300 Hours Raja Yoga Teacher Training Course, India

Techniques, Training and Practice – It incorporates several practices of Hatha Yoga as well for greater efficiency into Raja Yoga practices which students will study in the Yoga teacher training course. They are –

• Asana – (Specific postures from Hatha Yoga such as purificatory asana for lightness and purification of body), inversion and balance. From all the group of asana very selective ones would be focused on for the training purpose.
• Pranayama – techniques for correction of breath, breathing to heat and energise, breathing to balance, breathing to cool and harmonise. Special focus on Nadi Shodhana Pranayama as a means of purification of nadis and sense control.
• Mudra – Some important gestures of fingers and body to affect energy in body.
• Bandha – Important practices for locking the energy in body. 
• Shat-karma – Some purificatory practices in Yoga such as nasal cleansing etc.
• Meditation – Study and practice of sitting asana, stillness of body, various methods of concentration, various methods of reflection and introspection and practices of meditation from Yoga Sutra of Patanjali etc.
   

Teaching Methodology – This is a combination of complex topics such as designing Raja Yoga class, how to teach different practices of Yoga,  how to be good Yoga teacher, ethical guidelines, develop communication skills, time management,  principles of demonstration, assistance, awareness, correction, styles of teaching, specific needs of individuals in a Yoga class and business aspects of Yoga teaching etc.

 Anatomy and Physiology – 

• Modern Human anatomy and Physiology, important Joints and their movements in different Asana, important muscles and their movements in different Asana.
• Yoga Human anatomy and Physiology (5 elements, 5 Koshas, 3 bodies, Nadis, Chakra and Kundalini).
• Holistic approach of Yoga (learning how system of Yoga needs to be incorporated for human well-being of body, mind, emotion and spirit).
   

Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics for Yoga Teachers – Reflection on the previously studied topics such Philosophy, Philosophical perspectives of Yoga, Yoga, its meaning, definitions, aims and objectives, Historical development of Yoga and Srimadabhagavada Gita, 3 bodies, 5 elements, 5 Koshas,  5 Pranas, Nadis, Chakras, Kundalini, 5 Senses, Mind and its aspects, states of mind. 

Practicum – Practice of teaching different practices in groups as the lead instructor, observe and assist while others teaching, focus on specific practices and compiling feedback etc.