20 Day 300-Hour Hatha, Ashtanga, Yin, Kundalini, and Acro Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India

Requirements

You will need a RYT 200 certificate to join this course.

The training

Yogis have been practicing yoga in Rishikesh for thousands of years. That's why the vibration and spiritual presence is so powerful here. Thousands of yogis inspire yoga practitioners to come here and learn.

Mother Ganga has been witness to thousands of enlightened individuals. Vinyasa Yoga Academy's goal is to assist you as you strive to learn multi-style Hatha and Ashtanga yoga. They employ a carefully crafted curriculum to deliver upon you the capacity to provide knowledge to those who seek inner peace, sparking a potential yoga teacher or instructor in you.

The 300-hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh offered by Vinyasa Yoga Academy can help you achieve significant goals for transformation in your life. This 300-hour teacher training in Rishikesh, India, will improve your practice, teach you the best yogic techniques, awaken your energy throughout your life, and improve your confidence, contentment, and health. Connect with a genuine community of yoga instructors, scholars, and dedicated yogis in the "Yoga Capital of the World."

In-depth training in asanas (yoga postures), pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy, anatomy & physiology, alignment, modifications, teaching techniques, and the fundamentals of yoga are all included in the 300-Hour Yoga TTC.

The 300-hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh is a comprehensive program designed for those who have already completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training and are looking to further their knowledge and expertise. This program provides an opportunity for yoga teachers to develop advanced teaching skills and deepen their personal practice.

Overview

Rishikesh, also referred to as ''the yoga capital of the world'', is a unique place to study yoga. Surrounded by the holy waters of the Ganges, set onto the hills of the beautiful, green Himalayan Mountains, you'll experience an instant and natural feeling of true happiness and gratitude. Enjoy the nightly Ganga Aarti (fire offering) on the Ganges in the evenings. All and all granted for a truly spiritual journey into India, completing your yoga course with an uplifted spirit and feeling compassion for everything surrounding you.

Next to this, Vinyasa Yoga Academy is proud to introduce you to the beloved family consisting of the highly qualified Indian team of teachers and staff members. All teachers have a unique approach with a personal touch of love, paying attention to the group process but also meeting the student's personal needs. The humble staff members will do everything in their power to make your stay as convenient as possible, making it feel as if you were at home.

Your yoga journey

Yoga styles

• Ashtanga
• Hatha
• Vinyasa
• Yin
• Kundalini
• Acro

Practices

• Pranayama
• Meditation
• Bandha
• Mudra
• Satkarma
• Alignment

Theory

• Yoga anatomy
• Yoga therapy
• Yoga philosophy
• Yoga psychology
• Ayurveda

Healings

• Sound healing
• Kirtan and music
• Temple visit
• Mud bath

Activities

• Ganga bath
• Dance meditation

Course Syllabus

Alignment

• Meaning and sense of alignment
• Role of alignment in daily practice
• Prana and chakras - how to balance them
• 5 koshas and alignment
• Importance of alignment
• Aspect of alignment
• Avoid injuries through alignment
• Enhancing the movement of joints
• Alignment based on body regions
• Upper limb alignment
• Lower limb alignment
• Torso – thorax – abdomen – pelvis alignment
• Head and neck - alignment
• Spinal alignment
• Basic alignment postures
• How to bring the body into comfortable
• How to find balance between body and mind

Adjustment

• What is the sense of yoga adjustment
• What is the level of yoga adjustment
• Why adjustment is needed in yoga asana
• Role of adjustments in yoga asana class
• Right technique of perfect adjustment
• How to apply a bandha and when
• Exploring the dynamics of each asana
• How to adjust self-adjust in a posture
• How to adjust others during the class
• Pre required methods of adjustment
• Uses of different tools and props to achieve a peak of the posture
• Body weight management during a posture
• Safety rules and preparations

Ayurveda

Ayurveda talks about a proper health management that all yoga teachers need to know to help people. Vinyasa Yoga Academy provides one Ayurveda workshop from their doctor. Here is what you will learn in the Ayurveda class:

Basic principles and introduction of Ayurveda

• Fundamentals of Ayurveda
• Tridosha concept (vata, pitta. Kapha)
• Kapha (the theme of structure and lubrication)
• Vata (the energy of movements)
• Pitta (the energy of bio-transformation and heat generation)
• Prakriti - know your constitution
• Pancha mahabhuta concept
• Prakruti (body constitution)
• Vikurti
• Sapta dhatu (body elements)
• Mala (waste products)
• Srotas (body channels)
• Agni (digestive fire)
• Koshta (alimentary tract)
• Ama (metabolic toxins)

Bandha (energy lock)

There are 3 bandhas and they will be taught dependent on the level of the student. In 200 hours, you have learnt the basics and here in 300-hour in Rishikesh you will learn how to develop the practice to awake your hidden energy.

