500-Hour Professional Certification
Options for Earning Your 500-Hour Professional Certification through Nosara Yoga Institute.
Founded and directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, Ph.D. in 1994.
Nosara Yoga Institute has been a Registered Yoga Alliance School since 2000.
Yoga Alliance
Requirements
for 500-hr

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Option A
At NYI With NYI Faculty
On the Campus of
Nosara Yoga Institute
on the Pacific Coast
of Costa Rica |
Option B
With NYI Faculty &
Affiliated Teachers
At Many International
Locations Including:
Kripalu, Omega, Nigata, Japan |
200 Hours
Foundations Training
from a Registered School
Choose either
Option A or B |
200-hr Interdisciplinary
Yoga Teacher Training |
200-hr Yoga Alliance approved
Teacher Training Program |
300 Hours
Choose either
Option A or B
for 100-hrs credit
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100-hr Advanced Interdisciplinary
Yoga Teacher Training |
100-hr Thru Combining:
- 9-Day Kripalu Teacher Training module
- 5-Day Self-Awakening Yoga Therapeutics
|
Choose either
Option A or B
for 100-hrs credit |
100-hr Children’s Yoga
Teacher Training |
100-hr Individual Studies
50-hr Electives
- Self-Awakening YogaTherapeutics
- Yoga Alliance - Approved Workshops or Trainings
50-hr Professional Project |
100-hrs credit
Pranassage not currently offered at locations other
than NYI |
100-hr Pranassage Practitioner Training
Required by NYI for all 500-hr graduates |
Yoga Alliance
requires 100 addt'l
teaching hours |
100 Hours Teaching Experience |
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500-Hour Professional Level Certification
All NYI programs above are Yoga Alliance-approved
and can be credited toward the 1,000-hr level
currently being developed in accordance with
Yoga Alliance Standards |
If you are interested in earning your 500-Hour Professional Level Certificate through
the Nosara Yoga Institute please e-mail info@nosarayoga.com for further information.