Pre-application requirements

The eligibility for this course is a sincere desire to learn and discipline to attend all the classes. Previous experience in Ashtanga or Hatha yoga is preferred but not a must.

How the training works

All material is previously recorded and will be shared on Google Drive, as downloadable files or shared on Vimeo. Bhakti Yogshala will have availability for contact hours as they are free to call or conference them as needed and the final exam is live video call via WhatsApp.

Contact hours

There will be live contact 20 hours whenever needed in order to clarify doubts and the final exam is live.

Non-contact hours

All modules are previously recorded so students can access the material at their own convenience. 180 non-contact hours for self-study.

Timing of sessions (UTC+05:30)

There are no timings as all are pre-recorded and you can choose 1, 3, or 6 months. Once you sign up you can start 48 hours after payment. The only thing that will be scheduled is the final video conference exam and that will be at the end of either 1, 3, or 6 months. However, Bhakti Yogshala is available for a call or conference as needed and this contact hour is around 20. The time for a call or conference will be based on an agreement between Bhakti Yogshala and you.

Course information

You can choose between Hatha Vinyasa yoga teacher training or Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga teacher training.

Hatha Vinyasa

In the Hatha Vinyasa yoga teacher training, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the asana experience as you learn to teach basic Hatha yoga series with a focus on breath coordination, lines of energy, modifications, and adjustment.

The practices of pranayama (the science of breath), meditation, and chanting will be introduced to enrich you as well as provide you with the skill to lead these practices as they might relate to a yoga class. You will learn how to give guided classes and become teachers of asana and meditation.

Ashtanga Vinyasa

The Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga teacher training will push you to go further than you ever thought possible. Known as the most physically demanding of the yoga's, Ashtanga Vinyasa embraces the philosophy that it is through your physical bodies that you will clear your mental bodies which allows the true self to shine forth.

This process unfolds by carefully following an eight-limed path laid out by the Sage Patanjali. In the training, you will focus on the eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga. You will study in-depth all eight limbs and practice them.

You will be learning the primary series of Ashtanga yoga (yoga Chikitsa), how to give guided classes and become teachers of asana. You will also learn to steady the mind (Dharana) and focus the mind (dhyana) and work towards entering into mediation (samadhi).

For both trainings, you will be studying the yoga sutras of Patanjali, Hatha yoga Pradipika, the anatomy of yoga, pranayama, and Ayurveda among other subjects.

Pranayama

As humans, you are expressions of the universal pranic energy or the prana (life force). However, improper lifestyles and unconscious untrained ways of breathing processes hamper your life force and unbalance your body and mind increasing stress, anxiety, and fears in your minds. In your course, you will learn how to breathe properly and to guide and expand prana or life-force in the right way to connect to your higher self.

• Nadi Shodhana pranayama
• Surya Bheda pranayama
• Sheetali pranayama
• Seetkari pranayama
• Bhramari pranayama
• Bhastrika pranayama
• Kapalbhati pranayama

Yoga philosophy

Philosophy is the core of any subject and yoga is not different, without philosophy similar body without yoga is a consciousness. Philosophy classes at Bhakyi Yogshala conducted in an environment, where the interactive process not only allows participants to learn and navigate how to form questions but also helps them reach their own answers regarding mundane, emotional, and spiritual life.

Bhakti Yogshala has experienced that the quality of questions determines the quality of life and if one knows the techniques or the path to reach the answers, life becomes the playground of possibilities. One of the major outcomes of this is the development of interpersonal communicational skills, which refines the perception and responses towards the events of life for an enhanced experience of it.

• Yoga history, philosophy, and lifestyle
• What is yoga
• History of yoga
• Yogic texts
• Paths of Yoga
• Ayurveda
• Koshas
• Pranas
• Nadis
• Chakras
• Pranayama
• Bandhas
• Mudras
• Shat Karmas
• Meditation

Ayurveda

Ayurveda is considered by many scholars to be the oldest healing science. In Sanskrit, Ayurveda means “The Science of Life.” Ayurvedic knowledge originated in India more than 5,000 years ago and is often called the “Mother of All Healing.” It stems from the ancient Vedic culture and was taught for many thousands of years in an oral tradition from accomplished masters to their disciples. Some of this knowledge was set to print a few thousand years ago, but much of it is inaccessible. The principles of many of the natural healing systems now familiar in the West have their roots in Ayurveda, including homeopathy and polarity therapy.

• Learn the basics of Ayurveda: principals and theory
• Body constitutions: three doshas
• Relation between Ayurveda and yoga
• Five elements
• Diet and nutrition according to Ayurveda