300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training course in Rishikesh with Vedansha Institute of Yoga & Vedic Science is all about experimenting with different dimensions of Yoga to enhance and discover your hidden qualities and make you become the best yoga teacher. We are preparing and presenting you as a professional yoga teacher for the future generation.

Do your 300 hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh India at Vedansha Yoga and Vedic Science Institute and become a professional yoga teacher! Master your practice at in advance level on 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training!

Our Program-

• Yoga poses stretch your muscles and increase your range of motion. And even though yoga is not aerobic, some research finds it can be just as good as aerobic exercise for improving health.
• Increased flexibility
• Improved respiration, energy and vitality
• Maintaining a balanced metabolism
• Weight reduction
• Cardio and circulatory health
• Reach more advanced level of yoga practice by deeper & advanced learning of asana, pranayama, yoga anatomy, philosophy, meditation, elements of Ayurveda and yoga therapy
• Become more qualified and bring your career on higher level of teaching
• Learn therapeutic aspect of yoga and integrate it in individual treatment of common diseases
• Meet other yoga practitioners from all over the world and exchange valuable experience

• Intermediate & advanced students
• For advanced practitioners without certificate of 200 Hrs of yoga alliance USA
• For meditation and wellness teachers
• For medical and education staff
• For yoga practitioners who would like to get certificate of yoga Alliance USA

• Asanas according Hatha and Ashtanga Style
• Elements of Iyengar Style
• Pranayama, Meditation
• Yoga Philosophy & Mantra
• Yoga Anatomy
• Yogic Nutrition
• Elements of Ayurveda
• Asana alignment and adjustment
• Yogic cleansing (Shatkarma)
• Teaching Methodology
• Practicum & Sequencing
• Get important information about your energy body with aura check up

• Internal valid certificate of Yoga Teacher of Yoga Alliance USA
• Theoretical and practical skills.
• Mala (string of beads) energized by our Guru Ji Yogachariya Dr. S.K. Pandey, PhD (Yoga & Naturopathy).
• 26 nights accommodation
• Wi-Fi.
• 3 times of yogic nutrition, beverages
• Yogic cleansing session
• Study materials
• Cleansing Kit.
• T-shirts (1) with symbolic of school
• 2 excursions in Himalaya
• 1 short aura check-up
• 2 Ayurvedic massages
• Accompanying and supporting during time of staying in the Institute, help provided 24 Hours

Scholarship package does not include the ayurvedic massages . Students of scholarship program will be offered participation in some Karma Yoga activities.

• Pick up and drop from the airport
• Other ayurvedic procedures
• Detox ayurvedic herbal program
• Modern automatic hydrocolontherapy session
• Ayurvedic doctor consultation
• Number of excursions more than mentioned above
• Detailed aura check-up with providing of written report about Aura statement, disturbances in aura if they are present, supporting methods and treatment advices of a naturopathic specialist (individual plan of asana postures, pranayama, herbs, meditative practice).
• Detailed horoscope assessment
• Extra night of accommodation

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course Teaching Plan

• Main heterodox schools and their directions — Jain, Buddhist, and Cārvāka.
• main schools of orthodox Indian philosophy— Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mīmāṃsā and Vedanta.
• Heterodox School (Nastika Darshan)
• Charvaka or Lokayata
• Philosophy of skepticism and materialism, No life after death, Religion is created by human
• Criticized Vedas, Intelligence Resides in the body, hell is the earthly suffering. Death is a final destination.

Buddha Darshan

• Four noble truths- (Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga)
• The Noble Eightfold ways
• Correct understanding (Samma ditthi)
• Correct thought (Samma sankappa)
• Correct speech (Samma vaca)
• Correct action (Samma kammanta)
• Correct livelihood (Samma ajiva)
• Correct effort (Samma vayama)
• Correct mindfulness (Samma sati)
• Correct concentration (Samma samadhi)
• What is karma, rebirth, Law of nature, do not believe in God.
• Is it possible to remove karma influence in this life
• How karma influence on future lives.