What you will learn

• Energy lock and kundalini awakening
• How the bandha help to stop drain your prana shakti
• Unblocking your system and free flow of energy through bandha
• Unlocking 3 knots brahma, vishnu, and shiva
• Outcome of the practice
• Precautions
• Health and spiritual benefit

Practices (beginners and intermediate level)

• Advance level agnisar kriya
• Advancing the power of internal retention
• Advancing the power of external retention
• Ashwini mudra to prepare mulabandha
• Vajroli mudra to practice mulabandha
• Mulabandha – anal lock
• Uddiyana bandha – abdominal lock
• Jalandhara bandha – throat lock
• Maha bandha – great lock

Classical dance

Vinyasa Yoga Academy introduces classical dance to students because it is a complete yogic practice done with:

• Concentration
• Mudra
• Conscious movement
• Awareness of emotions
• Eye movements
• Mantra
• Music

Here you learn the ganesha vandana classical dance. Here it is a bhangi which means you dance in such a way that you represent ganesha in each of your gestures. You will feel yourself and one’s mood change completely by watching you. For the first time here Vinyasa Yoga Academy has included dance in the yoga curriculum.

Pranayama (breathing practices)

Pranayama is taught in a more sensitive way and at an advanced level so that you are able to experience the depth of your prana. You will have enough confidence, skill and experience to guide your own students.

Every week will lead to a different state of experience.

• Week 1 - Moving towards advancement of your pranayama practices
• Week 2 - Variations and experiment
• Week 3 - Breathing for awakening nadis and chakras
• Week 4 - Teaching practices and mastery on breathing

Here are the topics you will be learning for the study of pranayama:

• Pranayama - link of happiness
• Physiology of prana
• Elements in nature of prrana
• Prana body types
• Astrology of breathing science
• Prana and its routes
• How prana flows in the body
• Relationship of prana and consciousness
• How many breaths you take
• Research on prana - to get favorable outcome
• Health parameter with breath length

Mudra

Mudras are very important to uplift your energy with ease. Here in 300 hours YTTC you will be taught some traditional mudras for energy awakening.

Hast mudra

• Yoni mudra
• Linga mudra
• Bhairava mudra
• Bhairavi mudra

Energy mudra

• Viparita Karnai mudra
• Mahabandha mudra
• Mahabheda mudra

Kundalini mudra

• Ashwini mudra
• Vajroli mudra
• Sahajoli mudra
• Shambhavi mudra

Meditation (dhyana)

In 300 YTTC, your journey will be deeper in meditation. It is not only to watch the mind, but experience the nature and role of mind to finally be able to control it.

• Week 1: Strengthening foundation of meditation
• Week 2: Intensifying the focus and mindfulness
• Week 3: Advancing meditation techniques
• Week 4: Awareness and kundalini meditation

What you will learn:

• What is mind and its role in meditation?
• Nature of mind and why it is restless
• Meditation is pratiprasava - reverse journey
• Brain waves in meditation
• Importance of music in meditation
• Emotional purification meditation
• Meditation and past life healing
• How to get samadhi in meditation

Styles of meditation practices

Himalayan meditation practices

• Advancing your foundation in meditation
• Awareness and mindfulness
• Anapana
• Jyoti Tratak meditation

Nada meditation practices

• Music meditation
• Pranava meditation
• Advance mantra meditation

Active meditation practices

• Dynamic meditation
• Contemplative walking
• Meditation in daily life

Tantra and kundalini meditation practices

• Meditation for muladhara chakra
• Meditation for swadhisthana chakra
• Meditation for manipura chakra
• Meditation for anahata chakra
• Meditation for visuddhi chakra
• Meditation for ajna chakra
• Meditation for sahasrara chakra
• Guru chakra meditation
• Kundalini meditation

