300-Hour Advanced · Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 · Ubud, Bali
The training you take
after you already know
how to teach.
25 days inside a working yoga school in Ubud — for certified teachers ready to go further. Into craft. Into philosophy. Into the parts of teaching that take real time to develop.
900 +
ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
80 +
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
150+
YOGA ALLIANCE REVIEWS
25+
RESIDENT TEACHERS
RYS-500
YOGA ALLIANCE SCHOOL
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WHAT THE 300HR IS
Not more of what
you already did.
The next thing.
The 200hr builds a foundation. You learn to teach — safely, clearly, with confidence. That work is complete in itself.
The 300hr is for the teacher who has been doing it for a year or more, has stood in front of real students, and feels something deeper still asking. Not more techniques. A different quality of engagement — with the practice, with the people in the room, with yourself as a teacher.
25 days in Ubud. In a school that has been here since 2010, with the same teachers, the same shalas, the same students coming back year after year.
Advanced teaching methodology
Not just more techniques. A deeper look at how you actually lead — your cues, your presence, your ability to read and respond to a room in real time.
Philosophy as living practice
The Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta — studied not as history but as a framework you actually use. At this level, philosophy isn't separate from practice. It is the practice.
Deeper personal practice
Advanced asana, functional anatomy, breathwork — for a teacher who already has a practice. Building depth, not just range.
Leadership and the long game
What it means to teach with real authority over time. How to sustain it. Where to go next. This is taught explicitly here — and it's rare.
WHO IS THIS FOR
This training is for you if…
You're teaching and want to teach better
You've led classes. Something is working. And something is still asking to go deeper — into your cues, your presence, your understanding of what's actually happening in the room when you teach.
You want your practice to mean more
The physical practice is familiar now. You want to work with what it opens — the philosophy, the breath, the inner dimension. You want a space that takes yoga seriously at that level.
You're ready for the E-RYT 500
The Yoga Alliance 500-hour credential is the marker of a senior teacher and trainer. This training qualifies you to register — but more importantly, it gives you the actual depth the credential is supposed to represent.
Prerequisites: A valid 200hr RYT certification and at least one year of regular teaching. This is a continuing education programme for working teachers, not an entry point into teaching. If you're earlier in your path but feel strongly called to this level of work, reach out to us directly before applying — we'll be honest with you.
IN THER WORDS
What 300hr graduates say.
People who came, did the work, and went back to their teaching lives. Unedited.
“The faculty don’t let you perform. They want the real thing — and they know how to help you find it. That’s not common.”
“I came in thinking I needed more techniques. What I actually needed was depth of presence. The philosophy work alone changed how I teach.”
“The supervised teaching, real feedback, no softening Is what made it serious. It’s not comfortable. It’s exactly what advanced training should be.”
“Two years later I’m co-facilitating RA retreats in Europe. I wouldn’t have thought that was possible when I left Bali. The path just kept opening.”
◆ YOGA ALLIANCE RYS-500 ◆ E-RYT 500 FACULTY ◆ 900+ ALUMNI NETWORK ◆ 150+ YOGA ALLIANCE REVIEWS
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
The Curriculum
Six core areas across 25 days. Not taught as subjects, taught as practices. Each one is something you'll carry back into your teaching, not something you'll file away.
Advanced Teaching Methodology
The deepest work of the training. How you cue, sequence, and adapt — studied at a level that goes past technique. Supervised practice teaching with direct feedback from faculty who have been training teachers for over a decade. You'll be challenged on your habits and asked to teach with more precision, more responsiveness, more presence.
Advanced Asana Exploration
RA Vinyasa at an advanced level — for a teacher who already has a practice. Arm balances, backbends, inversions and their architecture. How to teach complex postures to students with different bodies and different histories. The asana curriculum is about refinement and intelligent risk — not adding more shapes.
Applied Anatomy & Biomechanics
Functional anatomy for the advanced practitioner. Joint mechanics, fascia, the nervous system. How to read a body, spot compensation patterns, and modify with real understanding rather than borrowed rules. Guest specialist teaching is integrated into this module. Graduates consistently say this is among the most practically useful work of the entire training.
Yoga Philosophy & Living Inquiry
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta. Studied seriously — not as a history lesson. Philosophy at this level is a framework for examining how you practice, how you teach, and how you move through your life. Daily meditation and pranayama build the experiential ground the study needs.
Pranayama, Restorative & Yin
The energetic side of practice — taught rigorously. Classical pranayama, its physiological basis, and how to introduce it safely in class. Restorative and Yin studied as distinct disciplines, not as recovery. A teacher at the 500-hour level should be able to hold every end of the practice spectrum. This module builds that range.
Leadership, Voice & the Path That Comes Next
What it means to teach at this level — and to keep teaching well over time. Your voice as a teacher: how it's distinct, how to refine it, how not to lose it. How to build a sustainable career. How to lead without performing. This module also looks honestly at what comes after the 300hr: ongoing mentorship, the possibility of contributing to RA trainings and events, the alumni network you're stepping into, and what the longer teacher path can look like when it's pursued with intention.
