This initial session begins with theoretical knowledge about yoga and is the base of this 300 hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh. This session provides you with basic knowledge about yoga and its origin so that you can understand everything about it. After completion of this session, you will be able to communicate about yoga, its origin, and its effects on the human body. This session will make you find your answers about the emotional and spiritual life.

You will study the following in this session:

• Basics of Yoga (History & Origin)
• Study yogic theories and ideas
• 6 Methods of the Indian contexts
• Introducing Hatha Yoga- Mudra, Panch
• Learn About Koshas, Panch Vaayus, Bandha
• Enhance mind thinking power
• Negative and positive aspects of Yoga

Refers to the combination of Physiology + Psychology of yoga practices. This session includes a deep level of understanding of the human body. In this, you will gain the necessary knowledge about the working of human body systems and the advantages of yoga practices on them.

You will learn the following:

Modern Medical Human Anatomy and Physiology

• Definition of Health
• Introduction to body systems
• Difference between yoga exercise and physical culture
• Yoga Injuries and Pains

Anatomy and Physiology

Students will learn the relevance and application of these foundational principles of human anatomy to the practice of yoga.

• Cell and Tissue
• Nervous System
• Endocrines system
• Cardiovascular system
• Lymphatic system
• Respiratory system
• Digestive system
• Urinary system
• Reproductive systems

Effect of Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga

• Subtle aspects of the human body from a yogic perspective.
• How a particular practice effect our body systems
• Which kind of practices have to avoid in certain health conditions

This session of 300 hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh is an excellent mixture of Hatha & Ashtanga Yoga. Hatha Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga and the two main pillars of modern yoga. One is about the alignment of soul, body, and mind, whereas the other is about time flow. This session is specially made to provide a perfect balance between the two.

You will learn the following:

• In this session, the advanced form of asanas will be taught, which you learned in 200 YTTC.
• Learn various yoga postures like a dynamic, standing, inverted, twisting, backbend, forward bend, balancing, relaxation postures, and many more
• Feeling the yoga postures effects on various body parts
• Training of Ashtanga Vinyasa – Primary and Secondary sets

In general, pranayama is the control of your breath. So, in this session, you will learn about multiple pranayama postures and techniques to control or direct breathing appropriately. With the help of this, you can control your mind and body with the power of the breath.

You will practice the following:

• In-depth study of Prana and lifestyle
• Ethics of Pranayama
• Learning Abdominal, Thoracic, Yogic, and Clavicular breathing techniques
• Practicing various Pranayama like Nadi Shodhana, Kapalbhati, Sheetali, Bhramari, etc
• Emotion control with breathing and much more
• Importance of breathing control and its benefits

Meditation can help to improve mental and physical health, and it can be used to improve focus and concentration, and it can also help to increase creativity and clarity of thought. So, in our meditation session, you will learn the significance and procedure to perform meditation/Dhyana.

This session will include the following:

Meditation

• Introduction and Definition
• Mechanisms of Meditation
• Ways to Begin
• Time for Meditation
• Preparing for Meditation
• Place of Meditation
• Challenges in Meditating
• The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Meditation

Theory

• Mind according Ancient and Tradition belief
• Mind according to Modern Science
• Modern Psychology
• What is Dharna ? ( Concentration ) Types of Dharna
• What is Dhyana ?( Meditations) Types of Meditations
• Benefits of meditation
• Types of Awareness
• Techniques to control mind

Meditation

Preparation practice for Meditation

• Yoga Asana for Prepare the body for the meditation
• Pranayama to preparation for meditation
• Fundamental

Meditation Teachings based
Meditation Techniques by Lord Shiva –Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
Meditation techniques by Lord Krishana –Bhagavad Gita
Meditation by Lord Patanjali –Patanjali Yoga Sutra

Short Meditation Techniques

• Pancha Dharana ( Five Elements)
• Sthula Dhyana (Gross Mediation )
• Sukshma Dhyana (Subtle Mediation)
• Guided Meditation
• Science and Art of Mediation
• Mantra Sadhana ( Meditation on Sound Vibration)
• Mind Sound Resonance Techniques
• Antar Mona ( Inner silence )
• Ajapa japa
• Kundalini and Chakra Meditation

Advance Mediation Techniques

• Prana shakti Sadhana : Pranic Energisation Technique (PET)
• Nada Mantra Sadhana : Mind Sound Resonance Technique (MSRT)
• Kalpana Shakit Sadhana : Mind Imagery Technique (MIRT)
• Bhava Sadhana : Mastering The Emotions Technique (MEMT)
• Vijnana Sadhana Kausala (VISAK) : Empowering Intelligence Technique
• Pramananda Jivana : Science of living in Eternal Joy
• Ananda Jnana : Happiness Analysis

In our 300 hour yoga TTC in Rishikesh, our shatkarma session is a powerful and effective class that help student to learn different yogic cleaning techniques to cleanse and purify the body. It involves a series of specific yogic activities that help to remove toxins from the body.

