Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training (200H) - Winter/Spring '27

What can you expect to learn?

Q: Is your yoga teacher training just about getting a certificate?
A: A yoga teacher training should never be about gaining – or giving away – a title. Yoga is a tradition and a practice that should be honored and we take it serious to make sure you’ll learn what’s needed for you to honor the tradition. “It’s not only about touching your toes, it’s about what you learn on the way down” (as Jigar Gor said).

Q: What are the main themes covered during the training?
A: Here’s a glimpse of the key topics you’ll explore:

1. Yoga Anatomy & Physiology
   Learn from Marianne Agerskov, PhD Medical Doctor, as she teaches the mechanics of the body and their connection to yoga, including:
   • Anatomy fundamentals (bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, fascia, etc.)
   • Biomechanics of major joints in relation to asana
   • Breathing physiology and the cardiovascular system
   • The nervous system and neuromuscular control
2. Yoga Philosophy & Humanities
   Taught by Agni Deep Rijal, a yogic scholar from Nepal, you’ll delve into:
   • Yoga history and philosophy (e.g., the Yoga Sutras, Eight Limbs of Yoga, koshas, gunas, chakras)
   • Pranayama and meditation practices
3. Sequencing & Asana Alignments
   Guided by Kostis Argouslidis, a seasoned teacher, you’ll master:
   • Creating effective class sequences
   • The arc structure of a yoga class
   • Voice, cuing, and professionalism
   • Advanced asana techniques and alignments
4. Hands-On Adjustments & Playful Movement
   Led by Max Novelli, you’ll explore:
   • Techniques for safe, effective hands-on adjustments
   • Creative, playful approaches to movement and practice

Q: Where can I find more details?
A: Click here to read the full article and discover the depth of this transformative journey!

yum is all about people: you, feeling good, balanced, joyful. With a great deal of respect to community and tradition, we approach everything from yoga philosophy to everyday life with a smile on our face, a blink in our eyes, and an ambition to create quality relationships and quality learning. The question is, how will you see this reflected in yum’s Vinyasa 200H YTT?

Becoming an authentic yoga teacher

One of the primary roles of a yoga teacher is to show students a yogic pathway and offer them guidance along that path. Doing this with inspiration, knowledge, skill, patience, compassion, and creativity defines a good teacher. The many elements of teaching: creating a safe space for self-exploration, crafting class sequences that take students on physical and energetic journeys, cueing students in their process of refinement, offering practical guidance in meditation, offering examples for extending the practice off the mat, all collectively lead to the same thing: yoga as an unending process to self-discovery and self-transformation; a process for awakening to the truth of one’s being. In this process, teachers are facilitators and guides who offer insightful encouragement to each student along his or her unique path as it evolves, breath by breath.

Yoga is increasingly popular as an accessible and globalised practice for cultivating overall physical and mental health well-being, which is also usually why students come to their mats in the first place. The experiences we have during our yoga practice gradually help us to refine our personal practice and provide insights into how we might understand yoga, translate it into our everyday lives, and best share the practice with others.

In our perspective, however, everyone can become a yoga teacher on paper. Becoming a skilled teacher is not to be taken lightly, and it takes effort, curiosity, training and an open mind.

Therefore, we respectfully induce the YTT with a high amount of ambition; an ambition to give you the best physical, communicational and spiritual groundworks, so you are able to evolve and become a competent teacher. A yoga teacher who not only preaches yoga, but lives yoga.

Also, we have an ambition on your behalf, to go into this experience with dedication and presence to get the very best out of it. Do not expect this training to be only zen and well-being. There will be lots of this – but there will also be an expectation for you to put in the work required so we can send you into the world with a valid and professional certificate in your hand. One that you can be truly proud of having worked for!

A space to be who you are

yum is a heart-warming and welcoming space and we love everyone who sets their foot here. Difference and diversity is highly valued, and actually an aim for us when defining our classes and our teacher team.

While a few yoga styles insist that they offer the true, original, best, most effective, or otherwise most ideal approach, there is no absolutely correct or incorrect sequence. Rather, different sequences make more or less sense in terms of how yoga works for different people in various life situations and conditions, what is being emphasised in a particular style or tradition of yoga, or with respect to the intention of an individual student or teacher.

Thus, yoga teachers have tremendous freedom in designing and teaching different sequences. Freedom that also carries responsibility in ensuring that the sequences are sensible. In crafting sequences that give structure, coherence, meaning, and transformative potential to yoga classes, you have the opportunity to draw from and apply everything you have and will learn about yoga, from anatomy to philosophy, from asana to pranayama and from self-acceptance to self-realisation

• Maximum absence rate throughout the training: 16H Depending on your experience, individual agreements might be possible in case you are not able to attend all days. Please contact us at yoga@yum.dk if you are not sure if you can meet this requirement.
• 50H Self-Practice during the period of the training (approximately 150H will be with the teachers for theoretical and practical teaching)
• The language will be English, including the manual. Therefore, understanding both written and spoken English is a requirement
• You will be expected to prepare homework in between the weekends

If the requirements are not fulfilled, or if it’s evaluated that you are not ready to start teaching, we reserve the right to withhold your certificate when the course ends. If this is the case, we will grant you a maximum of two re-examinations further ahead in time. You should follow the guidelines and evaluations given at the exam and strive to improve to the requested standards.

The exam: The training will end with an exam where you will be asked to prepare a maximum of 30 minutes of class teaching, including a pranayama and/or a meditation, and a sequence. Along with this, smaller assignments will be handed to you throughout the training to assess your level and development.

When you’ve met all requirements, followed through with the training, and passed the certification, you will be handed an exclusive yum 200H yoga teacher training certificate giving you access to teach yoga yourself through studios and/or own initiatives.

