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Yoga Teacher Certification

Yoga is an ancient and long established system of well-being. Tools such as physical posture, meditation, mindfulness and intentional breathing provide practitioners with a wide range of benefits including physical, mental, and emotional while emphasizing proactive health management.

A yoga lesson taking place in front MSC patio. Students are laying on yoga mats in the same pose holding their right leg up.

The 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) certification at Kean University is offered at both the Union and Ocean campuses through the School of Health and Human Performance. The certification is awarded through Yoga Alliance and can be obtained while taking the Yoga Studies Minor or taken on its own. The RYT will provide students the knowledge and insight needed to teach yoga as a career or to use yoga as a tool when working with clients. The certification will support professionals in various fields such as physical therapists, recreational therapists, occupational therapists, personal fitness trainers, athletic trainers, mental health professionals, educators and more.

RYS Yoga Certification Badge.

Admission / Program Requirements

This program is open to both Kean and Non-Kean students. Applicants must be at least 16 years of age. A college degree and/or transcripts are not requirements but students should be equipped and prepared to handle the challenging course load. Yoga experience is preferred but not required. 

Existing Kean students please contact Prof. Bogota @ tbogota@kean.edu

All non-Kean students please apply here: 

APPLY HERE  
In the Undergraduate Application choose Non Matriculated Student + Yoga Teacher Certification.

 

PROGRAM SEQUENCE 

Students must take EXSC 2023, and EXSC 3023, before taking EXSC 3024+3025.

Start dates for the certification program are as follows:

UNION: 

Option #1: SUMMER 1: EXSC 3023 OR 

Option #2: FALL: EXSC 2023 + EXSC 3023 

Please check KeanWise for course dates and times.

EXSC 3034 + 3025 are the final classes taken together and are currently ONLY offered in SPRING

Please check KeanWise for course dates and times.

OCEAN: 

ALL STUDENTS BEGIN IN THE FALL: EXSC 2023 OR EXSC 3023

Please check KeanWise for course dates and times.

SPRING: EXSC 3024- Please check KeanWise for course dates and times.

                EXSC 3025- Please check KeanWise for course dates and times.

Please check KeanWise for course dates and times.   

WAITLIST POLICY:  If classes are full you will be placed on a "waitlist" for that semester only, the waitlist does not carry over to the following semesters.  

Please register for class on KeanWise according to availability.  

FOR NON-MATRICULATED STUDENTS ONLY: 

Applications for Summer enrollment are due on March 30 (UNION CAMPUS)

Applications for FALL enrollment are due on MAY 30 (UNION + OCEAN)