In this course, you will learn three Shatkarma practices:

• Jala Neti (Nasal cleansing with water)
• Sutra Neti (Nasal cleansing with thread or rubber)
• Kapal Bhati (Frontal brain shining)
• Agni Saar

Mantra Chanting is one of the most simplest forms of yogic activities. There's no need for any special equipment or props - just your voice and your breath but in proper modulation and control. In this YTTC course, we will teach you this art of Mantra Chanting and different mantras that you can chant, each with its own unique meaning and purpose.

You will cover the following in this session:

Mantra Yoga

• What is mantra yoga?
• Mantras and Primal Sounds
• Mantras and classical Yoga
• History of mantra yoga
• Vowels : the prime vibrations of Consciousness
• Consonants : the twenty five consonants : The Power of manifestation
• The Three Types of Mantras – Beja, Saguna, Nirguna
• Why do we chant mantras?
• Science behind mantra Yoga
• Mantra as universal vibration
• Benefits of mantra yoga
• Type of doing japa yoga with mala
• Mantra yoga for woman, during menstruation, during pregnancy, after menopause
• Environment for mantra yoga
• Preparations for mantra yoga
• What is difference b/w mantra sadhana in male and female
• Mantra and Chakras
• Mantra and kundalini
• Mantra and mind
• Mantra and Intelligence
• Mantra with Surya Namaskara ( Sun Salutations )
• Mantra with Chandra Namaskar ( Moon Salutations )
• Mantra with Pranayama
• Mantra and Meditation
• Mantra and Consciousness
• Types of mantras : Ekashari, Dvakshari, Sadakshari, Ashtakshari
• Level of Chanting the Mantras
• Ways of chanting of mantra
• Mantras of desired results like child, wealth and health
• Relaxing mantras
• Stimulating mantras : Energizing mantra
• Mantras and five elements like fire, water
• Mantra and Sanskrit the language of Gods
• Three types of basic sounds
• Mantra and Religion
• Mantra Yoga as therapy for management of diseases

Yoga Nidra is an expression used to describe the highest state of consciousness. Although it means yogic sleep, it's actually a wakeful state of deep introversion. In this session, we will teach you some basic concepts and provide some pointers to reach that highest level of consciousness.

You will cover the following in this session:

• Concept of Yoga Nidra and its signification
• Preparation of Yoga Nidra
• Various Posture during Yoga Nidra
• Meditative Yoga Nidra techniques

Teachings Methodology in 300 hour yoga teacher training comprises different aspects of yoga teaching that are required to consider to meet the specific needs of individuals and groups.

Here we will teach you the following teaching methodologies in this course:

Teaching Methodology for Our Yoga TTC Course

• Demonstration of All Practice
• Group discussion
• Group Practice
• Individual Attention
• Assignment writing and presentation
• One to one discussion
• Theory Lectures
• Practical Sessions
• Review classes
• Class arrangement and management
• Lesson planning
• Model lesson Plans

Teaching Methodologies to improve the Teaching Skills of Future Yoga Professionals

• Communication skills Enhancement Techniques
• Time management
• Establishment of priorities and boundaries
• Principles of Teaching Yoga
  • Demonstration
  • Observation
  • Assisting
  • Correcting
• Qualities of a Good Yoga Teacher
• Business aspects of teaching yoga
• Maps of Alignment
• Use of Language and Voice
  • Lecture and discussion on active vs. passive language and the effective use of each
  • Positive and conscious communication
  • habitual speech and communication patterns

With 300 hour yoga teacher training course, we have included a comprehensive module called Yogic Nutrition that teaches students about the yoga philosophy with respect to food. In addition, 300 hour YTT students will learn a brief glimpse of how different food items affect the predominant dosha (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha).

