This training isn’t “more hours.”
It’s a threshold experience.
A practitioner enters the Portal as a teacher who can guide a room.
They pass through the Prism and become precise - not louder, not flashier… just cleaner, safer, and more skilled.
And they emerge on the other side teaching PULSE - KUUMA’s proprietary movement style: yoga-rooted, somatic Pilates-inspired, nervous-system-led, built for real bodies, real lives, and real recovery.
This is the evolution from “teaching poses” to teaching states.
300 RYS®
YOGA ALLIANCE CURRICULUM CATEGORIES
Techniques, Training & Practice (TTP): 103.5 hrs
Asana, pranayama, meditation, skill labs, advanced sequencing + practice design
Anatomy & Physiology (AP): 32 hrs
Functional anatomy, biomechanics, applied physiology, injury literacy + heat-smart teaching
Teaching Methodology (TM): 51 hrs
Cueing, class architecture, progressions, language, feedback, assisting methodology, facilitation skills
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle & Ethics (YPLE): 30 hrs
Texts + inquiry, dharma, ethics-in-action, scope, professionalism, lifestyle + values
Practicum (PRAC): 53.5 hrs
Practice teaching, observation, mentorship, structured feedback, assessment + integration
(Plus: 30 Non-Contact Hours = independent study, reading, written assignments, outside-class observation, etc.)
COURSE OFFERINGS 2026-2027
300 RYS® Yoga Alliance
PORTAL: Crossing the threshold into advanced teaching
YOG301: ADVANCED FOUNDATIONS + HEAT INTELLIGENCE
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 8, TM: 3, AP: 2.5, YPLE: 2, PRAC: 2)
Description: Build the advanced baseline: how KUUMA teaches complexity without chaos. Train heat-intelligent intensity curves, option pathways, and real-time teaching decisions that keep students regulated, safe, and empowered.
YOG302: THRESHOLD HIPS: DEPTH WITH STABILITY
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 9, TM: 2.5, AP: 3, YPLE: 1, PRAC: 2)
Description: Learn to teach hip opening as a skill - not a collapse. You’ll map hip mechanics, load and leverage, and craft progressions that build strength + space while protecting knees, SI joints, and nervous systems.
YOG303: SHOULDERS + FLIGHT PREP: WRISTS, SCAPS, STRENGTH LINES
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 9, TM: 2.5, AP: 3, YPLE: 0.5, PRAC: 2.5)
Description: Train the shoulder girdle like a system. You’ll build wrist resilience, scapular control, and clean pushing mechanics that make arm balances and inversions safer - then learn how to teach it in a way that doesn’t trigger “performance yoga.”
YOG304: BACKBEND ARCHITECTURE: SPINE SEGMENTATION + BREATH PATHWAYS
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 8, TM: 2.5, AP: 4, YPLE: 1, PRAC: 2)
Description: Backbends become a ladder, not a dare. Explore spinal mechanics, breath strategies, and sequencing arcs that create openness through intelligent preparation, pacing, and recovery - especially in heat.
YOG305: INVERSION LITERACY I: PROGRESSIONS, EXITS, SPOTTING ETHICS
Hours: 20 (TTP: 9.5, TM: 3, AP: 3, YPLE: 1.5, PRAC: 3)
Description: Learn to teach inversions with confidence and consent. Train foundational pathways, fear-to-agency progressions, safe exits, and spotting as an ethical skill - so students build capacity without pressure or risk.
PRISM: Refraction: nuance, angles, and mastery
YOG306: PRISM CUEING: MINIMAL WORDS, MAXIMUM RESULTS
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 5.5, TM: 7, AP: 1, YPLE: 2, PRAC: 2)
Description: Refine your voice into a precision instrument. You’ll practice cue economy, sequencing language, trauma-informed phrasing, and “Foundation → Breath → Movement” clarity - so your teaching feels clean, safe, and unmistakably skilled.
YOG307: ASSISTS LAB II: PRECISION TOUCH, RESTRAINT, POWER DYNAMICS
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 7, TM: 3, AP: 3, YPLE: 2, PRAC: 2.5)
Description: Advanced assists with KUUMA-level consent and maturity. Build a hands-on library rooted in anatomy, observation, and ethics - training when to assist, when not to, and how to keep students in agency at all times.
