RYS 300 Advanced Yoga Leaders Certification Program

Yoga teachers, are you interested in embodying your faith through a contemplative Christian yoga journey? Do you want to expand your yoga teaching skills beyond a traditional class context? Our Living Soul training team is made of the most experienced & excellent yoga teacher trainers, yoga therapists, spiritual directors, life coaches, and more! Living Soul offers an online (with retreat option),10-month long RYT 500 certification program accredited by the Yoga Alliance. Download our tentative 2025 learning calendar below and reach out to [email protected]. Payment plans available. You belong here!

Download the 2025 300-hr. Calendar

“There is only one problem on which all my existence, my peace, my happiness depend: to discover myself in discovering God. If I find Him I will find myself and if I find my true self I will find Him.” ― Thomas Merton

How do you earn an RYT 300 advanced yoga teaching certification through Living Soul Institute? 

First, you have options!  You can earn your certification fully online, or join us for an in-person training event in 2025 (see options below).  

Cost to earn your RYT 500 in our 2025 program is $2,999.  

2025 In-Person Training Options:

  • Cincinnati, OH, Friday, Jan. 31st Yoga & Soul Care Evening Event and Feb. 1st 1-Day Teacher Tune-up.  (Accommodations not included).
  • Murieta, CA (February date TBD): Teacher Tune-up w/Katie Pearson.
  • Peoria, IL, Thursday evening March 6 - Saturday March 8th Optional additional cost of $399 for 3-nights private room in local Airbnb.
  • Trauma Sensitive Yoga Training & Retreat, April 3-6, 2025 in Tyler, TX. Optional additional cost for 3-nights shared room at Suebrook Farm is an additional $399.
  • Fall 2025 Women's Retreat (TBD September).  Retreat cost will be discounted 40% for 300-hr. YTTs who have not yet participated in an online training.  

300-HR. ONLINE YOGA TEACHER TRAINING ONLY We offer a combination of live Zoom calls, in-person training, OnDemand yoga practices, meditations, required books, self-reflection papers, and final projects that demonstrate learning and teaching proficiency.  

What makes our program special?

  • Organized in digestible learning modules for deeper integration.
  • Scientific and research-based yoga curriculum taught by E-RYT 500 yoga trainers with many years of teaching and training experience.
  • Our comprehensive training manuals include teaching tools, soul care practices, and inspirational material to fuel your classes.
  • Yoga philosophy taught from a Contemplative Christian worldview.
  • Spiritual formation & soul care taught by certified spiritual directors and Christian life coaches.
  • Live Zoom calls with other like-hearted leaders to nourish your soul & support your journey! 
  • Be equipped to expand your vision for how you bring yoga to your community and to the world! 
  • Flexibility & grace! All Zooms are recorded and stored in our online course for you to enjoy beyond the scope of our training period. We enjoy a summer break for you to catch up on any lingering course content you were unable to complete during the year.

How do I enroll?

To be eligible for the 300-hr. certification you will need a 200-hr. yoga certificate.

  1. Email [email protected] or schedule a Discovery Call to set up a payment plan for the 2025 program! International student? Ask Kristin about affordable exchange rates. For those who have completed some individual learning modules in the past with Living Soul, we will prorate the cost of the training.

When do I begin?

We begin with the Rhythms Module: Sacred Rhythms, Restorative Yoga, Ayurveda, & Mindfulness in January 2025. 

Schedule a Discovery Call with lead trainer, Kristin Gibowicz today!

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300-hr. Schedule

Join the 2025 Advanced Yoga Teacher Training cohort! Reach out to [email protected] for a detailed calendar!

Dates/Modules:

  • November 12, 2024: Freedom Module: Teaching Trauma Sensitive Yoga
  • January 1st: New Year "Walking With God" Intention-Setting Yoga & Journaling Practice on Zoom (9am-10:30am MDT)
  • January 14th - February 25th Rhythms Module: Sacred Rhythms, Restorative Yoga, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction & Ayurveda 
  • February 18th - March 25th Breath of Life: Anatomy, Physiology & Spirituality of Breath
  • February 20th - April 24th Unity Study: Embodying the Yamas and Niyamas (this is a book & Bible study w/option to take it in Spring or Oct. 2 - Nov. 4, 2025)
  • April 3rd - 6th: Optional Trauma Sensitive Yoga Training & Retreat in Tyler Texas (option to take Freedom: TSY online module in Fall 2025 if you cannot travel)
  • April 15th - May 20th: Resilience: Pain Science & Private Instruction
  • Sept. 9th - 12th: Optional Women's Soul Care & Yoga Retreat
  • September 16th - October 7th:  Advanced Anatomy & Mobility
  • October 21st - December 1st: Energy: Enneagram, Armor of God & Chakras
  • December 1st - December 25th: Embodied Advent (online Advent meditations & practices, self-paced)

Reach out by email [email protected] or Discovery call with questions.

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