Certifications
Students who complete their subsequent trainings are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
Overview
To become a certified yoga teacher, you must successfully complete a yoga teacher training course and show competence in your ability to teach a yoga class.
According to Patanjali - the most revered master of yoga and author of Patanjali Yoga Sutra, “As body gets purified with medicines, as language gets purified with grammar, the mind (which is the master of everything) gets purified with yoga.” With such a vivid explanation, Samadhi Yoga Ashram has devised the 300 hours of holistic yoga teacher training course for all interested aspirants, who would like to pursue their career in yoga teaching. This course is strategically developed to bring a person out of his premonitions and prepare his mind to accept and learn yoga as a way of living.
With the 300 hours of holistic yoga teacher training course, students can get enough time to learn the basics of yoga, its implications on a person’s life, its practice and its philosophy. Samadhi Yoga Ashram makes students learn different physical positions (asanas) along with breathing control (pranayama) in order to make a perfect harmony within the body, mind and the soul. With different spiritual practices, Yajna (fire rituals), mantra chanting and satsang, Samadhi Yoga Ashram envisages to offer a calming effect on the minds of the disciples and offer them a tranquil state of mind for a wilful learning. With the holistic yoga teacher training course, students stay in the campus and even participate in various activities conducted inside the campus, which reflects in their yoga teacher training.
Benefits you can expect from 300 hours of holistic yoga teacher training course
Once you are enrolled in the holistic yoga teacher training course program, you are provided with a curriculum specially designed with a balanced approach to learning and practicing. The soothing calm ashram atmosphere with the finest yoga trainers exposes you to different aspects of yoga and how to learn them to teach them to others. Samadhi Yoga Ashram provides a complete and amicable environment which helps you to learn with added concentration. The best part of such a course is that they are prepared by certified masters and yoga trainers from international accreditation agencies. And your learning gets certified to transform you into a yoga teacher in your preferred region.
Course overview
Basic Sanskrit and chakra sound
- Vija mantra of chakras
- Lam
- Vam
- Ram
- Yam
- Ham
- Om
- Sanskrit syllable
- Vowel
- Consonent
- Sound in different chakras
Mantra healing
- Mantra for leading darkness to light (Asato Mam Sadgamaya)
- Mantra for surrender (Twameva Mata)
- Mantra for healing and fearless of death (Maha Mrityunjaya)
- Guru mantra (guru Brahma)
- Mantra for removing the obstacle of life (Bakratunda Mahakaya)
- Mantra for healing energy (Pranaya Swaha-Apanaya)
- Mantra for student and teacher (Om Sahana babatu)
- Morning prayer (Karagre vasate)
- Mantra for world peace (lokah samastan)
Holistic therapy based on pranayama
- Introduction to prana and pranayama
- Individual and universal prana body (shealth)
- Natural breathing (for peace)
- Abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing (expansion and healing all internal organs)
- Thorasic / chest breathing (middle chest expansion)
- Clavicular breathing (upper lungs expansion)
- Yogic breathing / complete breathing (complete lungs therapy)
- Alternative Nostril breathing (Nadishodhanam) (balance and peace)
- Cooling breathing (Sheetali and sitkari) (fever and reduce anger)
- Bhramari pranayama (for memory and stress relief)
- Ujjayi pranayama (healing throat and prolong concentration)
- Bhastrika pranayama (for complete health)
- Kapalbhati (intense cleansing and healing stress)
- Moorchha pranayama (for ecstasy)
- Surya bheda pranayama (heating and digestive)
- Chandra bheda pranayama (activate parasympathetic system)
Mudras: Hand, face, and body talk
Origin of mudras
- What is a mudra
- Why hand mudras
- Benefits of mudra practice
- Five element theory
- Acupressure and scientific theory
Types of hand mudra
- General mudras
- Pranavayu mudra (for poor vision and increase confidence)
- Mritsanjeevani mudra (prevent heart attack and depression)
- Samana Vaayu mudra (reduces the formation of gases and acids and cure liver)
- Udana Vayu mudra (improve the power of speech and generate vitality)
- Vyana Vayu mudra (for high BP, relax mental nerves)
Therapeutic mudras
- Vayu mudra (release extra wind from the stomach)
- Agni mudra (Helps to dissolve extra fat)
- Prithivi mudra (boost blood circulation)
- Varun Mudra (reliving dehydration and stomach infection)
- Akash mudra (activate calcium and phosphorus so good for bones)
- Dhyana mudra (concentration and spiritual awakening)
Spiritual mudras
- Gyan mudra (for innate wisdom)
- Abhaya mudra (for courage and strength)
- Dhyana mudra (concentration and spiritual awakening)
