Our Yoga Teacher Training Program

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

Establish your strong foundation as a Certified Yoga Teacher

300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

Deepen your capabilities with extended coursework and training

500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

Combine both the 200 and 300 hour training into a single course

200, 300, & 500 Hour Yoga Alliance Teacher Certification in India

Whether you’re a student seeking to deepen your practice, an aspiring yoga teacher, or an established instructor ready for 500-hour certification, Universal Yoga Center offers teacher training opportunities in India guaranteed to take you deeper.

Our courses are led by Vijay Amar who has been practicing for over 45 years and has decades of experience as a yoga teacher. Teacher Training Courses are offered in Ashtanga Vinyasa flow, Vinyasa flow, Power Vinyasa Yoga, and Hatha Vinyasa.

Our 200-hour, 300-hour, and 500-hour courses exceed all curriculum requirements for Yoga Alliance USA Registered Yoga Schools. These courses are held throughout the year in Goa or Mysore and Dharamsala.

Learning Environment

We at the Universal Yoga Center focus on meaning and the depth of knowledge. We promote learning and growth of our students that are as good as family to us.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a way of strengthening the relationship of ourselves with our experiences. It is simply the art of being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different

Compassion

Compassion is the quality to look beyond your own suffering and pain. It is to see the pain of others before your own.
Compassion is the Radicalism of our time.

Experienced Yoga Teacher Trainers

Our team of highly skilled and experienced Yoga teachers will ensure that they guide you in the best ways known to them and that they convey all of their vast knowledge to you in the most efficient way possible.

Self Knowledge

Through Self-Knowledge you begin to find out what is truth, what is that state which is timeless. In Self-Knowledge is the whole Universe, it embraces all the struggles of humanity. Yoga practice at the Universal Yoga Center along with the rich curriculum enrich the body as well as the mind.

Togetherness

At the Universal Yoga Center, all our teachers and students will make sure that you do not feel homesick, but rather feel at home at the Yoga Center. We encourage and celebrate each other’s personal growth and achievements.

Our Yoga Teacher Training typical daily schedule:
  • 05:50 AM – 06:50 AM Pranayama
  • 07:00 AM – 08:20 AM Hatha Vinyasa
  • 08:30 AM – 09:30 AM Breakfast
  • 09:30 AM – 10:15 AM Ashtanga Vinyasa Led Class
  • 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Self-study and Demo
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM Methodology
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Lunch Break
  • 2:20 PM – 3:40 PM Philosophy and Yoga Sutra / Anatomy and Physiology
  • 3:45 PM – 4:25 PM Mantra Chanting / Meditation
  • Tea Break
  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Hatha Vinyasa
  • 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Dinner
  • There can be special sessions and tips for Back bending, Hip opening, Handstand, Vinyasa, Jump back and forward, Jump through, and Arm balances every week.
  • Sunday is a free day

Please note: There is a written test on Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Yoga Philosophy, and Anatomy at the end of the course. Each student will have to demonstrate a proper class in front of Vijay. Meals are included in the residential package OR you can also avail meal package.

Our Teacher Training Team

Vijay Amar

Lead Instructor & Program Director

Ganesh Rao, Ph.D.

Yoga Philosophy, Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita Instructor.

Praba

Yoga Instructor

Ashok Kumar

Yoga Instructor

Yogi Bharat

Yoga Philosophy, Pranayama, Mantra, Yoga Nidra, Meditation

Dr. Amritha Shama, Ph.D.

Yoga Anatomy & Physiology Instructor

Teacher Training Course Registration

Please fill out and submit this form to register for an upcoming course. Someone from our team will contact you shortly via email to confirm your registration and receipt of your deposit.

Deposit Information

Deposit for 100 Hour TTC Beginner is 100 Euro, for 200 Hour TTC Course is 200 Euro and for 300 or 500 Hour TTC courses is 250 Euro.

Deposit is non-refundable and can be used for any course during the following 3 years. Upon registration, we will send the details for paying the deposit via Wise transfer. Paypal transfer fees are extra.

Important! Your place in the course will be secured only when both the registration form and deposit have been received.

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