Certification
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®). After the course, you will be able to teach yoga. Gyan Yog Breath’s certified graduates can register with Yoga Alliance as RYT-200.
What makes this 200-hour yoga teacher training in India so unique?
Whether you are planning to teach yoga professionally or simply do the course for self-development, prepare yourself for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Gyan Yog Breath offers traditional 200, 300 and 500-hour Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa teacher training courses with integrated Emotional Blockage Treatment, Ayurveda, and naturopathy. All courses and trainings are registered and certified with Yoga Alliance USA.
During this 20-day Yoga Alliance-certified 200-hour yoga teacher training in India, Gyan Yog Breath will cover a very comprehensive syllabus including asana, pranayama, meditation, teaching methodology, anatomy, shatkarma (yogic cleansing), and yoga philosophy.
Besides these regular and commonly known subjects, they will also teach you Ayurveda theory, applied Ayurveda, kids yoga, prenatal yoga and Emotional Blockage Treatment.
These unique extra modules will help you to grow beyond your limits, release past trauma, and detoxify your body. The school will teach you tangible yogic knowledge so that you can become the best and happiest version of yourself and, if you’d like, help others, too.
What are the highlights of this 200-hour yoga teacher training in India?
There will be a focus on correct asana alignment, adjustments, use of props, and variation of asana. Gyan Yog Breath will teach you how to perform the asanas with flexibility. They will also help you to understand which asanas you can practice and teach at which time of the day, cycle phase, season and mental state.
Moreover, they will help you to create a strong and well-balanced practice that suits your unique body and mind. This is the foundation of understanding how to teach others, too.
Gyan Yog Breath will also teach you how to design meaningful and empowering classes for everyone. You will surely learn how to adjust classes according to students with common injuries, diseases, and special needs.
The weekly sharing circles and study groups will help you to connect with the other students and teachers on a deeper level, clarify open questions, and share your personal experiences.
Whether you are a beginner or advanced practitioner, this yoga teacher training is designed to develop your practice and knowledge to professional levels. It does not require any previous yoga knowledge as you will be introduced from a foundational level. It is suitable for beginner to intermediate practitioners. Nevertheless, the program requires a basic level of physical fitness, commitment, and discipline.
Which yoga style is taught during the yoga teacher training?
Yoga is not only about the physical body or making the body sweat. It’s an ancient science and system of eight limbs (parts). In the Western world, only one part of these eight limbs, asana (postures), is popular.
At Gyan Yog Breath, they teach you all parts of yoga according to its original form, but in a contemporary context.
The asana part or main style there is called Hatha yoga. Hatha yoga is also known as traditional yoga and is the base of all yoga types known today. It focuses on creating perfect health on all levels and connects the body, mind, and soul.
The school also teaches one more modern yoga style called Ashtanga Vinyasa as a variation. By learning traditional Hatha yoga first, you can create strong roots and a grounded practice so that you can teach any yoga style easily.
How this 200-hour yoga teacher training in India benefits your personal life and career
This comprehensive 200-hour yoga teacher training in India encourages profound transformation, increased confidence, and mental clarity. You will become familiar with the essence of yoga philosophy, spirituality, and master the yoga asanas (postures) in relation to their balancing and strengthening properties.
Daily breathwork (pranayama), diverse meditation techniques (dhyan), and a complex understanding of yogic diet, cleansing, and ritual will teach you how to connect to yourself and become a confident yoga teacher.
- Personal attention and small groups enrich your overall experience and fine-tune your practice, awareness, and yogic wisdom
- The gained knowledge allows you to understand the human mind, conflicts, and pain better and thus avoid self-conflicts or confusion
- The course depth enables you to shift your perspective and live the ethics of a yoga teacher
- Being more connected to yourself improves your relationships (partner, family, friends, etc.)
