"My experience with yoga is that it is a life changing force. Yoga develops strength and flexibility, focus and confidence and a sense of connection with a spirit greater than just me. Yoga grounds me and at the same time opens possibilities. My intention in teaching is to pass that on, that sense of living life to the fullest, vibrant, strong, and open."
200 Hour Yoga Immersion
& Teacher Course for 2027
Directors: Kim Chandler & Janne Roehm
An 11 month yoga journey filled with classic yoga asana and meditation, thought-provoking discussions and a mindful community with plenty of opportunities for self-discovery and exploration. This course is designed for those interested in the practice and study of yoga and for those who wish to go on to teach.
Completion of this 200 hour course exceeds the requirements to register with the Yoga Alliance.
11 weekends from January 30 - November 7, 2027
“Awesome. After every weekend I felt overflowing with 'Light'. The flow and cadence of this course was beautifully balanced. The exploration of emotional, physical and spiritual possibilities was dynamic and graceful."
Our training provides a comprehensive foundation in asana alignment and anatomy, pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy, teaching methodology, energetics, and professional ethics. The core study is classical hatha yoga. The program includes progressive teaching practicums and personal mentoring so that graduates leave with abundant and meaningful knowledge and experience. Our faculty’s personal approach helps trainees develop their unique voice and special interests as a teacher. Program graduates are ready to begin their yoga teaching career with confidence.
The Innerlight Yoga Immersion and Teacher Course exceeds the 200 hour Yoga Alliance requirements for registration. The curriculum is thoughtfully designed to present the different components of teaching yoga in relation to each other and to everyday life. Asana, pranayama, philosophy, and anatomy will be taught as an integrated experience that allows students to gradually absorb and comprehend the rich and deep system that is yoga.
We encourage growth and self development. Graduates continually express how life changing the Innerlight training experience has been.
“The graduates of the Innerlight teacher course are prepared to teach.”
- Observation by a local teacher
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
Our directors offer rich and diverse knowledge and expertise, combining over 65 years of yoga teaching and experience among them.
The curriculum is seamlessly woven into an integrated whole. Each area of study is developed to connect to what is relevant to the student’s experience and practical to teaching.
Students begin teaching from the start of the program. This builds confidence and comfort in the teaching role and allows the material to come alive. Students develop classes, starting with a five-minute class.
Students receive ongoing personalized mentoring, feedback, direction, and support.
Most importantly, with guidance and personalized observation from the faculty, students discover and develop a unique voice and teaching style.
Graduates are ready to teach in a wide variety of settings and to various populations.
The teacher course includes a seva project or independent study in which students develop a level of expertise in an area of interest through research, practice and teaching. Specific populations have included: children, the elderly, sailors, pregnant women, cancer recovery, athletes.... Students graduate with a strong basic foundation and experience of their choice.
CURRICULUM
Our teaching style is experientially based. We learn by discussion, reading, demonstration, and other techniques, and then reinforce the lessons by applying what we have just learned. Each weekend builds on the knowledge and experience gained in the weekends before as well as in home practice and homework. Assignments between weekends deepen the experience and begin the process of life-long learning.
Curriculum includes:
- Practice and refinement of yoga asanas
- Pranayama practice and techniques
- Mindfulness and other meditation techniques
- Anatomy and physiology
- Yogic philosophy and psychology
- Teaching methodology
- Teaching practicums
- Personalized mentoring
“I never expected this program to change me so profoundly. I am not the same person I was at the start... This exceeded my expectations in every way possible!”
PREREQUISITES
Dedicated yoga practice of at least 1 year (class or home practice, multiple times per week)
Strong desire to learn more about yourself
Sound health
Recommendation from a yoga teacher
Commitment to attend all teacher training sessions
Commitment to daily practice
Commitment to attend all sessions
Note: Many people who participate in Innerlight Teacher Training are not advanced yoga students, but have a sincere longing to deepen their understanding of yoga for personal enrichment.
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION
Certification is dependent upon completion of all requirements to the satisfaction of the faculty.
Attendance at all sessions.
Completion of homework assignments, projects, teaching practicums, and passing a written test on Sanskrit terms are required.
Weekly attendance at a conveniently located studio. (Please note weekly classes are not included in tuition.)
For further information and to schedule a personal meeting email Kim, kim@innerlightyoga.com
or Janne, janne.lj.roehm@gmail.com.
COST
Non-refundable Application Fee $50, must accompany application and is not included in tuition.
