300-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training

Enrich Your Life.
Elevate Your Career.

Foundations of Yoga Therapy · RYT500 · Irvine, CA + Zoom · All Classes Recorded

We believe Yoga Therapy is Lifestyle Medicine. The practices you'll study in this training: breathwork, meditation, Ayurveda, philosophy, sequencing, and the subtle tools of the yogic tradition, are not just things you'll teach. They are practices that will transform your own life first.

Over 12 months, you'll strengthen your personal self-care, uplift your relationships, and cultivate a more sustained sense of joy and purpose. You'll do all of this inside a warm, uplifting community of like-minded teachers and practitioners who are growing alongside you. And you'll emerge as a genuinely confident, well-trained yoga teacher with the foundational skills to confidently teach students of all levels and abilities.

This is personal transformation and professional development, woven together, exactly as Yoga intends.

Next cohort begins October 10, 2026 · In-Studio (Irvine, CA) or Zoom · All sessions recorded.

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Why This Program

A training that transforms
from the inside out.

Whether your goal is to deepen your own practice, teach with greater confidence, or take your first step toward becoming a yoga therapist, this program was designed to meet you exactly where you are and carry you further than you imagined.

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Personal Growth

Deepen your self-care, strengthen your relationships, and cultivate lasting joy and purpose through lived yogic practice.

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Professional Excellence

Teach with real confidence. Build clinical skills. Earn your RYT500 and take your first step toward the C-IAYT.

Uplifting Community

Learn alongside your sangha in our Wellness Sanctuary and Tea House, mentored, supported, and celebrated every step of the way.

Who This Is For

Wherever you are on your path,
there is a place for you here.

Whether you're coming home to deepen what you already love, filling the gaps your last training left behind, or answering a calling toward yoga therapy, this program was built for you.

01

The BTC Graduate

You loved your 200hr experience and you're not ready to leave. You want to stay in community, keep growing, and build the teaching confidence and therapeutic skills to truly serve your students.

02

The Teacher Looking for More

You completed your 200hr training and you're hungry for more, more feedback, more depth, more confidence in front of a class.

03

The Devoted Practitioner

You are a serious student and teacher, called to go deeper into yoga therapy, philosophy, and the subtle practices that transform lives.

Yoga Therapy as Lifestyle Medicine

Our curriculum is rooted in the understanding that Yoga Therapy is Lifestyle Medicine, a preventative, root-cause, whole-person approach to health and wellbeing. Led by faculty holding a Master of Public Health (Katie Allen, MPH, E-RYT500, C-IAYT) and a Master's in Functional Medicine and Nutrition (Allison Prince, MS, E-RYT500, C-IAYT), every month you'll explore how the tools of yoga support genuine healing in yourself and the people you serve.

Practice Teaching Every Month, With Real Feedback

From your very first month, you will teach in front of your peers and receive direct, constructive feedback from credentialed yoga therapists. This is the most important thing we do, and the thing that most yoga trainings skip entirely. You'll progress from foundational cueing through sequencing, subtle body integration, and therapeutic adaptations, building real competence and confidence at every step.

"Most yoga teacher trainings produce graduates who have watched hundreds of videos but have never stood in front of a class. We built this program to change that — one monthly practice teaching session at a time."

Flexible + Sustainable Schedule

Designed to fit your life
and stay in it.

Classes meet one weekend per month, Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, plus two midweek touchpoints two weeks later, designed to fit into a lunch break. That's it. Immersive enough to transform you. Sustainable enough to stay in your life.

Friday
Practice Teaching In-Studio + Zoom · Monthly
4:30–7:30 PM PT · 3 hrs
Saturday
Weekend Intensive In-Studio + Zoom · Following day
12:30–5:30 PM PT · 5 hrs
Tuesday
Lifestyle Medicine Zoom · Two weeks later
12:00–1:30 PM PT · 1.5 hrs
Wednesday
Yoga Sutras In-Studio + Zoom · Following day
11:00 AM–12:00 PM PT · 1 hr
Monthly
Internship Supervised teaching hours — see below
TBD
Anytime
Asynchronous Coursework Anatomy, Ayurveda, Human Systems + more
~11 hrs/month

Total monthly commitment: 21.5–23.5 hours · 10.5–12.5 hrs synchronous + 11 hrs asynchronous
Total program: 270 hours · 138 synchronous + 132 asynchronous · 12 months

Internship Progression

You won't just study teaching.
You'll actually teach.

Confidence doesn't come from watching, it comes from doing, with the support of a community that believes in you. From month one you are in front of real students, building real experience inside a cohort that holds you every step of the way. In-Studio in Orange County or virtual options.

