BREATHE. PRACTICE. TEACH.

200-Hour Holistic Therapeutic Wellness Yoga Teacher Training

Personalized Mysore • Therapeutic Movement • Breath • Strength • Mobility • Balance • Functional Wellness

2026 Training Dates

Space is limited to maintain individualized instruction.The Art of Teaching Yoga

September - November - December

• In Person( Maui) August 28 - September 8, 2026

• In Person (Maui) September 18-29, 2026

• In Person ( Maui)November 20 - Dec 1, 2026

• In Person ( Maui)December 11 - 22, 2026

Instructor: Christina Martini
Clinical Yoga & Movement Therapist • Authorized & Certified Yoga Teacher • Health & Wellness Coach • Healthcare Professional

BREATHE. PRACTICE. TEACH.

200-Hour Holistic Therapeutic Wellness Yoga Teacher Training

Where Breath Becomes Teaching

Personalized Mysore • Therapeutic Movement • Strength • Mobility • Balance • Breathwork • Recovery • Functional Wellness

This RYT 200-hour teacher training offers a holistic, therapeutic, and individualized approach to yoga, movement, health, and wellness.

Rather than training teachers to simply lead everyone through the same yoga sequence, this program teaches you how to see the individual in front of you, understand their needs, and develop an appropriate personalized practice.

Using the Mysore method as an individualized teaching approach, students learn how to observe movement, teach progressively, provide appropriate modifications, and create personalized practice programs based on each person's abilities, goals, movement needs, and stage of life.

The training integrates:

Movement • Functional Strength • Mobility • Flexibility • Balance • Stability • Coordination • Breathwork • Relaxation • Recovery • Stress Management • Body Awareness • Functional Performance • Health & Wellness

Primary Series postures provide the foundational movement framework in Module 1. Adaptive movement and modifications are taught throughout so the practice can be adjusted to the individual.

Module 2 builds upon that foundation using selected Intermediate postures and movement patterns to explore further strength, mobility, stability, coordination, movement control, and appropriate progression.

The person comes first. The practice follows.

A HEALTH & WELLNESS APPROACH TO TEACHING

Health and wellness are about much more than performing yoga postures. A person's ability to move well can involve strength, mobility, balance, coordination, breathing, stability, recovery, stress, lifestyle, and overall function. Throughout this training, you will learn to look beyond the posture and ask: What does this person need?

Where do they need more strength? Where do they need greater mobility? How is their balance and coordination? How are they breathing and moving?

What should be modified? What is an appropriate starting point? When should the practice progress? When might a simpler movement be more beneficial?

The purpose is to develop teachers who understand how to observe, educate, adapt, and teach the individual rather than simply teach a sequence.

PERSONALIZED MYSORE TEACHING

Mysore is used as the foundation for individualized teaching throughout this program. Instead of everyone performing the same movements at the same pace, each person develops their own practice while receiving personal instruction and guidance. Teachers learn how to:

• Observe individual movement and abilities
• Determine an appropriate starting point
• Develop a personalized practice program
• Teach progressively
• Modify and adapt postures
• Integrate breath and movement
• Develop strength, mobility and balance
• Support coordination and functional movement
• Recognize when progression is appropriate
• Reassess and adapt the practice as needs change
• Help students develop independence and confidence

One teaching environment. Individual practices. Personalized guidance.

PERSONALIZED PRACTICE PLANNING

A central part of this training is learning how to develop an individualized movement and wellness practice plan. A personalized program may include:

Yoga Postures • Adaptive Movement • Functional Strength • Mobility • Flexibility • Balance • Coordination • Breathwork • Relaxation • Recovery • Stress Management • Wellness Practices

Students learn how to consider the person's current abilities, goals, movement experience, lifestyle, strength, mobility, balance, breathing, and recovery needs. You will learn how to teach progressively, observe how someone responds, and appropriately adapt the practice as their needs and abilities change.

This training does not prepare yoga teachers to diagnose or treat medical conditions. It teaches students to provide thoughtful, individualized yoga and wellness instruction within their professional scope and to recognize when referral to an appropriate healthcare professional is needed.

WHO CAN JOIN?

This training welcomes students from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels, including:

• Aspiring yoga teachers seeking RYT 200 certification
• Current yoga teachers
• Yoga and movement practitioners
• Health and wellness coaches
• Nurses and healthcare professionals
• Physical and occupational therapy professionals seeking complementary yoga education
• Massage therapists and bodyworkers
• Fitness and movement professionals
• Wellness practitioners
• Individuals interested in adaptive and therapeutic movement
• Dedicated students wanting to deepen their personal practice

Advanced flexibility or advanced postures are not required. Come with curiosity, consistency, a willingness to learn, and a commitment to developing your own practice.

MODULE 1

Foundations: Primary Series, Adaptive Movement & Therapeutic Wellness

200-Hour RYT Training Module 1 establishes the foundation for personalized therapeutic teaching. The Primary Series provides a structured movement framework for studying breath, posture, strength, mobility, flexibility, balance, coordination, sequencing, and progression. Students learn both the foundational sequence and how to adapt it to individual needs.

Training includes:

• Primary Series foundations
• Half and Full Primary Series study
• Adaptive and modified Primary practice
• Breath-centered movement
• Functional anatomy
• Functional strength and stability
• Mobility and flexibility
• Balance and coordination
• Movement observation
• Modifications and alternatives
• Appropriate use of props
• Individualized sequencing
• Relaxation and recovery
• Stress-management practices
• Verbal instruction and cueing
• Appropriate hands-on guidance
• Personalized practice planning
• Teaching methodology
• Practice teaching and feedback
• Professional ethics and scope of practice
• Health and wellness foundations

Learn the framework. Understand the purpose. Adapt it to the person.

