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28 Day 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training: Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Hatha in Rishikesh, India
Pyramid Yogshala, Pyramid Cafe, Laxman Jhula, 249309, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, india
Transformative Yoga Teacher Training in India
Pyramid Yogshala's 200-hour holistic yoga teacher training course focuses on traditional styles of yoga, with comprehensive and genuine teachings on yoga philosophy, yogic life, asanas, pranayama, anatomy, meditation, mantra-chanting, teaching methodology, alignment, and Ashtanga Vinyasa. You will learn from yogis who have been long studying and practicing yoga and all its pillars.
Meet the instructors
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Highlights
- Yogic cleansing practices
- Yoga, pranayama, and mantra chanting
- Learn how to conduct a class and classroom management
- Eligibility to register for Yoga Alliance certification upon completion
- Weekly excursions and outdoor activities
- Daily healthy Satvic meals
- 27 nights accommodation
- Indian cooking class
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Yoga styles
26 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: French, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish
Group size: Maximum of 30 participants
Airport transfer included:
Jolly Grant Airport
Airport transfer available:
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$ 100 per person)
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$ 100 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
14:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Concierge desk
- Dining area
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Tour assistance
- Wireless internet
During the course, you will be staying at the Pyramid Yogshala Guest house in Laxmanjuhla, Rishikesh, India. The school is situated in the heart of touristic Rishikesh, next to the famous hanging bridge and holy Ganga (holy river), yet away from all the hustle and bustle of the main street. The place is a little bit high up the mountain, peaceful, and surrounded by beautiful green gardens and forests.
The school also has its own “almost” private waterfall. There are two yoga shalas, a restaurant area, and a beautiful green garden with a terrace. Cafés restaurants, shops, ATMs, healthcare, and organic stores. are in the neighbourhood, making Pyramid Yogshala the perfect place to host retreats and TTC courses in Rishikesh.
Pyramid Yogshala has single, double, and triple room accommodation for students and guests, all with own private bathroom. Some of the rooms have a balcony with garden and Ganga views, where you can chill during break time. Rooms at the Pyramid are well maintained and clean. and bed sheets, pillows, bath towels, toilet paper, blanket and welcome amenities upon arrival are included. Wi-Fi is available at the restaurant area as well as free filtered water, and laundry service is provided on request.
Amenities upon arrival:
- Welcome fruit bowl (season fruits)
- Welcome drink
- Flower Mala
Program
Certification
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
About the course
Pyramid Yogashala's teacher training courses are usually comprised of groups of 15 to 20 people in order to provide intimate classes where the teachers can give proper personalized attention to each student. Small groups also generally connect and interact better and create a cool, friendly atmosphere that tends to generate special bonds between the students and the staff.
This 200-hour holistic yoga teacher training course includes classes on meditation, mantra chanting, shatkriya (cleansing process), Hatha yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, anatomy, yoga philosophy, yoga teaching methodology and adjustment, and Ayurveda.
During your stay, you will experience a gratifying transformational and personal growth opportunity and share some of the most memorable moments in your life with fellow like-minded people, connected in the path of yoga, uplifting consciousness, and healing humanity.
During the opening (welcoming) ceremony you will be provided with a complete yoga kit which includes, book for study, notebook, neti-pot, rubber neti, school t-shirt, and bag. The course is structured so that all levels of yoga practitioners can learn and develop their practice and teaching abilities.
On the final day of the course, you will be awarded a certificate of completion and you will then be eligible to register with Yoga Alliance and teach yoga anywhere around the world.
All yoga class materials such as yoga mats, bolsters, bricks, and belts will be provided by Pyramid Yogshala but you can bring your own personal yoga mat if you want.
What you will learn
This course is tailored to meet the needs of experienced beginners and intermediate yogis who want to pass on their passion for yoga to others, or simply enhance their practice to a whole new level and deepen their knowledge on the subject. You will be immersed and living the yogic lifestyle for 28 days and experience the real Indian yogic culture firsthand.
This course is also a big opportunity for personal growth for you’ll be developing self-discipline, self-control, stamina, endurance, and resilience, and learn spiritual and physical purification techniques, along with learning a new set of skills that will help you if you choose the yoga teacher profession.
A big attention is given to yoga teaching techniques and principles, as well as for correct alignment of asanas, and you’ll learn not only how to prepare and conduct a class from beginning to end, but also how to demonstrate, adjust and help your future students to reach their maximum potential and get the most benefit from the asanas performed.
Your level of fitness will improve significantly, and you will feel your body and mind much more strong, flexible, and balanced, and overall wellness because of the intense daily practices.