Months 1–6

Supervised Group Teaching

Once per month, you'll teach a 10-minute segment in a live Be The Change group class, supervised by BTC staff. Real students, real-time feedback, and the warm support of your cohort behind you.

Months 7–12

Independent Teaching

You step into your own power, leading a 60-minute group class or 1:1 client session independently from your own teaching space. By this point you'll have the tools, the experience, and your community behind you.

Enroll in the Entire Training and Receive 12 Months of Unlimited Yoga Membership.

All teacher training students receive a complimentary yoga membership while enrolled in our training programs.

Why Be The Change

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

100% Online Option

Attend in-studio in Irvine, join live on Zoom, or watch the recording at your convenience. Every session is recorded.

Flexible Schedule

Classes meet one weekend per month, Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, plus two midweek touchpoints designed to fit into a lunch break.

Payment Plan

Monthly autopay includes your Be The Change studio membership, in studio and virtually. Early bird rate available for applications before August 1st.

Mentorship

Develop a personal mentorship relationship with credentialed yoga therapists and upper-level yoga therapy training students.

Faculty

All 300hr faculty are credentialed yoga therapists holding advanced degrees in Public Health and Functional Medicine.

Integrative Health

Our program is rooted in the Yoga Sutras and yogic philosophy, coupled with a modern public health and lifestyle medicine perspective.

The Bridge

From Yoga Teacher
to Yoga Therapist.

This program is intentionally designed as the first step in a complete professional pathway. If you feel called to go deeper, to work clinically, serve your community as a health educator, and be part of the growing movement bringing yoga therapy into healthcare, this is where that journey begins.

Every hour you invest here counts toward the C-IAYT, the gold standard credential in yoga therapy. Through our partnership with AlcheMē Natural Health Institute (ANHI), our advanced graduates go on to become credentialed yoga therapists and public health educators, building condition-specific programs that create careers, serve communities, and advance the shift of healthcare toward prevention, root cause, and whole-person wellbeing.

You Are Here
300hr Training
RYT500
→ Continue
825hr Yoga
Therapist Training
→ Credential
C-IAYT
Certification
→ Career
Public Health +
Yoga Therapy

Our Organizations

Three organizations.
One mission.

Our programs are built on the combined strength of three organizations united by a shared vision: advancing yoga therapy as lifestyle medicine and whole-person health.

AlcheMē Yoga Therapy

Our 825-hour IAYT-accredited Yoga Therapist Training Program — the pathway to the C-IAYT credential and a career in yoga therapy.

Be The Change Yoga

Orange County's premier yoga and wellness sanctuary — home to OC's first and only IAYT-accredited Yoga Therapist Training.

AlcheMē Natural Health Institute

The national leader in yoga therapy research, education, and community health programming — training yoga therapists as public health professionals.

Together we are building the infrastructure for yoga therapy to take its rightful place in the future of healthcare.

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Program Structure

Four courses.
One transformative year.

This 300-hour training is organized into four integrated courses that run simultaneously throughout the year, each one building on the last, weaving together personal practice, professional skill, philosophical depth, and whole-person health.

Course 1

Yoga Therapy Tools + Therapeutic Skills

Build the foundational skills to work with clients one-on-one. You'll learn primary yoga therapy assessment models, how to identify imbalance, and how to apply the right tools to help your clients move toward optimal health.

Subjects include:

Yoga Therapy Foundations, Practice + Public Health Proprioception + Ethical Use of Touch Principles of the Therapeutic Relationship Boundaries + Ethics of Teaching Yoga Yoga Therapy for Pregnant Students

Course 2

Philosophical Foundations for Yoga Therapy

Explore the source texts and living philosophy of yoga as a complete system of transformation. You'll study the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Ayurveda, and the Bhagavad Gita — gaining the wisdom to apply these ancient teachings in a modern therapeutic context.

Subjects include:

Yoga Sutras Tools for Yoga Therapy Ayurveda as Lifestyle Medicine Bhagavad Gita for Yoga Therapy Principles of Ayurveda Wellness

Course 3

Yoga Therapy Foundations for the Physical Body

Develop a deep understanding of musculoskeletal anatomy, kinesiology, and biomechanics. You'll learn to analyze movement, assess common imbalances, and design yoga practices that promote healthy structure, function, and rehabilitation.

