23 Day 200-Hour Aerial, Hatha, Ashtanga-Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India
India Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh
Ishavasyam Yoga School is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School situated in Rishikesh, India. At Ishavasyam Yoga School, you will get a life-changing experience. The school is located in silence and covered with nature. The teachers are highly qualified and follow the Guru tradition to provide the best and most authentic knowledge from the original sources of yogic texts. You will experience the most life-changing experience and will feel like family.
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Highlights
- Daily yoga, meditation, mantra chanting, pranayama, and shatkarma practices
- 10 days of Aerial Yoga & Aerial Flow
- Core strengthening practice
- Eligible to register with Yoga Alliance upon completion
- Daily 3 times yogic food and detox tea
- Pick-up or drop-off at the airport (except for those who book the dorm room)
- 1 Ayurvedic and lifestyle session
- 22 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Types
23 days with instruction in English
Accommodation
Facilities
- Spa
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Kitchen
- Smoke-free property
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- ATM / banking
- Currency exchange
- Dry cleaning
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Ironing / ironing board
- Laundry
- Library
- Medical assistance
- Wireless internet
Ishavasyam Yoga School offers some of the finest and cleanest accommodations in all of Rishikesh, ensuring a comfortable and convenient stay whether you are here for a vacation or an intensive yoga course. Ishavasyam Yoga School understands that different types of travel require different amenities, and they are committed to making your stay as pleasant as possible.
The accommodations include options for dormitory-style sharing, private rooms, and twin-sharing rooms, allowing you to choose according to your personal preferences. Each room is equipped with clean bed linens, blankets, and pillows and features an air conditioner and an en-suite bathroom with both cold and hot water available around the clock. All rooms have private bathrooms for added convenience. To keep you connected, our entire campus provides unlimited high-speed Wi-Fi.
Set amidst the tranquil green mountains that soothe the soul, and with the sacred Ganges River just a short walk away, Ishavasyam Yoga School offers a serene and inspiring environment that enhances your overall experience.
Some facilities mentioned are paid. And can be availed by the students near the school easily.
Program
Certification
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
Who can practice Aerial Yoga?
Aerial yoga is suitable for people of all fitness levels. Whether you're a seasoned yogi looking for a new challenge or a beginner hoping to explore yoga in a fun and supportive way, aerial yoga offers a transformative experience. However, it's always recommended to consult with a healthcare provider if you have any medical conditions.
How Aerial Yoga works
In aerial yoga, practitioners perform asanas (poses) using a supportive hammock that hangs from the ceiling. This allows for deeper stretches, greater flexibility, and improved posture, as gravity assists with alignment and decompression of the spine. The hammock also helps practitioners balance in challenging poses and enables movements that are difficult to achieve in traditional yoga, such as inversions and backends.
Benefits of Aerial Yoga
- Enhanced Flexibility: The support of the hammock allows your body to move more freely, helping you achieve a greater range of motion in poses.
- Improved Strength: Holding yourself in suspended poses engages core muscles, upper body, and legs, building full-body strength.
- Spinal Decompression: Hanging upside down in inversions allows the spine to lengthen and decompress, offering relief from back pain and tension.
- Mind-Body Connection: The mindful movements in aerial yoga foster a sense of focus and relaxation, helping to reduce stress and improve mental clarity.
This training is an intense program and it is the best way to start your real journey toward yoga as a lifestyle or if you want to create a career as a Yoga Teacher. Most people understand that to do YTTC you need experience in yoga, but Ishavasyam Yoga School in this course offers a complete package starting from the very beginning to the intermediate level. In this course, you learn Traditional Hatha, Ashtanga-Vinyasa, Aerial Yoga, Pranayama-Shatkarma, Meditation, Yog Nidra, Yoga Anatomy, Alignment & Yog Philosophy.
Ishavasyam Yoga School's motto is to keep on learning and sharing this beautiful yet powerful knowledge and keep on growing yoga families all around the world spreading love, peace, and harmony.