- With the recognized 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification, you can teach yoga internationally and obtain a career
- As a yoga teacher, you can work anywhere at any time; enjoy the freedom of traveling and making a living though sharing your passion
- Becoming a part of the Gyan Yog Breath yoga teacher training family gives you the opportunity to connect with open-minded yogis from all over the world and make long-lasting friendships
200-hour yoga teacher training in India - Focus and objective
This yoga teacher training in India familiarizes you with all aspects of yoga, its history, and contemporary impact. You will observe your body, mind, and breath throughout the course and feel the healing properties of yoga asana, pranayama, and meditation.
By living the yogic principles, following the yogic diet, and receiving Ayurvedic guidance, you will purify your body and calm the mind. A great focus is also put on the correct alignment of poses, adjustments with props, and scientific explanations of postures, benefits, and cautions.
200-hour yoga teacher training syllabus
- Practice of Hatha asana (correct alignment, variations, and modifications to hands-on adjust your students)
- Secondary yoga style (Ashtanga Vinyasa)
- Class design, set-up and sequencing
- Sanskrit names of postures, meaning, and translations
- Yoga anatomy in relation to human physiology and postures (includes focus on hormonal system)
- Yogic science, health benefits, and contraindications
- Prenatal yoga and kids yoga
- Mudras, mantras, and Vedic rituals
- Ayurveda, diet and herbal detoxification
- Emotional Blockage® Treatment
- Yoga philosophy, history, and application in modern time
- Ethics and principles of a yoga teacher
- Karma yoga, community, and universal peace
- Applied Ayurveda and practice of Ayurveda techniques
Detailed course curriculum
Traditional Hatha yoga
Hatha yoga is the foundation of all yoga types known today. It allows the practitioner to progress surely, steadily, and safely. It improves concentration, flexibility, and focus. With attention to alignment, use of props, and variations, this style is suitable for all levels, from beginner to advanced.
During the 200-hour yoga teacher training, the Hatha asana practice will provide you with a detailed and strong base, with which you can teach multiple yoga styles later on.
The yoga teacher training content will cover all the main Hatha yoga asanas, with modifications, variations, and adjustments through props. Learn how to use specific asanas to cure and prevent certain diseases or circumstances.
During the asana classes of your this training, you will cover:
- Sanskrit and English names for the main asana
- Correct alignment of each posture
- Variations of postures
- Counter-postures
- Modification of asanas to prevent injuries and encourage flexibility
- Hands-on adjustment for beginner to advanced students
- Inverted asanas
- Beginner to advanced postures
- Art of teaching and sequencing
- Design and structure of a yoga class
- Use props (belt, bolster, pillow, wall, block) as supporting agents
- Establish creative and challenging classes using the right voice and words
- Asana knowledge in traditional, therapeutic, and healing context
- Important contraindications and necessary modifications in relation to modern problems (hyperthyroidism, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, and so on)
Ashtanga Vinyasa
Ashtanga Vinyasa has become a very popular yoga style. As a fast and dynamic form of yoga, it increases blood circulation and quickens the metabolism.
During your yoga teacher training, you will cover the primary Ashtanga Vinyasa series. This includes variations of the sun salutations A, B, and C, standing and sitting postures, inversions, spinal twists, jumps, counter-poses, and arms balancing.
During the Ashtanga classes of your yoga teacher training in India, you will cover:
- Introduction to Ashtanga
- Primary series
- Primary Ashtanga postures
- Correct alignment
- Sanskrit names
- Physical, mental, and spiritual benefits
- Body gestures (mudras and bandhas)
- Contraindications of postures
Emotional Blockage® Treatment
Gyan Yog Breath is the only yoga school in India and the rest of the world that offers Emotional Blockage® Treatment as an optional part of their yoga teacher training programs. It is a practical healing therapy that was established by Swami Bipin Gyan, founder of the school, during his years in complete silence and meditation.
The Emotional Blockage® Treatment releases accumulated energy and oppressed emotions. Free your mind from past trauma, pain, and fluctuations. During the 200-hour yoga teacher training in India, you will learn how to receive the treatment, remove your own blockages, and give this treatment to others.
Besides the practice, you will also learn about emotions in general, the 50 body points, and which emotions are stored in which part of the body.
Prenatal and kids yoga
During this extra module, you will learn the more medically orientated approach to yoga and how asana and pranayama affect the individual body and mind during pregnancy and childhood.