Pranayama
Pranayama is a set of yogic techniques and practices generally defined as breath control and is on its own considered a science. Here is what you will learn on the subject:
- Introduction of pranayama
- Benefits of pranayama
- The pranic body
- Prana and lifestyle
- Breath, health and pranayama
- Pranayama and the spiritual
Bandha (energy lock)
Bandhas are energy locks provoked by the contraction of certain groups of muscles and are widely used in yoga practice. Here's a glimpse of what you’ll learn on the subject:
- Preparation for bandha
- Benefits of bandha
- Mula bandha
- Jalandhara bandha
- Uddiyana bandha
Mantra chanting
Mantras play a big role in daily yogic life. Mantras are sounds and prayers that carry huge energy and vibration. You'll be taught to sing:
- Opening mantra
- Om chanting
- Gayatri Mantra
- Guru vandana (prayer to guru)
- Student and master mantra
- Patanjali mantra (Ashtanga mantra)
- Completeness mantra
Kriya and shatkarma (the six purification methods of Hatha yoga)
Shatkarma is the Sanskrit term for one of the six yogic purification techniques (kriyas) as outlined in the "Hatha Yoga Pradipika." The purpose of these cleansing techniques is to keep the body strong, clean, and healthy. They remove toxins and anything blocking the flow of prana in the body.
Practicing shatkarmas internally purifies the body and makes pranayama and meditation practice easier by preparing the body to perform these practices without distraction, discomfort, or fatigue. This is a traditional yogic cleansing technique that is very effective and good to remove many illnesses and open the body blockages. You will learn:
- Jal neti
- Ruber neti
- Sutra neti
- Kunjal neti
Hatha yoga
Indian traditional yoga style is called "Hatha" (“ha” means sun “Tha” means moon) Unifying the sun and the moon within (Yin and Yang). It's a physical method for preparing and maintaining the body, providing stamina, flexibility, balance, and strength. This is the most traditional popular and beneficial yoga style.
What you’ll practice:
- Joints warm-ups (pawanmuktasana series a, b, and c)
- Surya namaskara (sun salutation) and chandra namaskara (moon salutation)
- Yoga mudrasana
- Matsyasana
- Gupta padmasana
- Baddha padmasana
- Kukkutasana
- Garbhasana
Backward bending asanas:
- Saral bhujangasana (easy cobra pose)
- Bhujangasana (cobra pose)
- Tiryaka bhujangasana (twisting cobra pose)
- Sarpasana (snake pose)
- Ardha shalabhasana (half locust pose)
- Shalabhasana (locust pose)
- Saral dhanurasana (easy bow pose)
- Kandharasana (shoulder pose)
- Ardha chandrasana (half moon pose)
- Setu asana (bridge pose)
- Gomukhasana (cow’s face pose)
Forward bending asanas
- Paschimottanasana (back stretching pose)
- Gatyatmak paschimottanasasna (dynamic back stretch pose)
- Padaprasar paschimottanasana (legs spread back stretch pose)
- Janu sirshasana (head to knee pose)
- Ardha padma paschimottanasana (half lotus back stretching pose)
- Hasta pada angushthasana (finger to toe stretch)
- Padahastasana (hand to foot pose)
- Sirsha angustha yogasana (head to toe pose)
- Utthitajanusirshasana (standing head between knees pose)
Spinal twisting and advanced asanas
- Ardha matsyendrasana (half spinal twist)
- Parivritti janu sirsasana (spiralled head to knee pose)
- Poornabhujangasana (full cobra pose)
- Kurmasana (tortoise pose)
- Poornashalabhasana (full locust pose)
- Poorna dhanurasana (full bow pose)
- Dhanu-rakarshan-asana (archer’s posed)
- Chakrasana (wheel pose)
- Hanumanasana (leg splitting pose)
- Poornamatsyendrasana (full spinal twist pose)
- Mayurasana (peacock pose)
- Padma mayurasana (Lotus or bound peacock pose)
- Gorakshasana (Yogi Gorakhnath’s pose)
- Astavakrasana (eight-twists pose)
- Vrischikasana (scorpion pose)
- Inverted pose, balancing pose, and core pose
Teaching methodology and adjustment
During these classes, you will learn how a perfect posture should be. You will also learn how to connect with your future students through correct class verbal guidance and touch adjustment, and recurrent yoga injuries and how to prevent them. The teaching methodology is one of the most important parts of the course, as students will learn the following:
- How to conduct a class
- Classroom management
- How to get in and come out from the posture
- How to assist and help while teaching the class
- Which kind of words should you use as a yoga teacher
- What makes you different than other teachers in terms of teaching.
