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Next Advanced Level YTT: 

September 10 - December 18, 2026

Advanced Level Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher Training

with La Colmena Collective

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What Will You Learn?

We believe in empowering our students to hear and trust the voice within!​

Our unique advanced level yoga teacher training program goes above and beyond

Yoga Alliance standards to provide you a truly in-depth transformational experience.

The curriculum for 300 Hour Level Programming is:

  • 50 hours: Techniques, Training & Practice: Teaching Advanced Asana, Methodology for Guiding Advanced Pranayama, Encouraging Mindful Living, Guiding Advanced Mudra & Mantra

  • 15 hours: Teaching Methodology: Voice, Communication, Sequencing, Special Populations, Transferring your Knowledge into Language Your Students can Understand, Business Marketing and Formulating a Business Plan, SWOT charts, Business for Yogis and more.

  • 25 hours: Anatomy & Physiology: Advanced Anatomy and Physiology, Ayurvedic Approach to Physiology, Anatomy of Movement for Yoga Teachers, Foundational A & P review, Spanda, the Vayus, The Digestive System & Yoga, Interoception & Proprioception, The Endocrine System & Yoga, Ojas, Agni & Ama and more!

  • 30 hours: Philosophy, Lifestyle & Ethics: Core Beliefs, Living Your Yoga, Honing Your Spiritual Practice, Finding Your Voice, Mythology, the Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Dinacharya & Rtucharya, Aligning Your Life with Natures Cycles, Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha – Life-stages, Four Brahma Viharas, Six Philosophies of Ayurveda

  • 30 hours: Practicum: Practice Teaching, Live Class Assisting, Live Guided Meditation, Live Guided Asana practice, Live full-length class offering

  • 180 hours: Electives: Ayurveda & Lifestyle, Ayurvedic Daily and Seasonal Routines, The MahaBhutas, 3 MahaGunas, 20 gunas, 3 Doshas, Restorative Yoga & Yin Yoga for your Doshas, Assists & Adjustments, Functional Anatomy, Sequencing for your Dosha, The Ayurvedic Kitchen, Ayurvedic Psychology, Epigenetics & Ayurveda, Trauma-Informed Practices

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50 Hours ABOVE the current Yoga Alliance Standards

At La Colmena, our students receive 50 contact hours of instruction above and beyond the 300 hour Yoga Alliance Advanced Level Standard for certification. Did you know that the YA only requires 270 contact hours for advanced qualification? We believe that our attention to detail and commitment to provide a truly thorough advanced program allows for the La Colmena teachers to be amongst the most well educated, prepared and high quality teachers out there!

This Course is Recommended for:

Our Advanced Level Yoga Teacher Training is best suited for several types of seekers:

  • Dedicated Yoga Students and Teachers who have a desire to welcome Ayurveda into their practices and their lives

  • Counselors or therapists who wish to be able to incorporate yogic tools, mindfulness, Ayurvedic principles, and meditation into their sessions

  • Current Yoga Teachers who want to find a niche in their field through deepened study or simply wish to deepen their pre-existing skills

  • Those with a strong desire to advance their skills of sharing yoga in private, public, workshop and retreat settings.

  • Teachers of any medium who wish to incorporate yogic tools, mindfulness and meditation into their sessions​​

Training Overview

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Yoga and Ayurveda are sister sciences that explore the prospect of wholeness and good health for not only a longer lifespan but for a higher quality of living!

 

Our unique Advanced-Level Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher Training embraces the Sister Science of Ayurveda and supports you in implementing it into your own life and into your asana classes. It is hard to separate these two ancient practices from one another and why would we ever want to!? They were developed to work cohesively in order to support prime health and wellness plus remembered wholeness at all levels.

 

If you love Ayurveda or have a sincere interest in it, this may be a wonderful entryway into the wide world of Ayurvedic practices or a way to deepen your preexisting/ongoing study. Like our foundational level program, our 300-hour yoga teacher training program goes above and beyond current Yoga Alliance standards in both the curriculum and contact hours.  This course will give you the confidence to begin integrating Ayurveda into your everyday life and into your yoga class lesson plans. This is an Advanced Level Program that is recognized and registered with the Yoga Alliance.

Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Curriculum

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La Colmena Collective offers a unique opportunity to complete your 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training through a hybrid experience. Get the convenience AND the adventure! Combine online learning with an in-person immersion.  First, join a big online community of students and then meet an intimate group of classmates during an on-site immersion. Please note that the program cost does not include airfare, housing or meals for the immersion portion, as these expenses are location dependent.  CYA graduates are amongst the world’s most well-prepared and high quality teachers!

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Begin your yoga journey with us today.

Our Advanced Level YTT is comprised of 5 modules:

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​​Module #1 - Mahabhuta

Landing and reviewing, building blocks of life and of our practice, the fundamental understandings, 5 elemental living, aligning with nature. This unit includes review material from the 200 hour level training.

​​Module #2 - Vata

Flying in, Movement, Shifts & Change, Air & Ether, Lightness & Discovery. In this unit we built from the basic 5 elements up in our discovery of Ayurveda and how it can be applied to your Yoga Practices through asana, pranayama and meditation.

​​Module #3 - Pitta

Stepping into the Fire & Water, Transformation, Tapas & Challenge, Building Sustainable Flames, Feeding & Containing the Fire. In this module we'll explore bringing Ayurveda into our everyday lives, play with recipes and begin practicing sequences.

​Module #4 - Kapha

Rooting Into Our Wisdom, Water & Earth, Stability, Steadiness, Wisdom & Knowledge, Sticking it all Together. Explore Dosha and Subdosha, carve out your niche and design classes, workshops and retreat experiences.

​Module #5 - TriDosha

A Final Product, Fusion of the 5 Elements & the 3 Doshas, Practicing for Balance & Wholeness, Final Practicums & Teaching Practices as well as Business Presentations.

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Sample Daily Schedule - ONLINE

During the online portion of the hybrid program students will receive:

  • 1 weekly workshop ranging from 90 to 120 minutes each

  • Online weekend immersions once or twice month​ly

SAMPLE WEEKLY WORKSHOP (1x/week):

6:00 to 8:00 p.m. : Lecture

SAMPLE SCHEDULE FOR ONLINE WEEKEND IMMERSIONS:​

6:00 to 8:00 a.m. : Morning Sadhana
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. : Breakfast Break
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. : History, Philosophy, Methodology, Anatomy etc.
11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. : History, Philosophy, Methodology, Anatomy etc.
12:45 p.m. : Lunch Break
12:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. : Skills Practice, Techniques, & Group Work etc.
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. : Skills Practice, Techniques, & Group Work etc.
6:00 p.m. : Break for the Evening

Sample Daily Schedule - IMMERSION

For those seeking Yoga Alliance Certification who will be joining the

required immersion trip:

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SAMPLE DAILY IMMERSION RETREAT SCHEDULE:​

"A" DAY

6:00 to 8:00 a.m. : Morning Sadhana
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. : Silent Breakfast
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. : History, Philosophy, Methodology, Anatomy etc.
11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. : History, Philosophy, Methodology, Anatomy etc.
12:45 p.m. : Lunch Break
12:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. : Skills Practice, Techniques, & Group Work etc.
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. : Skills Practice, Techniques, & Group Work etc.
6:00 p.m. : Break for the Evening

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"B" DAY

6:00 to 8:00 a.m. : Morning Sadhana
8:00 a.m. : Silent Breakfast
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. : History, Philosophy, Methodology, Anatomy etc.
11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. : History, Philosophy, Methodology, Anatomy etc.
12:45 p.m. : Lunch
12:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. : AFTERNOON BREAK
4:45 p.m. to 6:15p.m. : Sunset Practice, Practice Teach, Techniques, Sequencing etc.
6:15 p.m. : Dinner
7:15 to 8:30 p.m. : Meditation, play shop, Review Session or film

Advanced YTT Required Reading:

These are texts that will be referenced often during the course of the yoga teacher training or serve as great reading for summary or review.  There may be reading assigned from these texts during the training.  Please bring them with you in hard copy or digital format.

