22 Day 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Auroville

Facilities

This three-week intensive yoga course not only gives you a solid foundation if you aspire to be a yoga teacher or you just want to deepen your practice and understanding of yoga. It also gives you confidence to work towards your own unique expression of yoga as you evolve in your practice.

This course will familiarize you with the basics of yoga philosophy. It will help you intensify and master yoga asanas. You will understand the effect of the asanas on the body through study of anatomy. Daily pranayama and meditation practice along with chanting will help you experience their strengthening and balancing properties.

This will add to a unique mode of relaxation, personal fulfillment and comfort which enables someone to work harder, concentrate better, feel physically, emotionally, and mentally balance and share that sense of well-being with their community.

Training program

• First week - Introduction to the yogic way of living
• Second week - Deepening the practice, alignment, and adjustments
• Third week - Sequencing, practical classes, kriyas, exam, and evaluation

Curriculum

• Mantra chanting
• Cleansing techniques (Shat karma)
• Study of asana: proper alignment, variations, modifications with ability to minimize the risk of injuries and hands-on adjustments
• Art of sequencing and improvisation in the class
• Intelligent use of props to help improve practice at its early stages
• Postures with their Sanskrit names and terminology
• Technique and practice of breathing (Pranayama)
• Meditation (Dhyana)
• Fundamentals of human anatomy and physiology
• Yoga philosophy, ideas, and hypothesis
• Business aspects, communication skills, roles of a yoga teacher
• Knowledge about the ethical code of conduct
• Confidence-building through teaching-practice
• Final exam and graduation

Daily schedule

The program follows a tight schedule where almost each of the six to seven training hours in the day are assigned to some aspect of yoga.

• 06:00 - 07:00 Morning mantras / pranayama / meditation / chanting
• 07:00 - 08:30 Asana practice
• 08:30 - 11:00 Breakfast
• 11:00 - 12:00 Ethical and business aspects of yoga
• 12:00 - 13:00 Asana analysis
• 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch
• 15:00 - 16:30 Yoga philosophy
• 16:30 - 18:00 Asana practice
• 18:00 - 19:00 Self study / coaching / extra curricular activities
• 19:15 Dinner
• 21:00 Lights out
• Please note that the daily schedule is subject to change and vary for each week. A detailed program will be given every Sunday.

Certifications

• Students who complete their training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).

The union territory of Puducherry (formerly Pondicherry; generally known as ‘Pondy’) was under French rule until 1954. The city retained its French look with hits wide roads and splendid colonial houses. The internationally famous Sri Aurobindo Ashram and its offshoot just north of town, Auroville, drawing large numbers of spiritually minded visitors.

Pondicherry is famous for its colonial-era ville, more bohemian-chic, New Age-meets-Old World hang-out on the international travel trail. The older 'French' part of town is full of quiet, clean streets, lined with bougainvillea-draped colonial-style townhouses numbered in an almost logical manner. Newer Pondy is typically, hectically South Indian.

Auroville, 'the City of Dawn', is a place that anyone with idealistic leanings will find compelling. It's an international community dedicated to peace, sustainability and 'divine consciousness' where people from across the globe, ignoring creed, color, and nationality, work together to build a universal, cash-free, nonreligious township.

Some 12 kilometers northwest of Puducherry, Auroville was founded in 1968 by 'the Mother', co-founder of Puducherry's Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Tucked into the jungle are more than 100 scattered settlements, with about 2500 residents of 52 nationalities - some 60% of Aurovillians are foreign.

Visiting offers a glimpse into this self-styled utopia, where you can bliss out on the peaceful setting, the oddly beautiful Matrimandir and the easygoing friendliness. What's more, you'll find some excellent restaurants and cafes within Auroville and surrounding villages.

Your accommodation is just at the entrance of Auroville, making it ideal for you to experience an alternate lifestyle along with practicing yoga.

Distances

• The beach - 5 kilometers
• Pondicherry - 10 kilometers
• Mahabalipuram - 75 kilometers
• Thiruvanamali Shiva temple, Ramana Ashram, and Vipassana center - 75 kilometers
• Chidambaram golden temple - 75 kilometers
• Fossil tree park - 25 kilometers
• Chennai International Airport (MAA) - 130 kilometers

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During this training, your daily breakfasts and lunches are included in the price. Drinking water, tea, and coffee are also available in your room.

It's also possible not to go on the trip to Mahabalipuram and enjoy the swimming pool and visit Auroville. All Sundays are free days. Bicycles / mopeds can be rented to go around the town area.

Kalarigram is situated very close to the intriguing Auroville International Township, home to a number of interesting spaces to visit. Visitors could experiment with surfing lessons at the Kallialay Surf School of India or learn horse-riding at the much-acclaimed Red Earth Riding School.

There are several unique community enterprises built with the sole idea of sustaining and liberating local communities. While at Auroville guests can also make spiritual and cultural day trips to Chidambaram, Pitchavaram, Mahabalipuram, the Gingee Fortress, and Vailankani.

• Yoga teacher training manuals and course materials
• Eligibility to register with Yoga Alliance as 200-hour RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher)
• Opening fire and purification ceremony at a nearby temple
• 1 sound healing session with a specialist
• Marma yoga massage classes
• 21 nights accommodations
• Free Wi-Fi in-room
• 2 daily vegetarian meals
• Water, coffee, and tea

• Taxi from and to and the airport
• Non-vegetarian food
• Any other items explicitly not mentioned

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.