Tuition for the Innerlight Study Course
- $3200 with early-bird registration paid in full by 11/15/2026 / $3500 after
- Partial scholarships available please email Kim@innerlightyoga.com
- The tuition fee includes the Training Manual (Does not include reading materials, props, food, lodging, or weekly required class.)
Scholarship Fund - A yoga teacher with roots in their community becomes a resource for their community and beyond. To ensure that finances are not an obstacle we have established a scholarship fund to support accessibility to yoga teacher education.
Download Scholarship Application Here
Payment options:
- Check to Innerlight Center for Yoga
- Visa, Master Card or Discover
- Tuition is fully refunded if an application is not accepted for any reason. Application fee is non refundable.
Payment Plans available:
Eleven monthly payments of $318.18: first payment due prior to January 1, followed by the remaining ten payments: Feb 1, March 1, April 1, May 1, June 1, July 1, Aug 1, Sept 1, October 1, and November 1. Payment plan requires a credit card on file, the card is auto charged.
Refund Policy
Until course start: 100% refund of tuition. After course start: No refund is available.
TRAINING DATES
We meet:
Saturdays 1-6pm
Sundays 9am-5pm
Jan 30-31, 2027
Feb 6-7
March 6-7
April 3-4
May 15-16
June 5-6
July 10-11
August 14-15
Sept 11-12
Oct 16-17
Nov 6-7. (weather Dec 11-12)
Please download and print our APPLICATION & CHECK LIST and mail to:
Innerlight Center for Yoga & Meditation
850 Aquidneck Ave
Middletown, RI 02842
You will be contacted shortly after your application is received and a pre-program interview will be arranged. The interview is an opportunity for you to ask questions and discuss any concerns you might have. You can register in the studio or secure payment may be made online.
The program is open to all serious students who wish to deepen their understanding of yoga for personal enrichment.
A PDF of the above information is available here
“I recommend this program 100%. I learned so much about yoga and about myself.”
Faculty Bios
Kim Chandler, founder Innerlight Yoga
I fell in love with yoga in 1988. At a short retreat I learned how to practice meditation in motion through a handful of poses. That winter I practiced each morning in the drafty farmhouse where I lived. Each practice session brought an extraordinary feeling of being at one with myself and the world around me. An abiding peace and a calm, clear focus came over me; I was both relaxed and energized. My journey led me to my first yoga teacher training in March 1990. I knew my life would never be the same. Teaching yoga as a meditation practice became my heartfelt path.
Teaching is a joy for me. Through teaching I remember that we are more connected than separate. My intention is to cultivate a friendly practice space that supports undivided, good humored, generous communion with ourselves. That quality of attention towards ourself turns out to be an elixir of sorts-- a strengthening agent for generosity inward and outward. In other words, love.
Kim is the founder and director of Innerlight Center for Yoga & Meditation. A former resident of Kripalu Center, Kim directed Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training, was a founding member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association and served as its Associate Director 1993-1995. Kim’s training includes a three month residential study in India, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, meditation, yin yoga, restorative yoga, Irest Yoga Nidra, trauma informed yoga and Proprioceptive Writing. She has many thousands of hours of teaching experience in and out of the studio. She has taught for Brown University/Butler Hospital yoga related research and teaches at Kripalu several times each year.
Janne Roehm, founder of ShriLife yoga
My experience with yoga is that it is a life changing force. Yoga develops strength and flexibility, focus and confidence and a sense of connection with a spirit greater than just me. Yoga grounds me and at the same time opens possibilities. My intention in teaching is to pass that on, that sense of living life to the fullest, vibrant, strong, and open.
Janne (pronounced Yanna) is co-director and co-developer of the Innerlight Yoga Immersion and Teacher Training course. She is a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 with more than 1000 hours of teaching experience, including 20 years at Innerlight Yoga, 8 years in the Newport Hospital Enough Is Enough program, 10 years at John Clarke Retirement Center, and many yoga sessions in the High Peaks of the Adirondacks. She has also led three Innerlight week-long yoga retreats in St John USVI.
Janne's training includes a 500-hour course at Innerlight (1998) and a 400-hour Anusara-based course with Todd Norian (2003). She has studied with Kim Chandler, Tom Gillette, Todd Norian, Ann Greene, John Friend, Doug Keller, Martin Kirk, Jenny Otto, Judith Lasater, Betsey Downing, Ray Long, MD and Sharon Salzburg. She is certified in the Yoga for Osteoporosis Method by Loren Fishman, MD and Ellen Saltonstall.
Janne is currently working on getting her leg behind her head, and expects that in about five lifetimes from now, she may be close. For more of Janne's work visit Shri1life.com