Bandha (Energy Lock)
- Mula Bandha (for stability and awakening of Kundalini)
- Uddhiyana bandha (abdominal lock for balancing inner organs)
- Jalandhar bandha (throat lock)
- Maha Bandha
- What is energy blockages
- Reasons of blocking the energy and chakras
- Three majors energy blockages
Meditation
- Basics of meditation
- How to sit in meditation
- How to breathe in meditation
- How to relax in meditation
- How to concentrate in meditation
- Mantra meditation (improve anxiety)
- Breath awareness meditation (improve willpower)
- Obstacles in meditation
- Om meditation (energy booster)
- Meditation and stress management
- Trataka (Candlelight meditation) (improve eyesight and courage)
- Dynamic meditation (emotional block removing)
- Kundalini meditation (awakening sleeping kundalini energy)
- Silence meditation (for enlightenment and peace)
Yoga anatomy with a holistic approach
- Digestive system
- Respiratory system
- Circulatory system
- Effects of breathing in the respiratory system
- Effects of yoga practice and Nauli in the digestive system
- Muscular and skeletal system with advanced postures
- Nadis-the energy channel
- Prana and nervous system
- Kundalini Shakti
- Chakras
- Panchakosha
- Therapeutic applications of yoga postures and how to avoid injury in yoga postures
Massage therapy
- Ayurveda massage
- Head massage
- Back massage
- Legs massage
- Full body massage
Holistic yoga asana
- Alignment, assist, and adjustment
- Surya Namaskar (sun salutation)
- Chandra Namaskar (moon salutation)
- Bharadvajasana
- Lolasana - swinging pose
- Kukkutasana - rooster pose
- Sarpasana - snake pose
- Shalabhasana - locust pose
- Dhanurasana - bow pose
- Paschimottanasana - seated forward bend
- Janu sirshasana - head to knee pose
- Parivirta janu sirshasana - revolving head to knee pose
- Sarvangasana - shoulder stand
- Padam sarvangasana - shoulder stand lotus pose
- Sirshasana - headstand
- Natarajasana - lord shiva’s pose
- Utthita hasta padangusthasana
- Naukasana - boat pose
- Vatayanasana - horse face pose
- Mayurasana - peacock pose
- Koormasana - tortoise pose
- Chakrasana - wheel pose
- Hanumanasana - monkey pose
- Agnistambhasana - fire log pose
- Brahmacharyasana - celibate’s pose
- Astavakrasana - eight-twists pose
- Ek pada sirasana - one foot to head pose
- Chaturanga Dandasana
- Pincha Mayurasana - feathered peacock pose
- Eka Pada Koundinyasana - sage koundinyasana
- Handstand - Adho Mukha Vrksasana
- Ardha Pincha Mayurasana - dolphin pose
- Makara Adho Mukha Svanasana - dolphin plank pose
- Bakasana - crow pose
- Ek pada bakasana - one leg crow
- Utthan Pristhasana- lizard pose
- Pashasana-Noose Pose
- Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana- sundial or compass pose
- Titibasana - firefly pose
- Parshva bakasana - side crow
Yoga Nidra
- Yoga Nidra-conscious sleep (to master the sleep)
- Full body relaxation (complete rejuvenation)
- Tension relaxation (removing blocks from whole body)
- Point to point yoga Nidra (opening unconscious mind and transformation)
- Subtle body awakening yoga Nidra (feeling of expansion)
Sat Karma
- Jal Neti (nasal cleaning for opening the cognitive senses)
- Rubber Neti (nasal cleaning with a cathedral for intense nasal block)
- Agnisar kriya
- Kapalbhati kriya
- Trataka kriya
- Kunjal kriya
Holistic yoga philosophy
- Yoga philosophy and understanding of truth
- Patanjali yoga Sutras
- Bhagavat Geeta
- Hatha yoga Pradipika
Yoga therapy
- Foundation of yoga therapy
- Origin, history, and development of yoga Chikitsa
- Yogic perspective of human existence
- Health, disease and four-fold strategy of yoga therapy
- Yoga therapy and amiable disorders
- Diagnostic tools in yoga therapy
- Yogic diet
- Shatkarma and their therapeutic benefits
- Asana and their therapeutic application
- Therapeutic potential of pranayama
- Therapeutic application of bandha and mudra
- Meditation and relaxation as therapy tools
- Yoga therapy for musculoskeletal and psychosomatic disorders
- Satkarma therapy
- Natural healing
- Yoga therapy for different diseases
Teaching practice
- Demonstration
- Alignment
- Instructions
- Teaching methodology
- Positive and conscious communication
- Friendship and trust
- Time management
- Quality of a teacher
- Use voice in the class
- Mental and emotional preparation for teaching
- Class preparation
- Step by step class structure planning
Assessment
- Based on oral test
- Behavior
- Attendance
- Performance
Ayurveda
- Ayurvedic perspective of human existence
- Prakriti and its analysis
- Tri-dosha
- Pancha mahabhuta (theory of five elements)
- Prakriti
- Ayurveda diet
- Tastes
- Reiki healing
- Level I Reiki training for self-healing
Music and dance therapy
Daily schedule
- 05:30 Morning bell
- 06:00 Prayer and mantra chanting
- 08:00 Holistic asana
- 09:15 Breakfast
- 10:45 Yoga therapy
- 12:00 Yoga philosophy
- 13:15 Lunch
- 14:15 Yoga Nidra
- 14:45 Yoga anatomy
- 16:00 Alignment and adjustment
- 17:15 Asana Flow
- 18:45 Meditation
- 19:50 Dinner
- 21:00 Lights off
