Redpoint Yoga Cat Tien
200HR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
in Cat Tien, Vietnam

Beginners are encouraged to join our course. Typically, we require at least 6 months of yoga practice.

Students who have less than 6 months will likely find it too challenging to successfully engage all the course content.

Students who have practiced for over a year or who have a regular home practice will find the pacing manageable.

Not an issue. We have three instructors and two support staff who are bilingual (English/Vietnamese). You have the option of submitting coursework and teaching lessons in English or Vietnamese.

Teaching yoga in English is not a graduation requirement. Still, we provide many resources to help get you started if this is a career goal of yours.

Our instructors teach a hatha-vinyasa style of yoga. In other words, we teach the popular fusion style found in most yoga studios.

We also explore the traditional Ashtanga Primary Series, while also offering enough variety to meet most studios and student’s needs.

As a student, you will have the freedom and support to design and teach yoga in your own style.

For this training plus the Yoga Alliance certificate, you only need to invest 200 hours.

If this is all the time you have to commit, no worries!

For those looking to get more out of their YTTC, we’re here to help. We offer additional resources and 1:1 support before, during and after the training.

For those looking to deepen their understanding of philosophy, yoga practice, or developing their yoga career, we can create a unique, self-directed program and help you get there step-by-step.

Just let us know what topics you’re interested in, and we can take it from there.

Aside from the 20 practice hours before the training, there are no prerequisites for our immersion.

We do recommend being in good physical shape and having at least 6 months of yoga experience prior to the training.

We also recommend starting to read some yoga books on topics of interest. You can also get a head start on our course content in our e-learning center.

Aside from the 20 practice hours before the training, there are no prerequisites for our immersion. We do recommend being in good physical shape and having at least 6 months of yoga experience prior to the training.

Our primary focus is preparing you to be a successful yoga teacher. However, if you would rather join the course to deepen your practice, we welcome any motivated students.

As part of the 200 HR YTTC, yogis get 3 free one hour skype sessions with Andy before or after the training.

If you are in Saigon, we can catch up for coffee. Or we can catch up before or after one of Andy or Oanh's classes at Yoga Sculpt n Shape (first 3 lessons free).

These sessions are designed to help you develop your yoga practice and teaching goals and outline action steps to get there.

If you would like continued support, Andy offers continuing ed through 3 packages:

   • One hour skype call - $50

   • 50 hour Yoga Journey training (online) - $250
       o Personalized curriculum
       o Includes four one-hour coaching sessions
       o 15 hours Yoga Alliance continuing ed credit (YACEP)

   • 200 hour Yoga Journey training (online) - $600
       o Personalized curriculum
       o Includes ten one-hour coaching sessions
       o 30 hours Yoga Alliance continuing ed credit (YACEP)

Check back soon for more info on the 50 & 200 HR online trainings.

If you are in Saigon, we can catch up for coffee. Or we can catch up before or after one of Andy or Oanh's classes at Yoga Sculpt n Shape (first 3 lessons free).

Email us at info@RedpointYoga.com and we can set up a free 30 min skype session with Andy.

We’re happy to answer any questions you may have to see if this training is a good fit.

Click on the "Apply" button below. After you submit your application and we review it, a $500 deposit will hold your space.

Our training is divided into 180 “Contact Hours” and 20 “Non-Contact Hours.” This means we will spend 180 of 200 hours together.

Each day we train for 7.5 hours:

• 90 min practice
• Three 2-hour workshops

Rather than adding an additional three days to the training, we find it more useful for students to practice 20 hours in local studios prior to the training.

This helps them experience diverse teaching styles as well as make connections with their local studios where they may want to teach after our immersion.

These non-contact hours also makes the training three days shorter, and cheaper.

Aside from these 20 practice hours, there are no other course requirements beforehand.

Since everybody has unique interests, talents and strengths, we believe each yogi should have a unique curriculum. This just requires you to answer a few simple questions about your interests and we take care of the rest.

Not interested? You can skip this part. It’s not required for graduation.

