12-daagse 100-urige Hatha en Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga lerarenopleiding in Rishikesh, India

Certifications

The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.

Program

This 100-hour yoga teacher training course gives you a basic understanding of yoga practices. You will get an empirical knowledge of asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, chantings, mudras, bandhas with a theoretical understanding of yogic philosophies and concepts. Apart from health and fitness, if someone is looking for the technique for maintaining serenity inside mind and soul than one must opt for yogic techniques. Due to an uneven and hectic modern life, the demand for professional and skilled yoga gurus is increasing. So, one can also look for the brightest career in the teaching field of yoga. This 100-hour teacher training course is one of the recommended ways to find out the real meaning of yoga in the shortest span of time.

Styles of yoga

Mantra chanting

Mantra chanting is a holy pronouncement of mantra to pierce the unconscious mind. Chanting mantra aloud gives quick relaxation to the mind and also gives positive vibes. The benefits of mantra chanting are:

• Induces the endocrine system
• Promotes maintaining your blood pressure
• Reduces stress and adrenaline levels
• Helps in making your thinking process better

Hatha yoga

Hatha defines as physical yoga postures. Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Iyengar, and Power yoga classes are part of Hatha yoga. The benefits of Hatha yoga are:

• Controls mood swings
• Makes your skin healthy and looks good
• Promotes a better immunity level by which your body fights from a disease
• Improves bone density and lowers the risk of fractures

Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga

In this style, practitioners are recommended to memorize the yoga. The trainer then comes and modify the practitioner. The benefits of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga are:

• Good for reducing body fat percentage
• Helps in building the strength of your body, which improves the tone of your muscle
• Improves blood circulation
• With continuous practice, helps you in keeping your heart rate up which helps in cardiovascular fitness

Pranayama (breathing technique)

The practice or technique of breath control is known as pranayama. It involves the exercise of inhalation and exhalation of air through using your lungs. Benefits of pranayama or breathing technique are:

• Helps in balancing energy and adjusting mood swings
• Helps in living a long and healthy life
• Helps your body to remove all the toxins and waste material from it
• With daily practice, helps in keeping your lungs healthy and promotes blood circulation throughout the body

Meditation

Meditation involves focusing on one particular point for a certain amount of time. Meditation is the key to becoming a better version of yourself. Benefits of meditation:

• Makes you more emotionally stable
• Helps in reducing the age-related memory loss factor
• Best in keeping your head high against addictions
• Promotes a positive feeling to the person

Kriya yoga

A set of pranayama, mantra, and mudra is known as Kriya yoga. Kriya yoga is based on the techniques to get spiritual connections. The primary focus of Kriya yoga is to achieve the goal of your life. Benefits of Kriya yoga:

• Good for people struggling to maintain their blood pressure
• Builds your concentration and memory strength which improves your learning ability
• With regular practice, helps individuals from stress and makes their pain tolerance level high
• Activates all the internal organs in the body

Yoga philosophy

Yoga philosophy is a study that involves the learning of oneself, physically, mentally, and spiritually. It also introduces you to the seven chakras of the human body. Yoga philosophy gives you useful insights about yogic science and its different aspects. Benefits of learning yoga philosophy:

• Helps the newcomers to get aware of all the aspects of yoga

The most basic rules to be followed in yoga are exercise, diet, meditation, breathing, and relaxation.

Course module

• Surya Namaskara
• Padangusthasana
• Utthita Trikonasana
• Utthita Parsvakonasana
• Parivrtta Trikonasana
• Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
• Prasarita Padottanasana A, B, C D
• Parsvottanasana
• Utkatasana
• Arddha Baddha Padmottanasana
• Uttana Padasana
• Sirsasana A, B
• Balasana
• Baddha Padmasana
• Urdhva Padmasana
• Pindasana
• Virabhadrasana A, B
• Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana A, B, C, D
• Urdhva Dhanurasana
• Salamba Sarvangasana
• Padmasana
• Setu Bandhasana
• Halasana
• Karnapidasana
• Matsyasana

Course methodology

• Training and practice: This module will include such as asana, pranayama, kriya, chanting, mantra, meditation and other traditional yoga techniques.
• Yoga lifestyle, philosophy and ethics for yoga teachers: The 100-hour yoga teacher training course will include a study of yoga philosophies, yoga lifestyle and ethics for yoga teachers. This knowledge is important because it informs the practitioner how to live in a way better manner.
• Yoga anatomy and physiology: This module covers both human physical and physiology anatomy and includes both theoretical knowledge of the systems and their practical application within yoga (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, etc).
• Teaching methodology: It includes principles of demonstration, assisting and correcting, observation, instruction, different teaching styles, qualities of a teacher, as well as business aspects of teaching yoga.
• Assignments: These learning teaching techniques are based on the literature of teaching methodology, studying and writing your own reflections and watching videos of yoga gurus, creating your own class, group discussions and examinations on knowledge of content.

Daily schedule

• 05:30 - 06:00 Morning tea
• 06:00 - 07:30 Hatha yoga
• 07:45 - 08:45 Pranayama
• 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
• 10:30 - 11:30 Yoga philosophy
• 11:30 - 12:00 Tea time
• 12:00 - 13:00 Mantra / Ayurveda / teaching methodology
• 13:00 - 13:45 Lunch
• 15:00 - 16:00 Yoga anatomy / alignment class
• 16:00 - 16:15 Tea break
• 16:15 - 17:45 Ashtanga yoga
• 18:00 - 19:00 Meditation / yoga Nidra
• 19:00 - 19:45 Dinner