Skill Level
Yoga Styles
Accommodation
- Check-in Time: 12:00 PM (1st of the month)
- Check-out Time: 12:00 PM (23rd of the month)
Program Certification
Sambodhi Yoga Home offers a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training course affiliated with Yoga Alliance. After completing the training, students are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT®) and can teach globally.
Design
The training is designed to challenge and evolve individuals at all levels, led by academically graduated teachers and researchers. This 200-hour course mainly focuses on Hatha yoga and Ashtanga, with an emphasis on breath synchronization with movements, alignment, and adjustments.
This course is for those who want to taste the essence of yoga science (from where yoga originated) and want to transform their lives. As a result, you may experience more liberation, bliss, and peace.
What Every Day Looks Like
You will begin with the morning yoga practice (mantra chanting, two hours of Hatha yoga class followed by pranayama and meditation) while listening to the chirping sound of birds, breathing in the pure natural air of the Himalayas inside the yoga Hall.
Afternoons are focused on deep analysis of each asana, breathing techniques of asanas (yoga poses), alignment and adjustments in yoga, pranayama (control over prana) with breathing, mudras (yogic/psychic gestures), and teaching methodology. You will also learn yoga anatomy (mechanism of yoga). In the evening, you will practice the Ashtanga style of yoga.
Yoga Teacher Training Syllabus
This yoga teacher training course includes the following comprehensive details:
Yogasana (Yoga Poses)
- This training includes 100 yoga postures with four main Sthiti or situations (standing asanas, sitting asanas, supine asanas, and prone asanas).
- You will learn the breathing, awareness, benefits, and contraindications of each yoga pose.
- You will learn from simple yet effective yoga poses to advanced yoga poses such as headstand, king pigeon pose, arm balancing pose, etc.
- Modification, variations, and advanced variations of the asanas.
- Use of yoga props and advanced yoga: Yoga block and strap, use of wall in yoga practice.
- The course will cover asana keys such as headstand, advanced backbends, inversions, splits, hip openers, and forward folds.
Practice Teaching (Practicum)
- You will start practicing teaching after about a week of practice. Practicing yoga a few days in a receptive mood is important so that you know that teaching others is a byproduct of your self-practice.
- Teaching will also be progressive, starting with one-to-one lessons in the beginning and moving step by step to bigger groups of students, ending up in full open classes.
Yoga Philosophy
- With the support of yoga philosophy and the highly spiritual masters at Sambodhi Yoga Home, you will delve deep into the search for real happiness, bliss, and celebration within. This philosophy will help you transform your life positively.
Topics covered include:
- Etymology of yoga and definitions of yoga in different classical yoga texts
- Brief introduction to the origin, history, and development of yoga
- Different streams of yoga
- Ashtanga yoga (eight-fold path of yoga) according to sage Patanjali
- Yoga Sutra (yoga aphorism)
- Bhagavat Gita on the life-changing aspect
- Layers of human existence from Upanishad
Yoga Anatomy
You will learn about the anatomy of the body and the biomechanics of yoga to better understand safe and stable physical alignment in yoga poses. This in-depth knowledge will help you fine-tune and deepen your practice.
Included Excursions
Yoga Trek
You will embark on a long hike from Sambodhi Yoga Home to Shivapuri Nagarjun National park on Friday. During the hike, you will pass through a beautiful park with a wide variety of flora and fauna. You can witness stunning panoramic views of the Kathmandu Valley. It may take 7-8 hours to complete the hike.
