Yoga Teacher Training Thailand | 200 Hour Course
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
For your 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Thailand – Begin Online, Complete at Our Beach Retreat
Centered Yoga offers you a hybrid flexible online study and 15 immersive days at our private beach, Samahita Retreat, on Ko Samui, Thailand.
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yoga alliance senior teacher
yoga alliance ryt 200 hours accredited
yoga alliance ryt 300 hours accredited
yoga alliance eryt 500 accredited
kaivalyadhama accredited
indian yoga association accredited
Since 1999, Centered Yoga’s Teacher Training has continued to offer the depth of practice and tradition with modern understanding and scientific knowledge. Our team has 90+ years combined in teaching and researching yoga practices and philosophy, health, meditation, science, fitness and body mechanics.
Practice ✵ Learn ✵ Teach ✵ Qualify
Yoga practiced and taught today has its origins in classical Raja and Hatha Yoga approaches as well as input from modern science and fitness modalities. Our team at Centered Yoga has extensive experience in these practices, their understanding, and teaching them.
You Practice
  • Centered Hatha Vinyasa dynamic sequences of 50, 75, and 90-minutes
  • Core conditioning and preparatory body techniques in 15-minute sequences
  • Centered Restorative Yin style yoga 40-minute sequences
  • Breath regulation, essential kriyas, and classic pranayama method – every morning
  • Meditation practice from Yogic, Tantric and Buddhist meditative traditions
  • Key Sanskrit chants and mantras
Meet the Teacher Team
You Learn
  • Detail and dynamics of yoga poses and their sequences
  • Core techniques and other basic body conditioning methods
  • How to compose an effective Hatha Vinyasa class
  • How to compose a Restorative Yin class
  • How to sit regularly in meditation practice and do it
  • How to practice daily breath and pranayama practice
  • Details of the key anatomy and physiology of yoga practice
  • The understanding behind the meaning and philosophy of yoga
  • The original Sanskrit terms of yoga and related chants and mantras
Curriculum Details
You Teach
Your final in-person assessment includes teaching:
  • A focused Hatha Vinyasa 50-minute class sequence (the V50 class)
  • A Restorative Yin 30-minute class sequence
  • Key techniques for core work and body conditioning in a 15-minute sequence
  • A written reflection or practical teaching feedback is provided.
You Qualify: 3 Levels
  1. Complete only the In-Person 2-weeks at Samahita: 140-hours Yoga Training Certificate
  2. Complete In-Person and Centered Yoga Online: 200-hours Yoga Alliance Teaching Certificate
  3. Complete In-Person and Centered Yoga Online + Indian Yoga Association Online with Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute*: 200-hours Yoga Alliance Teaching Certificate + the Indian Yoga Association Qualification
* Separate registration is required for the Kaivalyadham online program. Details will be sent to accepted students on this course who choose to add this option to their qualifications
Fully inclusive of tuition, room and meals
Rates start at $2,700.00
Below rates for courses:
15 Nov 2025 - 29 Nov 2025
Early bird expires 16 Sep 2025
30 May 2026 - 13 Jun 2026
Early bird expires 31 Mar 2026
Online: follow the program at your own pace. Complete all sections before the end of the In-Person program if you wish to qualify with a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Teaching Certificate. Optionally, Equally if you're interested in the additional Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute online program and to add the Indian Yoga Association certification.
Refresh your understanding of these detailed anatomy and philosophy topics at any time with continued access to the online content after completion of the in-person program.
If you are only interested in the 140 hour Training Certificate done in-person then the online section is completely optional.
