54 Day 500-Hour Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India

Certification

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

What You Will Learn in 500-Hour YTTC in Rishikesh?

At the 500-hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, you get advanced knowledge of what you learned in your previous course, so you can go back now, not just as a certified trainer of yoga but an advanced trainer, ready to train not just beginners but other students of yoga who would want to advance their learning too.

You can have a look at the things you will learn at the 500-hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh:

• Here, you get in-depth training in all the styles of yoga for the kind of growth and self-progression you need to become a full-fledged yoga trainer
• Your philosophy will now include a detailed study including Patanjali and other such sources
• You will be prepared for advanced asanas and how to adjust and align in the right way so as to prevent incorrect postures
• You will be given advanced pranayama techniques for healing and meditation. This way you learn to establish a connection between the mind and the body
• The 500-hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh also teaches you how to manage your diet, how to eat right, the Ayurveda and science behind your food, and how to live the right yogic lifestyle which also includes making the right decisions in your day to day life
• The 500-hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh shows you how yoga can be fun too, with laughter and dance yoga apart from excursions and your other fun adventure

Course Highlights

• What is yoga
• Obstacles on the path of yoga
• Manifestation blueprint
• Vedic and Upanishad sutras
• More In-depth PatanjaliYog Sutra, BhagvadaGeeta, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Etc.
• Advanced yoga techniques
• More in-depth Pranayama and advanced Pranayama techniques
• More in-depth chakras
• Yoga Nidra
• Introduction to Tantra
• What is Tantra?
• Types of Tantra
• Self-continence
• Sublimation
• Transfiguration
• Consecration
• Causes of a healthy relationship
• Causes of a pathetic relationship
• Conscious relationship
• Mudras
• Bandhas
• Mantra yoga
• Kriyas
• Alignment and adjustment for each asana
• Restorative yoga
• Therapeutic yoga for healthy breath, healthy digestion, healthy stress, healthy pelvic floor, healthy emotions, healthy mind, balanced nervous system
• Healthy sleep and yoga Nidra
• Intro and practice of Kundalini yoga
• Anatomy and physiology
• Intro to Ayurveda
• Ayurveda and yoga therapy

Styles of yoga practice

• Hatha yoga - This is going to give you a lot more advanced poses, stretches, and twists. Get flexible, strong, and disciplined as you work out with them!
• Ashtanga yoga - Greater purging is one more thing you are going to enjoy, as your Ashtanga yoga sessions will now cover a lot more poses and stretches and varied angles, and you are sure to have fun
• Vinyasa yoga - Come for more advanced breathing sessions. You will be given a vast pranayama syllabus, and your evenings are sure to give you better physical and mental health
• Therapeutic yoga
• Restorative yoga - It's a style of yoga known for its relaxing, calming, and healing effects. It encourages physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. It has its roots in the yoga of B.K.S. Iyengar is ideal for those recovering from injuries or illness. It's appropriate for all levels. It is practiced at a slow pace, focusing on long hold, stillness, and deep breathing. It's a meditative aspect of yoga

So, with the 500-hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, you can get an advanced study so you can now go back to a better yoga training center at home or a greater height in your yoga teacher training career.

Curriculum

Yoga techniques, training, and practice

• Styles of yoga: Hatha, Hatha Vinyasa, Ashtanga (primary series), Restorative, and 100-hour Therapeutic yoga
• Asanas and traditional Hatha and Hatha Vinyasa yoga poses, along with their physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual effects, ranging from beginner to intermediate and advanced levels
• Ashtanga (primary series)
• Various breathing exercises and types of pranayama
• Mudras (gestures) and Bandhas (locks)
• Pranayama (Kapalabhati, Bhastrika, Ujjayi, Nadi Shodhana, Nadi Shodhana with mantra, Full Yogic Breath, etc.)
• Shat Kriyas and the classical yogic purification technique
• Initiation to Uddiana Bandha (abdominal suction) and Nauli Kriya (abdominal churning)
• Guided deep relaxation techniques, including yoga Nidra
• Meditation and various meditations (guided and unguided), mantra meditation, and breath-based meditation
• Daily teaching and practice class to understand how to teach the asanas, and you will break down the asanas and understand alignment, common errors, and how to correct students' posture

Teaching methodology

• Setting up of the class
• Supporting and helping students, demonstrating, and adjusting
• Breath-based teaching style
• Alignment and adjustment-based teaching style
• Restorative / Therapeutic yoga poses, use of props, blankets, belts, cushions, chairs, etc.
• Qualities of a good yoga teacher and the learning process of yoga students
• Sequencing and structure of a class
• Beginning, building, and concluding a yoga class
• Art of teaching - 3 types of listening, voice modulation, eye contact, tools for staying present
• Art of anchoring students' minds
• Spiritually oriented business of yoga
• A tool for the successful business of teaching yoga
• Marketing your services and yourself
• Secret of powerful personal practice

