25 Day 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh

Facilities

Who can apply for this program

This program is the first step aspirants take to deepen their Yoga practice, whether your goal is to start teaching yoga and make it a career or it ’s a journey to immerse yourself in spirituality both are welcome. So don’t question your practice, all levels are welcome, our team of well-experienced teachers will offer you full support in your journey.

Course Details

Asana Practice

• Gentle warm-up exercises, dynamic warm-up, full-body warm-up before a practice
• Sun salutations, Traditional Hatha sun-salutation, sun-salutation with variations in a Vinyasa Flow
• The concept of asanas, varieties, and effects
• Traditional Hatha yoga poses, modern and contemporary yoga poses
• Standing sequence and standing postures
• Seated postures, supine and prone poses, inversions, the closing sequence
• Vinyasa sequences based on themes.
• Workshops on handstand, arm-balance, back-bending, hip-opening
• Therapeutic yoga, how to avoid injuries, safety in practice

Art of Teaching & Teaching Methodology

• Qualities of a yoga teacher
• The attitude of a yoga teacher and being yourself
• Safety measures, how to avoid injuries
• Cultivation of command through voice modulations
• How to deepen your connection with your inner-being
• Importance of communication, giving cues and instructions
• Traditional Hatha yoga class, Sivananda class 12 basic postures
• Principles of sequencing various Vinyasa flows
• Peak pose and how to build up to one.
• Setting up a class, teaching big groups and small groups, personal training
• Yoga business, marketing strategies, set up your studio, build a community

Alignment and Adjustment

• How to safely go-in and go-out of a posture
• How to give cues and instructions
• Anatomy of a yoga posture
• Benefits of a yoga posture
• Contra-indications, hands-on adjustment’s
• Modification, advance variation, and use of props
• -Anatomy
• Basic concepts of functional anatomy and physiology related to movement.
• Application of anatomical principles to yoga practice (mechanics of yoga asana, its benefits, and contraindications, healthy patterns of movement, etc).
• Practical anatomy with a major emphasis on the skeletal system, muscular system, connective tissue, nervous system, and movements of the major joints of the body.
• Muscular and skeletal differences including compression, tension, and proportion and orientation theory.
• Study of different regions of the body: the knee, hips, spine, and shoulder.

Pranayama and Meditation

• What is Prana, types of Prana, importance, and benefits of Pranayama
• Eight types of pranayama: Nadi Shodhana, Shitali, Shitkari, Bhramari, Ujjayi, Bhastrika, Moorcha, Plavini
• The concept of Meditation, types of Meditations
• Observing the breath, body-scanning, Vipassana, Transcendental Meditation, Chakra-Meditation, Kundalini Meditation

Note: At the end of the course there will be a written as well as practical exam and full participation is expected from students in all classes. Attendance in all classes is mandatory and compulsory, if you fail to do so there is a possibility that you will receive a Certificate of Participation whereas full participation students with receive certificate of completion.

Daily Schedule

Keeping the requirements of Yoga Alliance - USA, 200-hour YTT program follows an intense schedule where almost 6 to 7 training hours in a day are assigned to some aspect of yoga. You may find the training intensive but transformational.

• 06:00 Wake up
• 06:30 Pranayama and chanting
• 07:15 Yoga asana
• 09:15 Breakfast
• 10:30 Yoga anatomy
• 11:30 Alignment and adjustment
• 12:30 Lunch
• 14:00 Yoga philosophy
• 15:30 Karma yoga
• 16:30 Yoga breathing or Yoga Nidra
• 17:00 Yoga asana or student teaching
• 18:45 Meditation
• 19:15 Dinner
• 22:00 Lights out

On the weekends the following activities are organized:

• Visit Parmarth Niketan Ashram and experience the Divine Fire Ceremony
• Visit Patna Waterfall including mountain hike
• Visit to Vashisht Cave

Rishikesh is holy Mother Ganga city known as the yogic capital of the world. It is a tourist attraction as well as a residential area and a civil board in Dehradun locale in the northern condition of Uttarakhand in India. Grandly found where the Heavenly Ganges Stream descends from the Himalayas.

Rishikesh as appearing the Enterprise Capital of India for the experience seekers as Rishikesh is the recommended spot for beginning their trekking undertakings to the Himalayan Crests and for the White Stream Rafting. Likewise, Universal week which pulls in Yoga specialist from all over the world is held here, consistently, in February for Satsang of Mooji, Prem Baba, Om Baba, and other spiritual seekers and followers and March during 01st to 07th for International Yoga Festival on the banks of the blessed Ganga.

Rishikesh is a vegan city by law, and additionally a liquor-free city. Rishikesh has additionally banned the utilization of plastics packs by retailers and sellers.

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BREAKFAST

Oat porridge, muesli, brown bread, fresh tropical and seasonal fruits, herbal tea, coffee, milk, yoghurt, sprouts, etc. and one traditional Indian breakfast, different every day.

LUNCH

Fresh salads, sautéed vegetables, lentils, beans, rice, Indian bread, hummus, and more.

DINNER

You will end your day with delicious traditional Indian food or soups along with healthy salads.

TEA BREAKS

You will enjoy herbal and masala tea, twice a day.

You can enjoy river rafting in Ganga river at an extra charge:

• Visit Beatles Ashram
• Explore the beauty of Rishikesh
• Sit in silence on the Banks of River Ganga
• Visit the beaches
• Go for hikes and treks
• Witness the mesmerizing waterfalls

• Airport pickup from Dehradun
• 2 daily Hatha & Vinyasa Yoga Asana classes
• 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate recognize by Yoga Alliance
• Daily meditation and pranayama sessions during weekdays
• Daily yoga anatomy and Philosophy classes during weekdays
• ShatKarma Kriya and Vedic Mantra chanting sessions
• 24 nights’ single/double Accommodation (private room with attached bathroom).
• Daily 3 vegetarian meals
• Yoga manual
• Shivoham Bag
• 2 excursions
• Workshops on Arm-balancing, Back-bending, Hip-opening, Transcendental Meditation and Vipassana

• Insurance
• Travel expenditure
• No meals on Sunday
• Saturday only breakfast is served

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• 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.