105F launches 300-hour Hot Yoga teacher training in Mexico, OHYA-approved

105F put its 300-hour Hot Yoga teacher training in Mexico on the serious end of the 26+2 market, not the retreat end. The program ran April 5 through May 3, 2026, at Casa Om Mexico in Puerto Morelos, and it was listed as OHYA-approved, a label that carries real weight for teachers who want more than a pretty setting and a certificate on the wall.

The main selling point is straightforward: in 300 hours, trainees were taught how to teach the original 26+2 hot yoga series. 105F said the faculty included asana and anatomy specialists Gianna Purcell, Erin Frank, Kiley Enmark and Kathy Durham, which signals a curriculum aimed at practitioners who want technical precision, not just exposure to the sequence. The tuition started at $7,299 and included accommodations, most meals, training materials, and the Original Hot Yoga Association application and initial registration fees. That package makes the program feel built for people trying to cross from dedicated practice into paid teaching.

OHYA’s approval gives the training its edge in a crowded field. The association says approved programs are meant to produce the next generation of highly qualified Original Hot Yoga, or 26&2, teachers. It also says graduates from approved trainings can join the OHYA Teacher Directory as interns and may gain credentials to access and potentially teach in OHYA studios worldwide. In a market where some Original Hot Yoga education providers sell 330-hour and 350-hour certifications, that kind of pathway matters as much as the hours themselves.

The curriculum was broad enough to justify the price tag if the instruction delivered. 105F said trainees covered alignment, benefits, safe language for presenting postures, teaching methodology, anatomy and physiology, yoga history, philosophy and ethics, ayurvedic principles, meditation and the business of yoga. That is the sort of syllabus that prepares a teacher to handle both the room and the profession, especially in a lineage where sequencing, cuing and therapeutic framing can make or break credibility.

Casa Om Mexico was part of the pitch, but not in a flimsy resort way. Casa Om describes itself as a beach yoga retreat center built by yoga people for yoga people, with 11 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a staff room, a hot yoga room, a massage room and beach access. Third-party listings place it in Puerto Morelos, about 15 miles south of Cancun, and describe it as a boutique Caribbean retreat center with air-conditioned rooms and in-house gourmet vegetarian meals. Put together, the venue gave 105F a destination-format training that still looked designed for working teachers, not vacationers in leggings.