200 Hrs Yoga Teacher Training Course in Rishikesh

This budget friendly 200 hour yoga teacher training Course in Rishikesh covers a lot, and includes classes on Meditation, Pranayama, Mantra chanting, Shatkriya, Hatha yoga , Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga, Anatomy, Yoga philosophy, Yoga Teaching Methodology, Adjustment & Alignment, Kundalini Yoga, Reiki and Ayurveda.

Enroll in our 200 hour yoga teacher training course and gain a comprehensive understanding of Yoga and Ayurveda foundations, as well as an in-depth knowledge of Kundalini and Reiki, and their application for self-healing, spiritual awakening, and facilitating others.

05:30 Morning tea

06:00 Shatkriya

06:30 - 08:00 Hatha yoga class

08:00- 09:00 Pranayama/Kundalini

09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast / tea

10:00 - 11:00 Mantra/anatomy/teaching methodology/Adjustment

11:30 - 12:30 Kundalini/Ayurveda

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch / rest

15:00 -16:00 Philosophy

16:00 -16:30 Tea Break

16:30 - 18:00 Ashtanga Vinyasa

18:30 - 19:30 Meditation/Yoga Nidra

19:30 - 21:00 Dinner

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course Program

If you're looking for an authentic 200 hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, Mimamsa Yogshala is the perfect choice for you. Our program is designed for beginner and intermediate yogis, and spiritual seekers who want to immerse themselves in the purest Himalayan tradition. During this intensive and immersive training, you'll experience an authentic yogic lifestyle, with a balanced and disciplined routine, delicious organic, vegetarian and vegan food, and exposure to the rich Hindu traditions of North India.

This course is an excellent opportunity for personal development, where you'll learn self-discipline, self-control, stamina, endurance, and resilience while practicing spiritual and physical purification techniques. You'll also gain new skills that will help you in life and in your career as a professional Yoga instructor.

We place a big emphasis on Yoga Teaching Techniques and Principles, as well as the correct alignment of all asanas. You'll learn how to prepare and conduct a class from beginning to end, demonstrate, adjust, and help your future students to reach their maximum potential, and get the most benefit out of the techniques performed.

In addition to the course curriculum, we have weekly group activities and excursions, held on Sundays, for students to take a break from the schedule and enjoy and explore Rishikesh. The Ayurveda module will teach you how to design and adhere to a healthy ayurvedic diet for optimal health, according to your body type specifications.

Our course is one of the most complete yoga teacher training in India, with a module on the secret practices of Kundalini Yoga and an in-depth workshop and initiation on Reiki level 1 added to the curriculum. You can expect significant improvement in your fitness level and feel your body and mind much stronger, flexible, and balanced as a result of the intense daily practices.

At Mimamsa Yogshala, our focus is on providing you with the highest quality of Yoga education according to the most authentic Hindu tradition, to contribute to the dissemination of the yogic teachings and lifestyle that we believe are the greatest gift to humanity. Enroll in our 200 hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh today and receive a Yoga Alliance 200 hours registered yoga teacher badge.

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course In Rishikesh - Course Syllabus

Pranayama

Pranayama is a set of Yogic Techniques and practices generally defined as breath control and is on its own considered a science. Here is what you’ll learn on the subject:

1. Introduction of pranayama 
2. Benefits of pranayama 
3. The Pranic body 
4. Prana and lifestyle 
5. Breath, health & pranayama 
6. Pranayama and spiritual development

Bandha (energy lock)

Bandhas are energy locks provoqued by the contraction of certain groups of muscles and are widely used in yoga practice. Here's a glimpse of what you’ll learn on the subject

1. Preparation for Bandha 
2. Benefits of Bandha 
3. Mula Bandha 
4. Jalandhara Bandha 
5. Uddiyana Bandha

Mantra chanting

Mantras play a big role in daily Yogic life. Mantras are sounds, and prayers that carry huge energy and vibration. We’ll teach to sing:

• Opening mantra 
• Om chanting 
• Gayatri Mantra 
• Guru Vandana (prayer to Guru) 
• Student and master mantra 
• Patanjali mantra (ashtanga mantra) 
• Completeness mantra

Kriya and Shatkarma (the six purification methods of hatha yoga)

Shatkarma is the Sanskrit term for one of the six yogic purification techniques (kriyas) as outlined in the "Hatha Yoga Pradipika." The purpose of these cleansing techniques is to keep the body strong, clean and healthy. They remove toxins and anything blocking the flow of prana in the body. Practicing shatkarmas internally purifies the body, and makes pranayama and meditation practice easier by preparing the body to perform these practices without distraction, discomfort or fatigue. These are traditional yogic cleansing techniques which are very effective to remove many illnesses and open the body blockages. You'll learn to use and perform:

• Jal Neti Rubber 
• Neti Kunjal

Hatha yoga

Indian traditional yoga style is called "Hatha" (“ha” means sun “Tha” means moon) Unifying the sun and the moon within (Yin and Yang). It's a physical method for preparing and maintaining the body, providing stamina flexibility Balance and strength. This is the most traditional, popular and beneficial yoga style. What you’ll practice:

