25 Day 200-Hour Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training in Goa, India
Yoga Teacher Training India
Experience the transformative journey of yoga with Peaceful Mind - The Ancient Yoga's 25-day intensive 200-hour Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga teacher training in the serene surroundings of Goa, India. Their program is rooted in the ancient traditions of yoga and is designed to provide a comprehensive foundation for aspiring teachers. Join them on this transformative journey and unlock the potential within you to become a confident and inspiring yoga teacher. Embrace the wisdom of ancient yoga practices and embark on a path of self-discovery and empowerment.
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Highlights
- Daily yoga theory classes
- Sun salutation and asana practice
- Daily Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga classes
- Meditation and study of pranayama
- 24 nights accommodation
- Daily vegetarian meals
- Airport transfers
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Hot tub / Jacuzzi
- Sauna
- Swimming pool (indoor)
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Table tennis
- Volleyball court
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Barbeque facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
- Poolside bar
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Medical assistance
During this teacher training, you will stay for 24 nights at the school. You can choose to stay in a private single room, a shared double room, or a private double room.
Peaceful Mind - The Ancient Yoga has extensive residential facilities for students undergoing the TTC program. It has three categories of accommodation for the students, namely: Deluxe Rooms, Super Deluxe Rooms, and Eco Cottages in double sharing and single private rooms with attached bathrooms. It also has separate residential facilities for their yoga teachers and instructors.
The accommodation is in the form of single participant rooms and double participant rooms. The decision relating to accommodation allotment shall be as per your choice. The AC rooms will be provided as per your choice.
The yoga school rooms are sparsely equipped, with only the basic necessities being provided in tune with the spirit of the yoga learning process.
Program
Overview
Peaceful Mind - The Ancient Yoga school offers the opportunity for students to join and enlarge their schooling and immerse themselves into their practice with the Hatha and Ashtanga, Vinyasa yoga with this 200-hour yoga training course.
This 200-hour yoga training course includes the study and practice of Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, asanas, pranayama, meditation, Kriyas, and alignment, and adjustment sessions. This yoga training course will make livelier your spirit and your mind with the knowledge and experience of yoga. This course will prepare you with all the tools and confidence you need to becomes a yoga teacher and will increase the speed of your personal yoga journey.
This course attracts individuals, couples, and groups from all regions of the globe. It’s like a global family of trainee yoga teachers. Each student receives a highly engaging learning experience, which has the ability to transform their very core using ancient, traditional yogic principles.
Led by experienced, qualified, dedicated, and professional yoga teachers, their training program is suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Whether you are just starting your yoga journey or seeking to deepen your practice, their program offers a supportive and enriching environment for personal growth and learning.
Through a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical experience, you will delve into the core principles of Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga. From alignment and anatomy to philosophy and meditation, their curriculum covers all aspects of yoga teaching with depth and clarity.
These are trained and taught using carefully crafted methods, which will allow you to apply and incorporate what you learn into your lives and go onto becoming successful yoga teachers and practitioners. The program makes sure there’s no stone left unturned in the approach and only using the most effective teaching methods.
The course will also help you cultivate inner well being, happiness, joy, radiate greater love and compassion towards yourself and others - it’s a truly transformative experience that will accelerate your yoga knowledge and spiritual growth.
The school has taken time to design the curriculum of the course to include traditional, time-honored, ancient yogic and Vedic practices that have worked for thousands of years - the school has preserved the authenticity of their course content and methodologies to make sure you leave the course transformed and ready to commence teaching yoga, whilst further refining your own yoga practice.
The yoga teachers (and staff) love what they do and are passionate about every single student. They’re open-minded, welcome questions and queries of all types, and will share their own experiences of how yoga has transformed their lives to inspire you towards your own journey.
As a student, you will not only learn the art of teaching yoga asana, but you will also gain a comprehensive understanding of the philosophy, lifestyle, and techniques of yoga, while enjoying the paradise that is in Goa, where the body and heart open easily, the mind relaxes, and your meditation becomes more profound.
They believe that in order to become yoga teachers. Once should progress on their own journey of evolution and this is what they offer to you, a deep transformational process of growing, expanding, and learning. They believe that each person should teach from a place of inner balance and harmony, from their knowledge they gained through experience rather than borrowed from books.
In the training, they help the students go into themselves, overcome their limitations and inner struggles, and find the internal yoga teacher that is already in them (as in everyone). They do this through a deep process of self-inquiry, inner healing, and transformation.
