Aqua Kriya Yoga Online Foundational Teacher Training

This foundational Aqua Yoga teacher training is designed for movement professionals and/or water lovers who want to teach in the water with greater clarity, safety, and confidence.

At the end of this training you will have all the tools needed to start a aqua yoga class in your local community. 

This training is especially well-suited for:

• Aqua fitness instructors who want to move beyond choreography and offer more mindful, therapeutic, and inclusive classes

• Yoga teachers who are curious about teaching in water and recognize that land-based yoga does not translate directly into aquatic environments

• Movement and wellness professionals who work with older adults, people with joint sensitivity, chronic pain, or varying mobility levels

• Instructors who value nervous-system awareness, accessibility, and ethical teaching over intensity or performance

• Yoga and Aqua Yoga lovers who would like to go deeper in their practice. 

Participants should feel comfortable practicing independently in a pool setting.

• Looking for fast-paced, high-intensity, or choreography-based aquatic workouts.

• Not interested in yogic philosophy, mindfulness or personal transformation.
• Not interested in establishing a personal Aqua Yoga practice.
• Seeking a governing-body certification, licensure, or job placement guarantee.

• Uncomfortable with self-directed learning, reflection, or slower, inquiry-based practice.

This training will is intended as both professional development and personal transformation.

Participants move through the training on their own schedule within each week.

There are no required live meetings.

Each week includes:

• Short pre-recorded video lessons (120-180 minutes total)

• Demonstration and teaching labs (not full-length guided classes)

• Practice assignments (land and water)

• Reflection and teaching prompts

Optional live mentorship Q & A with Katherine.

Aqua Yoga does not currently have a single governing or accrediting body. Upon successful completion of this training, participants receive a Aqua Kriya Yoga Certificate.

This certificate represents:

• Completion of a month-long, in-depth, professional Aqua Yoga Teacher Training.
• Foundational competency in Aqua Yoga principles, sequencing, and teaching considerations.
• Training grounded in yogic philosophy, therapeutic awareness, and accessibility.

Upon course completion, aqua fitness instructors and yoga teachers can petition for CEU from their accrediting organizations (AEA, Yoga Alliance etc.)

This training is not aqua fitness certification. Participants are responsible for teaching within their existing scope of practice and facility requirements.