50 HR Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
A Balanced Planet Yoga Teacher Training
50-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
Go Deeper. Teach Braver. Continue the Journey.
November 13–15 & December 4–6, 2026
50-Hour Certificate · Yoga Alliance YACEP Credit · Led by Cheryl, Jenna & Bob
A direct continuation of your 200-hour training — deeper into philosophy, advanced asana and assists, clinical anatomy, pranayama and the subtle body, and the specialized craft of privates, workshops, and teaching advanced students.
A Continuation, Not a Restart
You made it here by doing the work. Your 200-Hour Training gave you the foundation — the flow, the philosophy, the anatomy, the first real tools of your teaching life. Something in you is ready for more. This 50-Hour Advanced Training is designed as a direct continuation of everything you began: we don't start over, we go deeper.
The threads you picked up — the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, the koshas, the vayus, pranayama, anatomy — we take all of those and follow them further inward and further outward at the same time. You'll leave with a more sophisticated grasp of the philosophy you've been living, more tools in your teaching toolkit, and a greater capacity to hold space for advanced students and complex human experiences.
Upon completion you'll receive a 50-Hour Advanced Certificate and 50 Yoga Alliance continuing-education hours through our YACEP registration.
"Bring everything you have learned. Bring your questions. Bring your uncertainty. That is where the real teaching begins."
The Four Modules
Fifty contact hours, built as one integrated arc.
Advanced Philosophy & Scripture
- A deep dissection of Samadhi Pada (Book One of the Sutras)
- The Bhagavad Gita — deeper study for teachers
- Samkhya philosophy — the map beneath the map
Advanced Asana, Assists, Anatomy & Sequencing
- Deepening the BPY Flow & advanced variations
- Advanced asana by category & intelligent sequencing
- Fusion styles of yoga & how to sequence them intelligently
- Clinical anatomy, hands-on assists & prop work
Advanced Pranayama, Subtle Body & Meditation
- Advanced pranayama & the three bandhas
- The five koshas as a complete teaching framework
- Advanced meditation & Vipassana
Advanced Teaching Skills & Integration
- Teaching advanced students & leading dharma talks
- Ethics in advanced teaching
- Designing & leading privates and workshops
Sequence Like a Master
This training is where good teachers become intentional ones — able to read a room, adapt in real time, and build classes with a soul.
Fusion Styles, Sequenced Intelligently
Vinyasa, Yin, restorative, strength, mobility — modern teaching blends lineages. You'll learn how the fusion styles of yoga actually work together, and how to sequence them intelligently so a blended class is coherent and safe rather than a pile of poses. Function first, always.
Read a Student in Five Layers
Using the five koshas as a diagnostic framework, you'll learn to see beyond the physical body — to meet students at the layer where they actually are, and design classes that speak to body, breath, mind, and spirit at once.
A Pathway to Your 300HR
Working toward your RYT 500? This 50-Hour Advanced YTT, taken together with our 30-Hour Yin Teacher Training (80 hours total), can substitute one elective module of Balanced Planet Yoga's 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training — an in-person way to earn credit toward your advanced certification.
Note: the Raja module remains required and cannot be substituted.
A Day in the Training
A sample immersive day — full, rich, and paced for depth.
To Register
Click below to head to our Arketa platform and reserve your spot. This is a registered YACEP course and earns 50 continuing-education hours toward your RYT 500.
Register on Arketa
Who It's For
Graduates of a 200-hour yoga teacher training who are teaching, practicing, and ready to go deeper. Class size is capped at 18 to keep the training intimate and hands-on.
Bring everything you've learned — and everything you're still asking.
To Graduate
- Full attendance across both weekends
- Practicum — teaching labs & assists
- Written reflections
- Self-study & personal practice
Certificates are issued within two weeks of the final training day.
Meet Your Trainers
The teachers who guided your foundation — going deeper alongside you.
Cheryl Van Sciver
E-RYT 500 · Lead Trainer
Founder of Balanced Planet Yoga and lead trainer of its 200- and 300-hour programs. Cheryl brings depth in yoga philosophy and a warm, grounded teaching style to every training she leads.
Jenna Kelly
E-RYT 500 · Co-Trainer
Co-lead of BPY's teacher trainings, Jenna pairs strong anatomical knowledge with an intuitive feel for the subtle body — helping teachers refine both their craft and their presence.
Robert Healey
Co-Trainer
Bob brings a calm, steady presence to the training, offering his depth in stillness, breath, and the contemplative side of the practice.
Answer the Call to Go Deeper
Join us November 13–15 & December 4–6, 2026 for fifty hours of study, practice, and transformation — and step into the next chapter of your teaching life.