If interested, you can dig deeper into one of the 3 key areas of our training:

   • Yoga practice – What style of yoga do I like? (And how do I get better, faster?)

   • Yoga philosophy – What philosophy do I connect with (And how can I apply it?)

   • Yoga teaching – What kind of a teacher do I want to be? (And how do I get better, faster?)

From there, we identify some initial goals.

Andy will then help identify the knowledge and skills we need to develop.

From there, we outline and co-create a personalized curriculum that will help you reach your practice and teaching goals.

We have 30 hours set aside for the evening reflections. Yogis are encouraged to use this time to develop in areas that interest them most. Yogis will be matched with likeminded yogis to collaborate on projects and shared goals.

These reflections aren’t necessarily done solo. They can be done in whole group workshops, small groups, pairs, solo, or 1:1 with instructors depending on the nature of the reflection.

If you aren’t sure what area you want to focus on, you can sample content from the entire training.

If you want to get a quick intro the entire self-directed component of Redpoint’s curriculum, here’s an overview of the self-directed curriculum that covers all 10 modules (for info on our 10 modules, see “Curriculum Details”).

Each of these 10 modules has detailed templates and simple step-by-step guidance. Below is a brief intro.

If you’d like help, we can provide 1:1 support to help you dig deeper into any and all of the following:


1) Yoga Practice – 10 hours    

1.1 – Workshop Reflection (2 hrs):

• What workshops and content do you enjoy most? What did you learn? How did you learn it? What learning style best describes you? Answering these questions helps us better understand your interests and learning style.

1.2 – Reflecting on Your Practice (2 hrs):

• Reflect on what styles of yoga that you like, don’t like, and why. This will help you understand what kind of a yoga teacher you want to be. And help you better connect with likeminded yogis.

1.3 – Your 8 Limb Map (2 hrs):

• When you say you have a “yoga practice” – what does that look like in your life right now? How do you practice yoga “on the mat” and “off the mat”? Where Where do you hope to take it in the future?

1.4 – Understanding Yoga Anatomy (4 hrs):

• Independent research on an anatomy topic of your choice. You can apply this to your 15 min student presentation, or to a future workshop you’ll teach after the training.


2) Yoga Philosophy – 10 hours

2.1 – Intro to Depth Psychology (2 hrs):

• Reflect on your yoga journey – Why you started yoga, where you are now, where you are headed, and why.

2.2 – Establishing Your Career Compass (6 hrs):

• Use a streamlined goal-setting method from Bill Burnett and Dave Evans’s Designing Your Life. Yogis will reflect, brainstorm and create 3 unique 5 year plans. From there, we can pick one of them and set a 3 month goal to help get things rolling.

2.3 – Building Your Brand (2 hrs):

• Using concepts from Patrick Hanlon’s Primal Branding, we will describe our yoga journey in more metaphorical, mythic (and marketable) terms. What words are associated with your brand? Who are your icons? What are your rituals? When we speak this language, we can better identify and connect with our yoga tribe.


3) Yoga Teaching – 10 hours

3.1 – Review for Quizzes & Tests (2 hrs):

• Take practice quizzes and tests from previous Redpoint trainings. Look through the quiz review and final exam review sheets to identify which topics are still difficult. Get 1:1 help and answers to all your questions prior to quizzes and tests.

3.2 – Prep for Student Teaching & Projects (6 hrs):

• Get 1:1 help designing yoga lessons. Small group feedback on designing unique flows and outlining scripts for cuing. Brainstorm ideas for your student presentation. And get help taking it from an idea to a finished product.

3.3 – Yoga Portfolio (2 hrs):

• While Yoga Alliance requires “business of yoga” be limited to 4 hours in a YTTC, we do offer an extensive resource center to help you get started on any aspect of your yoga teaching career. We offer support before and after the training to help you get any component of your portfolio up and running.

