OL500YTT Biomedical Yoga, Meditation & Lifestyle Medicine (Online)
A Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance Approved Training Course
Advanced Online Yoga, Meditation & Lifestyle Medicine Teacher Training
The OL500YTT Biomedical Yoga, Meditation & Lifestyle Medicine training is BIYOME’s most comprehensive and transformative 500‑hour yoga teacher training program. Designed for students seeking meaningful personal evolution and internationally recognised qualifications, this immersive online course blends ancient yogic wisdom with cutting‑edge biomedical science to create a truly life‑changing educational experience.
Completed over 18–24 months, this advanced training offers a complete pathway in Yoga, Meditation, Trauma‑Informed Practice, Restorative Yoga, Mindfulness, and Integrative Lifestyle Medicine. Students consistently describe these years as some of the most enriching of their lives — transformative, educational, and profoundly supportive of long‑term wellbeing.
Throughout your training, you will cultivate present‑moment awareness, deepen your understanding of the body–mind connection, and develop exceptional teaching skills grounded in compassion, attunement, and evidence‑based practice. You will learn to interpret pulse, breath, gait, facial expression, nervous system patterns, and emotional states, enabling you to guide others toward resilience, clarity, and meaningful change.
Why Students Choose BIYOME
BIYOME’s approach is unique: a blend of yogic philosophy, contemplative practice, and modern biomedical science. This program is intentionally designed to create deep internal transformation, allowing you to cultivate compassionate presence, emotional resilience, and embodied wisdom — qualities that naturally extend into your teaching and your relationships.
A Life‑Changing Educational Journey
The OL500YTT is more than a qualification — it is a complete lifestyle transformation. By cultivating internal change, you begin to cultivate compassionate change in the lives of others. This is the heart of BIYOME’s mission: to support you in becoming a mindful, attuned, and deeply impactful teacher of Yoga, Meditation, and Lifestyle Medicine.
Students who wish to go beyond the 500 hours may want to explore:
BIYOME’s Complete Yoga Therapy Training Programme (OL650YTT)
OR
BIYOME’s flexible 150‑hour upgrade is available anytime (OLUP150YTT)
Please contact us if you wish to upgrade your existing 500‑hour qualification to a full 1000 hours. Each upgrade is assessed individually.
Course Code:
Qualification:
Yoga Australia Full Member
Yoga Alliance 500RYT Member
Meditation Association of Australia Member
Current Intake:
Study 100% online at your own pace.
What You Will Walk Away With
You will graduate with advanced, evidence-based yoga teacher training and meditation teaching skills, along with the confidence to deliver therapeutic, trauma-informed practices that support long-term health and wellbeing. You will learn to accurately interpret the body–mind connection through pulse, breath, gait, facial expression, nervous system patterns, and emotional states, enabling you to guide students towards resilience, stress reduction, and lasting transformation.
This comprehensive training also provides multiple professional yoga and meditation certifications, a deep understanding of mind–body medicine and nervous system regulation, and the embodied knowledge to teach with presence, compassion, and confidence.
BIYOME’s Yoga Teacher Training courses provide a pathway to becoming a certified yoga teacher, with graduates eligible to apply for registration with Yoga Australia, Yoga Alliance International, and Meditation Australia.
Upon graduation, BIYOME certification enables you to apply for membership with either organisation, offering internationally recognised yoga teaching credentials. Both Yoga Australia and Yoga Alliance International uphold professional standards in yoga teacher training and provide recognised membership pathways for teachers worldwide.
Yoga Australia is highly regarded throughout Australia and the United Kingdom, while Yoga Alliance International offers a global registration pathway for teachers seeking international recognition and professional membership.
This course qualifies you as a Level 2 Yoga Teacher and enables you to obtain insurance to teach yoga worldwide. You will also be eligible to register with the Meditation Association of Australia and to apply for membership consideration with the Australasian Association of Lifestyle Medicine.
What You Will Learn
- Introduction to Yoga and Meditation 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
- Introduction to Personalised BioMedical Yoga
- Adept Understanding of Disconnection: Suffering, Stress, & the Maladapted Mind
- Adept Understanding of the Body-Mind Connection
- Adept Wisdom in Theory of Teaching-Technique
- Âsana Principles
- Working with The Vagal (Vagus) Nerve
- Working with The Heart-Brain Connection
- Working with HeartRate Variability
- Working with Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis
- Working with Psychoneuroimmunology
- Working with Gut-Brain Axis
- Specialty Intensive Training (CPD) of your choice
What Additional Materials Are Provided
- Yoga Practice Sequences
- Yoga Asana Manual
- Daily Practice Journal
- Complete access to all Provided Literature
- Complete access to all Audio and Visual Lectures
- BIYOME Terminology Dictionary
PLUSÂ
Selection of three (3) speciality intensive training electives for continued professional development:
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- CPD02 Evidence Informed Yoga Nidra
- CPD03 Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training: Compassion-based Yoga Therapy
- CPD04 Trauma-Informed Meditation Teacher Training: Brain, Biome, and Genome
- CPD05 Restorative Yoga Teacher Training: Restorative Yoga Therapy
- CPD06 Mindfulness for a Meaningful Life
- CPD08 Ayurvedic Nutritional Psychiatry: Food-Mood Yoga and Meditation Therapy
- CPD09 Meditation & Yoga Therapy for Pain Management – Neuroscience of Pain
- CPD10 Compassion-Focused Yoga Therapy and Meditation Teacher Training
- CPD16 Music Yoga Therapy and Sound Meditation
- CPD17 Yoga Therapy Foundations
- CPD18 Yoga Therapy, Breathwork, Pranayama & the Science of Breathing
- CPD20 Yuan Qigong: Heal your Heart, Heal your Body
- CPD22 The Science and Art of Awakening Human Consciousness – Meditation Training
Detailed information on specialty intensive training electives (CPDs) is available here
Your OL500YTT Training Requirements
- The submission of the multiple-choice questions at the end of each lesson within the online 500YTT content
- Completion of three (3) Specialty Intensive Training Modules (CPD) and associated multiple-choice questions
- One (1) 20-minute live (Zoom) yoga class
- One (1) 20-minute live (Zoom) meditation class
- Daily Yoga Practice sheet – 18 months
- Daily Meditation Practice sheet – 3 months
For 500 hour upgrade courses (if not combining with a 350 hour course), a 350 hour yoga teacher training course must be completed or being completed.
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.
- Lasater, J. (2009). Yogabody: Anatomy, kinesiology, and asana. Berkeley, CA: Rodmell Press.
Please note that there are also required 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.
- Easwaran, E. (2007). The Bhagavad Gita. Berkeley, CA: Nilgiri Press.
- Myers, T. (2017). Anatomy trains : myofascial meridians for manual and movement therapists. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier Health Sciences.
- Feuerstein, G. (2014). The psychology of yoga: Integrating Eastern and Western approaches for understanding the mind. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.
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
What Our Students Say
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Your OL500YTT Investment
Investment to become registered with Yoga Australia is $8,038Â (until November 30, 2026).
Investment to become registered with Yoga Australia is $8,438 (from December 1, 2026).