Subjects include:

Anatomy + Physiology for Yoga Therapy Principles + Skills of Teaching Methodology Foundations of Asana for Yoga Therapy Yoga Rehab: Tools + Techniques for Injuries Overview of Human Systems Therapeutic Principles of Restorative Yoga

Course 4

Yoga Therapy Foundations for the Subtle Bodies

Explore the mind, breath, and subtle body through both yogic and Western psychological lenses. You'll gain tools to assess and address imbalance in the energetic, mental, and emotional layers — applying pranayama, meditation, mantra, and trauma-informed practices to support whole-person healing.

Subjects include:

Psychosocial + Emotional Components of Yoga Therapy Principles of Pranayama for Yoga Therapy Foundations of Meditation for Yoga Therapy Mantras, Mudras + Nyasa Trauma Informed Lens for Yoga Therapy Psychology of Healthy Relationships Yoga Therapy for Digestive Health Yoga Therapy for the Endocrine System + Chakras Yoga Therapy Principles for the Nervous System

Studio Membership Included

Yoga Therapy is Lifestyle Medicine.

The practices you'll study here aren't just tools you'll teach — they are the foundation of your own health, vitality, and wellbeing. What a gift it is to live this wisdom and share it with the world.

Tuition

Your investment.

We believe financial barriers shouldn't stand between you and the training you deserve. Tuition includes 12 months of unlimited yoga at Be The Change, in studio and virtually. Please fill out an application first. Upon acceptance, you'll pay the registration fee to confirm your place.

Early Bird Autopay — Apply by Aug 1

$299/mo × 13

+ $625 registration fee · Total $4,512

Autopay begins September · 13 months of studio membership included ($2,028 value)

Standard Autopay

$345/mo × 12

+ $625 registration fee · Total $4,765

Includes 12 months of studio membership ($1,740 value)

Pay in Full — by Sep 1

$4,500

One payment

Includes 12 months of studio membership ($1,740 value)

Affirm Financing

12 or 36 mo

Buy now, pay later

Apply through Affirm →

BTC 200hr Graduate Discount

Did you complete your 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Be The Change? If you matriculate into the 300hr program in the same year you graduate, you receive 15% off tuition.

Registration Fee

$625

Monthly Autopay

$285.50/month

Total Savings

$714.75 off

Please mention your BTC 200hr graduation when you apply so we can apply the discount upon acceptance.

Registration fee: $625 — paid upon acceptance to confirm your place in the program.

Complete your application first → We'll review it and reach out to schedule a discovery call. Upon acceptance you'll receive instructions to pay your registration fee and confirm your place in the cohort.

Ready to Begin?

Enrich your life. Elevate your career.
Come back to the well.

The next cohort begins October 10, 2026. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis — early applications are strongly encouraged. We would love to welcome you home.

A La Carte Classes

List of 300hr
A La Carte Classes.

Yoga Teachers are welcome to enroll in one class at a time or take the entire training with rolling admissions.

Course Objectives

What you will gain —
personally and professionally.

This training is designed to transform you from the inside out — deepening your own practice while building the professional skills to serve others with confidence, compassion, and clinical grounding.

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A deep, practical knowledge of Yogic philosophy as a living system — wisdom you'll apply in your own life every single day.

2

A sustainable personal self-care foundation rooted in Ayurveda, breathwork, meditation, and yogic philosophy — practices that support your own joy, vitality, and purpose for the long term.

3

Deeper, more conscious relationships — with yourself, your students, and the people you love — through the lens of yogic psychology and the principles of healthy connection.

4

A personal mentorship relationship with a credentialed yoga therapist — a lifelong resource for you and, through you, for your students.

5

Fluency with the full spectrum of yogic tools — from asana to mantra — and the knowledge of how to apply them skillfully for individuals and groups.

6

The confidence to teach safe, adaptable, all-levels group yoga classes that integrate breathwork, meditation, philosophy, and subtle body practices.

7

Foundational skills to work one-on-one with students — including intake, assessment, goal-setting, and designing individualized yoga plans that support their unique path to wellbeing.

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An understanding of yoga therapy as lifestyle medicine — a preventative, root-cause, whole-person approach that bridges ancient wisdom and modern public health.

9

A vibrant community of fellow practitioners and teachers — your sangha — who will support, inspire, and grow alongside you long after graduation.

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A clear, credentialed professional pathway — RYT500 now, with every hour applying toward the C-IAYT if you choose to continue into yoga therapy.

This Program Will Change Your Life

Yoga Therapy is Lifestyle Medicine.

"I’ve been reflecting on how this training has impacted my life, and I believe it has done exactly what yoga promises: calmed the fluctuations of my mind. I’ve noticed a newfound clarity and an increased ability to speak my truth, even in uncomfortable situations. This authenticity is positively influencing my relationships and those around me. I truly see this training as a roadmap for how to live a more enriched life and how to better support others.""