Course syllabus:
This yoga TTC in Rishikesh can serve as a life-transforming experience for a person, making it possible for him or her to work on personal and spiritual ascension. This can help in strengthening the mind and body for the more significant challenges in life.
The great yogis
- Yugrishi Pandit Shri Ram Sharma
- Swami Vivekananda
- Paramahansa Yogananda
- Anandamayi Ma
- Mata Bhagwati Devi
Mantra chanting
- Aum Namah Shivaya
- Aum Sarveshaam Svastir-Bhavatu
- Aum Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
- Gayatri Mantra
- Aum Saha Navavatu
- Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
- Aum Asato Ma Sadgamaya
- Aum Purnamadah Purnamidam
- Patanjali Sloka
Hatha yoga asana
- Surya Namaskar
- Pawanmuktasana series 1
- Pawanmuktasana series 2
- Chandra Namaskar (Moon salutation)
- Tadasana (palm tree pose)
- Triyak tadasana (swaying palm tree pose)
- Trikonasana (triangle pose)
- Parivirtatrikon asana - revolving triangle pose
- Garudasana - eagle pose
- Baddha Konasana - bound angle pose
- Rajkapoot asana - pigeon pose
- Bhujanghasana - cobra pose
- Urdhva Mukha svanasana - upward facing dog
- Matsyasana
- Setu Bhandasana
- Utrasana
- Dhanurasana
- Salabhasana
- Supta Virasana- reclining hero pose
- Virasana –hero pose
- Vajrasana –thunderbolt
- Gomukhasana
- Balasana
- Dandasana
- Ardha Matsyendrasana
- Virbhdrasana 1 - warrior 1
- Virbhdrasana 2 - warrior 2
- Virbhdrasana 3 - warrior 3
- Ardha Chandrasana - Half moon pose
- Vriksasana - tree pose
- Parvatasana - mountain pose
- Adho mukha svanasana - downward facing dog
- Kati chakrasana - waist rotating pose
Ashtanga Vinyasa
- Coverage: alignment, Drishti, adjustment, options
- Surya Namaskar A
- Surya Namaskar B
Full primary series
- Padangusthasana
- Padahasthasana
- Utthita Trikonasana
- Parivrtta Trikonasana
- Utthita Parsvakonasana
- Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
- Prasarita Padottanasana a b c and d
- Parsvottanasana
- Eka Pada Padangusthasana a b c and d
- Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana
- Utkatasana
- Virabhadrasana a and b
- Dandasana
- Paschimottanasana a b c and d
- Purvattanasana
- Ardha Baddha Padma Uttanasana
- Triang Mukaikapada Pashimottanasana
- Janu Sirsasana a b c and d
- Marichyasana a b c and d
- Navasana
- Bhujapidasana
- Kurmasana
- Supta Kurmasana
- Garbha Pindasana
- Kukkutasana
- Baddha Konasana a and b
- Konasana
- Upavishta Konasana
- Supta Konasana
- Supta Padangusthasana a and b
- Ubhaya Padanghusthasana
- Urdhva Mukha Pashimottanasana
- Setu Bandhasana
- Urdhva Dhanurasana
- Salamba Sarvangasana
- Halasana
- Karnapidasana
- Urdhva Pindasana
- Matsyasana
- Urdhva Padmasana
- Sirsasana
- Urdhva Dandasana
- Baddha Padmasana
- Yogimudra
- Uplutih
- Savasana
Mudras
- Introduction to Mudra
- Mudra and Prana
- A scientific look at Mudra
- 5 groups of yoga Mudras
- Jnana and (Mudra of knoweldge)
- Chin Mudra (Mudra of consciousness)
- Vayu Mudra (Mudra of air)
- Prana Mudra (Mudra of life)
- Shunya Mudra (Mudra of emptiness)
- Apan Mudra (Mudra of digesition)
- Surya Mudra (Mudra of sun)
- Varun Mudra (Mudra of water)
- Hridaya Mudra (Mudra of heart)
- Shanmukhi Mudra (Closing the seven gates)
Cleansing
- Jala and Sutra Neti - Nasal flush
- Kapalbhati - Forceful breathing
- Kunjal Kriya - Forceful vomiting
- Tratak - Candle gazing
Life management
- Purpose of life and its dimensions
- Importance of self-evaluation
- Duties and commitment to self, family, and society
- Adjustment with self and environment
- Positive way of thinking
- Tools and techniques for positive thinking
- Karma and Karma Phal Sidhanta
- Behavioral skill
Bandha's
- Mula Bandha - Anal lock
- Uddiyana Bandha - Lifting of the diaphragm
- Jalandhara Bandha - Chin lock
- Maha Bandha - Practice all three Bandhas at the same time.
