Some things only happen in the room.
A year-long, in-person 200-hour Ashtanga training in Oklahoma. Monthly weekends with Andrew Eppler, built on the full online curriculum.
One curriculum. Three ways in.
This is the in-person training in Oklahoma. The same curriculum is also offered online and as a month-long immersion in Mysore, India. Compare all three.
Who This Is For
This is for sincere students who want to deepen their own practice, understand the Primary Series, study the philosophy in a traditional way, and learn to guide others with care. You do not need to be advanced. You do need to be steady, curious, and willing to practice.
A note from Andrew Eppler
So what is Yoga? I have been turning this question over for forty years, and my answer has not really changed.
Yoga is a vehicle for life. It bends, it adapts, and it has changed across thousands of years. Not because it was corrupted, but because that is what a living tradition does.
The Ashtanga series we know and love are brilliant. They are the foundational choreography under much of modern yoga, and they deserve to be taken seriously. I think of them the way a musician thinks of scales. You learn them with rigor so that one day you can be free. Essential, demanding, but not the whole of music.
But when a practice is treated as dogma instead of honest inquiry, it stops serving the person and starts serving itself. Yoga is about love. Self-love, honest discipline, and care in how we speak and think and treat one another. Not only in how we move through a sequence. The postures matter, but they are not the point. Internal stability and joy are the point. I try to teach this perspective in my trainings.
The shared energy of a group, the encouragement, the questions asked out loud. That environment teaches you things a video never will.
The Curriculum
What you will learn
A complete grounding in the practice and the thinking behind it. You learn the Primary Series in detail, and you learn where it comes from.
Primary Series
Vinyāsa count, Sanskrit names, alignment, and safe hands-on adjustment, learned slowly and thoroughly.
Pranayama and Mudras
Breath practice and the subtle techniques that deepen awareness, taught within the classical tradition.
Healing Arts
Traditional Thai bodywork, safe assisting, injury awareness, and breath and nervous system work. The practical tools for a safe and lasting practice.
Indian Philosophy
Study with Sanskrit scholars from Mysore. The darśanas, the Yoga Sūtras, and the Bhagavad Gītā, read from inside the tradition.
Connection to Lineage
Rooted in the Nāthamuni Sampradāya and the philosophy that shaped Śrī Kṛṣṇamācārya's teaching.
Sanskrit and Chanting
Correct pronunciation and traditional mantra practice, learned by ear and by heart.
Personal Mentorship
One-on-one guidance with Andrew throughout the training, not a sales team and not an assistant.
Online Archive
Immediate access to over 150 hours of recorded lessons and resources, yours to keep and revisit.
Lifelong Tools
A grounded, practical approach to carrying yoga into daily life long after the training ends.
What You Leave With
More than the postures.
Most people come for the postures. They stay for what the practice does to the rest of the day.
By the end of the year you will know the Primary Series in your body, not just in your notes, and you will understand why it is built the way it is. That is what lets you guide a nervous beginner, or work safely around an old injury, instead of reading a sequence off a card. It is the difference between leading a room and guessing your way through one.
What travels is the training itself, the studio that stands behind it, and a wide circle of people who know the work. Graduates lead classes here in Norman and in studios around the world. The door I care about most is the one into this community: the scholars in Mysore, the conference, and people who take this seriously and look out for one another. Many of them first met on a mat in this room.
What you walk away with is hard to fit on a certificate. A practice you can keep for life. Steadiness on a hard day. And the confidence to share it with someone else.
By the end, you will be able to
- Practice and understand the Primary Series
- Guide beginners with confidence and care
- Adapt the practice around common injuries
- Explain the basic philosophical framework of yoga
- Use breath, chanting, and study as part of a complete practice
How It Works
Immersive, and built around your life.
The program is nine weekend modules, held one weekend a month. Each weekend centers on one of three areas, Yoga Methodology, Physiology and Healing Arts, and History and Philosophy, and the three rotate so your study stays well rounded. The program is modular, so you can start with any weekend and join at any time of year.
You have twelve months to complete the nine, so you can begin in any month and miss one here and there without falling behind. Each weekend runs about sixteen hours. Those in-person hours combine with the full online curriculum, which is yours the day you register, to carry you well past the two hundred hours the certification requires.
Miss a weekend? Attend by Zoom, or make it up with the online materials, so your progress stays on track. You are welcome to sit in on extra weekends to revisit a subject, and after you graduate you are always welcome back to refresh your skills. Graduates attend future weekends for $150 each.
- Register and get immediate access to the online curriculum.
- Attend one weekend module a month.
- Rotate through methodology, healing arts, and philosophy.
- Miss one? Catch up by Zoom or with the online materials.
- Complete nine modules within twelve months.
- Graduate eligible to register as RYT 200.
The Approach
The culmination of many years of study.
Most programs teach you the postures. I want to teach you the postures and the thought behind them. Throughout the training you study with Sanskrit scholars in Mysore, among them Dr. M.A. Alwar, Senior Professor at Maharaja's Sanskrit College and a leading authority on Viśiṣṭādvaita philosophy. He is my teacher and mentor and a co-organizer of the Mysore Yoga Conference, and he gives the optional final examination in philosophy.
This is the Viśiṣṭādvaita reading of yoga that shaped Śrī Kṛṣṇamācārya's teaching, carried in the Nāthamuni Sampradāya of South India. If you want to learn more about our lineage, the link below is a good place to begin.
See For Yourself
Watch the film before you decide.
My trainings are shaped by, and made in cooperation with, my teachers in Mysore. Mysore Yoga Traditions, the feature documentary I directed there, is the clearest window into that work. It draws on interviews with the scholars, elders, and practitioners this program is rooted in. If you want to understand the perspective behind the training, start there.
