Yoga Teacher Training : Your Path to International Certification Starts with Himalayan Yoga Association

Ready to start going on a dream path to be an internationally certified yoga teacher, or simply wanting to learn and practice yoga deeper for your own life? Joining our yoga teacher training course in which Yoga enthusiasts from all over the world come to join, in the world capital of yoga will definitely be a life-transforming experience. We are what we say we are. Himalayan Yoga Association is one of the oldest yoga school that started to provide yoga teacher training courses in Rishikesh. Our aim is to provide traditional yoga as it is in a practical and fun-filled way so that anyone can live a truly happy life.

Surrounded by mountains and just a few minutes’ walk away from the famous Ganges river, we have a spacious school premises with a lot of green and flowers with a big swimming pool in the garden to give you a comfortable and tranquil learning environment. This bright and noise-free environment from the center area supports you in your physical, mental, and spiritual growth during your stay at Himalayan Yoga Association. Our cleaning team is making sure the cleanliness and a high-level of hygiene is always maintained. Our kitchen team prepares nutritious and delicious vegetarian meals 3 times a day in a clean and hygienic environment.

We offer short courses of 3 to 11 days yoga retreats, 100-hour, 200-hour, 300-hour and 500-hour yoga teacher trainings all year around. You have options to choose non-residential (no foods, no accommodation) option if you are already living nearby the school or planning to stay at your own rented place. For those who are not able to travel to Rishikesh, we also have online yoga workshops and yoga teacher trainings as well.

Both offline and online yoga teacher training courses are recognized by Yoga Alliance, and after the completion of the course, you will receive a certificate recognized by Yoga Alliance. Our curriculum is consisting of shatkarma (yogic cleansing), pranayama (yogic breathing), meditation, yoga philosophy, yoga anatomy. For asana practice, we focus on traditional Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga along with alignment and adjustment classes. Along with those, you will also study Ayurveda and yoga therapy in our 300 hour yoga teacher training course and in the second month of our 500 hour yoga teacher training course. Our yoga teacher trainings include special classes such as 108 times sun salutation session, outdoor classes, Acro-yoga and partner stretching class, sound healing meditation session, Vipassana Q&A session, Ayurvedic treatment session. The first class starts at 6am with the sunrise and continues until the sunset with some free time and healthy tea breaks in between the classes. The sunset from the terrace is magnificent.

On some Sundays, we provide group excursions to beautiful nearby places in Rishikesh such as Neer Waterfall, Vashishta Cave, Kunjapuri Temple, or Balkumari Temple where you can see the breathtaking sunrise from the top of the mountains. The excursions are held in the early morning, so you have a total free time to explore other areas in Rishikesh for the rest of the day.

At Himalayan Yoga Association, everything is authentic. We aim to provide the traditional teachings of Yoga as it is on and off the mat. Yoga is a way of life, and we provide environments and events where you can practice applying yoga into your daily life so that even after the completion of the yoga teacher training course with us, you can continue living a yogic path in your day to day life.

Best yoga teacher trainings come with the best and inspiring teachers, who are the most experienced and skilled teachers in the region. Our yoga teachers have been in their own chosen teaching fields and teaching the students of yoga teacher training courses for a long time. With the most-skilled yoga teachers within a community of like-minded people that gather at our school will surely give you a life-changing time.

Yoga is a self-journey. We do not use any images of yogis or gurus at the school to give you an illusion, but we support all of the students to practice yoga and conscious living to find what they are looking for. Practicing yoga with authenticity is the best and only way to receive and understand yogic wisdom. Join the best yoga teacher training in Rishikesh where everything is real and authentic.