26 Day 200-Hour Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Meditation Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India
Yoga Teacher Training India
Join Rishikesh Yog Nirvana in this 200-hour advanced Ashtanga yoga teacher training program. The struggles and challenges you will face through the course of your training will only make you a better teacher. This training is a four-week intensive study and practice based upon the foundation of the teacher training course. Surrounded by beautiful nature of Rishikesh, your teacher training course will be a joyful experience to have.
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Highlights
- One day Himalayan valley trip
- Participation in cultural activities
- Eligibility to register with Yoga Alliance after completion
- Opportunity to teach a class for those who finished the course
- 25 nights accommodation
- Airport pick up
- Vegan and yogic food
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Dining area
- Kitchen
- Yoga studio
- Currency exchange
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Medical assistance
During your yoga teacher training course, you will be staying at Rishikesh Yog Nirvana in Hotel Hariyali View, Rishikesh, India. The school is situated in the heart of Rishikesh. The ashram is peaceful and surrounded by beautiful green mountains. In the ashram, there is a yoga studio, dining area, and a rooftop. Everything is close to the ashram such as shops, cafes, restaurant, ATM, organic stores.
The yoga ashram has both private and shared rooms. Every room has attached bathroom with western toilet and hot shower, a balcony with a nice view. You will get bed sheets, pillows, bath towels, toilet paper, a blanket. Good Wi-Fi is included in the whole campus. Laundry service is also available.
Program
Rishikesh Yog Nirvana is the school where students will get 26 days 200-hour residential Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga teacher training. The yoga ashram focuses on promoting and propagating yoga at national and international levels by developing a team of well equipped, disciplined, and dedicated yoga teachers. After completion of the course, students will be able to teach as a certified yoga teacher. Rishikesh Yog Nirvana starts with the traditional style of Ashtanga flow yoga and tells students how they can make their class more interesting by following the traditional style. Rishikesh Yog Nirvana teach how to use the yoga sequence.
Certification
After completion of the 200 hours yoga teacher training course, students are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®). This 200-hour yoga teacher training course is for those who would like to deepen their practice and knowledge, for beginners and advanced learners. This program meets the standards of Yoga Alliance.
You will expand in the world of yoga, develop spiritually, physically, and mentally, and it will improve your professional skills and the ability to teach yoga in your specific way. Apart from teaching the technical aspects of class teaching, very interactive and vibrant discussions on various aspects of yogic lifestyle and ethics of yoga teacher will be held. There will be sessions of talk and interactive discussions on different aspects of class teaching and presentation.
Why choose Rishikesh Yog Nirvana
- Rishikesh Yog Nirvana is committed to producing teachers who are ready to step straight into a commercial teaching role at the end of their training
- Safety is the main thing they consider to yoga’s teaching philosophy
- Technique and alignment are strongly emphasized throughout the course
- They believe in good practical knowledge
- They always take only 15 members in a group so that teachers can focus on each student easily
- Their school believes in transforming a yoga beginner to a professional yoga instructor
- Their school offers an all-encompassing preparing program that investigates yoga as a way of life and profound practice, not similarly as an activity
- They believe that yoga is for people of all shapes, sizes, and experience levels. You don’t have to be young. You just have to be eager to learn to do yoga
- They are part of an internationally recognized school of yoga
- They provide an intensive yoga teacher training course in a fun, relaxing environment for you to learn
Daily schedule
- 05:30 - 06:00 Herbal tea
- 06:00 - 07:00 Shatkarma / yogic cleansing, pranayama, and chanting
- 07:00 - 08:30 Ashtanga vinyasa
- 08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
- 09:30 - 10:30 Yoga anatomy
- 11:00 - 12:00 Yoga philosophy
- 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
- 15:00 - 16:00 Body alignment and adjustment
- 16:00 - 17:30 Hatha yoga / vinyasa flow
- 18:00 - 19:00 Meditation
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner time
- 22:00 Lights off
200-hour yoga teacher training course syllabus
Ashtanga yoga class syllabus
- Surya Namaskar A
- Surya Namaskar B
- Full primary series: padangusthasana
- Padahasthasana
- Utthita Trikonasana
- Parivrtta Trikonasana
- Utthita Parsvakonasana
- Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
- Prasarita Padottanasana A B C & D Parsvottanasana
- Eka Pada Padangusthasana A B C & D
- Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana Utkatasana
- Virabhadrasana A & B
- Dandasana
- Paschimottanasana A B C & D Purvattanasana
- Ardha Baddha Padma Uttanasana
- Triang Mukaikapada Pashimottanasana
- Janu Sirsasana A B & C
- Marichyasana A B C & D
- Navasana
- Bhujapidasana
- Kurmasana
- Supta Kurmasana
- Garbha Pindasana
- Kukkutasana
- Baddha Konasana A & B
- Konasana
- Upavishta Konasana
- Supta Konasana
- Supta Padangusthasana A & B
- Ubhaya Padanghusthasana
- Urdhva Mukha Pashimottanasana
- Setu Bandhasana
- Urdhva Dhanurasana
- Salamba Sarvangasana
- Halasana
- Karnapidasana
- Urdhva Pindasana
- Matsyasana
- Urdhva Padmasana
- Sirsasana
- Urdhva Dandasana
- Baddha Padmasana
- Yoga mudra
- Uplutih
- Savasana
Vinyasa Flow (Dynamic Flow of postures synchronized with breathing)
- Warm Up Postures
- Sun Salutaions
- Standing postures
- Balancing postures
- Hip opening postures
- Backward Bending postures
- Forward bending postures
- Inversion postures
- Cooling down postures
Meditation
- Open Awareness Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Anapana Sati
- Vipassana
- Humming mediatation
