100 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India

If you have found yourself on a slightly tighter time schedule in India, then at Om Shanti Om Yoga School, we offer a 100-hour Yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, India. This consists of 14 days and 14 nights, here in our homely ashram.
This 100-hour Yoga Teacher Training course will see you through the complete first half of the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training program.
This 100-hour Yoga Teacher Training course will ensure you are taken through all of the asanas from the Hatha style of yoga, leading towards some Ashtanga vinyasa. It will give you a holistic style of exercise, different from that of conventional forms of exercise, creating awareness, concentration, relaxation, and peace within.

• Yoga philosophy: Taking you back to the beginning of the yogic way, educating and then strengthening your familiarity with this essential ancient information.
• Pranayama (breathing techniques): gaining control over breath is an ancient way to aid meditation, improve the flow of air to the lungs which helps to purify the mind and body more effectively.
• Meditation & mantras: using vibrations of sound to a deeper connection with the surrounding and become more focused, lending towards an uncluttered mind.
• Yoga asanas (postures) & alignment: gaining an understanding of the human bodies' complex systems and their functions e.g. the nervous system, digestive system, and respiratory system.

Rest assured that this course is not only for those who wish to begin their path of becoming a yoga teacher or instructor. It is also for those who are keen to deepen their passion and understanding of yoga and also better their practice for personal progression. Regardless of your intentions, it will ensure you have your key and most basic postures and knowledge rooted within your mind and body. On completion of this course, you will be feeling enlightened, energized and focused, ready to take on the next chapter of your yoga journey.

On successfully completing this 100 hour Yoga Teacher Training course, it will go towards the certified 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course which we also offer at Om Shanti Om ashram as a follow on from the first 100 hours. This opportunity stands if you return to complete the second 100 hours of the course within a year of the first.

To clarify, this course will raise your awareness of Yoga as not only a form of exercise, but as a disciplined way of daily life. Also, it will build a foundational understanding of the range and depth of Yogic principles with some of the top teachers and philosophers in Rishikesh. Your time with us at the ashram/your home will be an enjoyable one, not to be forgotten. You will be treated like family by all of us here at the ashram with positive and inspirational energy.

We will provide you residential yogic practice and an opportunity to become RYT-200 (Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance USA). Yoga is the science of proper living and as such is intended to be incorporated in daily life. Yoga is the conventional culture of the Hindu religion. The word yoga originates from the Sanskrit word yuj, which means the union of the individual consciousness and soul with the universal consciousness or spirit. Some people choose yoga because it helps them in their career or profession. For other, yoga is just an exercise, a way of keeping the body fit, leading a healthy life, doing sports or even a holiday or vacation. But some may even search yoga with a lot of questions in mind. The real learners are those who research the divinity of yoga, encountering self-finding liberation and changing the destination of their life.

• 100 Hours Yoga Teacher Training Course is the foundation of Hatha and Ashtanga Yoga
• 100 Hours Yoga Course is just a 14 days course.
• In these 14 days, our focus will be to clear all the fundamentals of Hatha yoga as theoretically and practically.
• The 100 Hours Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Course includes all the basic concepts of yoga.
• The 14 days of yoga course makes you aware with the true lifestyle of a yogi or yogini.

100 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in India | 14 Days Curriculum

Yoga Asana: Asanas are yoga postures and the physical movements of yoga practice and, in combination with pranayama or breathing techniques constitute the style of yoga referred to as Hatha yoga. Traditionally asanas are positions, which make us fit and healthy in all the way. In the yoga sutra, Patanjali describes asana as a "firm, comfortable posture", referring specifically to the seated posture, most basic of all the asanas. Normally asanas will be held for an average of two or three minutes. Besides being held steadily they should also be held comfortably. No pain should be experienced while holding the posture or in the hours or days that follow. Hindu Shastras tell us of 84 lakhs asanas. A lakh being equal to 100,000, this brings the number of yoga postures to 8,400,000.
We teach Yoga asanas as traditional hatha yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Flow, alignment and Posture correction according to yogic science.