This module includes the following:

• Introduction to food and nutrition
• Understand the relevance of Yamas and Niyamas and their applicability to one's diet
• Learn about the Sattva Guna
• Understand the fundamentals and dietary guidelines of a Sattvic Diet
• What should be there in a balanced healthy meal?
• Learn about the Tamasic and Rajasic yoga diet
• Learn how to create Yoga Diets for your students

This module includes the following:

• Pancha Mahabhutas – Five Great Elements
• Pancha Kosa – Five Layers of Human Existence
  • Annamaya Kosa - Physical Body
    • Introduction to Anna Maya kosa
    • Pancha Karma Indriyas – Five Organs of Action
    • Pancha Jnana Indriya –Five Sense Organs
    • Pancha Tanmatra – Five types of Perception
  • Pranamaya Kosa - Energical Body
    • Introduction to Pranamaya kosa (Energy Body)
    • Pranas Vayus (Life types Forces )
    • Nadis (Energy Channels)
    • Chakras (Energy Centres)
    • Kundalini (Serpent Power)
    • Aura 9
    • Energy (Modern Science and Scientific evidence)
    • Cosmic Energy
  
  
  • Manomaya Kosa (Mental & Emotional Body)
    • Introduction to Mind
    • Cosmic mind and individual mind
    • Functions of Mind
    • Aspects of mind
    • Mental Aura or Psychic Aura
    • Parts of Mind
  
  
  • Vijanamaya Kosa (Intellectual Body)
    • Introductions to Vijanamaya Kosa
    • Inner growth and personal development
    • Way to freedom from thoughts, actions, and speech
    • Presence and Evolution of Morals and Ethics
    • knowledge, discernment and wisdom
    • Vedanta ( Teaching of Vedas )
  
  
  • Anandamaya Kosa ( Bliss Full Body)
    • Introductions to Anandamaya Kosa
    • Happiness Analysis
    • Yoga and Consciousness
    • Supreme Bliss
    • Self-Realization and Enlightenment

This module includes the following:

• Yogic Principles
• Psychological Principles
• Anatomico-physiological Principles
• Educational Principles
• Social Principles

This module includes the following:

• Science and Art of Relaxation
• Avartan Dyana – Cycling Meditation
• Instant Relaxation Technique
• Quick Relaxation Technique
• Deep Relaxation Technique
• Advance stages Yoga Nidra Sessions
• Body Scan relaxation Technique
• Mind Imagery relaxation Technique
• Himalayan yoga Nidra : 61 Points Relaxation Techniques
• Sangita shanti : Deep Relaxation with Music

Osteology

• Parts of the Human Body
• Mapping the Human Body
• Skeletal Tissues
• Skeletal Osteology: Study of the Bones
• Bones of the Human Body

Arthrology

• Skeletal Arthrology: Study of the Joints
• Joint Action Terminology
• Classification of Joints
• Joints of the Axial Body
• Joints of the Lower Extremity
• Joints of the Upper Extremity
• Limitations of Joints

Myology

• Myology: Study of the Muscular System
• Anatomy and Physiology of Muscle Tissue
• How Muscles Function: the Big Picture
• Types of Muscle Contractions
• Roles of Muscles
• Determining the Force of a Muscle Contraction
• The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body
• Types of Joint Motion and Musculoskeletal Assessment
• The Neuromuscular System
• Posture and the Gait Cycle
• Stretching
• Principles of Strengthening Exercise

Hatha Yoga has Seven Limbs called Saptanga. We are teaching Hatha yoga in most Authentic way based yoga on Natha Yoga Parampara - Lineage of Natha Yogis and Ancient Scriptures like Hatha yoga Pradipika, Hatha Ratna Vali, Gheranda Samhita, Gorkha Shatakam and Siddha Sidhanata Padhati. Our School is teaching Hatha Yoga to the students in the most effective, safe and Beneficial way.

Ayurveda

• Origin of Ayurveda
• Philosophical orientation of ayurveda
• The tridosha theory

Constitution and consciousness

• Prakriti: the constitution
• Manas prakriti: the Constitutional influence Upon mind
• Triguna manas: the qualities of the mind
• Manas: The mind
• Citta: Consciousness
• Three Desires

Ayurvedic threefold approach

• Determining one’s elemental constitution (dosha or prakriti)
• Learning the elemental cause of illness (vikiti)

Concept of body as per Ayurveda

• Qualities of the Three Doshas
• Sthana: residence of the dosas
• Kala: Timing of the dosas
• Tridosa lakshanas: symptomology of the dosas
• Caya and kopa: increase and vitiation of the dosas
• Agni: The Fire Of Digestion And Metabolism
• The sub-dosas: subdivisions Within each dosa
• Sapta Dhátus – The 7 types of Body Tissues
• Ojas: the vital essence
• Tri Malas – The 3 types of body waste
• Ama: toxins and wastes
• Rasa: The six tastes
• Srotasmi: The Channels Of The Body

Analyzing Constitutions and Diseases

Ayurvedic Living

• Dinacharya - The daily regimen
• Ritucharya - seasonal regimen

Dharnia Vega- Non-Suppressible Urges

Adharniya Vega- Non-Suppressible Urges