13 Day 100-Hour Hatha, Vinyasa, and Hatha Yoga Teacher Training in Varkala, India

Certifications

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

This is the right course for you if you:

• Want to take a peek into what a full 200-hour yoga teacher training entails
• Improve your personal yoga practice and take a strong, but restful vacation from your everyday life
• Are already a yoga teacher and want to improve your teaching skills and deepen your knowledge

By practicing classical Hatha yoga with devotion, you will be able to follow any style of your choice in the future and reap spiritual, physical, and mental benefits, including from your youth to old age, across the seasons of your life. You will also be able to create sequences for expanding your yoga practice, which will remain with you for the rest of your life.

This program benefits the body and mind by removing energy blockages, balancing the chakras, and regulating energy distribution throughout the body. Yoga strengthens the body and clears the mind from the inside. You will learn Hatha Vinyasa and Hatha Shanti yoga sequences, which you can further continue to practice on your own afterwards.

Massages function as acupuncture for the nadis / nerves from the outside and balance blood circulation and the immune system.

The philosophy class is based on the ancient philosophy of yoga, Vedanta teaching, Patanjali Sutras, Shiva Sutras, Bhakti yoga, chanting, and japa mala (mantra repetition). You will receive a book of Patanjali Sutras as a gift to explore and as a support for your spiritual practices of yoga.

During the noon meditation session, you will be exploring different types of meditation techniques, such as pranayama or breathing exercises, since that is where the relaxation starts, and that is how you can unwind from stress.

Ayurveda

Food is one of the paths to optimal health, but can also bring disease. In modern living, changing lifestyles, increased stress, and improper food combinations result in ill health, weakened immunity, chronic conditions, and lack of energy and vitality. Oftentimes, if one seeks modern medicine to alleviate such problems, the problems only compound since the root of the imbalance is not addressed.

The traditional medicine path of Ayurveda offers a path forward, something that addresses imbalances at their root and treats the whole body. Ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to the Indian subcontinent and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine.

In Sanskrit, the word Ayurveda consists of the words 'yus,' meaning longevity, and 'veda,' meaning related to knowledge or science—essentially the science of life and longevity. Evolving throughout its history, Ayurveda remains an influential system of medicine in South Asia. The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India. Over the following centuries, Ayurvedic practitioners developed a number of medicinal preparations and surgical procedures for the treatment of various ailments and diseases.

Shiva Rishi Yoga looks forward to sharing this knowledge and practice with you at their center. Their yoga teacher, Shivaji, will provide body alignment and special attention to everyone, with care and respect.

Please note that the afternoon program and times will vary daily depending on the type of activity (excursions, massages, etc.). Thus, when there are trips planned, your afternoon schedule will start earlier than 16:30.

Sample daily schedule

Example 1

• 06:15 - 08:00 Hatha yoga practice with Shiva
• 08:10 - 09:10 Nadis, kaphalabhati, pranayama with Manjula
• 09:15 Breakfast (sattvic yoga food)
• 11:30 Alignments - standing and bending with Shiva
• 13:00 Kerala lunch (bhina ji)
• 14:30 Anatomy and Ayurveda with Dr. Anish
• 16:30 Vinyasa yoga (Shiva)
• 18:30 Dinner
• Self-study

Example 2

• 06:15 - 08:00 Hatha yoga practice with Shiva
• 08:10 - 09:10 Chakras, pranayama, with Manjula
• 09:15 Breakfast (sattvic yoga food)
• 11:30 Alignment - backbend and sequencing with Shiva
• 13:00 Kerala lunch (bhina ji)
• 14:30 - 15:30 Chakra meditation and philosophy with Yogi Akash
• 16:30 Vinyasa yoga (Shiva)
• 18:30 Dinner
• Self-study

Example 3

• 06:15 - 08:00 Hatha yoga practice with Shiva
• 08:10 - 09:10 Nadis, kaphalabhati, pranayama with Manjula
• 09:15 Breakfast (sattvic yoga food)
• 11:30 Alignment - seated positions with Shiva
• 13:00 Kerala lunch (bhina ji)
• 14:30 - 15:30 Philosophy and yoga Nidra with Yogi Ashok
• 16:30 Yoga practice - Vinyasa yoga with Shiva
• 18:30 Dinner
• Self-study

Example 4

• 06:15 - 08:00 Hatha yoga practice with Shiva
• 08:10 - 09:10 Nadis, kaphalabhati, pranayama with Manjula
• 09:15 Breakfast (sattvic)
• 11:30 Patanjali Yoga Sutra: Four paths of yoga with Shalini
• 13:00 Kerala traditional lunch (bhina ji)
• 14:30 - 15:30 Yoga Nidra and philosophy with Yogi Sam
• 16:00 Backwater trip to Golden Island
• 19:30 Dinner
• Self-study