• SITTING / MEDITATIVE POSTURES
• Padmasana
• Sukhasana
• Vajrasana
• Bhadrasana
• Swastikasana
• STANDING POSTURES
• Tadasana
• Triyaka Tadasana
• Kati Chakrasana
• Trikonasana
• Utkatasana
• BALANCING POSTURES
• Natrajasana
• Garudasana
• Uttitha Hasta Padangusthasana
• Pada Angushthasana
• Vriskshasana
• Vatayanasana
• Eka Padasana

• INVERTED POSTURES
• Sirsasana
• Sarvangasana
• Padma Sarvangasana
• Oordhwa Padmasana
• Moordhasana
• Salamba Sirshasana
• TWISTING POSTURES
• Ardha Matyendrasana
• Astavakrasana
• Shava Udarakarshanasana
• Supta Udarakarshanasana
• Meru Wakrasana
• FORWARD BEND POSTURES
• Janu Shirshasana
• Paschimottasana
• Pada Prasar Paschimottanasana
• Ardha Padma Paschimottanasana
• Saithalyasana
• Padahastanasana

• BACK BEND POSTURES
• Chakrasana
• Dhanurasana
• Bhujangasana
• Gomukhasana
• Rajkapotasana
• Matsyasana
• Supta Vajrasana
• Ustrasana
• Setuasana
• DYNAMIC POSTURES
• Surya Namaskar
• Chandra Namaskar
• Pawanmuktasana
• Marjariasana
• Vyaghrasana
• Hanumanasana
• Vinyasa Flow Asanas Series
• FORWARD BEND POSTURES
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Balasana
Savasana
Makarasana
Shashankasan
Supta Baddha Konasana
Supta Vajrasana

Pranayama : Pranayama is a Sanskrit word meaning "extension of the praa or breath" or "extension of the life force". The word is composed of two Sanskrit words: prana, life force, or noted particularly as the breath), and ayma, to extend or draw out. (Not "restrain, or control" as is often translated from yam instead of ayama). It is a yogic discipline with origins in ancient India. Pranayama is traditionally viewed as a practice involving a lot more than just breathing for relaxation. It is a term having a broad range of meanings and connotations Pranayama is the foundation for our body because it refreshes our breathing system and makes fit our respiratory system. It is a term having a broad range of meanings and connotations. The sage Patanjali, in yoga sutras, defines pranayama as regulation of incoming and outgoing breath coupled with retention.
The practice of pranayama is crucial for preparing your body and mind for meditation. Our 100 Hour Yoga Teacher Training program includes the theory and practice of the essential methods of pranayama.

• Introduction of Pranayama
• Natural Breating
• Abdominal Breathing
• Cavicular Breathing
• Thoracic Breathing

• Yogic Breathing
• Nadi Shodhana
• Bhastrika
• Kapalbhati

• Bhramari
• Shitali
• Shitkari
• Surya Bhedi
• Chandra Bhedi

Meditation : Despite all its popularity, today very few of us truly know what meditation is. Some regard meditation is the mental concentration on something; others consider that we meditate when we imagine something that gives us peace or satisfaction. All these methods are being with one goal to slow down and, eventually, completely stop the incessant activity of our minds. These exercises are not really meditation they are substitutes for meditation because it is normally very difficult to stop your mind altogether. In reality, meditation is a state of thoughtless awareness. The real meaning of meditation is transforming our mind. By engaging in a particular meditation practice you learn the patterns and habits of your mind, and the practice offers a means to cultivate new, more positive ways of being. With regular work and patience, these nourishing, focused states of mind can deepen into profoundly, peaceful and energized states of mind.
Our approach to the practice of asana will facilitate the experience of meditation, both in your asana practice and during seated meditation at the end of each day.

• Introduction of Meditation
• Chakra Meditation
• Yoga Nidra Meditation
• Osho Meditation

• Tratak (Candle) Meditation
• Soham Meditation
• Nad Brahma Meditation
• Kundalini Meditation

• Inner Light Meditation
• Mantra Chanting Meditation
• Prana Meditation

Mantra Chanting & Keertan : The word mantra is a Sanskrit word which came from two words man means mind and antra means inner. The mantra chanting will help you to reduce your all the stress level. Chanting helps us to change our thoughts and behavior. In our 200 hour YTTC, we give a selective mantra which student can practice themselves and as well as they can teach their students.

