The History of Yoga: Comprehensive, Contemporary, Curious Teacher Training | Online 2026

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Welcome to The History of Yoga: Comprehensive, Contemporary, Curious Teacher Training! We created this live online yoga teacher training to better support you in an interactive format with discussions along the way. You can either begin the weekly pre-recorded content as soon as it drops or catch up throughout the week. Likewise, you can either attend the weekly live call sessions or watch the recordings to stay on top of the information as it progresses – you will have unlimited access to the live session recordings and resources.

This 20hr LIVE training is taught in a hybrid model consisting of 10, 2hr sessions total: 5 pre-recorded sessions and 5 live call sessions (1 session delivered each week) plus a bonus Reading Week. Expect deep dive content drops and information-filled interactive live sessions which will both challenge and champion your learning.

The pre-recorded content will come as two one-hour recordings per session. The live call sessions will begin with about an hour of lecture, followed by an interactive discussion to prompt deeper inquiry.

This yoga teacher training will count as 20 hours towards your 500-hour/1000-hour Yoga Medicine certification. Directly following the last live session of the yoga teacher training you will be invited to take an optional online exam – you must pass the exam within 45 days to receive your certificate of completion and training hours. These online hours will also be recognized as 20 continuing education hours (CEUs) by Yoga Alliance.

LIVE Sessions Schedule (8-10am PST | 9-11am MST | 11am – 1pm EST):

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Pre-Recorded Session Videos

You can watch the pre-recorded session videos here using the video player below – the new video will be added to the playlist per the schedule above. Just use the white dropdown arrow in the upper left-hand corner of the video players to toggle between each sessions’ recording. Within this video player, you can go fullscreen, change the speed, add closed captioning, and more.

LIVE Online Session Recordings

You can watch the live session recordings here using the video player below – the new recording will be added to the playlist per the schedule above (please allow for 24hrs after the live call for the recording to be posted). Just use the white dropdown arrow in the upper left-hand corner of the video player to toggle between each sessions’ recording. Within this video player, you can go fullscreen, change the speed, add closed captioning, and more.

History of Yoga Final Exam – Submissions Due by June 12, 2026 @ 11:59pm PST

The History of Yoga Teacher Training is meant to discuss the origins and evolution of yoga and how to apply that historical and philosophical grounding into a yoga class. This training encourages the ability to think critically and analytically about yoga in the past, present and future. So due to the nature of this training’s structure, there are no right or wrong answers to a lot of the discussions we have had throughout this training. Therefore, the format of this final exam is an open-ended written assessment where you will answer 1 of 4 essay questions (whichever one speaks to you the most) so we can see that you can explain, through a process of critical thinking, how you are forming your answer and why you are making your decision. In 700-1000 words (meaning one-worded/sentence answers will not be accepted), you will submit your answers via the associated discussion board to your question (see below) no later than June 12, 2026 @ 11:59pm PST. Then your lead teacher, Firdose Moonda, will read and comment on your submissions to acknowledge your engagement with the material. Upon approval of your submission, you will have successfully passed and will receive your certificate and 20hrs of completion for The History of Yoga: Comprehensive, Contemporary, Curious Teacher Training.
Note: If you do not submit your essay by June 12, 2026 @ 11:59pm PST, the essay discussion boards will be removed and you will no longer be able to submit your answers. Therefore, you will not be able to receive your certificate and hours of completion for this training.

Question: Yoga history is primarily told through texts but is this the best and most effective way of doing so? Which text do you reference and why? How do you refer to them? Are there any texts outside of the yogic cannon that you bring to your teaching/practice and how do they fit in?

Essay Topic #1 Discussion Board

Question: Between the 11th and 20th centuries, asana developed in different and complex ways in the Indian subcontinent and after that, took on different forms outside of it. How does modern asana (especially that which you practice/teach) resemble or differ from the older practices? Which of these sequences are relevant today? And how has asana changed – given the demographic of practitioners and their needs – in the last two decades?

Essay Topic #2 Discussion Board

Question: It’s 2035 and yoga looks like… This is a blank canvas and you get to design the future of the practice in any way you would like. Drawing on the material presented and the evolution of yoga thus far, share your ideal vision for what this iteration of yoga looks like, who practices it, where and what its impact is. Feel free to be as creative as you’d like.

Essay Topic #3 Discussion Board

Question: Want to write about something that hasn’t been suggested but is on your mind? Feel free to, but there are some parameters. Please make sure you address one of the topics covered in the sessions, provide some information on how or whether you use this in your own practice or teaching, why or why not, and what relevance you feel it has in the context of modern yoga. I don’t mind how you want to tackle this – and feel free to submit a poem or piece of art – but would like to see critical engagement with the material. If you have an idea and what to run it by me, please do.

Essay Topic #4 Discussion Board

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