The 200-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Certification: Prerequisites
Prerequisites
- In order to apply, you must have at least two years of yoga experience. This should include a minimum of six months in an ongoing, weekly yoga class as opposed to studying only with books, videos, or in workshops. This provides you with important direct experience of how a yoga teacher works on an ongoing basis with a group of students to deepen their practice and knowledge of yoga and to help them get past resistance.
- Because you will be certified to teach Kripalu Yoga at the completion of the program, you need to have some personal experience with the Kripalu approach prior to taking the Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training. Classes and workshops with a Kripalu Yoga teacher provide this experiential background. Find a Kripalu Yoga teacher in your area. If you do not have access to Kripalu Yoga classes where you live, you can experience the Kripalu approach at home by practicing with one of the following videos: Kripalu Yoga Dynamic with Stephen Cope or Kripalu Yoga Gentle with Sudha Carolyn Lundeen, available through the Kripalu Shop.
- In order to prepare for the yoga teacher certification program, you need to have had a daily personal yoga practice for an extended period of time. We recommend that you do at least an hour of moderate yoga every day for at least six months before the start of the course. During the course, you will be practicing yoga for at least three hours each day, and some days you will be practicing yoga for as many as 5–6 hours. This can be physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding. Physical fitness acquired through other disciplines does not necessarily provide sufficient preparation. We ask that you have a strong personal practice to ensure you will be prepared for the high level of activity and the heightened level of energy produced in the body by this intense daily practice of asana and pranayama.
