300 Hrs Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India

This yoga teacher training course is designed for students who want to go deeper into the world of hatha yoga and the related yogic sciences. The Abhayaranya Rishikesh Yogpeeth upholds the spiritual values of yoga and integrates the traditional with the contemporary, providing the students with the best of both worlds. Students are guided as beacons who can spread the light of yoga the modern world effectively. The training has been designed in an intensive and effective fashion, which can have an enlightening effect on the lives of the participants.

The syllabus of this course consists of various aspects of hatha yoga including asanas, pranayams, yogic anatomy, yoga nidra and philosophy. There are daily practice sessions where the students are guided through the practices so that they can gradually perfect each posture and ease themselves into the asanas. From the third week, the teachers guide the students into advanced stages and practices of ashtanga yoga sequences.

The students also go through the ancient Yoga Sutras written by Maharshi Patanjali while realising the significance of the verses. The techniques that allow the opening of the various energy centres in the body are taught in simple and effective ways enabling the students to realise them by experience.Each aspect of the ashram is designed aesthetically to create the right environment for the training and practice sessions to be of greater impact.

An important part of this 300 hour yoga teacher training course are the bonds created between the students and teachers and camaraderie developed between the students through transmission and sharing of knowledge. This course can empower the students to spread the message of yoga in the world while providing them with an experience of life in an authentic yoga ashram.

Consumption of alcohol and smoking is prohibited during the entire session.

Syllabus Overview

• Yoga Asana: Yoga asanas can help with the recovery and management of many common diseases and disorders. This class will provide students with an introduction to the anatomy and pathology of common health issues that can be dealt through diet, asana, and pranayama practice.
• Asana Practice: Yogic postures comprise three hours of the daily schedule.
• Yoga Anatomy: Students will learn anatomy and physiology relevant to yoga in order to strengthen their classroom explanations, cues, and corrections of asana.
• Philosophy: This class will prepare students to study and understand Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Once a week, students will lead a discussion reflecting on the week's readings. Before class, students should write down one question on a notecard directly related to the day's reading and give this to the teacher at the start of class.
• Pranayama, Yogic Breathing, Yoga Nidra & Chanting: Students will learn techniques to open vital energy centres in the body with a goal of becoming proficient enough to teach these skills to their students. Practical teaching experience will begin from the second week.

 Recommended Books

• YMCD - Karmananda, Swami. Yogic Management of Common Diseases. Edited by Yoga Publications Trust: Bihar School of Yoga, 2010.
• RY - Vivekenanda, Swami. Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature. Kolkata: Advaita Ashrama, 2011
• MMMRY - Niranjananda Saraswati, Swami. Mind, Mind Management & Raja Yoga. Yoga Dristi Series. Bihar: Yoga Publications Trust, 2011.
• YA - Kaminoff, Leslie, and Amy Matthews. Yoga Anatomy. 2nd ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2012.

Rishikesh Yogpeeth has four budget hotels and an ashram for accommodating the visitors and students with both private and double room facilities. All rooms have attached bathrooms with 24-hour water supply and regular supply of hot water, twice in a day. The aesthetically designed Mahatma Yoga Ashram is scenically located beside the Ganges and acts as the venue for the yoga retreats and the beginner’s courses in hatha yoga.

By Air: For International travellers, New Delhi is the nearest port of entry. Jolly Grant airport at Dehradun is the nearest airport to Rishikesh which is approximately 35 kilometres away. Popular carriers like Air India, Spice Jet and Jet Airways often have daily flights from New Delhi. Once you reach Jolly Grant airport, Rishikesh Yogpeeth Abhayaranya can arrange to have to picked up and brought to the nearest drop-off point where you hike up to Abhayaranya.
By Taxi: Rishikesh Yogpeeth can arrange a taxi to pick you up from New Delhi airport (distance 260 Km, a drive of 6-7 hours) to the ashram.
By Bus: Being a popular tourist destination, Rishikesh has a good network of buses connecting it with important places such as Haridwar, Dehradun and New Delhi. Buses depart in the morning and late evening from the Kashmere Gate ISBT, New Delhi for Rishikesh every day. You can choose from a regular, deluxe or a luxury coach. You will still need to inform to arrange to pick you up from Rishikesh (where the bus will drop you) the campus.
By Train: The nearest railhead to Rishikesh is in Haridwar which is approximately 25 kilometers away. Haridwar, in turn, is linked to major Indian cities including New Delhi. Some of the popular trains are Shatabadi Express, Jan Shatabdi, AC Special Express and Mussoorie Express. Rishikesh Yogpeeth Abhayaranya can arrange for a taxi pick-up from Haridwar railway station to the campus.

All aspirants are advised to carefully consider the time and resources required for the course before forwarding the application for the teacher training course. The deposit submitted with the application is not refundable. However, in case of emergencies and other unavoidable exigencies the Yoga Peeth at its discretion permits students to go for any other scheduled course until Jan. 2017 We therefore recommend that all applicants carefully examine their upcoming obligations so that they may be able to devote their full attention to the teacher training program.