If you’re serious about starting your yoga career or want to expand take your yoga practice, knowledge and understanding, look no further and get in touch with Peaceful Mind – The Ancient Yoga School today.
Some words from Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Yoga is a timeless traditional from Rig Veda with a history of over 5,000 years. The word “Yogasana” (asana or posture in brief) refers to a posture in which one feels relaxed while keeping the body active internally. The Rishis (Vedic Sages) had keenly observed the sitting and standing postures of different animals, which in sprite of limited faculties, have wonderful physical capabilities that man is deprived of.
They had studied the effects of different postures in the laboratory of their own body and developed specific asanas which had rejuvenating effects on the entire body-mind-soul system. Yoga is a pleasant inward journey of purification that illuminates life beyond pain.
Immerse yourself in this amazing journey of self-transformation and experience peace and lasting happiness. Yoga awakens the spiritual self, makes the practitioner experience inner divinity.
Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow.
Pre-application requirements
- Those who want to develop the skill of teaching in the path of traditional Hatha, Ashtanga, and meditation
- Good for beginners and advanced yoga practitioners
- Those who are willing to awaken the hidden energy
- Those who have at least six months of yoga experience, better
What you will learn
1. Recitation of sacred sound (mantra chanting)
By combining sound, breath and rhythm, mantra meditation channels the flow of energy through the mind-body circuit, adjusting the chemical composition of our internal states and regulating brain-hemisphere imbalances, contributing to a natural abatement of fear and despair–emotions that underlie both of these common afflictions.
By balancing the nervous system, chanting regulates the chronic stress and tension that is the norm for many people in today’s hyper-stimulated lifestyle. And by balancing the endocrine system, chanting normalizes hormone production, which balances your moods and overall sense of well-being.
2. Yoga postures (asana)
The Indian Sages of Vedic times – the Rishis, had discovered the super science of Yoga guided practical ways for accomplishing complete well-being. The Rishis had devised methods to awaken the unlimited powers (Potentials) of human life by means of yoga.
The real meaning and scope of yoga and presents a new method of practicing it for strengthening and rejuvenation of body and mind. Students will gain extensive knowledge on yoga postures and will increase their strength, flexibility and discipline.
The Yoga asana is fast and feasible, yet, comprehensive-in-effect. It can be practiced by people of all age groups without any time constraints.
Hatha yoga
According to Indian tradition, one of the primary objectives of Hatha yoga includes deepening concentration, called Dharana, to enhance meditation and bring energy and health to the body and mind by opening the nadis, or channels of Kundalini energy. The opening of nadis through Hatha helps promote spiritual growth and understanding, according to Indian tradition.
Because Hatha yoga’s pace is slow and gentle, it is an ideal starting place for people who are new to yoga. One of the more challenging aspects of a yoga practice is combining movements with breathing control, or pranayama.
A slow pace assists newcomers in moving correctly with the breath according to Hatha principles. Students of Hatha yoga hold each pose through several breaths.
Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga
Vinyasa yoga requires a working knowledge of yoga and is more advanced than Hatha yoga, in that it demands more physically through the poses. This form of yoga is a series of postures that work the cardiovascular system with its flowing movements and quick pace.
All of the poses are linked and combined with a rhythm of inhalations and exhalations aimed to build heat in the body. Vinyasa yoga, also called Ashtanga yoga, is a fast-paced series of postures or asanas that focuses on the flow between movements, rather than individual poses.
The purpose of Vinyasa yoga is internal cleansing. By synchronizing the asanas with breathing control, your internal temperature rises. According to Ashtanga, the asanas performed in Vinyasa heat the blood, subsequently thinning it so it flows more freely in the body, which creates a healthier, lighter and stronger mind and body.
3. Pranayama
The Vedic sages (Rishis) have rewarded them with invaluable knowledge for your well-being and mental and spiritual evolution. The yoga science of pranayama is unique of such precious gifts, which offers enormous benefits to your physical as well as subtle bodies by enhancing your Prana (Vital spiritual energy).
The fourth Anga (part) among the eight fold system of yoga (Ashtanga yoga) given by Maharshi Patanjali is pranayama (divine breathing exercises to enhance vital energy). Pranayama is composed of two word-Prana and ayama. Prana prefers to th Vayu (living energy) flowing in the word-prana and ayama means its control. Its practice keeps the entire body healthy.
4. Meditation (Dhyana)
Meditation is a systematic practice that promotes physical, mental, and emotional tranquility with the purpose of reaching Samadhi (self-realization). Meditation is relaxation.
