SUMMER 2026
200-Hour Power
Vinyasa Yoga Teacher TRAINING AT RUTGERS
Transform your summer into a journey of self-discovery and deep learning with our immersive 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Open to both Rutgers students and community members, this program is designed to create knowledgeable, compassionate, and inspired yoga teachers.
Rooted in embodied alignment, anatomy, and creative exploration, this training also provides tools to help you find your unique voice and apply the philosophy of yoga in everyday life.
Program Format
•🧘♀️ Asynchronous Learning – Self-paced modules you can access anytime
•🤝 In-Person Weekly Meetups – Connect with peers and teachers
•🌐 Virtual Mentorship – Personalized support every step of the way
Curriculum Topics
↠ Alignment & Anatomy of the physical & energetic body
↠ Asana practice and alignment
↠ Meditation - teaching and practices
↠ Practice teaching and mentorship
↠ Pranayama - the art of the breath
↠ Chakras↠ Iyengar yoga foundations
↠ Yoga philosophy: Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita
↠ Social justice and the wellness industry
↠ The practice & embodiment of Ayurveda
↠ The business of Yoga
↠ Introduction to wellness entrepreneurship
↠ Introduction to Sanskrit
↠ The history of Yoga
↠ Lila Flow Yoga Sequencing - Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Creativity
↠ Finding your teacher’s voice
↠ Art of assisting & adjustments
↠ Sequencing and Teaching labs … AND MORE
Modules
Here is a sneak peak of how the training is laid out and how you will progress through the material each week
Module 1 – Welcome to Yoga
Module 2 – Sun Salutations & Anatomy
Module 3 – Standing Postures & The Yamas and Niyamas
Module 4 – Balancing Postures, Meditation and Pranayama
Module 5 – Core/Twists and Sequencing
Module 6 – Subtle Body, Yin, Restorative and Forward Folds
Module 7 – Mudras, Myths and Arm Balances
Module 8 – Backbends, Chakras and The Bhagavad Gita
Module 9 – Inversions, The Yoga Sutras, Yoga and Social Justice
Module 10 – Specialties: Ayurveda, Beginners, Kids Yoga, Prenatal
Your Instructors
Taryn Vander Hoop is a lifelong movement explorer, dancer, choreographer, and internationally recognized yoga and dance teacher. Known for her flowing, inventive sequences and encouraging presence, she inspires students to discover joy, freedom, and ease in both body and mind.
Taryn holds a 200-Hour Power Yoga certification (2009), a 300-Hour certification from Laughing Lotus Yoga Center, Aerial Yoga Training from Om Factory, and is a Yoga for Cancer (ycC) certified teacher. She has led 200-hour teacher trainings worldwide, taught at the Korean National Yoga Conference and Union Square Summer Thursdays, and guided transformative retreats in India and Mexico. She also founded the first Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training at Rutgers University.
Currently, Taryn serves as Chair and Associate Professor at LMU, continuing to share her passion for movement and mindful living with students around the globe.
Alexx Shilling is a movement scholar and educator fascinated by the body’s intelligence and transformative potential. She holds an MFA in Choreography from UCLA’s Department of World Arts & Culture/Dance, a BA in Dance from Skidmore College, and certifications in Pilates, Yoga, Fleming Technique, Open Source Forms, and Simonson Technique. She currently serves on the faculty at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
With over 20 years of experience, Alexx has taught diverse populations—from healthcare workers to pre-professional dancers—helping all bodies move with ease, joy, and sustainability. Her teaching blends breathwork, imagery, creative sequencing, and playful exploration, whether on the Pilates apparatus or in dance technique classes. She also collaborates with Lila Flow Yoga and the Movement and Somatics for Healthcare research project, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Patricia Pinto is the Co-Founder of Lila Flow Yoga Programs and Love Surf Yoga Retreats. She has taught thousands of Yoga and Pilates classes and led more than 50 yoga retreats and Yoga and Pilates Mat trainings worldwide. With an interest in alternative therapies since 2001, her trainings include those in the traditions of Ashtanga, Vinyasa Power, Meditation, Mindfulness, Shamanic Healing, Reiki, Yin, Mobility, Pilates Mat, Pilates Apparatus, Neuroscience, Therapeutics, EMDR Therapies, Kundalini, Thai massage and so much more. Her extensive knowledge and casual demeanor is what makes Patricia so accessible; she is a seasoned professional yet approachable and friendly. She currently teaches Mindfulness and Meditation for the United Nations, University of Miami, Core by Hyperice, Teacher Trainings around the world and locally in Miami and New York City.