Several current RA faculty and event co-facilitators are 300hr graduates. That path exists — we discuss it plainly here, without making it a sales pitch.
Want to go deeper before deciding?
Download the full 300hr curriculum breakdown or the "Is the 300hr right for you?" guide, written for teachers who are genuinely weighing this up.
THE FACULTY
People who are still genuinely in it.
The 300hr faculty are not presenting a curriculum they wrote ten years ago. They are practitioners with long personal practices and active teaching lives. The combination matters — Kimberley brings methodology and inner-process depth; Vijeth brings lineage and textual rigor; Chris brings body intelligence that challenges assumptions. You'll feel the difference between teachers who coordinate and teachers who genuinely complement each other
Kimberley Utama
Kimberley founded Radiantly Alive in Ubud in 2010. She has been running the 300hr since its beginning, and her approach hasn't softened with time — it's grown more precise. Her sessions are known for asking more than students expect of themselves: more honesty, more technical clarity, more genuine presence in front of a room. She's not interested in performance — from herself or anyone else. That expectation defines the culture of the training.
Vijeth
Born into a family rooted in Yoga and Vedanta, Vijeth trained under BNS Iyengar in Mysore and holds a post-graduate degree in yogic sciences. He brings something that's hard to find: genuine textual depth combined with a practitioner's body knowledge. His philosophy sessions tend to be the ones students describe as permanently changing how they understand the practice.
Chris Fox
A Movement Educator and FRC Mobility Specialist with 8+ years teaching advanced trainings. Chris works from first principles — body awareness, intelligent movement, why things work rather than how they're supposed to look. His anatomy sessions are practical and direct. Students frequently say his work changes how they cue everything else.
Guest Faculty
Each cohort brings in specialist teachers for dedicated modules — restorative yoga, yoga nidra, advanced pranayama, clinical anatomy. Guest faculty vary by cohort. Their details are included in the programme pack sent after registration of interest. Some are RA alumni who have gone on to develop specialist expertise.
These three teachers don't overlap — they triangulate. Kimberley holds the pedagogical thread and the inner-process work. Vijeth provides the philosophical depth and asana lineage. Chris challenges assumptions about the body from a movement-science perspective. Students often say the friction between these perspectives is part of what makes the training work.
The school's broader teaching community — 25+ teachers on staff — means the training doesn't happen in a bubble. You're training inside an active studio ecosystem. That matters more than it sounds.
WHAT YOU'LL TRAIN
A real school. Not a rented venue.
Most teacher trainings in Bali rent a villa or retreat centre for the month. Radiantly Alive has been in Ubud since 2010 with a permanent studio, resident teachers, a daily class schedule, a café, and students who come every week not because there's a training, but because this is where they practice.
When you train here, you step into something with its own rhythm and culture. That's different from training in a space that was set up for you and disappears when you leave.
You have unlimited access to the full class schedule before, during, and after the training. Morning classes, yin, restorative, meditation, breathwork. You're not just attending a training. You're inside an active practice community for a month.
Daily access to studio classes
Full class schedule access from one week before the training to one week after. You're not just training — you're living inside an active yoga school for a month.
RA Studio Café on site
Plant-based food available at training rates, on site. The café is where the cohort tends to gather between sessions — that informality matters for what happens in the room.
Ubud — the right environment for this work
Not tourism copy. Ubud is genuinely slower, more inward. The pace supports intensive study in a way most cities don't. The cultural relationship to practice here is real. You feel it within a few days.
Cultural excursions and ceremonies
Integrated into the programme schedule where relevant — approached with genuine respect and context, not as tourism add-ons.
Accommodation guide provided
Curated options across all budgets, within walking or short ride distance from the studio. Included in the programme pack.
WHAT YOU'LL TRAIN
Sample daily schedule
Structured days. Intensive mornings. Evenings mostly yours. The rhythm is designed to allow depth without burning people out in week one.
Exact schedule varies across the 25 days. Full programme provided in preparatory materials.
Why the structure is built this way
The morning sadhana is personal practice — separate from your teaching practice. By week three, that distinction tends to be one of the more significant things that shifts. You start to understand what you actually need from the mat, versus what you perform on it.
The teaching lab sessions are where most of the real work happens. Small groups. Supervised peer teaching. Specific feedback — direct, not cushioned. Not comfortable. Necessary.
The anatomy and philosophy sessions in the afternoon are designed to be integrated with, not isolated from, the morning practice. What you study shapes how you move the next day.
Evenings are mostly unstructured. That's deliberate. The depth that becomes available in 25 days depends on people actually resting.
UPCOMING COHORT
2026 Training Dates
Two cohorts. Both 25 days in Ubud. Places are limited to 24 students, the training requires close faculty contact, and that's only possible at this size.