- Which kind of asanas you should recommend with different health issues
- How to use belts, bolster, bricks, and chairs during the class adjustment
Yoga philosophy
The history of yoga, the Sutras of Patanjali, and the importance of yoga and its origins in India are the subjects of these classes and lectures. Questions will be addressed and you will deepen your knowledge about yoga.
Yoga anatomy
Anatomy classes expose how the body, bones, inner systems, and respiration are affected by asanas and the flow of breath. Knowing the basic structure and function of the organs and systems is very important to practitioners so that their work as yoga teachers can be safe and beneficial to future students. This is what you will learn:
- Complete body anatomy
- Skeleton system
- Muscular system
- Circulatory system
- Nervous system
- Respiratory system
Ashtanga Vinyasa
An intensive and integral part of yoga, Ashtanga yoga style requires deep commitment and self-practice to achieve the goal. The Pyramid’s yoga instructors are experienced teachers and advanced practitioners of the Ashtanga style and will guide you safely through the hardest postures. You’ll learn the complete Led primary series:
Standing poses
- Hasta padangusthasana and pada hastasana
- Utthita tri konasana
- Parivrtta tri konasana
- Utthitan parsva konasana
- Parivrtta parsva konasana
- Prasarita padottanasana A, B, C and D
- Utthita parsvottanasana
- Utthita hasta padangusthasana
- Utthita parsvasahita
- Utthita eka padasana
- Ardhabaddha padmottanasana
- Utkastasana
- Virabhadrasana A, B, and C
Primary asanas
- Paschimottanasana A, B, and C
- Purvottanasana
- Ardhabaddha padma paschimottanasana
- Tirieng mukha eka pada paschimottanasana
- Janusirsasana
- Marichyasana A, B, and C
- Navasana
- Lolasana
- Bhujapidasana
- Kurmasana
- Garbhapindasana
- Kukkutasana
- Baddhakonasana A and B
- Konasana A and B
Intermediate asanas
- Salabhasana A and B
- Dhanurasana
- Ustrasana
- Kapotasana A and B
- SuptaVajrasana
- BakasanaA
- Bakasana B jump
- Ardha matsyendrasana
- Yoga nidrasana
- Tittibhasana
- Picha mayurasana
- Vatayanasana
- Gomukhasana A and B
- Hasta sirsasana (head stand)
Advanced A (optional)
- Kasyapasana
- Bhairavasana
- Urdhva kukkatasana A
- Galavasana
- Eka pada viparita dandasna
- Viprita salabhasana
- Gandha bherundasana
- Hanumanasana
- Natrajasana
- Raja kapotasana
Sample daily schedule
- 05:30 Wake up
- 06:00 - 06:30 Morning tea
- 06:30 - 08:00 Hatha yoga class
- 08:00 - 09:00 Pranayama
- 09:00 - 10:30 Breakfast / tea
- 10:30 - 11:30 Mantra / anatomy / teaching methodology / adjustment
- Tea break
- 11:45 - 12:45 Teaching methodology / anatomy
- 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch / rest
- 15:00 - 16:00 Philosophy
- Tea break
- 16:30 - 18:00 Ashtanga Vinyasa
- 18:00 - 19:00 Meditation / yoga Nidra
- 19:30 - 21:00 Dinner
This schedule can be changed and will vary from week to week. The final weekly schedule will be provided at the beginning of the course.
Included excursions
During the course, you will have the opportunity to experience different recreational activities to be scheduled, such as:
- Famous Parmarth Niketan Aarti
- Himalayan day tour
- Local market tour in Rishikesh
- Muni Baba cave tour
- Indian cooking class
Instructors
Ravi Nagar
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Ravi Nagar is the founder of the Pyramid Yogshala and the co-owner of the Pyramid café with his family. He has a BA in Yoga from Haridwar University and is currently working on his Master's in Yoga. He cares deeply about offering excellent, safe, and personalized yoga education to all students, which is why he created the Yogshala. Ravi is a real yogi and not just because of his yoga practice, but because of the way he lives his life, putting his personal best in everything he does, and the graciousness he shows the people around him.
Manoj Rawat
Yoga has been Manoj’s calling since early childhood. He was introduced to yoga by his grandfather who encouraged him to follow the path of karma yoga. Later on in his life, Manoj explored Bhakti and Karma in depth to take his yoga journey further. Being born in Rishikesh he has always been absorbed in spirituality and yoga, which is why chose to share his experience through teaching. Manoj developed his practice of learning and living amongst communities of swamis and yogis. His understanding of traditional yoga grew at Swargashram, Sivananda Ashram, and Jai Ram Ashram.