- Leah, AYT Graduate, Yoga Therapist

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know.

Can't find what you're looking for? Reach out to Katie directly.

How Do I start?

Fill out the online application. Once we receive it, we’ll schedule a discovery call with Katie to make sure the program is the right fit — for you and for us. Upon acceptance, you’ll pay the $625 registration fee to confirm your place. The cohort begins October 10, 2026.

Do I need to have completed my 200hr training at BTC?

Do I need to have completed my 200hr training at BTC?

No. Any Yoga Alliance-certified 200-hour training qualifies you to apply. We welcome graduates from other programs and online trainings — in fact, this program was specifically designed to fill the gaps that many 200-hour trainings leave behind.

What if I miss a class?

What if I miss a class?

Every session is recorded. Life happens — a recording means you’ll never fall behind because of a conflict, travel, or illness. We want this training to be sustainable for you, not stressful.

What if I find out about the program mid-year?

What if I find out about the program mid-year?

Already mid-year? Start now — watch the foundational course recordings, begin your monthly autopay, and jump right in. Or take any of our A La Carte Advanced Studies classes at the individual rate and enroll in the full program the following October. We’ll apply any tuition paid toward your total when you enroll.

How does this connect to the 825hr Yoga Therapist Training?

How does this connect to the 825hr Yoga Therapist Training?

This 300-hour training comprises Course #1 of our IAYT-accredited 825-hour Yoga Therapist Training. Once you’ve completed it, you’re eligible to continue into Courses #2–4 to earn the C-IAYT credential. Every hour and every dollar you invest in the 300hr applies directly toward that pathway.

Who do I contact with questions?

Who do I contact with questions?

Reach out to School Director Katie Allen at katie@bethechangeyoga.com or schedule a Discovery Call. If you’re on the fence, we warmly invite you to come practice with us first — take Allison’s and Katie’s classes, feel our community, and introduce yourself after class.

Tuition

Tuition

Your investment.

We believe financial barriers shouldn’t stand between you and the training you deserve. Tuition includes 12 months of unlimited yoga at Be The Change, in studio and virtually. Please fill out an application first. Upon acceptance, you’ll pay the registration fee to confirm your place.

Early Bird Autopay — Apply by August 1, 2026
+

$299/mo × 13 months

+ $625 registration fee · Total $4,512

Autopay begins September 2026 — enjoy a full month of studio membership before training begins. 13 months of studio membership included ($2,028 value).

Standard Autopay
+

$345/mo × 12 months

+ $625 registration fee · Total $4,765

Includes 12 months of studio membership ($1,740 value).

Pay in Full — by September 1, 2026
+

$4,500

One payment

Includes 12 months of studio membership ($1,740 value).

Affirm Financing — 12 or 36 Months
+

Flexible financing available through Affirm — buy now, pay later over 12 or 36 months.

Apply through Affirm →

🌿 BTC 200hr Graduate Discount — 15% Off
+

Did you complete your 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Be The Change? If you matriculate into the 300hr program in the same year you graduate, you receive 15% off tuition.

Registration Fee

$625

Monthly Autopay

$285.50/month

Total Savings

$714.75 off

Please mention your BTC 200hr graduation when you apply so we can apply the discount upon acceptance.

Registration fee: $625 — paid upon acceptance to confirm your place in the program.

Complete your application first → We’ll review it and reach out to schedule a discovery call. Upon acceptance you’ll receive instructions to pay your registration fee and confirm your place in the cohort.

Refund Policy

REFUND POLICY

We want you to feel confident
in your decision to enroll.
BEFORE THE PROGRAM BEGINS

If you withdraw at least 3 days before attending any 300-hour classes, you’ll receive a full refund minus your $625 registration fee. Please notify us in writing.

AFTER THE PROGRAM BEGINS

You may cancel your monthly autopay at any time. Any tuition paid for classes already taken is non-refundable. Remaining unused tuition stays on your account as credit toward future A La Carte 300-hour classes at the then-current rate, minus a $200 administrative fee.

IF LIFE GETS IN THE WAY

If you remain enrolled in autopay but can’t complete all coursework within the 12-month period, no problem — your payments continue as planned and all funds apply toward future 300-hour classes. You have up to 2 years from your start date to complete the program.

IF YOU’D LIKE TO RE-ENROLL AFTER WITHDRAWING

A $200 administrative fee applies, and re-enrollment is subject to acceptance. Monthly autopay resumes at the then-current rate.

The 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training must be completed within a 2-year period.