21 Day 200-Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India
Intensive Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training India
The yoga training will be in Ashtanga Vinyasa, with some amazing additional extras Samarpan School of Yoga and Swami Samarpan Ashram feels you deserve. You will have the opportunity to experience different styles of yoga and movement within the dynamic schedule.
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Highlights
- Daily yoga class
- Learn anatomy and physiology
- Pranayama and meditation
- Learn asana techniques, training, and practice
- Professional development and teaching practice
- Learn philosophy, Ayurveda, lifestyle
- 20 nights accommodation
- Daily vegetarian meals
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Meditation garden
- Smoke-free property
- Yoga shala
- Car rental
- Free parking
During this training, you will be staying at Swami Samarpan Ashram.
Basic accommodation
- Single bed
- Bed sheets, pillows, towels are not provided
- Limited toilet paper provided
- Shared rooms with shared bathrooms and showers
- Free Wi-Fi in specific areas
- Environmentally friendly
- Surrounded by forest
- Roof-top chill-out area
- Kitchen
- Smoke-free property
- Indoor and rooftop yoga shala
- Lots of monkeys
- Amazing access a natural stream that leads to the Ganga
Program
Do you have the desire to teach and heal others through yoga? But, at the same time, you know there's still some work to do on yourself first? If this is you, then this is the perfect program.
The ashram is surrounded by an evergreen forest, banana trees, and a stunning little river that flows directly to the Ganges. The training helps you to experience, this sacred setting and will hold space for you to breathe, release and absorb the knowledge shared, so you can take the first steps of your true yogic path.
The training certificate will be in Ashtanga Vinyasa, with some amazing additional extras the ashram feels you deserve. You will have the opportunity to experience different styles of yoga and movement within our dynamic schedule.
Join this course to learn many different applications of yoga philosophy, meditation, pranayama, and shatkarma. All of which hopefully will stay with you and make an appearance in your daily life.
Asana
A daily teaching practice class is devoted to teaching you how to teach asanas and pranayama. A daily asana practice class gives you the opportunity to practice your own asanas and will help to build a good habit of practice. The daily in-depth practice with individual corrections comprises:
- Sun salutation
- 12 basic yoga postures
- 100 asana variations, from intermediate level to advanced
- Postural alignment
- Deep relaxation with autosuggestion
- Release of blocked energy
- Training sessions for all age groups
Benefits of asanas
- Control emotions
- Improve the power of concentration
- Rid the body of excess fat
- Enhance physical fitness
- Relieve chronic ailments such as constipation, rheumatism, stomach complaints
- Stimulate circulation
- Stabilise thyroid functions
- Keep muscles youthful and supple into old age
Pranayama
- Expands capacity of the lungs
- Relaxes the nervous system
- Balances the two hemispheres of the brain
- Purifies the nadis (subtle energy channels)
- Awakens the inner spiritual energy
- Kapalabhati (lung cleansing exercise)
- Anuloma Viloma (alternate nostril breathing)
- Ujjayi, Surya Bheda, Bhastrika, Sitali, Sitkari, Bhramari
- Samanu (mental cleansing of the nadis)
- The three bandhas: Jalandhara, Moola, Uddiyana
Kriyas
Tratak, Neti, Kapalabhati, Dhauti, Nauli, and Basti: six classical purification exercises for the eyes, nose, air passages, esophagus and stomach, abdominal organs, and large intestine. Explanation and demonstration of the exercises and their effects. Individual instruction.
Yoga anatomy and physiology
- Introduction to the major body systems
- The effects of asanas and pranayama on the cardiovascular system, respiration, digestion, skeletal and muscular systems, endocrine system
- The eight systems of the body
- Yoga and physical culture
- Diet and nutrition
Karma yoga
Karma yoga is the practice of selfless service and helps to reduce selfishness and egoism and keeps you fit and healthy and gives immeasurable joy. You will be asked to do various tasks within the ashram setting including gardening, cooking, cleaning, office work, and any other work necessary for the smooth running of the community.
- The law of cause and effect
- Samsara – the wheel of birth and death
- Karma yoga - selfless service: one hour daily in the ashram community
Hatha yoga
- Ethical and moral principles
- Body – prana (life energy) – mind
- From control over the body to control over the mind and meditation
Raja yoga
- Ashtanga - the 8 steps of yoga
- Antahkarana - functions of the mind
- Concentration and meditation
Kundalini yoga
- The Absolute and how it manifests itself in nature
- Macrocosmos & microcosmos
- The 7 Chakras
- The awakening of cosmic energy
Bhakti yoga
- Kirtan: chanting of classical Sanskrit mantras
- Indian gods and their cosmic meaning
- Arati and Pujas (traditional Indian rituals)
- Chanting opens the heart and purifies the mind. With daily chanting, you develop a strong feeling of devotion and a very pure vibration. In devotional chanting correct pronunciation, devotional attitude, and awareness of meaning are all-important.
Jnana yoga
- Basic concepts of Vedanta philosophy
- The 7 Bhoomikas or planes of consciousness
- Space, time, causation
- The 3 bodies
- The 3 levels of the mind
- Conquest of death
Teaching practice
- How to teach the 12 basic postures and breathing exercises to beginners and intermediate students
- Setting up a proper environment for class
- General pointers on teaching a class
- Beginners' course
- Advanced postures
- Relaxation
- Detailed correction workshops
- In the second half of the training course, participants will teach each other under the guidance of an experienced instructor
Yoga nutrition
- Vegetarianism – for ethical, spiritual, and health reasons
- How diet affects the mind
- The proper balance of the main nutrients
- Ayurvedic principles of nutrition
- Healing effects of fasting
Daily schedule of TTC except for Sundays holidays
Daily sample schedule
- 07:00 Wake up
- 08:00 - 10:00 Practice of TTC
- 10:00 - 10:30 Breakfast
- 10:30 - 12:00 Practice of TTC, which is Karma yoga / Seva / service without expectations
- 12:00 - 13:00 Self-study part of TTC
- 13:00 - 13:30 Lunch
- 15:00 - 15:15 Tea break
- 16:00 - 19:00 Theory and practice of TTC
- 19:30 Dinner
- 21:00 Rest
Instructors
Guruji Swami Samarpanananda Saraswati
Guruji Avadhut Samarpananandaji (Himalayan Master) was born in a small tribe village, Odisha, India. After his graduation in Science with Botany (with honors), then he left home and visited Gurukul (family of masters) life in Rishikesh at Shivananda Ashram. He completed the 15th Yoga Vedanta Forest Academy (YVFA) certificate course in 1990 on the philosophy and psychology of Yoga and Vedanta.
Kapil Bisht
Kapil Dev Bist has completed a yoga teacher training course under the guidance of Swami Samarpanananda Saraswati and he has studied in Shivananda Ashram, Rishikesh. He leads yoga teacher trainings and other courses in Swami Samarpan Ashram, Samarpan School of Yoga at Tapovan under the guidance of Himalayan master Swami Samarpan. Kapil Dev Bist also teaches in other schools around Rishikesh. He is the head yoga teacher of Swami Samarpan Ashram.
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 breakfast, lunch, dinner, and tea. The meals will be of traditional vegetarian Indian food. The menu is a strict Sattvic diet to help maintain internal balance with, of course, the occasional treat.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
What's included
- 20 nights accommodation
- 3 meals vegetarian per day and hot drinks
- Yoga training
- Study certificate
What's not included
- Airfare
- Taxi
- Extra night accommodation
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Indira Gandhi International Airport
209 km
Transfer not provided
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 20% 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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