Jaina Darshan

• Every object has own karma. Actions, results, danger.
• 6 Universal substance
• Soul or consciousness- what is Jiva?
• Matter – Pudugala
• Medium of Motion- Dharma
• Medium of rest – Adharma
• Space- Akasha
• Time- Kala
• Ethical Code: Five Yamas ( Main importance to Ahimsa)

Nyaya Darshan

• Nyaya school accepts four pramanas as reliable means of gaining knowledge.
• Pratyakṣa (perception)
• Anumāṇa (inference) Upamāṇa (comparison and analogy) Śabda (word, testimony of past or present ).
• Moksha (liberation), path of healthy life
• Vaisheshika Darshan
• Theory of Kanada and Uluka.
• Desire (Raga), Aversion (Dvesha) and infatuation (moha) are called faults (Doshas)
• The word is made of seven Padarthas.
• Dravya (substance)
• Guṇa (quality)
• Karma (activity)
• Sāmānya (generality)
• Viśeṣa (particularity)
• Samavāya (inherence)
• abhava (non-existence)

Vedanta

• Founded  by Badarayana
• Interpretation of “End of the Vedas,” containing Upanishads.
• Prasthanatrayi Theory of Dualism and Non – Dualism
• Prajnanam Brahma Brahman is intelligence.
• Aham Brahmasmi I am a Brahman.
• Tat Tvam Asi You are that
• Ayam Atma Brahma  There is only one entity that is the Brahma
• Satkaryavada – theory of causation
• Achintya Bheda Abheda –   “non-difference”.

Bhagavad Gita

• I Chapter Visada Yoga – The Yoga of Dejection of Arjuna
• II Chapter Sankhya Yoga – The Yoga of Knowledge
• III Chapter Karma Yoga – The Yoga of action
• IV Chapter Jnana Yoga – The Yoga of knowledge as well as disciplines of action and knowledge
• V Chapter Karma Vairagya Yoga – The Yoga of discipline and knowledge
• VI Abhyasa Yoga – The Yoga of self control
• VII Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga – Knowledge of Nirguna Brahma & Manifest Divinity
• VIII Aksara Parabrahman Yoga – The yoga of indestructible Brahma
• IX Raja Vidya Guhya Yoga – The Yoga of sovereign science and sovereign secret
• X Vibhuti Vistara Yoga – The Yoga of divine Glories
• XI Visvarupa Darsana Yoga – The yoga of vision of the universal form
• XII Bhakti Yoga – The Yoga of devotion
• XIII Ksetra-ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga – The yoga between the discrimination of the field and knower of the field
• XIV Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga – The Yoga of division of 3 Gunas
• XVIII Moksa Opadesa Yoga – The Yoga of liberation through the pass of knowledge and self-surrender
• XV Purusottama Yoga – The Yoga of the supreme person
• XVI Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga – The Yoga of division between device and demoniacal properties
• XVII Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga – The Yoga of division of threefold faith

Asana Hatha Style Intermediate & Advanced Series (Surya namaskara)

• Padmasana (lotus pose)
• Chandra namaskar (Moon Salutation) Hatha Yoga Style
• Tadasana (Tree Pose)
• Pranamasana (Prayer pose)
• Hasta Uttanasana (Raised arms pose)
• Padahastasana (Hand to foot pose)
• Ashwasanchalasana (Equestrian pose)
• Chandra Namaskar Asana (Moon Salutation pose)
• Parvatasana (Mountain pose)
• Ashtanga Namaskar Asana (Eight Limbed Pose)
• Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)
• Parvatasana (Mountain pose)
• Chandra Namaskar Asana (Moon Salutation pose)
• Ashwa Sanchalasana (Equestrian pose)
• Padahastasana (Hand to foot pose)
• Hasta Uttanasana (Raised arms pose)
• Pranamasana (Prayer pose)
• Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
• Vibhadrasana (Warrior pose A, B, C)
• Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle pose)Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon pose)
• Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon pose)
• Uttkatasana (Chair pose)
• Natarajasana (King Dance pose)
• Parsvottanasana (Intense side stretch pose)
• Parasarita Padottanasana (Wide legged forward bend)
• Parivritta Utkatasana
• Virasana (Hero pose)
• Supta Virasana (Reclined Hero pose A, B)
• Adho Mukha Virasana (Downward Facing Hero pose)
• Setu Bandasana (Bridge pose)
• Paschimottanasana (Full forward bend)
• Dynamic Halasana (Pluw pose)
• Shavasana (Corpse pose)

