Yoga Teachers Training

DAILY SCHEDULES 

06:00 – 6:30 am: Wake up and Ushapan (Early Drinking water) 

06:30 – 8:30 am: Jala Neti (Nasal Cleansing) and Herbal Tea

07:15 - 08:45 am: Hatha Yoga

08:30 - 10:30 am: Breakfast & Herbal Tea Break 

10:00- 11:30 am: Yoga Philosophy

11:00-01:00 pm: Vegetarian Lunch and Herbal Tea

01:00-02:00 pm: Library / Self-study

03:30-05:30 pm: Yoga Asana Practical

05:30 - 06:00 pm: Herbal Tea 

06:00 - 07:00 pm: Bhakti Yoga (Prayer/Chants), Spinal Asana/ Suryanamaskar; Yoga-Nidra, Mudra, Dhyana Yoga (Meditation)

07:00 - 07:30 pm: Dinner and Herbal Tea

07:30 - 08:30 pm: Bhakti Yoga (Prayer/Chants), Group Talks  and Discussion ( 2 Times a Week )                       

08:30 pm: Evening walk, Vajrasana, Self-study & Practice 

10:00 pm: Bed Time (Lights out)

Course Syllabus:

1. Techniques, Training and Practice: Total 100 Hours

• Minimum Contact Hours: 75 hours
• Minimum Contact Hours w/ Lead Trainer(s): 50 hours                                                                       
• Prayer: Om chant, Mantra prayer and Chanting                                                                              
• Jogging; Subtle exercise, Dynamic (warm up) exercise, Spinal exercise and Suryanamaskar (Traditional and integrated form both)                                                                                                            
• Satkarma: Dhauti, Basti, Neti, Nauli, Tratak and Kapalbhati                                                                
• Asana (postures): Meditative postures, Relaxing Postures, Balancing Postures, Fitness maintaining postures, Inverted postures.                                                                                                                 
• Body Alignment in Yoga                                                                                                               
• Yoga safety guidelines                                                                                                                      
• Mudra, Bandha and Pranayama (Breathing Ethics)                                                                              
• Yoga nidra (Yogic Sleep) and Dhyana (Meditation)                                                                           
• Guided Teaching Practice

2. Teaching Methodology: Total 25 Hours

• Minimum Contact Hours: 15 hours
• Minimum Contact Hours w/ Lead Trainer(s): 10 hours 
• Communication skills such as group dynamics, time management, and the establishment of priorities and boundaries
• How to address the specific needs of individuals and special populations, to the degree possible in a group setting
• Principles of demonstration, observation, assisting and correcting
• Teaching styles and Qualities of a teacher
• The student learning process
• Business aspects of teaching yoga (including marketing and legal)

3. Anatomy and Physiology: Total 20 Hours

• Minimum Contact Hours: 10 hours
• Minimum Contact Hours w/ Lead Trainer(s): 0 hours
• Constituents of Human Body: Cells, Tissues, Organs, Terminologies;                                               
• System of Protection and Movement of bones, joints, muscles, Flexibility, Efficiency, Body Alignment
• System of Intake of raw materials and the elimination e.g Digestive, Respiratory, Excretory
• Communication and Immune system-Cardiovascular, Nervous, Endocrine, Lymphatic:                 
• Spiritual anatomy and physiology: Pancha kosa, Chakras, Physical and spiritual Nadis, Kundalini power etc.                                                                                        

4. Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers: Total 30 hours

• Minimum Contact Hours: 20 hours
• Minimum Contact Hours w/ Lead Trainer(s): 0 hours
• The brief study of yoga philosophies and traditional texts:  Meaning, Definition and History of Yoga, Biography of some yogic  Rishis such as Lord Shiva, Patanjali;                                                          
• Brief introduction  of  the Yoga Sutras, Hatha  Pradipika and Gherand Samhita;                               
• Forms of yoga: Karma yoga, Bhakti yoga, Gyana yoga, Dhyana yoga, Mantra yoga, Hatha yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga                                                                                                                             
• Yogic Lifestyle: Day Regimen, Night Regimen and Seasonal Regimen, Aahara – Vihaara – Vichaara – Vishraama;
• Ethics: Yama (social ethics): eg. Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truthfulness); Asteya (non-stealing), Aparigraha (non-possessiveness), Bhrahmacharya (True nature)                                                     
• Niyama (individual ethics): eg.  Shouch (purification); Santosha (contentment), Tapa (tenacity), Swadhyaya (self-study), Ishwor pranidhan (self-surrender to god)                                               
• Concepts of Dharma and Karma, Bondage and Moksha                                                                    
• Yogic Aahara / Sattvic Food, Rules of healthy food habits
• 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 (seva)

5. Practicum: Total 10 Hours

• Minimum Contact Hours: 5 hours
• Minimum Contact Hours w/ Lead Trainer(s): 5 hours                                                                 
• Practice teaching as the lead instructor                                                                               
• Receiving and giving feedback                                                                                                 
• Observing others teaching                                                                                                         
• Assisting students while someone else is teaching                                                                                                                                                         

6. Remaining Contact Hours and Elective Hours                                                                                             The remaining Contact Hours (55 hours) and elective hours (15 hours, either contact or non-contact) are to be distributed among the five educational categories, but the hours may be allocated at the discretion of each RYS based on their program’s focus.