Direndra Ji
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Direndra Ji is a master in Yoga Philosophy, meditation, pranayama and all related yogic subjects. Having spent more than 12 years in traditional monastic education, and with more than 20 years of teaching experience, he is a gem that fascinates and enlightens students that come across him. Qualifications: B.Sc. (Biology) from Government Autonomous Science College, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, M.P., Yoga education: Direndra learnt yoga from Shri Urjanand Sarswati Maharaj, Shri Mahakal Yoga Ashram, Dev van, Joura, M.P, and has a P.G. Diploma in Yoga Therapy from Kaivalyadham, Lonavala, M.R.
Yoshita Walia
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Born and raised in Delhi, Yoshita developed an interest in yoga at a very young age. Her teachers pushed her to improve her asana performance all the time. Training for more than 6 hours a day for more than 6 years now, Yoshita reveals a true mastery of advanced poses. She has studied and practiced intensely traditional Hatha yoga and Ashtanga yoga Mysore style both in Delhi and in Rishikesh where she frequently stays for long periods of time, learning from local yogis and Himalayan masters. She's a prodigy, a "rubber girl" that can bend and twist in any way possible or impossible!
Retreat location
This retreat will take place at Pyramid Yogshala in Laxmanjhula, Rishikesh, India. Rishikesh is a holy city and is known as the yoga capital of the world.
In early March, Rishikesh hosts the international Yoga Festival, organized by the world famous Ashram Parmarth Niketan. Rishikesh is, therefore, the perfect place to learn and study yoga.
It is surrounded by beautiful green mountains, the holy and mighty Ganges, Himalayan foothills, and tranquility; the spiritual atmosphere of this place can easily be felt. Monkeys, squirrels, dogs, and cows are everyday companions in Rishikesh, just as are parrots, peacocks, and other species of exotic birds.
The city of sages will lovingly receive you as it does for thousands of spiritual seekers, and so will the dedicated and committed staff.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Daily freshly made vegetarian meals are included in the package of the course. The food is fully prepared hygienically, and the vegetable is organic and locally produced. The food here at the Pyramids is well known all around the world for its taste and quality.
What you eat influences your physical well-being and also your emotions and thoughts. Yoga and Ayurveda classify food according to the effect provoked in the body and mind, and it can be of three types - Satva, Rajas and Tamas.
Tamasic food is the kind of food that makes you lethargic or sluggish. Rajasic food is that which brings about activity or restlessness. Whereas, Sattvic food is the kind that makes you feel light, energetic, and enthusiastic.
Sattvic foods are those which purify the body and calm the mind. They stimulate the body and mind into action. Cooked food that is consumed within 3-4 hours can be considered sattvic. All food prepared at the Pyramids is Sattvic and prepared with love and in due proportions by the master cook and assistants.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Organic
- Yogic
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
There is a lot to do and see around here. These are not included in the price but they can arrange upon request.
- Bungee jumping
- Camping and bonfire
- Mountain biking
- Flying fox
- Cliff jumping
- Trekking
- Rappelling and rock climbing
- Kayaking
- Ayurvedic massage and therapies
- Parasailing and paragliding
- Experience traditional Indian culture
What's included
- 27 nights accommodation
- 1 extra night (before day 1 of the course)
- All classes as stated in this program
- 3 fresh organic vegetarian meals a day
- 1 Indian cooking workshop
- 1 Himalayan hiking tour
- 1 Aarti guided session
- Muni baba guided tour
- Rishikesh market guided tour
- Herbal teas and healthy juices
- 1 yoga kit - yoga book, yoga mats, textbook and pen, yoga shirt, bag, rudraksha mala
- Pick-up from Dehradun Airport to school (on the afternoon of the previous day to the starting date)
- Certificate of completion
- Eligibility to register for Yoga Alliance certification upon completion
What's not included
- Airfare
- Personal expenses
- Drop off from the school to airport
- Yoga Alliance fees
- GST
How to get there
Recommended Airports
DED
Jolly Grant Airport
16 km
Transfer included
DEL
Indira Gandhi International Airport
209 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 100 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Jolly Grant Airport (DED). Pyramid Yogashala will provide airport pick-up to the school free of charge.
Arrival by bus
From the Delhi Airport, you can get a taxi to bring you to the Delhi ISBT bus station. From there, you can find many government and private transportations to bring you to Rishikesh. Once you arrive at the Rishikesh bus station, you can get a tuk-tuk to Laxmanjhula, where Pyramid Yogashala staff will be waiting to pick you up.
Arrival by train
The nearest railway station is Haridwar train station. From there, you will find many buses, taxis, and other transportation services that will bring you to Rishikesh. If you want Pyramid Yogshala to help you arrange transportation from Haridwar, kindly let them know.
Airport: Jolly Grant Airport
Airport transfer included: Jolly Grant Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Indira Gandhi International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Indira Gandhi International Airport (US$ 100 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% 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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