Asana Ashtanga Style Intermediate & Advanced Series with Half Vinyasa

• Surya Namaskara Part A and B (Sun Salutation)
• Pasasana (Noose pose)
• Krounchasana (Heron pose)
• Parivritta Krounchasana (Revulved Heron pose)
• Salabhasana A, B (Locust Pose)
• Anguli Shiesha Viparita Namaskar Salabhasana (Fingers to head reverse prayer locust pose)
• Viparita Salabhasana (Inverted Locust pose)
• Bhekasana (frog pose)
• Dhanurasana (Bow pose)
• Parsva Dhanurasana (Side bow pose)
• Ustrasana (Camel pose)
• Ladhu Vajrasana (Little Thunderbolt pose)
• Supta Vajrasana (Reclined Hero pose)
• Kapotasana (Pigeon Pose)
• Bakasana (Crow pose A, B)
• Bharadvaj Asana (Bharadvaja Saint pose)
• Ardha Matsyendrasana (Seated Twist pose)
• Eka Pada Sirsasana (One leg behind head pose A, B)
• Chakrasana (Moon Bird pose)
• Dwi Pada Sirsasana (Two Legs behind head pose A, B)
• Yoganidrasana (Yogic sleep posture)
• Tittibasana (Firefly pose A, B, C)
• Ardha Tittibhasana (Half Firefly pose)
• Pincha Mayurasana (Feathered Peacock pose)
• Karandavasana (Himalayan Duck Pose A, B)
• Vrischikasana (Scorpion pose)
• Mayurasana (Peacock pose)
• Nakarasana (Crocodile pose)
• Parighasana (Gate Pose)
• Vatayanasana (Horse pose)
• Gomukhasana (Cow face pose)
• Supta Urdhva Pada Vajrasana (Reclined Thunderbolt pose)
• Mukta Hasta Sirsasana (Free Head standing pose A, B, C)
• Salamba Sirsasana (Supported Headstand pose A,B,C,D)
• Hasta Sirsasana (A,B,C)
• Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward facing bow pose)
• Salamba Sarvangasana (Supported Shoulderstand)
• Balasana (Child pose)
• Karnapidasana (Ear pressure pose)
• Urdhva Mukha Padmasana (Upward facing lotus pose)
• Matsyasana (Fish pose)
• Uttana Padasana (Raised leg pose)
• Badha Padmasana (Locked Lotus pose)

Advanced Pranayama – from breath to Pratyahara

• Abdominal breath
• Preparational breath
• Nadi Shodana with/without retention Level II-III
• Ujjayi breath
• Meditation Breath
• Bhramari Pranayama
• Bhastrika Pranayama
• Shitali pranayama
• Shitkari pranayama
• Surya Bheda & Chandra Bheda
• Viloma pranayama Level II – III
• Kevala Kubhaka Pranayama
• Puraka & Rechaka
• Level of Sadhaka’s practice
•  Pranic body in meditation
• How to reach breath retention, Does it can influence on your life?
• Advanced Kriyas Kriyas (Body Cleansing Methods): (Neti, Netra Shuddi , Kapalabhati, Trataka, Shanka Prakshalana, Dauti)
• Advanced mudra and bandha
• How to increase energy level with Ashwini Mudra
• Awareness of 3 Nadis and its effect
• Ways of activating of 3 Nadis with pranayama?
• Mudras that can be used in Pranayama practice: Dhyana (hand gesture of meditation), Anjali (salutation), Prithvi (earth), Varuna (seal of mental clarity), Shakti (female power), Gyan (mudra of knowledge) , Chin (consciousness), Shambhavi (happiness), Khechari Mudra (one who moves the sky), Hansi mudra (laughter), Vayu mudra (air), akash Mudra (space), Shunya Mudra (heaven), Surya mudra (Sun), Jalodar nashak mudra (reducing of water), Apana mudra (releasing), Pran Mudra (prana), shankh mudra (Divine conch), Apan Vayu Mudra (excretion), Ling Mudra (Shiv Lingam), Dhyan Mudra (gesture of courage), Lotus Mudra, Musal Mudra, Kunt Mudra, Mrigi Mudra (Deer Sealor healing Mudra), Anushasan Mudra (discipline), Meru Danda Mudra (gesture of the spine), Chinmay Mudra (Gesture of Awareness ), Adi Mudra (primal Mudra),  Mushti Mudra (closed hand), Matsya Mudra (fish mudra), Hakini mudra (Balanced mind), Agni mudra (fire), Shank Mudra (Harmony/Purity)

Mudra with asana, pranayama and meditation in one class. Principles of adjustment of Mudra in class

• Advanced energy body sequence with Moula, Uddyana Bandha, Jalandra Bandha
• Shatkarma (Dauti, Kunjal, Basti, Neti, Sutra neti)
• Shatkarma (main features, how to do, effect, home practice)
• Pranayama in yoga class: 30, 60 or 90 min
• Which posture is best for Pranayama
• Conditions for pranayama practice?
• Effect of pranayama on energy and subtle body?
• What is after Pranayama, as next practice?
• How to feel progress in pranayama practice?
• What is behind of kevala kumhaka?
• Breath retention and bridge to meditation?
• Way from breath retention to Samadhi?
• Place preparation for pranayama practice
• Place energy. What is a difference in pranayama at home and in Himalaya?
• How to practice Pranayama after Rishikesh?
• Adjustment for pranayama practice?
• How safe III Level of pranayama practice?
• Body awareness and pranayama
• Real samples of long time spontaneous retention