Vipasana and passive meditation practices

• Breath awareness
• Mindfulness and sensation
• Total awareness practice
• Kirtan Dhyan
• Mantra Japa
• Silence practice

Mantra Diksha

Sanskrit syllable

• 58 syllable and its power of vibration

How mantra vibrates in chakras

• Each chakras has it own vibration
• Sound of Muladhara
• Sound of Swadhistana
• Sound of Manipura
• Sound of Anahata
• Sound of Visuddhi
• Sound of ajna
• Sound of sahasrara

Healing mantras

• Mantras for physical healing
• Mantras for mental healing
• Mantras for emotional healing
• Mantras for spiritual healing

Mantras for planetary disorders

• Mantra for sun
• Mantra for moon
• Mantra for saturn
• Mantra for vrihaspti/guru
• Mantra for mangala

How mantra can heal different diseases

• Mantra for cancer
• Mantra for HBP
• Mantra for heart problem
• Mantra in pregnancy
• Mantra for stress relief
• Mantra for concentration

Bija mantra for the chakras

• Mantra sound for Muladhar - Lam
• Mantra sound for Swadhisthana - Vam
• Mantra sound for Manipura - Ram
• Mantra sound for Anahata - Yam
• Mantra sound for Visuddhi - Ham
• Mantra sound for Ajna - Om
• Mantra sound for Sahasrara - Silence

Syllable sound for each chakras

• Mantra sound for Muladhar - four petals - व श स ष
• Mantra sound for Swadhisthana - six petals - ब भ म य र ल
• Mantra sound for Manipura - ten petals - ड ढ ण त थ द ध न प फ
• Mantra sound for Anahata - twelve petals - क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ ट ठ
• Mantra sound for Visuddhi - sixteen petals - अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ॠ ऌ ॡ ए ऐ ओ औ अं अः
• Mantra sound for Ajna - two petals - ह क्ष
• Mantra sound for Sahasrara - two petals- अ - क्ष

Mantra healing for all planets

• Sun -“Om Hring Hraung Suryay Namah
• Chandra (moon)- “Om Aing Kling Somay Namah”
• Mangala mantra - “Om Hung Shring Bhaumay Namah”
• Budha mantra - “Om Aing Shring Shring Budhay Namah”

Brihaspati Guru mantra - “Om Hring Cling hung Brihsptye Namah”

• Shukra mantra“Om Hring Shring Shukray Namah”
• Shani mantra“Om Aing Hring Shring Shanaishchray Namah”
• Rahu mantra “Om Aing Hring Rahave Namah”
• Ketu mantra“Om Hring Aing Ketave Namah”

Kundalini yoga

Vinyasa Yoga Academy offers one Kundalini yoga lesson to the students so that they are able to understand what it is and how it works.

Kundalini yoga has been very popular and beneficial for your health and harmony. It helps to balance your chakras and awaken the Kundalini Shakti. It removes the veil of ignorance and cleans the karmic sanskaras.

In this lesson they teach:

• Kundalini asana
• Kundalini pranayama
• Kundalini kriya
• Kundalini meditation

There is a lot of confusion on the different styles of Kundalini yoga. Vinyasa Yoga Academy will be teaching Himalayan Traditional Kundalini yoga practices.

Hatha yoga

The 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification Course (TCC) focuses on intermediate and advanced level traditional Hatha Yoga practices. The course begins with foundational teachings to prepare the body for higher-level practices. As participants progress, holding postures for longer periods and moving with rhythm, the practice begins to feel like a dance.

While many classical postures share the same names, there are different levels of practice for each asana. Experienced teachers provide guidance to ensure accurate alignment in each posture.

Here is the list of asana series that will be practiced:

• Joints and glands exercises foundation practices
• Joints and glands exercises advance practices
• Centering postures series
• Sun Salutation – with holding, mantra, chakra awareness and flow
• Moon Salutation – with holding, mantra, chakra awareness and flow
• Standing intermediate and advance postures series
• Kneeling postures series
• Sitting postures series
• Forward bending postures series
• Backward bending postures series
• Supine postures series
• Prone postures series
• Fire series
• Inversions series
• Twisting postures series
• Balancing postures series
• Relaxing posture series
• Meditative asana series

Philosophy of Hatha yoga really can change your concept of yoga. It is much more than the movement:

• Philosophy of Sun Salutation
• Philosophy behind each yoga asana
• Hatha yoga and Kundalini awakening
• Asana and yoga sadhana
• Benefits of asana practices
• Rules and regulations
• Advancing your yoga pose

Ganga Beach yoga sadhana

Many students lose themselves in the energy of Rishikesh and the base of her beauty is mother Ganga and the surrounding Himalayan foothills.

