200IYTT Integrative Yoga Teacher Training: Science, Medicine, Psychology
A Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance Approved Training Course
Integrative CPD Pathways: Mindfulness, Yoga, Sound Meditation, and Mind-Body
Welcome to BIYOME’s Integrative Yoga Stream. In this 200-hour training, you will delve into the intricacies of the neuroplastic brain, bioplastic body and metaplasticity overall. Gain the skills to offer somatic practices for embodied compassion, co-regulation, and deep restorative yoga. The course emphasises the physiological and psychological impacts of yoga on mental health, the brain, biome and genome, with a trauma-informed focus on cultivating presence over technique. As a 200-hour Integrative Yoga Teacher, you will be equipped to deliver practical yoga and meditation methods within an allied health framework, benefiting your students, clients, and/or patients.
Graduates of this program will gain a strong understanding of current science and research, enabling them to bring these teachings into Allied Health Professions and Mind-Body Medicine fields. The course features highly qualified faculty, including Professors and Doctors of Psychology, Senior Lecturers and Researchers, Senior Yoga Teachers, and Yoga Therapists. Face-to-face, hands-on training is conducted in a serene retreat setting, a 24-acre sanctuary designed to restore, rejuvenate, and regenerate both body and mind.
Yoga & Medicare Rebates for Patients
If you are a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or occupational therapist, a registered mental health worker, and would like to offer yoga-informed therapy under Medicare for your patients, this training offers a clear pathway. While yoga itself is not directly claimable under Medicare, yoga-informed therapy may be included under a Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP) when delivered by an eligible mental health professional who is also trained in yoga. These sessions may be rebated by Medicare, provided they meet eligibility and treatment criteria. For more information, visit Services Australia.
Yoga & Private Health Insurance Benefits
In further support of integrative health, the Federal Government has announced the reinstatement of yoga in private health insurance benefits following the 2024 Natural Therapies Review. The expert panel found moderate-certainty evidence that yoga supports reduced blood pressure, emotional well-being, and improved quality of life—especially in those with hypertension, anxiety, depression, and low back pain. This decision reflects growing national momentum toward evidence-based complementary therapies in mainstream care. Learn more via Yoga Australia.
Support Clients with Body-Based, Medicare-Compatible Approaches
Start here with our 200IYTT Integrative Yoga Teacher Training: Science, Medicine, Psychology at the BioMedical Institute of Yoga & Meditation — and become part of the next wave of personalised evidence-based medicine, called Embodied Medicine.
Students who wish to go beyond provisional 200hr membership with the respective associations may want to explore:
BIYOME’s complete 350hr training program that gains Level 1 FULL Registration with Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance:
OL350RYTT Personalised BioMedical Yoga Specialising in Restorative Yoga & Meditation
OR
BIYOME’s option for adding a 150-hour upgrade to the 200 hours in a time frame that suits you.
UP150YTT Postgraduate 150hrs
Course Code:
Qualification:
Yoga Australia 200IYTT Member
Yoga Alliance 200IYTT Member
Current Intake:
Commencing May 2026.
Available to be taken as an online course at any time.
What You Will Walk Away With
Upon completing this course, you will have the skills to teach a rich and informative, educated, evidence-informed class. You will be able to understand and deliver your teachings with confidence, convey the latest research in the allied health field to students, offer appropriate teaching cues, and teach therapeutic yoga postures aided by the use of neurological feedback with props and heightened proprioceptive awareness.
Upon graduation, certification with BIYOME provides the opportunity to apply to register with Yoga Australia, given completion of a minimum of 200 or 350 hours of core yoga teacher training skills. CPD points can be accrued with other professional registering bodies listed below. Please note the current registration, endorsements, and active learning points below.
* This 200-hour training course is registered with Yoga Australia and offers provisional membership to teach yoga OR an additional 200CPD points to current Yoga Australia, Yoga Alliance Members.
* BIYOME’s 200-hour training course offers you 200CPD points of active learning with the Australian Psychological Society (APS), the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc (AAPi) and the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA). This course listing with APS can be found here.
* Selected Face to Face Modules are PACFA endorsed, with each module counting towards 50 hours of category A CPD (Total 200 Category A CPD).
* Selected Modules are Meditation Australia registered and Yoga Alliance registered and count towards 50CPD points per module (200CPD points total).
What You Will Learn
- Introduction to Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine
- Understanding Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, & the Maladapted Mind
- Our innate ability to change
- The Path to Wellness: The Philosophy Behind Practice
- The Ethical Philosophy of Practice
- Understanding the Body-Mind Connection: Anatomy, Physiology & Neurobiology
- Theory of Teaching-Technique
- The Altruistic Teaching Methodology: The Science of Compassion and Connection
- Mindfulness: The Science of Attention and Attunement
- Asana: The Science of Posture and Position
- Pranayama: The Science of Respiration and Regulation
- Meditation: The Science of Concentration and Clarity
- Sound Therapy: The Science of Vocabulary and Vibration
- Specialty Intensive Training
What You Will Experience
Four face-to-face specialty intensive training electives
Throughout the course, there is an essential face-to-face component that incorporates training tailored to your course (details below – The BIYOME Difference).