It is not about concentration, it’s actually about de-concentration. It’s not about focusing one’s thoughts on one thing, but instead on becoming thoughtless.
With meditation, the physiology undergoes a change and every cell in the body is filled with more prana (energy). This result in joy, peace, enthusiasm as the level of prana in the body increases. Meditation brings the brainwave pattern into an alpha state that promotes healing.
The mind becomes fresh, delicate, and beautiful. It cleanses and nourishes you from within and calms you, whenever you feel overwhelmed, unstable, or emotionally shut down with regular practice of meditation.
5. Yoga Nidra (Psychic Sleep)
When a yoga practitioner moves through the various internal states of yoga Nidra, a profound experience of relaxation occurs. This is called "Turiya," a sensation of pure bliss. Yoga Nidra, a Sanskrit term meaning "yogic sleep" is a deep relaxation technique and a form of meditation. Also called "psychic sleep," yoga nidra is a state between sleeping and waking.
The body is completely relaxed and the practitioner turns the awareness inward by listening to a set of instructions; much like a guided meditation. Performing yoga Nidra involves practicing pratyahara ("withdrawal of the senses"), which is the fifth limb of Ashtanga yoga.
Yoga Nidra practice results in deep relaxation and expands the individual's self-awareness. Yoga Nidra was practiced by ancient sages so they could consciously watch their samskaras, or the "impressions of the mind." They could also purify their samskaras in order to come closer to liberation, or moksha.
The practice of yoga Nidra not only involves pratyhara, but also requires pranayama (breathing techniques) and dharana ("concentration"), which are the fourth and sixth limbs of Ashtanga yoga.
In yoga Nidra, the practitioner enters their alpha state and their focus shifts to the third eye chakra(sahasrara). It also stimulates the hormones in the pineal gland, which releases melatonin -- a hormone that reduces stress, boosts the immune system, and helps prevent illness. Regular practice helps harmonize the brain hemispheres, promoting better mental performance.
6. Yoga cleansing (Shatkarma)
Yogic cleansing exercises are important to learn how to incorporate your breath and meditate properly during physical aspects of yoga. It also removes the blockages in the energy channels.
7. Anatomy and physiology (Sharir Vigyan)
The proper understanding of the physical body will help to prevent injury before, during, and after practice. There are two kinds of yoga anatomy: Physical and spiritual. Understanding both types are needed.
In terms of yoga, it is a must to know about the organization of the human body and how different parts of human body work. The study also involves the knowledge of how various conditions affect the functioning of different body parts to maintain life and health.
It is a must to know about the organization of the human body and how different parts of human body work. The study also involves the knowledge of how various conditions affect the functioning of different body part to maintain life and health.
An introduction to anatomy and physiology is learning various systems that compose the human body. The synchronized working all these system explain the miraculous organization of the human being, a complex multicellular organism.
- Anatomy: It is the study of structures of the whole body as well as its different individual parts and their relationship amongst each other
- Physiology: It deals with the functions of body and their synchronized working to co-ordinate actions of the whole body. These topics of anatomy and physiology are further divided into several subdivisions
8. Yoga philosophy (Yoga Darshana)
Yoga philosophy is the foundation of your yoga practice and is the key to earn yogic strength. Through the path of Vedanta Philosophy, you will establish a solid, well-rounded yoga practice. Yoga philosophy, often simply referred to as yoga, is one of the six main darshans, or the orthodox schools of Hinduism.
The origins of this philosophy are unclear, but first references can be found in the Upanishads from the 1st millennium B.C.E. Yoga is a dualist philosophy, working with two fundamental realities: purusha, meaning "pure consciousness," and prakriti, meaning "matter."
Every living being is a form of connection of these two realities and every living being is considered a union of body and mind. The path of yoga is guided by ethical principles, yamas and niyamas, and should ultimately result in moksha (spiritual liberation).
Yoga philosophy is closely related to one of the other six schools of Hinduism, Samkhya, but unlike Samkhya, yoga accepts the concept of God, described by Patanjali as Ishvara. Some scholars describe yoga philosophy as "Samkhya with God."
While Samkhya states that knowledge is the only path to moksha, yoga says that it should be combined with systematic practice, or personal experimentation.
9. Teaching practice (Adhyapanam)
Deepen your knowledge and develop your ability to teach self-regulation, attention, integrative movement, and social / emotional skills development activities to students. The yoga calm practicum includes practice teaching, lesion planning, mindfulness inquiries, and observation and guidance on how to successfully teach yoga calmly.