• Gayatri Mantra : Om Bhur Bhuvaḥ Swaḥ Tat-savitur Vareñyaṃ Bhargo Devasya Dhīmahi Dhiyo Yonaḥ Pracho dayāt.
• Guru Mantra: By chanting this mantra we can enhance our knowledge.
• Mritunjaya Mantra: This mantra keeps us fit and healthy.
• Shanti Mantra: Shanti mantra keeps our mind cool and tension free.
• Gayatri Mantra: It improves immunity and grows up your learning and concentration skill.
• Santhosham Shanti Mantra: It keeps calm our mind and helps to grow up.
• Yoga Mantra: Yoga mantra helps to reduce anxiety and depression and releases neuroses.
• Vedika Shanti Mantra: It is related to the welfare of humanity and spreads peace all over the world.
• Surya Mantra: This removes carbon dioxide from the lungs and replaces it with fresh oxygen.
• Sun Salutation 12 Mantras: It stimulates and balances all the systems of the Human body.
• Keertan: Mahadev Sambho | Hare Rama Hare | Krishna Jai Gurudev | Jai Ma Kali | Jai Ma Durga

Sun Salutation Mantra : Sun Salutation also know as Surya Namaskara.

• Om Mitraaya Namaha
• Om Ravaye Namaha
• Om Suryaya Namaha
• Om Bhaanave Namaha

• Om Khagaya Namaha
• Om Pooshne Namaha
• Om Hiranya Garbhaya Namaha
• Om Mareechaye Namaha

• Om Aadityaaya Namaha
• Om Savitre Namaha
• Om Arkaaya Namaha
• Om Bhaskaraya Namaha

Kriyas (Shatkarmas) : Kriya means cleansing as we clean our outer body like that we have a certain technique. In our 200-hour yoga teacher training course where we will teach you how to clean the inner body.

• Neti (Jala Neti & Sutra Neti)
• Dhauti (Kunjal/Vamana, Vastra, Danta, Vatsara, Agni Sara)
• Basti

• Nauli
• Trataka (Bahir Tratika & Antra Tratika)
• Kapalbhati

Mudras & Bandhas : In our 100 Hour Yoga Teacher Training course we will teach you how to balance pranic energy and through the certain mudras (Gesture) and Bandha (Lock) will help you to elevate energy through Chakra to open our energy centers.

• Introduction of Mudra
• Jnana Mudra
• Chin Mudra
• Hridaya Mudra

• Yoni Mudra
• Jalandhara Bandha
• Maha Bandha

• Moola Bandha
• Uddiyana Bandha
• Ling Mudra

Yogic Philosophy : In Yoga philosophy, we teach the Vadic culture of India and the history of yoga. In traditional Hatha yoga, we cover Patanjali's yoga sutra and Hatha yoga pradeepika which is essential for the student to go deep understanding.

Anatomy: Yoga Anatomy physiology will help you to understand different parts of our body like muscles, skeletons, nervous system, and respiratory system, etc. Which is essential for yoga students to know about their physical structure to understand deeply.

Teaching Techniques and Allignment: In our 100 YTTC, We help our student to see what is the right and wrong posture between the class and help them to get the right posture. And create the group to help each other to create a sequence of asanas for there teaching methodology. Each student will have to take there classes end of the course.

Ayurveda: A well educated or experienced Ayurveda doctor from Yoga Vedanta Trust will teach you the basic concepts of Ayurveda for the better lifestyle.

