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200hr + 300hr = 500hr

Power Yoga Canada’s 500hr YA Certification is attained when you have completed PYC 200hr Teacher Training: Seek the Truth (Winter or Summer) and 300hrs of Continuing Education Credits. To achieve 500hr Certification you must participate in 300hrs of Continuing Education with PYC Teacher Training Modules.

Our 500hr Curriculum is in alignment with YA Credentials which includes a minimum of contact 450hrs with an ERYT Teacher:

  • Techniques, Training and Practice 150hrs
  • Teaching Methodology 30hrs
  • Anatomy and Physiology 35hrs
  • Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics 60hrs
  • Practicum: 40 Hours

All ​Educational Modules specialize​ in specific areas of learning. Modules are designed to empower practitioners and yoga teachers to delve deeper into the areas of study of interest to them. You do not have to be a yoga teacher to participate in ​C​ontinuing ​E​ducation ​M​odules. Every module requires 100 percent attendance to receive certification and all Power Yoga Canada continuing education modules can be applied to 500 hour ​YA ​certification.

​For 500hr Certification here is a breakdown of the required Continuing Education Modules and the Elective ​Continuing Education Modules:

REQUIRED FOR 500hr CERTIFICATION
(200 + 190 hrs with 275min required ERYT Contact Hours)
  • 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
  • Advanced Techniques for Teaching​: Deliver​ing​ with Excellence 20hr ​
  • Advanced Techniques for Teaching​: Methodology and Execution 20hr
  • Advanced Techniques for Teaching​: Heart Shares & Story Telling ​20hr
  • Advanced Techniques for Teaching​: Mastering Music 10hr
  • Anatomy​: ​​Get Inside the Anatomy of Yoga ​20hr
  • Assisting Intensive Level ​One​​ ​40hr​
  • Foundations of ​F​acilitation 10hr
  • B​usiness of Yoga 10hr
  • Mentorship: Life on Team 40hr
ELECTIVE​​ MODULES FOR 500hr CERTIFICATION
(110 hrs required)
  • Mentorship: One on One 10hr
  • Assisting Intensive Level Two 20hr
  • Aligned Yoga 25hr
  • Trauma-Sensitive 20hr
  • Kids Yoga 25hr
  • Energy and Chakras 20hr
  • Nutrition and Wellness 10hr
  • Meditation and Mindfulness 100hr
  • Yin Yoga 25hr
  • Restorative 20hr