28 Day 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course in Mysore, India
Yoga Teacher Training Course in India
Yogakulam Academy offers beginners an extensive 300-hour yoga teacher training course in Mysore. It provides training in multi-style yoga, with Hatha yoga and Ashtanga, Vinyasa yoga as primary domains. The yoga institution delivers well-rounded yoga education guided by expert trainers who focus on giving individual attention to students to enrich their learning. They will help you master proper techniques, alignment, and modifications to build a strong foundation and enhance your yoga practice.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- Engage with professional yoga teachers
- Explore a thorough curriculum and experience-focused learning
- Participate in an invigorating yoga class
- Immerse yourself in a peaceful environment and foster positive experiences
- Enjoy the scenic beauty with beautiful beach view/lake view, and do a local sightseeing
- 27 nights accommodation
- Daily full-board vegetarian meals with tea
- Certificate of completion
Skill level
- Advanced
Types
28 days with instruction in English
Average daily hours of activity: 9.5
Accommodation
Facilities
- Garden
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Laundry
- Wireless internet
Yogakulam Academy believes that a comfortable and cozy environment is essential for your overall well-being during your yoga retreat in Mysore. The well-appointed rooms are equipped with all the amenities you need for a restful stay. From comfortable beds to spacious wardrobes, they have taken care of every detail to ensure your comfort.
They believe in giving you the most comfortable experience during your stay with them. They offer accommodations in clean, spacious, and well-ventilated rooms. They also offer three types of accommodation packages: dormitory, shared room, and private room.
The facilities
Yogakulam Academy feels proud to offer the best place to learn yoga in India, where students love to stay. They offer a perfect learning atmosphere to the students by offering comfortable accommodation facilities that are inspired by the ancient teaching system. They don’t simply focus on yoga practice and offering theoretical knowledge, but focus on the overall growth and development of the students as yoga teachers. Equipped with large halls, the accommodation provides enough space to practice yoga at ease.
Yoga shala
They have one open shaala, one enclosed shala, one huge terrace, and open gardens. The open-air hall, which is on the banks of the river, is built using natural stones, bamboo mats, and layers of dry grass, giving it an organic and traditional touch. The enclosed halls, built with light materials, are soundproof and have luminous lighting used for.
A small shop
You can buy the required stuff, such as washing powder, pens, toothbrushes,s etc, for your daily life from the store in the office. The brands of the products may vary. If you are particular about a specific brand, please bring it along. Online delivery through e-commerce platforms is also available in the location.
Laundry
The washing machine can be used by a student twice a week. There is plenty of space for drying clothes. They request students to minimize the use of chemical soaps, washing powders, and shampoos in the bathrooms, as they are keeping the land free from all chemicals.
Electricity (UPS battery backup)
There are days when there can be power cuts. However, they have UPS battery backup for all rooms and teaching shalas (halls), besides a silent diesel generator for emergencies. They request students not to waste power, especially when they are on batteries during the daytime.
Kaveri River view
The yoga shala and the stay facility are situated right on the pristine banks of the Cauvery River, offering a tranquil and picturesque setting. Some Pranayama and meditation classes are held by the river to deepen your practice and foster introspection. A small island on the river provides a perfect spot for meditation and relaxation. The serene river and the small island have given a transforming and soul-awakening perspective to the ashram and its activities.
Garden
In front of the rooms lie beautiful gardens with numerous pathways where you can walk barefoot and connect with nature. Stroll on the lush green carpet amidst royal palms and coconut trees, rejuvenating your body and mind with the fresh air. With a keen eye, you will find nature itself becoming an intuitive teacher.
Wi-Fi facility
They have a specially equipped leased line Wi-fi facility, which makes internet usage hassle-free. You can browse anytime apart from the sessions. Please bring your own devices for browsing.
Accommodations
There are 12 rooms and all the accommodations are offered as "private", "twin-sharing", and "triple occupancy."
24/7 hot water
The accommodations are equipped with a 24*7 Hot Water facility.
Program
The schedule may vary from week to week during the training period. Please note that mantra, teaching methodology, and Ayurveda sessions will be held on alternate weeks, such as the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th weeks.
- 05:30 - 06:00 Wake up
- 06:00 - 07:30 Hatha yoga
- 07:30 - 08:00 Karma yoga
- 08:00 - 09:00 Pranayama
- 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast
- 10:30 - 11:30 Philosophy
- 12:00 - 13:00 Adjustment and alignment
- 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:00 Rest time
- 15:00 - 16:00 Anatomy
- 16:30 - 18:00 Ashtanga
- 18:00 - 19:00 Meditation
- 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
- 20:00 - 21:00 Self-study
Embark on an advanced yogic journey with Yogakulam Academy’s 300-hour yoga teacher training in Mysore. Designed for practitioners who wish to deepen their knowledge, refine their skills, and evolve into confident, authentic yoga teachers, this program blends tradition, discipline, and modern teaching techniques.