• Introduction of Ayurveda
• Definition of Health
• 3 Doshas and Prakriti

• The Prakriti Analysis
• Home ramidies
• Ayurveda Cooking

• Ayurveda Nutrition
• Fasting
• Ayurveda Physiology and Kriyas

FOOD

• 3 meals a day (100% Veg & Organic)
• Herbal/Black Tea/Ayurvedic Tea
• Hot Water Available
• Indian style cooking
• Seasonal Vegetables Only
• On request dietary requirements

ACCOMMODATION

• Attached washroom
• Hot water
• Woolen blanket
• 24 Hrs. water & power
• Personal cupboard
• Wi-Fi connectivity

EASY TO ACCESS

• Cafe nearby
• Restaurant nearby
• Books & Stationery store
• River nearby
• Convenience/Grocery store nearby
• Cyber (Internet) Cafe nearby
• Tour & Travel agencies nearby

OUTDOOR EXCURSIONS

• Kunjapuri Temple (Sun Salutation Trek)
• Silent Cave (Ancient Sage's Meditation Place)
• Ganga River nearby (The Holy River Ganges)
• Parmarth Niketan Ashram (Ganga Puja Ceremony)
• Trayambkeshwar Temple (13th floor Temple)

Food plays a crucial role at various stages or journeys of life and one such journey is of becoming a yoga teacher. To be a real yogi, it is necessary to follow the right diet at the right time and so Kamal Yoga strictly focuses on this aspect by providing the healthy and hygienic diet to our beloved yoga students. Om Shanti Om Yoga Ashram provides 100% pure vegetarian yogic diet food. Participants will enjoy various kinds of Indian Vegetarian Cookings. All the food is cooked and served in ‘sattvic’ and ‘organic’ ways, as food is essential for the practice of yoga and a healthy way of life. The menus are always varied, so you won't get tired of eating the same food. If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organizer when making a reservation.

Experience the true yogic lifestyle at the divine location of our yoga Ashram in Rishikesh. To be a good yogi, it is necessary to keep the mind healthy and clean and for this, our yoga Ashram's accommodation plays a crucial role. Rishikesh is regarded as the spiritual location, with a tranquil atmosphere and beautiful sights that is far from the chaos of fast life. This region is known as the hub of yoga and in this beautiful location, we have our yoga Ashram providing the gorgeous selected accommodation. We provide spacious rooms with stunning mountain, river views and furnished with comfortable beds, cupboards, hot water bathrooms, and Wi-Fi, are in close proximity to shopping outlets for your personal needs as well as to shopping centers, grocery stores, and restaurants. The Hotel is located in a peaceful place close to nature at in the foot of the surrounding hills. All rooms are fully ventilated to open air and atmosphere. During winter in November to February - comfortable winter blankets are provided.

• Students are required to submit their passport original and passport size photo to Om Shanti Om Yoga Ashram for the FRRO process and Yoga Alliance US certificate application.
• The duration of the course is as referred to as their course levels such as 100 hours (14 days), 200 hours (25 days), 300 hours (33 days) or 500 hours (60 days).
• During the 3rd week of the course students will be assignment tests and in the last week of the course, will be given a written test as well as a practical test.
• On the last day, a closing ceremony “Pooja” will be performed to Lord Ganesha and certificates will be forwarded to the students with Prasad.
• Students should attend all classes such as Pranayama, Meditation, Ayurveda, Anatomy or Yoga Philosophy.
• Students should not commit to any other activities during the course. In case, any confusion related to the lesson in Hindu Mantra, Philosophy and culture, our knowledgeable and friendly teachers is willing to assist you.
• The TTC schedule will be given before the commencement of the training and 8 hours of learning session allocated per day for all subjects (except Sunday for body massages).
• Students should be punctual to the class and give full attendance without fail unless if such unavoidable cases occur.
• Students are only qualified to receive the Yoga Alliance US certificate if they complete the required hours of course successfully and pass in their test with satisfactory marks.
• Students should obey and follow the respective qualified teacher's teaching and instruction for every subject appointed by Om Shanti Om Yoga Ashram without any obligations.
• Students should not consume non-vegetarian food, alcohol, and tobacco during the course and hang around till late nights. Students should back to the room by 9.00 pm.
• The total fees should be paid upon registration by filling up the application form upon arrival before the commencement of the course, by CASH or PayPal transfer (including tax).
• Students are advised to obey the Ashram rules and regulations throughout the stay in Ashram.
• All fees paid are not refundable or transferable in any situation that students wish to withdraw their course or quit. Alternatively, they are allowed to carry forward their course to future sessions.