200 Hour Teacher Training
Citizen Yoga’s 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training is a Yoga Alliance-certified program designed around the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual principles of the yoga practice. Throughout the program, trainees will be guided on a journey of self-transformation as they begin to internalize, live, and teach Citizen alignment yoga. Based on a manual developed by Citizen Yoga founder Kacee Must, Citizen’s 200-Hour program is delivered in a hybrid format that combines the convenience of virtual learning with valuable in-person teaching to offer a highly engaging and educational experience.
Citizen Yoga’s training team combines decades of yoga teaching and training experience to offer a comprehensive, foundational yoga education that prepares trainees to be able to teach multiple types of yoga classes upon graduation. Graduates from our program are eligible to register as a Registered Yoga Teacher-200 with the Yoga Alliance.
300 Hour Teacher Training
Citizen Yoga’s 300-hour teacher training program builds upon and enhances the tools gained from previous trainings and experiences, in a way that recognizes a teacher’s potential to facilitate an educational and impactful class. This program aims to shift teachers from leading just an experience to leading a dynamic and integrated educational class.
This shift indicates a pivotal point of growth in the career of a yoga teacher.This program has been reformatted to take place over a series of modules. Modules can range from 3-hour workshops to 15-hour weekend immersions. Most modules are taught in a hybrid format, both in-studio and online. Citizen Yoga offers an average of 15 hours of 300-hr modules per month. All modules are open to the public, not just our 300 HR students.
Citizen Yoga’s 300-hour training is a Yoga Alliance approved program. You are certified as a 500-hour RYT upon completion.
Program highlights:
- Hybrid – all modules are offered via a combination of in-studio + online
- Pay as you go – after initial deposit, all tuition is paid at an hourly rate per module
- Flexible timeline – participants are encouraged to finish the program in a two year timespan. Participants are required to complete one module every 6 months in order to maintain active enrollment status. As long as active status is maintained, there is no time limit for program completion.
- Connection with peer yoga teachers from across Michigan + beyond
- Access to Citizen teachers + guest teachers from across the nation
- All modules are open to enrolled participants + public students. Any modules taken within 6 months of enrolling can count towards official program hours.
How Citizen Yoga's Teacher Training Changed My Life
Oh my, how do I even find the right words for this?! I was introduced to yoga through my ballet practice and as I got older I felt more aligned with yoga. When I was looking for a studio, I tried many before I found Citizen. After the first class I was in because this was the first time a yoga studio like a home to me. I’ve always felt aligned to the type of teaching at Citizen because I never felt like I was going to class to get a workout, but to spend an hour with myself and on myself. Their training does an incredibly thoughtful job covering topics to prepare you to transition to teaching and uses materials that are culturally relevant. Citizen gave my practice a home and through their Yoga Teacher Training program I got a ‘lil family too.
—Erin Murphy
Making the decision to participate in Citizen Yoga’s 200HR teacher training was easily one of the best choices I have ever made. Through curiosity, community, and connection, I fell in love all over again with a practice that is deeply personal and transformative. The experience left me filled with awe and admiration for all that yoga has to offer. The learning never ends but the path is lined in great friendships, important revelations, deep inquiry, and so much growth.
—Erin Budisak
“I’ve been practicing yoga for a few years, I knew there was something special about the practice but couldn’t quite put it into words. Yoga Teacher Training with Citizen allowed me the freedom to explore that feeling with the guidance of incredible teachers and peers. I have greatly deepened my practice and better yet, I now can share that feeling with others.
—Zach Root
The flexibility of Citizen’s Online Teacher Training allowed me to commit to deepening my expertise of yoga in a way that worked for my schedule. The transformative nature of teacher training isn’t lost because of the online format. I can actually say I graduated Citizen’s program surrounded by a community of curious new teachers, and I felt completely prepared to teach multiple types of yoga classes in a safe, creative way.
—Anna Tretter
Teacher Training was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life! Kacee and her curriculum prepare you to become a teacher, and play the lead role in your life. The foundations that you learn through her training will help you become more grounded in both alignment and philosophy. Teacher Training was a powerful experience everyone should have to deepen their practice.
—Coby Shecter
Citizen Yoga’s 200-Hour Teacher Training encompasses all aspects of what yoga means. We learned so much more than proper pose alignment and how to create good messaging for a class. We explored the philosophical underpinnings that make yoga more than just a workout, enriching movement with meaning. It was truly a journey of personal transformation that anchors my teaching and my practice.
—Sarah Weinstein
It sounds cliché, but it’s absolutely true; the Citizen Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training was absolutely life changing for me. The training itself gives students an in-depth education on the power of a philosophy-based and alignment-focused practice. The teachers are well-trained, your peers become your greatest resources, and the manual your greatest treasure. I have never felt more connected to myself.
—Hailey Zureich
Citizen Yoga offers a Teacher Training that invites you to explore what drives you in life and the ways in which integrity, authenticity, and purpose can invigorate and guide your teaching style. You will learn the mechanics of yoga by exploring anatomy and pose sequencing that support alignment-based yoga. You will learn the overt differences between Slow Burn, Blend, and Vinyasa classes, as well as the nuances and subtleties that you can offer your students. Philosophy is woven into all aspects of the training; you will enjoy the metaphors between the practice of yoga and the world you live in — and, just as Citizen Yoga studios are community-oriented, your peers will influence your experience as you co-create with others to learn, grow, and teach.
— Kara Minnehan
Kacee, and everyone who teaches at Citizen, has the utmost respect for the practice. With the team’s expertise in alignment, and background in philosophy, the CY 200-Hour Teacher Training is truly unmatched. It’s the best way to deepen your practice in both mind and body. I am a different and better person because of it.
— Ari Anusbigian
