200 Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Shiva Yoga Niketan offers 4 weeks intensive 200 hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, program is in compliance with the standards of Yoga Alliance (USA), which has set the guidelines for conducting the 200 hour yoga teacher training courses as per its curriculum. The idea and intention is to provide elementary yoga education to the students making them eligible academically to take on yoga teaching as a career option. Although yoga is a process of continuous learning and experiencing, this course forms a paradigm for beginning to live and think in yogic way and to walk ahead on the aisle of happiness and profundity. Students are constantly encouraged to experience the concepts of traditional yoga through a progressive pattern of studying hatha yoga via an integrated formula of “do it and feel it”. The course is not just about training into some physical feats, rather enriching the lives of all with this science of life called Yoga. 200 Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Syllabus Asanas: Practise of the yogasanas consists 4 hours each day from Monday to Saturday. Morning practise focuses on the pracitse of asanas with a therapeutic approach and also opening up the vital centers in the body. They will also practise the modified vinyasa flow and learn to create their own vinyasa sequences. In the evenings practise students will be get trained in teaching methodology. From the third week onwards they will be teaching classes for 200 hour level students. Pranayama: Pracitse of yogic pranayama (breath work) every day will provide a solid foundation for increasing the pranic reserves within and use it positively to gain vitality at various levels and to be able to teach them skillfully in their classes. Yoga nidra and meditation also are practiced regularly to allow students to understand relaxation and meditation deeper and to be able to use them with confidence in their own teaching classes. Yoga Anatomy: Students will study the various anatomical and physiological concepts in correlation to the yogic practices in order to have deeper experience of providing in class explanations, methodology, alignment in positions, demonstration, cues, correction and feedback techniques of teaching yoga. Yoga philosophy includes the indepth study of yoga sutras of patanjali to gain insights into yoga as a preventive medicine for various physical and mental disorders. This provides a firm foundation for learning the therapeutic applications of yogic techniques. Hatha yoga pradeepika will be studied to learn about the curative aspects of yoga and to get more knowledge on the correct classical techniques of hatha yoga. Mantra chanting and Bhajans will add the holistic experience to the course and also making them able to use them in their class teachings more effectively. Yoga therapy session will provide more detailed knowledge about the pathological conditions related to several common disorders and how yoga can be used to restore health and well being. Importance of diet and inclusions of a yogic diet suitable from physiological, mental and spiritual perspective Daily Schedule: YTTC Program 7 to 8 hours a day. (6 days per week) Class Schedule May Be Change According To The Situation Time Schedule 06:00am to 07:00am Pranayama, Kriyas & Meditation 07:30am to 09:00am Vinyasa Yoga Fuison Yoga 09:00am to 9:30am Tea Break & Breakfast Lectures 9:30am to 10:30am Yoga Prinicipls Philosophy 10:30am to 11:30am Anatomy Class 11:30am to 12:30pm Rest & Self Study 1:00pm to 2:30pm Lunch 2:00pm to 3:30pm Chanting ,Meditation & Yoga Nidra 4:00pm to 4:30pm Refreshing Time, Tea Break With Sancks 5:00pm to 6:30pm Multi Style Yoga Practice(Vinyasa,Hatha,Lyengar Yoga) 6:30pm to 7:30pm Rest Time or Sharing Knowledge 7:30pm to 8:30pm Dinner Time 8:30pm to 9:30pm Kirtan Or Deep meditation 10pm Light Off