Nearly 800

graduates

since 2009

FREE SNEAK PEAK: JUNE 18TH

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Meet your trainers & review the curriculum; experience a sample of a training day!

FREE SNEAK PEAK: JUNE 18TH 〰️ Meet your trainers & review the curriculum; experience a sample of a training day!

The Thrive YTT

Graduates include…

Surgeons, Mental Health Specialists, Physicians, Studio Owners, and Registered Trainers around the globe.

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Why Train at Thrive?

  • Since 2009, Thrive Yoga’s 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rockville, Maryland has graduated inspired, confident yoga teachers and wellness professionals who lead classes, workshops, studios, and communities around the world.

    Our alumni include yoga studio owners, successful wellness entrepreneurs, public speakers, fitness professionals, and community leaders who bring Thrive’s intelligent, evolving methodology into real-world impact. With consistent 5-star reviews, our yoga teacher training is known for its depth, warmth, practical teaching skills, and supportive community that helps students grow personally, professionally, and spiritually.

  • You have experienced the benefits of yoga. Now you are ready to go deeper.

    At Thrive Yoga, you will learn from experienced yoga teacher trainers who have spent decades studying, practicing, teaching, and living yoga. Led by Susan Mondi Bowen and the Thrive Training Team, our 200-hour yoga certification program is built from nearly 100 years of combined yoga study, practice, and personal transformation.

    This training weaves together timeless yogic philosophy, anatomy, alignment, sequencing, meditation, breathwork, and creative teaching methodology to help you become more fully yourself—and a confident, impactful yoga teacher.

  • At Thrive, you are not just enrolled in a yoga teacher training program. You are personally supported.

    We meet you where you are, help you clarify your purpose, and mentor you in the areas of yoga, fitness, wellness, and teaching that align with your goals. With more than 80 hours devoted to career development and real-world application, you will gain hands-on experience through guided teaching projects, independent study, practice teaching, and specialty workshop development.

    Our experienced teachers mentor you as a student, educator, and professional with genuine care, honest feedback, and ongoing support. Graduates also benefit from Thrive’s strong alumni network, continuing education opportunities, and real teaching pathways beyond graduation.

  • Thrive’s 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training blends live in-person training, livestream classes, and video-on-demand learning so you can stay committed without putting your life on pause.

    You will train in a real yoga studio environment alongside a supportive community while developing the confidence to teach live classes. If you miss a session, make-ups are simple through the Thrive Online Training Portal.

    Graduates consistently rave about the depth of our practices, lectures, mentorship, and the rare opportunity to truly study the full scope of yoga in a format that supports real life.

  • Whether your goal is to teach yoga professionally, deepen your personal practice, build a wellness career, or reconnect with yourself through yoga, Thrive’s 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rockville, MD gives you the foundation, mentorship, and community to grow with confidence.

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Train beyond the pose:

deeply-human yoga,

science-backed methodology

woven with ancient wisdom.

strength for the mind. Depth for the soul.

FREE SNEAK PEAK: JUNE 18TH

6:00 - 7:13pm

Meet your trainers & review the curriculum; meet your fellow trainees and new graduates. Experience a sample of a training day!

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Jennna S.

Susan, and Felicia were absolutely amazing teachers. They all had something special to bring to the training program. They offered such a strong foundation to build the rest of my practice and teaching career. They provided excellent instruction and then encouraged us to take our knowledge directly into practice-giving us plenty of time to practice teach in small groups. I've grown more than l ever imagined in my own practice through their instruction, and feel very grateful to have had such strong and inspiring female mentors!

Yoga Teacher
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Travis D

I am so thankful that I took the step into teacher training for more knowledge but duly thankful that I took the step at Thrive Yoga. Thrive's instructors are such professionals and role models that I feel steady in my ability to teach yoga and make people feel great about themselves! With all the love y'all!

Counselor, LGPC
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Nick Pham

Teacher, Student, & Community Leader

If you are looking for a training that honors tradition, challenges you to grow, and supports you in becoming more fully yourself, Thrive Yoga’s Teacher Training is a truly meaningful place to begin.

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Mary Rivas

Yoga Teacher // Mother

I have a unique experience with Thrive’s YTT because I signed up for the teacher training under the impression that life was going to be normal. And one month into the program we had to switch to virtual. What surprised me most was the quality and level of training Susan was able to translate into a virtual format given the circumstances. A training that prepared us to deepen our practice, explore the possibilities of teaching, and create a lifelong desire to be a student of Yoga was exactly what was delivered. Now, I realize that the world is a little different now, but the ability to translate wisdom into a different format, at a moment’s notice, should indicate how incredible the 200 and 300 hr YTT was.

Professional Training Overview

  • ❁ Asana: Learn the physical and energetic qualities of postures and how to apply them in teaching students of all different physical abilities and experiences. Expand your practice by deepening your understanding of the structure of the asana as it “lands” in your body via lecture, practice and a 500+ page Thrive Yoga Manual (a lifetime reference manual). Learn hundreds of new ways to practice yoga and paths to get into just about any posture.

    ❁ Pranayama: Experience and practice pranayama techniques. The secret sauce to bliss. Learn how to weave pranayama through an asana class and how you can affect your energetic body through conscious breathing techniques.  Learn to master the pranic field.

    ❁ Meditation: Bye-bye stress!  Experience Introduction to several styles of meditation. Learn how a meditation practice is the key to joy. Leave loving to meditate.

    • Vinyasa Yoga

    • Hatha Yoga

    • Alignment Yoga

    • Yin Yoga (introduction)

    • Restorative Yoga

    • Beginners Yoga

    • Chakra Yoga

    • Prenatal Yoga

    • Meditation

    • Pranayama

    • Yoga Nidra

  • Practice Teaching Course Study Includes:

    • Teaching, Sequencing and Voice

    • Cueing and Demonstration

    • Practice teaching with mentor feedback

    • Keeping a class fresh

    • Teaching to Beginners

    • Introduction to Hands-On-Adjustments

    • Mentor feedback and written assessments

    • Train in the anatomy and physiology of the human body and movement

    • Recognize biomechanics, structure and fluid movement in yourself and your students

    • Teach individualized students based upon their anatomical structure and range of motion

    • Anatomy-based sequencing

    • The History of Yoga and Lineages

    • Sanskrit

    • Yoga Sutra Studies

    • The Brain on Yoga – Learn the latest research on consciousness and the brain

    • The Subtle Body:

      prana, nadis, koshas, chakras, prana vayus, and energy balancing

Summer 2026

In-Studio Dates:
July 13 – July 24
Mondays through Fridays, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm

Saturday July 18th Anatomy Session 11:30am – 2:00pm

Plus in-depth Video On-Demand content on Teacher Training topics

Need to make up make-up missed lectures?
Curriculum and practices catch-ups in-studio with trainers (up to 10 hrs)

Ready to Learn More or Take the Next Step?

Request a personal conversation with the 200 Hour Training Director by completing the Interest Form below. Register for an upcoming 200 Hour Information Session or enroll now to reserve your spot.

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