Yoga therapy and Ayurveda
- Introduction and importance of yoga therapy.
- Understanding an individual’s body type and its ailments through yoga therapy.
- Planning a nutritious yogic diet program, making lifestyle changes through yogic mindful living and meditative practices.
- History and basic principles of Ayurveda.
- Three types of body constitution and their diagnosis.
- SaptaDhatu (7 body tissues) and how to nurture them through herbs and yoga practices.
- Basic concept of Panchakarma and massage therapy.
- History and basic principles of Ayurveda.
- Three types of body constitution and their diagnosis.
- 6 types of tastes and their relation to body constitutions.
- Uses of general herbs and remedies.
- Shatkarma and Asanas therapeutic application and benefits.
Philosophy
- Three Gunas
- Cause and types of pain
- The monkey mind
- Sanatana Dharma
- Vedas and the Vedic system
- The four goals of life
- The four-stage of life
- The Vedic system of duties
- Law of Karma
- Puranas
- The six systems of Indian philosophy
- The eight limbs of yoga
- Stages of Samadhi
- The six yoga systems
- Jnana yoga
- Bhakti yoga
- Karma yoga
- Mantra yoga
- Hatha yoga
- Laya yoga
- Raja yoga
Anatomy
- Body planes
- Joints
- Anatomical movements
- Muscle and posture
- Yoga and posture
- Muscular system
- Spine
- Deformities of the spine
- Pelvic region
- The human knee
- Tendon and ligaments
- Rhomboids minor and major
- Supraspinatus muscle
- Infraspinatus muscle
- Subscapularis muscle
- Teres minor
- Deltoid
- Bicep Brachii
- Tricep Brachii
- Pectoralis minor
- Rectus abdominus
- Trapezius
- Latissimus dorsi
- Llipsoas
- Digestive system
- Circulatory system
- Respiratory system
- Nervous system
- Endocrine system
- Chakra
Pranyama and meditation
Pranayama
- Definition of pranayama
- Four aspects of pranayama
- Easy pose
- Half-lotus
- Swastikasana
- Need of breath.
- Natural breathing.
- Abdominal (or diaphragmatic) breathing
- Thoracic breathing
- Chandra Nadi Pranayama (Moon piercing breath)
- Surya Nadi Pranayama (Sun piercing breath)
- Nadi Shodhana Pranayama (Alternate nostril breath)
- Ujjayi Pranayama (Ocean breath)
- Sheetali and Sheetkari Pranayama (Cooling breath)
Aerial Yoga
- The student will learn about 50 different postures in these subcategories.