1. Joints warm ups (pawanmuktasana series a b and c) 
2. Surya namaskara (sun Salutation) & Chandra Namaskara (moon salutation) 
3. Yoga Mudrasana 

4.Matsyasana 

5.Gupta Padmasana 

6.Baddha Padmasana 

8.Kukkutasana 

9.Garbhasana

Backward bending Asanas

1. SaralBhujangasana (Easy cobra pose) 
2. Bhujangasana (Cobra pose) 
3. TiryakaBhujangasana (twisting cobra pose) 
4. Sarpasana (snake pose) 
5. ArdhaShalabhasana (half locust pose) 
6. Shalabhasana (locust pose) 
7. SaralDhanurasana (easy bow pose) 
8. Kandharasana (shoulder pose) 
9. Ardha Chandrasana (half moon pose) 
10. Setu Asana (bridge pose) 
11. Gomukhasana (cow’s face pose)

Forward bending Asanas

1. Paschimottanasana (back stretching pose) 
2. Gatyatmak Paschimottanasana (dynamic back stretch pose) 
3. Pada Prasar Paschimottanasana (legs spread back stretch pose) 
4. Janu Sirsasana (head to knee pose) 
5. Ardha Padma paschimottanasana (half lotus back stretching pose) 
6. Hasta Padangusthasana (finger to toe stretch) 
7. Padahastasana (hand to foot pose) 
8. Sirsha Angústia Yogasana (head to toe pose) 
9. Utthita Janu Sirsasana (standing head between knees pose)

Spinal twisting & Advanced Asanas

1. Ardha Matsyendrasana (half spinal twist) 
2. Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana (spiralled head to knee pose) 

3.Poorna Bhujangasana (full cobra pose) 

4.Kurmasana (tortoise pose) 

5.Poorna Salabhasana (full locust pose) 

6.Poorna Dhanurasana (full bow pose) 

7.Dhanur Aakarshan-asana (archer’s posed)

8.Chakrasana (wheel pose) 

9.Hanumanasana (leg splitting pose) 

10. Poorna Matsyendrasana (full spinal twist pose) 
11. Mayurasana (peacock pose) 
12. Padma mayurasana (Lotus or bound peacock pose) 
13. Gorakshasana (Yogi Gorakhnath’s pose) 
14. Astavakrasana (eight-twists pose) 
15. Vrschikasana (scorpion pose) 
16. Inverted pose, balancing pose and core pose

Teaching methodology & adjustment

During these classes, you will learn how a perfect posture should be. You will also learn how to connect with your future students through correct class verbal guidance and touch adjustment, and about recurrent yoga injuries and how to prevent them. Teaching methodology is one the most important part of the course as our students will learn the following:

1. How to conduct a class 
2. Classroom management 
3. How to get in and come out from the posture 
4. How to assist & help while teaching the class 
5. Leading and cueing - How to use speech in a class environment 
6. What makes you different from other teachers 
7. Which asanas you should recommend for different health conditions 
8. How to use belts, bolster, bricks and chairs to assist in your classes

Yoga philosophy

The history of yoga, the sutras of Patanjali and the importance of yoga and its origins in India, are the subjects of these classes and lectures. A question and answer session is performed in every class so doubts can be addressed, and students can deepen their knowledge about yoga.

Topics in this class include:

The study of yoga philosophies and traditional texts (such as the Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradipika or Bhagavad Gita) Yoga lifestyle, such as the precept of non-violence (ahimsa), and the concepts of dharma and karma. Ethics for yoga teachers, such as those involving teacher – student relationships and community. Understanding the value of teaching yoga as a service and being of service to others through yoga (seva)

Yoga anatomy

Anatomy classes expose how the body, bones, inner systems, and respiration are affected by asanas and the flow of breath. To know The basic structure and function of the organs and systems is very important to practitioners, so that their work as yoga teacher can be safe and beneficial to future students. This is what you’ll learn:

Complete Body Anatomy 

1. Skeleton system 
2. Muscular system 
3. Circulatory system 
4. Nervous system 
5. Respiratory system 
6. Endocrine system 
7. Joints and movement.

Kundalini Yoga

Although Kundalini yoga is practiced around the world, its origin is unknown. The concept of Kundalini energy has been around for centuries and was mentioned in ancient Vedic texts from 1,000 B.C. Kundalini yoga is most associated with Yogi Bhajan, a yoga teacher from Pakistan. He’s credited with introducing the practice to Western countries in the 1960s. The term “Kundalini” comes from the Sanskrit word “kundal,” which means “circular.” It also refers to a coiled snake. And according to practitioners, Kundalini energy is like that coiled snake: It sits at the base of your spine, sleeping and unaroused. Kundalini yoga is practiced to activate this energy, which allows it to move up and through the chakras along your spine.

