200 Hour Online Yoga Teacher Training & Certification
Start your journey today to help others heal.
Become a yoga instructor with the Breathing Deeply Online Yoga Teacher Training (CYT) created and taught by Yoga Therapists.
Our “Fast Track” 200 Hour Online YTT is designed for anyone wanting to gain the prerequisite needed to enroll in the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy Program. If you don’t yet have a 200 hour yoga teacher training certification, this therapeutic yoga teacher training can be taken either as a stand alone or as your efficient first step to becoming a Yoga Therapist.
200 Hour Online Yoga Teacher Training Overview
Our leading 200 Hour Online Teacher Training (CYT) includes:
- Live Q&A sessions with an experienced yoga teacher and therapist for mentorship and support throughout
- Basics in Asana & Breath: What every yoga teacher wants to know about core principles of asana & breath (pranayama)
- Radically Balanced Yogi: a 6 week personal practice course offering insight into yoga therapy’s core principles and what you want to know for your own practice
- 5 In-depth Home Study Modules with coursework
- Bonus Material: 6 Pre-recorded seminars led by our 200 hour lead teacher, Joe Simek
Why Choose Our 200 Hour Online Yoga Teacher Training?
- Accommodate your schedule, goals, and finances while guaranteeing a depth of learning with an efficient, accessible program
- Learn from digestible lesson modules and coursework that are self-paced with 24/7 online access
- Immerse in a training that is developed by yoga therapists, giving it a uniquely therapeutic approach to teaching yoga and helping others heal
- Receive direct mentorship from Joe Simek, experienced yoga teacher and therapist, with Brandt Passalacqua’s teachings, Founder of Breathing Deeply
- Become certified at the 200-hour level stand alone or as a fast track prerequisite which transitions seamlessly into our Foundations Program for those who want to become yoga therapists
- Get questions answered and connect with other community members on the same path in the Breathing Deeply Network
Online Yoga Teacher Training Coursework and Modules
Asana (Postures) & Breath Course
This Breathing Deeply Module will provide lessons to develop skills to teach yoga. The primary goal of this module is to give students basic sequencing and languaging skills for yoga asana and pranayama. Through video lectures on how to instruct basic poses with clear languaging and a one-on-one tutorial, basic teaching skills are learned.
Radically Balanced Yogi
This powerful 6-week personal practice course offers insight into yoga therapy’s core principles and what you want to know for your own practice. It is divided into sections by week, spending the first day of the week with lectures and lesson materials. The other days offer questions for introspection to help you absorb the material with a contemplation journal. This course was designed by Brandt Passalacqua, headteacher, and founder of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy School.
The Five Modules
These five modules, that can be taken at your own pace including a fast track, are made up of clear and efficient lesson videos, including home study with practices and coursework. Modules include topics ranging from yoga texts to anatomy to the history, ethics, and business of yoga. These online modules are accessible 24/7 and offer a comprehensive package for learning.
Bonus Material: 6 Pre-recorded Seminars
These pre-recorded sessions are an opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of material with in depth lessons led by Joe Simek, Breathing Deeply’s 200 HR lead teacher and Advanced Program Graduate (C-IAYT). In these 6 recordings, we cover an in depth range of topics necessary to being an effect therapeutic yoga teacher including Yoga Asana, Breath and Pranayama practices, Chanting and Meditation, Philosophy and Yoga Text, Approach to Therapeutic Yoga.
Breathing Deeply's Therapeutic Approach to Yoga Teacher Certification
Our unique certification program is designed specifically for students who want to approach yoga teaching from a therapeutic perspective. If your intention is to help relieve the suffering of others, regardless of age, gender, condition, health history, or physical and mental ability, then taking a 200-hour yoga teacher training certification created and led by Yoga Therapists is an important piece of your yoga education. This is where your purpose merges with our school.
You will learn the basics of poses, anatomy, breathwork, and the history of yoga, like you would in many 200 hour teacher trainings. However, we will peel back the layers, and dig deep into the constructs that Yoga Therapists use every day: therapeutic movement, Doshas (Ayurveda), yogic philosophy, chanting, meditation, and more.
Upon completion, you’ll be certified (CYT) to teach yoga in a class setting, with these unique skills and an awareness that certain audiences may need a modified approach to classic yoga poses and practices.
Want to Become a Yoga Therapist?
Save Money with Our 200 HR YTT and Foundations Program Combined Package
If you want to become a Yoga Therapist, but do not have a 200-hour yoga teacher training certification yet, this course will do just that! It is also offered as a prerequisite for our Yoga Therapy Foundations Program Certification.