So that you can experience the energy and the beauty Vinyasa Yoga Academy organizes yoga sadhana on the banks of Ganga. Every Thursday morning students will practice yoga sadhana in the bank of Ganga.

What classes will be taught:

• Asana
• Pranayama
• Meditation
• Ganga puja

Evaluation and certification

Master Guru Vishnu says the real test is when the teacher is tested, not the student. Concentration and interest of the students matters but if you learn from the right teacher they help to motivate you, and generate interest.

Vinyasa Yoga Academy evaluate the teachers through the performance of the students which means that you will have a great experience with great teachers. Yoga is not an academic education but it is a life education. Each and every step you have to meet challenges.

You will be evaluated in the following way:

• Performance
• Attendance
• Demonstration
• Practical test
• Written test
• Behavior

Daily schedule

The daily schedule for a yoga teacher training program in Rishikesh might begin as early as 5:30 to 6 in the morning and finish by 8 to 10 in the evening. You are kept occupied the entire day with challenging yoga sessions under the direction of yoga experts, theoretical lessons to complement it, and other such activities. Thus, getting into shape, adopting a good diet, and reading blogs on yoga training experiences all help one psychologically prepare before the program starts.

You must have an upbeat attitude as you get ready for the day so that it permeates the entire event. Early risers frequently have very well-defined sleep schedules. This means that practicing discipline on the yoga path also entails going to bed early and most likely at the same time every day.

Sample daily schedule

• 05:00 - 06:00 Yoga sadhana
• 06:15 - 07:15 Pranayama and meditation
• 07:30 - 09:00 Hatha yoga
• 09:00 - 09:45 Breakfast
• 10:45 - 11:45 Yoga anatomy
• 12:00 - 13:00 Yoga alignment and adjustment / teaching methodology
• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
• 15:30 - 16:30 Yoga philosophy
• 16:30 - 18:00 Ashtanga yoga
• 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
• 19:00 - 20:00 Ganga beach meditation (self)

Depending on the season, weather the timetable and timings can be subject to change.

Benefits 300 Hour Yoga TTC In Vinyasa Yoga Academy, India

Yoga teacher training courses are offered in 200, 300, and 500-hour options. The 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training in India is based on Traditional Hatha, Ashtanga, or Vinyasa Yoga. The course is designed to provide in-depth knowledge of Ayurveda, classical dance, pranayama, meditation, Yoga anatomy, psychology, and philosophy.

• Multi-style yoga course
• Beginners and intermediate level
• Experienced yoga teachers
• Fulfilled feeling becoming part of the Vinyasa Yoga family
• Yogic and spiritual environment
• Authentic training

Policies at Vinyasa Yoga Academy

All classes are mandatory; only in case of an emergency or illness, one can take leave with a respected teacher's permission. Uninformed leaves won’t be accepted and this will affect students' monthly performance.

Pre-requisites

• Be self-motivated and self-disciplined to fully enjoy the course
• Before you join, prepare your body and mind for this big journey.
• It is mandatory to attend all of the classes and activities.
• Do not harass or harm any other students.
• Misconduct and misbehavior will not be allowed or tolerated.

Principles and guidelines

• Vinyasa Yoga Academy is a traditional and authentic Vinyasa yoga school in Rishikesh.
• Class starts in the early morning and goes on until evening. There will be a short break during and after each meal.
• Respect everyone inside and outside the campus.
• If you skip any meal please inform the reception at least 3 hours before.
• Non-vegetarian food, smoking, and drinking alcohol are not allowed on the vinyasa yoga academy premises.

General rules

• Modest dressing is mandatory on the premises.
• Silence should be maintained after 8 pm.
• Regular homework should be completed.
• All classes are mandatory to attend.
• Bring one pair of white clothes for the welcome ceremony.
• As a part of the evaluation procedure, there will be a final exam, both theoretical and practical.
• Vinyasa Yoga Academy reserves the right to disqualify any students at any time during the TTC for misconduct or breaking the rules.
• Pets are not allowed to be kept in rooms.