200-Hours Yoga Teacher Training Program
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program 2024
Turn your love for yoga into a career or simply deepen your yoga practice with 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training program with Yoga Ashram.
Yoga Ashram’s 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training is for those who want to transform themselves and others through yoga. It’s not about learning everything there is to know about teaching that perfect class, it’s about being true to yourself. It’s about peeling away all your insecurities, facing them head on and getting over them with renewed confidence and vigor.
Acquire A Greater Understanding Of Yoga
You start to blossom, its no longer about just doing “ sessions”, you go deeper into the intricacies like never before. Feeling truly empowered, you are better equipped to face life’s challenges and more importantly, you can create a change in others, in your very surroundings. True fulfilment comes when you are able to transform others, transform the planet we live in today.
Weekend & Weekday Program
Yoga Alliance Certified & Reps Certified
Weekend Schedule
When: August 3 – December 14
Timings: 7:00 – 3:00 pm | Saturday
Weekday Schedule
When: July 1 – August 22
Timings: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm | Monday – Thursday
When: September 2 – October 24
Timings: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm | Monday – Thursday
When: November 4 – December 27 (excluding 25th December)
Timings: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm | Monday – Thursday
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Why Yoga Ashram's 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training?
• We offer step-by-step hands-on training to become a unique mix-style Yoga teacher. Learn traditional and modern yoga styles
• You will be confident, prepared and ready to take your first yoga class as soon as the training is complete
• You will know how to market yourself as a Yoga teacher by taking one to one & group, classes and hold yoga workshops
• This training is for all – serious yoga students who want to deepen their practice, aspiring Yoga Teachers or current Yoga Teachers.
• You will be able to unlock your potential as a true Yogi and have a deeper understanding of Yoga – Physical, mental and spiritual aspects of us.
• It is also unique in that it covers all the Yoga Traditions both Traditional and Modern.
This program is open to experienced and future Yoga teachers, Corporate individuals, Professionals in their respective fields, and all others who want to ‘deepen’ their yoga practises and individuals who want to take fuller control of their mental and physical lives.
Key Components
- Classes will be from morning 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. Detailed outlines will be handed out before each class, allowing students to fully concentrate on the subjects of the day without taking notes.
- All classes will be studio classes including practice in a wide range of postural, controlled breathing and meditative techniques and required theory classes.
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200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Syllabus
Learn Traditional and Modern Yoga Styles
For a list of complete syllabus, refer here.
Learn about Yoga Ashrams' 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training philosophy, anatomy, physiology, mantra chanting, ayurvedic diet, nutrition, asanas – their benefits, and contraindications, pranayamas, meditation, yogic kriyas
Supported by Yoga Ashram Teaching Faculty
We offer step by step hands on training to become a unique mix style Yoga teacher. Learn traditional and modern yoga styles.
Kavita Pillay
Yoga Instructor
Has over 15 years of experience in yogic sciences. She holds two Masters Degrees – Master in Human Consciousness and Yogic Science as well as a Masters in Philosophy – Yoga Nidra. Since 2015, Kavita has been a yoga teacher trainer – conducting teacher
training programs in Rishikesh (India) as well as in Dubai.
Vibindas Ainikkal
Yoga Instructor
Has close to 12 years of experience in clinical yoga therapy – he has successfully worked with hundreds of clients on their spinal, joint-related, and muscular issues. Vibin, as he is popularly called, also specializes in Martial Arts – Kalari and Karate, Ayurveda, Pranayama, Shatkarma, Panchakarma, Sivananda Yoga, Weight loss, Yoga Anatomy, physical instructing, and fitness training.
Shashank Petwal
Yoga Instructor
Shashank is a young yoga instructor specializing in Hatha and Ashtanga-vinyasa traditions. Through yoga, he wants to inspire people to set long-term health and fitness goals for themselves to improve their well-being. Shashank has been working with students of varying skill levels and is proficient in modifications, alignments and adjustments of asanas.