Some of the topics you’ll learn include:

Fundamentals of Kundalini Tantras as the philosophical background of Kundalini yoga Concept of Kundalini shakti Concept of chakras Their location and psycho-physical significance

Practices you’ll learn:

• Muladhara Chakra Activation: Mula Bandha, Vazroli/Sahjoli Mudra, Ashwini Mudra, Chakra and Kshetram (trigger-point) Location session, Nasikagra Drishti.
• Swadhisthana Chakra Activation: Swadhisthana Chakra Ksetram (trigger point) location, Ashwini Mudra, vajroli and Sahjoli Mudra Manipura Chakra Activation: Incorporating relevant asanas for 
• Manipura Chakra, Manipura Chakra and Ksetram (trigger point) location session, Manipura Shuddhi (Purification), Agnisara Kriya, Uddiyana bandha. 
• Anahata Chakra Activation: Incorporating relevant preparatory asanas for Anahata Chakra activation, Anahata Chakra and Ksetram (trigger point) location session, Anahata Chakra purification, Ajapa Japa and Intensive Heart Chakra and Heart space Harmonization Technique (Dharana Practice). 
• Vishuddhi Chakra Activation: Incorporating relevant preparatory asanas and Mudras for Vishuddhi Chakra activation, Vishuddhi Chakra and Ksetram (trigger point) location session, Vishuddhi Chakra purification.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda, is a natural system of medicine, originated in India more than 3,000 years ago. The term Ayurveda is derived from the Sanskrit words ayur (life) and veda (science or knowledge). Thus, Ayurveda translates to knowledge of life. Based on the idea that disease is due to an imbalance or stress in a person's consciousness, Ayurveda encourages certain lifestyle interventions and natural therapies to regain a balance between the body, mind, spirit, and the environment.

Some of the subjects in this module include:

• Ayurveda – Basic Concepts 
• The Body Matrix 
• Panchamahabhutas 
• Health and Sickness 
• Diagnosis 
• Treatment Types of Treatment 
• Diet and Ayurvedic Treatment

Reiki

The word “Reiki” means “mysterious atmosphere, miraculous sign.” It comes from the Japanese words “rei,” meaning universal, and “ki,” meaning life energy. Reiki is a type of energy healing. Energy can stagnate in the body where there has been physical injury or even emotional pain. In time, these energy blocks can cause illness. Energy medicine aims to help the flow of energy and remove blocks in a similar way to acupuncture or acupressure. Improving the flow of energy around the body can enable relaxation, relieve pain, speed healing, and reduce other symptoms of illness.

Some of the topics in this workshop include:

• The best ways to perform complete Reiki sessions on yourself and others
• Advanced techniques to help you access your intuition 
• Learning to feel energetic imbalances and areas which require healing 
• Exploring yours & others' energy fields 
• The History of Reiki 
• Cleansing & grounding rituals 
• Discovering boundaries & energetic protection 
• Understanding the chakras 
• Meditation practices

Ashtanga Vinyasa

An intensive and integral part of yoga, Ashtanga yoga style requires deep commitment and self-practice to achieve the goal. Mimamsa Yogshala’s yoga instructors are experienced teachers and advanced practitioners of the Ashtanga style, and will guide you safely through the hardest postures. you’ll learn the complete Led primary series:

Standing poses

1. Hasta Padangusthasana & Pada Hastasana 
2. Utthita Trikonasana 
3. Parivrtta Trikonasana 
4. Utthita Parsvakonasana 
5. Parivrtta ParsvaKonasana 
6. Prasarita Padottanasana A, B, C & D 
7. Utthita Parsvottanasana 
8. Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana 
9. Utthita Parsvasahita 
10. Utthita Eka Padasana 
11. Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana 
12. Utkatasana 
13. Virabhadrasana A,B and C 
14. Paschimottanasana A, B and C 
15. Purvottanasana 
16. Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana 
17. Tryang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana 
18. Janu Sirsasana A,B and C 
19. Marichyasana A,B and D 
20. Navasana 
21. Lolasana 
22. Bhujapidasana 
23. Kurmasana 
24. Garbha Pindasana 
25. Kukkutasana 
26. Baddha Konasana A & B 
27. Konasana A & B

Intermediate Asanas

1. Salabhasana A & B 
2. Dhanurasana 
3. Ustrasana 
4. Kapotasana A & B 
5. Supta Vajrasana 
6. Bakasana A 
7. Bakasana B Jump 
8. ArdhaMatsyendrasana 
9. Yoga Nidrasana 
10. Tittibhasana 
11. Pincha Mayurasana 
12. Vatayanasana 
13. Gomukhasana A & B 
14. Hasta Sirsasana (head stand)

Advanced A (optional)

1. Kasyapa Asana 
2. Bhairava Asana 
3. Urdhva Kukkutasana A 
4. Galavasana 
5. Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana 
6. Viparita Salabhasana 
7. Ganda Bherundasana 
8. Hanumanasana 
9. Natarajasana 
10. Raja Kapotasana

The Ashram offers three vegetarian and vegan meals a day. A variety of Yogic delicacies are on the menu of this 200 Hour yoga teacher training course. Rice, lentils, beans, chickpeas, vegetables and flatbreads are staples. Salad is always available too, along with dessert. All our food is satvik, cooked with love and care, in an hygienic manner, and with fresh produce from the local market.