Rishikesh Nath Yogshala is genuinely an exquisite destination to transcend oneself and attain self-enlightenment through yoga. On the lap of nature, this yoga retreat offers an excellent opportunity to connect with one’s inner persona and creates beautiful harmony between mind, body, and soul. Proximity to the holy riverbank of the Ganges and the great Himalayan Mountains, make the yogshala an ideal place to restore both your physical and mental refinement. It brings a wide range of yoga retreats, teachers training programs and certification, yoga sessions and numerous health benefit activities to rejuvenate you. The school stands class apart for the most economical Yoga Framework with a healthy and therapeutic approach.

The school relentlessly works towards the mission of nurturing the knowledge of yogic science. Some of the highly experienced and great Gurus impart this sacred wisdom through the ages-old traditional Indian Gurukul pattern. You can also become a professional yoga instructor with the international Yoga Certification course from this renowned yoga training school.

Yoga teaching techniques

The yoga teaching techniques cover principles such as asana, pranayama, shatkarma, bandhas, mudras, meditation techniques, and mantra and chanting.

Asana is the yoga postures, pranayama is the breathing techniques, shatkarma is the cleansing techniques, bandhas is the locking of energy, and mudras is the channeling of energy.

You will also learn the benefits and contraindications of the yoga asanas which are the pranic energy channels of the body, the pancha koshas (sheath), the five elements of universe, and the seven chakras.

Teaching methodology

The objective and aim of this module is to learn the art of teaching as well as the business and marketing aspects of yoga.

This is done by cultivating good quality teaching like timing, class planning, intonation of voice, asana sequence, and the art of adjustment.

The trainer will be refining your qualities to teach in small and big groups of students.

The process

Through the first two steps, the mental strength is enhanced by interpreting the qualities of one’s own mind and its limitations. Restlessness ceases to exist at this stage and all the limitations and imperfections of the mind are left behind. Analytical observation and intellectual energy tend to grow and you will start to enjoy internal bliss.

About the training

Becoming a yoga teacher is a first step to change your life and share the passion of this ancestral discipline. By deepening your practice and living your daily life in consciousness, through impartial and detached observation of your actions, you can inspire other yogis and yoginis to follow the path of freedom by transmitting your knowledge.

This training is the union of teaching in the respect of Indian tradition and immersion in a living and welcoming nature that allows an intense spiritual connection away from the confusion of the world.

Course syllabus

You have followed the course of yoga instructor and have acquired the bases of the teaching exercise, basic essential training to approach you with security and guarantees to the practice of your students.

However, your desire to learn and advance in this knowledge that captivates you will be set in this teacher training course to differentiate you, to qualify you, and become the professional expert that everyone will dispute.

The classroom hours that make up this curriculum are distributed among the different training areas already outlined in the course of instructors. In them, however, the expansion of knowledge and the deepening of your study will fulfil the expectations of your professional qualification and your personal enrichment.

• Techniques, methodology, and practical application. The practical knowledge of the advanced postural variants, their different techniques and their multiple adaptations, oriented to a personalized, differentiating teaching, able to attend the different capacities that are observed in the classroom, incorporating the most current of the new methodologies.
• Pedagogy: methodology of planning and learning, advanced knowledge of programming and class design, pedagogical and creative strategies for the elaboration and individual creation of teaching scripts, oral presentation techniques,
• Anatomy and physiology - The specialized knowledge of applied anatomy during the practice of postures
• Philosophy and tradition - Comparative multi-faceted study of the yoga tradition, history, literature, philosophy, its practical application, and its conciliation with Western culture.
• Practicum - Daily personal practise in order to perfect individual practice, for the sake of an adequate teaching practice. Acquisition of pedagogical techniques that include practices of postural correction, communication, and coexistence. Knowledge of adaptations, substitutions and the practical use of accessories. Design and presentation of lesson scripts with different levels of practice and difficulty.

Course coverage

• Yama - Ethical discipline
• Niyama - self-observation
• Asana attitude
• Pranayama - breath control
• Pratyahara - withdrawing the senses
• Dharana - concentration
• Dhyana - meditation
• Samadhi - state of joy and peace
• Body alignment techniques
• How to teach individual and group sessions
• Business ethics of yoga and setting up a yoga school
• Holistic approach to learning of therapeutic yoga teaching

Course eligibility and requirements

• Any adult (male or female) can enrol for this course
• The individual should not be physically challenged or suffering from medical ailments or chronic disorders
• Every participant has to adhere to the minimum attendance criteria for classes
• Successful completion of homework, quizzes, in-class and take-home projects/exams
• Participation in a final in-class practise teaching workshop
• Fulfilment of class completion requirement (Varies per training, specifics noted on your training schedule)
• Number of maximum Seats: Only 15 students per batch