Dr. Jaya Harikumar
Theory Teacher
Is a yoga, wellness, and metaphysical teacher with a doctorate in Metaphysics from University of Sedona. For the last 15 years, Jaya has been working as a yoga teacher, Ayurveda & Vaastu consultant, and life coach. She is also known for her kind, warm, and loving presence as well as for being a powerhouse of yogic knowledge and holistic living. Hailing from Kerala in India, Jaya has lived in Dubai for the last 35 years. Jaya is ERYT-200 and YACEP.
Harsha Varyani
Theory Teacher
Harsha Varyani is one of the Founders and co-owners of Yogaashram. She is a Yoga Instructor, a mentor to those interested in learning Yoga, Facilitator of Well-being , Stress-Relief and Self-Development Programs with Art of Living Foundation for adults, teens and kids. She has been teaching Yoga since 2005 and has done several teacher training programs. She loves painting, design and music. Her passion is to share yoga that is healing yet strengthening. Harsha has facilitated Corporate sessions at Dentsu, DAA Mena, Infosys, Imagination Middle East and Lifecare among others. Being a Singaporean citizen, a graduate from NUS, and with corporate experience in Deloitte, she has lived abroad in Africa and Indonesia too.
Dhvani Thakker
Anatomy Teacher
Dhvani graduated with a Master’s degree in Physical Therapy (Orthopaedics) from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India (Year 2013-2017). As a licensed Physiotherapist registered by the Dubai Health Authority and the Indian Association of Physiotherapists. After her Post Graduation Diploma in Dietetics & Nutrition from Symbiosis College, Pune (2018-2020) She got Certified in STOTT Mat Pilates (2019), Yoga & Prenatal and Postnatal Rehabilitation (2018) thus, she offers a Holistic approach in treating every condition.
Major Curriculum Topics
Beginner to advanced levels – learning, Practice and teaching methods
- Asanas (Yoga Postures – more than 100 Yoga postures will be taught, practiced, taught how to teach)
- Benefits of Asanas
- Precautions to be taken
- Pranayamas (Conscious breathing Technique – More than 15 Pranayamas will be taught, practised, taught how to teach)
- What is Prana
- What is Pranayama
- Benefits of proper breathing
- Benefits of each pranayama
- Precautions to be taken
- Meditations – Yoga nidra, Guided meditation, focused meditation, chanting meditations etc. will be taught, practised and taught how to teach
- What is Meditation
- What is Yoga Nidra
- Chakras and the subtle energy channels
- Benefits of Meditation
- Benefits of each Type of meditation
- Precautions to be taken
- Different styles and traditions of Yoga – traditional to modern will be taught, practiced and taught how to teach. The yoga styles included are – Hatha, Vinyasa, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Sukshmavyayam (subtle Yoga), Yin yoga, etc. Introduction to Clinical Yoga and Ayurveda will be taught.
- What is the difference in each style
- Benefits of each style
- Precautions to be taken
- Special yoga sessions – pre and post-natal; sports yoga; yoga for back, knee issues, yoga of Osteoporosis, yoga for depression; yoga for menstrual & menopause
- How to take a Yoga class if these special needs people are attending your class.
Learning Outcome:
Students will come away with a full and thorough, theoretical and practical knowledge of Hatha yoga Asanas, Pranayama & Meditations to use in their class. Students will know how to teach and formulate their own lessons and plans. They will also be adept at corrections and proper lesson delivery according to yogic principles.
Meditative postures, Dynamic postures, Balancing posture, Inverted poses, Twisting postures, Back-bending postures, Forward-bending postures, Relaxation postures will all cover during this course.
Taking a Class
- Planning, sequencing a yoga class.
- Yoga Class teaching techniques – voice modulations, demonstration, corrections.
- Class structure & writing class scripts.
- Teacher-student relationships
The object of this teacher training is to prepare the student to take a yoga class as soon as the teachers training session finishes. During the TTC, students will be preparing and be ready with at least 10 class scripts
Learning outcome:
Students will learn to sequence the different components to a yoga class, write scripts; deliver the class clearly with right voice modulations.
