Yoga Teacher Training

Sampoorna College of Āyurveda & Vedic Studies is offering Yoga teacher training course through Yoga Bijam.

200 Hours Hatha / Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training Course begins November 1, 2025 – for 6 weeks (Hybrid / Online).

In my life, Yoga is not just a practice, it is a lifestyle. One that has been taught an experienced for many many years. This provides my students with the opportunity to not just understand how to practice and teach but to deeply appreciate the purpose and meaning of both practicing and teaching.
Ultimately, Yoga which in essence means to bind will help you and your future students to be bound, grounded, an integrated in body, mind and spirit.

Upon successful completion of this training, students will be able to register with the Yoga Alliance as a fully trained Yoga Teachers.

Cost $2500 (All material included)

Early bird special $2250 (if paid in full a month before the training)

Deposit of $499 to secure your spot

Students attending fully online only: $1990

Sampoorna students & graduates: $1990

Payments plan available 

Weekends (every other weekend in person): 8 AM – 5:00 PM 

Tuesday & Wednesday (online): 5:30 PM-8:30 PM

Friday: 5:30 PM- 8 PM

Detailed schedule will be provided upon registration.

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course Curriculum

Minimum content hours (as determined by Yoga Alliance) include:

Hatha Yoga Asanas (Yoga Postures)

Teaching practice class is devoted to teaching you how to teach asanas and pranayama.

• Sun salutation
• Asanas and variations, from beginner, intermediate level to advanced
• Postural alignment
• Exercises to become aware and move Prana and get in tune with internal organs and the connection between them
• Relaxation techniques
• Release of stagnated energy using Marma points through Yoga practice

Pranayama (Regulation of the Breath or the Control of Prana)

Importance and Benefits of Proper Breathing Exercises.

• Anatomy of Breathing
• Kapalabhati (lung cleansing exercise)
• Anuloma Viloma (alternate nostril breathing)
• Ujjayi, Surya Bheda, Bhastrika, Sitali, Sitkari, Bhramari
• Samanu (mental cleansing of the nadis)
• The three bandhas: Jalandhara, Moola, Uddiyana

Kriyas (Yogic techniques to cleanse internal organs)

• Tratak, Neti, Kapalabhati, Dhauti, Nauli and Basti: Six classical purification exercises for the eyes, nose, air passages, esophagus and stomach, abdominal organs and large intestine. Explanation, technique and demonstration of kriyas and their effects.

Yoga anatomy and Yoga physiology

• Introduction to the major body systems present in the physical body
• The effects of asanas and pranayama on all systems of the body
• Yoga and physical culture
• Diet and Nutrition
• What is Kundalini and the awakening of cosmic energy
• The Absolute and how it manifests itself in nature
• The three bodies and levels of the mind
• Nadis
• The 7 Chakras
• Prana

Teaching Practice

• How to teach basic postures and breathing exercises to beginners and intermediate students
• Setting up of a proper environment for class
• General pointers on teaching a class
• How to go into and out of a pose
• Yoga for Children
• Yoga for Elderly
• Yoga for different health conditions
• Yoga for Pregnancy
• Relaxation
• Detailed asana correction
• Students will teach each other and a group under the guidance of an experienced instructor

Hatha Yoga

• Ethical and moral principles
• Body, Prana (life energy)and mind

Raja Yoga

• Ashtanga – The 8 steps or limbs of yoga
• Antahkarana – Functions of the mind
• Concentration and Meditation

Bhakti Yoga

• Introduction to chanting of classical Sanskrit mantras, what they are and how they are used. Mantra literally means: instrument for thinking. It refers as energy encased in a sound to direct the healing power of Prana and access spiritual states of consciousness

Karma Yoga

• Karma yoga is the practice of selfless service and helps to reduce selfishness and egoism, it purifies your heart and gives immeasurable joy
• You will be asked to do some selfless work for the community or a specific institution or organization recommended or of your choice
• The law of cause and effect
• Samsara – the wheel of birth and death

Jnana Yoga

• Shad Darshan (Six philosophies of life)
• Four main Vedas
• Sankya philosophy
• Vedanta philosophy
• The 7 Bhoomikas or planes of consciousness
• Goals of life (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha)
• The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali 

Bhagavad Gita

• Bhagavad Gita is purely a spiritual document that encompassed everything relating to human beings and life on earth.
• Considered one of the greatest spiritual texts of the world, the Bhagavad Gita contains subtle and profound teachings and has a universality, which embraces every aspect of human actions. It symbolizes the solution of the eternal struggle between the spiritual and the material in every human being.

Yoga nutrition

• Vegetarianism – for ethical, spiritual and health reasons
• How diet affects body and mind
• Nourishment for all tissues of the body
• Ayurvedic principles of nutrition and how to apply them on daily basis
• Healing effects and proper instructions for fasting

Meditation

• Guide to meditation
• What is meditation and why meditate
• Steps for daily practice
• Effects of and experiences in meditation
• Mantras – spiritual energy in sound

Karma and Reincarnation

• The law of action and reaction
• The law of compensation
• The law of retribution

Program Prerequisites

1. Basic knowledge of yoga postures and philosophy is helpful but not required
2. Enthusiasm and high degree of self-motivation is required for the course
3. Self discipline
4. Students are required to attend all meditation sessions, lectures and asana classes.
5. Meat, fish, eggs, black tea, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, drugs and nudity are prohibited in classroom and school facility
6. A sincere desire to learn and openness to the yoga teachings

Further Information

For information on upcoming programs, please contact us.