Anand Prakash Ashram hosts 200-hour and 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training programs taught by Yogi Vishvketu ji through World Conscious Yoga Family. The programs are registered with the Yoga Alliance.
Yoga Teacher Training Classes are twice a day 6-7:30 Am and 4-5:30PM.
We teach a flowing sequence of yoga postures interwoven with pranayama yoga, mantra and concluding with relaxation and a brief meditation. We call our approach to yoga classes Akhanda Yoga meaning holistic or unbroken tradition. We ask that all residents attend the yoga classes when staying at the ashram to preserve the atmosphere of yoga sadhana.
Kiirtan is usually three times a week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:30-9PM. Kiirtan is the chanting of names, or archetypes. It is a melodious, uplifting practice which encourages the surrender of the ego, and letting go of constructs which hold us back from free-flowing energy and opening the heart. There is no need to be a good singer, or to know a lot of information about the names. Whether the kiitran be related to Krisha and unconditional love, or Shiva, and welfare or transformation, by chanting kiirtan you will experience on your own what this practice has to reveal to you.
Visit Anand Prakash Ashram to explore the accommodations and meal information that they provide to yoga practitioners. Anand Prakash Ashram in Rishikesh has two practice halls, the Patanjali Sadhana Hall (1300 square feet) on the lower level, and the Nataraj Yoga Hall. Yoga and Meditation classes offered by the ashram. Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram welcomes teachers or facilitators who wish to bring groups of students to stay at the ashram.
Program of Study:
Form, method of instruction, benefits and cautions of 108 asanas (postures), 10 pranayamas (breathing techniques) and 2 kriyas (cleansing techniques)
Learning to create various class-styles: Gentle, Intermediate and Power Hatha yoga
Teaching methodology, including yoga for diverse ages and student groups, such as prenatal yoga, yoga for children, and yoga for the elderly
Anatomy and the physical/mental benefits of yoga
Subtle yogic anatomy and the Chakras
Introduction to Ayurveda, nutrition, and the yogic diet
Ashtanga philosophy (the eight-fold path)
Study and discussion of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, aphorisms giving insight into profound yogic practices, as well as their life-transforming benefits
Teaching practicum and feedback from the trainers
Every morning trainees will practice the transformative arts of satkarma (purification), mantra and meditation, exploring various different techniques and observing their effects. Following the meditation, we will
practice asana and pranayama in various class-styles in the Akhanda approach.
The Techniques segments of the YTT are designed to help trainees learn to work with students in advanced asana and pranayama, as well as to better teach diverse student bodies using props and focused assists.
In Teaching Methodology, trainees will explore the art of sequencing, language use, creating a transformational space, as well as creating Intermediate/Advanced, Gentle/Restorative and Prenatal classes according to the Akhanda approach. One of the highlights of the YTT 500 is learning to teach two unique and profound class-styles designed by Yogi Vishvketu: Hatha-Raja and Classical Kundalini.
Hatha-Raja (a unique meditative flow practiced with the sonorous Brahmaree pranayama);
Classical Kundalini (an uplifting sequence that integrates postures, oscillating movements, Tantric Bija mantras, pranayama and chakra meditation);
Intermediate/Advanced Akhanda Yoga (a flowing sequence of asanas with long holding designed to encourage working through resistance, releasing outmoded patterns, and moving towards a profound sense of balance);
Gentle/Restorative Yoga (gentle and supported yoga practices for those suffering from deep stress or physical/emotional injury); and
Prenatal Yoga (asana, pranayama, meditations and their modifications specifically tailored to the pregnant womans needs and experience).