- Warm Ups
- Pull based movements
- Poses for the core region
- Spinal Extension
- Shoulders and Backbends
- Balancing Postures
- Other Postures
- Finishing Postures
Meditation
- Introduction to meditation
- Origin and history of meditation
- Breath awareness meditation
- AUM chanting meditation
- Trataka meditation
Assessments are based on:
- Attendance
- Behavior
- Practical and written exam
Sample schedule (tentative)
- 05:30 Wake up
- 06:30 - 08:00 Hatha & Yin Asana
- 08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
- 08:30 - 09:30 Yoga anatomy & physiology
- 10:00 - 11:30 Aerial Asana
- 11:30 - 12:30 Yoga Philosophy
- 12:30 - 13:00 Lunch
- 13:00 - 14:30 Break/rest
- 14:30 - 15:45 Aerial sequence
- 15:45 - 17:15 Ashtanga Vinyasa
- 17:20 - 18:20 Pranayama, meditation, and yoga Nidra
- 18:30 - 19:15 Dinner
- 21:30 Lights off
Included excursions
- Excursion to Kunja Puri Temple: The temple of Shakti (the feminine energy) for exclusive meditation with an outstanding view of the Himalayas.
- Excursion to Vasistha Cave: An ancient cave on the banks of the Ganges where Sage Vasistha meditated for many years.
- Excursion to the Ghats on the banks of the Ganges for a world-class Ganga Aarti ceremony.
- Waterfall hiking to Patna Waterfall
Note
One Excursion is included during the course other Sundays will be given to students for self-study and exploring the city.
Instructors
Kushagra Ji
Yoga has been a part of Kushagra Ji's life since his childhood, with blessings from his grandparents and his guru. Kushagra, an E-RYT 500, YACEP, has a bachelor's and master's degree in yogic science. Having over nine years of teaching experience in the Nath Yoga Tradition, focusing on Hatha yoga, Kundalini, pranayama, and yoga therapy, covering the traditional and modern dimensions of the yogic science and the philosophy behind it.
Arjun Sharma
Arjun Sharma is an experienced Aerial yoga teacher with, a certified 500 hours Yoga Teacher Trainer, and 8 years of experience in Aerial Asana and flow and has taught this practice for more than 6 years. Arjun specializes in providing yoga training that can help people reach their physical, mental and emotional potential. He offers a unique and personalized service that will help you achieve your health, fitness, and well-being. Whether you are looking to strengthen your poses or learn new techniques, he can help!
Anuradha Sharma
Anuradha Sharma was born and raised in one of the beautiful states of Bharat - India called Manipur. In her earlier young days of life, she was not much aware of yoga and it's practices. However, from her mother's side, she was blessed by her grandmother who was a karma yogi. Anuradha's childhood education was taken under her Holy hands and at that time, some how the seeds of yoga were sown in her heart.
Om Prakash Ji (OP ji)
Op ji a dedicated Yoga Anatomy Teacher, he is passionate about raising awareness and spreading knowledge about the body's intricate mechanics, and the way it functions during yoga practices. His educational background and extensive training in anatomy, physiology, and yoga have enabled me to inspire and guide others as they journey towards physical, mental, and spiritual growth. With a commitment to excellence and a deep reverence for the discipline, he's focused on delivering a transformative learning experience that will leave his students feeling empowered, rejuvenated, and balanced.
Mahesh Ji
Mahesh, a passionate Yoga Instructor with over 10 years of Learning & personal practice. After completing his 200-hour teaching training course in Rishikesh, he embarked on a journey to share his profound knowledge. Mahesh specializes in Ashtanga, Hatha, and Vinyasa styles, offering guidance to students of all levels. His sincere and positive nature, combined with an innate ability to connect with others, makes him a valuable mentor.
Location
Learn yoga in Rishikesh, the world's yoga center, and learn the Himalayan way to progress in the traditional way at the school ashram in Rishikesh's Swarg Ashram in the hills of Uttarakhand, northern India. Along the Ganges. The river is considered sacred, and the city is known as the world's yoga capital. The area around the ashram is very peaceful, but at the same time very energetic due to the energy flowing from the Ganges.
