8 Day 50 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training on Koh Phangan, Thailand

This is a 50-hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training, not a generic multi-style certification — the eight days at One Yoga’s Koh Phangan beachfront shala go deep into Traditional Chinese Medicine and meridian theory alongside the asana work, a specialisation most general teacher trainings skip entirely.

Six teaching days run Monday to Saturday, with classes held in a sea-view yoga shala and a course manual, mats and props supplied. Successful completion earns a Yoga Alliance-accredited 50-hour certification — usable as a specialty credential or toward a higher-level teacher training — plus a graduation ceremony, a One Yoga tote bag, and 30 days of free access to the operator’s online studio, which lists more than 900 classes and courses.

Watch out: Only breakfast and lunch are covered, and only on the six teaching days — dinners, and all meals on non-teaching days, are excluded, so budget for evening food across the stay. Airport and taxi transfers to the Koh Phangan campus are also excluded, along with flights, visa fees and travel expenses to the island.

Accommodation is 7 nights in an air-conditioned room at the resort, though it is explicitly based on availability rather than guaranteed by booking. The property is described as a private beachfront resort, which fits the training’s overall pace: this is a slow, seated, floor-based style of yoga, and the schedule is built around long holds and study blocks rather than dynamic flow.

All-levels billing is accurate for the physical demand — yin’s passive postures do not require strength or flexibility to start — but the curriculum assumes a genuine interest in yoga philosophy and anatomy, since teacher training days combine asana practice with theory blocks on TCM and meridian work rather than just more yoga. The 4.8 rating from 280 reviews is solid for a specialty certification course.

Insider Tip: Confirm the air-conditioned room is actually available before travel — the inclusion is explicitly availability-based, and Thailand’s heat makes it worth checking rather than assuming.

Vegan and vegetarian options cover the included breakfast and lunch buffets. Koh Phangan has no airport of its own; most arrivals connect through Koh Samui or Surat Thani and finish the trip by ferry, a leg the package leaves guests to arrange and pay for separately, alongside travel insurance.

Free cancellation applies, though the exact cutoff is not spelled out in the listed terms — worth confirming directly before locking in flights.