Cultivate the teacher within
Yoga Under the Palms’ 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training is a transformative journey designed to deepen your personal practice while preparing you to teach with confidence, integrity, and awareness. This comprehensive program explores the history and philosophy of yoga, alongside ethical inquiry, cultural responsibility, and inclusivity. Trainees build a strong foundation in asana, anatomy, pranayama, and meditation, learning how to skillfully and safely guide others. With a balance of physical practice, subtle energetics, and practical tools for teaching and professional growth, this training supports students in becoming thoughtful, embodied, and community-centered yoga teachers.
You will earn a certificate indicating the completion of a 200-hour training program in yoga which will allow you to share your teachings with others.
Training Overview
Below are the topics we will cover in the Yoga Under The Palms 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training:
- History of Yoga: Discover the Roots of Yoga
- Cultural Appropriation in Yoga: Honoring Yoga’s Lineage
- Foundational Philosophy: Key Terms and Concepts
- Teaching Asana: Speech and Formulas
- Asana Practice: Build a Strong Practice
- Anatomy: Understanding the Human Body
- Applied Anatomy: Teaching to Anatomical Concepts
- Chakras: The Energy Centers of the Body
- Cycle of Dukkha: Breaking Free from Suffering
- Pranayama Practice: Working with Breath
- Teaching Pranayama: Teaching Breathwork
- Bhagavad Gita: Understanding Fundamental Yogic Texts
- Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Unpacking Yoga’s Code
- Eight Paths of Yoga: Practicing Yoga’s Code
- Yama: Yogic Restraints
- Niyama: Yogic Observances
- Teaching Meditation: Focus on Concentration
- Practicing Meditation: Finding Space
- Business of Yoga: Marketing Yourself as a Yoga Teacher
- Ethics of Yoga: Unpacking Yoga’s Past
- Inclusivity in Yoga: Building a more Inclusive Yoga Environment
- Yoga In Hawai’i: Understanding Positionality
Spring 2026 Teacher Training
Dates: 2/21-6/7
Days: Mondays & Wednesdays: 6-9pm, Saturdays: 12:30-6:30pm
Location: Yoga Under the Palms Kaka’ako
Pricing
Member (on auto-pay) Regular Price: $3200
Non-Member Regular Price: $3650
BIPOC and community scholarships are available
Fall 2026 Teacher Training
Dates: 8/1 – 11/22
Days: Mondays & Wednesdays: 6-9pm, Saturdays: 12:30-6:30pm
Location: Yoga Under the Palms Kaka’ako
Pricing
Early Bird: now – July 1
Member (on autopay) early bird: $2500
Non member early bird $3000
Regular price: July 1st – start of training
Member (on auto-pay) Regular Price: $3200
Non-Member Regular Price: $3650
BIPOC and community scholarships are available. MYCAA scholarship accepted.
If you are interested in becoming a yoga teacher, diving deeper into your own personal practice or are curious about what this training has to offer, send us an email aloha@yogaunderthepalms.com or DM and we can set up a time to meet in person or by phone call.
Meet Our Lead Instructor
This training is lead by Emma Salam ( @emmasalam ):
Emma first started teaching while working as a full-time Mechanical Engineer, but has now transitioned to teaching Yoga full-time. She enjoys offering all formats, from Prāṇāyāma (The Air) to the Sculpt. She enjoys weaving the needs of community and modern lifestyle with traditional Yoga philosophy and techniques. Emma is a Lead Trainer for Yoga Under the Palms’ 200 hour Teacher Training and Sculpt Training. While Emma enjoys playful movement and creative sequencing, her passion is in Yoga philosophy, history of Yoga, and reconnecting to the roots of Yoga.
This training will be supported by our co-leads, Summer Rothwell, Emily Oberreiter, Jazmynn Switzer, Devi Sakti and other Yoga Under the Palms teachers!