There, the school will focus on teaching you the basics about each phase and which yoga techniques can be practiced safely and why. They will also explain about cautions that are not understood by Western yoga and always relate to the human endocrine system and Ayurvedic medical perspective.
You can expect to learn about:
- Importance of kids yoga, application, and physical / mental set up
- Benefits and cautions of asana and pranayama
- Kids yoga age three to six
- Kids yoga age six to 14
- Sequencing, asana modifications, games, and music
- Importance of prenatal yoga
- Applications, use of props, and adjustments
- Benefits and cautions of asana and pranayama
- Sequencing and sample classes
Breath control: Pranayama
Prayama, as an important part of yoga, develops a holistic expansion of consciousness and awakens the chakras and dormant energies. Through breath control, one’s mental and physical patterns are modified. The purifying benefits of pranayama lead to self-realization and optimum health.
During the pranayama classes of your yoga teacher training, you will be introduced to chandra bhedi, surya bhedi, anulom viloma, ujjayi breath, sitkari, nadi shodhan, sitali, bhastrika, bhramari and kumbakh.
You will learn how to teach and incorporate pranayama into your own classes and study:
- 7 kinds of breaths
- Various breathing patterns and their meaning
- The natural breath
- 7 regulations of breath for stress management
- Calming nature of pranayama
- Relaxing benefits of the 10 main techniques
- Retention
- Diaphragmatic breath
- Yogic breathing
- The benefits and contraindications of every single pranayama technique
- Pranayama teaching practice
Cleansing the body: Shatkarma
Shatkarma is a Sankrit term that means the six actions. These six actions include physical purification techniques with enriching mental, energetic, and spiritual benefits. They aim to reduce mucous and toxins from your body so that you can progress in your yogic journey.
During the training, you will learn three out of the six:
- Jala neti
- Sutra neti
- Shankh prakshalan
Meditation
The mind is always working. This is totally normal. Meditation is not about quieting the mind and shutting out all thoughts. Rather, it’s a practice to listen to your inner voice and gain clarity, patience, and strength. It is difficult to describe meditation in a word. It can only be felt through personal experience.
For a meditation beginner, it is almost impossible to sit down and meditate without moving for an hour or more. That’s why you will learn different techniques to enter the state of meditation easily.
During your yoga teacher training, you will cover various meditation types such as kundalini meditation, Osho meditation, power of transformation meditation, candlelight meditation, dancing meditation and sound meditation.
Meditation nourishes the practitioner with joy, self-confidence, and acceptance. It lets one recognize that they belong to something much bigger than just their body and mind.
During the training, you will cover:
- Introduction to meditation
- Self-observation
- Silent meditation
- Breathing meditation
- Candlelight meditation
- Om meditation
- Transformational meditation
The philosophy of yoga
The philosophy behind yoga is as important as the practice itself. Understanding the how’s and why’s behind spirituality, growth, and healing powers of yoga will encourage you to be the best version of yourself and be a knowledgeable yoga instructor.
During this yoga teacher training, you will get introduced to the Indian yogic philosophy and cover various concepts of yoga according to Patanjali. You will study the yamas and niyamas, foundation of yoga, history of yoga, concept of gods, samkya philosophy, panchvritti, panchklesha, and Gita.
The philosophy classes will be held interactively, so you can ask many questions for clarification. The school will provide all books for you as well as a helpful study guide.
The anatomy and physiology of yoga
As a yoga instructor and practitioner, you should be familiar with the anatomy and physiology of yoga. Perfect health states that all body systems work in harmony together. If one of the systems is out of balance, all others are disturbed and cannot function properly anymore.
In the anatomy classes of your yoga teacher training, you will learn about the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, endocrine, and digestive system and how they are related to yoga. The course will pay special attention to how yoga positively impacts the physical body and hormonal glands.
Ayurveda
Gyan Yog Breath has their own Ayurvedic doctor. Dr. Vipul Kumar is available for Ayurvedic consultations and pulse diagnosis throughout the course (no additional charge). He will also teach the Ayurveda classes during the yoga teacher training.