MODULE 2

Growth & Progression: Intermediate Postures & Therapeutic Application

100-Hour Continuing Education / YACEP Module 2 builds upon the foundations developed in Module 1.

Selected Intermediate postures and movement patterns are introduced as additional tools for developing:

Strength • Mobility • Stability • Balance • Coordination • Movement Control • Functional Performance • Personal Growth

The goal is not simply to perform more difficult postures. Students learn when, why, and for whom progression may be appropriate. Progress may mean greater strength. It may mean better mobility or balance. It may mean improved coordination and movement control. It may mean better breathing, greater body awareness, improved confidence, or a more consistent practice.

Progression is personal.

WHAT YOU WILL STUDY

MOVEMENT & FUNCTION

• Functional movement
• Strength and stability
• Mobility and flexibility
• Balance and coordination
• Movement patterns
• Body awareness
• Healthy movement across different stages of life

BREATH & RECOVERY

• Breath awareness
• Breathwork
• Breath and movement coordination
• Relaxation
• Stress management
• Recovery practices
• Focus and mindful awareness

YOGA & ADAPTIVE PRACTICE

• Primary Series foundations
• Adaptive yoga
• Modifications and alternatives
• Selected Intermediate applications
• Personalized Mysore teaching
• Individualized sequencing
• Appropriate progression

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY & WELLNESS

• Applied anatomy and movement
• Joint mobility and stability
• Strength and functional performance
• Breath mechanics
• Stress and recovery
• Lifestyle and wellness foundations

TEACHING SKILLS

• Observation
• Personalized practice development
• Sequencing
• Cueing and communication
• Demonstration
• Appropriate hands-on guidance
• Working with different bodies and abilities
• Practice teaching
• Professional boundaries
• Ethics and scope of practice
• Knowing when to refer

YOGA STUDIES

• Yoga history
• Foundational yoga philosophy
• Eight Limbs of Yoga
• Ethics
• Personal practice and self-study
• Mindfulness and awareness

LIVE TRAINING & MENTORSHIP

This training is taught LIVE — never pre-recorded.

Students learn through:

Personal Practice • Observation • Discussion • Demonstration • Assisting • Practice Teaching • Individual Feedback • Mentorship

The goal is not simply to complete hours.

It is to develop knowledge, experience, confidence, and the ability to work thoughtfully with the individual in front of you.

TRAINING OPTIONS

LIVE ONLINE

Train from anywhere through live, interactive instruction with real-time teaching, observation, questions, feedback, practice, and mentorship.

MAUI IMMERSION

Students may also participate in a 10–12 day in-person immersion in Haʻikū, Maui for additional hands-on learning.

The Maui immersion may include:

• Personalized Mysore practice
• Individualized teaching observation
• Adaptive movement
• Primary Series foundations
• Therapeutic modifications
• Functional movement
• Breathwork
• Hands-on guidance and assisting
• Practice teaching
• Personalized practice planning
• Real-time feedback
• Mentorship

WHY THIS TRAINING IS DIFFERENT

PERSONALIZED

Learn to work with the person rather than expecting every person to fit the same practice.

HOLISTIC

Understand movement as part of overall wellness, including breath, strength, mobility, balance, recovery, stress management, and healthy lifestyle practices.

THERAPEUTIC

Learn how to modify, adapt, simplify, and progressively develop practices according to individual needs.

FUNCTIONAL

Understand how movement can support strength, stability, mobility, balance, coordination, and everyday function.

MENTORSHIP-BASED

Learn through observation, personal practice, assisting, teaching, feedback, and direct guidance.

PRACTICAL

Develop skills you can actually use when working with real people, different bodies, different abilities, and different stages of life.

TUITION

Online Modules: $595 each, best to complete Module 1 & 2 $1190

Maui Immersion — 10–12 Days: $2,795

Maui immersion tuition includes the related online module when applicable. Tuition covers instruction only. Complimentary lodging may be available depending on availability. Airfare, meals, local transportation, and personal expenses are not included. Please contact Christina directly regarding Maui immersion arrangements.

MENTORSHIP AFTER GRADUATION

Learning does not have to end when certification is completed. Graduates may continue their development through:

• Personalized teaching mentorship
• Practice guidance
• Sequencing support
• Adaptive teaching consultation
• Breathwork and wellness education
• Continuing education
• Online community and discussion
• Optional Maui immersion and advanced study

AFTER GRADUATION

Graduates will develop skills to:

• Teach within their education and professional scope
• Develop individualized yoga and movement practices
• Adapt postures for different bodies and abilities
• Incorporate strength, mobility, balance, and coordination
• Teach breath-centered movement
• Introduce relaxation and recovery practices
• Observe movement and provide appropriate modifications
• Develop progressive practice plans
• Communicate and cue effectively
• Provide appropriate hands-on guidance
• Understand professional boundaries and ethics
• Recognize when referral to another qualified professional is appropriate
• Continue developing through practice, education, and mentorship

WHERE BREATH BECOMES TEACHING

This training is not about memorizing a sequence and teaching everyone the same way.

It is about learning to see the person before the posture.

To understand movement.

To understand breath.

To understand strength, mobility, balance, coordination, relaxation, recovery, and function.

And most importantly, to learn how to bring those tools together into an individualized practice that meets the person where they are.

See the person. Understand the need. Develop the practice. Teach with purpose.

BREATHE. PRACTICE. TEACH.

200-Hour Holistic Therapeutic Wellness Yoga Teacher Training

Personalized Mysore • Therapeutic Movement • Functional Wellness

BEGIN YOUR TRAINING

Space is limited to maintain the quality of individualized instruction and mentorship.

Application Checklist

• Application form/questionnaire
• Non-refundable deposit
• Photo identification
• Recommendation letter, when requested

Contact Christina to reserve your space and begin your training.