10. Teaching methodology
A yoga teacher should efficiently perform the practical applications of class planning and preparation.
Sample schedule
- 05:30 Morning bell
- 06:30 - 07:30 Mantra chanting and pranayama
- 07:45 - 09:00 Hatha yoga
- 09:15 - 10:00 Breakfast
- 11:00 - 12:00 Anatomy
- 12:15 - 13:15 Alignment, adjustment, and methodology
- 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
- 14:30 - 16:30 Resting, reading books
- 16:30 - 17:30 Yoga philosophy
- 17:30 - 18:30 Vinyasa yoga
- 18:30 - 19:15 Meditation
- 19:30 - 20:30 Dinner
- 22:00 Lights off
The schedule may be modified if necessary and is just a guideline. Every week, there will be one day off.
During the course, the teachers will encourage you to read the four classical texts of Hatha yoga, which they will provide as a gift and which are short and easy to go through. You will have days off and time to read. These texts are Gheranda Samhita, Yoga Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
At the end of the course, you will enjoy having a written exam that will test your knowledge about teaching and is a prerequisite for certification.
Included excursions
- Sea boating and sightseeing are included in the package
Instructors
Satendra Shrivastava
Yogi Satendra is the founder of Peaceful Mind - The Ancient Yoga with 27 years of experience in the field of teaching multi-style yoga and meditation for mental and physical well-being and inner strength. He is also a certified yoga therapist and has a postgraduate diploma in Yogic Science and certified in "Health Conservation" from a renowned university in India. His philosophy style involves correct postural alignment, balancing strength and flexibility, applying suitable modifications, variations, and creating a compassionate space where people feel safe to explore and challenge themselves.
Shreya Shrivastava
Shreya Shrivastava is a spiritual and professional yoga teacher and Co-founder of Peaceful Mind-The Ancient Yoga, India with an experience of nine years in the domain of yoga. She is a yoga mentor with diversified experience in meditation, pranayama, Hatha yoga, Mantras chanting, and yoga philosophy. She is a highly dedicated, experienced, and passionate yoga instructor.
Chetan Kumar
Yogi Chetan is a registered experienced yoga teacher. He completed his Master's Degree MA in Yogic Science and Ayurveda from Himalaya Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital, Dehradun, India. Yogi Chetan has five years of yoga teaching experience in various yoga schools in India as a Hatha yoga and Ashtanga, Vinyasa yoga teacher.
Retreat location
Agonda Beach, South Goa, India
If you are bugged up by the busy groove life and highly willing to burst out yourself, the place where an individual attains the tranquility of mind surrounded by the sea and forest, while resting in the laps of nature, then just get ready to dive and splash into the beautiful sea of Agonda Beach, Goa, India.
Agonda Beach is an isolated place that makes this place more beautiful, silent, quiet, and peaceful as lots of tourist attraction is not seen over here. The Wonderful Agonda Beach is a cynosure for all loners and nature lover people that will turn on their excitement.
Agonda Beach stretch about some three kilometers long, lovely and lovely beach fringed with palms and casuarinas and dominated by a large hill to the south.
The scenic beauty of Agonda Beach is not less than from all other beaches of Goa. Sprawling over the golden sand of the beach will dump all your tensions, worries just free from the restless mind. All you need to do is to relax your body by an adventurous swim and then chill out yourself with a child beer that makes a perfect combo for a great vacation or tour.
The plus point of this beach is the calmness and tranquility that an individual attains which makes a rigid different identity from all other beaches of Goa, either situated on the north side or south side. Loners and adventurous people will be fond of to visit this place surely.
The adventure lovers can also hire a tent and spend their beautiful evening under the starry sky and crashing waves. Agonda beach stands out completely different in the midst of the other busy-rushy-crowdy beaches.
While landing on this beach, you won’t find a busy market or a large number of stalls and hi-fi facilities. However, don’t forget this all significant points only make it different and gives you the ultimate peace of mind that one has come to attain it.
On the other way round, one should not interpret in the wrong way to get pissed off from this beach soon. Basic facilities that one falls in need of like cybercafé, money exchange, grocery shops, small market, wine shops, good bars and restaurants, transportation facilities, bikes and cars on rent, fashionable clothing. As well as nearby disco clubs to enjoy the nightlife.
The best accommodation facility, that too in nominal rates and the list goes on. Make sure to highlight these points too while opting for Agonda Beach. Agonda feels like a real town with tourists on the side rather than focused totally on the trade.
