58 Days 500hr Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India

Certifications

Upon completion of this yoga teacher training, students are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).

Comprehensive yogic philosophy is interwoven throughout the course to make each student suitable to pass the centuries old art of yoga to future generations. The training encourages you to question and challenge your existing yoga and meditation skills in order to enhance your knowledge of yoga and its various forms.

500hr yoga teacher training includes:

• Thorough research in physiology and psychologies and its correlation to various yogic practices.
• Covers the in-depth and complete study of yogic dualism and non-dualism practices and philosophies.
• Study of traditional and ethical guidelines that a yoga teacher must possess in order to establish a better student-teacher and master relationship.
• The students will learn to adjust the fellow teacher trainees to gain an insight into body mechanics and adjustments.
• Study of Eight Ladders of Shri Patanjali and Vaman Rishi
• Yantra, mantra, Tantra, and their techniques
• Understanding the concept of sexual energy and its divine perception.
• In-depth study of shat karma, cleansing of internal and external body.
• Opportunity to teach yoga to 200hr yoga teacher training students and 300hr yoga teacher training students.

Curriculum

• Anatomy of cells and aura
• Ashtanga Vinyasa core asana series
• Combine study of the eight ladders of Sri Patanjali and Vaman Rishi
• Explore new dimensions of the yoga thesis in Sankhya Yoga Darshana
• Granthis and its sounds
• Heart cave meditation and its precautions
• Importance of kumbhaka and its practices
• Inner pranayama series up to 4 - 7 levels
• Introduction to tiru - mandiram and Brahma sutras
• Kundalini-based Hatha yoga series
• Maha bandha and Kundalini mudras
• Nadis and its energies
• Open-eye meditation and its preparations
• Philosophy of Vedanta and its practices
• Sexual energy and its divine perception
• Spiritual study of asanas and pranayamas
• Spiritual study of consciousness and awareness
• Study of advance postures aimed to understand the yoga science and its culmination
• Study of shat karmas to enhance the external and internal body cleansing knowledge
• Study of various philosophies of yoga
• Tantras and its techniques
• Vi-Jnana Bhairava Tantra in connection with Kundalini and its practices
• Wisdom and healing mantras
• Yoga-Nidra final series

Sample Daily Schedule

• 06:00 - Morning prayer
• 06:45 - Classical Hatha yoga class
• 08:30 - Pranayama exercises and poses
• 09:00 - Breakfast will be served
• 11:00 - Yoga practicum and philosophy
• 13:30 - Lunch will be served
• 14:30 - Rest or self-study
• 15:30 - Yoga practicum
• 17:00 - Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga class
• 19:00 - Meditation session
• 20:00 - Supper will be served

Please also note a doctor is available for free consultations but medicine will cost extra.

The yoga teacher training program in Rishikesh is conducted in an ashram. The Sri Ved Niketan ashram is blessed with the eternal grace of Vishwa guru, Sri Maha Madaleshwarji, who stayed and meditated there for years and started the culture of yoga in Rishikesh. The sage brought in positive vibes, with yoga and meditation, to the recesses of the ashram. It attracted thousands of yogis to come and find peace in the boundaries of the ashram. Collectively uniting people in the ashram, many people have found themselves on the spiritual path while working or staying here.

Located right on the bank of Ganges with the Himalayan range in the background, the ashram is a pious place with spacious surroundings. Offering a legitimate ashram like view, lifestyle and food choices, Sri Ved Niketan is a gem on the map of Rishikesh. The vastness of the place allows one to choose the surroundings for self-discovery either in silence or by mingling with a group of charged yogis, which may make it a destination worth revisiting when one returns to Rishikesh.

The healthy and nutritious food is prepared by Ayurvedic chefs with oriental spices and herbs for enhancing the well-being of the students. Each dish is prepared with a mindset to support the high demands of the program.

• 1 Himalaya sight-seeing tour
• 1 rafting trip
• 1 t-shirt for yoga class
• 2 yoga books for self-study
• 3 vegetarian meals per day
• 3 teas per day
• 500hr YTT certificate
• Comprehensive and detailed curriculum
• Detailed teaching on communication skills for teaching
• Detailed teaching on meditation, pranayama, asanas, mudras, sadhana, and mantras
• Nasal wash pot
• Outdoor yoga practice and meditation
• Weekend social, cultural, and recreational activities
• Weekly group discussion aimed to develop your critical skills
• Yoga YTT manuals and materials