22 Day 200HR Yoga Teacher Training in Koh Samui, Thailand

Vikasa’s 200-hour training on Koh Samui runs a six-style curriculum — Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Yin, Zen, and Tantra — over 22 days, a broader style spread than most 200-hour programs that focus on one or two traditions. Days combine morning asana, meditation, pranayama, and kriya practice with lectures, workshops, and practice-teaching sessions, plus optional evening and weekend excursions including a waterfall hike and a private yacht trip.

Accommodation is private for all 21 nights, a step up from the shared dorms common on longer teacher trainings elsewhere. Food runs two main buffet meals a day — a brunch and a dinner at the on-site Life Cafe — rather than a traditional three, fitting a schedule built around long morning practice blocks instead of an early breakfast slot. The Life Cafe’s a la carte menu sits outside the base price, so guests wanting food beyond the two buffets should budget separately.

The program welcomes all levels, including complete beginners, per Vikasa’s own guidance — this isn’t a training that assumes an existing yoga foundation or years of practice. What’s included beyond instruction is substantial: yoga props (mats, blocks, straps, bolsters), printed course manuals for each subject, Yoga Alliance registration, airport pickup, and professional event photography, with graduation held aboard a boat in the Gulf of Thailand.

Insider Tip: the optional private yoga shoots with the on-site videographer take extra time to arrange but produce material worth having for building a teaching profile afterward — worth requesting early in the 22 days rather than waiting until the final week.

Watch out: the evening and weekend excursions, including the yacht trip and waterfall hike, are explicitly optional. Anyone budgeting on the assumption that all listed extras happen automatically should confirm which ones they actually want to join, since participation is opt-in rather than built into the daily schedule.

Koh Samui’s airport is a short pickup from the property, included in the price. The 20-review sample behind the 4.76 rating is smaller than some retreats on this site, worth weighing against the size of the financial commitment. Travel insurance and flights aren’t included, and packing should stay light — comfortable practice wear covers most of the 22 days.