Anatomical/physiological
- Basic Anatomy and physiology; Human body and its different system
- endocrine glands
- Skeletal & Muscular system – focus on Spine, neck, hips, knees, arms & legs.
- special focus on the muscular and skeletal system associated with the Asanas
- importance of alignment & posture
Learning Outcome:
Students will know the basics of Human Anatomy and Physiology. How these can be used to correct people’s posture, they will know and be able to use the importance of alignment and posture during their teaching.
Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle & Ethics
- Introduction to the basic principles of yoga,
- Introduction to Yoga philosophy – with focus on some major philosophical points that can be used while teaching and also for self-knowledge on why we are doing Yoga, its benefit and yoga principles can be taken off the Yoga mat and used to make our daily life better.
- Yoga concepts and history of Yoga.
- Various traditional and scientific viewpoints on Yogic way of life for healthy lifestyle.
- Different Paths of Yoga.
- Ethics to follow as a Yoga Teacher towards self, students & community.
Learning Outcome:
Students will gather a comprehensive idea and understanding of yogic philosophy and lifestyle based on Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Hatha Yoga Pradeepika, and other ancient texts.
How to use these teachings in our current contemporary conditions. How this knowledge benefits us and how to use them during our class and outside our class. Know the ethics and understand code of conduct to be followed by Yoga teachers.
Practical teaching sessions
- Practising teaching and learning how to take a yoga class
- Different aspects of taking the class;
- Attention to the special needs of the students,
- Correcting and aligning postures.
- Using the right voice modulations and tones
Learning Outcome:
Practical experience of learning to take the class in front of other students and teachers – this will overcome the stage fright from new teachers and make them confident in taking yoga classes.
Diet &Nutition
- Know basics of Diet and Nutrition;
- Different diet types – their advantages and disadvantages
- importance of following one diet format;
- importance of vegetarian & Ayurvedic diets
Learning Outcome:
Students will have an importance of diet and nutrition and their role when in health and healthy lifestyle.
Miscellaneous topics
- Mudras
- Bandhas
- Kriyas (cleansing techniques)
- Chakras
Learning Outcome:
Learning about basic yogic cleansing and introduction to yogic lifestyle and traditional disciplines.
Certifications
All qualified 200 Hrs TTP participants will get the certificate, and the program is certified by Yoga Alliance & Reps (20 CPD points for existing Reps clients)
Rates & Cancellation Policy
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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Q. How does the Yoga Ashram Teacher Training differ from conventional yoga teacher training programs offered in US, Bali, India etc
This program aims to educate the student on various styles of Yoga that are available apart from the mainstream Hatha, Vinyasa styles that have become the mainstay offerings in most yoga studios. It will breakaway the temptation to stick to one generic sequence or style and rather encourages the student to come up with their own unique, creative style of teaching.
This teacher training will also cover ‘mindful’ teaching practises and give a strong Foundational aspect to understanding and teaching Yoga.
Q. Do I have to have an advanced practise or lots of yoga experience to enroll in the Yoga Ashram Program?
No on both counts. Yoga is for everyone!
Having a strong practice or even being ‘flexible’ is not critical to being a great yoga teacher; all ancient yoga focus much more on the benefits of meditation and controlled breathing practices than on postural yoga. This program aims to provide a balanced view of all sides of yoga ie. The 8 limbs of Yoga.
Q. What will a typical day be like during the Program ?
Every class will normally include some lecture and discussion, usually in the early part of the day. Detailed outlines will be handed out before each class, allowing students to fully concentrate on the subjects of the day without taking notes.
We will begin or end the day with good teacher-led, ninety-minute practise sessions.
The rest of the day will involve interactive practice in a wide range of postural, controlled breathing and meditative techniques. Late afternoons will be dedicated to hands-on practise teaching, which has been found to be essential even for those who don’t plan on becoming professional teachers as those who teach ‘ learn twice’.
