Join SA’s very first Yoga Alliance RYS certified Yoga Teacher Training
Training Teachers Since 2005 – full time or part time
NEXT Yoga Alliance COURSE
In 2025 we will offer both a Full time 200Hr Immersion as well as a Part time 200Hr Yoga Alliance Progamme.
Full Time – Intensive (Month long Immersion) November
Part Time (slow and steady integrated learning) March to September

The training will usually take place at Rocklands Health and Movement Center, our beautiful venue conveniently located. This is a clean and green, high natural energy environment and the perfect place for an immersion experience like this.
Cost: R29500.00 (US$ 1575.00)- Early bird discount: R26550 (two months in advance)
Payment plans are available by arrangement. Ask us.
Past Graduates of Jim Harrington Yoga Teacher training may repeat the whole course with a 40% discount
This training comes with a 220 page manual which has been evolving since the first YTT in 2005. TOPICS of this Manual INCLUDES:
- Teaching methodologies and yoga techniques
- Guided practice of alignment focussed Vinyasa-style Yoga using specially designed sequences for Teacher Training which includes the best lessons, adjustments, and step-ups to develop from a novice to an expert in asana.
- Guided practice of meditation and pranayama in detail
- The art of teaching, including verbal instruction, demonstration and how to “workshop” technique
- The art of assisting and hands-on adjustments
- Precise pronunciation of Sanskrit names of postures (taught by University linguistics lecturer Eva Raal)
- Key Principles of alignment in all basic postures, bandha, and transitional flow
- Using your voice and developing authentic confidence in the teaching role
- Using Props and equipment in yoga practice
Injury management and special conditions
- Prenatal yoga
- Principles of Remedial yoga therapy for common physical postural problems
Ethics of teaching yoga
Anatomy and physiology
- Applied anatomy for yoga practice means understanding “alignment’ from the inside out
- Basic joint structure and function and the physiology of the nervous system is the basis of yoga as therapy
The business of yoga
- Advancement in your career: How to progress from novice to expert
- Giving and receiving: what and how does a yoga teacher transact
- Defining your business o
bjectives and drawing up your action plan
Yoga philosophy
- History of yoga
- Selected lessons from the Vedas, Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita
- Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and the 8 Limbs of Yoga
- The Roots of Contemporary Yoga –Krishnamacharya’s Legacy
- Chakra System (including the energetic anatomy: koshas, gunas, nadis)
- Practical introspection and self enquiry.
- Special Guest teachers are included
- Myofascial Release
- Pregnancy yoga
- Chanting


It has been a truly profound learning experience to enjoy a months of deep deep immersion into yoga (YTT200HRS), anatomy & physiology, philosophy, meditation & breathing guided by Jim Harrington. He offers a unique blend of the ancient and the new, taking us to the edges to bring out our fullest expression.
I deeply appreciate his depth of knowledge as a guide on the journey through the body, the fascinating anatomy of movement and alignment into flow. Thank you Jim for holding space for us all and enriching us with your years of experience in this field and for bringing in a selection of truly inspiring teachers to spice the educational flow.
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must have an established yoga practice for a minimum of two years and a love of yoga prior to starting the course. This is not a course for beginners.
Application Process:
- Download Information pack and submit the Application Form
- Enroll with a deposit of R8,000 or USD 500.00 or full fee to secure your place on the course.
