Our 200 Hour Teacher Training Goa Course delivers a comprehensive, theoretical and practical hands-on training designed to deepen their practitioners personal practise and elevate them from student to teacher. Trainees emerge from our 200 hour TTC Goa as confident teachers with a strong and solid teaching skill set ready to begin their career. Alongside developing the art of teaching, trainees also gain a comprehensive understanding of the practice of yoga asanas, philosophy, physiology, adjusting, mantra chanting, chakras, anatomy, ayurveda, mudras, pranayama and meditation and other traditional and contemporary Yoga techniques.
Himalaya Yoga Valley Goa curriculum takes you through the essential elements required to deepen and enrich your own yoga practice and to teach students with confidence. Himalaya Yoga Valley Goa expert team of teachers will guide you from the fundamental stages of leading a class to teaching with ease and confidence.
7:00am - Morning Meditation, Chanting and Pranayama
8:00am - Break and reflective journal writing
8:30am - Yoga Asana Practice
10:00am - Break
11:00 am - Morning Lecture
1:00pm - Break/Free Time
3:00pm - Afternoon Lecture
4:15pm - Break
4:30pm - Yoga Asana Practice/Workshop
Above represent the daily schedule for 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Goa Course by Himalaya Yoga Valley Goa it is subject to change with notice from the yoga school.
Level 1 – 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Goa Course
Over 15 years, Himalaya Yoga Valley has graduated over 4,500 successful yoga teachers from all corners of the globe at our training centers in India & Ireland.
Himalaya Yoga Valley Goa’s world-renowned in person 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Goa Course (YTT) is internationally accredited by the Indian Yoga Association, Yoga Alliance U.S, Yoga Alliance Professionals UK, Yoga Alliance International, Canadian Yoga Alliance, The World Yoga Council, and the International Yoga Federation.
Upon successful completion of the training, graduates become Level 1 yoga teachers and are Certified by Himalaya Yoga Valley to teach in their own country and internationally. With their 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificate, graduates can apply to any of the Yoga Alliance associations for registration as RYT’s ® (Registered Yoga Teachers).
NEW Flexible Learning Options.
We now have flexible learning options available across all of our programs. Trainees can complete their course fully in person over one month, or blend two weeks of online learning, and 11 days of in-person training in Ireland or Goa to become fully qualified yoga teachers. We also have flexible payment plans available to make our trainings more accessible than ever.
About our 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Goa Course
Our 200 Hour Teacher Training Course delivers a comprehensive, theoretical and practical hands-on training designed to deepen their practitioners personal practise and elevate them from student to teacher. Trainees emerge from our TTC as confident teachers with a strong and solid teaching skill set ready to begin their career. Alongside developing the art of teaching, trainees also gain a comprehensive understanding of the practice of yoga asanas, philosophy, physiology, adjusting, mantra chanting, chakras, anatomy, ayurveda, mudras, pranayama and meditation and other traditional and contemporary Yoga techniques.
Himalaya Yoga Valley Goa curriculum takes you through the essential elements required to deepen and enrich your own yoga practice and to teach students with confidence. Our expert team of teachers will guide you from the fundamental stages of leading a class to teaching with ease and confidence.
At Himalaya Yoga Valley we believe that the priority outcome of a Teacher Training Course for a trainee should be the ability to teach a professional class with premium skills when you complete your training. Our training courses are intensive because the curriculum is outcomes focused and we encourage those with the specific goal of becoming teachers and deepening their practice to attend our training. Our curriculum includes a high number of teaching hours, practicums and teacher orientated lectures to ensure trainees graduate with the ability to begin their career when they return home and also maintain a disciplined practise.
Our training blends traditional Eastern teachings by Indian experts in the area of Yoga practices and Ayurveda combined with teachings from highly experienced and specialist Western teachers in the fields of Philosophy, Anatomy & Physiology, Sequencing, and other subjects complementary to becoming a well-rounded yoga teacher. This marriage of backgrounds gives our students the opportunity to learn in an authentic, traditional Yoga setting whilst gaining the skills required to impart these teachings practically and relevantly in a global yoga environment.
Becoming a Teacher
The main aim of our 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Goa Course is to provide trainees with the foundational building blocks to teach with confidence and ease as soon as they graduate. In the past ten years of program delivery, we have developed a tried and tested method of progressive learning practicums. This is reflected by our international alumni of well recognised and successful graduate teachers.