Rishikesh is also a magical sacred place that has somehow fascinated people from all over the world for years. The school is a short distance from the Ganges. The school is surrounded by soothing green mountains, and the Ganges River runs nearby. It's far from madness, but close enough to reach everything you need. Beyond Rishikesh, you'll find local markets, unique shops, sacred rivers, and breathtaking views of nature.
Food
Ishavasyam Yoga school regards food as medicine. Using only fresh seasonal herbs and vegetables from the local market, they provide a daily menu of wonderfully nourishing vegetarian food. Food that not only supports the healing of the body but also enhances the purification process during your stay. In addition to serving healthy, soulful, delicious vegetarian meals, they provide unlimited, filtered mineral water from their private well; naturally chilled and served from traditional earthen water basins.
Ishavasyam also provides detoxifying herbal teas made from herbs like tulsi basil, lemongrass, and ginger. This wonderfully refreshing tea is available throughout the day and is a great detox drink for the body. It keeps you well hydrated and is designed to support the digestive process.
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
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Lactose Free
- Yogic
- Ayurvedic
Exclusive Gifts
Ishavasyam Yoga School has prepared a few special surprises for you, including unique experiences and thoughtful extras to make your journey even more memorable.
Relax with a Healing Sound Bath, Ishavasyam Yoga School's Gift to You!
Ayurveda Lifestyle Consultation
Things to do (optional)
There are some amazing things to do in Rishikesh. These activities are not included in the package, but they can be arranged upon request.
- Flying fox
- Kayaking
- Cliff jumping
- Bungee jumping
- Attend Ganga Arti
- Camping and bonfire
- Ayurvedic massage and therapies
- Experience the traditional Indian culture
- River rafting - the most popular thing to do in Rishikesh
- Rappelling and rock climbing
- Parasailing and paragliding
- Mountain biking
- Trekking
Spa treatments
Ayurvedic massage and courses are available at additional cost
What's included
- Introductory class on Ayurveda and food nutrition
- Unique activities in the school, including shatkarma and ceremony
- Certificate of completion
- Excursion to Kunja Puri Temple / Vasistha Cave / Ganga Aarti Ceremony
- Complete course material such as books, notes, garland, and a school t-shirt
- All vegetarian organic meals during the entire course
- Free pick-up or drop-off service to / from Dehradun Airport (DED) (except for those who book the dorm room)
- 22 nights of comfortable accommodation
Included Exclusive Gifts
Relax with a Healing Sound Bath, Ishavasyam Yoga School's Gift to You!
As a special gift in this Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, you’ll experience a rejuvenating sound bath healing session. The vibrations of Tibetan bowls, gongs, and sacred instruments calm the mind, release tension, and deepen meditation.
Ayurveda Lifestyle Consultation
Free personal 30 minutes on-demand body diagnosis and Ayurveda consultation, for a healthy and sound lifestyle.
What's not included
- Airfare
- Room heater
- Air conditioner
- Pick-up service from Delhi Airport
- Extra meals
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer included
Jolly Grant Airport
15 km away from your destination
Transfer available for additional US$ 75 per person
Indira Gandhi International Airport
209 km away from your destination
Arrival by plane
Please book your flight to arrive at Dehradun Airport (DED) in India. One way airport transfer is included in the price. You can choose for a pick up or drop off service.
Traveling by plane from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Dehradun Airport (DED) is the safest and most convenient way of transportation and it is a one-hour journey. Most of the students choose this option and the charge is 75 USD
Arrival by taxi
Delhi airport to Rishikesh by car is a 6-7 hour journey. Delhi airport to Rishikesh taxi can also be arranged for 75 USD by the school. At Delhi airport, the school driver will be waiting with your name board and transfer you to the school.
Arrival by train
Traveling by train (from Delhi train station to Haridwar Station) is also suitable and the fare is between 20-25 USD, and it is a 4-5 hour journey. At Haridwar railway station, the school driver will be waiting with your name board to receive you.
Cancellation Policy
- 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.
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