  • Your favorite copy of The Upanishads

  • Idiot's Guides: Ayurveda by Sahara Rose Ketabi

Why Should You Choose La Colmena?

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We support students from all over the globe in graduating with an understanding of the foundations of yoga and in-depth studies on their niche of choice! Graduates of our programs can be found in most corners of the world and in a variety of different settings!

We place emphasis on:

  • The coupling of modern science’ findings with an in-depth spiritual practice

  • Functional alignment practices for injury prevention

  • Inclusivity, safety, accessibility, and approachable sequencing

  • A grounded, well-rounded and in-depth program

  • An 8 limbs approach to the practice

  • Encouragement, on-going communication and mentorship structures

  • Exploration of what yoga off-the-mat and out in the world looks like

  • Time for Self-Study

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La Colmena Core Pillars

Reverence 
for the Roots & Traditions of Yoga

Implementation of Trauma- Informed Practices

Focus on Functional Movement & Injury Prevention

Inclusion of Ayurvedic Principles

Dedication to 
Equity, Community & Service

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What Makes Us Unique?

Aside from going well above and

beyond the current Yoga Alliance

Standards (the global authority on yoga

training qualifying factors and curriculum),

we are also constantly striving to be innovators in the field of preventative health and wellness. At La Colmena we believe in bringing the best of modern scientific research into the in-depth spiritual practices.​

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Our staff is diverse and comes from all over the globe, offering students a variety of perspectives and lived experiences to supplement their studentship. We honor Yoga as a system that was never meant to be exclusive, but rather a path toward remembered wholeness which ALL who want should have access to. 

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What's Included?

  • Access to our live online hours of study

  • Access to your course recordings to look back upon for 1 year after graduation

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  • ​Additional digital content for your supplementary practice

  • Systems of mentorship and feedback

  • Your illustrated PDF Yoga Teacher Training manual and workbook

  • ​Inclusion into a group of staff, faculty, mentors and students as support and resources via email, Facebook and WhatsApp

  • On-going support and communication post-graduation

  • Email orientation and introduction as well as post-graduation integration support

  • A 300 hour Yoga Teacher Certificate of Completion (Yoga Alliance certified for those who join the immersion portion to complete their Practicum hours).

Course Goals

We believe in empowering our students

to hear and trust the voice within!

In this course you will:​

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  • Deepen your studentship and your dedication to the yogic practices from a 4 Path & an 8-Limb approach

  • Build confidence and lean into your unique voice and offerings in order to incorporate Ayurvedic principles with confidence

  • Gain hours of live teaching experience with feedback from your peers, mentors and the faculty

  • Learn the fine art of advanced and Ayurvedic sequencing with anatomical safety in mind

  • Develop the tools for taking your practice off of the mat and into the world so you can be an empowered community leader

  • Receive an introduction to the fundamentals of Ayurveda, Anatomy and Biomechanics, in-depth Philosophy, and Yoga as an invitation to Social Action

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What's Not Included?

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  • Required Texts

  • Manual printing costs

  • For those seeking Yoga Alliance certification, the online course rate does not include: airfare, transportation, accommodation or meals for your immersion practicum. That package must be purchased separately and is priced dependent upon the location you choose.

What you can expect from our Faculty

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Our highly qualified staff is here in service with a mission of advancing the studies of Yoga, Meditation, Breathwork and Ayurveda. Here's what you can expect from our team of global leaders:

  • A high standard of professionalism and dedication to the students

  • Their own long-term studies and on-going commitment to education

  • Commitment to equity and non-discrimination within the classroom (live and online)

  • An approachable demeanor, responsive in communication 

  • Adherence to the Colmena Collective core pillars and ethical standards 

  • An 8 limbs approach to the practice

  • Responsible mentorship

  • A dedication to practicing Yoga off the mat

  • Regular participation in their own feedback systems and regular student and peer review processes.

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