200 Hour Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training – Rishikesh

The 200 Hour Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training at Tattvaa Yogashala in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, is a 19-day residential course for people who want to study and teach yoga through the Ashtanga tradition. It is offered in a private-room format and runs several times across the year, so students can choose the batch that fits their calendar.

Rishikesh is long associated with yoga study, and Tattvaa Yogashala is a school in the town that runs teacher trainings and retreats throughout the year. This Ashtanga course sits alongside the school's general 200 hour yoga teacher training and is the one to look at if you want the Ashtanga method as the center of your training rather than a broader yoga curriculum.

What to Expect

The training lasts 19 days, a concentrated stretch that asks you to set aside ordinary routines and live inside the practice. A 200 hour course of this kind is the standard first level of teacher certification, and the Ashtanga focus means the work is built around that system of yoga: its set sequence of postures, its emphasis on steady breath and disciplined, regular practice, and how to pass that on to others.

Expect a full residential rhythm in which practice, study and rest are all part of the day. The school also offers a 300 hour Ashtanga teacher training and a seven-day Ashtanga yoga retreat, so those who want to go further, or simply taste the style first, have a path in the same place.

The Setting

The course takes place at Tattvaa Yogashala in Rishikesh, a town in the foothills of the Himalaya in Uttarakhand, northern India. Students stay in private accommodation for this training rather than shared rooms, which suits those who want quiet and space to recover between sessions of intensive practice.

Before You Go

This training is for people who wish to deepen their practice and qualify to teach, whether they are relatively new to Ashtanga or already practicing it. Because the course is residential and lasts nearly three weeks, plan your travel to Rishikesh so that you arrive rested before the first day.

The school schedules its Ashtanga teacher trainings at several points through the year, and places are taken by application. Look at the dates listed alongside this page to see which batch is open, and whether you would prefer the 200 hour level or the longer 300 hour course in the same style.