The certificate will show that you have been trained at a RYS200 yoga school, designated by Yoga Alliance, and this will provide you with the opportunity to become a RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) or E-RYT (Experience Registered Yoga Teacher) after the training.

Yoga Alliance certification

At yum, we are ambitious on behalf of the yoga community, and we want to participate in the community by securing that the great traditions and learnings of yoga will be transferred from person to person with integrity, authenticity and competency. We do not offer a quality that is not to the best of standards in the industry.

Regarding Yoga Alliance, it is our belief that it is good to have an international institute securing that the quality of teacher trainings around the world reach certain standards. However, many Copenhagen studios are not Registered Yoga Schools, and they do note necessarily require teachers to be Registered Yoga Teachers by Yoga Alliance, as Yoga Alliance is not to be considered the only valid proof of quality and ethical standards.

yum is now a Registered Yoga School in which provides students with a certainty that the training meets international standards, and furthermore it gives teachers the opportunity to continue their journey with a RYT certification. We do not require teachers to hold the Registered Yoga Teacher stamp on their certificates either, as we believe there are many ways into becoming a great, qualitative yoga teacher. We always look into the background of the teacher, the schools teachers have been trained, the number of hours practiced/teached in total, and other relevant experience or training that adds to the teachers competency as a yoga teacher. Also, human skills and interest in creating good things for the community is an important factor.

The teacher training takes place at Yum Yoga & Café – Alliancevej 22, 2450 Copenhagen.

You can get to yum by bike, metro, the harbor bus or bus lines 17 and 8A.. There is also paid parking options in the area.

These terms apply to the Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training 200H – Winter 2027, taking place from 16 January to 2 May 2027.

By completing your purchase, you confirm that you have read and accepted these Terms & Conditions.

Purchase and payment

Your booking is personal and may not be resold, shared or transferred to another person.

The total course price is the amount stated in your booking confirmation. A DKK 4,000 non-refundable booking fee is included in the total course price; it is not an additional charge.

If you choose an instalment plan, you remain responsible for the full course price. The payment schedule does not change the cancellation terms below.

Cancellation by the participant

All cancellations must be submitted in writing to elinor@yum.dk.

The following cancellation terms apply:

1. More than three months before the start of the training
   For cancellations received no later than 15 October 2026, yum will refund all payments received, less the non-refundable booking fee of DKK 4,000.
2. Between three months and one month before the start of the training
   For cancellations received between 16 October and 15 December 2026, the refund will equal 50% of the total course price, less the non-refundable booking fee of DKK 4,000.
3. Less than one month before the start of the training
   For cancellations received from 16 December 2026 onwards, no refund will be provided. If the course is being paid in instalments, any outstanding balance becomes due.

If the amount already paid is lower than the amount owed under this cancellation policy, the remaining amount must be paid. If the amount already paid is higher, yum will refund the difference.

Nothing in these terms limits any mandatory consumer rights that apply to your purchase, including any applicable statutory right of withdrawal.

Member status

Your purchase includes member status from the day you book until the training ends on 2 May 2027.

During this period, you may attend yum’s regular yoga classes subject to availability and yum’s standard booking terms. Workshops, courses, private sessions, special events and other teacher trainings are not included unless expressly stated.

Regular classes must be cancelled at least four hours before the class begins. Late cancellations and no-shows are charged a fee of DKK 75.

The membership is personal and cannot be shared or transferred.

Attendance and certification

Payment for the training does not in itself guarantee certification. To receive the 200-hour certificate, participants must meet the attendance, participation and completion requirements communicated by yum and the training team.

If illness or other circumstances affect your attendance, please contact yum as early as possible. Any alternative arrangements, make-up work or participation in later modules must be agreed individually and cannot be guaranteed.

Health and safety

Participation in classes and training activities is subject to yum’s house rules and the instructions of its teachers.

You are responsible for informing the teaching team about injuries, pregnancy, medical conditions or other circumstances relevant to your safe participation. You should seek appropriate medical advice if you are uncertain whether the training is suitable for you.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits yum’s liability where such exclusion or limitation is not permitted by law.

Conduct

yum is committed to maintaining a safe, respectful and inclusive learning environment.

yum may suspend or terminate a participant’s access in cases of serious or repeated breaches of the house rules, unsafe conduct, harassment, discrimination, threats or other behaviour that materially affects the safety or wellbeing of participants, teachers, staff or guests.

Any financial consequences of such termination will be determined in accordance with applicable law and the circumstances of the case.

Minimum number of participants

The training requires a minimum of six participants.

If fewer than six participants have enrolled by 1 December 2026, yum reserves the right to cancel the training. If yum cancels the training for this reason, all payments made for the training will be refunded in full.

Changes and circumstances beyond yum’s control

yum may make reasonable changes to teachers, schedules, rooms or individual training elements when necessary, provided that the overall content and quality of the training are not materially reduced.

If circumstances beyond yum’s reasonable control prevent the training from proceeding as planned, yum may postpone sessions, reschedule them, provide suitable online teaching or offer another reasonable way for participants to complete the training.

If yum permanently cancels the training and cannot provide a reasonable alternative, participants will receive a refund in accordance with applicable law.

Personal information

yum processes the personal information necessary to administer your booking, payments, membership, participation and certification. Further information is available in yum’s privacy policy.

Purchasing the training does not automatically constitute consent to receive marketing. Any marketing consent is handled separately, and you may withdraw it at any time.

Contact and applicable law

Questions about the training, payments or cancellations should be sent to:

yum ApS
Alliancevej 22, st. tv.
2450 Copenhagen SV
Denmark
Email: elinor@yum.dk

These terms are governed by Danish law, without limiting any mandatory consumer rights that may apply.