Mysore, often regarded as the spiritual capital of yoga, offers a perfect blend of traditional teachings and serene surroundings, making it an ideal destination for those seeking to deepen their practice and become certified yoga teachers.
Holistic advanced curriculum: Explore advanced asanas, alignment techniques, pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy, anatomy, sequencing, and teaching methodology.
Authentic Mysore lineage: Experience training in Mysore, a global hub of yoga—known for its rich heritage, traditional practices, and serene spiritual environment.
Expert faculty: Learn from highly experienced and certified teachers at Yogakulam Academy who bring decades of practice and teaching wisdom.
Practical teaching mastery: Gain hands-on teaching experience with real-time class guidance, feedback, and supervised teaching sessions.
Deep personal transformation: Strengthen personal practice, enhance self-awareness, and immerse in yogic living for a complete mind-body transformation.
Globally recognized certification: Earn a 300-hour yoga teacher training certificate from Yogakulam Academy, opening doors to international teaching opportunities.
Supportive yogic community: Become part of a nurturing global community with continued access to mentorship, workshops, and lifelong learning opportunities.
Awaken the potential and elevate the teaching journey with Yogakulam Academy in the yoga capital of India.
About the 300-hour yoga teacher training course (YTTC)
The 300-hour yoga teacher training course at Yogakulam Academy is an advanced-level program designed for yoga practitioners who have already completed their 200-hour certification and are ready to elevate their practice, knowledge, and teaching abilities. This immersive course takes participants deeper into the traditional and modern aspects of yoga, helping them evolve into confident, authentic, and highly skilled yoga teachers.
At Yogakulam Academy, the 300-hour YTTC blends traditional Mysore-style yoga, modern alignment techniques, and holistic yogic philosophy. Students explore advanced asana practice, intelligent sequencing, safe adjustments, pranayama, meditation, anatomy, physiology, chanting, and in-depth teachings from classical texts. The course focuses strongly on teaching methodology, enabling refinement of voice, presence, and teaching confidence.
The 300-hour YTTC is ideal for those who want to:
- Deepen their existing yoga foundation with advanced knowledge
- Learn to teach intermediate and advanced practitioners safely
- Strengthen personal sadhana and inner awareness
- Understand yoga as a comprehensive lifestyle and spiritual discipline
- Build a professional career with a globally recognized certification
Through daily practice, guided workshops, real-time teaching experience, and close mentorship from experienced teachers, participants grow both as practitioners and as teachers. Graduates leave Yogakulam Academy equipped with the clarity, confidence, and authenticity needed to lead transformative yoga classes, workshops, and retreats anywhere in the world.
Curriculum
Classical and traditional practice of Hatha yoga
- Hatha yoga – intermediate sequence
- Advance series of joints and glands exercise
- Chair yoga
- Flexibility and strength for series
- Importance to have much water in the body to do a series
- Importance of sequence and systematic flow
- Advance study of poses
- Idea of stillness and posture
- Importance of Hatha yoga texts with special reference to Hatha Pradipika and Gheranda Samhita
- Causes of success (Sadhaka Tattwa) and causes of failure (Badhaka Tattwa) in Hatha yoga sadhana
- Concept of ghata and ghata shudhhi in Hatha yoga
- Purpose and utility of shat kriyas in Hatha yoga
- Purpose and utility of asanas in Hatha yoga
- Purpose and importance of pranayama in Hatha yoga
Yoga philosophy and its unknown realities
- Study of Kundalini and chakra
- Study of Karma yoga, Bhakti yoga, Raja yoga, Swara yoga, and Tantra yoga
- Study of yoga in connection with the Gita
- Health maintenance and benefits of yoga
- Study of nourishing the body
- Karma and non-attachment in yogic dimensions
- Four levels of consciousness
- Kundalini awakening
- Keys to successful living in yogic science
- Meditation and the spiritual heart
- Intuitive dream and lucid dream
- Meaning of birth and death in yogic science
- Reincarnation in spiritual science
- 6 main obstacles in the path of yoga
- Samadhi and its study
Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga - intermediate series- structure and sequential methods
- Pashasana
- Krounchasana
- Shalabhasana a, b
- Bhekasana
- Dhanurasana
- Parshva dhanurasana
- Ushtrasana
- Laghu-vajrasana
- Kapotasana a, b, c
- Supta vajrasana
- Bakasana a, b
- Bharadvajasana
- Ardha Matsyendrasana
- Eka-pada shirshasana
- Dvi-pada shirshasana
- Yoga-Nidrasana
- Tittibhasana a, b, c
- Pincha mayurasana
- Karandavasana
- Mayurasana
- Nakrasana
- Vatayanasana
- Parighasana
- Gomukhasana a, b
- Supta urdhva pada vajrasana
- Mukta hasta shirshasana a, b, c
- Baddha hasta shirshasana a, b, c, d
- Urdhva dhanurasana
- Paschim
Yoga anatomy and its safety and precautions
- The nine systems of the human body
- Functions of the different systems of the human body
- Introduction to sensory organs
- Neuro-muscular coordination of sensory organs
- Basic understanding of exercise physiology
- Homeostasis
- The benefits of various asanas on different parts of the human body
- Limitations and contraindications of specific yoga practices
Pranayama and its cleansing and expansions
- Idea of kumbhaka practice
- Refining the breathing flow
- Concept of sushumna
- Understanding the idea of nadis and their chakras
- Mystical science of swara yoga
- Power of navel center – seat of prana
- Balancing breath with mind practices
Yoga for health
- Yogic counselling for a healthy life
- Yogic techniques to use in daily lifestyle
- Yoga cures common diseases like headaches, migraines, colds, sinus, etc.
- Yoga tools for back issues like backache, slipped disk, sciatica, diabetes, thyroid, spinal deformities, obesity, etc.
Mudra and its sparks
- Concept of internal mudras and their benefits
- Practical practices of eye mudras
- Understanding the idea of stimulating and activating the chakra through mudras
- Re-gain energy through mudra
- Positivity through various mudra practices
- Mantra and its vibrations
- Concept of the so-hum mantra
- Universal mantra for all realizations
- Japa and ajapa practice of mantra
- Mantra for self-dependence
- 7 methods of Om chantings
- Obstacles and disciplines in the path of mantra science
- Meditation and its transformations
- Third eye meditation
- Open eye meditation
- Technique-less meditation
- Obstacles in the path of meditation
- Idea of expectation and results
- Yoga Nidra and its deep silence
- Four stages of consciousness
- Yoga Nidra practice with Om
- Spinal breathing practice
- Sweeping the karma through yoga Nidra
- Yoga Nidra in the heart center
- Idea of witnessing and observing
- Adjustment and alignment practices
- Art of adjustment yoga for daily life
- Workshop on head standing postures
- Understanding each and every detail of the whole body, its emotions, and vibrations while doing asana
- Balancing the body weight to feel the infinity within
- Modifying the asana practice according to the individual’s limitations
Evaluation and certification
- Performance during the course
- Attendance
- Practical asana demonstration test
- Written test (objective and subjective type)
- Behavior
Teaching methodology and its confidence
- Positive and conscious communication
- Friendship and trust
- Time management
- Qualities of a teacher
- Principles of demonstrating, observation, assisting, and correcting
- Use of voice in class
- Mental and emotional preparation for teaching
- Class preparation
- Step-by-step class structure planning
Dress code
Yogakulam Academy strongly recommends wearing loose, breathable cotton clothing, allowing the skin—and especially the navel area—to breathe freely and remain comfortable throughout the extensive practice sessions.
For these reasons, wearing leggings is discouraged, as they are often made from synthetic fabrics treated with PFAS ("forever chemicals")—known to cause hormone disruption, thyroid dysfunction, and even certain cancers—and BPA, another endocrine-disrupting chemical linked to long-term health risks.
Included excursions
There are activities you can enjoy:
- Backwaters floating meditation
- Lake visit
- Small hike
- Yoga near the lake
- Opening and closing ceremony
Instructors
Raghu Shankar
E-RYT 500 Master in Pranayama Science and Alignment and Anatomy.
Lakshmi Gowda
Lakshmi Gowda, a former IT professional who is now seeking spiritual enlightenment, was raised in a religious and conservative family. She left the corporate world in search of embarked a spiritual journey. She traveled while seeking knowledge towards yogic life in different parts of India (Karnataka to Rishikesh). She specialized in Pre and Postnatal yoga, pranayama, yoga anatomy, Yin yoga, Face yoga and meditation.
Aditi Mundi
Born in a family with deep rooted spiritual lineage in Shahtipaat Yoga, Aditi, an electrical engineer and an entrepreneur, is blessed with spiritual guidance from her grandfather since a very young age. Aditi has both traditional Guru-Shishya knowledge as well as formal training in yoga. She has successfully completed Yoga Uisharad.
Shivakumar
Shivakumar is a highly skilled and knowledgeable Yoga Instructor at Yogakulam Academy, specializing in a range of yoga disciplines. With deep expertise in Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, and Yoga Philosophy, he combines physical practice with spiritual teachings to guide students toward holistic well-being.
Location
Why choose Mysore, on the banks of the Kaveri River?
- Professional YTT with traditional roots: Mysore is synonymous with authentic yoga teachings, especially Ashtanga yoga, making it the perfect location to deepen your knowledge and understanding of yoga. This program emphasizes a strong foundation in traditional yoga practices while also incorporating modern methodologies, ensuring a well-rounded and professional approach to becoming a yoga teacher.
- Spiritual and tranquil environment: Mysore is world-renowned for its deep-rooted connection to traditional yoga, particularly Ashtanga yoga. Training here allows you to immerse yourself in this rich legacy while benefiting from the serene and spiritually charged atmosphere of the Kaveri River. The gentle flow of water, surrounded by lush greenery, creates an ideal environment for yoga practice and meditation, fostering a deep sense of inner peace and reflection.
- Connection with nature: The riverbank setting encourages a unique bond with nature, enhancing your physical, mental, and emotional growth. The natural surroundings offer grounding and alignment, allowing you to fully absorb the teachings of yoga in a restorative and calming environment.
- Authentic yoga instruction: Mysore is home to some of the most esteemed yoga schools and teachers in the world. The instructors leading this program are experienced practitioners and certified yoga masters who have dedicated their lives to the study and practice of yoga. Their deep knowledge and expertise ensure that students receive the most authentic and comprehensive training available.
- Cultural immersion in Mysore with yoga: Mysore is not only the birthplace of Ashtanga yoga but also a vibrant cultural hub that enriches your spiritual and personal journey. During your yoga teacher training, you’ll experience more than daily asana and philosophy classes; you’ll dive into Mysore’s rich traditions. Visit ancient temples, participate in local festivals, learn the art of incense and sandalwood carving, and explore bustling markets filled with colors and flavors. This immersive experience harmonizes yoga practice with real-world spirituality, allowing you to live yoga both on and off the mat. Mysore’s rich cultural heritage, deeply intertwined with yoga, provides an inspiring backdrop to your training. From the ancient temples to the bustling markets, the city offers endless opportunities for cultural exploration, enriching your yoga journey and giving you a deeper connection to the heart of India’s spiritual traditions.
- City of Palaces, rich in tradition: Known as the "City of Palaces," Mysore is a city steeped in history and culture, making it an enticing destination for travelers and spiritual seekers alike. Its royal architecture, including the iconic Mysore Palace, and its deeply rooted traditions offer an enriching experience for anyone looking to explore a place that truly embodies India’s heritage. The city’s timeless charm and spiritual energy provide the perfect setting for yoga practitioners to connect deeply with their practice. Their deep knowledge and expertise ensure that students receive the most authentic and comprehensive training available. Mysore offers an enriching experience for those seeking a deeper connection to the practice of yoga and to themselves. Whether you're here for personal transformation or professional development, the course in Mysore offers an unforgettable and life-changing experience that will attract and inspire all who embark on this journey.
Food
You are what you eat. Keeping in mind the health and well-being of students, 40% of the vegetables and fruits are organically grown by Yogakulam Academy, and the other 60% is locally sourced from the nearby farmers' market. An overall balanced and nutritious yogic food has been curated, which is full of taste and satisfaction.
When it comes to yoga, the importance of a proper diet is extremely significant. The meals cooked here are purely vegetarian, prepared by highly skilled professional cooks and pleasant staff. The meals are not only cooked using Ayurvedic herbs and seasonal ingredients, but also with passion and love. Along with nutritional meals, refreshments and juices are also provided to the students to keep them energetic and hydrated all day long. A simple vegan diet can also be availed on request.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Organic
- Yogic
- Other dietary requirements on request
- Ayurvedic
What's included
- 300-hour YTT course
- Certificate of completion
- Yoga materials and props
- Tours to local attractions and refreshing activities
- Fun activities
- Study materials
- Hot water
- 27 nights accommodation
- All meals with tea daily
What's not included
- Roundtrip airfare
- Personal expenses
- Airport transfer
- Visa fee
- GST
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer available for additional US$ 50 per person
Kempegowda International Airport
142 km away from your destination
Transfer available for additional US$ 10 per person
Mysore Airport (Mandakalli Airport)
19 km away from your destination
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to Kempegowda International Airport (BLR), which operates several international and domestic flights. You may hire a prepaid taxi or an AC Volvo bus to Srirangapatna, Mandya, Mysore.
Yogakulam Academy also provides transportation from the airport to the academy at an additional cost. For more information, please send an inquiry.
Arrival by train
You may also take a train from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Srirangapatna, Mandya, Mysore.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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