If you are seeking further understanding & learning, a 500 Hour intensive course could be for you.

This can allow you to gain your full RYT 500 in one longer training.

You can achieve your RYT 500 yoga teacher certification by completing a Registered 200 hour yoga teacher training course followed by a 300 Hour Yoga certification if you wish.

Or you could embark on a 500 Hour course for a deep learning journey that will benefit many aspects and deepen your practice & knowledge.

The program is an advanced study of postures, pranayama, philosophy, meditation and teaching techniques.

All courses have the same standard curriculum set by Yoga Alliance with the Yoga community.

The main location for these are the 500 Hour Yoga Instructor Courses in India (Rishikesh).

Classes will include the following parts for the yoga certification.

Typical areas of practice & teaching skills training will be:

• Asanas - Posture practice
• Pranayamas - Breath & Energy
• Meditation - Inner Journey
• Mantras & Chanting - Internal or External
• Kriyas - Internal often with breath

• Communication - one to one & group dynamics
• Demonstration, Assisting & Correcting
• How Students Learn
• Teaching Styles & Qualities
• The Business of Yoga

• Physical anatomy & bodily systems, applying this knowledge to yoga
• Energy body works, study of the chakras and nadis (energy channels)

• Study of traditional texts revealing yoga philosophies
• The yoga lifestyle, concepts of dharma and karma
• Service (Seva)

• Practice teaching as the lead instructor without feedback
• Observing others doing the same and sharing feedback afterwards

The elective hours of the course are 185 of the total 500 hours.

This is what makes each program unique, allowing for focus on an area that may interest you such as Shamanism, Mantra, Ayurveda, Acro Yoga, Yoga Nidra, nutrition, ritual.

Generally these yoga trainings run over 2 months.

To spend an extended time on this journey your practice and knowledge will deepen. You will have the opportunity to explore and immerse yourself in meditation practice too.

A 500 hour Yoga Training in India may be the perfect place for such a journey.