• Human Posture. Static and Dynamic Posture. Postural assessment.
• Muscle Synergies.
• Fixed Support Synergies. Support Strategies.
• Kinetics and kinematics of posture. Optimal posture
• Techniques of assessment.
• Analysis of Standing posture viewed from the anterior, posterior and side views. Optimal Alignment
• Analysis of Sitting posture viewed from the anterior, posterior and side views. Optimal Alignment
• Analysis of Laying posture viewed from the anterior, posterior and side views. Optimal Alignment
• Effect of age, gender, pregnancy, occupation and recreation on posture
• Joint movement assessment. Goniometry. Muscles, joint tests. Measurement range of motion.
• Joint and muscular movement according to the asana

Samasthiti (Equal Standing Pose)

Tree pose (Vrksasana)

Mountain  pose ( Tadasana )

Virabhadrasana I, II, III (Warrior Pose I, II, III)

Dhanurasana ( Bow pose)

Ustrasana (Camel pose)

Kapotasana (Pigeon pose)

Sampattasana (Plank Pose)

Chaturanga dandasana (Four limb Staff Pose)

Vasisthasana (Side plank pose)

Matsyasana (Fish pose)

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge pose)

Sirsasana (Head stand pose)

Sarvangasana (Shoulder stand pose)

Balasana (Child pose)

Paschimottanasana (seated forward bend)

Surya Namaskar (Sun salutation)

Chandra namaskar (Moon Salutation)

• Biomechanics of breath. Lungs chest and system. Rule of muscles.
• Rule of Kriya practice in breath (Neti Sutra neti)
• Respiratory pump and its performance.
• Blood gas exchange. Transport of Oxygen. Transport of carbon dioxide. Gas exchange in the lungs. Abnormal Gas exchange.
• Respiration, circulation and metabolism.
• Kumbhaka, effect of Kumbhaka in Advanced yogic practice
• Respiratory problems (Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Tracheitis, Asthma, Emphysema)
• Levels of organization. Chemical level, Organelle level, Cellular level, Tissue level, Organ level, System Level, Organism level.
• The balance of all body functions. Homeostasis. Feedback loops
• Cell, structure and function.
• The Nervous system. Central and Peripheral nervous system.
• Somatic and Autonomic Nervous System.
• Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous system
• Cells of nervous system. Neurons, Glia.
• Transmission of Nervous Impulses. The Synapse.
• Central nervous system. Spinal cord
• Reflex Arcs.
• Divisions of the brain.
• Motor areas. Sensory areas, Association Areas. Limbic System.
• Fluid system of the brain and spinal cord.
• Peripheral nervous system. Cranial nerves, plexus, functions.
• Rule of Kriya practice on Nervous system (Neti, Sutra neti, Netra Shuddi )
• Moving into stillness. Mechanics of stillness and cells movement.
• Stress and body adaptation.
• Nervous system and breath
• Endocrine system. Introduction.
• Hypothalamus, Pineal gland, Pituitary gland, Thyroid gland, Thymus, Adrenals, Pancreas, Ovaries, Testes.
• Cardiovascular System.

Heart, vessels, arteries, veins, blood flow, heart circulation.

• Digestive System. Shankaprakshala,

Neti, Sutra neti, netra shuddhi, dhauti.

• Urinary system and its function. Kidney, Urinary bladder.
• Genitals male and female in overview.

Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi. How to understand your level of development in meditation

• Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi. How to understand your level of development in meditation
• Key Practice of Pratyahara
• What is needed for successful Pratyahara
• Meditation posture, adjustment, place etc.
• Aromatherapy, ayurveda in meditation
• Sound, Silence, Smell, Perception – how to adjust 5 elements and organ senses
• Path from Pratyahara to Dharana
• Fear, impatience and other obstacles
• Different types of feelings in physical body in meditative practice
• Trataka with flame, light, object
• Yoga Nidra and body scan with special elements
• Sound meditation
• Different types of Mantra meditation
• Morning meditation technique

5 elements meditation with mudras and bandhas

• 5 elements meditation with mudras and bandhas
• 7 chakra meditation of intermediate level
• Breath and chakra meditation
• Astrological meditation according to planets
• Ajapa/japa
• Ida/Pingala spinal rotation
• Hridayakasha Dharana
• Panchaprana Dharana
• Pranava Dhyana
• Yantra meditation
• Sound meditation
• Tibetan meditation
• Osho meditation

Concept of Srotas – main body channels.