Especially life on this beach, you will find an experience quite different from other beaches. It feels like there is clubbing of people from different religions coming from any part of the world. The pleasant morning will freshen up your breath while going on for a walk on the shoreline.
One important thing that you need not fret out about is the food, as it serves the best of cuisines and never going to leave you hungry with a starving stomach. It is a really very romantic place for the couples that won’t allow leaving this beach so easily and also in terms of privacy. A couple can’t resist on by love, romance, and passion on such a lonely beach.
People are found to be taking sunbath or diving, enjoying and doing playful things while swimming. Swimmers can easily get the surfboard to surf against the colliding waves. It would be very nice and kind if you don’t go much in deep as it might be dangerous sometimes. Others can relax and heal out their pain through a body massage. If you want to get to some nearby places, then you can rent a bike or car.
Moreover, you can also go on a boat trip right in the middle of the sea for a kind of “Dolphin Show”. This is a very good option. The party lovers and for all those who love to hang out places during the night to rock on and to enjoy the nightlife, you can easily find it from the nearby disco clubs that attract mainly youngsters. There are some hard rock music and songs, you can stay on the beach and captivate by the scores of the music along with a delicious candlelight dinner.
In fact, tourists that visit Agonda beach are not going to face any trouble or will feel left out, as all the people are so friendly, helpful, and lovely to talk with. Don't worry about the accommodation facilities and all other things or start panicking like a small kid. It will surely come upon all your expectations in all ways and you need to pay the compromise fees. Enjoy staying at Agonda beach that lasts some memorable moments to visit once again.
Unique features
General
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Kitchen
- Lobby
- Lounge
Services
- Dry cleaning
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Library
- Medical assistance
- Newspapers
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Yoga in India is the best thing one can experience! Every year, many yoga aspirants from all over the globe visit India in order to gain the knowledge of true yoga. People choose India for yoga over other countries because they focus on every aspect of yoga, i.e., from teaching to food and stay; everything.
It is rightly said that your mind, body, and soul are shaped by the kind of food you have. Keeping this in mind, a great deal of care has been taken regarding food management. Peaceful Mind – The Ancient Yoga has chosen the food as per the requirements of the yoga practitioners.
Keeping in mind the nutritional values and following the guidelines of Ayurvedic science, they have prepared a widespread of Sattvik and Rajasik food which satisfies not only the taste of tongue but also the soul and mind.
Food plays a major role in the right practice of yoga and that's why their school offers 3 hygienic and sattvic meals a day to yoga students. Also, daily herbal tea and hot water are given to students.
The food at their yoga school is prepared as per the pre-planned menu of their school from Monday to Saturday. The food prepared at their kitchen is tasty, hygienic with the use of fresh spices.
The school routine includes three complete meals. The food is vegetarian and a sattvic balanced diet in tune with the yogic principles of food and diet. The school routine also includes a tea break in the evening. Outside food is not permitted in the school. However, the school’s outside has a tuck shop where students may purchase fruits or small eats as per their choice.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Yogic
- Ayurvedic
Things to do (optional)
- Art classes
- Boating
- Cooking classes
- Cycling
- Body massage
- Spa
- Swimming
Peaceful Mind - The Ancient Yoga offers massage and spa at an additional cost.
What's included
- Daily asana, meditation, pranayama
- Spiritual dance and movement sessions
- Integration groups that will help you synthesize the deep transformation that occur during training
- A jungle picnic and sightseeing
- Kirtan night (spiritual song and dance)
- 24 nights accommodation
- Daily vegetarian meals and tea
- All course yoga materials
- A yoga t-shirt, new yoga mat, yoga bag
- 3 special gifts will be given after the completion of the training
- Airport transfers
What's not included
- Additional activities, excursions, or services
- Airfares
- Personal expenses
- Travel insurance
- Medical expenses
- Visa expenses
- Vehicle
- GST
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Goa International Airport (Dabolim Airport)
42 km
Transfer included
Arrival by car
Driving from Goa Airport (GOI) to Galgibaga Beach is the cheapest option and takes around 1 hour and 7 minutes.
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to Goa International Airport (GOI). Airport transfers are include in the package.
Arrival by taxi
You can book a government-approved pre-paid taxi from the airport. The approximate distance from Dabolim Airport to Agonda Beach will be around 72 kilometers. Peaceful Mind - The Ancient Yoga recommends taking the taxi from Goa Airport (GOI) to Galgibaga Beach, which is the fastest option and takes around 1 hour and 7 minutes.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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