseling methodology, and student teaching.

  3. Ananda Yoga Teacher Training Assistanceship

    13 days; 60+ hrs

    Personal coaching in adapting poses for individual needs, plus hands-on experience as an AYTT program assistant.

  4. The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita

    6 days; 30+ hrs

  5. The Essence of the Yoga Sutras

    6 days; 30+ hrs

    Explore yoga’s most profound wisdom in these intensives. You'll learn to practice and teach advanced asanas, too.

Elective Programs

  1. Ananda Yoga Intensive

    6 days; 15+ – 30+ hrs

    It's all about depth, focusing on longer practice sessions of some of the most powerful techniques in Ananda Yoga.

  2. Ananda Meditation Teacher Training 2

    6 days; 30+ hrs

    Deepen your practice and develop more teaching skills.

  3. Awaken to Superconsciousness through Yoga

    5 days; 25+ hrs

    Use the Yoga Sutras to deepen asana practice, and vice versa.

  4. Balance Your Core Energy: Yoga for the Chakras

    5 days; 25+ hrs

    Explore the asana / chakra connection in depth.

  5. Kriya Yoga Preparation

    4 days; 20+ hrs

    Builds a foundation for initiation into Kriya Yoga, the highest of all meditation techniques.

  6. Postpartum Yoga Teacher Training

    2 days

    How to teach prenatal and postpartum Ananda Yoga.

  7. Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training

    5 days

  8. Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

    3 days; 15+ hrs

    Learn Ananda’s unique approach to this helpful practice.

  9. Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training: Knees, Hips, and Shoulders

    5 days; 25+ hrs

    Working with musculoskeletal problems, e.g., back pain, joint injuries, postural problems, and chronic inflexibility.

  10. Ayurvedic Yoga Retreat

    4 days

    Ayurveda, India's ancient healing science, teaches you how to maintain and restore optimal health of body and mind.

  11. Ayurvedic Healing and Yoga Retreat in Kerala, India

    15 days; 28 hrs

    During the retreat, you’ll have special sadhanas with emphasis on yoga for the specific doshas, and classes on Ayurveda and healing.

  12. Yoga Postures for Self-realization (not offered this year)

Registration with Yoga Alliance

Ananda’s Level 1 and Level 2 Yoga Teacher Trainings are registered with Yoga Alliance at 200 and 500 hours, respectively. Graduates are eligible to become Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance.