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About
200 Hours Yoga Teacher Training
Rishikesh, India - RYT 200 Yoga Alliance
We welcome you to join our yoga school Yoga Vidya Mandiram centered in the magical Himalayan Valley of Rishikesh, India. Our mission is to spread peace, health and joy, which can be achieved through yoga. All walks of life are welcome to learn how yoga leads an individual to a healthy body and lifestyle, and also how yogic philosophy can help in maintaining a peaceful mind and a serene spirit.
The intensive yoga course is dedicated to impart, guide and train the students in yogic teach learning to cultivate a harmonious lifestyle and acquire deeper life changing experiences.
Our 200 hour Yoga TTC is a multi-style yoga teacher training course that follows Yoga Alliance USA standards. After your completion of the course, you will be eligible to register as an RYT 200 (Registered Yoga Teacher) under Yoga Alliance.
Who Should Apply for 200 Hour Yoga TTC?
This 200 Hour Yoga TTC is designed and perfect for the students who; are either fresh beginners or beginners with basic knowledge of yoga, wish to go through a deep and intense life changing experiences yoga, are looking for a complete detoxification from their life through yogic wisdom, science and practices, are entirely dedicated and focused to become a professional 200 RYT yoga teacher and guide, wish to get an exposure to India culture and its spiritual values 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course Certification.
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course at our yoga School Yoga Vidya Mandiram is offered from a worldwide known organization Yoga Alliance, USA. After the successfully completing the program, the students will receive a 200 RYS (Registered Yoga School). After which they can get registered at Yoga Alliance USA and become a 200 RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher).
Highlights - 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
21 night’s non-AC accommodation.
3 Daily nutritious vegetarian meals (no eggs)
Sankhya and yoga philosophies
Daily Hatha-yoga & Ashtanga-yoga classes
Daily Mantra recitation guided & Karma Yoga
Daily Relaxation & meditation practices
Shat-kriya & Daily guided breathing and pranayama practices
Yoga anatomy & physiology workshops
Yoga practicum/practice teaching Instructions to teach and guide others
Excursion to nearby holy temples and shrines
200-hours yoga TTC Certificate from Yoga Alliance, USA Course Content Overview
200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Yoga Postures
Meditative steps of performing the hatha yoga; centering, entering, refining, holding, coming out, and reflection
Ashtanga-Vinyasa-Yoga flow – series 1
Surya-Namaskara (sun salutations) – dynamic surya namaskara, surya namaskara with breathe awareness, surya namaskara with mantra chanting
Types of Yoga posture- standing poses, sitting poses, backward bending poses, forward bending poses, spinal twisting poses, fire series, inversion poses, shavasana
Postural alignment and art of adjustment
Counter pose
Contraindications
Pranayama:
Science of breath
Sitting postures for pranayama practice
How to establish diaphragmatic breathing before pranayama practice
1:1, 1:2 and 1:4 breathing practices
Types of pranayama – nadi shodhana pranayama, ujjayee, kapalabhati, bhastrika, shitali, shitkari, brahmari, and anuloma viloma
Relaxation Practices (Yoga Nidra): Relaxation in daily life
Tension and relaxation
Systematic relaxation
31 pints relaxation
61 points relaxation exercises
Preparation for Yoga Nidra
Meditation
What is meditation?
Meditation in daily life
Sitting positions for meditation
Two to five minutes meditations
So-Ham mediation Yoga
Anatomy and physiology: Introduction about anatomy and physiology The yogic study of digestive system
The effects of yoga practices on digestive system
Respiratory system
The effects of yoga practices on respiratory system
Effect of yoga posture on muscles and systems
Nadis (energy channels)
Chakras (energy plexus)
Pancha tatwa (five great elements)
Panchakosha (five sheaths)
Pancha pranas(five vital energy)
Yoga Philosophy General introduction: Six school of Indian philosophy
Samkhya and yoga
Intro of Pattanjali’s Yoga-sutras
Highlight of astanga yoga:
yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and Samadhi
Introduction to Upanishad
Life style and yoga ethics
Ayurveda Yoga & Health Basic principle of Ayurveda
Basic doshas Tri-gunas
Balance of the mind and Ayurvedic diet
Mudras Jnana-mudra
Dhyana-mudra
Vishnu-mudra
Hridaya-mudra
Mantra Chanting:
Om mantra
Morning mantras
Guru mantra
Meal mantras
Gayatri mantra and more
Surya-namaskara mantras – 12 names of sun
Satkriya (cleansing): Jala-neti
Sutra-neti
Teaching Methodology and
Home Work: Lesson plan Assignments
Practice teaching
Feedback
Group discussion
Question and answer
Homework
Daily Schedule
We follow a tight daily schedule to ensure that our students get the most out of yoga teachings and practices during this short yoga teacher training (YTT) program. It is encouraged to take full rest every night by sleeping early as part of your practice and to maintain health and focus throughout the program.
06:15 am - 06:30 am - Mantra Chanting
06:30 am - 07:30 am - ShatKarma / Pranayama / Mudras / Bandhas (Theory & Practices)
07:30 am - 09:00 am - Hatha Yoga Session & Practice Teaching
09:00 am - 10:00 am - Breakfast
10:00 am - 11:00 am - Yoga Philosophy
11:00 am - 12:00 am - Yoga Anatomy & Physiology
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm - Karma Yoga
12:30 pm - 13:30 pm - Lunch
13:30 pm - 16:00 pm - Self-Study / Silence Practice / Self-Journaling / Free time
16:00 pm - 16:30 pm - Tea break
16:30 pm - 18:00 pm - Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Session & Practice teaching
18:00 pm - 19:00 pm - Dinner
19:00 pm - 20:00 pm - Meditation & Yoga Nidra (Relaxation) Session
20:00 pm - 21:00 pm - Self-Study / Free time
Please note : Schedule is subject to changes without prior notice.
200-hours yoga TTC Certificate from Yoga Alliance, USA
Relaxation Practices (Yoga Nidra):
Anatomy and physiology: Introduction about anatomy and physiology
Yoga Philosophy
Ayurveda
Mudras
Satkriya (cleansing):
Home Work:
Daily Schedule
We follow a tight daily schedule to ensure that our students get the most out of yoga teachings and practices during this short yoga teacher training (YTT) program. It is encouraged to take full rest every night by sleeping early as part of your practice and to maintain health and focus throughout the program.
Please note : Schedule is subject to changes without prior notice.
Training takes place 6 days out of 7 days of the week. The 7th day is considered resting day, usually set on Sunday but may shift in busy seasons to avoid the weekend traffic. Students are free to use this rest day to practice, review and reflect lessons and practices during the past week. We also organize a half day excursion during the rest day for students to take some time to explore and experience Rishikesh (northern Indian) attractions, nature and culture.
About the Center
The Yoga Teacher Training (TTC) are held at Yoga Vidya Mandiram in Rishikesh, India, certified by Yoga Alliance, USA for their 200/300/500 hours Hatha & Asthanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Course. These Yoga TTC are suitable for students of all levels; beginner, intermediate and advance.
Guides / Instructors - Rishikesh, India
Acharya Chandramani (Yoga Philosophy & Vedic Scriptures)
Acharya Chandramani was born in a traditional spiritual family. When he was 8 years old, he became a serious practitioner of the yogic principles of Swetambara Jaina tradition. Later, he was initiated into the Vedic Sanskrit tradition by Swami Vivekananda at the age of 10 in Prabhat Ashram, UP, India. He was fully dedicated to the teachings and daily discipline of the traditional Sanskrit gurukulam from childhood to adulthood. He has been guiding worldwide yoga students into the Vedic Sanskrit literature and its philosophy and holding yoga retreats and teacher trainings for over 25 years.
Sandeep Pandey (Relaxation & Meditation / Pranayama / Yoga Philosophy)
Yogacharya Sandeep Pandey was born in a traditional Brahamna family and was sent to Gurukul at the age of 8. At the Gurukul, he studied the Yajurveda and mastered all the 16 Samskaras along with Yogasana, pranayama, and Shat Kriyas. He participated in many national-level yoga championships in India and won prizes. However, his quest for knowing the inner self through yoga lead him to Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama where under the direct guidance of H.H. Swami Veda Bharati, he studied and practiced the deeper and subtler aspect of Raja yoga.
Piyush Saxena (Relaxation & Meditation / Pranayama)
Piyush Saxena has been a sadhaka of the Himalayan Yoga Tradition as taught by Swami Rama and Swami Veda Bharati for several years. He has a great passion for the philosophy and practices of yoga Nidra and meditation, as well as practice Hatha yoga as a meditative process to support his meditation practices. Piyush wants to inspire people and teach yogic practices that can help them in their daily life, business life, student life, family life, corporate life, and more importantly guide them to become an enlightened human being.
Subhash Petwall (Hatha Yoga & Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga)
Subhash Petwal is an asana yoga instructor who is experienced teaching internationally and locally in the styles of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga and Hatha yoga. He has undergone his training in Mysore and Kaivalyadhama Lonavala and has been undergoing continuous practices for several extended years at Kishore Yoga Kendra Bangalore. Subhash is passionate about sharing his knowledge of Hatha and Ashtanga yoga and takes great care in layout a strong foundation for his students to further their practices.
Saurabh Mishra (Hatha Yoga & Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga)
Saurabh developed a keen interest in yoga since childhood. He was born and educated in Rishikesh, the world’s capital of yoga. He began his yoga journey in the holy city of Rishikesh. He is an experienced teacher of Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga for the past 3 years and is in pursuit of his master’s degree in Yoga, as well as continuously undergoing self-practices and self-studies of yoga.
Manish Kumar (Hatha Yoga)
In Manish’s eyes, Yoga is the gateway to learning and understanding your true-self, to see beyond the physical and discover the subtilities of your authentic character. He believes that the beauty of yoga for him, is that it always gives satisfaction and joy, in every form. On his unique path, he has developed qualities allowing him to enjoy each moment within society, and these qualities he carries with him into his teaching. Manish feels that to practice yoga is to practice conscious living, and this is a view he integrates into his classes.
Karamjit Singh (Yoga Anatomy & Physiology)
Yogacharya Karamjit was born and brought up in a Hindu and Yogic family, whose roots are deeply emerged with Yogi’s lineage. He learned basics of yoga from a wandering monk, since childhood, he stayed and practiced yoga under the revered Monks and Yogis in monasteries. Yogacharya Karamjit did 300 hours Yoga Instructor course and Post Graduation Degree in Yoga from Swami Vivekananda Yoga University and earned his Master in Yoga Science (M.Sc) Degree. He did Yoga and Vedanta certificate course from Swami Shivanada Ashram (Divine life Society) at Rishikesh, India.
Dr. Sumit Sharma (Yoga Anatomy & Physiology)
Dr. Sumit is an expert in the field of physical therapy and posture imbalance and sedentary life disorders. He did his Masters of Physical Therapy in Musculoskeletal Disorders in Orthopedic Branch and a diploma in Sports Medicine from West Bengal. He is also a certified Pilate’s trainer from Indian Academy of Fitness Training Mangalore. His simple and contemporary style of delivering deep and practical knowledge of anatomy and physiology endear him to his students. He has taught a few hundred students from more than 35 countries and he mainly focuses on the therapeutic aspects of yoga.