Each student in the program will be required to take the following three courses (students who have already completed any of the courses will take Special Studies instead and will still participate in the same classes and activities along with everyone else. 

KIN 72: Yoga Teaching Methodology – 1 unit                                                                              

Students will learn yoga teaching methods, sequencing, pacing, and cueing techniques with effective class management and communication skills. Special emphasis will be placed on how to create a student-centered, inclusive, accessible, and equitable class environment to appropriately address the needs of a diverse population.

KIN 70: Yoga Techniques and Training and Practice I – 3 units                                                    

Students will learn beginning-level asanas (postures), pranayamas (breathing practices), meditation and other traditional yoga techniques. Techniques are presented through analytical training and guided practice in how to teach and practice the techniques.

KIN 71: Yoga Techniques and Training Practice II – 2 units                                                           

Students will learn intermediate-level yoga asanas (postures), pranayamas (breathing practices), meditation, and other traditional yoga techniques. Techniques are presented through analytical training and guided practice in how to teach and practice the techniques.

The three classes listed above (KIN 72, KIN 70, & KIN 71) will be a required part of the Costa Rica Study Abroad program, and will total 6 units. Note that they will also involve some online work before departure and will finish in-person in Costa Rica.

IN ADDITION, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THE 200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM.

Prior the program, KIN 74 (Yoga Philosophy for 2 units) and KIN 73 (Yoga Anatomy for 2 units) will be offered online during the month of June by your instructors, Tara Jacobson and Andrea Thomas. If you take these two classes, and then take the three required classes for the Costa Rica program, you will complete the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program.

YOUR YOGA INSTRUCTORS WILL BE TARA JACOBSON AND ANDREA THOMAS.

COMING SOON: Please check back here later for more on your instructors and the classes they’ll be teaching!