For the Redpoint Yoga Saigon training, we require yogis to pick up:

   • Yoga Mala by Pattabhi Jois ($10 on Kindle)

   • Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar ($13 paperback - not available on Kindle)

   • Anatomy for Vinyasa Flows and Standing Poses by Ray Long MD ($8.50 on Kindle)

   • Science of Yoga: Understanding the Anatomy and Physiology to Perfect Your practice by Ann Swanson ($10 on Kindle)

   • The Worry Solution by Dr. Martin Rossman ($10 on Kindle)

   • Primal Branding by Patrick Hanlon ($14 on Kindle)

   • The Power of Full Engagement by Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr ($14 on Kindle)

   • Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans ($15 on Kindle)

   • Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe ($21 on Kindle)


Not to worry, we aren’t assigning every page of these books. Just the key sections so you’ll get the most out of our training together.

Why these books?

There are several concepts that we cover over the training that rely on these primary sources. Purchasing these books supports the authors. And you can gain perspective by hearing them explain these ideas in greater detail.

This will set you back about $100. But the info contained in these books will be a helpful reference as you develop in your practice, philosophy and teaching – long after the training ends.

All other content relevant to our YTTC is provided in course PPTs, and is written into Redpoint Yoga’s course books:

   • Practice Journal

   • Course Companion

   • Asana Manual

   • Designing Lessons


The content in these course books is the summary of:

   • Dozens of books on yoga and teaching

   • Hundreds of podcasts and YouTube videos

   • Andy’s 10 years in the classroom, 5 years teaching in yoga studios, Master’s in Education, insights gained from completing two 200 HR YTTCs as a student and 3 as a teacher


Redpoint’s e-learning center also including dozens of podcasts and YouTube videos, all categorized by topic and easy to find.

Whatever books you might be interested in, start there!

Here’s a list of books I’ve found helpful:


Yoga Practice Books

   • Yoga Mala by Pattabhi Jois

   • Light on Yoga by BKS Iyengar

   • Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual by David Swenson

   • The Heart of Yoga by TKV Desikachar

   • 2,100 Asanas by Daniel Lacerda

   • The Power of Ashtanga Yoga by Kino Macgregor


Breathing and Deep Relaxation Practices

   • The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown

   • The Healing Power of Breath by Dr. Patricia Gerbarg

   • Yoga for Anxiety: Meditations and Practices for Calming the Body and Mind by Mary NurrieStearns

   • Guided Imagery for Self-Healing by Dr. Martin Rossman


Yoga Anatomy

All of Dr. Ray Long’s books:

   • Anatomy for Hip Openers and Forward Bends: Yoga Mat Companion 2
   • Anatomy for Backbends and Twists: Yoga Mat Companion 3
   • Anatomy for Arm Balances and Inversions: Yoga Mat Companion 4
   • The Key Muscles of Yoga: Scientific Keys Volume I
   • The Key Poses of Yoga: Scientific Keys Volume II

Also:

   • Anatomy of Hatha Yoga by H. David Coulter

   • Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel

   • Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff


Nutrition Books

   • Eat Fat, Get Thin, Get Thin by Dr. Mark Hyman

   • Why We Get Fat by Dr. Gary Taubes


Philosophy Books

(Note that I draw from a wide range of sources here. I believe yoga philosophy extends to practice off the mat, and concepts outside of traditional yoga):

   • Tribe by Sebastian Junger

   • The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler

   • The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

   • Man & His Symbols by Carl Jung

   • Consciousness in Jung & Patanjali by Dr. Leanne Whitney

   • Jung on Yoga by Dr. Dario Nardi

   • The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers

   • How to Relax & How to Love by Thich Nhat Hanh

   • Light on Life by BKS Iyengar


Yoga Teaching & Career Development

(Another note here that I haven’t found a lot of great books on teaching yoga. Most of the books I recommend are more general philosophy of education books):

   • Free to Learn by Dr. Peter Gray

   • Don’t Do Stuff You Hate by Isaac Morehouse

   • The Art of Self-Directed Education by Blake Boles

   • Classroom Instruction That Works & The Art & Science of Teaching by Dr. Robert Marzano

   • Spin Selling by Neil Rackham

   • Teaching Yoga & Yoga Adjustments by Mark Stephens