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. It involves 300 hours of coursework beyond the 200 hours of Level 1.

Level 2 is modular in format, and the course modules are spread out over a span of time. It has four components:

  1. Required courses
  2. Elective courses
  3. Teaching experience at home
  4. Final Teaching Practicum

See below for more info. There is no time limit for completing Level 2.

Transfers

Any Yoga Alliance RYT may transfer into Ananda’s Level 2 certification the Bridge to Ananda Yoga course.

Required Courses

Level 1 yoga certification, plus these courses, accounts for approximately 450 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

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

  2. Ananda Meditation Teacher Training 1

    9 days

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

  3. Ananda Yoga Teacher Training Assistantship

    13 days

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

  4. The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita
    The Essence of the Yoga Sutras

    Each course is 6 days

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

Elective Courses

Credit hours shown are approximate

  1. Ananda Yoga Intensive

    6 days; 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. Restorative Yoga Teacher Training

    3 days; 15+ hrs

    Learn Ananda’s unique approach to this helpful practice.

  7. Yoga Therapy 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.

  8. Yoga Therapy Teacher Training: Knees, Hips, and Shoulders

    5 days; 25+ hrs

    Working with musculoskeletal problems, e.g., alignment, joint injuries, and chronic inflexibility.

  9. Ayurvedic Yoga Retreat

    4 days

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

  10. 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.

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

Teaching Experience at Home

You need at least 100 hours of experience as a lead teacher (not an assistant) after having completed Level 1 Ananda YTT or Bridge to Ananda Yoga.

Final Teaching Practicum

Once you complete the Level 2 coursework, your last step is to satisfactorily complete a final 3-hour teaching exercise:

  • Yogananda’s Energization Exercises (one hour)
  • Ananda-style asana and pranayama practice (one hour)
  • Ananda-style meditation (one hour)

As you approach the end of your Level 2 coursework, please contact the director of Ananda Yoga well in advance of the time you hope to do the practicum. You will be sent a detailed description of the practicum at that time. By the time your practicum takes place, you should already have teaching experience in all three of the above areas.

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.