After completion of both programs you will be fully prepared to become a Yoga Therapist with two separate certifications — a 200-hour teacher training certification (CYT) and a yoga therapy certification. You will also have the prerequisites to matriculate into the Breathing Deeply Advanced Yoga Therapy Program and earn the highest standard of yoga therapy certifications, C-IAYT.
The Breathing Deeply 200 hour online yoga teacher training can be taken as a standalone course or as a package with our Foundations Yoga Therapy Program (with a savings of $500 off the cost of tuition)!
Meet Your Teacher, Joe Simek
As an experienced yoga teacher, C-IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist, and long-time yoga studio owner, Joe Simek is a perfect fit to lead the Breathing Deeply 200 HR Yoga Teacher/Therapist Training.
Joe started his yogic journey in 2003 and helped open Dragonfly Yoga Studio in Doylestown, PA in 2005, which he still runs with his wife. Joe currently has a thriving yoga therapy practice at Dragonfly, where he also teaches group classes and workshops.
He is a graduate of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy Foundation and Advanced Programs. In early 2017, he became a Teaching Assistant for the Foundations Program. In 2016, he also studied with Brandt to become a certified Peaceful Weight Loss facilitator. That same year, he completed a 500 HR Advanced Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with yoga teacher and author Rolf Gates.
Meet Your Teacher, Brandt Passalacqua
Brandt Passalacqua is the creator of Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy and Meditation. He has been enjoying Yoga and the healing arts since 2001 after overcoming obesity and a life-threatening autoimmune illness. His personal journey serves as an inspiration to countless others and informs his compassionate, humorous, and down-to-earth teaching style.
Brandt has taught yoga and maintained a yoga therapy private practice since 2002 where he integrates yoga therapy in the tradition of Krishnamacharya and Structural Yoga Therapy, Medical Massage, a variety of meditation lineages, and plain-old common sense to help people realize their goals. He works with individuals suffering from a wide variety of diseases including obesity, eating disorders, acute and chronic physical complaints, trauma, and other chronic and mental conditions. He also serves as a meditation teacher with an emphasis on finding the most efficient practice/s for an individual’s evolution.
Brandt shares what he knows through training programs in Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy, Peaceful Weight Loss™ through Yoga, and the Breathing Deeply Meditation Sangha. He lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife, Anna (Breathing Deeply Director) and their two children.
Meet Your Teacher, Joe Simek
As an experienced yoga teacher, C-IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist, and long-time yoga studio owner, Joe Simek is a perfect fit to lead the Breathing Deeply 200 HR Yoga Teacher/Therapist Training.
Joe started his yogic journey in 2003 and helped open Dragonfly Yoga Studio in Doylestown, PA in 2005, which he still runs with his wife. Joe currently has a thriving yoga therapy practice at Dragonfly, where he also teaches group classes and workshops.
He is a graduate of the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy Foundation and Advanced programs. In early 2017, he became a Teaching Assistant for the Foundations Program. In 2016, he also studied with Brandt to become a certified Peaceful Weight Loss facilitator. That same year, he completed a 500 HR Advanced Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with yoga teacher and author Rolf Gates.
Live Seminars
On one Saturday each month from 1 – 4 p.m. ET, there are Live Online Sessions via Zoom led by Joe Simek, Breathing Deeply’s 200 HR lead teacher and Foundations Program Teaching Assistant. These sessions are an opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of material and connect with their YTT community. The requirement is to attend a minimum of 5 of the 6 live sessions (allowing for one to be missed and watched later).
Each session includes:
- Orientation & Community Build
- Yoga/Asana Class
- Pranayama/Chanting/Meditation Class
- Philosophy Lecture
- Book Discussion
- Outside Classes Discussion
- General Q&A
Tuition
The Breathing Deeply 200-Hour Teacher Training stand-alone options include:
- Pay in Full: $1,995
- Payment Plan: 4 monthly payments of $550 = $2,200 Total
The Breathing Deeply 200-Hour Teacher Training and Foundations Program tuition is also offered as a package. There are two payment options.
- Pay in Full: $1,500 (200 HR TT) + $2,995 (Online Foundations) = 4,495 Total
- Payment Plan: $1,000 first payment then $199/month/20 months = $4,980 Total
If you are interested in becoming a Yoga Therapist but still need your 200-Hour Yoga Certification, start your journey with our 200-Hour Fast Track Program for only $499!
The Breathing Deeply 200 Hour Online YTT is your prerequisite for both our Yoga Therapy Foundations and Advanced Certifications!