You will learn about:
- The doshas: pitta, vatta, kapha
- The gunas
- Ayurvedic herbs and spices
- Health according to Ayurveda
- Nutrition according to Ayurveda
- The origin, benefit, and importance of Ayurveda
- Its relation to yoga
- How to balance your dosha
- Dietary recommendations according to the dosha
Mantra chants
During the yoga teacher training in India with Gyan Yog Breath, you will get the chance to discover your inner space while practicing mantras. Mantras are used to free the mind from its limitations and let the soul resonate with the universal sound. Furthermore, chanting mantras promotes world peace, lifts the group energy, and purifies the environment.
During the training, you will learn and be able to chant:
- Gayatri mantra
- Shiva mantra
- World peace mantra
- Food mantra
About the food mantra
Before every meal, participants will chant a food mantra all together to value their meal as well as feel gratitude and calmness before eating. The idea is to be present and understand that the food nourishes your body and mind. In the yogic path, a healthy and positive relationship with food is encouraged.
Teaching methodology
As an aspiring yoga instructor, you have to be familiar with structuring your class and creating a suitable environment for your students. During the teaching methodology and practice, the school will teach you how to plan and prepare your own classes. You will also learn how to apply the right techniques and modifications in different situations.
Learn some secrets and tips from Gyan Yog Breath’s experienced teachers:
- Design a unique class
- Follow a certain theme
- Structure and time management
- Diverse teaching tools
- Expand your focus individually
- Learn through mistakes and take notes
- Time management
- Safety during class
- How to set up and provide a positive environment
- Attention distribution
- Use of props and variations for less advanced students
- Rules, ethics, and regulations
- Get one-on-one feedback from your supervising teacher
Applied Ayurveda and Karma yoga
Applied Ayurveda means that you will move from your theoretical knowledge of Ayurveda into practice. During your yoga teacher training, you will be taught how to:
- Make Ayurvedic liver detox tea
- Do Ayurvedic face and hair masks
- Do Ayurvedic gardening
- Detox your body according to Ayurveda
- Make Tulsi and herbal tea
- Perform Abhyanga (self-massage) with Ayurvedic oils
- Use Ayurvedic supplements like shilajit and chawanprash
Karma yoga means selfless action. Students will take some actions for humanity and common wealth. This can include preparing workshops, painting / decorating the ashram, and serving food.
Assessment and evaluation
During the yoga teacher training, you will have various written assessments, practical evaluations, and final exams. All assessments are obligatory. A minimum of 95% class attendance is required.
Weekly schedule (with one-day holiday per week)
Week 1
- 07:00 - 08:00 Shatkarma and pranayama
- 08:00 - 09:30 Hatha asana
- 09:30 - 10:30 Brunch
- 11:00 - 12:00 Anatomy class
- 12:00 - 13:00 Ayurveda
- 13:00 - 14:00 Fruits and tea break
- 14:00 - 15:00 Karma yoga
- 16:00 - 17:30 Hatha asana
- 18:00 - 19:00 Emotional blockage treatment
- 19:00 Dinner
Week 2
- 07:00 - 08:00 Pranayama
- 08:00 - 09:30 Ashtanga asana
- 09:30 - 10:30 Brunch
- 11:00 - 12:00 Alignment
- 12:00 - 13:00 Philosophy class
- 13:00 - 14:00 Fruits and tea break
- 14:00 - 15:00 Teaching methodology
- 16:00 - 17:30 Hatha asana
- 18:00 - 19:00 Meditation
- 19:00 Dinner
Week 3
- 07:00 - 08:00 Pranayama
- 08:00 - 09:30 Hatha asana
- 09:30 - 10:00 Brunch
- 11:00 - 12:00 Teaching practice preparation
- 12:00 - 13:00 Philosophy class
- 13:00 - 14:00 Fruits and tea break
- 14:00 - 16:00 Karma yoga
- 16:00 - 17:30 Teaching practice
- 18:00 - 19:00 Meditation
- 19:00 Dinner