Yoga anatomy and physiology

• Understanding major body systems and organs, particularly emphasizing the digestive, respiratory, and neurological systems
• Gross anatomy, also called physical anatomy (human skeleton, different joints with movement and functions, a detailed discussion of the shoulder, pelvis, and knee joints, definition and types of fascia)
• Subtle anatomy, also called energy anatomy (nature of prana, Prana vidya, Pranic body, Panch kosha, Panch Vayus, Chakras, Nadis, and Kundalini energy)
• Functional anatomy (Understanding main muscle groups, their movement and functions, muscle-bone connection, impact on the performance of yoga asana, spinal cord function, and structure)

Yoga philosophy, lifestyle, and ethics

• Definitions of yoga
• Intention and purpose of yoga
• Vedic and Upanishad Sutras
• Patanjali's Yoga Sutra
• Eight limbs of yoga (Ashtanga)
• The Bhagavad Gita- Ghyan, bhakti, and Karma yoga
• 3 Guna's of nature and beyond
• History of yoga
• Doshas and Ayurveda
• Intro to white (sattvic) tantra
• Vedic / tantric mantras and initiation
• Kirtan and chanting of mantras
• What is a complete yogic system
• 9 kinds of obstacles
• Overcoming obstacles
• Yamas and Niyamas
• 3 Gunas and 3 Doshas
• Shatkarmas
• How asanas work
• Introduction to Chakras
• Detailed explanation of Chakras
• Yoga Nidra
• Karma yoga
• Introduction to Tantra
• What is Tantra?
• Kinds of Tantra
• Self-continence
• Conscious relationships
• Sublimation
• Causes of a healthy relationship
• Causes of a pathetic relationship
• Transfiguration
• Consecration
• What is Kundalini
• 4 Mudras

Practicum

• Practice practicum in small groups
• Receiving/giving feedback
• Observing and learning from each other's teaching
• Practice teaching in the whole class
• Listening, learning, and uplifting each other

Prerequisites

Although our 500-hour YTTC is beginner, intermediate, and advanced friendly. As our training schedule is very intense, we prefer that you have some knowledge of Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga, or Kundalini Yoga (Online/Offline). It would also be great if you had practiced some classes of Hatha, Ashtanga, Kundalini, or any other form of yoga on a regular basis or a frequent basis (online/offline). If you have already attended some short retreats: Silence retreat, Vipassana kind of retreat, or any other retreat/ workshops/ seminars about the yogic path, that also can be a plus point. As we do keep the partial silence, so that you can have the full benefit of the training.

• Now that you have enrolled for the 500-hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, your days will be packed with classes, sessions, lectures, and activities for which attendance is a must
• They require students to be motivated and disciplined at all times, be it with regard to attending classes as well as other habits. This means no alcohol, tobacco, or drugs are to be consumed at the center. Non-vegetarian food and caffeine are strictly prohibited, and any form of nudity will not be encouraged at the center
• All the above rules are to be strictly followed; failing by which a student would have to be dismissed from the center

Discipline rules for students

• Drinks, drugs, and cigarettes are not to be found anywhere in the center
• Skipping classes and other sessions for invalid reasons will not be encouraged
• Students are expected to respect gurus and others around the center, including other students
• In case of fasting or eating outside, kitchen managers are to be informed so as to prevent wastage
• All borrowed items from the center need to be returned before a student’s departure
• Family or friends visiting need to gain identification proof from the front desk

Schedule

You may have followed the same regime you were confined to at the 200-hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, or you may have gone back to your old style of living back at home. In the case of the latter, here, you get another practice for the disciplining you need to go back to. Either way, the schedule at the 500-hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh now won’t be a problem for you.

• 05:30 - 06:30 - Pranayama, meditation, shatkarmas
• 06:30 - 08:00 - Ashtanga yoga
• 08:00 - 09:00 - Breakfast
• 09:00 - 10:00 - Anatomy
• 10:00 - 11:30 - Art of teaching / Yoga Sutra / philosophy / Kundalini and Tantra / Bhagavat Geeta
• 11:30 - 12:30 - Group discussion/practice practicum
• 12:30 - 14:00 - Lunch
• 14:00 - 15:00 - Yoga Nidra / anatomy
• 15:00 - 16:00 - Restorative / Therapeutic yoga / alignment / adjustment / details explanation of each asana
• 16:00 - 17:30 - Hatha / Hatha Vinyasa
• 17:30 - 18:00 - Break
• 18:00 - 19:00 - Meditation / Kirtan / Bhajan
• 19:00 - 20:00 - Dinner