Himalaya Yoga Valley Goa training stands alone by providing students with expert lecturers and teachers assigned to each theory subject with renowned international teacher Yogacharya Lalit leading students in the area of asana, alignment and adjusting as well as assisting students in deepening their own practise . Our school recognizes the value of having multiple teachers specific to each subject rather than one or two teachers covering the entire syllabus. Students also benefit greatly from our trainings being led by our School Director and founder Lalit who has over 15 years teaching experience and a decade of experience training exceptional teachers.
Our post-course graduate teaching rate is extremely high due to our unique outcome based, progressive learning approach. Trainees teach in a safe and supervised environment from the first week of training so as to develop full confidence during the month and to find their teaching voice early on. Under close supervision, trainees begin to teach in pairs during their first week, move on to teaching small groups by week two, larger groups by week three and finally the entire class by week four. Alongside theoretical immersion and abundant feedback and coaching, this method has seen trainees with varied levels of confidence blossom into confident yoga teachers.
We are entirely dedicated as a team to providing each individual student with the care and attention required to attain a high level of knowledge and teaching competence. We recognise that each trainee is as unique as each student they will go on to teach and this is a major success factor for our graduates.
Trainees receive consistent personal and group feedback and are given the opportunity to apply the feedback to each new teaching practicum progressing with ease and support towards the end goal of a confident and professional teacher.
One of the most rewarding and popular aspects of our training is the focus placed on learning adjustments under the guidance of Yogacharya Lalit who brings his experience in this field from his studies in Mysore the home of Ashtanga Yoga. These adjustments are geared towards multi level students and practiced throughout the training. This skill greatly benefits our graduate teachers greatly when they begin to teach back home.
Style of Yoga
School Director and senior teacher Yogacharya Lalit comes from an Ashtanga yoga and Vinyasa Flow lineage. He utilises elements from these traditions as a consistent and solid foundation from which students can develop their individual teaching style. With his background as an Iyengar student Lalit places strong emphasis on correcting alignment and maintaining integrity in asana as both a trainee and teacher. During the course, you will have opportunity to apply these alignment techniques to your own practise and as a teacher you will learn how to safely guide multi level students through our established trainee sequence developed by Lalit.
Students work from an established training sequence inspired by the Ashtanga Primary Series and the principles of dynamic flow style yoga in order to develop confidence through an in depth knowledge of a specific set of postures. Trainees us this series as a solid platform to teach from and to develop their own unique styles utilizing the various traditions and techniques taught during the training.
After being immersed in this series with Lalit, students then go on to teach from the same series – graduate teachers leave with a wealth of knowledge being able to teach over 40 postures with confidence. Students also learn the ins and outs of correct alignment, adjustments and modifications for these postures to ensure they can teach with maximum emphasis on inclusiveness and safety.
Our Curriculum
Himalaya Yoga Valley Goa curriculum is developed from the Yoga Alliance 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Goa Course Standards and has developed and been shaped by our experience training teachers. Our curriculum includes the following:
In conjunction with taking the journey to becoming a teacher, trainees study Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga Philosophy with an emphasis on how you can incorporate this into your own practice and day-to-day life. Daily chanting, meditation and pranayama provide spiritual structure and compliment the more physical practices of the curriculum.
Developing a physical practice under the guidance of Yogacharya Lalit and his team is one of the highlights of our training. Trainees will experience a blend of led Ashtanga classes with Iyengar-inspired alignment techniques and also practice Mysore style with a strong focus on fine tuning alignment and deepening their practice through adjustments from our teachers.
As a team, we aspire to support trainees develop a holistic practice during their training that they can sustain when they return home. We aim for our trainees to see the value of the more subtle practices such as pranayama and meditation as well as their physical asana practice.
Trainee Assessment
Competency for graduation as a yoga teacher will be assessed on class participation, written assessments and on-going observations during classes by our senior teachers. Trainees will receive valuable feedback on their teaching practicums from senior teachers and assistant teachers and will be required to meet certain teaching standards regarding knowledge of anatomy, asana alignment, adjustments and communication.
Trainees are required to work in groups and with other individuals on teaching practicums and are expected to conduct themselves with a high level of maturity and respect for peers and teachers. Applicants should be prepared to receive constructive coaching and feedback on a regular basis throughout the training.
Trainees receive a Himalaya Yoga Valley manual and various study support materials and articles throughout the training to assist them with assignments, study groups and homework. This robust manual also acts as an excellent reference for trainees in a post graduate setting.
Per day inclusive of daily Breakfast and Dinner