21 Day 200-Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India

Do you have the desire to teach and heal others through yoga? But, at the same time, you know there's still some work to do on yourself first? If this is you, then this is the perfect program.

The ashram is surrounded by an evergreen forest, banana trees, and a stunning little river that flows directly to the Ganges. The training helps you to experience, this sacred setting and will hold space for you to breathe, release and absorb the knowledge shared, so you can take the first steps of your true yogic path.

The training certificate will be in Ashtanga Vinyasa, with some amazing additional extras the ashram feels you deserve. You will have the opportunity to experience different styles of yoga and movement within our dynamic schedule.

Join this course to learn many different applications of yoga philosophy, meditation, pranayama, and shatkarma. All of which hopefully will stay with you and make an appearance in your daily life.

Asana

A daily teaching practice class is devoted to teaching you how to teach asanas and pranayama. A daily asana practice class gives you the opportunity to practice your own asanas and will help to build a good habit of practice. The daily in-depth practice with individual corrections comprises:

• Sun salutation
• 12 basic yoga postures
• 100 asana variations, from intermediate level to advanced
• Postural alignment
• Deep relaxation with autosuggestion
• Release of blocked energy
• Training sessions for all age groups

Benefits of asanas

• Control emotions
• Improve the power of concentration
• Rid the body of excess fat
• Enhance physical fitness
• Relieve chronic ailments such as constipation, rheumatism, stomach complaints
• Stimulate circulation
• Stabilise thyroid functions
• Keep muscles youthful and supple into old age

Pranayama

• Expands capacity of the lungs
• Relaxes the nervous system
• Balances the two hemispheres of the brain
• Purifies the nadis (subtle energy channels)
• Awakens the inner spiritual energy
• Kapalabhati (lung cleansing exercise)
• Anuloma Viloma (alternate nostril breathing)
• Ujjayi, Surya Bheda, Bhastrika, Sitali, Sitkari, Bhramari
• Samanu (mental cleansing of the nadis)
• The three bandhas: Jalandhara, Moola, Uddiyana

Kriyas

Tratak, Neti, Kapalabhati, Dhauti, Nauli, and Basti: six classical purification exercises for the eyes, nose, air passages, esophagus and stomach, abdominal organs, and large intestine. Explanation and demonstration of the exercises and their effects. Individual instruction.

Yoga anatomy and physiology

• Introduction to the major body systems
• The effects of asanas and pranayama on the cardiovascular system, respiration, digestion, skeletal and muscular systems, endocrine system
• The eight systems of the body
• Yoga and physical culture
• Diet and nutrition

Karma yoga

Karma yoga is the practice of selfless service and helps to reduce selfishness and egoism and keeps you fit and healthy and gives immeasurable joy. You will be asked to do various tasks within the ashram setting including gardening, cooking, cleaning, office work, and any other work necessary for the smooth running of the community.

• The law of cause and effect
• Samsara – the wheel of birth and death
• Karma yoga - selfless service: one hour daily in the ashram community

Hatha yoga

• Ethical and moral principles
• Body – prana (life energy) – mind
• From control over the body to control over the mind and meditation

Raja yoga

• Ashtanga - the 8 steps of yoga
• Antahkarana - functions of the mind
• Concentration and meditation

Kundalini yoga

• The Absolute and how it manifests itself in nature
• Macrocosmos & microcosmos
• The 7 Chakras
• The awakening of cosmic energy

Bhakti yoga

• Kirtan: chanting of classical Sanskrit mantras
• Indian gods and their cosmic meaning
• Arati and Pujas (traditional Indian rituals)
• Chanting opens the heart and purifies the mind. With daily chanting, you develop a strong feeling of devotion and a very pure vibration. In devotional chanting correct pronunciation, devotional attitude, and awareness of meaning are all-important.

Jnana yoga

• Basic concepts of Vedanta philosophy
• The 7 Bhoomikas or planes of consciousness
• Space, time, causation
• The 3 bodies
• The 3 levels of the mind
• Conquest of death

Teaching practice

• How to teach the 12 basic postures and breathing exercises to beginners and intermediate students
• Setting up a proper environment for class
• General pointers on teaching a class
• Beginners' course
• Advanced postures
• Relaxation
• Detailed correction workshops
• In the second half of the training course, participants will teach each other under the guidance of an experienced instructor

Yoga nutrition

• Vegetarianism – for ethical, spiritual, and health reasons
• How diet affects the mind
• The proper balance of the main nutrients
• Ayurvedic principles of nutrition
• Healing effects of fasting

Daily schedule of TTC except for Sundays holidays

Daily sample schedule

• 07:00 Wake up
• 08:00 - 10:00 Practice of TTC
• 10:00 - 10:30 Breakfast
• 10:30 - 12:00 Practice of TTC, which is Karma yoga / Seva / service without expectations
• 12:00 - 13:00 Self-study part of TTC
• 13:00 - 13:30 Lunch
• 15:00 - 15:15 Tea break
• 16:00 - 19:00 Theory and practice of TTC
• 19:30 Dinner
• 21:00 Rest