- Love and kindness meditation
- Gratitude Meditation
- Gazing Meditation
- Chakra Meditation
- Dynamic meditation
- Dance meditation
- Guided Energy Balancing
Pranayama (breathing practices)
- Introduction to pranayama
- Benefits of pranayama
- General guidelines
- Clavicular, thoracic, and diaphragmatic breathing (yogic breathing)
- Ujjayi
- Bhastrika
- Kapalbhati
- Nadi - Sodhana
- Bhramari
- Surya - Bhedi and Chandra - Bhedi Sheetali and Sheetkari
Mudras (yoga gestures)
- Jnana mudra
- Chin mudra
- Yoni mudra
- Bhairava mudra
- Shambhavi mudra
- Nasikagra
- Khechari
Yoga cleansing (Shatkarma)
- Rubber-neti
- Jalaneti
- Kapalbhati- cleansing the lungs
Recitation of sacred sound (mantra chanting)
- Om Asato Maa Sadgamaya (Mantra from Upanishad)
- Tvameva mata ca pita Tvameva (Sloka on gods)
- Om Tryambakam Yajamahe (Mantra on lord shiva)
- Om Sahana vavatu (Mantra from Upanishad)
- Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Gurudevo maheshwara (Guru stotram)
- Yogena Cittasya (Sloka on sage Patanjali)
- Hare rama, Hare Krishna (Maha mantra)
Yoga Nidra (psychic sleep)
- Basic relaxation
- Tension relaxation
- Full body relaxation
Yoga philosophy (yoga Darshana)
- Introduction to yoga, its philosophy and evolution
- Introduction to yoga sutras of Patanjali
- Definition of yoga
- 4 aspects of mind and its functions
- Daily schedule of a yoga student
- Principles of 5 basic element and 10 senses
- Yama, Niyama (4 days)
- Asana, pranayama, pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyan, Samadhi (2 days)
- Pancha - Vayus
- Panchakoshas
- Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas (Triguna)
- Introduction to chakras and its functions
- Three doshas
- 4 padas of yoga sutras
- Lives of yogis (Inspiring stories)
- Diet and nutrition for a yogi
- Question and answers
Anatomy and physiology
- Digestive system
- Respiratory system
- Circulatory system
- Nervous system
- Endocrine system
- Organs bodily systems
- Nadis
- Chakras
- Muscular system
- Skeletal system
- Muscle functions according to joint movements
- Breathing
- Inversions
- Savasana
Teaching methodology
- Positive and conscious communication friendship and trust
- Time management
- Qualities of a teacher
- Principles of demonstrating, observation, assisting, and correcting
- Use of voice in class
- Mental and emotional preparation for teaching
- Class preparation
- Step by step class structure planning
Evaluation is based on
- Written test
- Asana practical test
- Attendance
- Performance
- Behavior
Instructors
Yogi Manish
A talented and enthusiastic teacher in the school. He is even called the master of body alignment and Ashtanga Vinyasa. According to students who have studied under him, he has a great knowledge of body alignment and postures he knows very well how to modify postures according to the level of students. He is teaching for the last 8 years, he has gained a lot of knowledge about Ashtanga, students can feel this while attending his classes. He knows everything about the correct movement of the body while performing Asanas. He is very popular among the schools in Rishikesh.
Sajan Negi
A calm and composed soul living his life in a yogic way. Having a master's degree in yoga, he chose meditation and Yoga philosophy because he always wanted to be a calm and composed person. He has a good strong texture of voice, which certainly makes the environment holy when he chants the mantras. He believes as all are running behind the materialistic world, everyone is getting more and more stressed and depressed and this needs to be changed. He teaches some beautiful meditation techniques that help people to let go of all the negativity they are carrying inside.
Yogi Deepraj Bhandari
Yogi Deepraj is one of the best Hatha yoga teachers in Rishikesh. He has been teaching hatha yoga for the last four years. Born and raised up in the holy city of Rishikesh, he is carrying yoga in his lifestyle. Yogi Deepraj has been invited for so many workshops overseas because of his great level of knowledge in hatha yoga. He is a very humble and helpful teacher who is always looking to make a comfortable atmosphere in his classes. He has also done his masters in yoga.
Yogini Priyanka
Yogini Priyanka is the youngest teacher at the school. She is a great example of women's empowerment. Leading Ashtanga classes for the last 6 years, she surprises everyone with her young age and great skills. She is one of the favorite teachers they have here in Rishikesh Yog Nirvana. As a hard-working person, she continuously grew herself on the yogic path and helped her students by motivating them throughout the entire month. She has been practicing Ashtanga from a very early age and now she has a great level of knowledge of her subject that makes it very easy for students to learn.
Heena Thakwani
Yogini Heena is very well experienced instructor in the team. A strong personality guiding people in wellness sector for more than 10 years. She has done multiple yoga teacher training courses and is ERYT-500. She guides students in Teaching methodology and helps develop an instructor skills in them. She is always a source of solutions to all the doubts or questions students may have during training as she utilizes all her skills and experience as a wellness trainer to help students in any possible way.
Retreat location
This training will take place in Rishikesh, India.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
During this training, you will be served daily vegan and yogic food.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Detox juices
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Yogic
- Ayurvedic
What's included
- Airport pick up
- 24-hour free Wi-Fi
- 25 nights accommodation with a hot and cold shower
- Certificate of completion
- Opportunity to teach a class for those who finished the course
- Vegan and yogic food
- One day Himalayan valley trip
- Participation in cultural activities
- Yoga materials like a yoga mat, manual, books, etc.
- Opportunity to assist the yoga class after the course for the self-confident
- Use of the yoga hall
What's not included
- Airfare
- Personal expenses
- Airport drop off
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Jolly Grant Airport
15 km
Transfer included
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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