YOG308: VINYASA MECHANICS II: TRANSITIONS, LOAD, FLOW PHYSICS
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 9, TM: 3, AP: 2.5, YPLE: 0.5, PRAC: 2.5)
Description: Teach flow like an engineer and an artist. Explore momentum, joint loading, and transition mechanics, then design sequences that feel smooth and musical while staying safe for shoulders, wrists, hips, and low backs.
YOG309: SUBTLE BODY II: PRANAYAMA, BANDHA, STATES OF PRACTICE
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 6.5, TM: 2.5, AP: 1.5, YPLE: 5.5, PRAC: 1.5)
Description: Ground the subtle body in real teaching skill. Learn how to pace breathwork, apply bandha without bracing culture, and sequence attention and state shifts - while staying clear on contraindications and nervous-system impact.
YOG310: TEACHER AS LEADER: ETHICS, SCOPE, BOUNDARIES, PROFESSIONALISM
Hours: 20 (TTP: 2, TM: 6, AP: 0.5, YPLE: 9.5, PRAC: 2)
Description: This is the “grown-up teacher” module. Train scope of practice, consent and power dynamics, conflict navigation, and ethical decision-making - so you can hold real humans in real life with integrity and clarity.
YOG311: PULSE PRINCIPLES: CORE MAPPING + BREATH MECHANICS
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 6.5, TM: 3, AP: 2.5, YPLE: 1, PRAC: 4.5)
Description: Establish KUUMA’s Pilates-inspired foundation: ribcage–pelvis relationship, breath mechanics, deep core recruitment, and core cueing that supports regulation (not shame). You’ll practice teaching progressions that build true control and confidence.
PULSE: Rhythm: core, control, endurance, and transmission
YOG312: CONTROL UNDER HEAT: TEMPO, ENDURANCE, SLOW STRENGTH
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 8, TM: 2.5, AP: 2, YPLE: 0.5, PRAC: 4.5)
Description: Build strength you can trust. Explore tempo, isometrics, smart fatigue management, and heat-intelligent pacing - so students gain endurance without blowing past their nervous system’s capacity.
YOG313: MAT-TO-STANDING TRANSLATION: PILATES-INSPIRED YOGA SEQUENCING
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 7.5, TM: 3.5, AP: 1.5, YPLE: 0.5, PRAC: 4.5)
Description: Turn mat intelligence into studio-ready classes. You’ll translate Pilates-inspired mechanics into standing flow, squat/hinge/lunge patterns, and heat-safe sequencing - so PULSE becomes a repeatable, teachable KUUMA system.
YOG314: PROGRAMMING THE PULSE: FORMATS, PROGRESSIONS, MUSIC RHYTHM
Hours: 17.5 (TTP: 5, TM: 4.5, AP: 1, YPLE: 1, PRAC: 6)
Description: Learn to program like a pro. Build 4–8 week progressions, map class formats (45/60/75), and use rhythm and music intentionally - so your teaching trains nervous-system safety and tangible strength results.
YOG315: PULSE PRACTICUM + CAPSTONE: TEACHING ASSESSMENT + INTEGRATION
Hours: 20 (TTP: 3, TM: 2.5, AP: 1, YPLE: 1.5, PRAC: 12)
Description: The final transmission. Trainees teach full PULSE classes as lead instructor, receive structured feedback, refine delivery, and complete a capstone assessment - proving they can teach KUUMA’s method with clarity, ethics, and mastery.
300 Hour Summary:
Techniques, Training, and Practice (TTP): 50 hours
Teaching Methodology (TM): 5 hours
Anatomy & Physiology (AP): 15 hours
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle, and Ethics (YPLE): 30 hours
Practicum: 30 hours
This curriculum provides an advanced, skill-based education for experienced yoga teachers, deepening technical mastery, teaching precision, and ethical leadership. It strengthens applied anatomy and physiology, expands philosophical and lifestyle understanding, and builds real-world practicum experience - preparing teachers to confidently guide diverse students with clarity, integrity, and professionalism.