300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training Retreat in India

For the students who completed 200 hours teacher training and already having some experience of teaching yoga, this retreat helps you to the next level. This Advanced Yoga Teacher Training at our Ashram includes many advanced asanas, pranayamas, kriyas, yoga nidras etc. to empower both self-practice and ability to teach advanced poses and sequences, which are not covered in 200 hours yoga teacher training certification courses around the world.

Practically, we prefer the students who completed 200 hours teacher training with us to come for this course. However, if you have completed your previous training in a different school or style, please send us your certificate and syllabus of what you learnt, to ensure that you are prepared for our highly challenging Advanced Teacher Training, in both self-practice and teaching careers.

If we feel that your previous training doesn’t include what is considered standard syllabus, we may ask you to come for a two week Yoga Immersion or Yoga Intensive course, as a preparation to our 300 hours Advanced Teacher Training retreat, which can be very challenging if you don’t have physical and spiritual background that we impart in our 200 hours trainings.

Daily Schedule

05.30 – 06.00 am: Kriyas
06.00 – 09.00 am: Meditation, Pranayamas and Asanas
09.00 – 10.30 am: Brunch Break
10.30 – 12.30 pm: Philosophy (Gita / Yoga Sutras)
12.30 – 01.30 pm: Private Coaching / Rest
01.30 – 02.30 pm: Fruit Lunch
02.30 – 04.00 pm: Anatomy / Ayurveda / Therapy
04.30 – 06.30 pm: Teaching Workshops / Teaching Practice
06.30 – 07.00 pm: Pranayamas
07.00 – 08.00 pm: Dinner
08.00 – 09.00 pm: Videos or Chanting (3 times a week)
09.00-10.00 pm: Group Study
10 pm – 10 am: Silence Hours

This time table is subject to change as per weather conditions.
Classes are held 6 days a week. The 7th day is for optional Day-Trips.

• Completed 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training in Traditional Hatha schools, registered with Yoga Alliance
• Advanced enough to hold basic asanas for a minimum of 1 minute.
• Healthy joints to practice 30 to 40 rounds of Sun Salutations every morning
• Core Strength enough to do 25 double leg lifts continuously.
• Lung Capacity to sustain one hour a day, 30 minutes each session of Intensive Pranayamas.
• Basic knowledge of Anatomy
• Physical and psychological stamina to handle the intensity of 10 hours/day schedule, while surviving on light vegetarian meals twice a day and fruit Lunch
• Willing to practice silence from 10 pm – 10 am
• No High Blood Pressure, No heart ailments or any chronic illnesses.

Surya Namaskaras: Daily practice of min. 20/30 rounds everyday 1) to strengthen Joints + Core for advanced poses 2) improving Cardio-Lung capacity to breath better 3) Detoxifying the Body-Breath-Mind.

Advanced Asanas: Led by the advanced teachers, the morning Yoga class focuses on holding intermediate asanas longer to explore body-breath-mind at deeper level.

Anatomy & Sequencing Principles: Both morning practice sessions and afternoon workshops will teach how to practice /teach  more advanced asanas and their variations safely, as per the level of student.

Pranayamas: Two pranayama sessions every day (of 20 to 30 minutes each) to master the basic pranayams and to learn how to practice/teach advanced pranayamas safely, while applying bandhas.

Kriyas: Daily practice of Jala Neti, Kapalabhati/Bhastrika, Agnisara and trying out Sutra Neti, Shanka Prakshalana in the last week of the course, for students who are ready.

Meditation & Yoga Nidra: Learn and practice of various meditation and yoga nidra techniques that you can practice or teach to your future students.

Philosophy: The essence of Bhagavad-Gita for daily life and Patanjali Yoga Sutras, either one or both subjects, depends on the philosophical background of our students. Sanskrit lessons to read/write are also offered in certain Advanced Yoga Teacher Trainings, depends on time-availability and interest of students.

Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy:  An introduction to concepts of Ayurveda to understand the physical body/mind, more than what yoga anatomy can teach. Also our Yoga Theraphy trains you on contraindications of certain asans and how to help the students with certan common diseases such as High BP, Diabetes, Asthma etc.

Chanting: Learning how to chant a few more Sanksrit Prayers that you can use in Class Rooms.

Teaching Practice: Each student will be teaching at least two to four classes to the small group of three/four other students: 1) Intermediate 2) Advanced and also learn how to offer workshops based on Chakras. These classes will be monitored by our expert teachers who would help with corrections and suggestions.

Teaching Methodology:

• Two weeks of workshops on understanding the principles of teaching Yoga Classes for various levels and settings
• Hands on corrections and alignments for advanced poses
• Understanding the energy flows and creating Sequences within Chakra groups
• Specialized classes for Kids, Prenatal, Senior Citizens etc.
• Working with Injuries, Depression, and alternative settings

Krishna Chaitanya
Krishna Chaitanya is a professional Yoga Trainer and Spiritual teacher, with a special expertise in the field of meditation, philosophy and psychology of Yoga-Vedanta. He lived and practiced for more than twelve years in some of the best ashrams in India – such as Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order (Calcutta), Bihar School of Yoga (Munger), Himalayan Tradition of Swami Rama (Rishikesh) and Sivananda Ashram (Kerala).

Embracing the monastic life at the age of 19, Krishna is a born social rebel and revolutionary thinker who doesn’t want to be brainwashed by books, teachers, or spiritual traditions – so naturally the result is, a roller coaster life in search of Unknown – that took him to various teachers and traditions in many parts of the world. After being a spiritual vagabond for years, he is now a living encyclopedia on Indian spirituality – and he is still a soul-warrior on a pathless path, experimenting with life and waiting for one real flash of life (eternity)!

Krishna will be teaching the morning philosophy class on Yoga in Big Picture and Anatomy and Teaching Methodology classes in our Teacher Training Retreats. 

Swami Prabodh Chaitanya
Swami Prabodh Chaitanya is a Yoga-Vedanta Scholar who also holds a Masters Degree in English literature, besides his traditional studies in Sanskrit under his teacher H.H Swami Bodhananda Saraswathi of the Chinmaya Mission.   He also took his Bramacharya initiation from H.H Swami Chinmayanandaji, the founder of Chinmaya Mission.  After his initiation Prabodh Chaithanya furthered his studies of the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahmasutra (aphorisms) under the guidance of H.H Swami Dayananada Saraswathi of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam. Since completing his traditional studies in Yoga and Vedanta under these great teachers, Prabodhji has been lived and taught in Rishikesh and Varanasi for several Years.

Prabodhji will be teaching Meditation and Yoga Sutras during our YTT retreats. 

Vinod Rajan
Raised up in a farming community on the countryside of Kerala, Vinod is a hardworking Yogi who loves to dream big and smile big. His always-be-positive attitude is a great solace for all our students going trhough intensive transformation in our ashram.

The encounter with his spiritual master, Sri Tathata (http://sritathata.org/) changed the course of his live, to embrace Yoga and Spirituality as a personal Sadhana and selfless service to teach Yoga classes, since 2000. Eventually Vinod had the fortune of learning various classical traditions of Siddha Vidya from Swami Sachidananda, who is a direct disciple of Sivananda Paramahamsa of Siddha Ashram. After completing 500 hours of teacher training and working at Sivananda Ashram, Vinod taught Sivananda Yoga in Gurgaon, near Delhi, North India for five years. Since 2011 he is also teaching in Vietnam and Russia.

Vinod is now one of the resident teachers at AyurYoga Eco-Ashram, leading the morning yoga practice for advanced students and also training new  yoga teachers in traditional Hatha Yoga, Pranayamas, Kriyas, and meditation.