Since 1990
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Become a Registered Yoga Teacher
Choose your Program
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RYT 200, Shin Somatics & Yoga Alliance
RYT 500, Shin Somatics & Yoga Alliance
RYT 200 Online, Shin Somatics & Yoga Alliance
Eastwest Somatics is a Registered Yoga School
with Yoga Alliance
Sondra Fraleigh, director of the yoga certification program, is E-RYT 2000,
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance at the advanced level with a minimum 1000 hours of teaching before 2002 and a minimum
of 1000 hours since then.
Catherine Schaeffer, co-director of our yoga program is E-RYT 500
and a yoga continuing education teacher through Yoga Alliance
and Eastwest.
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Christina Marie Sears Etter, MFA & RYT 500, teaches our RYT 200 Program Online
with Flexible Home Study. Scroll to the bottom to see more...
Eastwest Somatics offers three options to become registered as a yoga teacher. See these explained below. The first permits trainees to receive a certificates after the first 200 hours. The second option involves the 300 hours of advanced training. Trainees who complete both RYT 200 and RYT 300 programs can register as a RYT 500. This is Shin Somatics Yoga 500 Certificate, as described immediately below. For Yoga Alliance, see: www.yogaalliance.org.
The third option is online. ​ See our New Yoga 200 Training on Zoom beginning in March 2025 and launched from our Virtual Studio on this website. This is an 8 month in-depth program with flexible at home hours described more fully on the bottom of this page.
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Photo: Eastwest Retreat at Ebbio in Tuscany
Registered Yoga Teacher 200, Shin Somatics & Yoga Alliance
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RYT 200 with Eastwest Shin Somatics and Yoga Alliance (Registered Yoga Teacher with at least 200 hours of training) The certificate for RYT 200 also qualifies students as - Shin Somatics Yoga 200 Teacher.
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Summary of study at Eastwest: 5 levels of study, student teaching, experiential yoga anatomy project. (Each level of study represents one 5-day workshop). See breakdown below.
Shin Somatics® yoga registration and Yoga Alliance 200 requires 5 levels of study. at Eastwest as outlined below:
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180 Contact hrs. (Each level of study is 36 Contact hrs.)
20 hrs of student teaching
Total of 200 Hours.
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Extra 130 hrs of Independent Study (26 hrs. Independent study for each of 5 levels). This can be reading, hands-on work, informal teaching. Hand-in assignment on Yoga Anatomy is required.
Total 330 hours
Eastwest students can apply for RYT 200 and Shin Somatics Yoga Teacher after level 5.
The 200 hour certification option is oriented toward fulfilling Yoga Alliance requirements for those who wish to specialize and Register in Yoga after five levels of study at Eastwest.
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Special Features of Registered Yoga Teacher 500, Shin Somatics & Yoga Alliance
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Shin Somatics Yoga 500 Certificate (200 + 300 hrs.)
This certificate requires eight levels of study at Eastwest and an experiential anatomy project. Level 8 is a course in teaching metholodology and practice. At this level, students become workshop mentors. Yoga 500 is through Eastwest and Yoga Alliance. Students who complete Level 8 can be certified through Eastwest, ISMETA and Yoga Alliance. This certificate represents at least 200 + 300 contact hours, background studies, independent studies, and case study. This level of study includes Yoga Restore Bodywork.
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TUITION SUMMARY
8 five-day Workshops or Retreats ( 8 Levels of Study) with Eastwest Insitutue: $886 each, now reduced to $786 with further reduction for early bird. Retreats priced separately. Eight levels plus a project on applied anatomy are required for Yoga 500. Five Levels plus a project on applied anatomy are required for Yoga 200. Applied anatomy project is completed during Yoga 200 at Level 5.
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Retreats priced separately. Prices my vary for each workshop/retreat location. Location and pricing on the home page menu under Events.
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Schedule of Payments:
Payments should be made at least 4 weeks prior. Early-Bird Discounts from $48 to $99 apply, 6 weeks in advance.
Payment plans over time can be arranged.
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*Inquire about becoming E-RYT, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher through Eastwest and Yoga Alliance. This provides elegibility for becoming a teacher/trainer in certifying yoga teachers through Eastwest and Yoga Alliance.
RYT 200 Program on Zoom
Registration through Eastwest and Yoga Alliance features online & flexible home study
This 8-month program begins in March of 2025
Registered Yoga Teacher 200 with at least 200 hours of training in Shin Somatics® Yoga
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Summary of hours:
180 Contact hrs.
20 hrs of student teaching
Total of 200 Hours.
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This program emphasizes several somatic forms: Land to Water Yoga, Adaptive Chair Yoga, and the challenges of Soma Flow Yoga as conceived through somatic educational principles and therapeutic processes. It also includes the study of restorative yoga for trauma, yoga teaching methods, somatic leadership and interpersonal communication. Program teaches Yoga Techniques and Philosophy, as well as Experiential Yoga Anatomy. This program concentrates on somatic yoga and provides student teaching opportunities.
This concentrated program leads to RYT 200 with Eastwest Somatics and Yoga Alliance (Registered Yoga Teacher with at least 200 hours of training) The certificate for RYT 200 also qualifies students as - Shin Somatics Yoga 200 Teacher.
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TUITION: $1750 for each 100 hrs.
Total Tuition $3500. Payment plans available.
Deposit of $349 to secure pricing.
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Students in this specialized program for yoga qualify for RYT 200 and Shin Somatics Yoga Teacher 200 after completion of the program.
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The 200 hour certification option is oriented toward fulfilling Yoga Alliance requirements for those who wish to specialize and Register in Somatic Yoga.
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Sondra Fraleigh in Yoga Cow Face
DarbySheridan in Yoga Tree
Christina Fraleigh in Yoga Tree