• What is Ama – body toxins.
• Types of Prakriti – body constitution.
• What is  Mala – waste products.
• Role of Agni – digestive fire. Pathological conditions of digestive fire
• What is Koshta – nature of digestive tract.
• What is Marma – vital points, their role in ayurveda.
• Basics of healthy ayurvedic nutrition
• Six tastes Rasa , vīrya (potency) and vipāka (post digestive effect)
• Effects taste on doṣas, dhātus and malas
• Tastes nourishing body (bṛṁhaṇa) and tastes that  purifying the body (laṅghana)

Effect of the tastes and foods on agni and ama

• Foods in each major category (Grains, meats, dairy, vegetable, fruits, spices) and their effect on three doṣhas
• Spices and their effect on the doshas
• Fasting and doshas
• Liquid, juice, fruits and other diets
• Tongue diagnostic
• Eye diagnostic
• Ear diagnostic
• Pulse diagnostic in Ayurveda
• Hridayakasha Dharana
• Panchaprana Dharana
• Pranava Dhyana
• Yantra meditation

Yoga therapy for common diseases

• Anxiety, burn-out syndrome, depression
• Back pain syndrome
• Scoliosis
• Migraine
• Hernia
• Anemia
• Arterial hypertension
• Arthritis
• Statement after fractures
• Luxations
• Body lean forward
• Body leans backward
• High Shoulder
• Round shoulders
• Arm turned out/in
• Arm out from hip

Winging Scapula

• Winging Scapula
• Flat back
• High hip
• Hip twisted
• Hyperextended knee
• Knock knees
• Bowel legs
• Leg outward/inward
• Flat foot
• Thyroid Gland disorders
• Urinary tract disorders
• Infertility
• Menopause
• Menstrual cycle disorders
• Chronic pelvic pain
• Gastritis, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome
• Diabetes
• Rheumatism
• Obesity
• Anorexia
• Alcohol, drug and play addictions

Sequencing – concept, main features. Asana, pranayama, meditation

• Sequence for Mooladhara Chakra
• Sequence for Swadhistana Chakra
• Sequence for Manipura Chakra
• Sequence for Vishuddhi Chakra
• Sequence for Ajna Chakra
• Sequence for Sahasrara Chakra
• Sequence for beginners, intermediate and advanced classes
• Sequence for people with different limitations
• Sequencing “up to down”, “down to up”
• Yoga sequence for 30, 60, 90 min
• Combination of asana sequence with meditation and pranayama
• Yoga Sequence for digestive problems
• Yoga Sequence for sleep
• Yoga sequence for back pain
• Yoga Sequence for weight loss

Yoga Sequence for Women

• Yoga Sequence for Men
• Flat back
• High hip
• Hip twisted
• Hyperextended knee
• Knock knees
• Bowel legs
• Leg outward/inward
• Flat foot
• Thyroid Gland disorders
• Urinary tract disorders
• Infertility
• Menopause
• Menstrual cycle disorders
• Chronic pelvic pain
• Gastritis, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome
• Diabetes
• Rheumatism
• Obesity
• Anorexia
• Alcohol, drug and play addictions

How to teach mixed level yoga class

• How to create own yoga class of 30, 60, 90 minutes of intermediate level
• Assessment and Observation in yoga class
• Designing the asana sequence
• Part of spirituality  in yoga class, required or not?
• Teaching yoga indoor and outdoor, what is the main difference
• Yoga mats: types, qualities, how to choose
• How to choose yoga props correctly.
• Obstacles in teaching
• Verbal and non-verbal communication in class

Timing in yoga class

• How to create a class in mixed level group
• Yoga for busy people – or business yoga -does it make sense?
• Teaching workshop and class – what is a difference?
• Theory in yoga class – how to adjust?
• How to not be boring for clients?
• Teaching and continuing education, what is next after I start to teach?
• How to teach different groups of people?
• Yoga certification
• How to align posture according to physical and mental limitations of the client

• Guru Mantra
• Surya Mantra
• Ganesh Mantra
• Shakti Mantra
• Gayatri Mantra
• Shanti Mantra
• Shiva Mantra
• Shiva Mantra
• 5 elements mantra
• So Ham
• AUM
• Lakshmi Mantra
• Vishnu Mantra
• Mantra for health
• Business
• Children
• Family
• Use of Sanskrit terms in yoga class
• Mantra power by correct and incorrect recitation
• How to choose mantra for yoga class?
• Could a mantra be recite in own language?