In-Person: a full 2 weeks (15 days) at our tropical private Thai beach location – 13 days of instruction
Daily On-site Schedule
7.00am – 8.15am
Breath and Meditation Practice
8.15am - 10.00am
Yoga class sequences with detailed instruction and development in self-practice
10.00am - 12.00pm
Free time: brunch, beach-swim and relax
12.00pm – 12.45pm
Chanting and philosophy of yoga discussion (for those completing the 200 hour YA certificate, optional for others on 140 hour training)
12.45 – 1.30pm
Free time: Lunch buffet
1.30pm – 3.30pm
The detail and anatomy of yoga poses (Asanas)
3.30pm – 4.00pm
Free time: Juice and coffee break
4.00pm – 6.30pm
Yoga teaching practice
6.30pm – 8.00pm
Free time: Dinner buffet, relax
7.30pm
Evening program (2 - 3 Days): meditation, music, dance
8.00pm
Free time: Relax, beach walk, personal time, sleep
Curriculum Details
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Since 1999, Centered Yoga’s Education in Yoga offers the depth of practice and tradition with modern understanding and scientific knowledge. Our team has 90+ years combined in teaching and researching yoga practices and philosophy, health, meditation, science, fitness and body mechanics.
Led by Dr. Paul Dallaghan, Gillian Breetzke, Daniel Stringer, Arielle Nash:
  • Paul has been recognized by the Indian system as Master Yogi: Pranacharya (Breath Expert) in 2022, positioned to teach all aspects of breath and pranayama
  • Paul was the last to be certified in Ashtanga (Vinyasa Yoga) by Pattabhi Jois in 2007 (one of only 40 in the world to receive this)
  • Expertise to move the teaching forward in modern times as Centered Hatha Vinyasa
  • Paul’s PhD studies covered yoga philosophy in-depth from over 60 yoga texts
  • Paul is appointed as the Joint Director of Research (International) for the Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute, India, merging the traditional and the scientific
  • Arielle is a renowned expert in body mechanics, somatics and the fascia system, having taught several body systems and university-level anatomy and physiology courses
  • Daniel has reached an advanced and expert level in yoga practice and its teaching for the past 20 years
  • Gill is a committed and advanced practitioner and teacher of both body and breath aspects of yoga, with a unique chanting voice
  • As a team we care about you, are committed to sharing practice and years of insights, with open hearts to empower your development
  • We relate yoga practice to real-world life as well as the needs of modern yoga and fitness studios
Dr. Paul Dallaghan
Paul has been immersed in the practice and study of yoga, the breath, and meditative techniques for over 30 years, has gained a reputation as a yogi, scientist and teacher, while being a happy father to two sons. He has witnessed his own growth through many techniques and years of practice, watching how practices evolve over time as a student develops over time. His dedication to the path of yoga has come from a combination of intense practices, meditative experiences, silent retreats and numerous pilgrimages in India, Tibet and Thailand. He has had the good fortune to spend many rich...
Gill Breetzke
Gill was born in South Africa, and has lived abroad in the UK, Ireland and Asia. She began her international teaching career, working in Inner city London schools, supporting children from challenging backgrounds, then on to Dublin and Yangon. Koh Samui is now her home where she combines her love of yoga and music in this unique transformational place. She began her daily practice of yoga in 2004, training with Paul Dallaghan and Richard Freeman, and is Yoga Alliance (500RYT) and 1100 hour Centered Yoga Certified teacher. Samahita has always been a welcoming, transformative space for her and in early...
Daniel Stringer
Daniel has been a student of yoga since discovering the practice in his home country England in 2003. In 2006 he completed his first training with Paul Dallaghan and subsequently taught yoga in Hong Kong for 10 years. Initially a guest teacher at Samahita since 2014 and joining Samahita full time in 2018. A senior teacher based on a long term commitment to training, practice, study, and teaching, rising to the most advanced level over the years at Samahita. A core member of the Centered Yoga team, having spent time to learn the practices within the tradition, update with modern...
Arielle Nash
Arielle has spent nearly 20 years studying the human body, its performance and factors that contribute to wellness. Her passion and knowledge led her to a decade long career training athletes and educating fitness professionals. Arielle has been teaching yoga since 2004 and she holds a degree in Kinesiology, along with certifications in Mysofascial Compression Techniques©, Strength & Conditioning, and Nutrition & Wellness. After graduating from Centered Yoga’s Teacher Training in 2005 with Paul, she returned to Koh Samui every year to deepen her practice and study before making it her home in 2013. Her primary teachers are Paul Dallaghan...
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