Schedule
The 2026 to 2027 cycle
The training is modular. You can begin with any weekend and complete your nine modules within the twelve months that follow, so there is no fixed start. One weekend a month, 10am to 6pm. Dates shift a little around holidays and travel.
2026
- July 11 to 12History and Philosophy
- August 15 to 16Yoga Methodology
- September and OctoberNo weekends, travel in India
- November 14 to 15Physiology and Healing Arts
- December 12 to 13History and Philosophy
2027
- January and February200-hour Immersion in Mysore, India
- February 27 to 28Yoga Methodology
- March 20 to 21Physiology and Healing Arts
- April 17 to 18History and Philosophy
- May 15 to 16Yoga Methodology
- June 12 to 13Physiology and Healing Arts
- July 10 to 11History and Philosophy
- August 14 to 15Yoga Methodology
Tuition
Three ways to pay.
Full Tuition
$2,500
Paid in full
Payment Plan
$600down
Plus 8 monthly payments of $275. $2,800 total, due on each training weekend.
Drop In
$250per weekend
A single weekend module, no commitment
The full online curriculum is included in every option.
Location and Lodging
Where we meet.
We hold the weekends at two places, and each weekend's location is confirmed in advance.
The Magic Forest, 20180 Fulkerson St, Norman, OK 73068, is a peaceful retreat we have used for gatherings for thirty years. It offers simple indoor lodging and quiet camping for $30 a night, with fast internet for hybrid sessions.
Yoga on Main, 123 S. Main St, Norman, OK 73069, is our space right in town. More about the Magic Forest.
To Graduate
What it takes.
Graduation is not about perfection. It is steady participation, sincere study, and showing that you understand the foundations of practice and how to share them.
- Complete the nine weekend modules within twelve months
- Submit essays on the Bhagavad Gītā and Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras
- Pass an oral exam with me
- Memorize the Primary Series and the eight limbs of Ashtanga Yoga
- Write a personal reflection on what yoga means to you
- Optional: a final oral examination in philosophy with Dr. M.A. Alwar, plus $108
Certification is issued through Ashtanga Yoga Studio and connected with the Saṃskṛti Foundation in Mysore. As a Yoga Alliance Registered School, RYS 200, graduates are eligible to register as RYT 200.
The Texts
What you will read.
Required
- The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Swami Satchidananda
- The Living Gita, Swami Satchidananda
Recommended
- Roots of Yoga, Mallinson and Singleton
- The Concise Book of Muscles, Chris Jarmey
- The Practice Manual, David Swenson
These give you an accessible foundation. The live and recorded philosophy sessions bring in the traditional Sanskrit commentary.
From Students
What students say.
I love how each month is a different module theme. Andrew does a wonderful job with asana, with the history and philosophy of yoga, with the therapeutic arts, and more. And he brings in guest teachers and speakers every month. Ten out of ten for anyone who wants an authentic, fulfilling, and fun experience.
I loved my training in Norman. The teachings of yoga history, philosophy, prāṇāyāma, and Thai yoga massage were especially good. We learned the Primary Series, anatomy, how to adjust āsanas, and how to lead a class, with wonderful live guest speakers from Mysore.
Andrew made real efforts to connect us to Sanskrit scholars from Mysore and to experts in the history of yoga from around the world. The program deeply changed my approach to practice.
Andrew's approach to the practice is level-headed, down-to-earth, and very sincere. I especially appreciated his commitment to making sure students are exposed to the philosophical traditions of the lineage.
Andrew's training was the most transformative experience of my life. I was embraced by Andrew and Ashtanga Yoga Studio in a way that will stay with me. This experience is my happy place.
Andrew is one of the best teachers of authentic Ashtanga in the country, and his experience with prāṇāyāma is the best I have found in the US.
Your Teacher
Andrew Eppler
Forty years of practice. Thirty-five years of teaching. Andrew trained in Mysore under Śrī B.N.S. Iyengar, who, now one hundred years old, is the oldest living teacher of Ashtanga Yoga. He is E-RYT 500 and the director of Mysore Yoga Traditions. His teaching honors the tradition while remaining genuinely open to the people in the room.
- Founder of Ashtanga Yoga Studio in Norman, established 1999
- Director of Mysore Yoga Traditions
- Director of the Mysore Yoga Traditions documentary
- Founder of the Mysore Yoga Conference
- Decades guiding students of every age, body, and level
Questions
Good things to know.
Do I need to be advanced?
No. You need to be steady, curious, and willing to practice. We meet you where you are.
Can I join if I do not plan to guide others?
Yes. Many come simply to deepen their own practice and understanding. The path to RYT 200 is there if you want it.
What if I miss a weekend?
Attend by Zoom, or make it up with the online materials. You have twelve months, so a gap is easy to absorb.
Can I start in any month?
Yes. The modules rotate, so you can begin with any weekend and complete nine within twelve months.
Is the online curriculum included?
Yes. Over 150 hours of recorded lessons, yours the day you register and yours to keep.
Where are the weekends held?
At the Magic Forest and at Yoga on Main, both in Norman. Each weekend's location is confirmed in advance.
Is lodging available?
Simple indoor lodging and quiet camping at the Magic Forest, $30 a night, with fast internet for hybrid sessions.
What does RYT 200 eligibility mean?
On finishing, you can register with Yoga Alliance as a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher. We are a Registered School, RYS 200.
Can I try one weekend first?
Yes. Drop in on a single module for $250 before committing to the full program.
Begin
Ready to start?
Not sure if it is the right fit? Tell me where you are and what you are looking for, and we will talk through your practice, your goals, and your schedule. The first conversation is free, and it is with me, not a sales team.
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