500 hour yoga teacher training in India at Gyan Yog Breath is registered with Yoga Alliance. The school provides a lively, safe and comfortable environment and lets you dive deep into the transformational journey of yoga.
The 500 hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh is for beginners to intermediates who have never completed a yoga teacher training course before or wish to intensify their practice. Please note, that you should be practicing yoga for at least one year prior course begin.
This highly intensive 55-day yoga teacher training with Gyan Yog Breath covers all subjects of yoga from a foundational base to more advanced branches. This includes practical, theoretical, and interactive learning modules. We invite you to connect with the source of yoga and steadily build up enriching knowledge.
During the 500 hour yoga teacher training, you will learn how to practice and teach yoga asanas, pranayama, meditation and give the right adjustments and develop confidence in your individual teaching style.
The 500 hour yoga teacher training is approved and registered with Yoga Alliance USA. This means, that you can register as RYT-500 (Registered Yoga Alliance Trainer) after course completion and obtain a career in yoga. In some European countries, this certification enables you to get a health insurance cooperation. In this case, the health insurance company will carry the costs of your classes which makes it attractive for many students.
We encourage the scientific and therapeutic approach of yoga so you will learn how to practice and teach safely and understand the immense impacts, benefits and cautions of each asana thoroughly.
Our main Asana style is Hatha Yoga. You will learn:
ParshvavaChakrasana – Side Bending Pose
Tadasan A & B – Palm Tree Pose A & B
Vrikshasan – Tree Pose
Utkatasan – Chair Pose
Trikonasan – Triangle Pose
Padahastasan – Hands to Feet Pose
Natarajasan – Shiva Dancing Pose
Garudhasan – Eagle Pose
ShirshaPadangushthasan – Head to Big Toe Pose
ParivatritaTrikonasan – Reverse Triangle Pose– Head to Big Toe Pose
Uttanpadasan – Raising Feet Pose
VipritKarani
Pavanmuktasan – Energy Release Pose
Kandhrasan – Shoulder Pose
Matsyasan A – Fish Pose A
Naukasan – Boat Pose
Sarvangasan – Shoulder Stand
Matsyasan B – Fish Pose B
Salabhasan – Locust Pose
VipritNaukasan – Inverted Boat Pose
Bhujangasan – Cobra Pose
Dhanurasan – Bow Pose
Vakrasan – Twisting Pose
Janushirasan – NosetoKnee Pose
Vajrasan – Strong/Thunderbolt Pose
Mandukasan – Frog Pose
Uttan Mandukasan – Raising Frog Pose
Supta Mandukasan – Sleeping Frog Pose
Ushtrasan – Camel Pose
Vadha Gomukhasan – Bound Cow Face Pose
SuptaVajrasan – Sleeping Thunderbolt Pose
Paschimottasan – Seated Forward Bend
Simhasan – Lion Pose
Ardhmatsyendrasan – Half Fish Lord Pose
Shirshasan – Head Stand Pose
Ardha Chandrasan – Half Moon Pose
Majariasana – Cat and Cow Pose
Uthitha Parsvakonasan – Extended Side Angle
Parshvaottanasana – Intense Side Stretch
Halasana – Plow Pose
Chakrasana – Wheel Pose
Karnpidhasan – Knee to Ear
Crocodile Practice
Gomukhasana – Cow Face Pose
Poorna Matsyendrasana – Full Fish Lord Pose
Mayurasana – Peacock
Kukkutasana – Rooster Pose
UttanaKurmasana – Raising Tortoise Pose
Padma – Bakasana – Lotus Crane Pose
Baddha -padmasana – Bound Lotus Pose
Akarnadhanurasana – Archer Pose
Ugrasana – Ferocious Pose
Parvatasana – Mountain Pose
Tolangulasana – Scale Pose
Virasana – Hero Pose
Sankatasana – Comtracted Pose
Garbhasana – Womb Pose
Bhadrasana – Gracious Pose
Kapotasana – Pigeon Pose
Ekpadaskandhasna – Foot Behind the Head Pose
Vatayanasana – Horse Pose
Padmasana – Lotus Pose
Siddhasana – Accomplished Pose
Swastikasana – Prosperous Pose
Shavasana – Corpse Pose
Makarasana – Crocodile Pose
During your 500 hour yoga teacher training, you will receive two freshly prepared meals per day plus unlimited fruits throughout the day.
Brunch starts at 10:15AM and Dinner at 7:30PM.
For Brunch we serve seasonal fruits, sweet or salty porridge, Oats, Soy milk, Indian Breakfast and teas, vegetables and sides.
Dinner consists of changing cooked vegetables, rice, chapati, pulses (dhal), soups and salads. Sometimes we serve also sweets as desert and Western dishes for more variety.
We provide vegetarian meals only.