PLUS Foundational Content Provided Online
Yoga Asana Manual
Complete access to 200hr Manual & Provided Literature
Complete access to Foundational Weekends and 4 x CPD Weekend Visual Lectures
Complete access to Bandha, Mudra & Pranayama Manual
BIYOME Terminology Dictionary
Additionally, throughout this course, foundational training in Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine, Meditation as Lifestyle Medicine, and Biomedically Informed Yoga for the Individual is provided online. This includes:
- Understanding the Yogic Tradition of Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, and the Maladapted Mind
- The Yogic Tradition of Suffering
- The Buddhist Tradition of Suffering
- Stress: Tradition in the West
- Our Innate Yogic Ability to Change
- Our Innate Yogic Ability to Change: Tradition in the East
- Our Innate Meditative Ability to Change: Tradition in the East
- Our Innate Ability to Change: Tradition in the West
- The Yogic Path to Wellness
- The Yogic Path to Wellness: Tradition in the East
- The Meditative Path to Wellness: Tradition in the East
- The Path to Wellness: Tradition in the West
- The Ethical Philosophy of Yoga Practice
- The Virtues of Teaching Yoga
- The Virtues of Teaching Meditation
- Understanding the Yogic Mind-Body Connection: Tradition in the East
- The Fundamental Nature of Reality
- The Constituents of the Enlightened Body
- Sharira, Kosha, Vayus, Nâdî, and Chakra
- Understanding the Mind-Body Connection: Tradition in the West
- The Fundamental Nature of Reality
- The Constituents of Human Anatomy: Biology & Physiology, Neurophysiological Psychology, The Embodied Brain, The Vagal (Vagus) Nerve, The Heart-Brain Connection, Heart Rate Variability, Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis, Psychoneuroimmunology, & The Gut-Brain Axis, Sociology, Energetic Communication, Epigenetics, & The Polyvagal Theory
Taught By
CELIA ROBERTS BSc
Head Senior Yoga & Meditation Teacher
Yoga Therapist & Ayurvedic Practitioner
Director of BIYOME
Dr NIKOLA OGNYENOVITS
M.D., FRACGP, FACRRM, FAChAM (RACP)
Addiction Medicine Specialist Physician
Breathwork Facilitator
DR JAMES KIRBY
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology UQ School of Psychology
ANITA CASSIDY BOWMAN
Sound healing practitioner
>>Find out more about our faculty & staff
The BIYOME Difference
2026 Integrative Yoga Course
CPD04 Trauma Informed Meditation Teacher Training: Meditation Therapy for Brain, Biome & Genome (May 29 – June 1, 2026)
CPD06 Mindfulness for a Meaningful Life (Year-round, monthly Fridays 9:30-12:30; 8 consecutive classes are part of the course)
CPD10 Compassion Focused Yoga Therapy and Meditation Teacher Training (November 13-16, 2026)
CPD18 Yoga Therapy, Breathwork, Pranayama & the Science of Breathing (August 28-31, 2026)
Detailed information on specialty intensive training electives (CPDs) is available here
What Our Students Say
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Your 200IYTT Training Requirements
- 80% face-to-face attendance
- Completion of four (4) Specialty Intensive Training Modules (CPD) and associated multiple-choice questions
- The submission of the multiple-choice questions at the end of each lesson within the online 200IYTT content
Your 200IYTT Investment
Investment to become registered with Yoga Australia is $5,088.
We highly recommend at least 12 months regular practice; however, we take all cases individually – please complete an application form and we will contact you directly to discuss.
- Kaminoff, L., & Matthews, A. (2012). Yoga anatomy. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
- Feuerstein, G. (2008). The yoga tradition: Its history, literature, philosophy, and practice (3rd ed.). Chino Valley, AR: Hohm Press.
- Siegel, D. J. (2012). Pocket guide to interpersonal neurobiology: An integrative handbook of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton.
- Carrera, J. (2006). Inside the yoga sutras: A comprehensive sourcebook for the study and practice of Patanjali’s Yoga sutras. Buckingham, VA: Integral Yoga Publications.
Please note that there are also required and/or recommended texts for each intensive elective undertaken.
- Bachman, N. (2005). The language of yoga: Complete A to Y guide to āsana names, Sanskrit terms, and chants. Boulder, CO: Sounds True.
- Iyengar, B. K. (2014). Yoga: The path to holistic health. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley.
- Desikachar, T. K. (1999). The heart of yoga: Developing a personal practice. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions International.
- Robin, M. (2009). A handbook for Yogasana teachers: The incorporation of neuroscience, physiology, and anatomy into the practice. Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark.
Props attain a 15% discount when purchased from Yoga King Products.
Required
- 1 yoga mat
- 1 yoga strap
- 1 bolster
- 2 blocks
- 2 blankets
- 1 Iyengar yoga chair (backless chair without the cushion, can be purchased from EMP Industrial)
Optional
- zafu (meditation cushion)
- zabuton (meditation cushion base)
Please note that there are also required props/variances in prop requirements for different specialty intensive electives (CPDs).