May 4 – 29
USD 2,950
25 days of intensive training with E-RYT 500 faculty, inside an active yoga school. Full curriculum, cultural programme, alumni network access, and ongoing post-training support.
Early registration discount available — contact us for details
November 2 – 27
USD 2,950
Same faculty, same curriculum, same school. The November cohort tends to draw teachers coming off a full year of teaching and ready to step back and study.
Early registration discount available — contact us for details
What tuition includes
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Before you come
Practical details to help you plan. If anything is unclear, send us a message.
Getting into Indonesia
Your passport needs a minimum of 18 months' validity at entry. Most nationalities get a 30-day visa on arrival at Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport, extendable to 60 days. Check the current requirements with your local Indonesian consulate.
Where to stay
Ubud has options across all budgets — simple guesthouses from ~$30/night, boutique villas at $80–200/night. Most participants stay within 10–20 minutes of the studio. We send a curated guide with your pack.
Transport in Ubud
Ubud is walkable from most nearby accommodation. Grab and Gojek (ride-share) are inexpensive for longer distances. Many participants rent a scooter. The studio is central and well-known to local drivers.
What to bring
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked.
The ones that come up most. If yours isn't here, ask us directly.
AFTER THE TRAINING
The 300hr is
a door, not a destination.
Most teachers leave Bali and go back to their lives changed — that's the main thing that's supposed to happen. Some continue developing through RA's ongoing programmes. A few eventually find their way into co-facilitating RA events or mentorship tracks.
None of that is guaranteed. But it's all real, and it's something we talk about honestly, not as a promise, but as a picture of where the path can go when it's taken seriously.
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Alumni Network — 900+ teachers, 80+ countries
You graduate into an active network. Not a Facebook group — a community of working teachers, many of whom stay connected to RA and to each other long after training.
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Connect - A global network of teachers
Join 500+ RA teachers across 80+ countries. Assist trainings in Bali, co-facilitate global events, grow alongside people who share your values and your practice.
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RA events in Europe
The most dedicated graduates are invited to teach, assist, and eventually lead RA trainings becoming the next generation of Radiantly Alive faculty, worldwide.
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A small number of 300hr graduates have gone on to deepen through mentorship and eventually contribute to RA trainings and events. There's no formal programme with a fixed application — it develops through relationship. If this is something you want to explore, the best place to start is the training itself.
The faculty path, for teachers who want it
“The doors just keep opening. I did my 300hr and Radiantly Alive has shown me what it actually looks like to walk this path long-term, as a teacher and as a person.”
NOT READY TO APPLY YET?
Start with whichever feels right.
For the 300hr especially, where you are in your teaching life matters. We'd rather have an honest conversation first than have you apply to something that isn't the right fit yet.
Three easy ways to take the next step without committing to anything.
Book a 30-minute discovery call
Talk through where you are in your teaching and whether this training makes sense for you right now. We're direct. No pressure.
Get the full programme pack
Curriculum, faculty, schedule, accommodation guide, and full pricing detail — sent to your inbox.
We respond within one working day. The team is based in Ubud.Send a specific question
About prerequisites, curriculum, the school, what to expect — we answer personally and specifically, not from a template.
STAYING IN UBUD
Accommodation isn't included. That's intentional.
Students arrive with different needs for privacy, quiet, budget, and how they want to rest between sessions. Staying independently gives you that freedom, and supports real integration at the end of each day.
The studio is in the heart of Ubud. Most students find accommodation within easy walking distance guesthouses, small hotels, and family-run stays are minutes from the shala. Cafés, markets, and everything you need for daily life are close by.
We provide a curated list of trusted options before your arrival, organised by style and budget. If you have questions about where to stay, we're available to help.
The shala is in central Ubud. Restaurants, rice fields, and temples are a short walk in every direction.
Most students stay within 5–15 minutes on foot. A scooter or ojek makes anywhere in Ubud easy to reach.
We recommend arriving 2–3 days early to settle in, adjust to the rhythm, and start the training rested.
Family-run guesthouses
Small, quiet, and close to the studio. Usually include breakfast and a garden or rice field view. Typically IDR 250,000–500,000 per night. The most common choice among our students.
Small boutique hotels
Private pool, daily cleaning, and a bit more space to decompress after long training days. A good option if you need your environment to feel restful and well-resourced.
FOOD & DAILY RHYTHM
Ubud has an abundance of cafés and warung serving nourishing food at every price point. Training days include a lunch break, most students eat nearby and return to the shala. Evenings are yours to explore. You won't need to think hard about food here.
APPLY
If this is the right next step, we'd like to hear from you.
The application is short, about 10 minutes. We'll come back to you within 48 hours. No commitment until you receive and accept a formal offer of a place.
300-Hour · Yoga Alliance RYS-500 · Ubud, Bali · radiantlyalive.com
