November 2025-February 2026
200HR Yoga Shanti Teacher Training (Fall 2025)
With Colleen Saidman Yee & Rodney Yee
Location: Yoga Shanti, Sag Harbor, NY
Details: 8 weekends over 3 Months - Participate In Person or Online!
About This Program
Sign up by September 30th for Early Bird Incentives. See Tuition details below.
Yoga Shanti’s 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training is an opportunity to open a doorway into self-awareness of body, mind, and spirit! This hybrid training includes 3 months of direct study with Colleen Saidman and Rodney Yee, with the option to participate entirely online, in-person, or a combination of both! This carefully curated program is designed to immerse you in the study of yoga, enriching and strengthening your personal practice, and preparing you to teach a set of safe Shanti-style sequences. The curriculum will include cultivating a daily home practice of asana, pranayama, and meditation with a focus on alignment, flow, and inquiry of the subtle. You will develop teaching skills including sequencing, and seeing and understanding bodies. Your study will also include anatomy and philosophy. Plenty of individual attention and mentorship will be available for each student. This training has the potential to transform your life, and we hope that you will join us on this ever-unfolding journey. Read testimonials from our recent graduates here!
Program Structure
The training comprises eight long-weekends beginning in the Autumn of this year and continuing through mid-February 2026. The group also meets for compulsory one-hour mentorship meetings on Tuesdays. Students are required to attend all sessions live for a minimum of 80% real-time participation. The entire program will also be recorded and available for on-demand replay so that students can bring themselves up to speed if there is an occasional scheduling conflict. These replays are also an invaluable resource for students during the entire program, allowing for the review of content during home study.
8 Weekend Sessions Over 3 Months
- November 14-16
- November 21-23
- December 5-7
- December 12-14
- January 9-11
- January 23-25
- January 30-February 1
- February 13-15
Fridays: 6:00-8:00PM (ET)
Saturdays: 11:00AM-6:00PM (ET)
Sundays: 11:00AM-6:00PM (ET)
Weekly 1-hour Mentorship Calls:
Tuesdays at 7:00PM (ET)
Required Weekly Yoga Classes:
Students are also required to take at least one additional public Yoga Shanti class each week. This can be taken live or on-demand at any time within the same week.
Reading List
- Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar
- When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
- Yoga for Life by Colleen Saidman
- When Love Comes to Light by Richard Freeman
- The Yoga of Breath: A Step-by-Step Guide to Pranayama by Richard Rosen
- The Mirror of Yoga: Awakening the Intelligence of Body and Mind by Richard Freeman
- Also required: Subscription to Gaia Yoga Foundations for the duration of training.
Props for Home Practice
- A Yoga Mat
- 2 Yoga Bricks (foam or cork)
- 3 Blankets
- 1 Yoga belt or strap
- 1 Sandbag (Purchase the yoga sand-bag cover online and fill with 5lb fish tank pebbles from pet store)
Technical Requirements
- A reliable internet connection and computer/smartphone with camera.
- A location in your home that you can set up as a yoga practice space.
- A setup so that instructors can review your practice virtually. Your space should be well-lit so that you are clearly visible on screen. It is important that instructors are able to see your full practice space.
- The WhatsApp mobile application
- The Zoom application
Tuition
Tuition for this program is $3180 if paid in full up front. Previous Yoga Shanti YTT graduates are eligible for reduced tuition rate of $1980. Tuition includes unlimited online classes and a 20 in-person classes to use for the duration of training (November 7-February 15). See below for available payment plans.
Early Bird Registration Incentives: Sign up by September 30th to receive unlimited in-person classes for the duration of the program OR unlimited online classes immediately upon registration and all the way through March 31, 2026. (Available to new Yoga Shanti YTT students only.)
To officially register, or with questions, please email training@yogashanti.com.
Payment Plans
Payment plans incur a $100 fee. An initial deposit of $1000 is required upon initial registration, with follow-up payments occurring on the same day each month thereafter, as follows:
- 3 monthly installments of $760
- 4 monthly installments of $570
- Past Graduates: 4 monthly installments of $270
Diversity Scholarship
Yoga Shanti is dedicated to making yoga accessible to as many people as possible and to increasing diversity in the yoga community. As part of our commitment to this endeavor, we have established The Yoga Shanti Diversity Scholarship to encourage and assist people from under-represented groups to join our training program. The scholarship application deadline for this training is midnight on October 15th, 2025.
Withdrawal and Refund Policy
Students may withdraw from the training up until end-of-day on September 30th, 2025 for any reason for a refund of any tuition paid, less a completely non-refundable $300 administrative fee. After September 30th, 2025 no refunds will be given but if a student withdraws before the training begins, the funds may be used towards another training should we schedule another 200-hr training within 18 months from the student’s original registration date. Please note that another 200-hour training occurring within this time-frame is not guaranteed and credit cannot be substituted towards any of Yoga shanti services or retreats. Students who are on payment plans who withdraw from the program for any reason are required to complete their tuition payments on the original schedule in order to be eligible to participate in another training within 18 months. In the event that we do not schedule another training, or the student does not complete the original payment plan, the entire sum will be non-refundable and non-transferable to any future training. In any instance, credit towards a future training is offered on a case-by-case basis and an any credit may be prorated based on time already spent in the current program. In the event that a student is refused continuation of the program at any time for any reason, there will be no refunds or credits and the student will also be charged any remaining tuition balance.